this study sought the relationship between short-term in-service development programs for efl teachers and their teaching practice in high schools. the objectives were to determine the relationship between: 1) the components of the programs for efl teachers and their practice in class, and 2) efl teachers’ perception of the programs and their practice in class. data were collected through quest...

The study reported in this paper examines the inter-relationships between organisational roles during the process of sustaining the diffusion of e-learning innovations in higher education teaching practice. Through this process, new ways of teaching and learning with digital technologies become adopted by a mainstream group of academics in similar university teaching roles. Unlike top-down impl...

This paper introduces an innovative course design incorporating both communities of practice and reflective practice as a learning strategy for part-time learners in higher education. The new design has been applied to teaching HR practitioners in a UK-based business school. Findings indicate that the suggested way of organizing teaching and learning for part-time professionals is very informat...

Integrating ICT in teaching and learning is high on the educational reform agenda of developed and developing countries. For developing countries, ICT can be seen as a way to merge and even leapfrog into a globalizing, technological world. Yet in practice the use of ICT for teaching practice is limited at best. Much research is therefore done on factors influencing or constraining the use of IC...

Communication skills tend to decline with time unless they are regularly recalled and practiced. However, most medical schools still deliver clinical communication training only during pre-clinical years although the clinical environment is considered to be ideal for acquiring and teaching clinical communication. The aim of this article is to review the barriers that prevent communication skill...