ACCOUNTABILITY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

Parental Rights and Accountability in Public Education: Special Education and Choice of School

Convergence of sciences for social accountability in education: An experience

The inter-disciplinary approach in education includes the integration of educational capacities and competencies of different disciplines for a specific purpose or creating a new product with appropriate methodological techniques to improve knowledge and acquire competencies. In fact, the starting point of convergence of sciences is turning to an interdisciplinary approach. Convergence of scien...

Social accountability in optometric education

Medical education needs to be socially responsible, socially responsive and accountable according to Global consensus for social accountability of medical schools document. Social responsibility is to be aware of the needs of the society. Social responsiveness is aligning the education, research and service arenas with the needs of the community. Social accountability is aiming for the better h...

Demonstrating social accountability in medical education.

The author considers the University of Toronto's Health, illness and the Community course for undergraduate medical students, described in this issue by Wasylenki and associates (see pages 379 to 383). Social accountability in medical education demands a community orientation and hence an emphasis on outreach. Medical schools should expand their clinical service to the community, provide commun...

Accountability for Quality in Higher Education

The pre-college education system in the United States seems to be ineffective in the areas of mathematics, sciences, and verbal ability. According to comparative tests applied in different nations, American students generally qualify below several other countries. This trend is also noticed at the college level, considering the number of remedial classes being offered in any given semester. In ...