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I-19: The Future of Medical Education: from The Classroom to i-tunes

Medical training has been lately the subject of intense scrutiny. The knowledge transfer approach has shifted focus on the trainee as an active participant in the education process. The traditional view that learning stems from the transmission of knowledge, has recently been challenged. Although controversial, some suggest that a student can maximize this learning process when educators tailor...

A Global Classroom for International Sustainability Education

Arnim Wiek, Michael J. Bernstein, Manfred Laubichler, Guido Caniglia, Ben Minteer, Daniel J. Lang School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Faculty Sustainability, Leu...

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I Spent How Many Hours in a Classroom?!

383 It’s been a long time since I’ve spent a full day sitting in a classroom, day after day, for an entire academic year. But a couple of recent experiences forced me to think about the types of learning environments we put our students in. The first experience was in a week-long publishing course, featuring five days of lectures and workshops. It was the first time in many years that I’d sat i...

Power in the Classroom I: Teacher and Student Perceptions

Education has been undergoing rapid change in the last several years. New modes of learning have been espoused and new communication techniques/strategies are being encouraged as alternative methods to the traditional classroom model. However, "the traditional view of education, a view that still prevails, holds that learners must submit themselves to teachers" (Menges, 1977, p.5). As Menges fu...