Global teaching competencies in primary education

Competencies in Science Teaching

• The role of competencies is discussed with respect to science teaching. In particular, competence models from Germany, Switzerland and Austria are presented and compared. A special topical program, ‘Competencies in Mathematics and Science Teaching’, was started in Austria three years ago. Initial experiences with this program are reported, specifically with regard to how the teachers adopt th...

Engineering Education Journals: Global Dissemination of Innovations in Teaching

Engineering education in the US is undergoing rapid changes, partly in response to changes in accreditation criteria, but also because of several reports produced by the US government and by professional societies outlining the needs for change in the way we train engineers and computer scientists to meet the challenges of this century. Reports such as Educating the Engineer of 2020 and Rising ...

Insects as teaching tools in primary and secondary education.

Insects offer a vast array of teaching opportunities for precollege students. Here we address the basics teachers need in order to use insects successfully in their curricula. We identify exemplary resources in the printed North American literature and point out potentially productive places for teachers and students to search for ideas and materials. We review the roles of entomology in the ed...

A Global Epidemic of Creative Education! Shaping and Implementing Creative Education in Primary Education in Taiwan

Integrating research competencies in massage therapy education

The massage therapy profession is currently engaged in a competencybased education movement that has as one of its several focal points an emphasis on promoting massage therapy research competencies (MTRCs) at an introductory or entry level. One of several dimensions that must be seriously considered in advancing MTRCs in the profession is that of the curricular and instructional contexts for t...