Preface. Joy by Changing: Arts and Education

Editorial Preface Cyberworlds and Education

This special issue “Cyberworlds and Education” is based on papers presented at the 2003 International Conference on Cyberworlds (held in Singapore, December 3-5, 2004). This conference was organized by the School of Computer Engineering of the Nanyang Technological University. Cyberworlds are information worlds formed on the web either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without visual desi...

2College of Arts,Low and Education, University of Tasmania, Australia

In the globalization era, some translation scholars are of the belief that the ongoing process of globaliza- tion among different and diverse languages and cultures brings about incomprehensibility in translation products. By contrast, some others believe that the globalization trend leads to comprehensible transla- tions. The present research investigates the comprehensibility of the Per...

Education Research: Changing medical student perceptions of dementia: an arts-centered experience.

BACKGROUND Medical students' comfort level working with dementia is poorly understood, and may impact subsequent experiences with patients and caregivers. Early experiences that take place in a nonmedical setting may allow students to gain a more comprehensive understanding of quality of life and disease management in everyday life. METHODS We studied Columbia University preclinical medical s...

Literature and the arts in medical education.

Editor’s Note: In this column, teachers who are currently using literary and artistic materials as part of their curricula will briefly summarize specific works, delineate their purposes and goals in using these media, describe their audience and teaching strategies, discuss their methods of evaluation, and speculate about the impact of these teaching tools on learners (and teachers). Submissio...

The Arts and Australian Education: Realising potential