Pressing issues in education - a discussion

Issues with Language Policy and Planning in Iranian Higher Education

In this study, we attempt to bring to light various organisational and implementational clashes relevant to the conceptualisation of language policies at national level, and the planning of local practices with regard to degree programmes, language journals and conferences in Iranian higher education. We also prove that in its current status, the ELT syllabus in Iran, both at national and local...

Discussion From a Mathematics Education Perspective

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Panel Discussion: Moral Issues in Clinical Research ‡

1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge an...

Discussion of Current Issues in Perinatal Epidemiology

Dr. Berendes has necessarily taken a selective approach to his review of current issues in perinatal epidemiology. I congratulate him on his selection of issues; indeed, I find I have embarrassingly little to disagree with in Dr. Berendes's presentation. My comments, therefore, will attempt to expand discussion in three areas: (1) to consider briefly some reporting and administrative requiremen...

Process Issues in Alliance Management: a Panel Discussion