Although many HIV/AIDS prevention programs for adolescents have used peer educators to deliver risk reduction information, few researchers have evaluated the effects of participation in educational activities on the peer educators themselves. The present study compares several outcomes experienced by peer educators involved in a school-based HIV prevention program with those of their classmates...

This article intends to be constituted as a reflection about weblogs, while a space in the screen territory for the production of educators’ speech and scenario of the representations constructed by them. Weblogs are understood not only as cyber diaries, but as an extension of the individual identity of the subjects in the cyberspace and publicizing the representations of self and the world the...

During the past two decades, educators have invested extensive time and resources introducing computers and web-based courses into universities (Yazon et al., 2002). However, many academics appear to use the technology merely as an extension of the chalkboard or overhead projector and do not use its potential to re-evaluate their approaches to teaching and assessment (Harris, 1999). Unfortunate...

Multi-level adaptation in end-user development (EUD) is an effective way to enable non-technical end users such as educators to gradually introduce more functionality with increasing complexity to 3D virtual learning environments developed by themselves using EUD approaches. Parameterization, integration, and extension are three levels of adaptation ranging from straightforward to complex in te...

Educators are increasingly encouraged to practice life-long learning. Learning to cope with emerging technologies for educational purposes is, for most educators, a complex process. Consequently, educators engage in critical reflective processes, and consider new views as they learn new knowledge and skills so as how to best apply information and communication technologies to teaching and learn...

INTRODUCTION Students' incivility is an impolite and disturbing behavior in education and if ignored could lead to behavioral complexities and eventually violence and aggression in classrooms. This study aimed to reveal the experiences of Iranian educators regarding the management of such behaviors. METHODS In this qualitative study, qualitative content analysis method was used to evaluate th...

Although Extension educators have harnessed the power of technology as an important vehicle for conveying research-based content, it is that traditional educational methods not be overlooked. These remain ideas work, worked, and continue to work even today. In this article, we spotlight these by presenting a social marketing campaign engages limited-resource audiences via themed print materials...

Information literacy embraces the ability to access useful information, to have the awareness organizing knowledge and information requiring different methods of search and most effective diagnostic information for problem solving and decision-making. Those who lack these abilities are continuously confused in the vast ocean of information. This study investigated designing model of educators’ ...