This study has approached the distribution and planning of the educational services in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Governorate. This study is of importance since it dealt with one of the most important sections in any community over the economic and social development of the country, as one of the basic necessities of the population. This study aimed at surveying the educational services, to ...

This paper investigates the effect of the reduction in the young cohort size caused by Chinese family planning policies on the educational upgrading among older cohorts born before the policies. I suggest that family planning polices reduce the size of the young cohorts and increase their educational levels. Through imperfect substitutability of workers with same education but different ages, t...

This paper describes an educational remote experiment for path planning with mobile robot hardware which is accessible via the internet. The experiment uses a nonholonomic car-like mobile robot with an Ackermansteering and demonstrates the problems of the inverse kinematics of this kind of mobile robot. It emphasizes the educational aspects, shows how to combine primitive manoeuvres in order to...

Today, recent business marketing approaches that depend upon market analysis and planning have stimulated the growth of marketing firms that offer sophisticated quantitative market analyses in order to identify an organization’s potential and current customers and their needs. This analysis contrasts educational service provider to enrollment outcomes at two nonprofit higher education instituti...

Accountability of educational institutions is a current trend in academia. Outcomes assessment provides a method of evaluating educational programs to ensure they are meeting their objectives. This paper presents an overview of outcomes assessment and describes its relationship to and integration with program evaluation. It also describes the implementation of an outcomes assessment program at ...

The physical placement of classroom technology and its influences on educational practices J. Tondeur, E. De Bruyne, M. Van Den Driessche, S. McKenney & D. Zandvliet a Research Foundation Flanders, Department of Educational Studies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium b Department of Architecture & Urban Planning, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium c Department of Instructional Technology, Twente Un...

In “Teaching Community Pediatrics to Pediatric Residents: Strategic Approaches and Successful Models for Education in Community Health and Child Advocacy,” Shipley et al1 provide useful, practical suggestions and models for building and implementing community-pediatrics experiences during residency. To identify where they fit in the overall goal of improving child health through community pedia...

Today, most theorem proving systems are either used by their developers or by a (small) group of particularly trained and skilled users. In order to make theorem proving functionalities useful for a larger clientele we have to ask “What does an envisioned group of users need?” For educational purposes a theorem prover can be used in different scenarios and can serve students with different need...

The paper discusses how to design innovative educational interventions in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). This field is peculiar, as it is characterized by the urgency to preserve and disseminate some of the most peculiar intangible artistic expressions, especially those at risk of disappearing; so far these cultural expressions have been passed down mainly through imitation an...

As changes in health care delivery systems and in the global burden of disease call for a reassessment of how tomorrow's physicians should be educated--indeed, for a reconsideration of the diversity of roles the physician should play--there is an immediate need to produce continuing medical education (CME) programs with real impact. Curriculum planners are questioning both the content of medica...