Those concerned with educational policy face a stark reality: the students failing to achieve even minimal levels of educational achievement typically are taught by individuals whose qualifications are relatively weakest and often inadequate. These same students are most dependent upon their teachers and schools for academic learning, as nearly all of them come from disadvantaged home and commu...

the process of determining the minimum pass level to separate the competent students from those who do not perform well enough is called standard setting. a large number of methods are widely used to set cut-scores for both written and clinical examinations. there are some challenging issues pertaining to any standard setting procedure. ignoring these concerns would result in a large dispute re...

The ability to accurately document undergraduate student nurses' development while in the clinical area is a requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Owing to a number of strategic and pragmatic drivers, the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton has developed and implemented an e-Assessment of Professional Practice (eAoPP). This platform enables the student, mento...

This qualitative study describes the perspectives of diploma nursing students and staff nurses on the student-staff relationship and the impact this relationship has on student learning. Staff and students, working in a clinical practice model setting in a large urban hospital, participated in focused interviews following a 15-week clinical practice assignment. Findings revealed there were seve...

This paper presents a brief history of the use of on-line technologies in the support of teaching and learning in the School of Engineering and Technology at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. It addresses the following issues; flexible engineering programs at Deakin University; computer-based learning in the School of Engineering and Technology; from individual efforts to formal, centrali...

The purpose of this proposed study is to determine if Psychological Capital (PsyCap), collective orientation, and learning goal-orientation can assess the impact of the development of the following ABET student outcomes: teamwork (d), ethics (f), communication (g), life-long learning (i) and awareness of contemporary issues (j), throughout an engineering student’s academic career. We hypothesiz...

BACKGROUND Nursing and midwifery education have comparatively recently moved into academia in Ireland. In 2002, nurse tutors who were qualified to Master's degree level assimilated into the third-level sector. Only 11 of the 35 staff (31%) in one university School held, or were undertaking, a PhD. In 2006, children's nursing and midwifery tutors also moved into third-level institutions. The cul...