background: research about teaching methods and students' education is an important subject which can improve the quality of education. this study was performed to compare three educational methods: teaching through lecture, presentation by small group of students, student's search and study of topics before the class. methods: this quasi-experimental study was conducted on 42 student...

This chapter reviews basic issues of theory and method in approaches to research on teaching that are alternatively called ethnographic, qualitative, participant observational, case study, symbolic interactionist, phenomenological, constructivist, or interpretive. These approaches are all slightly different, but each bears strong family resemblance to the others. The set of related approaches i...

ANIMAL USE RESULTING in harm or death has historically played an integral role in veterinary education worldwide, in disciplines such as surgery, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy and pharmacology. However, many non-harmful alternatives now exist, including computer simulations, high-quality videos, “ethically-sourced cadavers” from animals that have been euthanased for medical reasons, or have...