A lack of lifelong learning courses on raw materials in Eastern and Southeastern Europe (ESEE) results lower levels innovativeness for this region’s professionals. The consortium Dubrovnik International ESEE Mining school—DIM project (2016–2020) conducted several questionnaire campaigns order to establish the main needs, challenges, current status innovation utilization among professionals regi...

It has become somewhat of a truism that qualitative research, and particularly fieldwork, cannot be taught but is best learnt in practice, out there, in the field. This can likely be traced to the early days of the Chicago School where students were sent out to study a tract of the census, or neighbourhood, at almost the outset of the course. This, of course, does not mean that the students wer...

BACKGROUND Consistent identification and prevention of failure for at-risk medical students is challenging, failing courses is costly to all stakeholders, and there is need for further research into duration, timing and structure of interventions to help students in difficulty. AIMS To verify the value of a new exam two weeks into medical school as a predictor of failure, and explore the requ...

The CREATE (Consider Read, Elucidate the hypotheses, Analyze and interpret the data, and Think of the next Experiment) strategy aims to demystify scientific research and scientists while building critical thinking, reading/analytical skills, and improved science attitudes through intensive analysis of primary literature. CREATE was developed and piloted at the City College of New York (CCNY), a...

Aim: To describe the socio-demographic profile and to analyze the qualifications of nurses involved in the developmental care of the newborn in a neonatal unit. Method: This is a census and descriptive study performed in 10 neonatal care units, part of the public health system of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sample was composed of 111 nurses who work with newborns. Results: 9...

This study investigates the effectiveness of classroom exercises in teaching and learning Creative Writing tertiary institutions. The presented this are restricted to three basic genres literature: drama, prose poetry. In contemporary scholarship, is part curriculum education. programmes continue develop different parts world, with emphasis on workshops which promote acquisition craft through p...

Learning design patterns assist the development of effective courses, because patterns capture successful solutions. Pedagogical patterns are commonly created by human cognitive processing in "writer's workshops". Inductive techniques could be used to detect or determine patterns in existing data, or learning designs. This assumes that the learning designs are available in a format that is mach...

This study explores various leadership approaches in the context of Ghanaian university libraries. Twenty-six senior librarians and faculty from the University of Ghana were interviewed to determine their views on leadership styles, skills, training and barriers to developing library leaders. Findings revealed that leaders can be developed through short courses, workshops, seminars and formal t...

With interest in studying Computer Science having dropped worldwide in recent years, the inclusive approach to the subject of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has strong potential to make a difference. The cs4fn outreach campaign has drawn on this, and is based on core messages with links to HCI themes. cs4fn consists of a free schools magazine, a website and live activities. We present researc...