BACKGROUND The need to educate adolescents about healthy sexual behavior motivated the development of an education program on sexuality. AIM To describe the knowledge of students about sexuality and the implementation of a sexual education project. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty students aged 14 years (34 females), attending the third year of secondary education participated in dynamic workshop...

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the influence of demographic and educational variables on selfreported multicultural competencies of Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists(TM) (CTRSs(R)). A sample of 277 therapeutic recreation specialists currently certified with the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification participated in this investigation. Multicultura...

Humanoid robots have been used as educational tools in primary and lower secondary schools. The students involved were between 11 and 16 years old. The learning goals included: programming, language learning, ethics, technology and mathematics, e.g. practised by 7th grade students who programmed the robots and made the robots recite poems about the future. As preparation, the teachers participa...

A challenge exists in designing and teaching a foundation technical course for a university Information Systems programme. It is not a computer science course and requires appropriate positioning in the IS domain. Through a series of iterations, and through the introduction of a number of interventions, a course was developed which embraces Chickering and Gamson’s (1991) seven principles of goo...

An essential component of professional development activities involves ongoing and systematic evaluation procedures. Few efforts have been made to evaluate the results of professional development beyond the brief responses requested at the conclusion of workshops which assess participant reaction to the session (see box). It is an especially critical time for the adult education field to emphas...

The field of engineering is changing rapidly as the growing global population puts added demands on the earth’s resources: engineering decisionsmust nowaccount for limitations inmaterials and energy aswell as the need to reduce discharges of wastes. This means educators must revise courses and curricula so engineering graduates are prepared for the new challenges as practicing engineers. The Ce...

Historically, managers in livestock production have focused on production management; however, as operations have grown they have spent more time managing employees. Increased time spent overseeing employees brings additional risks and challenges, and, hence, a greater need for human resource management (HRM) skills. This study investigated HRM practices in pork production and analyzed their ri...

BACKGROUND Practicing physicians often wish to improve their procedural skills but have limited educational opportunities to do so. DESCRIPTION To summarize the effects of two procedural workshops on participants' confidence, proficiency, and practice patterns. EVALUATION Following completion of a skin biopsy or arthrocentesis workshop, participants completed a post-course and an 8-month fo...

Continuing professional development (CPD) or continuing professional education (CPE) refers to lifelong learning, which is done for professionals in order to update specialized knowledge, skills, attitudes, ethical issues, and moral values after admission to a particular profession. Therefore, due to the increasing growth of knowledge in all areas of specialization, particularly in the field of...

In this paper, we adopt a critical lens to investigate educators' understanding of both traditional and alternative textbooks examine how open pedagogy may call for rethinking they are used in pedagogical setting. Within the context pedagogy, including textbooks, conducted workshops that involved faculty, instructional designers, educational developers, academic administrators during three conf...