Abstract The manifesto presented in Philip Kitcher's exhaustive appraisal of contemporary American education-and the case for its potential reform-is so wide-ranging that it is not possible to do justice every component. Instead, I will speak one parts an attempt recognise what take be value whole. My aim address section on role arts formal education, and nature aesthetic experience within that...

Training surgical residents to become the next generation of surgeons involves very significant challenges not faced by educators of a generation ago. Never before have educators had to face the unique challenges involved in surgical education that are now becoming more clearly defined. This discussion will focus on inguinal hernia repair as an index operation to illustrate the challenge faced ...

An online survey was conducted with health educators in Colorado to ascertain their needs and ability to access relevant stock art photographs for their print and electronic educational media. Health educators were dissatisfied with the cultural and demographic diversity of photographs available from their own sources or from commercial stock art websites. There was a perceived need for more ph...

Educators who work in community settings often encounter participants with a wide array of individual leadership beliefs, attitudes, and experiences. Given this situation, one of the challenges we face is to identify effective methods and tools to teach leadership in community and organizational settings. As an educator, it is important to understand and use quality scholarship and theory in le...

The halo model is a successful framework for describing the distribution of matter in Universe -- from weak lensing observables to galaxy 2-point correlation functions. We review basic formulation and several its components context two-point statistics, developing coherent application. use this motivate presentation new Python tool simple efficient calculation quantities, their extension statis...

As coastal managers and practitioners continue placing artificial reefs in marine waters, the scientific understanding of effects implications is changing. It especially important for resource Extension outreach personnel, as well interested public, to keep aware these changes they occur, but usually studies are first published peer-reviewed journals that may be inaccessible. This publication d...

CONTEXT Despite a demand for educational expertise in medical universities, little is known of the roles of medical educators and the sustainability of academic careers in medical education. We examined the experiences and career paths of medical educators from diverse professional backgrounds seeking to establish, maintain and strengthen their careers in medical schools. METHODS Semi-structu...

BACKGROUND Medical education has grown beyond the boundaries of the classroom, and social media is seen as the bridge between informal and formal learning as it keeps students highly engaged with educational content outside the classroom. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of medical educators and medical students regarding the use of social media for educationa...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Career motivation in university educators through efficient ways and appropriate with the educational system, is considered one of the important factors affecting education of students and their competence. This study aimed to determine the relationship between career motivation and spiritual leadership among a university of medical sciences in the west, Iran. METHODS This...