This is a brief overview of the history of formal introduction of the art andscience of education into the sphere of medical education in Shiraz. Before this introduction medical education was, and in the majority of other institutions world-wide still is, a simple transfer of knowledge from teacher to student. The students accepted their passive role because this was how they had been taught a...

The use of electronic environment in our life has become inevitable fact. In the educational field, the learners find many difficulties to attend a classical mode of learning (in class) that obliges them to be present according to daily schedule. Thus, the E-learning allows the process of learning anywhere and any when. However, the absence of the teacher, in the E-learning process, leads to th...

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the views university students with disabilities, regarding distance education process. data collection tool qualitative carried out in a phenomenological design semi-structured interview form developed by researcher, which aims get opinions disabled studying at on study group consists 30 visual, hearing and orthopedic disabilities who are various univ...

Professional development (PD) workshops designed to help faculty move from teacherto learner-centered science courses for undergraduates are typically evaluated with self-reported surveys that address faculty’s satisfaction with a workshop, what they learned, and what they applied in the classroom. Professional development outcomes are seldom evaluated through analysis of observed teaching prac...

This study describes the teaching style behaviors that differentiate between learner-centered and teacher-centered approaches to teaching. The Teaching Style Assessment Scale, which measures style, was completed by 1,261 nursing faculty in Japan. Discriminant analysis cluster revealed distinctive characteristic distinguishing approach from is Personalizing Instruction. Instruction recognizes ut...