conclusions this study revealed the main components of knowledge storage. an enhanced preservation of explicit knowledge is recommended in the nursing educational system so that in the future, students and educators can easily access the same knowledge from storage sources and not from individuals who might be carrying only a single experience of the subject. results data analysis showed that n...

one of the ways to ensure food safety is to educate the public. of the organizations providing food safety education in the united states (u.s.), the cooperative extension system (ces) is one of the most reliable. the effectiveness ces programs depends not only on what is being taught but also on how it is taught. both a needs-based curriculum and how that curriculum is delivered are equally im...

18 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 44, NUMBER 1 The mathematical sciences professions are in a phase transition from which they may well emerge smaller and/or redistributed and much more dispersed. We are not an endangered species, but our health depends on being able to transcend our historic tendencies toward insularity, on our outreach to all of our sister and client communities. This message, in ...

The Educators' Symposium brings educators from both academia and industry together to share their ideas, experiences and techniques in teaching agile methods. The objective is to provide a collaborative venue with various activities to facilitate exchanges. The Symposium this year will be a full-day event including a keynote, paper presentations, a workshop, and a panel discussion. To start the...

Not long ago, the idea of making education the focus of an academic career in neurology would have been heretical. Many of us were taught that to be an academic neurologist, anything less than a triple threat—a master clinician, teacher, and researcher—was unacceptable. For a variety of reasons, the triple threat is no longer maintained as a universal ideal, and academic neurologists whose focu...

here is a difference between the background required of a practitioner or researcher in a scientific field and an educator thereof. While the work of the former requires extensive knowledge and skills in the field itself, the latter must have the additional ability to convey this knowledge to others correctly and reliably, to teach the said skills, to provide perspective, and to infuse the stud...