Over the past decades, peer review of teaching has become commonplace at many universities around world. Though research on topic is expanding, much literature composed qualitative studies that offer relevant empirical findings but often have limited foundations in theory. Using a framework synthesis approach, we synthesize 48 articles into comprehensive conceptual drawing sociocultural perspec...

Renewed interest in the early academic preparation of young children, designed to lead to future success in schooling, has been impacting upon the educational provision for many kindergarten students. Academically focussed curricula are becoming more prevalent in kindergarten settings, resulting in traditional play-based approaches being challenged by some parents and educators. This paper repo...

Appellate courts make policy, not only by hearing cases themselves, but by establishing legal rules for the disposition of future cases. The problem is that such courts are generally multimember, or collegial, courts. If different judges prefer different rules, can a collegial court establish meaningful legal rules? Can preferences that take the form of legal rules be aggregated? I use a “case-...

In this paper, we will outline some results of an NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) funded project that aimed to establish a professional development network with an open-source mathematical software – GeoGebra – in England. During the past few years a large international user and developer community has formed around various GeoGebra-related activities. Most...

How do disagreements between judges on collegial (multimember) courts affect legal policy? We address this question by developing an account of the nature of judicial disagreements in the case-space model of judicial choice. We distinguish between different types of disagreement, from disagreements about case facts to disagreements about how legal rules should treat varying case facts, and cons...

How do disagreements between judges on collegial (multimember) courts affect legal policy? We address this question by developing an account of the nature of judicial disagreements in the case-space model of judicial choice. We distinguish between different types of disagreement, from disagreements about case facts to disagreements about how legal rules should treat varying case facts, and cons...

U S teaching hospitals orient interns each year, usually in the summer months (June July). These new physicians have usually just finished with their medical school training and do not have any other clinical experience outside of medical school (i.e., without supervision). They are asked to begin seeing patients on day 1 of their internship without having formed relationships with other clinic...

OBJECTIVE To explore the elements necessary for a high-quality educational experience in a family practice residency program with respect to scheduling, learning environment, and approaches to teaching and learning. DESIGN An interpretative, qualitative study using a generative-inquiry approach. SETTING The Nanaimo Site of the University of British Columbia Family Practice Residency Program...