Questions about the proper relationship between educational research and educational practice have been around at least since the establishment of education as an academic field of study. In Germany this happened in 1779 when Ernst Christian Trapp became the first Professor of Education at the University of Halle. Other countries followed (much) later. England, for example had its first Profess...

Part-time programs in nurse anesthesia education are responsive to the needs of those who must juggle the demands of career and family. Such programs hold the potential for helping meet the growing demand for nurse anesthesia educators. The advantages and requirements for such a program are explored by a student nurse anesthetist.

The authors believe that well designed stories are one of the crucial factors in the engagement of the learner. This belief also applies to the design of interactive computer simulations, which historically have been thin on rich narrative. This paper explores the need for interactive narrative in educational management simulations and the role it plays in providing realistic settings for learn...

The educational ontologies PIZZA and WINE&FOOD have been widely used to teach ontology methods and tools. However, the two ontologies have remained largely unchanged for many years, despite increasing awareness of foundational principles for good ontology design (GoodOD). Recognizing that the two ontologies are lagging behind such principles, we analysed and re-designed them by strictly adherin...

this investigation was performed to determine the educational needs of the entrepreneur women in the city of isfahan, which is applicable in terms of objectives, and descriptive surveying in nature. its statistic population is 91 entrepreneur women in isfahan, that due to the limited population, the controlling sample was considered equal to the population. the tool for collecting data was a qu...