This work intends to explain step-by-step the special role of standards and their complexity in exercising innovation policy in the European Union. Standards might be an important policy tool for intentional diffusion of market sectors beyond textually available official policy documents/guidelines. This diffusion, having been initiated intentionally, continues in a self-regulated way as the in...

Introduction: In designing education programs in conjunction with space science research, educa-tion/public outreach specialists have long relied on the natural appeal space has for students and the general public. Capturing audiences with engaging topics and activities is insufficient, however, in the context of formal (classroom-based) education. In the ever tightening schedule of today's sch...

This study refers to an experiment on teaching probabilities, conducted in Greece at preschools in Athens and Ioannina. The aim of this study was to assess teachers on how they introduced common statistical concepts to children throughout the academic year of 2004-2005. Moreover, this study presents a new didactical model on the way we tried to educate preschool teachers on how to introduce to ...

The field of structural heart disease (SHD) intervention has grown rapidly over the past several years. While training program content, standards, credentialing, and board examinations for percutaneous coronary intervention have matured and become well developed, no such structure exists in the field of SHD. Recognition of the need for training program standards and SHD curriculum stimulated th...

This is a partial contribution to an understanding of the history of the reception and transmission of classical Hippocratic and Galenic texts in Italy's modern period. By examining rotuli and puncti of the School of Medicine of Padua University, which record the subjects and content taught in the period between 1500 and 1600, one can study the official curriculum of this famous school. Perusal...

The general theme of change in philosophy over time is due to traditional customs and beliefs failing to regulate society. This theme drove both John Dewey's Progressive Movement and the creation of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The remarkable similarity in thought between Dewey's writings and the...

The general theme of change in philosophy over time is due to traditional customs and beliefs failing to regulate society. This theme drove both John Dewey's Progressive Movement and the creation of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The remarkable similarity in thought between Dewey's writings and the...

In 2002, the Brazilian Ministry of Education approved the official curricular guidelines for undergraduate courses in Brazil to be adopted by the nation's 188 dental schools. In 2005-06, the Brazilian Dental Education Association (BDEA) promoted workshops in forty-eight of the schools to verify the degree of transformation of the curriculum based on these guidelines. Among the areas analyzed we...