Mary Adams was a science producer at the BBC from 1930-6. She is shown to have played a crucial role in shaping science broadcasts, in particular devising formats and styles of presentation. However, her approach is shown to have been primarily motivated by broadcasting considerations rather than by the popularisation of science. Through her interaction with scientists she helped to construct a...

OBJECTIVES To determine which basic and social science courses academic pharmacy administrators believe should be required for entry into the professional pharmacy program and what they believe should be the required length of preprofessional study. METHODS An online survey was sent to deans of all colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States. Survey respondents were asked to indicat...

BACKGROUND Numerous international policy drivers espouse the need to improve healthcare. The application of Improvement Science has the potential to restore the balance of healthcare and transform it to a more person-centred and quality improvement focussed system. However there is currently no accredited Improvement Science education offered routinely to healthcare students. This means that th...

The successful establishment of a purpose-built innovative school designed to support new ways of teaching and learning in the senior secondary years, particularly in the area of science and mathematics, required a comprehensive and research-based professional development policy and program. Planning professional learning opportunities for the teachers located within the Australian Science and ...

National and international standards for professional groups may become a dominant and governing force as internet-based professional training becomes universally accepted. Educators and trainers will be expected to demonstrate the relevancy of their programmes in the context of bodies of knowledge that have a wide acceptance. Universities will feel the pressure to meet or exceed the performanc...

This study aimed to evaluate science teachers of gifted students who participated in a technology-based professional development program, how could be used the applications they learned and their use area for education. The case was carried out with ten students. data were gathered via interviews open-ended forms analyzed content analysis method. findings showed that stated program beneficial b...

Library education all over world is under many pressures, which are enumerated. The paper concentrates on the relation between subject of librarianship, the subject of information science and the accommodation of information science in library education. Library education needs to take into account advances in information science because they provide neva theoretical frameworks and new professi...