Mission statements and role documents of medical schools in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia have been examined on their Internet Web sites and categorised in purpose, content and presentation. The format and content are highly variable, but there is a common vision of three integral roles, namely, education, advancement of knowledge and service to society. Other frequent...

INTRODUCTION Mentoring is a central component of professional development. Evaluation of "successful" mentoring programs, however, has been limited and mainly focused on measures of satisfaction with the relationship. In today's environment, mentoring programs must produce tangible outcomes to demonstrate success. To address this issue, the authors advance the framework of functional mentoring ...

Low acceptance of evolution among undergraduate students is common and is best predicted by religious beliefs. Decreasing students' perceived conflict between religion and evolution could increase their acceptance of evolution. However, college biology instructors may struggle with trying to decrease students' perceived conflict between religion and evolution because of differences in the relig...

Abstract There is growing recognition of the need for pupils to have opportunity engage with both religious and non-religious worldviews in education (RE). This bound up issues social justice equality, underpinned by a desire ensure that all young people should ‘to understand others reflect on their own’ (Commission Religious Education 2018: 26). In thinking about how best provide opportunities...

Teenagers in the present era become a portrait of nation's future. Their inclusive religiosity determines relationship between Indonesian religious people and multicultural world community. However, teenagers are particularly vulnerable to influence various thoughts practices referral groups surrounding environment. Therefore, schools must be productive arenas seeding religiousness as condition...

In the celebration of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute centenary, we wanted to stress our concern with the relationship between two of its missions: research and education. What are the educational bases required for science and technology activities on health sciences for the future years? How can scientists collaborate to promote the popularization of academic knowledge and to improve a basic educa...

This article evaluates the portrait of faith development theory and research in James Fowler’s article, “Faith Development at 30.” Questions are raised: Does Fowler’s emphasis on the practical-theological and pastoral focus of faith development contradict its aspiration and disposition for empirical scrutiny? Does Fowler’s principal concern with the reactions from Christian theologians and reli...