Although teachers need to draw on knowledge of students’ knowledge in order to engage in a wide range of educational activities — such as curriculum planning, explanation and even some types of adaptive tutoring — relatively little research has been carried out on what types of student knowledge teachers attempt to acquire, and how they acquire it. We propose a theoretical model of teachers' co...

Virtual Worlds is a promising new medium for educational activities that should address several learning styles and preferences. Learning styles has long been considered a very crucial parameter for designing effective learning experiences. In this study, two learning modalities, i.e. a scenario-based virtual world and a simple web site have been employed in order to investigate their effects o...

PURPOSE This study aimed at evaluating the educational value of the morbidity mortality meeting and benefits obtained from it so as to implement changes that can improve it. METHODS Surgeons (n = 13) at a university hospital responded anonymously to a questionnaire which was structured to monitor the educational activity of the morbidity mortality meeting. They indicated their perceptions on ...

This article presents findings from a pilot intervention in 2005-6 to promote gender equity among young men from low-income communities in Mumbai, India. The project involved formative work on gender, sexuality and masculinity, and educational activities with 126 young men, aged 18-29, over a six-month period. The programme of activities was called Yari-dosti, which is Hindi for friendship or b...

This paper contributes to public institutions with the adaptation of a performance evaluation tool based on private companies. The objective is to demonstrate how the impact of an educational activity might be measured in the economic value added for the society of a public university hospital. The paper was divided in four parts, despite the introductory and methodological aspects and the fina...

Technical and Educational Activities (TEA) is a cornerstone of IEEE Communications Society. In this issue Magazine, I am pleased to introduce Wei Zhang, Vice-President for TEA, who shares with us his plans rejuvenating technical education activities promoting the industry community standards development.