background: the purpose of this study was to describe the first attempts and performance of health system in iran in training specialist nurses in the field of diabetes- related care and education. materials and methods: this was a qualitative content analysis. three diabetes management planners in the ministry of health and medical education, three provincial executive authorities of diabetes ...

background and purpose: the fact that who is more qualified to teach the emp (english for medical purposes) courses has long been the cause of argument between the heads of language departments (lds) on one side and those of discipline-specific departments(dsds) on the other side. this research was conducted to study the views of both sides as well as those of students in some emp english class...

Curricular issues of subject Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences are studied in relation to university entrance exams performed in several Spanish regions between 2009-2014. By using quantitative and qualitative analyses, it has been studied how these exams align with curriculum and how they produce a washback on curriculum and teachers' work. Additionally, one questionnaire about teachers' ...

The current study aimed at investigating the relationship between life-wise syllabus- as a new type of syllabus which emerged as the result of recent developments in applied ELT and corresponding to the "education for life"- and teacher success in an EFL context. Life-wise syllabus introduced by Pishghadam in 2011 directed English teachers’ attention to give priority to life issues rather than ...

Value has been found in providing recognition and awards programs for excellent teachers. Research has also found a major lack of these programs in both the USA and in Australia. Teachers receiving recognition and awards for their teaching have praised recognition programs as providing motivation for them to continue high-level instruction. Motivational theories provide a solid foundation for t...

Introduction Laboratory work and practical work are common and significant components of science education. Teachers are expected by tradition, culture and curriculum (e.g. Boud, Dunn and Hegarty-Hazel, 1989; Lunetta, 1998; Skolverket, 1998) to involve labwork as a part of science education. Swedish National Curriculum (Skolverket, 1998) renders objectives involving for example development of s...

College entrepreneurship education relatively lags behind in china at present. The main reason is that the lack of qualified teachers. For the construction of teachers' team training, firstly analysis the characteristics of the entrepreneurship education level, and then divide into two relatively independent levels which are basic entrepreneurship education theory and comprehensive practice. Ac...