In 2017 Barnaby Lenon, previously the head master of Harrow School, wrote a best-selling book about high-achieving state schools in England (Much Promise). Later that year he went on a tour of Further Education colleges and started to research the fortunes of those who do less well at school. In Other People's Children he writes about the state of ......
For students working below grade level, curricular modifications can provide equal and meaningful opportunities to learn alongside their same-age peers. This book guides educators on how to modify the curriculum for students with intellectual disabilities participating in the general education classroom, providing 40 strategies that demonstrate ......
A Dynamic and Collaborative Process, Second Edition
Thoroughly updated with new content and wide revisions, this award-winning book provides educators and practitioners with the perspectives and skills they need to bring the next generation of educators, researchers, and clinicians to the forefront of nursing - whether in academia, the hospital or health care facility, and/or through their ......
Where does nursing knowledge come from and how does it develop? How do we incorporate nursing knowledge into the practice of nursing? Is it possible for nursing theory to meet the needs of clinical practice? This book answers these key questions in the field of nursing theory.
Computerized patient simulation is an exciting and innovative pedagogical method that allows overburdened faculty members to prepare student nurses for clinical practice prior to working with patients. This book provides a step-by-step process by which to develop, incorporate, and integrate simulated scenarios into the nursing curriculum.
The 2006 World Health Report highlighted the shortage of adequately prepared health professionals as the most significant threat to world health. This book focuses on the training of health professional educators (both teachers and practitioners) in low resource countries and communities at different levels of technological and material ......
Helps nurse educators, administrators and graduate students recruit, educate and graduate culturally diverse nurses for a diverse population. This book addresses barriers to success for nursing students from culturally diverse backgrounds in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It analyzes institutionalized racism in nursing education.
How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition
Offers a practical, research-based framework for secondary special education and transition professionals to develop, monitor, and support work experiences necessary for school-to-work transition for youth with disabilities. This book shows how work should and can be more than an afterthought to curriculum.
Addresses various trends, developments, and innovations in nursing education. This book provides information and ideas that educators and administrators can use in their nursing programs. It takes a look at such intriguing topics as innovations in clinical teaching and evaluation, partnerships for clinical teaching, and selecting clinical sites.
Drawing on findings from the cognitive and organizational sciences, this title tackles such questions as the difference between distributed and collocated learning and performance, the effect of learner control in automated training, and the power of narrative in debriefing at a distance.
Intended as a support for those who are involved in training Standardized Patients, from the art of coaching through preparing SP's for the physical exam, to encourage each coach to develop a system that will deliver the best results and, in the end, help train the most competent doctors.
Improvisation Games and Activities for Workshops, Courses and Team Meetings
Whether you are running a training session,workshop or a team meeting,Paul Jackson 's varied collection of games and activities will help you create an environment of improvisation and experiment,of imagination and energy,and of laughter and commiment. What better way to engage any one in the process of learning.Each of these games and activities ......
Psychology's Commitment to Excellence in Accreditation
This volume traces the history of accreditation of programmes in psychology, from the late 1940s to the turn of the century. In doing so, it puts accreditation into focus, examining the challenges of coming to consensus with a variety of groups, each one having its own definition of excellence.
Provides practical guidance to plan, organize, and run a teaching skills program for medical residents. This book offers materials for course use, including modules for use with paediatric residents, teaching clinical procedures, works rounds, and role play. It also includes evaluation forms that can be customized to fit a particular program.
