Event Archives
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| Oct 16, 2012 |
Implementation of New Learning Methods in Hawler Medical University (HMU) College of MedicinePresenter(s):
A description, with data and examples, of the changes in the learning process at the College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University. The response of students and the teaching staff to the new methods, including small group learning,student-centered learning (SCL), problem based learning (PBL), OSCE and other approaches. Future planning to improve learning outcomes at HMU.
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| Oct 31, 2012 |
‘Experiences of studying and learning for adult learners on access course programmes: findings from the research/practice dialogue.’Presenter(s):
Previous research on students’ approaches to learning has identified a number of study strategies (deep, shallow, and strategic). Students’ information literacy skills have also been investigated previously. However, in both areas, studies have concentrated on standard school leaver undergraduates, raising the issue of whether adult returners’ capabilities in these areas would differ in any noticeable way.
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| Nov 1, 2012 |
Joint CR&DALL/GCID Seminar - “Leprosy – challenges for public health policy and social justice”Presenter(s):
Professor W Cairns S Smith, OBE, Emeritus Professor of Public Health, University of Aberdeen spoke on the broad subject of social justice in relation to leprosy and his work, in that context, with the World Health Organisation.
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| Dec 13, 2012 |
Positive Leadership in Universities – Mission Impossible?Presenter(s):
Positive feelings and experiences support problem-solving skills and the ability toact in an innovative way. Positive experiences are, therefore, interconnected with motivational factors and work performances. Positive psychology asks the question “what we can do right with people and how we can teach people to have more of that?”
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| Feb 13, 2013 |
"Approaches towards Professionalisation in Adult Education: Interpretivist versus competency approach"Presenter(s):
The question of professionalisation of adult education in Germany was first raised in the years immediately after the Second World War when the Volkshochschulen (adult education centres) were being reopened and developed. By the 1970s and 1980s a Volkshochschule system was growing,becoming the fourth sector of the German educational system, and the need for qualified adult educators was raised.
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| Feb 13, 2013 |
The politics of regulation: Exploring bureaucracy and its consequences for public sector professionsPresenter(s): Mark Murphy
The new bureaucracy of accountability has altered the landscape of public services since its development in the last several decades. In particular, the implementation of quality assurance mechanisms – audit, inspection, performance indicators, evaluation – has opened up the public sector to ever greater scrutiny. As a tool of political regulation, however, they are not without their critics, accused of among other things, undermining professional autonomy, instrumentalising public services and trivialising democracy.
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| Feb 14, 2013 |
Social Inequalities of Post-secondary Educational Aspirations: influence of social background, school composition and institutional contextPresenter(s):
Professor Dupriez discussed the core aspects of the recently published article of this title (in the European Educational Research Journal Volume 11 Number 4 2012 www.wwwords.eu/EERJ).
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| Mar 25, 2013 |
Adult and Lifelong Learning in the UK and Japan - the definition of a "qualified HE entrance student"Presenter(s):
Professor Yanagida considered and described Access to Higher Education programmes in Japan and the transition of learners from senior school to higher education. He further outlined remedial practice for students in higher education in Japan. He then went on to compare Access programmes in England and Scotland with those of Japan and will finish his presentation by examining the possibilities for future co-operation between Japan and the UK.
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