Public Administration (PA) as an academic discipline has traditionally been anchored in the principles of state-centric governance, national implementation policies, and the management of domestic public affairs. However, the rise of global and transnational governance has significantly reshaped the context in which public administrators operate.…

Gross anatomy is often taught and assessed based on a "standard" view of the human body, limiting students' exposure to normal variation, creating a potential curricular gap in the training of future anatomists and health care professionals. This scoping review explores learning objectives and teaching approaches associated with…

This paper examines the conceptions of 'number sense' as promoted in pre-service primary mathematics education courses at 11 South African Higher Education Institutions through the texts used by academics or prescribed for students. While all the participating institutions agree that the development of primary school learners' 'number sense' is…

The internet is a significant technological advancement and has reshaped society and instructional technology. Therefore, educational environments must capitalize on the internet for instruction. One progressive development of online learning is the use of online delivery methods. Student engagement and retention are strengthened by considering a…

School nurses report that evidence-based practice (EBP) is not a part of their daily practice, and most have had no formal education regarding EBP or its implementation. The purpose of this review is to identify what strategies might be effective to educate school nurses about EBP as a first step toward establishing EBP in school nurse practice.…

Online education is an evident trend in higher education, and likewise, the field of Kinesiology has expanded online teaching. Such expansion, however, was too fast to make a proper adjustment and was not supported by an online specific theoretical foundation. The purpose of this systematic review was to offer an overview of issues and trends…

This systematic review synthesizes 17 studies exploring nonnative-English-speaking teacher candidates' (NNES-TC) language teacher identity (LTI) development. The purpose was to examine NNES-TCs' LTI development during graduate-level TESOL programs in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The review addressed the questions, "What…

Research on service-learning with English Language Learners has blossomed over the last two decades, but the literature is not well known outside the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This is unfortunate in a world where issues related to globalization and immigration are common in public discourses. This literature…

The US health care system faces linguistic challenges. Disparities in language-concordant care for Spanish speakers persist due to current demographics and a paucity of bilingual providers. A proliferation of courses in Spanish for health care professions suggests that universities and post-graduate institutions are attempting to meet this need;…

Explores the application of counseling principles to teaching. These include establishing a relationship, using group skills, recognizing transference, and managing countertransference. (Author)

The authors present a model of student development that illuminates the process students undergo as they deal with gender issues in counselor training. The model is based on the foundational concepts of the Relational-Cultural Model. Methods of teaching are discussed to provide counselor educators with strategies for facilitating mutual growth…

The types of statistical analyses used in more than 800 journal articles commonly cited by social workers were examined and comparisons of statistical analyses used in this published research were made between journal articles published in the late 1980s and early 2000. The data clearly indicate little has changed in the statistical methods used…

D. A. Kolb's (1984) 4 processes of experiential education are presented as guidelines for humanistically based training in group counseling. Specific training activities are described, and recommendations for improving training methods are outlined. The authors present qualitative data obtained from graduate counseling students who participated in…

Examines some of the goals, techniques, and problems involved in teaching second-language literatures at all levels of instruction. Briefly summarizes the work of the past 15 years and makes suggestions for future consideration. Also reports on a survey of 93 faculty members on the teaching of literature. (EKN)

Origins of and issues in the debate over the need for a pedagogy specific to graduate-level teaching and research are reviewed, particularly as they apply to the Australian higher education context. The concerns reflected in a series of papers in this journal issue on this topic are outlined. (MSE)