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Didactic Approach (didactic + approach)

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A virtual classroom for information technology in construction

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, Issue 2 2008
Danijel Rebolj
Abstract The paper describes a new postgraduate program called "ITC-Euromaster." It briefly outlines the development process, explains the content of the program, the methodological and didactic approach and the learning environment. The paper concludes with the first experiences in delivering the courses of the new program. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 16: 105,114, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20129 [source]

,Educator talk' and patient change: some insights from the DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) randomized controlled trial

DIABETIC MEDICINE, Issue 9 2008
T. C. Skinner
Abstract Aims To determine whether differences in the amount of time educators talk during a self-management education programme relate to the degree of change in participants' reported beliefs about diabetes. Method Educators trained to be facilitative and non-didactic in their approach were observed delivering the DESMOND self-management programme for individuals newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Observers used 10-s event coding to estimate the amount of time educators spoke during different sessions in the programme. Facilitative as opposed to didactic delivery was indicated by targets for levels of educator talk set for each session. Targets were based on earlier pilot work. Using the revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire (IPQ-R) and the Diabetes Illness Representations Questionnaire (DIRQ), participants completed measures of: perceived duration of diabetes (timeline IPQ-R), understanding of diabetes (coherence IPQ-R), personal responsibility for influencing diabetes (personal responsibility IPQ-R), seriousness of diabetes (seriousness DIRQ) and impact on daily life (impact DIRQ), before and after the education programme. Results Where data from the event coding indicated educators were talking less and meeting targets for being less didactic, a greater change in reported illness beliefs of participants was seen. However, educators struggled to meet targets for most sessions of the programme. Conclusion The amount of time educators talk in a self-management programme may provide a practical marker for the effectiveness of the education process, with less educator talk denoting a more facilitative/less didactic approach. This finding has informed subsequent improvements to a comprehensive quality development framework, acknowledging that educators need ongoing support to facilitate change to their normal educational style. [source]

Student learning and the teaching-research nexus in oral biology

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION, Issue 2 2001
Jules Kieser
Although frequently coexistent, we know little about the interactions among research, teaching and learning in higher education. This study examines the preferences of second and third year dental students for questions that require a research-based deep approach or questions that require a straightforward didactic approach. A questionnaire was designed to evaluate the opinion of 114 students who took part in the Oral Biology course. 56 second year students (75%) responded while 58 (84%) of third year students responded. Questions that required an interpretive approach were found to be most appealing by 70.2% of all students. Questions which required a regurgitative approach were favoured by 11.6% of students. No significant differences were found when the sample was broken down by country of origin, year of study or gender, suggesting that dental students preferred research-based learning rather than superficial didactic learning. [source]

The value of a questionnaire in assessing the acquisition and retention of basic science knowledge by dental students

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION, Issue 1 2000
K. S. Last
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess and compare, by performances in a questionnaire, the level of knowledge of basic medical sciences in 6th-form school pupils studying science subjects as entrance requirements to University and in 2nd, 3rd and 4th-year undergraduate dental students. A 40-part multiple response, true/false questionnaire, testing recall of factual knowledge in anatomy, biochemistry, physiology and oral biology, was used as the method of assessment. The results suggested that this simple format was an acceptable and useful method of assessment of the knowledge level of the study groups. The difference in scores of knowledge, expected to be higher in 2nd-year students compared to 6th form groups, was greatest in anatomy and oral biology, less in biochemistry and, unexpectedly, was not apparent in physiology. A difference in performance on the knowledge questionnaire was observed between 4th and 2nd year dental students, attributable primarily to decreased scores for 4th year dental students in biochemistry and, to a lesser extent, anatomy. The results obtained with this standardised test of factual knowledge recall may be of value to teachers compiling medical sciences courses for dental undergraduates and to those planning and evaluating new curricula with a less didactic approach. [source]