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Sex Education in the 21st Century

JAMA, 2014
Controversies about the proper content of school-based sex education continue, but in some fundamental sense they have been matched by—perhaps even overtaken by—other pressing realities. For example, there are increasing demands that school resources be dedicated to teaching the basics of reading, writing, and math and to upgrading the attention given ...
Victor C, Strasburger, Sarah S, Brown
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Medical Education in the 21st Century

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2009
This commentary is a reaction of medical educators and health practitioners to the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation’s recently released report, Revisiting the Medical School Mission at a Time of Expansion . The report is a fresh assessment of what more medical schools must do to prepare students for 21st century challenges and opportunities to improve the ...
Bailus, Walker, Charles, Mouton
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Engineering education for the 21st century

Proceedings of ICASSP '94. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 2002
The engineering environment of the 21st century will require new engineers to handle ambiguity and chaos, to understand the design/process/manufacture path for a product, to balance independence and teamwork, and to combine the techno-scientific base with a societal context.
Delores M. Etter, Joseph Bordogna
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Dental Education in the 21st Century

Primary Dental Care, 2000
The continuum of dental education has been greatly strengthened by the General Dental Council's educational initiatives during the past five years and these are described in this paper: lifelong learning and recertification will reassure the public and full integration of team members through statutory registration with one self-regulatory body is an ...
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Software education in the 21st century

Proceedings of 20th International Computer Software and Applications Conference: COMPSAC '96, 1996
Summary form only given. It is a well recognized fact that economic growth in industrial countries come from three main sources-technical progress, capital, and a well-educated labour force. To maintain our position as, or to become, economic powerhouses in the world, education in science and technology must be emphasized and wide spread.
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Educating nurses for the 21st century

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2005
Abstract  The current and projected demand for nurses and nursing services worldwide, coupled with dramatic changes in the delivery of health care, require nurses with more knowledge, more education, and more skills. Issues facing nursing require a reconceptualization of the approach and expectations for nursing practice and for the educational models ...
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Education in the 21st century

Economics, 2014
Higher Education has become the backbone of economic success in rapidly developing countries such as the United States. This paper looks to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities associated with bettering our educational system in hopes of having a predeveloped workforce for the 21st century and beyond. The ability
Andrew Kochian, null Кочиэн, Khalid Mehtabdin, null Мехтабдин, Benjamin Oevering, null Оеверинг   +5 more
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Educating the Psychiatrist of the 21st Century

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1990
Psychiatry is under threat from developments within mental health care. In educating future psychiatrists, more emphasis should be placed upon: collaborative research; integrated teamwork, without interprofessional rivalry; work in primary care; the non-scientific components of psychiatry, centred upon relationships with patients; less dogmatic ...
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Educated for the 21st century?

Children & Society, 2000
Using cameos of children whose schooling spans the millennium and of teachers' attempts to foster their individuality and talents under pressures for conformity, we question whether the long‐term educational interests of pupils are being fully served. We suggest that even for the secure and stable majority the school curriculum has serious shortcomings
John Tomlinson, Vivienne Little, Susan Tomlinson, Emily Bower   +3 more
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Medical education for the 21st century.

Irish medical journal, 2015
In recent years many commentators have stated that undergraduate medical education needs to be radically altered to embrace the modern day demands and needs of patients. The current medical curriculum is still largely based the Flexner Report, which was published in the US in 1910 1 .
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