Abstract Educating clients and teaching and mentoring colleagues are crucial yet underappreciated elements of a veterinarian's professional duties. Unfortunately, veterinary curricula rarely explicitly aim to encourage students to develop effective teaching practices.
Renato L. Previdelli +3 more
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The Mentoring of Overseas Trained Teachers [PDF]
Much research has been undertaken into the value of mentoring for beginning teachers. Less research has been done into the mentoring of Overseas Trained Teachers (OTTs).
Qayoom, Abdul, Warner, Lionel
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Effects of a Peer-To-Peer Mentoring Program: Supporting First-Year College Students’ Academic and Social Integration on Campus [PDF]
This paper presents findings from a peer-to-peer mentoring program supporting ethnically diverse first-generation students at a mid-sized university in the Southwest. Research on mentoring during the undergraduate years has placed emphasis on the quality
Estudillo, Antonio G, Ph.D. +1 more
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Cooperative learning in anatomy: Comparing virtual avatars and human specimens
Abstract Contemporary research demonstrated that undergraduate medical students rated an augmented reality learning tool entitled “human muscular arm avatar” as useful for their self‐directed individual learning. Beyond this subjective assessment, it was largely unknown whether avatar‐based study would also improve knowledge test scores at an objective
Christa Maurer +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Scaling New Heights: How to Spot Small Successes in the Public Sector and Make Them Big [PDF]
Examines barriers to bringing innovations to scale in the social sector and recommends developing a market for social outcomes, designing funding models that encourage scaling, shaping the field of knowledge about what works, and investing in ...
Geoff Mulgan, Jitinder Kohli
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Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million +3 more
wiley +1 more source
"She's me, the whole of me" : constructing mentoring as a feminine gendered connection for women's professional identity : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand [PDF]
Despite the increased numbers of women in the New Zealand labour market, gendered segregation of the workforce, pay inequality and a lack of women in leadership roles are still gendered issues facing women in employment today.
Haemmerle, Bianca Claire
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Mentoring mentors as a tool for personal and professional empowerment in teacher education [PDF]
This study examined the effects of a support course for student teachers who served as mentors of school children over one school year in the Perach Mentoring Project (PMP).
Orly Michael
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