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The learning and assessment in clinical nursing practice can only be understood globally by recognizing the context which surrounds them. This article draws upon a descriptive and exploratory research that explores the concept of three worlds, constructed in a previous study (Freitas, 2007): the world of the school, the clinical world and the professional world. (Read more)

There are certain basis in teaching that already exist before the actual teaching takes place. These bases are not the result of classroom practices or the use of methods or techniques, they are part of the necessary requirements for the act of teaching something to someone. These bases are not the components of a recipe or a set of rules that we have to use mechanically. They are the guidelines, criteria, perspectives, options, points of view that make teaching and learning meaningful. (Read more)

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The creation of concept mapping and their subsequent evolution go together with the impressive work of Professor J. D. Novak. His works, from the doctoral thesis of 1958 to its current implementation of the more advanced methods to improve the learning process, and therefore the teaching, have pointed to a clear pedagogical approach. This special issue of the Journal represents a magnificent example of his influence, evidenced by the participation of relevant speakers relating their experiences in the fields of teaching, research, and management. (Read more)

The most important factor leading to empowerment of individuals is the ability and commitment to achieve high levels of meaningful learning. Meaningful learning requires integration of new concepts and propositions into the learnerʼs cognitive structure to achieve high levels of organized knowledge that can be represented as knowledge models. Concept mapping and new educational strategies can facilitate the process. (Read more)

This Masterʼs Thesis addresses the tools definition to collect and analyze the relevant information to research in prisons, from a cross-sector point of view, aimed to prevent and predict violent behavior in prisonʼs environment. Taking as starting point several qualitative methods, we discuss the suitability of them and we propose using biographical narrative method as the proper one for capturing relevant information about prison organization, inmates and professionals working in that context. (Read more)

The present work should be treated as a "progress report" prior to the comparative study that the author has been developing in her master's degree program about the training for university students volunteers in various countries in Europe. The present report describes the case of the University of Granada, including in this overview of the history of Granada institution, foundations and frames that will generate, in the subsequent thesis, the relevant comparative analysis. (Read more)

It's becoming increasingly frequent hearing assertions such as "don't touch me or I'll sue you", "don't look me in the eyes", "don't go through my drawers", "don't read my mail", "don't listen to my conversations", "don't touch my hard drive", "because I'll sue you". And many parents live under the menace of "or I'll sue you" (page 65), and after these statements we may ask: Do parents have to confront this kind of situations nowadays?... (Read more)