Finally, the issue raised earlier regarding coordinating the two perspectives on variation and distribution, that is, variation as generating distribution and distribution as variation from a desired 'model' (Prodromou and Pratt, 2006), warrants increased curriculum and research consideration.
This distinction between a community of practice and a learning community has taken on heightened importance as increasing curriculum standardisation and high stakes assessments further narrow the historically fragile opportunities for deep and collaborative teacher learning within the traditionally structured academic department.
The findings come at a time when many preschools are considering eliminating nap time because of increasing curriculum demands.
Medical students are getting increasing curriculum time in primary care setting in many medical schools, where they can be potentially exposed to a wide variety of dermatological problems [ 9].
She called for reforms like increasing the number of mental health providers, promoting positive behavior interventions, and increasing engaging curriculum and job skills training.
They also fear unwanted increases in curriculum content.
Objective scores using the QIKAT increased post-curriculum from 8.3 to 10.1 out of 15 (p-value for difference <0.001) and this change was sustained at twelve months post-project with average individual scores of 10.7 out of 15 (p-value for difference from pre-curriculum <0.001).
The issues around improved communication skills and team work require further research, ie., does the problem-based curriculum increase these skills or are students today selected for these skills?
We observed a significant increase over the curriculum in the perception of FM as an attractive career choice (36.7%, 41.7% and 50.2% in years one, three and five respectively; P <0.001).
Following the September 11 attacks, applications for admission to the academy increased dramatically, security on campus was increased, and the curriculum was revamped to include coursework on terrorism and military drills in civilian environments.
