Professional Education in Mexico at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

This analysis sheds light on planning education in Mexico. One important question that the paper addresses is: Are planning programs forming professionals capable of addressing the challenges that cities and regions face in the twenty-first century? The study draws upon a content analysis of 253 course syllabi and a database of 128 employed local planners. The results of the analysis suggest that planning curricula are still very much embedded in the rational model and there is a challenge for strengthening the curricula with more communicative skills that are valuable in a postmodern society.

Download Full-text

Physicians for the twenty-first century. Report of the Project Panel on the General Professional Education of the Physician and College Preparation for Medicine

Academic Medicine ◽

10.1097/00001888-198411000-00001 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 59 (11) ◽

pp. 1-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

&NA;

Keyword(s):

Professional Education ◽

College Preparation ◽

First Century ◽

Twenty First Century

Download Full-text

The evolution of professional education and health systems in sub-Saharan Africa

10.1093/med/9780198703327.003.0014 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gottlieb Monekosso

Keyword(s):

Health Systems ◽

Professional Education ◽

Colonial Period ◽

First Century ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Local Populations ◽

Education And Health ◽

Wide Range ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Sub Saharan

Chapter 14 charts the development of professional education in sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period, into the colonial and through to the twenty-first century. It shows how pioneering leaders have worked creatively to overcome the shortages of people and resources, and provided trained people to meet the most pressing needs in their countries. It invokes the need for cooperation with a wide range of international partners but also discusses that, while in providing opportunities for education, it has also provided opportunities for emigration. It covers the importance of intellectual rigour married to a thorough understanding of local circumstances, and that policies represent the needs and wants of local populations.

Download Full-text

The Education of Social Assistants in Portugal: Trends in Critical thinking

Revista Katálysis ◽

10.1590/1414-49802016.003.00003 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 333-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cláudia Mônica dos Santos ◽

Alcina Maria de Castro Martins

Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Professional Education ◽

First Century ◽

Critical Social Work ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Critical Social

Abstract: The purpose of this article is to highlight critical influences on professional education in the twenty-first century, in Portugal. It contextualizes social work by highlighting critical inheritances in the education of social workers. It then looks at critical trends in the current education of social workers. It finds that so-called Critical Social Work encompasses different and diverging trends, which are quite diluted in Portugal, expressed by a limited number of professors and individualized methods.

Download Full-text