This chapter describes 10 selected theoretical approaches to education, exploring their
implications for the practice of medical education. The theoretical approaches are social …

Medical Education 2011: 45: 60–68 Context Pedagogical practices reflect theoretical
perspectives and beliefs that people hold about learning. Perspectives on learning are …

1. Teaching and Learning 2. Systems Approach to Instruction 3. Group Dynamics 4.
Curriculum 5. Integrated Teaching 6. Domains of Learning 7. Writing Instructional Objectives …

Medical education practice is more often the result of tradition, ritual, culture, and history
than of any easily expressed theoretical or conceptual framework. The authors explain the …

Perspectives on the nature of learning influence decisions about curriculum design,
teaching and learning strategies, and assessment of students. Current literature on medical …

There are educational principles that apply to the teaching of professionalism during
undergraduate education and postgraduate training. It is axiomatic that there is a single …

Despite the existence of many approaches to understanding learning and change and
attempts to incorporate these into continuing education research and practice, the search …

The understanding of teaching and learning in medical education has increased to improve
medical education at all levels. Selected approaches to understanding learning provide a …

Creating a true continuum of medical education from admission to medical school
throughout a lifetime of professional learning is easier said than done. To do so, the various …

As a result of the paradigm shift to a competency-based framework, both self-directed
lifelong learning and learner-centeredness have become essential tenets of medical …