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Reviews & Abstracts

Education, March 2002

This issue reviews some recently published textbooks on education. They are quite diverse in their subject matter and all, to a greater or lesser degree, show the change towards a more student-centred approach that is taking place in higher education. There are an increasing number of such books becoming available, reinforcing the belief that the process, as well as outcome of education is important. Why should this be?

The raised profile of education stems from the scientific research over the last 20 years or so that has given us an improved understanding of how adults learn, and learn best. This is linked to the developments in pedagogy such as problem-based learning. This approach is spreading across dental schools around the world, at variable pace and penetration, and is perceived by its adherents to be a ‘real life’ way of facilitating student learning. Altered attitudes to education also play a part. There is a view taking hold in institutions of higher education (driven by the consumer pressures that are prevalent in all walks of life now) that teaching is of equal importance to research, and excellence should be rewarded equally and appropriately.

Within Europe, dental education has received a big boost with the development of the DentEd and DentEd Evolves programmes. The DentEd programme is designed to lead to the convergence of educational outcomes across Europe and has been very successful with over 40 dental schools having been visited. The different pedagogical processes in the different disciplines within dentistry were summarized and have been published. The DentEd Evolves programme has recently completed the reports on recommendations for progress in dental undergraduate education. Both these are available on the web sites (www.dented.org and www.dented.org/dentedevolves.php3).

Journals

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS

http://www3.oup.eo.uk/eortho/

ANGLE ORTHODONTIST

http://www.angleorthodontist.org/

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS AND DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS

http://www.mosby.com

THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADULT ORTHODONTICS AND ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY

http://www.quintpub.com/index.html

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ORTHODONTICS

http://www.jco-online.com

AUSTRALIAN ORTHODONTIC JOURNAL

www.aso.org.au/aoj.htm

THE JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY

www.iosonline.org

THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS

http://kjo.or.kr

ORTODONTIA

(Revista de Sociedade Portugesa de Ortopedia Dento Facial)

No web page given. Articles in Portuguese and English

KIEFERORTHOPÄDIE

No web page address Published by Quintessence.

Articles in German with English abstract

REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE ORTODONCIA

No web page Articles in Spanish with English Abstracts

ORTOGNATODONZIA ITALIANA

http://www.sido.it. Articles in Italian with English Summary

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