Education and Training in Indoor Air Sciences

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Other Authors: Boschi, Nadia (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
Series:NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 2, Environmental Security
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 20. Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Teaching in Indoor Air Sciences
  • VII. Different Educational Players for Different Audiences and Needs
  • 21. Federal Roles in Education and Training in the Indoor Air Sciences: Case Studies of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Involvement in Training Development and Delivery
  • 22. Education and Training in the Field of Indoor Air Sciences in Bulgaria
  • 23. Education Needs in Eastern European Countries and New Independent States
  • 24. Education in Indoor Air Sciences in Poland
  • 25. Education in Indoor Air Sciences in Romania
  • 26. CIB and Education and Training in Indoor Air Sciences
  • 27. Assessment of Indoor Air Quality and its Impact on Children’s Health
  • VIII. A Qualitative Methodology for Data Collection
  • 28. Focus Group Techniques to Facilitate Group Interaction: Finding A Core Curriculum for Indoor Air Science
  • IX. Summary and Conclusions
  • 29. New Directions for Education in Indoor Air Sciences: An Interdisciplinary and International Undertaking
  • Author index
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Defming an Educational Framework for Indoor Air Sciences
  • II. Historical Perspective: Defining the Scientific Field
  • 2. Indoor Air Sciences: A Defined Area of Study or a Field to be Defined
  • III. Current trends in Indoor Air Sciences Education
  • 3. Toward an Internationally Harmonized, Multiprofessional Educational Program in Indoor Air Sciences: Needs and Strategies
  • 4. Trends in the Post Graduate Educational Curriculum of The Indoor Air Sciences
  • IV. On-Going Educational Programs
  • 5. Indoor Air Science Training and Education in Finland
  • 6. Graduate Education and Training in Indoor Air Science - A Canadian Approach
  • 7. Indoor Air Fundamentals and Graduate Education in the Czech Republic
  • 8. The Teaching of Indoor Air Quality at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest
  • 9. Post Graduate Training on the Health Significance of Indoor Air Quality in Hungary
  • 10. Indoor Air Quality Education at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovak Republic
  • 11. Environmental Engineering Educational Process in the Field of Indoor Air Sciences
  • 12. Indoor Air Education in the Slovak Republic: Education at the Medical Faculties
  • V. Research and Problem Based Education
  • 13. Training Specialists in Occupational Medicine: The Benefits of Research Experience in the Field of Indoor Environment
  • 14. Indoor Environmental Quality Research and Education at Harvard University
  • 15. Problem Based Teaching in Indoor Air Sciences and Practice. Danish and International Experiences
  • 16. The Assessment Techniques of the Indoor Environment: The Case of the Italian University Libraries
  • VI. Emerging Issues
  • 17. A Sustainable Environment Basis for Education in Indoor Air Sciences
  • 18. Engineering Education for Indoor Air Specialists
  • 19. Occupant Assessment of Indoor Air Quality