以行动研究法探索英语教学——信息技术环境下交际式英语会话材料的应用

本文基于“网络环境下的基础教育跨越式发展创新试验研究”实践,探究会话材料在交际式英语中应用的方法与策略。文章通过对行动研究法的阐述,提出利用行动研究法探索交际式英语教学的重要性与必要性,结合交际式英语教学中会话材料的设计与应用案例,探讨如何运用行动研究法实现针对具体案例研究。     

关于课堂中学生学习方式的案例研究

案例研究法是研究者深入课堂教学第一线,通过观察、访谈、记录及描述等方式,以故事呈现课堂教学的真实情景,以此为基础研究课堂教学中的主要问题。案例研究法不仅在教学理论研究中被广泛运用,而且在教师研究课堂的实践中也是常用的方法之一。以案例研究法对课堂中学生的自主学习、合作学习和探究学习的方式进行研究,以进一步明晰案例研究法之要旨。     

网络环境下高中生物探究能力培养的研究

本课题以东莞市厚街中学高中学生为研究对象,采用了“行动研究法”、“文献研究法”、“案例研究法”等研究方法探讨了网络环境下生物学实验探究中“提出问题和猜想假设能力”一培养的途径。     

以绩效技术促进数学课堂教学有效性的行动研究

本文尝试运用绩效技术,根据绩效技术模型的分析思路,以数学课堂教学为研究阵地,构建出信息资源在数学课堂教学中的有效应用的绩效技术模型及应用方法。笔者采用行动研究法,结合典型的教学案例,记录了行动研究的整个过程,期望能为数学科实施有效教学、提高教学质量提供一个可行的途径,供同行参考借鉴。     

欧美高等教育基准法研究及其启示

用基准法研究高等教育在我国是一个新事物。文章从理论和实践的角度论述了高等教育基准法的概念及其在欧美高等教育中的运用，并分析了该研究法引入我国的可行性。     

实践教学论的研究方法

实践教学论是与理论教学论相对的教学论,它的研究对象是发生并存在于课堂的教学现象及其规律。实践教学论的研究方法主要包括“主客位”研究法、课堂观察研究法、课堂“深描”研究法、教学案例研究法、教学行动研究法等,这些方法均与实践教学论的研究对象及其特点有关。     

基于网络环境的“反思与评价”能力培养的研究

课题采用了“行动研究法”、“文献研究法”、“案例研究法”等研究方法探讨了网络环境下“反思与评价”能力培养的教学途径.     

在行动计划中学做行动研究

在前面两期专栏中,我们可以看到各试点园在贯彻《幼儿园教育指导纲要(试行)》(以下简称《纲要》)的行动计划中已开始尝试运用行动研究法。在寻找切入点、制订行动方案的过程中,各试点园或是面临着如何体现行动研究法自下而上、实用性和参与性等特点的问题,或是困惑于如何体现行动研究"计划-行动-观察-反思-计划"过程的问题。最初方案的几易其稿是各试点园在研究初始阶段都经历过的,这种改动无疑是多方面因素影响的结果,但它主要还是对行动反思的产物。目前,我们对这种改动与行动以及对行动的反思之间的关系似乎还不太清楚。此外,各试点园在制订方案初稿时出现的一些问题,可能与大家还不太明白如何在幼教实践中做行动研究关系很大。因为,虽然行动研究的理念并不难懂,但理念的转换,尤其是从理念到具体的操作层面的转换却并非易事。在本期专栏中,我们拟通过对行动研究法的进一步了解以及对各试点园方案制订过程的回顾与分析,讨论各试点园在运用行动研究法时的具体问题和感悟。     

教育行动研究概说

行动研究法作为一种社会科学研究方法,始见于二战时期的美国。当时著名学者科特·勒温,为了解决理论研究与行为实践相脱节的问题,率先在社会心理学的研究中,应用行动研究的策略,提出“没有无行动的研究,也没有无研究的行动”。50年代“行动研究”就广泛应用于美国的教育研究之中,近几年才在我国教育研究中兴起,却深得广大教师的欢迎。什么是教育行动研究?目前还没有一个公认的定义。我们认为:教育行动研究是一种融理论与实践、研究与行动为一体,行动者与他人合作,以解决实际问题为导向,以教育行动本身为研究对象,通过案例评价、反思总结等多…     

行动研究在班级管理中的应用

近年来,行动研究法为越来越多的教育工作者所认同和接受。行动研究所具有的问题导向、即时解决、研究支持等特点,与教育情境的偶然性、当下性和问题性尤为契合。因此,在问题多元、偶发情境性的班级管理工作中,行动研究应有其施展空间。本文就班级管理中行动研究的应用进行分析,并利用案例具体说明班主任如何实施行动研究。一、行动研究的概念、特征与程序     

Teaching and researching critical academic writing: scrutiny of an action research process

This article aims to explore one way of making connections between a teaching problem, a research process and a theory arrived at through action research. The article suggests this as a fruitful approach to pedagogic research in general. It focuses on a particular action research project on developing critical academic writing in an international context, illustrating how a particular teaching problem led to an action research investigation which resulted in a principled, theoretical framework to describe and guide the development of critical academic writing. Arriving at the theoretical framework involved the iterative interaction of theory with practice and required the integration of multiple theoretical perspectives. The theoretical framework was based on general principles or praxiology. There are few studies of this type on critical academic writing, or indeed any pedagogic issue, which seek to: (1) provide a framework for teaching; (2) operationalise this framework; (3) rigorously research its impact in in-depth case studies; and then (4) revise the framework in the light of reflection and analysis.     

Gender issues in action research: implications for adult education

Gender equality is a widely recognized value. Still, on the practical level, it is not easy to achieve true gender equality. Gender has proved to be a complicated issue both for research and practice. Gender change projects trying to make changes in detected disadvantages have repeatedly run into a problem: it is difficult to put gender issues on the agenda and it is difficult to keep them there. With three case examples, this article addresses the question of why it is difficult to approach gender issues in change projects and what conditions make this less difficult. It deals with the potential of action research of making a contribution to gender issues and emphasizes that change projects need a concept of gender which includes the relevant aspects of social structure and social process. In conclusion, the article presents implications for adult education, especially the challenge of developing concepts of empowerment and agency to comply with the postmodern condition and the challenge of creating spaces for interpretation and action.     

在基于网络与多媒体的大学英语教学中引入行动研究

行动研究是促进教育理论与实践相结合的重要途径.本文通过对当前大学英语网络教学的现状分析,根据行动研究的特点,探讨了行动研究应用于大学英语网络教学的理据和优势,并用一个案例展示了进行行动研究的步骤和方法.     

Teacher-as-researcher: theory-into-practice

This introductory article establishes the foundation for a special issue of the American Annals of the Deaf on teacher action research. The authors first introduce the definition of the teacher-as-researcher model, formally known as teacher action research. Four elements of teacher action research are discussed in detail: cyclical, systematic, reflective, and collaborative. Next, the history of teacher action research is discussed. Subsequently, the multi-paradigmatic and multimethodological nature of teacher action research is proposed. Finally, as a means of guiding readers, the scope of the special issue is described. The introduction concludes with the suggestion that in-service and preservice teachers integrate theory into practice and engage in systematic inquiry into their own practice to develop the mindset necessary to cope with the pedagogical challenges they face on a daily basis.     

Theoretical Resource

Teacher professional development at second level in Irish schools has become an important issue for those of us concerned about ensuring quality teaching and learning in the classroom. In-service providers are aware that the models of provision that have been used in the past are no longer adequate to meet the professional needs of a modern teaching force. This article explores the nature of action research as a possible vehicle to provide opportunities for quality professional development for teachers. The article examines how the newly formed Second Level Support Service and the School Development Planning initiative might provide the impetus for a change in policy and a context for an action research approach to facilitating quality teacher professional development.     

构建"基于对话"的研究共同体:教师专业成长的可靠路径

新一轮基础教育课程改革的启动,愈加凸显了"教师专业成长"问题.研究表明,教师参与教育行动研究将有力促进教师自身综合素质的提升;而教师与专业研究者合作,构建"基于对话"的研究共同体,是教师逐步发展和提高自身实践研究能力的可靠路径.     

Umbrella action research projects as a mechanism for learning and teaching quality enhancement

ABSTRACT

Umbrella action research projects link together a number of small action research projects under a common organizational and thematic umbrella. This article provides an example of an umbrella action research project, which aimed for teaching quality enhancement. There are two mechanisms by which teaching quality can be enhanced. The first of these is through the improvements initiated in the small projects, which are normally conducted by teachers in the courses they teach. The second mechanism is that of the collective reflective discussions of the whole project team. The collective umbrella that over-arches the individual projects provides a mechanism for participants to collectively transform their understanding of the common thematic issue. There is, therefore, the possibility of an emancipatory transformation, so that the whole achieves more than the sum of the individual projects. This article substantiates the impact of umbrella action research projects by presenting case studies from an overall project that focused on online learning. The cases highlight our reflective discussions on promoting student engagement in online learning. They show how our collective understanding of engagement in online learning was advanced and some of the means tried in the small projects to encourage student engagement. As there is evidence of teaching quality enhancement through the umbrella action research project, we discuss the possibility of redirecting some of the resources currently devoted to quality assurance to quality enhancement through encouraging action research projects.     

Contextual e-learning evaluation: A preliminary framework

The evaluation of solutions is a major unresolved issue for all those involved in e-learning. In this paper we illustrate the importance of context by means of a qualitative comparison of two e-learning prototype implementations--an action research case undertaken in conjunction with a major German insurance company; and a more experimental approach undertaken during an undergraduate university course, where a variety of learning strategies were tested. Despite the apparent difference of the two prototypes, we believe that evaluators from both sides can learn from one another's experiences--and that the differences lie in the ranking of the evaluation categories, rather than in their in/exclusion. We conclude that we can learn from other evaluation projects--not in terms of operational evaluation criteria, but in terms of understanding evaluation categories and their integrated nature within the e-learning organisation.