STEAM Designed and Enacted: Understanding the Process of Design and Implementation of STEAM Curriculum in an Elementary School

Journal of Science Education and Technology - Educators are now moving classroom instructional objectives away from what content do we need to know towards how can we support learners in the...     

中美小学数学教师课程实施的跨文化比较

本研究对中美两国小学数学教师的课程实施进行跨文化比较,发现中美教师都更倾向于投入更多的时间对自己有充分准备的课程内容进行教学。相比于美国教师过广的教学范围、年级间高度重复的模式,我国教师的课程实施更为集中与聚焦,每个年级都有较为明显的关注点,但是我国教师课程实施的个体差异大于美国教师。同时还发现我国教师较为严格的按照新课程标准和教材的要求来实施课程,但在课程准备的充分程度上差于美国教师,需要进一步加强与提高。     

African American Othermothering in the Urban Elementary School

Othermothering and community othermothering can be defined as African American women's maternal assistance offered to the children of blood mothers within the African American community. Originally traced to slavery, othermothering was a survival mechanism that served as a vehicle for educational and cultural transmission. Currently, an othermothering tradition exists within the urban elementary-school context, and African American female educators play an integral role in fulfilling the pyschoeducational needs of the urban child. By employing a qualitative methodology, this article presents two biographical portraits that examine othermothering by a young elementary-school principal and community othermothering by a fifth-grade elementary-school teacher with 25 years of experience in the urban classroom.     

加拿大中小学的多元文化课程

多元文化价值观始终是加拿大中小学课程设置和内容安排的基本指导思想,它贯穿于中小学课程的整个教学。中小学多元文化教育集中体现在多元文化课程中,文化意识类课程是形成学生多元文化意识的主要途径,语言类课程和民族特色类课程对保持和发扬各民族文化具有重要的作用。多元文化课程的教材编写既突出知识的综合性,又兼顾文化的教育意义。     

课程规划:学校层面的课程实施

课程规划是课程实施的的本质要求,对国家课程、地方课程和校本课程进行规划与实施是学校的责任和权力.如何规范制订学校课程规划,给学校以理论上的指导和实践中的参考,是亟待研究的现实课题.本文构建了学校课程规划的基本框架,并对框架中的各部分予以具体阐述.     

美国中小学的拓展课程

在美国,究竟什么样的课程算是拓展课程有多种理解方式,没有一定之规,但是它的性质比较多地认为是为有特殊才能学生准备的学习内容。拓展的英语单词是enrichment、extension、expansion,拓展课程     

高中新课程实施中的学校课程能力建设

普通高中课程改革是一次新课程文化的再造,对学校课程能力建设提出了挑战.本文从组织机构共性要求和学校特点等方面,概括普通高中学校课程能力的特点,提炼普通高中学校课程能力的基本要素,并结合当前课改实际,提出加强学校课程能力建设的若干建议.     

Switching-Type Servosystems in an Elementary Undergraduate Curriculum

The paper discusses how the concept of switchingtype servosystems can be introduced into an undergraduate curriculum without requiring a more advanced background in mathematics on the part of the student than is ordinarily expected. A differential equation approach is used to study the response of a second-order system which is excited with a step function input. The system starts to respond in a linear mode of operation with an over-all positive feedback and switches into a different linear mode with an over-all negative feedback at a predetermined instant. The system is designed so as to respond with no overshoot. The response time is shorter than that of a conventional critically-damped linear negative feedback system with the same major physical components. The results of a rigorous study by means of a phase-space representation are also given.     

新课程标准与小学古诗教学

小学语文新课程标准的颁布和语文教学理论研究的发展,要求古诗教学体现其新理念和新方法,从具体感知、激活想象、触发情感等三方面入手,正确把握语文教学乃至古诗教学的特点.     

合肥地区中小学开发地方民俗教育课程的思考

将地方民俗文化作为中小学地方特色课程,是基础教育新课程改革和地方经济与社会发展的需要。它既有利于形成地方教育和学校特色,促进学生全面发展,又有利于地方民俗文化的传承与创新。合肥市各级教育主管部门要充分认识到地方民俗文化资源的教育价值,积极利用合肥地方民俗文化资源开发中小学地方课程与校本课程,充分发挥地方民俗文化资源的育人功能。     

The Influences of the Teaching Beliefs of a Specific Teacher When Teaching an Elementary School Ecology Curriculum

The objectives of the present study were： （a） to identify the teaching beliefs of an ecology teacher when teaching an ecology course; and （b） to determine the influences of these beliefs on students＇ learning performance. The present study employed a case study research method to conduct a year-long observation, focusing on the teacher＇s teaching beliefs, research representations, and the students＇ attitudes and changes in their ecological knowledge. The present study employed both qualitative and quantitative analyses through classroom observations, teacher and student interview questionnaires, a self-administered course comprehension questionnaire, and an ecology course attitude scale among other tools. Findings indicated that the research teacher maintained teaching beliefs that were improvement-oriented and preferred to use an integrated teaching method that was diversified and provided interdisciplinary knowledge. Through the ecology course, the students were able to rectify their misconceptions, learn to view nature from a macro-perspective, and respect life. The results obtained in the present study can be provided to other teachers as a reference and learning direction when teaching ecology courses.     

谈如何在小学语文教学中落实新课标

新课程标准的落实情况直接影响到教学成效。在小学语文教学中,可以从以下几方面落实新课标:一、从改变教学方式入手,增强自主性;二、从朗读入手,给学生充分的想象空间;三、在综合性学习过程中,提高学生的语文综合素养。     

课程创生:中小学教师主体性的自我确证

课程创生是当代课程改革的重要理念。这一理念的产生是对历次课程改革效果不佳的原因深层反思的结果。该理念提出的实质是确立教师的课程主体地位。但教师课程主体地位的确立从根本上而言需要教师的课程主体意识和能力的提升。而这种主体意识和能力提升的有效途径实际上就是课程创生实践自身。     

美国中小学课程决策机制的变迁及其启示

美国传统的中小学课程决策机制的特点是地方决策为主,同时学校也有一定的决策权限。自20世纪80年代后期以来,美国中小学课程决策机制发生了重要的变迁,即增强联邦政府的课程决策权限,走向国家、地方和学校三级相结合的课程决策模式,这对我国中小学课程决策机制的改革有着多方面的启示。     

二战后英国中小学课程改革

二战后,英国一直在不断地进行中小学课程改革,基础教育课程体系也越来越完善,但这些改革中也存在一些缺点。本文试对此进行介绍和分析,以期对我国的中小学课程改革有所启示。     

美国小学健康教育的实施主体与课程内容

美国学校健康教育世界领先,其小学健康教育阶段多元的实施主体与灵活的课程内容具有显著特色,对我国学校健康教育的发展有着重要启示。     

Conflicts in Developing an Elementary STEM Magnet School

Elementary schools in the United States have been the terrain of a highly politicized push for improved reading and mathematics attainment, as well as calls for increased importance to be given to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). With priorities placed on basic skills, however, instructional time in subjects such as science in the elementary years has been greatly diminished. We recount in this article the efforts of a school district to create an elementary STEM school through the designation of a magnet school and elaborate on the inherent tensions and conflicts in such an effort.     

"核心素养"理念下的韩国新一轮基础教育课程改革述评

2015年9月23日,韩国教育部发布新的课程修订标准,提出"提升学生核心素养,培养创新融合型人才"的课程改革方向,实现基础教育在课程结构、课程内容及教学模式等方面的变革。主要内容涵盖人才培养目标及规格的修订、小学阶段教育目标及课时的调整以及初高中阶段教育目标及课程结构的改革。改革的特点包括更新课程理念,构建"核心素养"体系;明确培养目标,打造"创新融合型人才";革新课程结构,增设"自由课程"与"融合课程";改革课程教学与评价,推进零书面考试的"自由学期"。韩国新一轮基础教育课程改革的经验对中国具有借鉴意义。