English and Mathematics Teachers' Attitudes to Integration

An attitude questionnaire completed by 102 teachers of English and mathematics on the integration of students with special education needs in the mainstream classroom indicated no significant differences in attitude between the two groups. Differences, however, were discernible when teacher training in special educational needs was considered; a situation which has implications for further study and for the inservice and initial training of teachers.     

Teachers' Attitudes Towards Mainstreaming and Their Pupils' Perceptions of Their Classroom Learning Environment

In spite of the widespread adoption of policies on mainstreaming, and more recently on inclusive education for children and young people with special educational needs, little is actually known about the relationship between what teachers think about such policies and the type of learning environments that they provide. In this study in New Zealand, a sample of regular primary school teachers (N= 63) were categorised according to ‘high’, ‘moderate’ or ‘low’ scores on a scale which measures their views on mainstreaming policies and practices. The pupils (N= 1729) of these teachers also completed a scale measuring perceptions of their classroom learning environments. Children taught by teachers who espoused highly positive attitudes towards mainstreaming were found to have significantly higher levels of classroom satisfaction and marginally lower levels of classroom friction than children taught by teachers with less positive attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed for further research on the role of teacher attitudes in the successful inclusion of children and young people with special needs and for policies on the implementation of effective inclusive practice. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

如何提高小学生的作文能力

在农村小学作文教学实践中,我体会到,可以通过以下几种途径提高小学生的作文能力。 （一）加强语言训练 儿童在6～8岁时,是发展语言和思维的黄金时期,刚入学的儿童对身边的事情有了初步的认识,已具备了把所见所感用语言表达出来的能力,但必须设法让农村小学生顺利地迈过学习普通话这个坎。我把握住学生语言思维发展的最佳期,针对农村学生刚起步学习普通话的实际,创设多种说话情境,如：讲故事、讲笑话、说新闻……以消除学生害羞心理,鼓励学生开口说话。     

如何培养小学生的创新能力

培养学生的创新能力,已经成为这个时代对教师提出的更高要求。创新教育需要渗透到各科教学中,作为工具学科的语文来说,小学语文是一门极富情感、极具个性、极易激发学生想象和创造性思维的基础学科,包含着丰富的创新内涵,它对创新人才的培养起着重要作用。     

社会关系对小学生孤独感的影响

用问卷法和同伴提名法对876名小学生的亲子依恋、教师接纳、同伴接纳与孤独感之间的关系进行研究。结果表明:亲子依恋、教师接纳、同伴接纳与小学生孤独感之间存在显著相关;各变量的不同水平之间儿童孤独感存在显著差异;亲子依恋、教师接纳、同伴接纳对儿童的孤独感有较大的预测作用,但在不同性别、年级水平上又存在明显不同。     

如何培养学生学习英语的兴趣

本文针对学生学英语枯燥无味的压力,从培养兴趣,激发学生学习英语的积极性、自觉性,运用语言的能力方面入手,系统的阐述了创设情景来培养学生学习英语兴趣的方法。     

Attitudes of Parents of Preschool Children toward Integration

One hundred forty-one parents of preschool children with and without disabilities, enrolled in integrated or self-contained classrooms, participated in this study. Parents responses on the Parent Perspectives on Integration Questionnaire, administered at the beginning of the school year, were factor analyzed. The revised instrument was then used to assess parents' attitudes at the end of the school year. Results suggested that all parents held generally positive attitudes toward integration. By the end of the school year, parents whose children had participated in an integrated program held more positive attitudes toward integration than did parents whose children had not participated in this type of class. Implications of these results for the development of integrated early childhood programs are discussed.     

Attitudes of Parents of Preschool Children toward Integration

One hundred forty-one parents of preschool children with and without disabilities, enrolled in integrated or self-contained classrooms, participated in this study. Parents responses on the Parent Perspectives on Integration Questionnaire, administered at the beginning of the school year, were factor analyzed. The revised instrument was then used to assess parents' attitudes at the end of the school year. Results suggested that all parents held generally positive attitudes toward integration. By the end of the school year, parents whose children had participated in an integrated program held more positive attitudes toward integration than did parents whose children had not participated in this type of class. Implications of these results for the development of integrated early childhood programs are discussed.     

浅谈如何指导小学生开展经典诵读活动

学习、鉴赏诗文,我国古代早有一种流行广泛且公认有效的方法,即＂吟诵＂,就是用抑扬顿挫的声调,有节奏地读出作品的独特神韵。它对于理解和继承优秀文化,提高阅读和写作能力,至今仍有积极的作用。＂好书不厌百回读,熟读深思子自知＂＂读书破万卷,下笔如有神＂,这些古语分别从深度和广度上强调了积累的重要性：只有熟读,才能自悟其义;只有广读,博采众家之长,才能下笔如有神。     

An Investigation into Staff and Pupils' Knowledge,Attitudes and Beliefs about Bullying in an Inner City School

In this article the writer explores the importance of and difficulty surrounding dialogue between students and teachers. This discussion is set within the wider context of a debate about the education of the emotions in our society and the argument is that this dialogue has a part to play in the education of the emotions. Thinking in the field of psychotherapy is drawn on as well as the writer’s experience as an educator, counsellor and trainer. She is currently working in higher education and concerned with teacher education and research. This background is relevant in that this experience is drawn on and it also shows up the focus of much of the work. This is concerned with personal, social and emotional development in education and with making this integral to education and organizations.     

怎样激发小学生的英语学习兴趣

在小学英语教学中,要激发小学生的学习兴趣,首先就要顺应小学生的心理发展特征,精心设计教学,激发学生的求知欲。其次,教师要创设多种情景,让学生融入英语学习的环境中来。最后,要在课堂教学中培养学生的兴趣,以发挥学生的主体作用等方式来开展,使学生对英语学习产生浓厚的兴趣。     

如何培养小学生对信息技术课的学习兴趣

俗话说:兴趣是最好的教师。这句话更适合小学生,因为小学生的自制力差,要想让他们自觉学习,几乎是不可能的。只有使小学生们对学习产生了浓厚的兴趣,他们才会爱学、乐学,学习效率才会得到提高。     

在高等代数教学中转变学生思维方式提高学生思维能力

本文结合教学体会,探讨了在高等代数教学中转变学生思维方式的问题及提高学生思维能力的方法。     

From Policy to Practice: Pupils' Responses to Widening Participation Initiatives

Recent widening participation policies have been subject to a number of criticisms; they focus on aspirations rather than differences in performance; they place less value on the aspirations of the ‘disadvantaged’ comparing them to a middle class norm; they subordinate what was a radical agenda to the demands of the economy and so constrain the available options to young people. Using data from young people who have taken part in Aimhigher initiatives in the South West of England and from teachers who have organised Aimhigher events, this paper will examine to what extent these features of policy are evidenced in the attitudes and aspirations of these pupils. It will argue that the data shows little evidence of pupils positioning themselves as inferior, that young people display instrumental attitudes to education, but that these attitudes relate to policy discourse and practice in complex ways.     

Pupils' understanding of combustion

A questionnaire survey of 300, 14 and 15 year-old pupils in England and Spain was carried out to investigate pupils' general ideas about the process of buring and their ideas about specific types of combustion, using open-ended and structured response questions. Pupils' responses were analysed and categories were defined from a classification scheme previously reported by Andersson (1990). A possible model for progression of pupils' ideas about combustion is discussed. Specialization: science teacher education. Specializations: Problem-solving, pupils' alternative concepts, initial teacher education. Specializations: Environmental education, science teacher development (international).     

Associations between Secondary School Pupils' Definitions of Bullying,Attitudes towards Bullying,and Tendencies to Engage in Bullying: Age and sex differences

A self-report questionnaire about involvement in different types of bullying, what behaviours were regarded as bullying, and attitudes towards bullying, bullies and victims was completed by pupils in Year 7 (aged 11/12) through to Year 10 (aged 14/15) ( n = 170). Overall, direct verbal assault was the most commonly reported, and stealing the least frequently reported, type of bullying. For six specific types of bullying investigated, and for a composite measure of all types of bullying, significantly fewer Year 9 pupils than pupils in the other three years reported that they had behaved in these ways in the previous week. No significant sex differences emerged on these measures. These findings suggest that general patterns in bullying activities as a function of age and sex obtained in previous studies do not always hold. Although most pupils indicated that they thought that six out of eight types of behaviour viewed as bullying by researchers should be regarded as bullying, a substantial minority did not. The present study also extended bullying research by examining associations between pupils' definitions and attitudes towards bullying and their reports of bullying others. For one specific type of bullying, 'Forcing people to do things that they don't want to do', significantly fewer pupils who reported that they had behaved in this way than who reported that they had not done so included it in their definition of bullying. A consistent pattern of significant negative correlations of moderate size between attitudes and self-reported involvement in specific types of bullying were obtained. The implications of these findings for those concerned with tackling bullying in schools were discussed.     

新课程背景下如何提高学生的写作能力

写作教学是小学语文教学的重要组成部分，也是难点之一．提高小学生的写作水平，要从激发写作兴趣入手，在提高阅读能力的基础上拓宽仿写思路，通过点滴地训练和培养，使学生的作文向着更高的目标发展．