An exploration of Biggs’ constructive alignment in course design and its impact on students’ learning approaches

This paper investigates whether instructors’ adoption of constructive alignment has any impact on university students’ learning approaches, which are highly correlated with students’ achievement of learning outcomes. A multi-method model with a combination of qualitative and quantitative design was adopted, using document analysis, interviews and survey. The analysis of covariance results suggested that regardless of individual differences, students would adjust their learning approaches and study behaviours in response to the classroom teaching and learning environment. Students in more ‘constructively aligned courses’ were more likely to adopt deep learning approaches and less likely to use surface learning approaches in their study of a particular course.     

论教师的教材加工能力

教师教材加工能力是教师结合学校的实际情况和自身经验,在整个教学过程中,及时洞察学生的特点,运用不同形式的思维,对教材的内容进行分析、概括、生成与反思的能力。从加工内容看,教师教材加工能力体现在本体性知识、条件性知识和实践性知识的差异;从加工过程看,教师教材加工能力反映了分析思维、实用思维和反思思维三种不同形式思维的作用。从加工主体看,个人或集体及他们在整个教学过程的不同组合形成了不同的加工主体。教师教材加工能力是教师在教学实践中,通过直接和间接经验的积累逐步发展的,经历了从机械加工—常规加工—精细加工—创造加工的过程,具有个体性、能动性、创造性和发展性的特点。     

Constructively aligning technologies with learning and assessment in a distance education master’s programme

This paper reports on an action research study investigating the use of online learning activities or “e-tivities” to enhance the learning and assessment experience of students on a distance master’s programme. The study suggests that to be successfully integrated in a programme, such activities need to be carefully aligned with learning outcomes and assessment practices, and their value needs to be clear both to students and staff. The paper describes how e-tivities were designed, adopting a constructive alignment approach, to introduce more flexible and innovative approaches to learning and assessment. The e-tivities used a range of technologies (e.g., voice-based discussion boards, podcasts, wikis and blogs) to carry out group-based reflective activities. The study provides some evidence that such e-tivities, particularly voice-based activities, can help provide earlier, more detailed formative assessment, stimulate a more collaborative approach to learning and motivate students to engage more broadly with course content.     

大众传播学教学中建构性教学模式的应用分析

大众传播学作为一门信息传播学科,具有较强的时代性和理论性,对学生的独立思考能力和自学能力要求较高。然而目前的大众传播学教学过程中,在这一方面还存在明显不足。建构性教学是以学生的主动求知为核心,对这一问题可以有效解决。本文通过对大众传播学现阶段教学中存在的问题进行分析,对这一学科教学中建构性教学模式展开思考,同时对其实践进行分析,以期为大众传播学教学提供参考。     

A double win: practice and participation in an action learning facilitators’ set

This account of practice shares insights from past and present members of a self-facilitating action learning set, where each of the members is an action learning facilitator. Motivations for joining the set encompassed the opportunity to ‘practice what you preach’ by being a set member as well as a facilitator, the potential to refine and develop facilitation practices in a safe environment and space for personal development.     

教师专业发展的路径分析与支持策略——基于教师学习的研究

教师质量是教育发展的生命线,教师学习则是提高教师质量的基本途径,开展教师学习研究对教师的专业发展具有重要意义。教师学习研究不仅要注重如何激发教师自身学习的积极性和主动性,更要高度关注和重视教师自身的专业发展问题。对教师学习的目的、内容和方法进行研究,必须立足教学反思性实践,关注教师情感需要的诉求与表达,重视对教师人格情感的关怀,通过提高教师的“情”与“行”来应对现实中出现的教师质量问题和突破教师专业发展的瓶颈,使教师成为终身学习的典范,促进教师的成长成才。     

文学教育教材单元结构新构想

当前,文学教育日益受到世界各国重视。但是我国现行基础教育阶段语文教材在单元结构设计上对文学教育凸显不够,文学教育难以如质如量。要弥补其不足,建构专门的文学教育教材单元结构,是一种有效的新构想。     

Public reflection within learning communities: an incessant type of professional development

This article is based on a study focusing on how structured learning communities can promote reflective awareness and professional development, through collaborative analysis of professional experience. As participant–observer, the researcher used recorded observations as well as individual participants’ reflective writing as data. Of importance is the fact that all seven participants argued that they developed professionally and started to dig deeper into their experiences as the five-month study progressed. They also pointed out that this type of professional development was immediately relevant to their present needs, and this was what motivated them to further engage in reflection as a tool for professional development. Aspects such as conflict and uncertainty in teacher learning, and how collaboration promotes further reflection will also be discussed.     

Interdisciplinary Learning: Process and Outcomes

Interdisciplinary learning is characterized by the integration of multidisciplinary knowledge across a central program theme or focus. With repeated exposure to interdisciplinary thought, learners develop more advanced epistemological beliefs, enhanced critical thinking ability and metacognitive skills, and an understanding of the relations among perspectives derived from different disciplines. Our adaptation of Biggs and Collis' (1982) Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome illustrates the stages of interdisciplinary knowledge integration and explains corresponding patterns of learners' intellectual functioning, from acquisition of single-subject information to transfer of interdisciplinary knowledge to other topics, issues, or problems.     

网络环境中学习者反思性思维层次评估研究

学习反思是学习者对自己的学习过程和结果的反向思考。反思能力是一种涉及批判性思维、选择决策和自我管理等多方面的综合性的能力,是学习者自我调节和元认知能力的表现。采用试验研究,结合会话分析编码方法分析网络学习者反思语料中反思数量、质量和分布和男女反思的差异。结果发现,学习者反恩性思维及其层次在班级、性别上都存在一定差异。     

从“纸质教材”到“数字教材”——网络时代教材研究的课题与展望

教材是一种广义的概念,离开了“课程研究”的“教材研究”就像“盲人摸象”一样滑稽可笑。如何聚焦“核心素养”,处理好教材设计中的若干基本关系,是我国当下教材研究迫切需要解决的课题。从“纸质教材”到“数字教材”的发展离不开信息技术的介入,但这种技术的背后是知识观与学习理论的进展使然。面对网络时代的挑战,我们需要有新的学习理论的武装和信息技术的准备,唯有如此,才能使我国的教材发展跨上新的台阶。     

Teacher learning： Reflective practice as a site of engagement for professional identity construction

This paper reports a qualitative study in response to the growing research interest in teacher learning. Informed by a sociocultural perspective, teacher learning is considered as a process of identity construction in the paper. This paper taps into the development of teacher identity embedded in teacher learning and views reflection as a social practice for enhancing teacher learning. Through a close analysis of a selected discussion thread, this paper aims to demonstrate that teacher-learners＇ reflective practice in the online learning community provided a site of engagement for developing their professional identity and shaping the practice of teaching in their process of learning to teach.