Connected Thinking

Tony Webster, former Director of Education in Tameside, describes the origins of the ‘connected thinking project’. He goes on to list a number of key questions that were identified in relation to ‘values education’, ‘thinking skills’, ‘emotional intelligence’ and ‘ICT’. The aims, form and contributions to a seminar which sought to identify areas for continuing work and further research are described. Several of those who contributed to the seminar have written papers for this special issue of the journal. Tony Webster concludes his paper by listing the research and other action deemed necessary to take the work forward.     

Modelling success: enhancing international postgraduate research students' self‐efficacy for research seminar presentations

Most postgraduate research students face the task of presenting an oral seminar on their proposed research early in their candidature. Those of us who work with international postgraduate research students know that they can find this task daunting, and the literature both in Australia and abroad confirms that these students often lack confidence in this task. This paper presents findings of a small case study which compared the influence of observing a seminar performance of a peer to that of a senior academic on the confidence, or self‐efficacy, for seminar presentations of participants in a bridging program for international postgraduate research students at an Australian university. Participants responded to a 19‐item questionnaire which measured self‐efficacy for four areas of seminar presentation: speech, display, content, and presenter presence. The results indicated that the use of a peer model performance was the more effective pedagogical method for enhancing student confidence in this context.     

Facilitating Student Learning,the Assessment of Learning,and Curricular Improvement Through a Graduate Social Work Integrative Seminar

Social work programs undertake to educate competent professionals and to promote critical thinking among students who are expected to become lifelong learners. In addition, programs are called on to develop reliable and valid measures for assessing student learning outcomes and to use assessment results to reflect upon and strengthen curriculum. This study explores the use of a graduate integrative seminar to accomplish these goals. The authors describe the learning and assessment processes of the seminar. The authors used a mixed-method research design to analyze data from students over a 3-year period regarding the effectiveness of the seminar as well as from graduate faculty regarding student achievement of curricular objectives. Results indicate that formative assessment processes promote student learning in a manner that mobilizes students to strive for excellence, and that an embedded measure of learning outcomes in the form of a final integrative project may serve as a rigorous assessment tool.     

Leader noticing of facilitation in videocases of mathematics professional development

In this article, we report on Researching Mathematics Leader Learning (RMLL), a project designed to support leaders in learning how to facilitate robust opportunities for teachers’ mathematical learning. Our two-phase research design allowed us to construct a set of videocase seminars, enact the seminar design with leaders, analyze these data, refine our seminar design, and implement a second set of seminars with a new group of leaders. We drew on the noticing literature to examine leaders’ pedagogical reasoning as they discussed videocases of professional development. In this article, we demonstrate how changes in our framework for leader development and the resulting changes in the prompts and tasks shaped leader noticing in three ways: (a) accounting for the mathematical work of the facilitator and teachers in the videocase; (b) linking the mathematical work to goals for teacher learning; and (c) reasoning around the facilitator’s work in advancing those learning goals. Analysis indicates that in Phase II, leader discussions were more focused on the mathematical and pedagogical work needed to advance teacher learning. Based on our research and development work with over 70 leaders, we offer a set of design principles for leader professional development.     

When in Doubt,Go to the Library: The Effect of a Library-Intensive Freshman Research and Writing Seminar on Academic Success

The paper is an extension of a previous study, which examined student perceptions of a unique freshman seminar offered to Criminology and Criminal Justice students at Florida State University. The seminar is characterized by a heavy focus on interactive library sessions in which students learn how to conduct research and write a scholarly paper. The previous article reported on student perceptions of research and writing skills developed in the seminar. This report, using Multivariate Regression and Propensity Score Matching reveals that compared to a carefully constructed comparison group, first time in college students enrolled in the seminar have statistically significantly higher cumulative grade point averages and percentages of graduation within four years. The seminar’s emphasis on the library as a research tool is thought to have contributed to the differences seen on academic outcomes between students who took the seminar and a matched comparison group.     

Building Knowledge from the Study of Cases

This paper offers a teaching and learning model for building practice knowledge through intensive case study and practitioner self-evaluation. This reflective model addresses the challenges of systematizing case sludy and of using multiple research methodologies within a social constructionist perspective. Examples of research projects conducted by second year master's social work students who participated in a seminar based on his model are discussed.     

本科生专题研讨课教学的认识与实践

研讨课教学模式作为研究式教学的一种科学、有效的方式,在我国大学推广研讨课教学模式十分必要.基于开设本科生专题研讨课的教学实践,对组织好专题研讨课的一些教学经验,如教学和研讨内容的设计、研讨内容的组织与管理、教师与学生的作用、教学效果和问题等方面进行了阐述.     

研究型大学新生研讨课教学互动模式探析——基于南京大学“媒介案例研究”课程的个案研究

新生研讨课在于帮助大学生加强自我认知、激发学习兴趣、建立同伴关系、参与大学等。而教学互动的本质在于教育主体间的交互作用,更利于实现高校新生研讨课目的和功能。以南京大学新闻传播学院杜骏飞教授的新生研讨课“媒介案例研究”为个案,主要运用问卷调查、访谈法和文本研究等研究方法对教学互动的现状进行了研究,从教学互动主体、互动时空和互动内容三个维度探索构建研究型大学新生研讨课的教学互动模式并加以诠释。     

Everything Old is New Again: The Criminology/Criminal Justice Freshman Research Seminar

This is a report of an action-research project undertaken in tandem with the development of a new freshman seminar in criminology and criminal justice. In the freshman seminar the goal is to teach the research, critical thinking and writing skills that are the underpinnings of scholarship and good citizenship. Utilizing a unique approach, this class focuses on resources available through the University library and is taught by a professor, two librarians and a graduate teaching assistant. We hypothesize that freshmen who experience this seminar will show improvement in critical thinking skills, and that this will contribute to greater levels of academic success. This report describes the educational innovation (seminar) in sufficient detail to make replication possible, and presents preliminary findings that indicate the seminar enhances research and writing skills, fosters ability to think critically, and has a positive influence on students’ academic careers.     

英国普利茅斯大学研讨式教学适用性研究——以毕节学院外语系为例

研讨式教学在西方发达国家高等学校已成为一种普遍的教学方法。笔者对英国普利茅斯大学在埃克斯茅斯分校的英语专业及其他专业的教师使用研讨式教学的调研及介绍;对毕节学院外语系外籍教师,部分外语系教师进行调研;笔者本人使用研讨式教学的尝试以及对外语系学生进行问卷调查,结果表明英国普利茅斯大学的研讨式教学适应于毕节学院外语系。适当使用研讨式教学比单一使用传统的演讲式教学效果好。     

Integrating Research Proposals Into a Field Seminar: Feedback From Students

Teaching research to social work students continues to be the topic of an ongoing dialog within the profession. The literature suggests that some form of a “real-world” or “hands-on” learning opportunity has many benefits for teaching a subject that students often are reluctant to engage in. Using online survey methods, researchers gathered feedback from graduate students and their field supervisors about their experience of completing a field seminar that integrated an agency-based research proposal as part of the course requirement. Although there were limitations to this approach, many of the same benefits of actually implementing research were reported by students who completed only a proposal.     

Life on the borderlands: action research and clinical teacher education faculty

Seeking to soften the gap between clinical and tenure-track teacher education faculty, a year-long action research seminar was conducted. Using data from observation notes, interviews and a taped seminar session, the authors explore the seminar from its very rocky beginning to its conclusion. Drawing on the concept of ‘communities of practice’, the authors explore reasons for the hesitancy of the clinical faculty to share the results of their studies and their struggle to find legitimacy within the university.     

教育研究中的哲学与价值问题——第二期“复旦-伊利诺伊教育哲学高级研讨班”综述

第二期复旦-伊利诺伊教育哲学高级研讨班的主旨在于探讨教育研究中的哲学问题.讨论的核心是教育研究的相关方法的优缺点以及价值概念对教育研究的影响.     

“Seminar课程”的研究与实践报告——以《批判性思维》课程为例

研讨课的本质在于让学生学会批判性的思维,开启新的认知与实践,专门的“批判性思维”课程更好地体现了研讨课的这一本质。通过对批判性思维的全面探索和深入考察可以更好地把握研讨课的目标及要求。本文为《Seminar课程的研究与实践报告》的研究报告,主要阐述了该课题的研究背景、意义、主要内容、方法,总结了研究的主要结论,重点探讨了批判性思维课程中存在的问题与对策。     

The Art curriculum from an Art educator's viewpoint

At the first art seminar held in 1965, a number of art topics was discussed and there were practical sessions featuring demonstrations by local artists and craftsmen. Unfortunately the findings of that seminar were never published although much work was put into the writing of the report. However, one happy outcome did result and that was the founding of the Singapore Art and Crafts Education Society which together with the Ministry of Education is responsible for the present art seminar. The SACES has been very active doing its bit enthusiastically since its inception to arouse interest in art amongst school children, parents and teachers. Its annual Spot Art competition has become a regular feature on the local art calendar.     

“油料勤务”教学方法应用研究

从知识门类上划分,油料勤务属于社会科学范畴,作为为部队服务的一门学科,又具有它的特殊性,尤其是和部队实际工作结合紧密,实践性强。如何让学员通过教与学的互动,通过油料勤务的学习,能够初步胜任部队油料工作,是油料勤务的教学目标,对油料勤务教学方法的创新和改革就非常必要,论文依据课堂教学实践,从教学理念的转变、角色扮演法、案例教学法、问题教学法、讨论式教学几个方面对油料勤务教学进行了探析。     

美国研究型大学一年级习明纳尔课程

在20世纪80年代兴起的高等教育改革运动中，美国研究型大学把培养创新人才确立为本科生教育的培养目标。为了实现这一培养目标，美国研究型大学把一年级习明纳尔作为改革本科生教育的重要措施之一，并取得了积极的效果。虽然存在着种种问题和困难，一年级习明纳尔仍然呈现出进一步发展的趋势。     

军校研讨式教学方法改革评述

从研讨式教学的内涵、研讨题目的设定、研讨的时机和学时分配以及研讨式教学中教师和学生的角色定位等四个方面,对近年来军校开展研讨式教学研究与实践的概况做了评述;对当前研讨式教学面临的学生课余时间精力不足、参与讨论积极性不高和课业成绩评价难等问题进行了初步探讨。     

法理学讨论式教学的施行与改进

面对法理学教学中的现实困境,讨论式教学的施行和改进具有很强的针对性和现实意义。实施讨论式教学,诸教学环节必须认真、细致,同时相关工作也要予以改进和创新,才能取得良好的教学效果。     

Seminar教学方法在人工智能课程教学中的应用研究--基于超星平台

随着新一轮人工智能产业化研究热潮的到来,教育领域对于人工智能课程教学方法的研究与日俱增。超星泛雅等网络教学平台的搭建与应用为高校人工智能课程的线上开展提供了系统工具支持。在分析超星泛雅平台特征的前提下,讨论Seminar教学方法在人工智能课程教学过程中的具体应用办法,提出了人工智能Seminar研究课题选题的三项准则,致力于促进先进教学方法在高校人工智能课程中的灵活应用,提高人工智能课程的教学质量。