Several ways of encouraging students in English class

Encouragement is not only important in communication but also in teaching. This paper will analyse the importance of encouragement in middle school English class, offering some suggestions on how to improve English classroom teaching.     

The ways of learning English well教学设计

本节课是仁爱版九年级第三单元第三个话题的第四部分（SeetionD Topic 3 Unit 3）。主要内容是：复习,总结英语语言学习的策略。本单元的主要话题是围绕着世界语言——英语展开。谈到英语学习的重要性,差异性及策略等问题。这些话题与学生的英语学习息息相关。因此,为了扣紧单元主题,同时考虑到教材的容量太大与学生的实际情况。笔者把教材中提到的关于不定式用法的语法复习删减掉,围绕着“如何进行英语学习”这一主题对教材进行整合,设计。     

Qualitatively different ways of experiencing student self‐assessment

In the literature, student self‐assessment as a practice and as a goal in higher education is generally emphasized for academics. This paper reports a study that investigates what academics emphasize in their experiences of student self‐assessment. The investigation focused on the different ways academics described their understanding and practise of self‐assessment. A phenomenographic approach was used to research and identify a set of progressive variations of academics’ ways of experiencing student self‐assessment. Altogether, 16 academics from a variety of disciplines and programs of study in three Australian universities participated in the investigation. The consequent research findings describe five qualitatively different conceptions that depict how academics understand and use student self‐assessment. These findings are subsequently discussed in terms of the potential for academics to understand and use student self‐assessment to enhance students’ self‐assessment ability, to further students’ lifelong learning and to empower, rather than discipline, students.     

Neutrinos and our Sun — Part 1

The elusive neutrinos have periodically yielded their secrets to man and at each such juncture major advances have been achieved in our understanding of the sub-atomic phenomena. These particles also carry invaluable information about the centre of the Sun where energy is generated through nuclear fusion. In Part I of this article, history of the discovery of neutrinos is traced, their properties and types are described. Also, the Standard Model which forms the basis of the structure of matter and of which massless neutrinos are an integral part, is described. The role of neutrinos in solar energy generation and the great ‘solar neutrino puzzle’ and its solution will be described later in the series.     

We must take care of our home

近年来全球自然灾害频频发生,飓风卡特里娜再次给人类敲响警钟:环境保护刻不容缓!Americans feelsad aftertheirhomes weredestroyedinthehurricane.Out of water,out of food,many people inNew Orleans,US were in big trouble,crouching(蜷缩)on roofsof houses,waitingforrescue.Floodwaters were beatingthe walls a few metresbelow.In earlySeptember,NewOrleans was badly hitby Hur-ricane Katrina.The wholecitywas leftin ruins.Thou-sands of citziens lost theirlives.Death figuresare thebiggest in the US since th…     

We must take care of our home

In recent years, natural disasters such as floods, tsunamis, typhoons, hurricanes, sandstorms, earthquakes happened frequently. We feel extremely sad after our homes were destroyed by these disasters.     

Welcome to our Website——Shanghai Distance Eduction Group

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The Shibboleths of TEFL Straightening out our thinking

A shibboleth is“an old idea,principle or phrase that is no longer accepted by many people as important or appropriate to modern life”. Mark Lowe aims to expose the shibboleths of EFL, straighten out our thinking, and free our methods from obsolete and mischievous ideas.     

Speech education ‐ ways and means of political education in Germany

This study of the utility of evidence differs from previous studies in its use of a respondent‐generated matrix of information and sources. This matrix comprised three dimensions (expertness × trustworthiness‐acquaintanceship x information type] and was used to produce Q‐statements which subjects sorted according to a most useful‐Jeast useful criterion in three hypothetical decision‐making situations. The Q‐analysis revealed several types of persons, including: types which found directive information most useful, types which preferred unknown but competent sources, and types which depended upon sources who were known and trusted regardless of the kind of information the source offered.     

The development of students’ ways of thinking and practising in three final-year biology courses

Findings are presented from an ongoing study of three final-year, honours-level course units in the biosciences with a combined intake of 85 students. The data on which the analysis draws comprise semi-structured interviews with students together with findings from an Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire. The investigation forms part of a wider project concerned with the enhancement of teaching–learning environments in undergraduate courses in contrasting subject areas. The findings presented in the paper focus on two interrelated aspects of the students experiences within the teaching–learning environments represented by the three course settings. First, salient aspects of high-quality undergraduate-level learning are identified in the form of the students evolving grasp of characteristic ways of thinking and practising in the subject. These ways of thinking and practising in the biosciences were evident in the students engagement with the research literature and with experimental data, and in their efforts to master the requirements and conventions of the subject for written and oral discourse. The second part of the analyses focuses on the teaching–learning environments represented by the three course settings. It was found that, despite taking markedly different forms in the three settings, the teaching–learning and assessment strategies pursued appeared to be broadly congruent with the promotion of ways of thinking and practising in the subject. The quality of feedback to students also seemed pivotal, but needed to be understood in terms of the interplay of various factors, including opportunities for intrinsic as well as extrinsic feedback. Finally, the later years of undergraduate studies had called for a significant process of adjustment on the students part to a step-change in study demands.     

The Kantian idea of hope – Bridging the gap between our imperfection and our duty to perfect ourselves

Abstract

This journal recently published a special issue on Kant, evil, moral perfection and education. The essays included in the special issue discussed the vulnerably and imperfection of human beings and the role of education as facilitating such beings in their pursuit of moral perfection. The contribution of this article is to put forward a Kantian idea of hope as a response to the difficulty of holding imperfect agents to an impossibly high standard (perfect virtue). Hope plays an enabling role for human agents, mediating the seemingly unstable relationship between imperfect moral agents, characterised by radical evil, and their duty to elevate themselves to the idea of moral perfection in an uncertain world. As such, hope can be seen as a response to the editors’ call to bring attention to the need to work with the vulnerabilities and imperfections of human beings through education and social change. One practical way in which education can accomplish this task is through role modelling. A further contribution of this article is to advocate a Kantian idea of impure role modelling (the role model as imperfect but hopeful).     

Recommendation of Some Useful Prewriting Strategies to our Chinese Teachers of English Writing

Based on the importance and necessity of prewriting activities as well as problems existing in Chinese teachers' writing class, this paper focuses on a process-oriented approach rather than a product-oriented one , and furthermore puts forward several useful prewriting strategies for Chinese teachers' reference in the writing class.     

My favorite fruits（我喜欢的水果）—英语活动课教学设计

活动目的 :１ 熟练掌握学过的水果单词 ,并学会从颜色、味道等方面来形容它们。２ 让学生在轻松愉快的学习氛围里进行对话 ,提高他们的口语交际能力。活动材料 :１ 学生课外进行调查 ,了解人们对水果的喜好情况。２ 学生每人自带水果。活动过程 :师 :秋天是水果丰收的季节 ,大街上到处是各式各样的水果 ,你们喜欢吃水果吗？今天啊 ,我们一起来上一节英语活动课“Ｍｙｆａｖｏｒｉｔｅｆｒｕｉｔｓ”（我喜欢的水果）。１ ＴｅａｃｈｅｒａｎｄＳｓｓａｙ“Ｈｅｌｌｏ”ｔｏｅａｃｈｏｔｈｅｒ．（师生问好）２ Ｔ：Ｆｉｒｓｔ，Ｉ＇ｌｌｓｉ…     

Bridging the Gap? A Comparative,Retrospective Analysis of Science Literacy and Interest in Science for Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Australian Students

Previous research has shown that indigenous students in Australia do not enjoy equal educational outcomes with other Australians. This secondary analysis of PISA 2006 confirmed that this continues to be the case in science literacy for secondary students. However, the analysis also revealed that indigenous Australian students held interest in science equal to that of their non‐indigenous peers, and that observed variations in science literacy performance were most strongly explained by variations in reading literacy. These findings hold important implications for teachers, teacher educators, policy‐makers, and researchers. Firstly, acknowledging and publicly valuing indigenous Australian science knowledge through rethinking school science curriculum seems an important approach to engaging indigenous students and improving their literacy in science. Secondly, appropriate professional learning for practising teachers and the incorporation of indigenous knowing in science methods training in teacher preparation seems warranted. Additionally, we offer a number of questions for further reflection and research that would benefit our understanding of ways forward in closing the science literacy gap for indigenous students. Whilst this research remains firmly situated within the Australian educational context, we at the same time believe that the findings and implications offered here hold value for science education practitioners and researchers in other countries with similar populations striving to achieve science literacy for all.