Open Type Tasks as a Tool for Developing Creativity in Secondary School Students

The relevance of the present study is due to the importance of developing creativity which is considered to be the target and the result of education. Modern society demands from individuals non-standard actions and approaches, flexibility, an ability to formulate new ideas and original ways of thinking when solving urgent problems in the course of life. Facilitating the formation of a personality with a strong intellectual potential capable of creative thinking is set as one of the priorities in the federal and regional documents that determine the direction of educational institutions’ development. The generalized cognitive ability to create and solve tasks is the specific feature of intelligence. The tasks are used in the educational process as a means of presentation, consolidation and acquisition of new knowledge. Thus, the aim of our research is to explore whether using the system of open type tasks can be an effective way of improving the level of creativity development in secondary school students. The main methods in this experiment are modeling the system of open type tasks and the system analysis of large samples of experimental data based on assessment according to a two-point scale of four parameters: the optimality of ideas suggested by students, the efficiency of students’ reasoning, the originality of their answers and the degree of the investigation of solutions. Our experimental research made it possible to design new methods of developing creativity in secondary school students.     

学校发展要走内涵之路

新一轮基础教育课程改革为学校的改革发展带来了新的机遇,学校如何抓住机遇办出自己的风格和品位,走出一条可持续发展的创新之路呢?无数成功的经验告诉我们：学校必须坚定不移地走内涵发展的道路。     

中小学双语与双语教学:理念与模式

本文对中小学双语教学的理念与模式进行了学术上和运作两个层面的探讨，提出对双语和双语教学的概念应该从语言学和教育学的双重视角进行解读，并要根据我国国家的语言政策规定和教育行政部门的语言教学指导，在有条件的地区和学校进行。为了更好的推进当前的双语教学改革实践，本文借鉴国际上八大双语教学模式，提出我国中小学双语教学四大板块运作方案。     

中等职业学校开展创业教育存在的问题及成因分析

通过对东北、华北、华东、华南、西北六省市中等职业学校开展创业教育的问卷调查及数据统计分析,全面、客观地阐述了当前中等职业学校开展创业教育的现状、存在的问题及成因,以期为创业教育的顺利进行提供参考.     

中职开展研究性学习之合理性的追问

基于对研究性学习理论问题的认真考察,以及对中职开展研究性学习中存在的认识误区的深入剖析,以就业为导向,提出中职开展研究性学习的关键在于将课程开发纳入学校整体改革视野,课程目标与中职教育目标相吻合,同时为课程开放创造内外部条件.     

抢抓机遇 真抓实干 大力发展中等职业教育

"十一五"期间是中等职业教育改革发展的关键时期。党中央、国务院非常重视职业教育的改革发展,明确了任务、目标。职业学校要进一步转变办学思想,改变人才培养模式,加强教师队伍建设,优化专业设置,加强课程体系建设,全面提高教育质量,推动职业教育健康、快速的发展。     

Developing Scientific Literacy in a Primary School

The science education literature demonstrates that scientific literacy is generally valued and acknowledged among educators as a desirable student learning outcome. However, what scientific literacy really means in terms of classroom practice and student learning is debatable due to the inherent complexity of the term and varying expectations of what it means for learning outcomes. To date the teacher voice has been noticeably absent from this debate even though the very nature of teacher expertise lies at the heart of the processes which shape students' scientific literacy. The research reported in this paper taps into the expertise of (participating) primary teachers by analyzing the insights and thinking that emerged as they attempted to unravel some of the pedagogical complexities associated with constructing an understanding of scientific literacy in their own classrooms. The research examines the processes and structures within one primary school that were created to provide conditions to allow teachers to explore and build on the range of ideas that presently inform the scientific literacy debate. The research reports these teachers' views and practices that shaped their actions in teaching for scientific literacy.     

高、中等职业院校学生心理素质教育初探

如何抓好学生的心理素质教育,是高、中等职业院校必须认真解决的问题。培养学生健全的人格,增强学生的成人意识和责任感是此项工作的主题,培养学生自立自强、经济独立、法律等六种意识和自控自律、适应环境、心理调节等五种能力是此项工作的重要内容。     

中学生数学学科自我监控能力的发展

发展数学学科自我监控能力是数学教学的核心问题。从总体上看,中学生数学学科自我监控能力随学生年龄的增长、数学知识的积累而不断发展,这种发展具有年龄阶段性特征,符合从他控制自控、从不自觉经自觉到自动化、迁移性逐渐提高、敏感性逐渐增强、从局部到整体等基本规律。当前中学生数学学科自我监控能力的发展落后于其他心理能力的发展,自我监控能力的培养是中学数学教学最大的薄弱环节。     

Institutionalization and Renewal in a Restructured Secondary School

Research on restructuring in education has focused mainly on the early stages of organizational and curriculum change. Whether the changes introduced through restructuring endure, and whether they result in long‐term benefits for students and teachers remains in question. This paper argues that the dynamics of ‘institutionalization’ and ‘renewal’ drawn from prior research on the implementation of educational innovations applies to changes wrought through restructuring, as well. The argument is presented in light of past research on institutionalization and a longitudinal case study of a restructured high school.     

A Multi-Media Reference Library in a Secondary School

When the school year begins in September (1972) the first multi-media reference library will open at a secondary school in Marly-le-Roi, near Paris. This article explains both the work of those who planned the library, described by the Franch as an ‘auto-documentation centre’, and the educational objectives.     

地方高校独立二级学院发展过程中面临的问题及对策

独立二级学院作为我国高校的一种新的办学模式,正处于发展和探索阶段。目前的办学模式,致使地方高校的二级学院进一步发展存在着显性或者隐形的障碍。各个高职和技术专科学校介入高等教育领域,地方高校在经济方面存在着压力,导致地方高校二级学院的发展存在着一些问题,如:招生生源、就业压力。这些问题的解决需要多方面的思考和措施。针对地方高校的具体问题,为二级学院的发展提出了些探索性的建议。     

Research in Secondary School Methods

Abstract

An in-service program of cognitive verbal awareness training focusing on careful development of a rationale for change and an introduction to a verbal analysis tool (ICOI), was used to determine if student teachers of social studies could develop verbal patterns in their classrooms which would encourage the growth of intellectual abilities and skills in students beyond the cognitive-memory level of operation. It was determined that the experimental group’s (N=12) operational gain was significant at the .01 level, while half of the control group (N=12) actually became more concerned with a search for ’Tactual knowledge." In addition, it was noted that student teachers in both groups persisted in the use of a particular performance style even when they succeeded in changing their level of cognitive operation.     

中学体育教学中武术教学的重要性

中华武术是中华民族的优秀文化遗产,它几乎涵盖了中国传统文化的各种成份和要素,其完善的锻炼系统和神奇的健身与攻防效果是任何一项体育项目不可与之相提并论的。就武术教学在体育教学中的重要性进行了探讨,对深化体育教学改革起重要作用。     

Developing students' critical thinking skills through visual literacy in the New Secondary School Curriculum in Hong Kong

This paper argues that the planned introduction of visual literacy into the New Secondary School Curriculum can play a crucial role in enabling students to think critically and creatively in Hong Kong's highly visual landscape. As Hong Kong's educational system remains entrenched in long-established and conventional pedagogies, the primacy given to the written word is in sharp contrast with the pragmatic roles that visual images play in students' day-to-day life. Hong Kong is well-known for its extremely high level of Internet / broadband penetration and media saturation, yet visual literacy is still in a state of infancy in Hong Kong. Therefore, from a curricular standpoint, as Hong Kong society relies to a greater degree than ever before on visual communication strategies, it is vital that visual literacy be integrated as part of the new curriculum under the current educational reforms. As contemporary Hong Kong culture becomes increasingly dependent on the visual environment, developing visual literacy to enhance students' learning can be an important step in the future towards a more successful implementation and development of the New Secondary School Curriculum.