Ratings by Counselors Without Teaching Experience And Their Principals Regarding Performance of Guidance Functions

This study compared principal and self ratings of performance of guidance functions for practicing counselors who did not have teaching experience. The sample consisted of 43 counselors and their principals from throughout the United States. The ratings indicate better-than-average initial counselor acceptance by administrators, teachers, students, and parents with the degree of acceptance being greater after they had counseled for a while. Principal and self ratings differed significantly on initial acceptance by students and present acceptance by other counselors. Ratings of acceptance by both school psychologists and social workers were below average. There was no significant difference in counselor and principal ratings of counselor understanding of various school procedures and policies or of their ability to perform basic guidance activities. A majority of the principals who had worked with the counselors with non-teaching backgrounds indicated they would recommend the hiring of such a person to their school board.     

Principals' Perceptions of the Effectiveness of School Counselors With and Without Teaching Experience

The effect of teaching experience on school counselor performance was examined by comparing principals' ratings of counselors with previous teaching experience to counselors certified without classroom teaching experience.     

学生评教行为因素统计分析

在抽样调查基础上,运用属性数据逐步自回归技术,对浙江某高校教师的“学评教”成绩与学生相应的评教因素关系进行了统计分析。结果显示：学生的评教态度与自身素质情况决定了教师的“学评教”成绩高低,学生自身的能力、对“学评教”认识等因素影响不显著。因此,各高校在实施“学评教”时需谨慎,避免与人事、职称评定等政策挂钩同时,还应加强教育理念研究,正确认识其教育职能。     

Evidence of a Single Second-Order Factor in Student Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness

In student-evaluation research, there has been considerable debate on the number of higher order factors in student ratings of university teaching. Using a distance learning program as the context for research, the study described in this article applied structural equation modeling to investigate the 2nd-order factor structure in student ratings of teaching effectiveness. An a priori model was hypothesized, which consisted of four 1st-order factors and one 2nd-order factor. Data were collected from 2,021 distance students using a multifactor questionnaire. In contrast to all past studies, the presence of a single 2nd-order factor in student ratings was empirically demonstrated through hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis. Implications for future research on the higher order factor structure in student ratings of conventional on-campus courses are also discussed.     

教育怎能学生说了算--从学生评教看师生关系的合理定位

学生评教的滥用,致使“学生说了算”竟成为时髦,师生关系遂变得复杂、畸形。可是教育的本质决定了师生关系的最基本方面只能是教师教,学生学。说学生是主体,那是说学生是学的主体,是自我教育、自我体验、自我管理、自我约束的主体,而不是说学生是教的主体。教学须调动学生的能动性,考虑学生的兴趣,都不意味着学生是教学过程的主体。学生的意见具有一定的参考价值,但是,教育不能由学生说了算。     

A Bootstrap Experiment on the Statistical Properties of Students' Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness

This paper examines the effects of two background variables in students' ratings of teaching effectiveness (SETs): class size and students' motivation (as surrogated by students' likelihood to respond randomly). Resampling simulation methodology has been employed to test the sensitivity of the SET scale for three hypothetical instructors (excellent, average, and poor). In an ideal scenario without confounding factors, SET statistics unmistakably distinguish the instructors. However, at different class sizes and levels of random responses, SET class averages are significantly biased. Results suggest that evaluations based on SET statistics should look at more than class averages. Resampling methodology (bootstrap simulation) is useful for SET research for scale sensitivity study, research results validation, and actual SET score analyses. Examples will be given on how bootstrap simulation can be applied to real-life SET data comparison.     

Mandatory Teaching Experience for School Counselors: An Impediment to Uniform Certification Standards for School Counselors

A review of the research on the effects of teaching experience on success as a school counselor led to a conclusion that it is an unfair and unwise certification criterion.     

熵值距离的离群点检测及其在学生评教中的应用

离群数据检测是找出与正常数据不一致的数据。学生评教中由于某种原因,会出现一些评教噪声数据。针对学生评教中噪声数据的特征,提出了一个基于熵值距离的离群点检测算法,该算法通过比较每个数据点所对应的熵值和整个数据集的熵值,来判断数据点的离群程度。仿真结果表明该算法对学生评教中出现的噪声数据具有较好的过滤效果。     

辅导员运用微博增强工作内涵和提升实效探究

微博是高校辅导员内涵拓展和实效提升的新载体,微博既是工作载体,又是学习载体;既是交流载体,又是引领载体;既是管理载体,又是服务载体。微博拓展了辅导员日常管理的宽度、思想教育的深度、服务学生的广度。通过树立善待微博的新理念,扮演善引微博的新角色,搭建善用微博的新平台,提升辅导员的工作实效。     

Disciplinary Differences in Student Ratings of Teaching Quality

Comparisons of large samples of course and teaching evaluation questionnaire data show consistent disciplinary differences. The current study examined the disciplinary differences in a theoretical model positing the impact of the perceived nature of teaching and learning environment on the development of generic capabilities by testing of (1) whether a common model of good teaching operated across disciplines and (2) the extent of deployment of teaching variables and their impact on learning outcomes. The sample consisted of 3,305 first and third year Chinese undergraduates of a university in Hong Kong, divided into four broad disciplinary groupings. Multiple-group structural equation modelling analysis showed configural invariance of the hypothesised model, suggesting a common model of good teaching across disciplines; and significant differences in the magnitude of structural paths and latent mean values across the four disciplinary groups were obtained reflecting differences between disciplines in the extent to which elements within the teaching and learning environment were brought into play. Possible reasons in terms of the epistemological nature of the disciplines were given to explain for the disciplinary variations.     

Effectiveness Related to Personality and Demographic Characteristics of Secondary School Counselors

In a study of 123 secondary school counselors in three states the authors found significant correlations among tested personality characteristics and supervisor-rated job performance. Counselors rated as effective by supervisors expressed higher job satisfaction, tested higher in tolerance for ambiguity and in self-esteem, and had more congruent personality-environment Holland codes than did their ineffective counterparts. Sex, age, years of experience, certification status, and academic degrees held were not correlated with effectiveness ratings. Results were considered tentative and heuristic in nature because many aspects of effectiveness could not be tested.     

The Effectiveness of Prepackaged Instructions for the Inservice Training of Rehabilitation Counselors

The effectiveness of an innovative prepackaged learning approach for inservice training of employed rehabilitation counselors is analyzed. Thirty learning units consisting of tape recordings and supplementary reading material which could be used at the counselors' convenience constituted the learning package. Changes in counselor knowledge were measured by an information test developed for the study. The results, as indicated by a Type I analysis of variance of the overall program effects and an analysis of covariance of the individual learning units effects, suggest that a voluntary packaged instructional approach to the conceptual training of rehabilitation counselors appears promising, but greater effort is needed in developing the training materials if the program is to be effective.     

高校辅导员案例教学中的哲学思辨

高校辅导员扮演着指导学生德、智、体全面发展的重要角色。当前我国辅导员与大学生的比例偏低,多数采用群体性教育启发学生,许多经典的案例故事频繁被不加思辨地引用。作者首先给出了辅导员经常给大学生讲述的两个案例,然后对这些案例进行了抽象化的分析,最后给出了这些案例真正的启示。结论是,大学辅导员不可对这些案例进行生搬硬套,应当巩固自己的哲学思辨素养。     

Another Look at Counselor,Client, and Supervisor Ratings of Counselor Effectiveness

The purpose of the study was to compare the perceptions of counselors, clients, and supervisors with regard to the effectiveness of counseling. The Counseling Evaluation Inventory (CEI) was used as a measure of counseling effectiveness, using client satisfaction as a criterion. 25 graduate student counselors provided self-ratings on the CEI. Additional CEI ratings of these counselors were obtained from 120 of their clients and their practicum supervisors. The counselor self-ratings and the supervisors' ratings were significantly correlated with each other, but neither was significantly correlated with the client CEI ratings. In addition, the client CEI ratings were significantly higher than both the counselor self-ratings and the supervisors' ratings.     

教学有效性问题浅析

教学有效性问题研究具有重要的教学理论意义和鲜明的现实针对性。目前,教学有效性问题突出表现在教师有效教学观念淡薄,课堂教学时间有效性差,教学与课程实施的纵向、横向和内向结构失衡,以及课堂管理问题等几个方面。只有认真研究和解决这些问题,才能切实提高课堂教学的有效性。     

数字化环境下提升高校辅导员工作有效性的策略

当前,大学生正日益成为运用数字化产品的主力军,数字化产品为他们带来积极作用的同时,也对他们的思想、心理和价值观产生了消极影响。本文在分析数字化环境下辅导员工作有效性开展面临的机遇与挑战的基础上,剖析了影响辅导员工作有效性的因素,从加强教育培训,建立科学考评体系和激励机制;加强自身学习,创新优化工作方法和工作效度;加强网络监管,搭建数字化技术交流和学习平台三个层面提出了数字化环境下提升高校辅导员工作有效性的策略。     

优化教学模式,提高化学课堂教学的有效性——以化学实验微课为例

微课作为微时代的教学产物,在认知习惯、认知策略上都特别能够贴近学员的心理。化学实验在培养未来高科技人才的教育中占有特别重要的地位。文章结合实验教学的实际情况,初步探索了利用现代信息技术将化学实验制作成短小精悍的微课视频进行教学的新模式,提出了新的思路。     

论教学经验与教学行为

教学经验左右着教师的课堂教学行为,有其自身的特点。但由于教师对教学经验存在着不同程度的误解,出现了诸多不合理的教学行为。因此有必要提升日常的教学经验,以此来不断提高教师自身素养,促发其教学行为的合理性。