Classroom computer experiences that stick: Two lenses on reflective timed essays

Testing the hypotheses that reflective timed-essay prompts should elicit memories of meaningful experiences in students’ undergraduate education, and that computer-mediated classroom experiences should be salient among those memories, a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods paints a richer, more complex picture than either method would independently. A quantitative approach appears to provide support for the hypotheses, revealing that students mention media-related experiences three times as often as they mention specific professors. A qualitative, close-reading approach both challenges and supports the hypotheses. The construct of media-related experiences includes mundane, instrumental encounters with computers as well as transformative experiences with them. This hybrid research methodology supports the identification of those transformative experiences and thus provides validity evidence for the use of reflective timed-essay responses in guiding endorsements of specific classroom practices.     

A statewide writing assessment model: Student proficiency and future implications

This paper is an examination of statewide district writing achievement gain data from the Nebraska Statewide Writing Assessment system and implications for statewide assessment writing models. The writing assessment program is used to gain compliance with the United States No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB), a federal effort to influence school district assessment and accountability. While the research literature is mixed with some viewing statewide writing assessment as narrowing writing curriculum and “standardizing” writing, others point out that it facilitates sharing between teachers to improve writing and teachers are empowered by their participation in the process.Nebraska's Statewide Writing Assessment, based on the six-trait model, has strong support from teachers regarding their perception of the assessment in supporting teaching practices and student success. Examination of achievement gain data revealed gains in 4th, 8th, and 11th grades in the average number of students rated proficient from one administration of the assessment to the next.Implications for educational practice, recommendations for future research, and relevant related issues (NCLB concerns and measurement issues) are discussed.     

学生管理育人本位的复归:美国学生惩戒研究最新进展及其启示

针对美国部分中学惩戒失当的现实问题,《学校惩戒共识报告》建议采取多种方式创设有助于学习的环境,调动校内外资源实施有针对性的行为干预,优化学校与警务系统的伙伴协作,适当发挥法院和司法系统的作用,使学生管理更具支持性.《报告》启示我国应确立以引导为主、惩戒为辅的学生管理立场,建立多层级的惩戒体系,在制度层面防止惩戒权滥用;多方联动,打通壁垒,建立学生管理共同体;持续收集数据,做好大数据时代的学生管理.     

论民国中后期武冈中等师范学校训育实践——以武冈境内师范学校学生自治会为例

学生自治会是民国时期训育实践的基本组织. 民国中后期武冈境内设有三所师范学校,县立、省立共存,初级、中级并立,训育工作以学生自治会为依托开展系列实践活动,取得显著成效:训育促进了学生德、智、体、美、劳各方面发展,是课堂教学以外德育的有益补充;重视社会实践、讲求实践实效性是训育实践的最大亮点. 立足社会、融入生活,要求学生将所学回报于社会,有目的地服务于社会,这种社会实践模式对我国当代高等职业教育培养有理想、有担当、不脱离社会现实、具有专门职业技能的高素质复合型人才不无启示:道德教育不能脱离社会实际;班级组织的有效管理和运作是提高实践实效性的重要路径.     

评价是如何影响高校青年教师专业性的?——以S大学为例

良好的考核评价政策有助于调动教师工作积极性、主动性,对提升高等教育质量具有显著影响。目前,绩效评价已成为我国高校教师评价制度的主流,对教师专业发展影响深远。探究当前教师绩效评价制度如何影响高校青年教师的专业性,具有重要的理论价值与现实意义。通过对S大学的实地调研发现,教师评价制度有赖于建立“层级管理-量化的相对指标-外部裁决”的管理技术,施予青年教师结构性压力,使其产生“适应顺从”的惯习,影响其专业知识、专业自主、专业伦理和专业情意。基于布迪厄的实践理论,研究发现:评价制度与场域内的资源配置机制在形塑青年教师自我认知与行为选择方面具有一致性;应采取优化资本配置、调整学术人员惯习、关注学术场域内发展性评价等策略提升高校青年教师专业性。