Journal writing and mathematics instruction

In this article we discuss the educational value of engaging mathematics students in a specific form of writing to learn—the keeping of a journal throughout a mathematics course. As the result of an analysis which comprises both conceptual and empirical components, we suggest that journals have the potential to contribute to mathematics instruction in several ways. As the students write the journals, they can be encouraged to express and reflect upon their feelings, knowledge, processes and beliefs about mathematics, and consequently grow along each of these dimensions. By reading their students' journals, teachers may receive a wealth of information about their students and the course, and consequently improve their teaching. Finally, journals can create a new form of dialogue between the teacher and each student, thus allowing for more individualized instruction and a supportive classroom atmosphere.     

计算机应用课教学方法研究

计算机应用课教学要紧密结合信息化建设的要求,在教学中采用多样化的教学模式,给学生展示一个丰富多彩的信息世界,激发学生对知识的自主性延伸,拓展学生的视野,提高学生的创造力,培养出具有时代竞争力的实用技能人才。     

试论高校世界古代史学习兴趣的培养

很多高校历史专业学生学习世界古代史的兴趣普遍不高,这既有客观原因,又有主观因素。教师要以学生为主,采取灵活多样的教法和手段,同时进行积极引导,培养他们的学习兴趣;还需结合教学实际和学生特点,从根本上转变教育理念。     

双语教学的现实背景及对高校教学的影响

双语教学是世界一体化下我国高等学校教学改革的一个方向。它的出现有其深刻的时代背景,一方面,教育国际化趋势客观上推动了双语教学的发展:另一方面,中国加入世贸组织对双语教学也产生积极的影响。由于采用英文版教材,对学生和教师都提高了新的要求。学生必须具备一定的专业知识以及较高的英语水平,否则可以能听不懂教师的授课内容;而教师也需具备较高的英语水平以及课程开发能力。同时,对教学改革与教学管理都会带来一定程度的影响。     

互动式教学法在国际市场营销学教学中的应用

互动式教学方式是培养学生创造能力的有效途径,在国际市场营销学教学中要注重情感互动和信息互动,一方面,教师要引导学生积极参与课程,另一方面,学生也要摆脱传统的被动接受。     

走近“心灵如诗”的孔子 讲解浅近而深刻的《论语》——关于《论语》教学的若干思考

《论语》产生的时代去今甚远,因此教学中要处理好＂难与易＂的关系。一方面通过生动、有趣的讲解让学生走近孔子,走近《论语》,另一方面引导学生深入理解与体悟《论语》,理解《论语》的当代价值。在教学中,应当注意对＂平民化人格＂内涵的思考与倡导。同时,通过课堂教学与课外教育的结合,发挥校园文化的育人功能,培养学生的思辨能力,引导学生践行儒家思想,提高其人文素养。     

“生物统计学”教学改革刍议

"生物统计学"是我国高校生物科学、植物生产类的专业基础课,具有较强的理论性和实用性。为了让学生更好地学习和掌握这门课程,针对教学中存在的问题,结合多年的教学实践和该门课的教学特点,提出在教学中应选择合适的教材并优化教学内容,以多媒体技术与传统教学方式相结合的教学手段,同时加强田间试验与软件应用相结合,来激发学生学习兴趣,加深对所学内容的理解和掌握,培养学生科学开展试验设计与应用统计软件分析数据的能力,改革考核方式等观点和建议。     

‘I’m not a “maths‐person”!’ Reconstituting mathematical subjectivities in aesthetic teaching practices

In this study I have investigated how alternative ways of teaching mathematics influence and affect Early Childhood Education (ECE) students’ attitudes towards maths and how they understand their own subjectivities as more or less mathematical during a 10‐week alternative maths course. The investigated course adopts a feminist post‐structural approach based on critical pedagogy and deconstructive theory and includes an interdisciplinary approach to investigative mathematics. The data used include the memory/narrative writings and process‐writings of 75 female teacher‐education students, collected from three different cohorts, in which the students describe their learning processes throughout the maths course. The study shows that, in the main, the students became much more positively inclined to the subject of mathematics after the maths course and agreed that this course had changed their understanding of their own mathematical subjectivity, albeit in different and varying ways.     

Dual Focus on Form and Meaning in Task-based Oral English Teaching

The task-based approach has been gaining more and more popularity in recent years. Unlike the traditional language teaching approach, which puts much emphasis on the teaching and learning of language forms and skills, it regards the language process as one of learning through doing, emphasizes the central role of meaning in language use and insists that students should learn more effectively if they are fully engaged in a language task. However, due to the lack of an appropriate language environment and limited time for English study, Chinese students may not make as much progress as expected in the unconscious internalization of authentic language by focusing primarily on meaning. In fact the meaning of a language can not be separated from its form. The accurate expression of meaning depends on the proper use of language form. Therefore, in the application of the taskbased approach, we should not neglect the study of language form. This paper analyses the causes for Chinese students' low spoken English proficiency, describes the theoretical foundation and actual practice of the task-based approach, discusses its implications for teaching oral English and makes some proposals for its appropriate application.     

高专学前教育幼儿歌曲演唱实训教学现状与对策

现今高专学前教育专业的学生大部分在声乐演唱方面基础极其薄弱,而幼儿园音乐教育活动中的幼儿歌曲演唱教学对教师的要求却很高。为解决这个矛盾,一方面需要师范高等专科学校提供幼儿歌曲实训课的训练时间,使学生得到有效的辅导与锻炼,另一方面要明确课程目标,将本课程的教学与幼儿园教学实践紧密结合,加强音乐综合能力的培养,并调整课程设置以弥补教学不足。     

基于研究性学习下的《高等代数选讲》课程建设与改革

本文首先从课程内容与体系、教学方法与手段、教学评价三个方面讨论了《高等代数选讲》课程建设与改革;其次,从教学内容与实践性教学环节两个方面讨论了《高等代数》教学改革问题。在课程改革中,把培养学生研究性学习能力作为检验该课程改革是否取得成效的重要标志,不仅突出了课程建设特色与内涵,而且有益于培养学生的自主学习与创新能力。     

高校思政课研究性教学方法刍议——以“马克思主义基本原理概论”课为例

要提升思政课教学效果,改变学生对课程的态度至关重要,教师可以运用研究性教学方法,一方面将学生当作知识建构的主体,寓教学于研究之中,师生共同提出研究问题、建构知识体系;另一方面,教师可以借助研究性教学方法调整与学生的关系,师生之间不是一方塑造另一方,而是相互平等、以学生为主体的教学相长关系。     

大学语文渗透流行语教学的思考——“首要教学原理”在大学语文中的应用探讨

基于“首要教学原理”在“大学语文”中的应用研究,流行语渗入大学语文教学有必要性和可行性。流行语包含着丰富的当下文化因素,可以弥补大学语文课程语言学教学的缺位,是学生积累词汇量、提高母语语言素养的途径之一,恰当使用有利于营造课堂创意氛围。指导学生积累流行语,分析掌握流行语词的构成理据和文化信息等,有助于使用和改造流行语创新自己的语言。     

Academics’ experiences of understanding of their subject matter and the relationship of this to their experiences of teaching and learning

In this paper we focus on the issue of how academic staff experience the understanding of their subject matter and the relationship of this understanding to their experience of teaching. In recent years there has been a substantial amount of research into how academic staff conceive of teaching and learning, how they approach their teaching, and how their approaches to teaching relate to how their students approach their learning. In our present project this research is being extended by looking at the way 31 academics from four broad fields of study experience their understanding of their subject matter and how this relates to the way they experience their teaching. Using a phenomenographic approach we show that academics who experience their subject matter in atomistic and less integrated ways experience their teaching in more information transmission and teacher-focused ways, while those with a more integrated and holistic experience of understanding their subject experience their teaching in more conceptual change and student-focused ways.in final form: 9 September 2004     

The dilemma of case‐based teaching and learning in science in Hong Kong: Students need it,want it,but may not value it

The paper reports a study for determining a suitable process for converting traditional surface science courses into case‐based learning ones in two universities in Hong Kong. In this preparative study, a set of baseline data was collected on the current level of students’ conceptual understanding and also students’ perceptions about the traditional courses. The student data (from 38 students) came from examination results, the Study Process Questionnaire, a course‐end survey and a focus group meeting; teachers also kept reflective journals. This set of baseline data revealed factors that both support and inhibit case‐based learning. On the one hand, students demonstrate a motivation to be able to solve practical problems in this field; on the other hand, they show an unwillingness to take up a personal responsibility for learning. This finding strengthens our resolve to take into account students’ expectations and beliefs in the implementation of case‐based teaching and learning.     

给水排水工程CAD实践教学改革探索

培养学生的实践能力是大学教育的重要目标之一。根据给水排水工程CAD课程的特点,结合教学实践,对教学内容以及教学方法等方面进行了改革探索,通过及时充实新理论、新方法,采用现代化手段开展教学,在教学中强化实践教学理念,提倡理论与实践并重,培养学生的参与意识、设计能力和创新能力。     

教育信息化环境下思想道德修养与法律基础课程教学方式的创新探析

教育信息化为思想道德修养与法律基础课程的教学带来了机遇和挑战,一方面,它促使教学理念更新、教师角色转变、教学手段变革和学生学习模式的变化;另一方面,它挑战教师的信息主导地位和信息处理能力、弱化了学生的主体作用。因此,要从教师的“教”和学生的“学”两个角度不断创新思想道德修养与法律基础课的教学方式。在教师的“教”方面,要发挥教师的信息主导地位,提高其信息运用能力和创建教学信息平台;在学生的“学”方面,要提升他们的信息素养,增强他们的自我防御能力。     

新课程标准下小学作文教学与认知训练的整合研究

新课程标准要求在提高学生作水平的同时，发展学生的认知能力。认知能力是作的基础，作过程是认知发展的途径之一，二相互依赖，相互促进。教师要有效利用教学资源，将作教学与认知训练整合起来，在指导学生积累素材、材料加工、谋篇布局的过程中训练学生的观察力、想象力、思维力。     

综合多种教学法的大学课程教学设计

近年来,多种教学方法层出不穷,如:合作学习、对分课堂、发生教学法、混合式教学、参与式教学等,这些不同的教学法有不同的理论依据和侧重点。我们在多年教学实践中基于各方法的优势,对团队承担的《普通昆虫学》课程进行了改革和重新设计:将班级学生分为4—5人学习战队,形成合作学习共同体,每次课程分为5个步骤:讨论互助、对战、总结、讲授和内化吸收。该课程设计基于对分课堂的“课堂时间对分”和“讲授与讨论时间错开,学生自主学习内化吸收”,同时利用了合作学习的“生生互动,形成团队,相互帮助”,混合式教学的“对在线数字媒体的利用”,发生教学法的“依照知识的产生和发展进行讲解”,参与式教学的“积极参与”。新的教学设计核心理念是结合在线教育、讲授式课堂和讨论式课堂的优势,教师作为引导者,同一学习战队成员间形成利益捆绑体,学生主观能动性得到调动,积极参与教学活动,课后一周时间学生内化吸收,对抗遗忘。     

运用信息化教学手段培养学生的创新能力

随着计算机网络技术的迅猛发展和现代信息技术的日趋成熟,信息化教学日益普及。分析信息化教学的优势,指出目前信息化教学存在的一些不容忽视的问题,结合力学课程的教学,探讨运用信息化教学手段培养学生创新能力的途径与方法,冀望信息化教学能够扬长避短、健康发展,在培养学生创新能力方面发挥应有的作用。