Creating critical classrooms: reading and writing with an edge

Since the foundation in this country in 1950 of the Institut für Film Und Bild the production of AV aids for tuition and education has been promoted in many ways.     

“刚柔相济”的高职学分制管理模式探讨

在学分制管理模式下,教学计划的制定、调整和执行等环节,在实际管理过程中会出现一些矛盾,因此制定＂刚柔相济＂的学分制教学计划,通过柔性教学计划管理的重要手段,完善高职院校的学分制。加强教学计划的动态管理,可探索出符合学分制要求的教学计划管理模式。     

Is there a link between hearing aid use, employment, and income?

This paper examines hearing aid use by 60 congenitally deaf individuals who attended special education units in South Australia. The study indicates that only one-third to half of deaf adults wore their hearing aids in social situations for speech detection. Just over one-third (n = 22) of the deaf adults involved in this study wore their hearing aids at work and less than half (n = 27) wore their hearing aids at home. Younger deaf adults were more likely to wear their hearing aids in the home than older deaf adults. Younger deaf adults tended to wear their hearing aids more frequently when they were at school if they had perceived their teachers had a positive attitude to deafness. This study found that there was no statistically significant relationship between wearing hearing aids and employment status. There was also no statistically significant difference in hearing aid use between men and women. The low use of hearing aids could be attributed at least in part to the current Australian policy regarding supply and servicing of hearing aids to congenitally deaf individuals which ceases to be free after the individual reaches 21 years of age.     

They only see it when the sun shines in my ears: exploring perceptions of adolescent hearing aid users

Hard-of-hearing (HOH) young people may encounter multiple challenges to their educational, social, and emotional development. The benefits of wearing hearing aids to enhance communication may be countered by negative stigma associated with hearing aids. This study explored the experience of 16 bilaterally, moderately to severely HOH adolescents in mainstream education to understand their perceptions of using hearing aids. A core category of "normality" emerged from the data, which captures the predominant issue for these young people. The sense of being normal may be situationally determined, but those who are able to perceive their use of hearing aids in a given context as normal most frequently use them. Regardless of the age of diagnosis or length of time since fitting, if use of hearing aids is perceived as not normal then their use is disguised or negated. The perceptions of the young people indicate that psychosocial supports focused on promoting their identity as HOH young people and normalizing the use of hearing aids should be a key feature of interventions.     

The use of audio-visual aids in intermediate stage schools for girls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

This paper decribes an investigation into the use of audio-visual aids in teaching in the intermediate stage schools for girls, which are run by the General Presidency for Girls'Eudcation. Questionnaire data were collected and analysed and various factors were found to influence the use/non-use of audio-visual aids. It makes recommendations, which, if adopted, would increase the use of audio-visual aids in Saudi intermediate schools for girls, and stimulate the teaching-learning process.     

The use and usefulness of a parent questionnaire to help schools identify disability

The Equality Act 2010 will be implemented in full in 2011, and schools in the UK will have to provide special aids or services for children with disabilities where this provision is considered reasonable. This paper reports on staff perspectives on the use and usefulness of a parental questionnaire on disability from a sample of 49 schools (mainstream and special) located in 12 local authorities. Most schools found the process of administering the parent questionnaire undemanding; just under half of the sample indicated that they would take some action as a result of the data collected from the parental questionnaire (e.g., to inform plans for targeting or monitoring support for children, and to contact parents and follow‐up issues they had mentioned); and about one‐third of schools recorded unanticipated findings from the parental questionnaire, that is, the identification of children whose disabilities were not previously known to the school. Implications for schools are discussed.     

Assessing the Impact of Testing Aids on Post-Secondary Student Performance: A Meta-Analytic Investigation

Testing aids, including student-prepared testing aids (a.k.a., cheat sheets or crib notes) and open-textbook exams, are common practice in post-secondary assessment. There is a considerable amount of published research that discusses and investigates the impact of these testing aids. However, the findings of this research are contradictory and inconclusive. The current meta-analytic investigation provides a general measure of the impact of both student-prepared testing aids and the use of open-textbook exams on student exam performance in post-secondary education, while examining variables that may moderate the effects of testing aids on student exam performance. The results indicate that, overall, testing aids can produce a moderate impact on student exam performance, with student-prepared testing aids associated with a larger effect (d=.402) relative to open-textbook exams (d = 0.257). The results are discussed in terms of their implications for college course instructors and for informing the broader debate about the role of testing aids in long-term student learning and mastery of course material.     

多媒体教学之我见

目前，信息技术在中小学教育教学中大量运用，有部分教师在运用多媒体教学时出现一些误区。我们要尽快从这些误区中走出来，不断提高自身素质和电教素养，让多媒体技术更好地为教学服务。     

在历史教学中发挥直观教具的积极作用

历史教学中运用直观教具 ,可以增加学生对不可再现的历史的感性认识 ,是知识上升为理性认识的捷径。通过教具教学培养学生能力的作用也不可忽视。直观教具是教师教学过程中的好帮手 ,如何用好是个值得深思的问题。     

改革电化教育的几点思索

电化教育只注重媒体技术的运用，缺少教学与学过程的设计、实施与评价，难以适应现代教育的要求，应加大改革的力度。面对教育的国际化，电化教育向现代教育技术过渡是历史的必然。     

充分发挥电化教学的优势和作用

电化教学是教育现代化的需要，是实现教学最优化的手段。为了达到教学最优化的效果，学校教育一定要转变观念，发展、推广、运用电化教学。     

Supporting children with communication aids in transition: the perspective of children and adults involved with the Communication Aids Project (CAP)

This paper reports findings from an evaluation study of the Communication Aids Project (CAP), focussing on the perspective of children at points of educational transition and the parents, education staff and Speech and Language Therapists who support them. All participants took part in structured interviews, the individual children face‐to‐face on a one‐to‐one basis and the adults over the telephone. Those involved with the study reported positive effects of the communication aid, including in speech and communication activities relevant at transition. They also raised three main concerns regarding the use of the aids during and after transition, namely the portability and security of aids in the new setting; managing the flow of information between schools and in particular the availability of continued training in the support and use of communication aids.     

Creative Uses of Audio-Visual Equipment

Mr. Lowndes' topic was the use of aids in so-called ‘liberal’ subjects. Emotional response was the object of such aids and difficulties arose precisely because of the intermediate position they occupied, being neither strictly teaching nor entirely entertainment. Because of the changing nature of concepts in this field many aids were rendered useless, often within a short time, and others might infringe the prerogatives of the teacher. The distinction between an aid and an intrusion was a fine one, for teachers were very jealous of their opinions and would resent a film or strip which clashed too obtrusively with them.     

新型多功能助行器设计

探讨了一种新型多功能助行器的设计思想,基本原理及主要特点,该助行器主要实现了残疾人独立行走锻炼、自主站立、代步行走等功能。可广泛用于社会助残工作中。     

电子教案在课堂教学中有效运用探究

电子教案作为一种现代化的教学手段,在课堂教学中已经得到广泛的运用,但其在运用中仍然存在一些问题,有些运用的效果也不明显。鉴于此,文章从电子教案的制作和使用两方面探究了如何有效地运用电子教案,希望能够对教师在课堂教学中更好地运用电子教案有所帮助。     

数字化音像教材的设计与开发

数字化音像教材开发是信息化教学资源建设的一项重要内容。我们借鉴计算机辅助教育发展的积件思想 ,对音像教材的数字化开发和建设工作进行了适当的探索尝试。本文结合作者的实践体会 ,就数字化音像教材建设的意义、数字化音像教材的表现形式与网络远程教育中数字化音像教材资源库的建设与开发等问题进行了初步的探讨     

浅谈写作教学中电教手段的运用

在写作教学中渗透电教手段是改革旧的写作教学模式的有益尝试。本文试从激发写作兴趣,指导观察口述,传授描写方法,增强评改能力这四方面,探求电教手段与写作教学有机结合的动因和方法,以求进一步提高学生运用祖国语言文字的能力,促其写出有血有肉的“美文”。     

影视教具和身态语的教学意义

讨论了影视手段与身态语在语言与文化教学中的应用及其功效。     

大学英语学习者元认知策略调查分析

对顺德职业技术学院173名大学英语学习者的元认知策略使用情况的调查表明.学生不经常使用这些策略。自我管理、注意力安排、目标与计划和自我监控与学习成绩显著相关,其中高分组和低分组在使用目标与计划、注意力安排、自我管理和自我监控策略方面有差异。