Multiculturalism,education for sustainable development (ESD) and the shifting discursive landscape of social inclusion

Australia has a long and sometimes turbulent relationship with the migrant Other. This paper examines a component of this relationship via the window of contemporary multicultural policy. The paper begins with an analysis of the political and social conditions that enabled a national and bipartisan policy of multiculturalism to emerge as formalised federal policy during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The paper re-problematises the influences that helped shape Australia's articulation of race and ethnicity and argues that multiculturalism, within a post-September 11 environment, can no longer be framed solely within its traditional framework of social justice. The paper positions education for sustainable development (ESD) as an emerging discursive field that provides educators with an alternative road map for critiquing Australia's fluid relationship with the migrant Other. By linking the tenets of multiculturalism with ESD, this paper suggests pre-service teacher educators are presented with a productive, and at the same time politically palatable, means for regaining pedagogical traction for a semi-dormant agenda of social inclusion.     

马克思主义哲学的基本问题是社会意识和社会存在的关系问题

恩格斯提出的哲学基本问题 (思维和存在的关系问题 )适用于全部哲学 ,但同时应看到 ,思维和存在的关系问题在具体的哲学中会有不同的表现方式 ,只有考察了具体哲学中的思维和存在的关系问题的特殊表现方式 ,才能具体地把握具体的哲学。思维和存在的关系问题也是马克思主义哲学的基本问题 ,同时 ,它在马克思主义哲学中也有特殊的表现方式。思维和存在的关系问题在马克思主义哲学中的具体表现方式是人们的意识和人们的存在或社会意识和社会存在的关系问题。把握马克思主义哲学的这一基本问题 ,对于理解马克思主义哲学的实质和指导现实生活具有重要意义     

职前幼儿教师专业认同建构路径:认知、行动与反思

职前幼儿教师要想成为一名真正的幼儿教师,需要在进入师范院校学习以及教育实践的过程中不断获得专业认同。研究以"专业认同"为主轴,描绘职前幼儿教师专业认同的建构路径,即职前幼儿教师在自我追寻的过程中,是如何认定自己是一名准幼儿教师的,未来想要成为一名怎样的幼儿教师,具体情境中是如何行动的,行动之后是如何进行的反思。研究将以个案的形式呈现职前幼儿教师专业认同的发展历程,从而梳理分析出职前幼儿教师专业认同的建构路径。     

中国传统的数学观和教育观对新世纪数学教育的启示

中国文化传统为东亚各国的主导文化,也是世界的主要文化之一,探索这个伟大文化的思想对当代教育有极大的启示作用。此外,中国传统的数学观和教育观对新世纪数学教育可能提供不容低估的借鉴作用。     

The Work of Providers of Professional Development for Teachers of Mathematics: Two Case Studies of Experienced Practitioners

This paper is an initial investigation into the practice of providers of professional development for teachers of mathematics. The study examines the work of two providers of professional development for teachers of mathematics. Both provided professional development while working with teachers on implementing a new mathematics curriculum for seventh grade. Although their work conditions were quite different from each other the study reveals that there were similar characteristics in their practices. The most salient ones were acting out lessons, analyzing principles of the new curriculum, encouraging the teachers to explicate their concerns, and asking teachers to solve concrete practical problems related to the reservations they have about specific components of the new curriculum. The role of a program that prepared the two participants to be providers of professional development for teachers is also discussed.     

初等教育学学科:高师小学教育专业的学科基础

高师小学教育专业的学科基础是什么,是其学科建设首先要回答的问题。从小学教育性质、小学教师专业特性和高师小学教师培养模式的分析,厘清初等教育学与教育学、儿童学以及其他多学科的关系,以及对初等教育学学科体系本身的理解,我们认为初等教育学学科是高师小学教育专业的学科基础。     

问题意识与论证训练：当前我国哲学教育的困境及出路

当前的哲学教育主要有两种方式,一是以权威教材为纲,二是以经典原著为纲,它们共同的困境在于缺乏明确的问题意识和严格的论证训练。欲改造我国当前的哲学教育,必须通过发现和重构哲学家们的问题,从而训练学生的问题意识,并通过识别、图示和评价哲学家们的论证,从而训练出独立地建构哲学论证的能力。论证训练的目的,并非只是为了能够提出合理的论证,更是为了让学生的心灵受到普遍的理性熏陶,从而培养起依照普遍法则而行为的习惯。