基于英语阅读理解的高职学生思辨能力培养

文章在简析目前国内外思辨能力培养现状的基础上,分析了英语阅读理解对培养高职学生思辨能力的重要性,并提出了通过改变英语阅读理解目标设置,教学模式,评价与反馈模式的方式来培养高职学生的思辨能力。     

公共英语课堂教学中批判性思维能力的训练

传统的英语教学往往注重对学生的知识传授和语言技能的培养,而忽略了对学生批判性思维能力的训练,不利于培养学生的批判意识和创新能力。本文主要讨论了批判性思维能力训练的重要性以及如何在平时的公共英语课堂教学中训练学生的批判性思维。     

高职英语教学培养学生思辨能力的策略研究

目前高等职业技术院校英语教学严重缺乏对学生思辨能力的培养,文章从思辨能力的内涵出发,探讨在英语课堂中培养高职生思辨能力的意义,并结合教学实践提出培养其思辨能力的有效策略。     

Promoting deep learning in a teacher education programme through self- and peer-assessment and feedback

The incorporation of self- and peer-assessment and feedback has significant potential as a pedagogical strategy to promote deep learning in project based coursework. This study examined the impact of a deeper approach to learning on pre-service teachers’ critical thinking and metacognitive skills. It also examined the impact on student learning outcomes within a project based module with a significant design element. Forty-seven students participated in the pilot of an online peer feedback system. Results suggest that the quality of students’ reflections through peer feedback and overall satisfaction with the module remained high despite students’ citing a preference for instructor feedback. The data also indicate that the incorporation of self- and peer-assessment and feedback resulted in higher quality learning outcomes and enhanced critical thinking skills.     

物理学专业实习生在教育实习中遇到的困扰——四名实习生个案研究

通过开放式访谈、非正式交谈、课堂观察等方法,对四名物理学专业的实习生在教育实习中教学方面所遇到的困扰进行了探讨.结果表明,一些实习生主要遇到了以下9方面的困扰专业知识、教学效果反馈技能、时间控制、计算机多媒体技术运用、洞察能力、教学组织技能、教学语言技能、板书技能、教态变化技能.根据研究结果,提出应加强对实习生的教学技能的培训.     

Improving spatial thinking skills among undergraduate geology students through short online training exercises

ABSTRACT

Spatial reasoning is a critical skill in the Geosciences. Using a randomized control study with 592 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory and advanced Geology courses, our data indicates that regular, short interventions throughout an academic semester improve students’ spatial thinking skills significantly with a moderate to large effect size when compared to an instruction-as-usual control group. We found evidence for additional gains in students who participated also in hands-on training interventions. We found even larger training effects on students who achieved correct scores of >50% on the practice modules, with gains of almost three-quarter of a standard deviation relative to their baseline scores. Male and female students display significant differences in spatial skills, with males outperforming females. Training resulted in similar magnitudes of improvement in both genders, so we see no evidence that the interventions closed the gender gap. Using the initial performance as a baseline, poor performers’ spatial skills appear to improve through practice at the same rate as their peers. We argue that 15.4% of students improve their spatial skills through participation in the training towards a threshold that appears to be critical for participation in STEM careers. On a reflection survey, half of the students reported that they felt their spatial thinking skills improved through their participation, and over a third found the training beneficial for their overall learning in Geology or other classes. We hypothesise that formal training opportunities for spatial reasoning could increase the potential pool of students who successfully enter and succeed in Geoscience careers.     

Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Noticing Skills and Scaffolding Practices

A 14-week course program was designed to investigate pre-service teachers’ noticing skills and scaffolding practices. Six pre-service teachers were matched with a pair of sixth grade students to observe and scaffold students’ mathematical understanding while they were working on the given tasks. Data was collected through pre-service teachers’ own recorded videos of implementation of tasks, their written reflections about the implementations, videos of group reflections before and after the implementations, and students’ written work. The analysis of data revealed that pre-service teachers mostly noticed students’ errors and strategies during their interactions with students, they attended important instances about students’ thinking and justified their reasoning for their comments in their written reflections. However, while interacting with students, they usually used low level scaffolding practices such as asking for clarification, explanation, and justification rather than attempting to elicit students’ thinking and improve their understanding.     

血液科学术型硕士研究生临床思维培养的探索与思考

现阶段,我国的硕士研究生培养类别已划分为学术型研究生和专业型研究生两类。血液病学作为医学专业中一门专科性强、急危重症多的学科,对临床实践要求很高,而血液科学术型硕士研究生的培养普遍存在轻临床实践、重实验技术等问题,不能很好地适应血液病学专业的临床需求,临床思维能力薄弱是较为突出的问题。因此,针对学术型硕士研究生临床思维培养这一重要内容,文章将从完善学科建设与目标规划、夯实理论基础与文献研读、强化临床技能与操作训练、重视MDT模式与临床带教等方面进行探讨,总结提升临床思维能力的策略,促进科研能力与临床思维协同发展,为学术型研究生临床思维培养提供理论基础。     

湘西北地区幼儿教师职前培养与职后培训的思考

文章通过对湘西北地区幼儿教师现状的调查了解,对幼儿教师职前培养与职后培训进行了思考,从政策支持、学校课程体系建设、学生专业技能训练、职后培训模式、园本培训等方面进行了分析,为提高幼儿教师专业素质,提升学前教育专业的发展,提供了一些经验和借鉴。     

公共教育学教学中批判性思维的培养

公共教育学（简称＂教育学＂）教学面向未来教师,培养批判性思维具有长远的意义。批判性思维包括批判精神和批判性思维技能,批判精神的人格特质可以在培养批判性思维技能的过程中形成和强化。围绕教科书的观念和言说,教育学教学可以从四个方面指导学生思考教科书文本,发展批判性思维。     

Meaningful Understanding and Systems Thinking in Organic Chemistry: Validating Measurement and Exploring Relationships

The purpose of this study was dual: First, to develop and validate assessment schemes for assessing 11th grade students’ meaningful understanding of organic chemistry concepts, as well as their systems thinking skills in the domain. Second, to explore the relationship between the two constructs of interest based on students’ performance on the applied assessment framework. For this purpose, (a) various types of objective assessment questions were developed and evaluated for assessing meaningful understanding, (b) a specific type of systemic assessment questions (SAQs) was developed and evaluated for assessing systems thinking skills, and (c) the association between students’ responses on the applied assessment schemes was explored. The results indicated that properly designed objective questions can effectively capture aspects of students’ meaningful understanding. It was also found that the SAQs can elicit systems thinking skills in the context of a formalistic systems thinking theoretical approach. Moreover, a significant relationship was observed between students’ responses on the two assessment strategies. This research provides evidence that students’ systems thinking level within a science domain is significantly related to their meaningful understanding of relative science concepts.     

对西安市城镇高中生批判性思维的初步调查

This paper reports the development of critical thinking of urban high school students in the Chinese city of Xi’an. It presents the assessment of the students’ two components of critical thinking: dispositions towards critical thinking and critical thinking skills, using the California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Results show that the students’ dispositions toward critical thinking are at an average level while their critical thinking skills are very low. This research also shows that there is no significant difference between students from science classes and arts classes in their critical thinking dispositions while science students have a higher level of critical thinking skills. Students from advanced classes have a higher level of the two components of critical thinking than their counterparts from general classes. There are no differences between male students and female students in both components.      

“尝试练习”与职前教师创新能力的培养

基础教育课程改革的实质是创新,教师的创新能力决定新课改的成败。“尝试练习”技能训练模式通过先练后学,培养学生的创新意识、发散思维、反思能力和成就感与自信心,促进职前教师教育创新能力的形成和发展。     

Impact of professional development programme on teachers’ competencies in assessment

ABSTRACT

In the past few decades, increasing demands have been placed on developing students’ autonomy and critical thinking skills. To enhance students’ agency in learning, teachers have been encouraged to adopt alternative pedagogical practices. The revamp of pedagogy needs to be reflected in assessment as it is an integral part of instruction. Practising teachers, however, lack assessment knowledge due to inadequate training during the pre-service preparation programmes. The enhancement of assessment knowledge is being urgently called for, which demands the professional development of teachers. This study seeks to investigate the impact of a professional development programme organized by a university in Hong Kong on the development of assessment knowledge of four teachers in two elementary schools. Findings indicate that the acquisition of assessment knowledge is a long-term achievement, which requires ongoing professional development efforts.     

Cultivating critical thinkers: Exploring transfer of learning from pre-service teacher training to classroom practice

This study explores the transfer of critical thinking skills and dispositions from pre-service teacher training to classroom practice and student achievement in the cases of two graduates from a course on critical thinking-integrated instruction. Two 7th and two 8th grade classes were randomly assigned as experimental (CT-integrated instruction), or comparison (traditional instruction) groups. Empirical results demonstrated that, in these two cases, the teachers successfully developed CT-integrated instruction for effectively fostering students' CT skills and dispositions, while improving student achievement. Future research should include larger and more representative samples to avoid bias and reliably evaluate CT-based teacher training initiatives.     

Teacher efficacy of pre-service teachers in Taiwan: The influence of classroom teaching and group discussions

The greatest benefit of teacher preparation programs is field-related training where pre-service teachers contextualize the learned knowledge and theories with tasks and students during training. This preliminary study is based on the collaboration between a teacher training program and an elementary school to investigate the effect that exposure to various sources of teacher efficacy has on pre-service teachers in Taiwan. The results of this study show some influences of classroom experience and group discussions on the teaching efficacy of this group of pre-service teachers. Pre-service teachers demonstrated a higher level of PTE after the classroom experience and group discussions.     

基于批判性思维“生产与运作管理”课程教学研究

批判性思维教学方法不仅被认为是一种有效的教学方法,而且对大学生批判性思维的培养和思维方式的改善,起到举足轻重的作用。文章以批判性思维教学理论为基础,对批判性思维在“生产与运作管理”课堂教学中体现出的内涵,证据思维、质疑思维、独立思维以及开放与包容思维,和体现出的外延个性特点、思维技法及文化层面,进行了探讨,不仅满足学生追求个性化的要求,而且有助于学生掌握批判性和创新性分析的技能,更好地实现对学生文化素养的培养。     

师范生教学技能存在的问题及其对职前教师教育的启示———基于对师范生教学技能大赛的观察与思考简

师范生是基础教育的生力军,其教学技能直接影响基础教育的质量。师范生教学技能大赛暴露出师范生在教学设计、课堂教学、说课、多媒体运用等方面技能存在许多不足。从中得到职前教师教育的启示：优化教育理论课程体系,提升师范生现代教育理论水平;重视教育实践课程,加强教师教学技能的有针对性训练;加强高师教师专业技能培养与地方中小学之间的合作;广泛开展说课活动,加强说课的理论与实践;加强信息技术与教学实际的联系,提高信息技术与课程整合的能力。     

大学生软技能自我评价的调查分析

大学生软技能水平对其职业发展有重要的影响。通过对大学生软技能自我评价的问卷调查,发现大学生在软技能的某些方面具有一定的优势,但也存在诸多问题和不足,如自信心不足、批判性思维能力、创新意识及能力、沟通交流能力和组织管理能力不强等。针对这些问题,文章从高校人才培养的视角,提出了相应的对策和建议。     

Developing Greek Primary School Students’ Critical Thinking through an Approach of Teaching Science which Incorporates Aspects of History of Science

In this paper, the development of sixth grade students’ critical thinking skills in science courses is discussed relatively to the contribution of the integration of aspects of History of Science into instruction. Towards this direction a project on electromagnetism was designed and implemented aiming to engage primary school students in a critical examination of knowledge (importance, complexity and human implications) by generating argumentation and discussion in their classrooms. The “Test of Everyday Reasoning (TER)”, which targets the core critical thinking skills identified in “The Delphi Report” consensus, was translated and standardized for the Greek population in order to be used for the project’s assessment. A pre-post analysis was conducted for the experimental group and the control group. The encouraging results regarding critical thinking skills development are supportive to the integration of aspects of History of Science in science courses.