解决小学英语师资匮乏的途径

现阶段，我国一些具备条件的乡镇一级中心小学已开设或正积极筹备开设英语课，但师资却极为匮乏。培养合格的小学英语教师是当务之急。小学英语教师的培养可分为短期培训和专业培养。前依靠当地教育主管部门的实际操作和高等院校的定向培养；后依靠高等院校的专业建设和培养。因此，高等院校开设小学英语教育专业已刻不容缓。     

Who is the ideal teacher? Am I? Similarity and difference in perception of students of education regarding the qualities of a good teacher and of their own qualities as teachers

This research examines two images of teachers as seen by students of education: the ideal teacher and their own self‐image as teachers. The research compares the students’ perceptions of these two images using two sub‐groups of students of education: students at an academic teachers’ college who will be referred to as student teachers and beginning teachers, who, while teaching, are completing their academic degrees at teachers’ colleges or regional academic colleges. Data were collected from 89 students at the two colleges by means of a questionnaire that included open‐ended questions which were analyzed qualitatively. The findings of the research indicate that there are two major categories that comprise perceptions of the ideal teacher: first, personal qualities; and second, knowledge of the subject taught as well as didactic knowledge. Both groups of students similarly attributed great importance to the personal qualities of the ideal teacher, but there is a difference in their perception of the importance of knowledge: the beginning teachers attributed great importance to knowledge and perceived it as a quality similar in importance to personal characteristics, while the student teachers, who had not begun their teaching careers, attributed less importance to knowledge as a characteristic of the ideal teacher. A quality which was less prominent when profiling the ideal teacher is general education and wide perspectives. The teacher as a socializing agent, a person who promotes social goals, was not mentioned at all. Students maintained that, during their studies, they had improved their qualities as ‘empathetic and attentive’ teachers, ‘knowledgeable in teaching methods’, and in ‘leadership’. But they had hardly improved their knowledge of the subject they taught or their level of general knowledge. The discussion of knowledge and the desirable personal qualities of a teacher is relevant to the current debate regarding the relative merits of disciplinary education in contrast to pedagogical education in preparation for teaching as a profession. The clear preference for disciplinary education by policy makers in Israel and elsewhere in the field of teacher education is contradictory to the emphasis placed on the personal development of future teachers and their pedagogical education by the students of education who participated in this research.     

Colleges and the Governance of Higher Education

The governance of higher education in colleges and college sectors that offer other types of education and training is distinctive in four main respects. First, governance structures are frequently separate and different for higher education and for other segments of tertiary education. Second, the size and scope of the higher‐level education taught by individual institutions will bear on the extent to which the management and governance arrangements in colleges are joint or divided. Third, the growth of small and distributed forms of higher‐level education has created specific problems and dilemmas for national and sub‐national governance. Fourth, the multiple missions of many colleges continue to pose questions about their educational and organisational coherence and governability. It is only in recent years that a base of evidence has been available to comprehend these developments, although definitional difficulties and data deficiencies remain.     

基于师范职业能力培养的高师视唱练耳教学研究

随着我国素质教育的推进,师范职业能力培养成为高师教育中不可或缺的重要组成部分,特别是视唱练耳教学作为高师音乐教育的必修课,它的教学改革也逐渐成为一个热点话题。视唱练耳课程必须与实际相联系、循序渐进地对教学环节当中所出现的各类问题实行渐进式改进,以此来满足在当前新的时代背景之下对于视唱练耳课程的要求,全面提高高师学生视唱练耳的水平及能力,确保他们可以更好地适应今后的各专业技巧课的学习要求。     

REALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES IN TWO‐AND FOUR‐YEAR COLLEGES

This paper looks at an aspect of the two‐year college: that it is the logical system for achieving educational equality in higher education. The authors find that low aptitude blacks are overrepresented at four‐year colleges, that blacks are less likely than whites to meet aspirations of attending four‐year colleges, and that attending a two‐year college is related to reduced probability that four‐year education will be realized.     

Collaborative teaching at the university level: Practicing what is preached

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe the development and implementation of a co‐teaching model at a small state university in the northeast. In addition, this article will share lessons learned from this experience by two professors, as well as describe the impact on the beliefs and teaching behaviors of their students. One of the professors is a member of the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation, and the second is from the Department of Professional and Secondary Education. The co‐teaching initiative began in 1996 and continues until the present, with a graduate course on inclusionary practices taught collaboratively each fall. The impetus for the initiative came from an identified need for general education and special education teachers to co‐teach in classrooms where students with disabilities are included. Given that co‐teaching is an expected teacher behavior, the practice must be taught with intent and modeled by professors to increase the likelihood that it will be implemented successfully in P‐12 classrooms.     

Leadership without imposition

Community colleges require speech communication teachers with special competencies—competencies dictated by the educational goals, the student characteristics, and the community orientation of junior colleges. These teacher competencies should be taught through special master's degree programs and in‐service training provided by teacher education institutions and professional speech communication associations. Based on her experience as a teacher at community colleges in Texas and Illinois and as a director of teacher training in speech, the author suggests that community colleges are basically different than four‐year institutions, and need teachers with different skills.     

生态育人的审美分析

生态育人是一种具有深刻审美意蕴的教育理念和育人模式。生态育人作为一种育人方式，具有感化性；作为一种育人手段，具有愉悦性；作为一种育人形态，具有情感性；作为一个育人过程，具有激励性；作为一种育人途径，具有陶冶性。因此，它必将为高校培养创造性人才开辟新的境界。     

发展高职本科教育刍议

发展本科高职教育是社会经济发展的客观要求。如何办?谁来办?从我国高等职业教育的实际情况出发,由综合实力雄厚的独立设置的高职高专院校、普通大学名副其实办高职的二级学院、真心诚意转办高职的本科院校分别试办,有利于调动方面参与发展本科高职教育的积极性,有利于高职教育体系的形成,3有利于提高高职教育地位,有利于参与高职教育的国际竞争。     

浅议建筑类院高职院校开展国防教育的对策

建筑类高职学生是服务于区域建筑工程和经济建设的生力军,对建筑类高职学生进行国防教育对提高学生的综合素质具有重要作用。文章结合建筑类高职院校的特点和存在的问题,提出了加强国防教育的相应对策。加强建筑类高职学生国防教育是我们当前的一项重要工作。     

构建普通高校成人高等教育的科学发展观

科学发展观理论的提出是高等教育改革与发展的重要机遇,普通高校成人高等教育作为我国终身教育体系中重要的组成部分,更应抓住机遇、构建完善的成人高等教育的科学发展观,并以此为指导融入普通高校实质性的有机组成部分,科学合理配给教育资源与管理模式,以促进普通高校成人高等教育的科学发展。     

论高校自考生思想政治教育

高等教育自学考试是我国高等教育体系的组成部分。普通高校在自考助学过程中必须全面贯彻党的教育方针,加强自考生思想政治教育,为社会主义现代化建设培养德才兼备的专门人才。为了使自考生思想政治教育收到实效,要改进“两课”教学,抓好爱国主义、明行为规范、树立良好学风等方面的教育,加强思想政治教育工作队伍建设。     

WTO与高等教育自学考试专业调整

我国加入WTO，对高等教育自学考试产生重大影响，尤其是专业设置。高等教育自学考试要正确认识目前在专业设置上存在的问题及原因，并制定好今后的发展策略，哪些专业设置可以利用WTO提供的机遇，哪些专业设置要迎接WTO的挑战，以及如何利用世界教育资源打造好高等教育自学考试这块牌子。     

Increasing Access with Intensive Hybridized Course Formats in a Community College Setting

This study compared the effectiveness of courses taught in a five-week intensive hybrid format with courses taught in an 11-week traditional classroom format in order to explore options for expanding access to higher education in a community college setting. Course effectiveness was measured quantitatively with student academic performance indicators, such as grades, pass rates, pretest/posttest results, and student perceptions of academic rigor. The study is unique in that it investigated course effectiveness when intensive and hybrid instructional delivery methods were combined into one format. Additionally, the study compared matched pair courses with the same instructors and coursework who taught each course in both the five-week intensive hybrid format and the 11-week traditional format, which controlled for instructor influence on student learning. The historical rationale behind community colleges and contemporary initiatives to expand them have underscored the need to increase access by providing a range of options to higher education that meet the varying needs of students. The comparison found that the five-week hybrid course format was academically equivalent to the 11-week traditional format. The study indicates that course delivery combining hybrid and intensive instructional delivery can be academically effective and, therefore, has the potential to improve access in a community college setting.     

完善美育体系加强素质教育

在素质教育中 ,美育具有十分重要而又特殊的地位。美育与德育、智育、体育结合、使受教育者得到全面发展。美育的核心是艺术教育。迄今为止 ,我国学校教育中的美育仍是薄弱环节。应根据不同类型高等院校的要求 ,完善高校美育课程体系。     

教育风险：教育边缘化现象及其应对

我国教育普及程度不断提高，人们都希望自己的孩子能够接受良好教育。但教育并不只有希望，教育理念、教育方式的不当同样会孕育风险与危机。过分注重分数、升学，不能真正地因材施教都会使相当一部分学生得不到良好的教育而脱离正常的教育轨道。而一旦学生成为边缘化的学生，情况将更加糟糕，这不仅使学生对自己失去信心，家长希望破灭，社会也会多许多不稳定因素。因此，教育机构、教育主管部门以及全社会都应该积极努力对待，为学生创造积极向上的学习环境。     

高职学生职业道德教育探析

当前乃至今后一段时期,我国高等职业教育的主要任务是加强内涵建设,提高教育质量.职业道德教育是高职院校内涵建设的重要组成部分.加强高职学生职业道德教育,要以提高对加强高职学生职业道德教育的认识为突破,以正视高职学生的职业道德教育现状为前提,以寻求切实有效地加强高职学生职业道德教育的内容、途径和方法为保障,努力开拓高职学生职业道德教育新视野.     

What Professionalism Skills Should Be Taught In Community College Health Fields?

The United States Department of Labor predicts the demand in healthcare sector careers to soar as patient demographics continue to change with the aging population of adults (Henderson, 2012). To meet this demand, community colleges will continue to play a vital role in the education of healthcare occupations, as nearly 60% of all healthcare workers are educated in these institutions. Furthermore, student demographics within community colleges are becoming more ethnically diverse. The dramatic changes in population and labor force composition suggest a more robust approach be taken when teaching professionalism skills. In order to promote student completion rates and recognize the evolving changes within the healthcare system, a health and public safety division within a large community college surveyed its faculty members and their clinical affiliates to determine what professional skills should be taught within an entry-level healthcare course. This brief paper describes the survey findings and implications for the development of a future healthcare professionalism course.     

高职院校组织员参与开展学生思政教育的路径

组织员是高职院校在基层党组织负责学生党员发展工作的党务工作者。高职院校组织员参与开展学生思想政治教育工作是高职院校推动“三全育人”的重要举措,将加快高职院校“大思政格局”的构建,促进高职院校学生思想政治教育工作的健康发展,进一步丰富高职院校学生工作队伍,提升高职院校学生思想政治教育工作水平,推进高职院校落实立德树人根本任务。     

以工作过程为导向的教师培训课程开发

面对高师函授生源逐年减少,学历补偿和学历提升的教育即将走到尽头的现实,继续坚持学科培川课程开发的路子必然日益困难。借鉴德国职业教育“学习领域”课程开发方案,以工作过程为导向,结合教师岗位技能特征,开发出工作过程与培训过程相融合的在职教师培训课程体系,不仅是提高在职教师岗位技能的有效路径,也是提高高师院校培训效益的出路所在。