Trying to Get Ahead of the Curve: Raising and Understanding Current Themes in New Literacies Practices

Abstract

This article addresses the following questions: What impact does using the theoretical framework of new literacies have on understanding language, literacy, and learning practices today as technologies are constantly being developed and used? What is the state of research in this area? What are some new directions the field might take in order to develop in new ways? The conclusion suggests some possibilities for new research questions and positions in relation to new technologies.     

聋生美术学习策略探讨

美术是各聋校中最普遍、最具特色的专业,深受学生喜爱。由于生理缺陷,一些聋生未能掌握有效的美术学习策略,学习事倍功半。如何在学习策略理论的指导下,结合美术学习的特点,研究探讨美术活动中有助于学生提高美术学习质量、美术学习效率的程序、规则、方法、技巧及调控方式,培养、训练学生掌握美术学习的策略,从而减轻学生学习负担,提高美术教学质量,是我们每一位美术老师都面临的、亟需解决的问题。     

Technology-Mediated Collaborative Learning Environments for Young Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children: Vygotsky Revisited

Abstract

Given the instructional challenges posed by the influx of minority-language children in North America, this article attempts to examine early childhood bi- or multilingualism in one of the fastest growing ethnic minority groups in Canada, Korean-Canadians. By drawing on a Vygotskian perspective, the article focuses on the affective and social aspects of learning for culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children and their families. With an emphasis on the integration of language and thought, this article first identifies the instructional applications of Vygotskian perspectives and then describes iterative phases of design-based research aimed at developing technology-mediated collaborative learning environments for trilingual Korean-Canadian children. The technology-mediated collaborative learning environment supported young CLD children's affective, social and cognitive needs and created meaning-centered collaborative learning environments. The paper concludes with a consideration of implications of this technology-mediated collaborative learning environment so as to assist teachers who might be confronted with the educational needs of the growing population of CLD children.     

初中起始年级学生课前预习情况的调查

文章对上海市实验学校初中起始年级学生课前预习情况进行了调查分析。调查结果显示该校中一年级所有学生都进行课前预习,大多数学生有课前预习的习惯。本调查建议学生每天预习花费的时间应适度,预习科目可按学习科目难度、重要程度等来确定,结果显示优秀学生一般较早开始对学习科目进行预习,这对学生的学业指导有借鉴作用。     

大学新生英语学习的情感因素与教学策略

人文主义心理学强调要促进人的全面发展,须把认知和情感两个方面统一起来。语言学习的认知方面一直以来颇受学界重视,而对情感因素的忽视是造成目前我国大学英语教学效果不够理想的重要因素之一。针对大学新生特有的情感因素,英语教师应该采取相应的教学策略,以收到理想的教学效果,促进学生人格的健康、和谐发展。     

艺术类院校理工科学生心理问题初探

在以艺术专业为主的艺术气息浓厚的院校,理工科的大学生表现出比较特殊的心理问题,本文力图通过分析这些心理问题,探究其原因,进而探寻出相应的对策.     

Learning Science through Investigations: An Experience with Hong Kong Primary School Children

This paper reports on a study of children learning science through investigations. Because many skill-type performances depend upon knowing and understanding the relevant content, this paper addresses both the children's understanding of scientific ideas and their performance of the science process skills. Twenty-four written records of investigations conducted by Hong Kong primary school children were studied to explore children's cognitive processes in scientific investigations. The paper concludes with a model that provides useful information about aspects of children's cognitive understanding and the practical processes that are necessary for scientific investigation.     

“做中学”:作为儿童科学教育的一种形式

“做中学”既是一种教育理念,又是一种教育方法,同时也是一个教育过程。作为儿童科学教育的一种形式,它也体现着素质教育的目的和精神。“做中学”的教学流程有其鲜明的特色和基本模式。历经三年的“做中学”研究成果表明:“做中学”不仅能培养儿童的科学精神和动手能力,也能培养儿童的团队合作精神,是儿童科学启蒙教育的重要形式。     

文理学生对新高考方案态度的比较研究

实证研究认为,文科生与理科生对新高考方案的态度在统考科目的范围与权重、非统考科目的设考方式上表现出显著性差异,在选修模块如何考核、高中学业水平考试如何设考与成绩如何使用、试卷的命制权等问题上体现出较为明显的一致性。文科生和理科生希望＂高中学业水平考试＂和＂语文、数学、外语满分相同＂两个问题做出改革的态度最为强烈。文科生和理科生对选修模块如何考核和新高考方案宣传途径两个问题的选择均呈现出多元化的特征。比较而言,文科生比理科生更希望新高考方案做出变革。     

Affective Teaching for Effective Learning: A Deleuzian pedagogy for the (corporate era and) Chinese context

In this article I explore the pedagogical value of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s philosophical concepts for helping make an ‘event’ of thought, with a view towards fostering deep learning in Chinese students' learning theory and criticism in a second language. Paying attention to the qualitative role of bodies, humour and creativity alongside an expanded trans-personal concept of ‘educational life forms’ that stretches out to include an affective assemblage of inhuman elements (such as art and technology), I explore how Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical models provide a ethical alternative to corporate, Confucian and Cartesian models otherwise inhibiting students and teachers in the modern Sino-international university context.     

Learning What It Takes to Teach Science: High School Students as Science Teachers for Middle School Students

This study examines the influence of St. John's University Summer Science Experience and Teacher Mentoring Program on African American and Hispanic high school students' interest in science and science teaching as career goals. In the first phase of the program, high school students from six school districts in Suffolk County, Long Island (a suburb of metropolitan New York City) engaged in investigative science experiences that emphasized environmental science, chemistry, and technology and learned about effective science pedagogy. The second phase of the program functioned as a teaching practicum for the high school students, where they planned for instruction and taught middle school students investigations similar to those that they had engaged in during the summer program. Various surveys were developed to assess high school students' attitudes about science and science teaching, knowledge of effective teaching approaches, knowledge of ways to motivate younger students, and the overall impact of the program on the high students' interest in science and/or science teaching as career goals. Program evaluations reveal that over 75% of the students expressed an interest in considering science or science teaching as career possibilities. Implications for minority teacher recruitment are discussed.     

运用数字设备进行视觉学习的行为解析——以设计专业学生为例

运用问卷调查并就结果进行分析,探讨学生对数字影像的解读、判断与使用的习惯与能力,借以了解设计专业学生的视觉思维与价值观,用以提供执行教学策略时的参考。     

努力为视力残疾学生提供合乎需要的教育

为视力残疾学生提供合乎需要的教育,是提高我国视障教育质量应重点探索与研究的问题。在盲校内实施按需施教,主要是针对视力残疾学生个体差异实行分类教育,针对个体内的差异开展分组教学与个别教学,以使他们获得发展     

探索我国初中学生学习科学的自主性动机

本研究的主要目的是调查和描述我国初中学生学习科学的自主性动机状态。为了辨明学生对自己学习科学的自主性感知,研究中采用了四个归因变量：学习科学的自主性、科学学习的价值功能、社会控制归因及不明确动机的状态。研究结果表明,我国初中生学习科学的动机中学习自主性扮演着重要的角色。     

Contributions from citizen science to science education: an examination of a biodiversity citizen science project with schools in Central Europe

ABSTRACT

Despite the rising popularity of Citizen Science (CS) projects, there is little empirical evidence for effects on learning outcomes, particularly when young people are involved. It is also often not clear how CS projects are linked to science education (SE) research. The aim of this study was to examine biodiversity CS projects in an outdoor school class context and to measure the effects on individual learning outcomes (ILOs) with a perspective for SE. Five learning outcomes considered important for CS were tested: interest, self-efficacy/mastery, motivation, behaviour and attitude. These ILOs were measured via eight different scales and tested in an evaluation study of a large CS project with 428 students aged 8–18. Students recorded hedgehogs, wild bee activity, birds and butterflies in gardens. Results showed that students’ interest and motivation, as well as perceived mastery increased during the project. Most remarkably, positive attitudes towards wild animals, natural gardens and biodiversity rose significantly. For most ILOs there were significant differences between age groups: Primary school students showed the highest ILOs and also provided most database entries. The authors describe how well biodiversity CS projects contribute to SE aims and how discrepancies between educational and scientific aims in CS projects may be addressed.     

孤独症谱系儿童社会交往干预研究———视觉文本干预法研究综述

孤独症谱系儿童的典型特点之一是社会性发展障碍,目前国外有许多针对孤独症谱系儿童的社会交往干预方式,近几年也出现了视觉文本干预方式的研究,因此,需要对视觉文本干预方式的有效性进行分析。通过对国外文献的查询、整理和分析,发现各研究结果均显示出视觉文本干预能够增加儿童积极的沟通行为,社会交往也能够泛化到新的同伴、新的环境以及新的刺激当中。     

学前阶段视觉障碍儿童的课程编制与应用

本研究依据相关课程理论,参考国内外出版的发展量表,编制《学前阶段视觉障碍课程》,并运用此课程对一学前视障班级进行学前检测、教学监测、学后评估,经过一年的实践检验,研究者认为:本课程为一线教师提供了一个比较系统、完整的学前视障知识框架,能有效地指导教学,但同时也存在着一些问题。     

The Use of Activity Theory as a Methodology for Developing Creativity within the Art and Design Classroom

This article discusses the use of an activity theory system as an analytical tool within the school art and design classroom. It highlights reasons for its use and makes explicit its importance for investigations into teaching and learning. It proposes that through an activity theory system, teachers and researchers are enabled to reflect on the formation of thought and develop an understanding of pedagogy, where classroom roles, rules and participation are made visible. The article draws on primary research which explores the development of creativity within the English Key Stage 3 (age 11–14) art and design classroom. Illustrations are provided to show how through the use of an activity theory system a multi‐layered analysis took place. This generated reflection on relationships and structures within and surrounding the classroom, impinging creative activity. Through using the activity theory system teachers and researchers were enabled to observe the complexity of the classroom and question socio‐cultural‐political structures which empowered change.     

增强现实技术支持下的儿童虚拟交互学习环境研发

增强现实环境中的学习注重虚拟与现实的结合,通过在现实环境之中叠映虚拟三维场景信息,让学习者使用电脑或移动终端在虚实融合的学习环境中交互学习。文章在精要阐述增强现实技术可为儿童构建四种类型的虚实结合的交互学习环境的基础上,以交互式儿童多媒体科普电子书为例,论述基于增强现实的儿童虚拟交互学习环境的结构功能、开发工具、三维模型和标志物的设计及制作、增强现实引擎的实现,以及阅读机理与流程。