日本中学音乐教学一瞥

在我国,小学阶段的音乐教学似乎还得到了应有的重视,从课时安排到教学内容均有一定的计划。但到了初中及高中阶段,音乐课几乎成为了一个摆设。据调查,在我国初中和高中时期的音乐课几乎成为了学生的作业课和自习课。其实,这一阶段正是青少年接受知识、提高认知及兴趣形成的最为关键的时期,也是青少年过渡到社会人、决定着社会音乐形态最为关键的一个环节,在我国却成为了接受音乐教育的一个断层。     

我们需要什么样的教育机制

教育机制是教育现象各部分之间的相互关系及其运行方式,包括教育的层次机制、形式机制和功能机制三种基本类型。我国当前在层次机制上,要建立一种以中观和微观机制为主,以宏观机制为辅的层次机制的动态结构;在形式机制上,应建立一种以指导——服务式的机制为主,以行政——计划式的机制为辅的服务——监督式的机制;在功能机制上,要建立一种以激励机制和保障机制为主,以制约机制为辅的功能机制的动态结构。     

关于当代人文精神的若干思考

人文精神是在社会生活中起主导作用的文化精神，其内容随着社会的发展而与时俱进。现在，我们国家正在全面建设有中国特色的社会主义，需要的是一种以创造为核心、以和谐为基点、以真善美为导向的新人文精神。     

我国需要怎样的职业教育

职业教育是现代教育的重要组成部分,是所有教育中与经济社会发展联系是直接、最密切的部分。从另一个角度上说,职业教育的成败将直接影响到一个国家经济发展的进程。本文从分析职业教育定位、特点入手,阐明了职业教育自身发展的基本原则,论述了职业教育的功能与价值,从而充分说明了我们所需要的是怎样的职业教育。     

我们需要怎样的数学课堂

课堂是教育活动最基本的构成要素。作为教师如何利用好课堂这个主阵地，让课堂焕发出无穷的魅力，达到提高课堂教学有效性的目的，确实是值得我们研究的课题。     

我们需要怎样的开放大学

开放大学是上个世纪70年代高等教育的一项创新,被视为20世纪后半期教育界的最大突破。与传统大学最大的不同是:开放大学没有入学门槛,宽进严出,并在学习时间、地点和方法上给学习者提供极大的便利。虽然我国目前还没有开放大学,但探讨和分析开放大学的内涵及模式却很有必要。     

What We Know,What We Still Need to Know: Teaching Adolescents to Write

The purpose of this study was to uncover any differences in the early reading and spelling processes of children learning to read in a first language (L1) and children learning to read in a second language (L2). The reading and spelling development of native Dutch-speaking children and minority children in the first two grades of elementary school were compared. The children were given a number of tasks to test their vocabulary knowledge and the efficiency of their word decoding (including grapheme knowledge and word blending), word spelling (including cipher knowledge and phonemic segmentation), and reading comprehension processes. Analyses of variance were used to test for differences between the L1 and L2 learners. LISREL analyses were used to explore the components underlying the reading and spelling processes in the 2 groups of children. The results showed that the minority children kept up with the native Dutch-speaking children on word blending and word decoding tasks. On word spelling and reading comprehension, however, the minority children were found to be less efficient than their monolingual Dutch peers. The structural models for word decoding and word spelling were highly comparable for the 2 groups. For reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge was found to have more of an impact on the L2 learners than on the L1 learners. This finding suggests that children learning to read in an L2 should be helped to build their lexical knowledge and that reading instruction should be matched to this knowledge.     

Reading Comprehension in Adolescents with LD: What We Know; What We Need to Learn

The changing job market requires a sophisticated array of literacy skills that adolescents with learning disabilities reading below grade level have not yet acquired. This summary of the research on reading comprehension highlights emerging findings and related instructional conditions necessary to achieve optimal student outcomes with limited instructional time. Limitations in the existing evidence base are addressed via four factors for future research and development agendas: (a) use theory to inform research and practice, (b) study the role that dosage plays as an independent variable, (c) study tiered models of instruction that are applicable for use in middle and high school settings, and (d) study factors that can enhance scaling of reading comprehension interventions.     

究竟该做什么型的教师——顶天的呼吁与立地的选择

随着基础教育新课程改革的深入推进,教师(本文的教师均指中小学教师)理所当然地受到了无以加复的重视,众多研究者从多个侧面提出要做"某某类型的教师".众多口号式的呼喊既让我们看到了理论界对教师的期许与要求,又让实践界比较迷茫与困惑,所以应该对如此众多的类型进行一次分析与梳理,这有利于澄清思想、统一认识,使我们更清楚:教师究竟该做什么类型的?     

我们需要什么样的素质教育

通过具体的事例探讨素质教育的内涵,从一个角度说明了素质的多维性,并借此说明素质教育的复杂性.同时还对素质与成功、素质与特长、孩子在教育中的地位、家长和社会的作用等进行了初步探讨.本文认为,孩子是教育的主体,在孩子的教育问题上,要坚持孩子永远是对的原则,即以孩子永远是对的作为教育的出发点、作为评价孩子行为的基本坐标.     

我们需要什么样的教学设计研究

在分析1994～2007年《中国电化教育》和《电化教育研究》中的教学设计案例以及教学设计研究论文的基础上,总结出中小学教师教学设计存在的问题和教育技术领域教学设计研究者的关注点,指出教学设计研究者应与中小学教师共同合作,从教学实践问题出发进行本土化的教学设计研究。     

我们需要什么样的现代学校制度

教育市场化不能成为建构现代学校制度的指导性原则,更不能将现代企业制度直接移植到现代学校制度中来。现代学校制度是一种"教育制度"而不是"经济制度",它所应关注的不是产权归属、产权明晰等经济学问题,而应是本真的教育问题,即学生的发展问题。现代学校制度包括核心制度和外围制度。建立现代学校制度要求转变政府的教育职能,落实学校的办学自主权。     

At-Risk High School Students Recovering Course Credits Online: What We Know and Need to Know

The majority of American high school students enrolling in online education are doing so in credit recovery courses. These are online courses specifically for students who previously failed a face-to-face version of the course. Despite the popularity of credit recovery courses, the literature on online learning largely ignores credit recovery courses and students. Assuming credit recovery students are similar to other online learners can be misleading. In this article, the existing literature on credit recovery is reviewed in 3 specific areas: the proliferation of credit recovery courses, the student experience in credit recovery courses, and outcomes and impacts of credit recovery. Suggestions are given for how to advance the credit recovery literature in future research of online learning.     

What Are Models and Why Do We Need Them?

Educators and philosophers tout the virtues of the `new' view of theories. Unfortunately, there is no agreed-on name for the new view, but a recently a favored term has been `model based'. I address what a model might be in the context of science education. I am concerned about when and why we need to make the transition from implicit mental models to explicit external models.I explore two theories/models in physics. One draws on misunderstandings of rotating objects. The second concerns concerning density and flotation.I offer two morals:`Models' in physics are often mathematical, and more attention needs to be devoted to integrating mathematics and scienceModels are required in physics when we need an equation in which two variables occur and which is not linearly additive.     

What We are Failing to Measure in Education

Abstract

This study compared the effectiveness of computer-based handwriting exercises (Lally &; Macleod, 1982) with traditional instruction in the remediation of handwriting difficulties. Thirty-six students in Grades 4 to 6 with poor handwriting received one of three different instructional methods. In Method 1, students performed computer-based handwriting exercises using the Apple Graphics Tablet, an electronic pen, and the computer monitor to track visible and invisible letters. In Method 2, conventional instruction was provided using pencil, paper, plastic overlays, and felt pens to copy and trace letter forms. In Method 3, conventional instruction using tracing and copying was provided through the computer using the Touch Window and a stylus pen. Several measures were used to assess improvement in performance. The results indicated that the traditional group using pen and paper demonstrated significant improvements from pretest to posttest on five measures, and the computer groups on two measures. The findings suggest that traditional instruction using pen and paper is the more effective treatment method.     

课程标准的实施:我们需要检测些什么

课程标准是驱动教育变革的重要力量,它的实施过程需要多方面的检测:检测教学与标准的一致性程度;检测课程标准中关键革新点的实施程度;检测教师接受课程标准的程度。这些多角度的数据将为分析并促进我国课程标准的深入实施提供支撑。