民主监督与社会主义协商民主制度的实现

中共十八大把民主制度建设摆在突出位置,把健全社会主义协商民主制度作为促进人民民主的重要任务。民主监督是实现社会主义协商民主制度,促进政治文明建设的重要途径。因此,履行好民主监督的职能是每一个民主党派成员的光荣职责。我们要针对民主监督中存在的薄弱环节,发挥民主党派的集体智慧和力量,创新民主监督的方法,加大民主监督力度,努力服务好市委市政府建设湖州现代化生态型滨湖大城市的决策实施。     

Comparative and international education in initial teacher education: an Irish case study

Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, Comparative and International Education (CIE) has almost disappeared from the curricula of teacher education colleges in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Yet, CIE is experiencing a revival at postgraduate level. This article will explore the reasons for this dichotomy and the decline of CIE in initial teacher education. It will use findings from a research study in an Irish teacher education college to inform this exploration. The author initiated, developed, and offered a CIE course to final year BEd (n=24) students in 2003 and again in 2005. This article will use data gathered during the latter course to explore CIE for undergraduate trainee teachers, considering students’ motivation for choosing to study CIE, their perceptions of CIE, and their beliefs about how it may enhance their professional practice in classrooms. It will explore, in particular, a significant finding that emerged from the study – the potential of CIE in developing student teachers’ capacities to teach in multicultural classrooms.     

Alternative Models for Doctoral Mentor Organisation and Research Supervision

The design and delivery of a professionally-oriented, management, doctoral programme introduces new criteria for the selection and training of mentors and supervisors. An internationally dispersed student body of mobile, senior business and academic professionals compounds the problems. This article considers alternative models for delivery and exemplifies course design issues through a development in a major management college. Issues of semi-remote and remote mentoring and supervision are illustrated with examples from a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme, showing the need for disaggregation and reconstitution of the mentoring and supervisory roles and their sensitive application, given the international mobility of most of the students.     

Mentor, Mentee and Mathematics: A Story of Professional Development

In this paper, I critically examine my role as a mentor to a group of mid-career mathematics teachers, to better understand how mentoring practices influence teacher learning. The teachers taught mathematics to Grades 5 or 6. They planned and taught lessons to promote conceptual understanding of mathematics through the use of discussions, and reflected on their own and pupils' learning in the process. The study lasted for a year. It draws on qualitative data from sources such as semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and teachers' reflective journals. As a mentor/researcher I found that in the case of mentees' perception of the mentor as a problem solver or evaluator of performance learning was inhibited, whereas mentor and mentee relationships established on mutual trust supported mentees' personal and professional growth. The close work with the teachers also gave me insights into aspects of learning influenced by teachers' beliefs and understanding of mathematics and of how learning takes place. The study has implications for other such teacher education initiatives, particularly in the context of developing countries like Pakistan. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

台湾地区教学辅导教师制度的发展及其经验

教学辅导教师制度是基于促进教师专业发展、提升教师专业自主的诉求而产生的,其目标在于通过同伴间的互相学习,以达到提供初任教师、新进教师咨询与协助,肯定资深教师及促进一般教师的专业成长。台湾地区教学辅导教师制度在实施过程中也遇到一些问题:辅导教师与伙伴教师配合不到位、缺乏共同时间、行政支持不到位等。通过探讨台湾地区教学辅导教师制度在设计与实施方面的经验,以期对大陆师徒制的完善及教师成长提供借鉴与启示。     

Supervision of master theses based on Scrum: A case study

Education and Information Technologies - The success rate of a master program on Information Systems and Computer Engineering (MEIC) in a Portuguese university is very unsatisfactory, showing that...     

Mentor: Inside and Out

In this article, Lyn Corno and Edys Quellmalz reflect on their experiences with Merl Wittrock as a supportive mentor early in their careers.     

语用能力考辨——语用能力研究(一)

不同语言学流派在界定语用能力以及描述其运行机制时各有侧重,这给语用能力习得研究带来了较大困难。论文通过仔细梳理Chomsky模块论中所界定的语用能力,以及综合考察内在论、认知论与社会文化理论下诠释各异的语用能力,客观呈现了不同理论框架下界定不一的语用能力内涵。立足此类分析以及当前最简方案生物语言学的研究成果,论文尝试整合内、外部语言使用,总结语用能力共通的本质属性,为后续深入刻画语用能力做前瞻性研究,亦为现实的语用能力发展研究提供理论参考。     

Development and Construct Validation of the Mentor Behavior Scale

Researchers suggest that certain supportive behaviors of mentors could increase the benefits of school-based mentoring for youth. However, the literature contains few validated instruments to measure these behaviors. In our present study, we aimed to construct and validate a tool to measure the supportive behaviors of mentors participating in school-based mentoring programs. The mentor behavior scale (MBS) was developed drawing on the premises of the mentoring sociomotivational model. Two hundred and fifty-three (253) college students participating in an eight-month school-based mentoring program completed an experimental version of the MBS and different measures of the quality of the mentoring relationship at two times during the program. The questionnaire has good internal consistency coefficients and adequate factorial structure, with the exception of the factor autonomy support. Moreover, three dimensions of the MBS predict mentoring relationship quality and the perceived usefulness of the intervention. Recommendations for the use and improvement of the MSB are proposed.     

人民政协:在构建和谐社会中实现自身发展——庆祝新中国与人民政协成立六十周年

从人民政协的性质、主题、功能、特点、基本职能来看,政协与"和谐社会"具有一种"天然"的内在联系,发挥政协的作用是社会主义和谐社会构建的必然要求.政协需要找准自己的位置,认准自身的独特优势,只有做到角色到位才能富有成效地发挥作用;同时应规范政协的界别划分与设置,强化委员的界别意识,加强政协委员队伍的建设和管理.     

Action research in initial teacher education: an explorative study

The aim of the study was to describe students’ and teacher educators’ practical experience with action research and to identify a number of special points for consideration (opportunities and limitations) which could play a role in putting research into practice in concrete terms in the courses. Students and teacher educators on three Dutch initial teacher education programmes which treat action research as both a means of professional development and a necessary professional qualification were involved. These were programmes for specific teaching levels and subjects in Dutch schools. Four special points for consideration are identified: action research and the educational core qualifications of the profession; difference between action research by student teachers during their initial education and experienced teachers in their own workplace; students’ mixed experiences and perceptions of research; and embedded research‐based activities in the programme. The authors conclude that action research should be considered from different perspectives: as a professional approach, a body of skills that is needed to make the connection between knowing that and knowing why; and as a way of improving practice by systematically building up practice‐based knowledge.     

The nature of citizenship education provision: an initial study

While compulsory citizenship education has apparently been accepted and, in some quarters, regarded as overdue, in schools there has been little opportunity to discuss the meaning of ‘citizenship’. This article reports an initial study of four schools, with a focus on one of them. From this study it was evident that teachers and students have different views about what they are offering and being offered. Some implications of the spaces between these differences are aired in the conclusion of the article.     

专项督导:促进教育难点和热点问题解决的重要手段——吉林省专项督导工作调研报告

专项督导内容相对集中,方式灵活,是促进教育难点和热点问题解决的重要手段.吉林省坚持根据实际需要安排专项督导,立足于推动"底线"要求的落实,实行对地方政府教育工作和学校工作的双重监督,坚持自下而上的逐级推动,在必要时与其他督导评估过程结合进行,建立健全工作程序,取得积极的效果.专项督导还面临着一些实际困难和问题需要研究解决.     

Innovations at the boundary: an exploratory case study of a New Zealand school-university partnership in initial teacher education

21st century initial teacher education [ITE] requires teachers and teacher educators to work together in the design and delivery of innovative learning experiences for student teachers. This study investigates a partnership that enabled the co-construction of one core course within a graduate ITE programme in New Zealand. Our partnership aimed to help student teachers to make links between theory taught at the university, and day-to-day practices in classroom settings. Using case study methodology, data were generated from participants in three primary/intermediate schools and one university to identify strategies that supported their collaborative process. Seven affordances were identified to facilitate this school-university collaboration, which enabled the development of a learning community wherein professional values and expertise were made visible, power was shared, and relational trust and respect grew. The findings offer insights for teacher educators and teachers seeking to open up a boundary space between universities and schools within which they might co-design and deliver an ITE course.     

The Discourse of Research Degrees Supervision: a case study of supervisor training

This article is designed to add to the literature dealing with the supervision of research degrees. It examines the discourse of supervision in the context of accredited research supervisor training at one British university. The data is based on naturalistic observation of course participants and in‐depth interviews with a range of stake‐holders. It explores the metaphors employed by supervisors to describe their roles within the research award process. This is the first stage of a larger project that is looking in more depth at supervisory discourse and using the analysis of that discourse as a heuristic device to encourage reflection in professional education.     

Implementing the flipped classroom: an exploration of study behaviour and student performance

The flipped classroom is becoming more popular as a means to support student learning in higher education by requiring students to prepare before lectures and actively engaging students during lectures. While some research has been conducted into student performance in the flipped classroom, students’ study behaviour throughout a flipped course has not been investigated. This study explored students’ study behaviour throughout a flipped and a regular course by means of bi-weekly diaries. Furthermore, student references to their learning regulation were explored in course evaluations. Results from the diaries showed that students’ study behaviour in the flipped course did not appear to be very different from that of students in a regular course. Furthermore, study behaviour did not appear strongly related to student performance in both the flipped and the regular course. Exploration of student references to their learning regulation in the course evaluations showed that some students experienced the flipped course design as intended to support their learning process. Other students, however, demonstrated resistance to changing their study behaviour even though changing study behaviour is expected in order to benefit from the flipped classroom. Further research on the relationship between students’ learning regulation and actual study behaviour and course results is necessary to understand when and why implementing the flipped classroom is successful. Recommendations that may help more effective flipped classroom implementation include considering the prior history between students and instructor(s), the broader curriculum context, and frequent expectation communication especially with large numbers of students and non-mandatory lecture attendance.