信息论、数学与通信技术交叉学科互相促进发展讨论

交叉学科是科学发展的产物,信息论正是数学学科与通信学科交叉产生的一门新的学科。它的产生经历了"三阶段",在三个阶段中产生、生存及发展创新,本文论述了信息论与数学、通信三门科学的关系,三者之间是相互联系、相互推动、相互发展的过程,这说明了一门科学的发展,是学科之间相互联系、相互推动的结果,要想在自己的学科中有所创新,必须掌握更多的学科知识,借鉴其他学科的观点发展自己,这些是科学技术发展的一个重要途径。     

Information Communication Technology (ICT) integration in a science education unit for preservice science teachers; students' perceptions of their ICT skills, knowledge and pedagogy

There is an expectation that new science teachers will be able to effectively use a range of information communication technology (ICT) related resources inthe science classroom in order to enhance student learning. All school systems in Australia are in the process of providing teachers with ICT professional development and infrastructure. This paper outlines a range of initiatives designed to integrate ICT in a compulsory science education unit for students enrolled in a Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education. An action research model based on constructivist principles was used to evaluate the effectiveness of modelling, open-ended co-operative group activities and authentic assessment in enabling students to enhance their ICT skills, knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in a science education context. Multiple sources of data were generated including a pre and post unit questionnaire that was analysed using Rasch modelling. The questionnaire determined students' perceptions of their preparedness to teach using ICT. The findings of this research suggest that some skills warranted greater attention in the unit, but students' pedagogical knowledge and knowledge and critique of ICT resources were enhanced over the duration of the unit.     

Book Review: Information Arts: Intersections of Art,Science and Technology. By Stephen Wilson. MIT Press,Cambridge, MA, 2003

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信息通信技术与教师专业发展——UNESCO2006亚太教育技术地区研讨会综述

一年一度由联合国教科文组织(UNESCO)亚太地区分支机构举办的"亚太教育技术地区研讨-2006"2006年9月初在日本学芸大学(Tokyo Gakugei University)举行,来自亚太地区10个国家的30多位代表参加了会议。由于"亚太教育技术地区研讨会"每年定期召开一次,所以本次会议的重点是交流研讨各国在上一年度ICT与教师专业发展这一主题,其中涉及国家政策、措施与做法、好的经验、存在的问题等。本文将重点介绍本次研讨会具体内容与目标,并提炼部分对我国这一领域具有启发与参考价值的经验和做法。     

Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Foster Literacy and Facilitate Discourse Within the Classroom

The literacy skills of students is an issue of great policy importance which has attracted considerable interest in the literature. At the same time, much recent work has been done on the efficacy of learning communities. This paper examines the extent to which fostering learning communities can improve literacy skills. It is shown that it is possible to achieve large improvements in writing and reading by fostering a community of learners that focuses on scientific inquiries utilizing computer technology. The results lend support to the hypothesis that learning communities may be an important instrument in enhancing the reasoning, problem solving and learning strategies of students. This suggests that more work needs to be done in this area of educational research.

Les compétences des élèves en lecture sont un sujet d'extrème importance qui a provoqué un intérêt considérable dans la littérature. Au même moment beaucoup de travaux récents ont été menés sur l'efficacité des établissements d'enseigement. Cet article examine jusqu'à quel point il faut encourager des communautés d'apprentissage peut améliorer les compétences en lecture. Il montre qu'il est possible d'obtenir des améliorations importantes pour la lecture et l'écriture en développant une communauté d'apprenants qui se concentre sur les résultats scientifiques des enquêtes utilisant la technologie de l'ordinateur. Les résultats confirment l'hypothèse que les communautés d'apprentissage peuvent être un instrument important pour améliorer le raisonnement, la solution des problèmes et les stratégies d'apprentissage des élèves. L'article suggère qu'il faut travailler davantage dans ce domaine de la recherche en éducation.

Die Lese- und Rechtschreibfähigkeit von Studenten hat einen hohen politischen Rang, der auch ein entsprechendes Interesse in der Fachliteratur erzeugt hat. Gleichzeitig ist in der letzten Zeit viel Arbeit in die Untersuchung der Wirksamkeit von Lerngemeinschaften gesteckt worden. Dieses Papier überprüft, in welchem Umfang die Förderung der Lerngemeinschaften den Bildungsgrad verbessern kann. Es wird gezeigt, daß es möglich ist, große Verbesserungen im Schreiben und in der Lesefähigkeit durch Förderung einer Lerngemeinschaft, die sich auf wissenschaftliche Anfragen per Nutzung von Computertechnologie konzentriert, zu erreichen. Die Resultate stützen die Hypothese, dass Lerngemeinschaften ein wichtiges Instrument zur Verbesserung von Argumentationsfähigkeit, Problemlöseverhalten und das Entwickeln von Lernstrategien der Kursteilnehmer sein können. Daher sollte die Arbeit in diesem Bereich der pädagogischen Forschung verstärkt werden.     

A holistic approach towards Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for addressing education challenges in Asia and the Pacific

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) offers opportunities for governments to address key education challenges of quality, equity, and efficiency. While governments and educational institutions in developed countries may have taken up these opportunities, many developing countries in Asia and the Pacific region have often missed them out. This may be due to countries’ socioeconomic settings, approaches towards design and implementation of the ICT in education plan, and investment on research and development of ICT in education. This paper explores the current challenges of education in Asia and the Pacific and explains how these challenges may be overcome by the strategic use of ICTs when a holistic approach towards ICT in education is adopted.     

Digital divide in the utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in counsellor education in Nigerian Universities

Abstract

This study investigated digital divide in the utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in counsellor education in Nigerian universities. It had two research questions and two hypotheses tested at .05 level of significance. It adopted a survey design and used ICT Utilization Questionnaire (IUQ) in gathering data from the entire population of 142 counsellor-educators and trainee-counsellors in the five universities in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria who offered Guidance and Counselling as a course of study at the Master's degree level in the 2007/2008 session. This instrument was validated by five experts, and its reliability was established to be 0.9. A direct delivery technique was adopted for data collection. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test. Findings show that there is no digital divide based on gender but there is digital divide based on status of the population as counsellor educator or trainee-counsellors. Recommendations were made to different stakeholders on bridging this gap.     

Experiences in the dissemination and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) research findings from three southern African Universities

Abstract

The dissemination and utilisation of research knowledge produced at universities has been debated in recent times. Recent changes and developments at universities suggest an entrepreneurial model of academic research production in which universities have the responsibility not only to carry out research and teaching but also to disseminate research outputs directly to the users for economic growth of the society. In this paper, we present findings on the nature of ICT research studies conducted, the dissemination and utilisation of the research findings in the past five years at the three universities in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. A major finding of the study was that many ICT studies conducted at these universities did not target particular community groups for dissemination of knowledge generated and consequently, research outputs from these projects were not delivered to their potential end-users. The ICT research knowledge findings remained located mostly in university departments, libraries, and donor or government ministry offices. The main challenge was that of effective dissemination and utilisation of research knowledge outputs by these academic institutions. The main recommendation emerging from the study was on policies and strategies to monitor research outputs and to intensify dissemination and utilisation of academic knowledge produced.     

The Future School Manager: Information and Communication Technology Aspects

This article argues that the competence demands of the future school manager in a decentralized system of local management of schools contain a variety of features that imply proficiency of the manager in use of ICT. The proficiency is not one of technical mastery only, but of communication habits, information processing and networking. The areas in which the use of ICT can be assumed to be prominent are, among others, the field of socio-cultural communication, the promotion of shared values, the continuous development of leadership and systems management - including the political system in which the local manager works, and the technical systems of administration and economy. The local manager in the decentralized system will necessarily depend on the use and mastery of ICT to be able to maintain an enlightened and efficient leadership, as well as an effective administration designed to raise the standards of education.

Le manager dans l'eacute;cole de l'avenir: aspects technologiques de l'information et de la communication

Cet article traite des exigences de compétence pour un manager de l'école de l'avenir dans un système décentralisé de gestion locale des écoles et contient une variété d'aspects qui impliquent une grande compétence dans l'utilisation des ICT. Cette compétence est non seulement une maîtrise technique mais des habitudes de communication, de traitement de l'information et de la mise en réseau. Les domaines dans lesquels on assume que l'emploi des ICT est essentiel sont fourni d'autres le champ de la communication socio-culturelle, la formation des valeurs partagés, le développement continu du leadership et la gestion des systèmes y compris le système politique dans lequel le manager travaille et les systèmes techniques de gestion et d'économie. Le manager local dans un système décentralisé dépendra nécessairement de l'utilisation et de a maîtrise des ICT pour être capable de maintenir un leadership éclaire et efficace aussi bien qu'une gestion efficiente ayant été concue pour élever les standards de l'éducation.

Die zukünftigen Schulmanager: Informations- und kommunikationstechnologische Aspekte

Dieser Beitrag belegt, daß zu den Kompetenzerfordernissen zukünftiger Schulmanager in einem dezentralisierten System lokal operierender Schulleitungen eine Reihe von Anforderungen gute Leistungen der Manager in der Nutzung der IKT gehören. Diese Fertigkeiten umfassen nun nicht nur die technische Beherrschung, Kenntnis von Kommunikationsgewohnheiten, Informationsverarbeitung oder Netzwerktechnologien. Neben diesen Bereichen sind es u.a. die sozio-kulturelle Kommunikation, die Förderung gemeinsamer Werte, die Weiterentwicklung von Führung und Systemmanagement -einschließlich des politischen Systems, in dem der lokale Manager selbst arbeitet, sowie die technischen Einrichtungen zur Verwaltung und von Wirtschaftlichkeit. Die örtlichen Manager in dezentralisierten Systemen werden notwendigerweise von der Nutzung und Beherrschung der IKT abhängig sein, um erfolgreiche Leitung und Verwaltung - auch bezüglich der Weiterentwicklung pädagogischer Standards - sicherzustellen.     

传承、交流与发展:“裕固族文化发展学术研讨会”综述

由中央民族大学985文学中心、河西学院、肃南县人民政府三家联合举办的"裕固族文化发展学术研讨会"于7月22日至25日,分别在肃南裕固族自治县和河西学院召开。与会学者就裕固族的历史、文学、民歌、语言、文化变迁、民俗、教育、宗教文化和社会发展等方面的问题展开了讨论。这次会议对裕固族文化研究的可持续发展起到了一定作用,同时也为民族文化传承和地方经济振兴提供了新的思路。     

Information and Communication Technology in the Israeli Educational System: Past,Present and Future

In the present paper, the development of the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Israeli educational system is described. The introduction of behavioural approach computer assisted learning and computer assisted instruction in the mid-1970s, the use of flexible open-ended courseware in the 1980s and the development of constructivist approach multimedia including simulation, modelling and virtual reality based learning packages in the 1990s, are presented. In addition, different technology-based distance learning approaches are described beginning with the traditional correspondence methodologies, continuing with telephone, radio and television approaches and concluding with the latest videoconferencing and online internet based interactive learning methodologies. La Stratégie de l'Information et de la Communication dans le Système éducatif Israélien : passé, présent et avenir. Cet article décrit le développement de l'utilisation de la technologie de l'information et de la communication (TIC) dans le système israélien d'éducation. De surerait on trouvera l'introduction de l'approche behavioriste, celle de l'enseignement aidé par ordinateur et l'instruction assisté par ordinateur au milieu des années 1970, l'utilisation des didacticiels flexibles À structure ouverte et le développment d'une approche multimedia constructiviste implicant simulation, modulation et réalité virtuelle basée sur des projiciels dans les années 90. de plus on décrit des technologies différentes basées sur les approches d'enseignement À distance en commencant par les méthodologies traditionelles d'enseignement par correspondance, puis faisant appel au téléphone, À la radio À la télévision - on conclut par les plus récentes vidéo conférences et l'internet en ligne fondés sur les méthodologies interactives d'apprentissage. Informations- und Kommunikationspolitik im israelischen Bildungswesen : Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft. Im vorliegenden Artikel wird die Entwicklung und Anwendung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (ICT) im israelischen Bildungswesen beschrieben. Vorgestellt werden die Durchführung einer Verhaltensstudie bei Anwendung von Computer unterstütztem Lernen und Lehren Mitte der 70iger Jahre, die Nutzung flexibler , nicht festgelegter Kursunterlagen in den 80iger Jahren und die Entwicklung von Multimedia Lernpaketen in den 90igern, die die Anwendung der Simulation, des Modellierens und der virtuellen Realität ermöglichen. Ausserdem werden Fernunterrichtsmodelle , die auf unterschiedlicher Technologie basieren vorgestellt, angefangen mit der herkömmlichen Unterrichtsmethode durch Korrespondenz, über Telefon, Radio und Fernsehen bis hin zum neuesten Stand der Videokonferenz sowie online und interaktive Unterrichtsmethodik.