美国“大学生学习投入性调查”介绍及对中国高等教育的启示

基于中国高等教育质量评估的现状与问题,从多维度的评价指标,合理的机构体制,调查形式不断拓展,及时提供反馈等四个方面分析美国"大学生学习投入性调查"(NSSE)在实践中的价值,提出对中国高等教育的启示。     

Adding Value: Learning Communities and Student Engagement

This study examines the relationships between participating in learning communities and student engagement in a range of educationally purposeful activities of first-year and senior students from 365 4-year institutions. The findings indicate that participating in a learning community is positively linked to engagement as well as student self-reported outcomes and overall satisfaction with college.     

Faculty do Matter: The Role of College Faculty in Student Learning and Engagement

This study uses two national data sets to explore the relationship between faculty practices and student engagement. Our findings suggest that students report higher levels of engagement and learning at institutions where faculty members use active and collaborative learning techniques, engage students in experiences, emphasize higher-order cognitive activities in the classroom, interact with students, challenge students academically, and value enriching educational experiences.     

Assessment of Student Engagement: An analysis of trends

Quality is a multi-dimensional concept and embraces all functions and activities of higher education (academic programs, research, and community services) in all their features and components. Traditionally quality was a measure of resources and reputation. In recent years there has been a shift in emphasis to institutional best practices such as setting high expectations, providing involving settings, inclusive learning environments and forms of pedagogy that enhance student learning and development. The concept of student engagement is thus receiving increased attention globally as it is viewed as an important element in assessing and improving institutional effectiveness. Trend and longitudinal analyses, as employed in this study, allow an institution to monitor change or stability in performance over time. They assist in determining whether a certain policy or initiative prompted desirable change and in assessing the impact of improvement initiatives such as accreditation.     

Interpreting differences between the United States and New Zealand university students’ engagement scores as measured by the NSSE and AUSSE

Press releases concerning the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) results warn that university students in Australia and New Zealand are less engaged than their peers at United States institutions. Such warnings about student engagement and interactions then become targets for improvement on Australasian universities’ strategic plans. In considering New Zealand university students’ survey responses, we examined AUSSE and the US National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) data for 2009 and 2010 with respect to all items that load on the five scales these instruments share. We argue that most of the observed differences in responses, response distributions and subsequent scale scores can be attributed to differences in educational pathways and cultures between the USA and New Zealand. Consequently, considerable caution in these trans-Pacific comparisons is warranted, particularly when formulating policy and practices to improve student engagement in New Zealand based on methods that have been employed in different educational contexts.     

教育技术与信息技术的对比性研究

教育技术与信息技术有各自的领域,教育技术的运用会涉及信息技术,信息技术支持教育技术的发挥,教育技术为信息技术学习创设良好的学习环境,。     

The UK National Student Survey: An amalgam of discipline and neo-liberal governmentality

The UK National Student Survey (NSS) has high status on the agenda of UK universities. Its rise in status is linked to its influence on national rankings and associated funding streams referenced to the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Consequently, many universities have implemented further assessments of student satisfaction, thereby putting additional internal performative pressures on courses and individual lecturers. The research contribution of this article comprises an analysis of the NSS through Foucault's notion of ‘governmentality’, with a particular focus on his work on ‘discipline’ and ‘neo-liberal governmentality’. More specifically, by utilising qualitative data from interviews, research diaries and observations, it will be demonstrated how the NSS functions as a ‘disciplinary’ technology of government which subjects lecturers, departments and universities to intersecting panoptic gazes and perpetual ratings. In addition, the NSS can also be considered ‘neo-liberal’ in that it governs the academic population through narrow conceptions of ‘freedom’ and omnipresent competition. The article proposes that it is through the amalgamated forces of intersecting panoptic gazes, on the one hand, and neo-liberal free-market principles, on the other, that student feedback develops its power to govern.     

Protest Reconsidered: Identifying Democratic and Civic Engagement Learning Outcomes

Using a case study approach, the authors examine the democratic and civic engagement learning outcomes of a campus protest. The conceptual framework is built on the ideas outlined in Learning Reconsidered (Keeling 2004) and modeled in its pragmatic follow-up, Learning Reconsidered 2 (Keeling 2006). Results suggest student and campus administrator actions during a campus protest support democratic aims, student development, and digital age democracy. Recommendations for campus educators are included. This study extends previous discussion on activism’s journey from detrimental to developmental (Astin 1999; Chambers & Phelps 1993; Hamrick 1998; Hunter 1988) by mapping the learning environment through the interaction of protestor and university and by incorporating new forms of activism. J. Patrick Biddix  received his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with specialization in Higher Education from the University of Missouri–St. Louis. He is currently Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Research Methodology in the Department of Curriculum, Leadership, and Technology at Valdosta State University. His primary research interests include college student uses of technology outside the classroom, career pathways in student affairs, and research methodology. Patricia A. Somers  received her Ph.D. in Educational Administration with specialization in Higher Education from the University of New Orleans. She is currently an Associate Professor of Higher Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests include college access, student persistence, student development theory, and two-year colleges. Joseph L. Polman  received his Ph.D. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Educational Technology in the Division of Teaching and Learning at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. His primary research interests include inquiry-based learning involving computers and the Internet as tools, viewed from a sociocultural perspective.     

与时俱进信息化推动教学观念现代化

学生与教师是平等的个体，我们的教学应尊重学生的个性，因材施教。面对信息化浪潮的冲击，教师应转变教学观念，正确了解自己的角色，以免被社会淘汰。     

浅析信息技术教学中的自由

"自由"这个千百年来人们一直追求的状态,如今在教育上也是教育者所追求的。尤其是在如今信息技术飞速奔腾的时代,信息技术给教育以庞大的冲击力,导致很多问题的出现,这让人不得不审视这种新的教育方式——信息技术教学。主要从"自由"在信息技术中的含义和意义两方面出发,探讨信息技术教学中的"自由"问题。     

信息技术学习力的提升研究

提升学习力的目的是发展学习者的学习心智,帮助学习者掌握有效的终身学习方法.在信息技术课堂教学中,学生学习力的提升对于学科教学绩效有着重要的意义.通过一系列卓有成效的实践途径,可以为信息技术学习力的提升创设良好的条件,并最终促进学生学习力的综合提升.     

“工学结合”与现代教育技术相揉合的教学模式改革

现代教学模式中的“工学结合”虽然具有一定的积极意义,但在实施的过程中,存在诸多的困难和制约因素,而现代教育技术为现代教学模式的改革提供了强有力的技术支持。“工学结合”与现代教育技术相揉合的教学模式是教学模式改革的必然趋势。     

教育信息技术与高中英语课堂教学的有效融合

信息技术的发展给高中英语课堂教学带来了革命性的影响。很多教师已经开始把信息技术应用到课堂上,激发了学生学习的积极性,产生了惊人的课堂教学效果。当然,也随之出现一些问题,影响到信息技术运用到课堂上的教学有效性。教师在开展信息技术课堂教学的时候要多维度地考虑信息技术与高中英语课堂教学的深度融合历经,优化教学效果。     

信息技术条件下学与教方式研究的元分析

信息技术的发展对学与教方式产生了深刻的影响,探讨信息技术在教学过程中如何有效应用和学与教方式如何变革已经成为推进教育改革的关键因素之一。该文采用元分析法,从研究对象、研究内容、研究方法等角度对2000-2010年国内发表的关于"信息技术条件下的学与教方式研究"的文献进行了分析,总结了它的现状与存在的问题,为将来进一步研究提供一些参考建议。     

浅谈信息技术与课程整合

计算机辅助教学应用越来越广，但教师对信息技术与课程整合存在误区。这就要改变教育观念。加强计算机技术的培训。加强师生的实质性改革。     

信息技术与教学深度融合中技术使用问题的哲学分析

在信息技术与教学深度融合中,师生通过信息技术使用活动,构造了新的教学环境,生成了新的教学关系。信息技术与教学深度融合中技术使用的实质是实现信息技术和使用者之间的协调发展,蕴含在信息技术与使用者双向建构的过程中。信息技术与教学深度融合中技术使用具有体现方式(学习者身体的延伸)、解释方式(学习者语言的拓展)、背景方式(学习者认知的场域)和他者方式(学习者交流的对象)。技术使用者需要在知识层面分析深度融合中的信息技术是什么;在价值层面阐释在深度融合中可以用信息技术做什么;在伦理层面判断如何在深度融合中更好使用信息技术。为优化技术使用,需要由既定设想到情景应用,促进由预设性使用实现创造性使用;从关注技术实体到变革教学关系,实现由个体性使用到社会性使用;根据教学需要创新信息技术,增加技术的合理性。     

信息技术环境下现代金融学有效课堂教学策略研究

教学有效性是提高教学质量的关键。通过创设仿真金融市场环境、设计学习主题、建立主题资源库、构建金融岗位实战训练系统,从而搭建起一个能够实现线上线下相结合、理论实战相结合的混合式学习的教学平台。运用该教学平台,学生可以自主建构知识,实现知识传授与能力培养的有机统一,增强了现代金融教学的有效性。     

Decoding learning in law: collaborative action towards the reshaping of university teaching and learning

At the University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa, professional development is characterised by its focus on the advancement of scholarly teaching in the disciplines. Practices followed are informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning movement. Within learning communities, special attention is given to the motivational conditions for optimal development, which are intentionally and collaboratively created or enhanced. An action research approach is adhered to, with action learning always an underlying ingredient. The approach has already shown promising signs in advancing personal growth and scholarly teaching practices among lecturers in the Decoding Learning in Law project. The decoding idea originated in the USA and follows a process of identifying and addressing the discipline-specific learning problems of undergraduate students. As precursor to the more formal phase of decoding, the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the UFS has embarked on a process of empowering a group of lecturers in law to address the challenges they experience in their teaching environment. During meetings and workshops, the members of the newly established learning community act as collaborators in the construction of new knowledge on the theory and practice of good teaching and learning (with a special focus on student engagement); they reflect critically on obstacles in their own courses and take part actively in conversations on the application of innovative strategies in law teaching. Special attention is given to the use of educational technology. In the project, development of relevant technological skills was preceded by a technology-needs survey and discussions in which prevailing perceptions about the use of technology in law education were brought to light. Although the project is still in its first year, the motivational context of community and collaboration has already given rise to a synergy that promises to reshape the teaching and learning environment in law at the UFS. In an informal way, progress has also been made with the decoding process of identifying “bottlenecks” in the teaching and learning of law at the institution.     

基于研究性学习的学科教学论教学模式--以信息技术教学论为例

研究性学习是基础教育改革的重点内容之一,它实际上是一个提出问题、寻求答案、对事物进行深入探索的过程．在学科教学论中开展研究性教学,旨在引导师范生自主学习和进行研究性学习,从而有效地培养适应基础教育改革需要的新型教师．