Reviews

Rutter, Michael and Smith, David J. (eds) Psychosocial Disorders in Young People: Time Trends and their Causes
Sigston, A.; Curran, P.; Labram, A. and Wolfendale, S. (eds) Psychology in Practice with Young People, Families and Friends
McClelland, V. Alan and Varma, Ved (eds) The Needs of Teachers
Mehan, Hugh; Villanueva, Irene; Hubbard, Lea and Lintz, Angela Constructing School Success: the Consequences of Untracking Low-Achieving Students
Gates, Brian (ed.) Freedom and Authority in Religions and Religious Education
Kearney, Mary-Louise and Holden Ronning, Anne (eds) Women and the University Curriculum: Towards Equality, Democracy and Peace
Chawla-Duggan, Rita and Pole, Christopher J. (eds) Reshaping Education in the 1990s: Perspectives on Primary Schooling
Chawla-Duggan, Rita and Pole, Christopher J. (eds) Reshaping Education in the 1990s: Perspectives on Secondary Schooling
Britton, E. D. and Raizen, S. A. (eds) Examining the Examinations
Apple, Michael W. Cultural Politics and Education
Phillips, Melanie All Must Have Prizes
Hutchinson, Francis P. Educating Beyond Violent Futures
Chapman, Judith; Boyd, William; Lander, Rolf and Reynolds, David (eds) The Reconstruction of Education. Quality, Equality and Control
McNiff, Jean; Lomax, Pamela and Whitehead, Jack You and Your Action Research Project
Pring, Richard Closing the Gap: Liberal Education and Vocational Preparation
Tuijnman, Albert C. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Adult Education and Training
McKernan, James Curriculum Action Research: A handbook of methods and resources for the reflective practitioner     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
S. Power, T. Edwards, G. Whitty and V. Wigfall, Education and the Middle Class
Peter Blatchford, with Paul Bassett, Harvey Goldstein and Claire Martin, also Gemma Catchpole, Suzanne Edmonds and Viv Moriarty, The Class Size Debate: is small better?
L. Cruddas and L. Haddock, Girls' Voices: Supporting girls' learning and emotional development
Jagdish S. Gundara, Interculturalism, Education and Inclusion
J. Satterwaite, E. Atkinson and K. Gale (eds), Discourse, Resistance and Power: Challenging the rhetoric of contemporary education
Walter McMahon, Education and Development: Measuring the social benefits
G.A. Valverde, L.J. Bianchi, R.G. Wolfe, W.H. Schmidt and R.T. Houng, According to the Book: Using TIMSS to investigate the translation of policy into practice through the world of textbooks
Martyn Hammersley, Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice
José Antonio, Ibaňez-Martin and Gonzale Jovar, Education and Europe: Policies and Politics
Maggie MacLure, Discourse in Educational and Social Research
Jill Williams, Promoting Independent Learning in the Primary Classroom
Pat Thomson, Schooling the Rustbelt Kids
Bob Jeffrey and Peter Woods, The Creative School: A framework for success, quality and effectiveness
Gill Evans, Academics and the Real World     

书信、日记魅力管窥

本文从八个方面探讨书信、日记魅力之所在 :一、缘事而发 ,言之有物 ,有一定的目的、追求和意义。二、晓之以理 ,动之以情 ,有较强的感染力和说服力。三、巧用事实 ,铺陈有序 ,论证有力。四、结构严谨、跌宕多姿、形散而神不散。五、叙述、描写、议论与抒情的完美结合。六、富于哲理和思想意义 ,给人以启迪和教育。七、富于知识性、趣味性 ,给人以美的艺术享受。八、语言生动形象、声调谐和、参差错落、铿锵有声     

论罗蒂协同性实用主义的反哲学本性

理查德·罗蒂立足后现代主义、解构主义、文化自由主义、相对主义和后哲学文化论,建立的协同性实用主义,批判分析哲学、现象学、传统的认识论、反映论、符合论和真理观,肯定解释学的功能与教化作用,否定客观性、绝对性、永恒性和不变性,反对理性主义、科学主义和实在论,主张解构形而上学,创立无冕哲学,提倡工具主义、约定主义、实用主义、多元主义,以及心灵与社会的协同性作用。     

教学中几对矛盾的对峙与融通

教学中存在知识与文化、理论与应用、预设与生成、结果与过程、演绎与推理、证实与证伪、论证与实验等多对矛盾,这些矛盾源于各自的认识论基础不同。在教学中要正视和正确处理这些矛盾。教学应当是以知识为核心的文化教育,是以理论、预设、结果、演绎、证实、论证为主,以应用、生成、过程、证伪、实验为辅的结构系统。     

Conditions Revealed by the Use of Standardized Tests in Rural Schools

Abstract

Two hundred eighty-five twelve-year-old children were asked to list all things that thrill, delight, and make them happy. The material was arranged in separate tests for boys and girls and provided for five degrees of feelings: like much, like, don't mind, don't like, hate. The tests were given to 285 other children of the same age and background. The results were tabulated and arranged according to frequency for "like much," The items were then classified under social interests, hobbies and interests, games and amusements, home and family, dreams and ambitions, school, foods, desire to possess, health and appearance. This paper reports the children's reactions to home and family, dreams and ambitions, school, foods, desire to possess, health and appearance, and to significant sex differences. The findings indicate attitudes toward home and school.     

Reviews

Book reviewed:
K. Field, P. Holden and H. Lawlor Effective Subject Leadership
C. Paechter, Changing School Subjects: power, gender and curriculum
E. Margolis (ed.), The Hidden Curriculum in Higher Education
G. Nicholls, Professional Development in Higher Education
R. Andrews, Teaching and Learning English: A Guide to Recent Research and its Application
P. T. Knight and P. R. Trowler, Departmental Leadership in Higher Education
R. Daugherty, R. Phillips and G. Rees (eds), Education Policy-making in Wales
G. Crozier, Parents and Schools – partners or protagonists?
H. Brighouse, School Choice and Social Justice
G. McCulloch and W. Richardson, Historical Research in Educational Settings
J. F. Donnelly and E. W. Jenkins, Science Education: Policy, Professionalism and Change
D. Warner and D. Palfreyman (eds), The State of UK Higher Education: Managing Change and Diversity
G. Mac Naughton, S. Rolfe and I. Siraj-Blatchford (eds), Doing Early Childhood Research – International Perspectives On Theory and Practice
G. Thomas and A. Loxley, Deconstructing Special Education and Constructing Inclusion
S. Tomlinson, Education in a Post-welfare Society     

Decolonizing methodologies and indigenous knowledge: The role of culture,place and personal experience in professional development

This study reports findings from a 10‐day professional development institute on curricular trends involving 19 secondary mathematics and science teachers and administrators from Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, Philippines, the United States, and People's Republic of China. Participants explored the roles of culture, place, and personal experience in science education through writings and group discussions. Initially, Asian participants tended to view indigenous knowledge and practices more negatively than U.S. peers. After a presentation on indigenous Hawaiian practices related to place and sustainability, they evaluated indigenous practices more positively and critiqued the absence of locally relevant science and indigenous knowledge in their national curricula. They identified local issues of traffic, air, and water quality they would like to address, and developed lessons addressing prior knowledge, place, and to a lesser extent, culture. These findings suggested critical professional development employing decolonizing methodologies articulated by indigenous researchers Abbott and Smith has the potential to raise teachers' awareness of the connections among personal and place‐based experiences, cultural practices and values, and teaching and learning. An implication was the development of a framework for professional development able to shift science instruction toward meaningful, culture, place, and problem‐based learning relevant to environmental literacy and sustainability. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 44: 1247–1268, 2007     

Reviews

D. Shorrocks-Taylor, National Testing: Past, Present and Future
R. Pring, Philosophy of Educational Research
P. Ovens, Reflective Teacher Development in Primary Science
N. Harris and K. Eden with A. Blair, Challenges to School Exclusion
A. Pollard and P. Triggs, with P. Broadfoot, E. McNess and M. Osborn, What Pupils Say: Changing Policy and Practice in Primary Education
P. Mahony and I. Hextall, Reconstructing Teaching: Standards, Performance and Accountability
D. Gillborn and D. Youdell, Rationing Education: Policy, Practice, Reform and Equity
W. Bartlett, T. Rees and A.G. Watts, Adult Guidance Services and the Learning Society
A. Oldknow and R. Taylor, Teaching Mathematics with ICT
D. Nabuzoka, Children with Learning Disabilities: Social Functioning and Adjustment
P. Hannon, Reflecting on Literacy in Education
L. Morley and N. Rassool, School Effectiveness: Fracturing the Discourse
J. Sayer, The General Teaching Council
J. Oakhill and R. Beard (ed.), Reading Development and the Teaching of Reading     

Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Science: Educational challenges

Nanotechnology has been touted as the next ‘industrial revolution’ of our modern age. In order for successful research, development, and social discourses to take place in this field, education research is needed to inform the development of standards, course development, and workforce preparation. In addition, there is a growing need to educate citizens and students about risks, benefits, and social and ethical issues related to nanotechnology. This position paper describes the advancements that have been made in nanoscale science and nanotechnology, and the challenges that exist to educate students and the public about critical nanoscience concepts. This paper reviews the current research on nanotechnology education including curricula, educational programs, informal education, and teacher education. Furthermore, the unique risks, benefits and ethics of these unusual technological applications are described in relation to nanoeducation goals. Finally, we outline needed future research in the areas of nanoscience content, standards and curricula, nanoscience pedagogy, teacher education, and the risks, benefits, and social and ethical dimensions for education in this emerging field.     

Career education and the professional association

Conclusion Certain premises are used in this article: 1)that the voluntary professional association is a viable instrument for maintenance, change, and progress; 2)that the components of an association can be identified and described, and, further, utilized in creating more meaning, effectiveness, and efficiency; and 3)that some of the broad components of an association are roles, outcomes, substance, structure, and process.Certain information is presented about 1)broad components and working relationships within an association; and 2)the preliminary results of a survey of CEAs and CERAs and their substance, structure, and process.Finally, a certain challenge is issued for CEAs and CERAs to be vehicles and promoters of progress.The next move is ours.Pat Nellor Wickwire is a consultant and counselor in private practice, Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles County, California. She currently serves as Chair, National Network of State and Local Career Education Associations.     

蒙古族那达慕文化变迁及其综合效益研究

蒙古族那达慕是蒙古族文化中最具包容量的景观,它凝聚并规范着蒙古族的文化心理、宗教信仰、伦理道德、价值观念、生产活动以及各种文化习俗等,从物质文化的衣食住行、婚恋嫁娶、歌舞娱乐到精神文化的民族意识与民族性格的形成。改革开放为蒙古族那达慕的发展,创造了坚实的物质基础和良好的政治、文化环境。时代精神的注入和外来文化的影响,使＂那达慕＂发生了深刻的历时性变化。在新的历史时期,那达慕所面临的是文化的保护与传承、研究与开发、创新与发展的问题。     

杜甫诗歌所叙唐代陇蜀荆湘气候特征

杜甫诗歌具有广义的史学价值。杜甫晚年飘泊诗作的相关描述,较为真实而又全面地反映了唐代陇、蜀、荆、湘沿途城市的气候特征。唐代秦州秋阳杲杲,秋雨迷蒙,秋霜凛冽,秋月凄清,同谷岁暮则雨多雪盛,偶见冬虹;成都四季分明,冷热适中,然时有春旱、夏洪发生;夔州夏秋毒热,巫山雾瘴、云雨、霜雪、雷电变幻莫测;荆州及湖湘东南一带春季早暖,夏季酷热多雨、易发洪水,秋季前热后凉,冬季冷热不均。唐代陇、蜀、荆、湘沿途城市的气候与今天上述各地情况基本相符,杜甫夏秋叹热莫过于夔州与潭州,亦与今天的重庆和长沙同列全国“火炉”城市地位相当。另据杜诗所叙剑门蜀道腊月山花开放,通泉冬季蚊蚋活跃,成都四月黄梅成熟,戎州、泸州六月盛产荔枝,江陵正月嫩荷抽叶、飞燕营巢,潭州正月蜂鸣密林、燕舞江滨,湘潭二月南风蒸地、春热黄昏等情况,唐代陇、蜀、荆、湘一带的年平均气温似应高于今天。     

浅论高校教学方法

教学是一门科学,更是一门艺术;是知识的传递,更是情感的交流。教师应把握教学规律,处理好教学中的＂动与静、定性与定量、平面与立体、图与表、电教与人教、纵向与横向、时间与空间、数理与物理、综合与具体、理论与应用＂等十大关系,关注＂难点、重点、趣点、接点＂四大关键,做到深入浅出、泛引精解、厚论薄述,讲授中声音有强弱、节奏有快慢、形式多变化,将教学变得生动、有趣、高效。     

探析新建本科院校的产学研政用金结合

高等教育的任务是培养具有创新精神和实践能力的高级专门人才,产学研政用金的结合是实现高校教育目标的重要手段。本文就产学研政用金结合的内涵、相互关系、意义以及高校实施产学研政用金的制约和健康发展做了深入的剖析。分析了产学研对新建本科院校的教学空间的改变,激发科研创新意识,提高科研团队水平,增强新建本科院校在新形势下的生存能力。通过产学研政用金的结合,促进新建本科院校的顺利转型,更好地为地方经济服务。     

Tensions between knowledge transmission and student-focused teaching approaches to assessment purposes: helping students improve through transmission

This study surveyed 1064 Chinese school teachers’ approaches to teaching and conceptions of assessment, and examined their inter-relationship using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Three approaches to teaching (i.e. Knowledge Transmission, Student-Focused, and Examination Preparation) and six conceptions of assessment (i.e. Student Development, Teaching Improvement, Examination, Control, School Accountability, and Irrelevance) were identified. Teachers indicated they used Student-Focused most frequently and this positively predicted the assessment purposes of Student Development and Teaching Improvement, while loading negatively on Control, School Accountability, and Irrelevance. The Knowledge Transmission teaching approach, in contrast, positively predicted the assessment purposes of Examination, School Accountability, Control, Student Development, and Teaching Improvement. Thus, despite a predominantly student-focused approach to teaching, knowledge transmission was seen as a teaching approach that contributed positively to student learning. Possible explanations for this anomalous result are discussed.     

Open and Dual-Mode Universities in East and South Asia

This article draws primarily upon Asian research, literature, and experience to describe the open and dualmode universities of East and South Asia. It describes their origins, admissions, development, delivery methods, and applications of technology. It discusses their successes and failures and the contributing political, social, economic, and cultural factors. It questions whether Asian distance education is best served by adopting Western models or whether there is need for the evolution of indigenous systems more firmly based upon local, vocational, social, and cultural needs. It considers faculty development and performance improvement issues and concludes by arguing for more research and evaluation to increase the institutions' standing with the governments, students, and communities they serve.     

Fostering Faculty Collaboration in Learning Communities: A Developmental Approach

Colleges and universities are adopting learning communities to increase student learning and build cohesion. As learning communities grow in popularity, institutions need to invest in faculty development (Oates, 2001) and understand faculty experiences (Mullen, 2001). The University of Hartford created a program that prepared faculty for collaborative teaching in first-year learning communities. Faculty learned to engage in collaborative behaviors, to think outside disciplinary borders, and to employ a specific template as a heuristic for course development. Results of focus group research about the faculty experience and the impact of the experience on their pedagogy are summarized.Catherine B. Stevenson, whose M.A. and Ph.D. are from New York University, is currently an Associate Professor of English and Drama and Academic Dean of International and Honors Programs. She and her coauthors are affiliated with the University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. Her special interests include nineteenth and twentieth century literature, curriculum reform, pedagogy, and international education. Robert L. Duran, Professor in the School of Communication, who earned his M.A. at West Virginia University and Ph.D. at Bowling Green State University, is a specialist in program evaluation, evaluation research, and research methods. Karen A. Barrett, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, has an M.S. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her special interests include interdisciplinary general education curriculum, higher education administration, and diagnostic hematology and microbiology. Guy C. Colarulli, earned an M.A. at the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. at The American University. He is the Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, whose special interests include Higher Education Administration, First-Year Experience, as well as American Government, and Politics     

会展与旅游互动发展保障机制探究

会展和旅游都是综合性很强的产业部门,二者都涉及到食、住、行、游、购、娱等诸要素,虽然侧重点有所不同,但所涉及的行业存在较大的重复性,具有很强的关联性,而且各具先天优势,两者之间能产生密切的互动关系,会展可以拉动旅游发展,旅游能够促进会展繁荣。只要建立与健全会展与旅游互动发展的政策导向、法律法规、组织管理与人才培养等保障机制,两者可实现良性互动发展。     

后数字时代的教育研究

目前,教育研究面临着大数据和算法的挑战。通过数据收集和操作的自动化处理,大数据和算法带来新的研究机会。然而,这些机会受到各种数据和算法偏见的严重制约。大数据和算法引入新的机遇和限制,很大程度上改变了当代教育研究。这些转变与教育政治、教育政策和教育实践等辩证地交织在一起。我们从事研究和应用研究的方式之间存在错综复杂的相互作用,这带来一系列哲学、方法论和实践上的全新问题和挑战。在混乱且变化莫测的后数字状况下,研究、政治、政策和实践处于永恒的互动之中,不能脱离彼此。在后数字时代,教育研究人员应抓住机会,以负责任和可持续的方式引领这些变革。