Trends,Issues and Possibilities for an Interdisciplinary STEM Curriculum

Science & Education - In the last decade, the term STEM has been increasingly picked up internationally and come to represent a solution to a range of issues. Within education, STEM is being...     

大学生创新活动体系建设

作为培养高素质创新人才的基地,高等学校的重要工作目标之一就是培养大学生的创新素质,包括创新意识、创新精神和创新能力。而要实现这一目标,构建和完善合理的大学生创新活动体系与功能是重要的关键点。本文从学生、教师与高校三者在体系中担任的角色和功能出发,分析高校创新活动基本体系和功能。     

The Impact of Design-Based STEM Integration Curricula on Student Achievement in Engineering,Science, and Mathematics

The new science education reform documents call for integration of engineering into K-12 science classes. Engineering design and practices are new to most science teachers, meaning that implementing effective engineering instruction is likely to be challenging. This quasi-experimental study explored the influence of teacher-developed, engineering design-based science curriculum units on learning and achievement among grade 4–8 students of different races, gender, special education status, and limited English proficiency (LEP) status. Treatment and control students (n = 4450) completed pretest and posttest assessments in science, engineering, and mathematics as well as a state-mandated mathematics test. Single-level regression results for science outcomes favored the treatment for one science assessment (physical science, heat transfer), but multilevel analyses showed no significant treatment effect. We also found that engineering integration had different effects across race and gender and that teacher gender can reduce or exacerbate the gap in engineering achievement for student subgroups depending on the outcome. Other teacher factors such as the quality of engineering-focused science units and engineering instruction were predictive of student achievement in engineering. Implications for practice are discussed.     

Troubling STEM: Making a Case for an Ethics/STEM Partnership

Set against the backdrop of a STEM-based (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activity in a teacher education science methods class, the author examines the need for ethics education to be partnered with STEM education. To make the case, the origin of the STEM initiative, undertaken and strongly supported by both US government and corporate sources, is briefly recounted. The STSE initiative (science, technology, society and environment) is posited as a counterpoint to STEM. Also considered are: (a) an historical perspective of science and technology as these impact difficult individual and social decision making; (b) STEM knowledge generation considered through the lens of Habermas’ threefold knowledge typology; and (c) the experiences of the teacher candidates working through the STEM activity when an ethical challenge is posed. The author demonstrates the need for a moral component for science education and makes the case for a partnership between STEM and ethics education. Further, such a partnership has been shown to increase student enjoyment and motivation for their science studies. Three possible ethical frameworks are examined for their theoretical and practical utility in a science classroom.     

活动课程中的创新教育简析

活动课程在发展学生创造力方面具有优势,要注意研究在活动课程中实施创新教育的主要机制和基本范式,合理设置活动课程,将有助于培养中小学生创新精神。     

Scaffolding Cognitive Processes in a Marketing Curriculum

This article highlights the importance of improving the cognitive processes of students in business studies today. When developing a curriculum in business studies at higher education level, thorough consideration should be given to all components of the learning and assessment processes. They should be tailored to real world dynamics so that they benefit students when they enter the world of work, and thus become a yardstick of successful changes in the management of higher education marketing programmes themselves.     

浅谈幼儿创造性美术活动的指导

美术活动是促进幼儿发展的重要内容．美术活动能更好地培养和发展幼儿的创造性思维,有利于培养幼儿的审美能力和表现力,有利于幼儿的身心健康得到全面和谐的发展．因此教师教学中要注重对幼儿的创造性美术活动进行指导．     

创艺活动中幼儿自主性培养的探索

通过创艺活动中的环境创设、丰富活动形式、激励自主创艺、注重评价等途径,帮助幼儿搭建与经验、能力之间桥梁,促进幼儿个性化的、富有创造性的艺术表现能力。     

Deep teaching in a college STEM classroom

Cultural Studies of Science Education - The retention of underrepresented students remains a significant challenge in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) disciplines. A broad range...     

现代学校发展创意设计的若干思考--MSDCD优秀案例评选活动综述

现代学校发展创意设计的英文简称是MSDCD。MSDCD优秀案例评选活动,是在上海市教育委员会指导下,由上海市教育学会、上海市教委督导室、上海市教科院普教所共同举办的。该活动受到上海市各区县中小学与幼儿园的积极配合,共收到参评案例471篇,评审委员会经过3轮严格评选,评出一等奖27篇,二等奖70篇,三等奖129篇。     

Scaffolding for argumentation in hypothetical and theoretical biology concepts

ABSTRACT

The present study investigated the effects of online argumentation scaffolding on students’ argumentation involving hypothetical and theoretical biological concepts. Two types of scaffolding were developed in order to improve student argumentation: continuous scaffolding and withdraw scaffolding. A quasi-experimental design was used with four 8th-grade classes comprising a total of 124 students. Two classes (63 students) were assigned into the continuous scaffolding group, while the other two (61 students) were assigned into the withdraw scaffolding group. All the students participated in online argumentation regarding four units, including two hypothetical concepts and two theoretical concepts. Both online learning process and scientific argumentation assessment results indicated that the continuous scaffolding group performed significantly better in terms of the quality and quantity of argumentation than the withdraw scaffolding group with regard to the hypothetical biology concepts, particularly in generating rebuttal arguments. In addition, the results also showed that both the continuous group and withdraw group students had better argumentation performance with regard to the hypothetical biology concepts than the theoretical biology concepts. Taken together, the study results suggest that learning argumentation through theoretical biology concepts is more difficult than doing so through hypothetical biology concepts.     

美国STEM教育改革的走向——基于《STEM2026:STEM教育创新愿景》的分析

为了更好促进美国STEM教育改革,美国出台了《STEM2026:STEM教育创新愿景》。该报告提出:STEM教育要从娃娃抓起;STEM教育要丰富生源,让更多弱势群体接受优质STEM教育;STEM教育要从校内走向校外,构建校内外一体化的STEM教育环境;STEM课程要注重学科的交叉整合,不仅要实现科学、技术、工程和数学之间的融合,还要重视STEM与其他学科的融合;STEM教学要融入游戏且具有风险性,让学生在探究中感知STEM教育的魅力,且养成不畏险阻的科学精神;STEM考评方式要多样且能促进学生更好地学习,为此考评方式要创新且具操作性。     

Possibilities and Limits for Democratisation in Education

This paper aims to consolidate the major themes which emerge from the contributions to this special issue on democracy and education. It traces links between democracy in education and wider social formations, and charts possible directions for the processes of democratisation. It asks whether such moves are just a 'democratic face' to mask economic neo-liberalism, or represent real shifts towards social justice and equality. The paper looks first at the connections between democratisation of schooling and three dimensions of the social structure in a country: the political system and governance; wealth and poverty; and gender relations. It draws the obvious conclusion at this point that education is necessary but not sufficient to achieve radical change in these areas. Secondly, the paper synthesises nine of the emergent processes and avenues for democratisation in education: definitions of democracy; legislation and policy for democracy; decentralisation of education; teacher education; teacher unions and networks; governing bodies and parental participation; student associations and networks; partnerships with outside agencies; and research. The conclusion raises another set of questions about strategy within education, with so much clearly depending on the history of democracy (or its absence) in a country, and on what sorts of definitions, networks and allegiances are possible. Internationalisation and 'cosmopolitan democracy' will certainly become increasingly important in establishing the values involved, and comparative education has a significant role to play here.     

作业成本法下多种产品组合的本量利分析

作业基础本量利分析的研究在我国已经不断成熟,作业成本法下多种产品组合的本量利分析目前采用的分析模型大多采用线性规划模型,其计算求解过程非常复杂。对传统成本性态模型进行了分析,运用简化的多层贡献毛益法,提出了改进的多品种作业基础本量利模型,大大简化了计算过程。     

Designing for problem-based learning in a collaborative STEM lab: A case study

Higher education institutions are using virtual telepresence systems to engage in collaborative course redesign and research projects. These systems hold promise and challenge for inter-institutional work in STEM areas. This paper describes a case study involving two universities in the 4-VA consortium, and the redesign of a shared STEM lab. The purpose of this study was to investigate pedagogical needs across related content areas, and to use findings to make informed lab design recommendations that support beliefs and best practices involving knowledge acquisition. The researchers used several data collection points involving human subjects, site visits and technology testing and evaluation. Results emphasize the need for remote presence in the student-centered and distributed space. Design recommendations are organized into the following categories: general lab space, projection and display, storage, cable management and outlets, videoconferencing, use and management of the lab, computing and mobile devices, software, and training. Further research is proposed.     

实施创新教育构建创新人才培养体系

时代发展呼唤创新教育,高等教育肩负着创新人才培养的重任。如何充分激发学生的创新意识、努力培养学生的创新精神和实践能力,使他们能够保持持续的创新欲望,是高等学校应着重解决的问题。本文以我校本科生的培养为切入点,构建了我校创新人才培养体系。