Big books: How to make them and use them

Big — bold — beautiful — they're called big books, and preschool teachers are regularly discovering their exciting educational potential. Traditionally, using books with children is a practice that adults have used since they were first developed in the sixteenth century. Indeed, most preschool classrooms include centers which are called by a variety of names — book nook, book corner, book center, storytime center, reading center, or some other title. It's rare to find a child who does not respond to book reading or storytelling, and teachers of young children routinely plan time each day to read a book to their youngsters. Educationally, their use is acceptable practice for children of all ages. Laverne Warner is a professor of early childhood education at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. This article draws on material published by the author in Texas Child Care Quarterly,(Summer, 1990), 13:4, 3–8.     

阅读字练

1.Readandjudge（根据以上短文做判断腿,用＂T＂或＂F＂表示正误） Our body is an amazing machine （机器） . Our brain （脑袋） can do amazing things. It can take information （信息） and understand it. We can have new ideas and make them happen. Animals can＇t do that.     

请辞教授？

“金话筒”奖得主、著名主持人李湘近日当教授了,引起舆论的一片哗然。有人称这是“天大的笑话”;而聘请李湘当客座教授的四川师范大学影视学院罗院长则辩解:李湘年纪虽轻,但从北广毕业后,10年来,成功主持了“快乐大本营”、“超级女声”及其它上千场各类专题晚会,同时,“李湘的主持风格独树一帜,仅从播音主持专业来讲,我们聘请李湘担任客座教授,可以说实至名归。”     

洞庭湖存在的问题及其对策

从实际出发找出洞庭湖水资源存在的问题.针对存在的问题,从生态修复出发提出了行政、法律、经济、技术等保障措施.     

Dewey called them Utopians,I call them ancestors

Abstract

In this article, I will describe how the Utopians whom John Dewey once referenced are possibly the ancestors of Indigenous peoples, in this case, ancestors of the Diné. I will describe a Diné philosophy of education through the Kinaa?dá ceremony which was the first ceremony created by the Holy People of the Diné to ensure the survival of the people. I frame this ceremony as an educational experience that illuminates the similarities between the Diné and Utopian philosophies of education. It is through an understanding and experiencing of the Kinaa?dá that one can fully experience a real example of the ‘Utopian schools.’ It is through an upbringing within a non-acquisitive paradigm, ontologically and epistemologically, that one can fully envision this society that William Schubert explains through a compilation of various philosophers and theorists in order to make it understandable to an acquisitive society. The oral teachings from my ancestors through songs, stories and ceremonies that have been passed down to the current generations prove that the utopia once existed and that some ‘Utopians’ still exist. This explanation of a Diné philosophy of education through the Kinaa?dá ceremony is my lived example of what Dewey seemed to have dreamt or found in another dimension. I claim that the Utopians Dewey witnessed were possibly Indigenous peoples.     

We have no money to pay for them.

John is fifteen now. He is a middle school student. small village （乡村） and it＇s about three kilometers from weekdays John has to get up early in the morning and breakfast he walks to school. His father wants to borrow He lives in a his school. On after a quick some money to buy a bike for him. father often spends father and keeps w However, John knows his mother is always ill and his some money on medicine. He doesn＇t agree with his alking to school. Now he＇s very strong and never late for class. His teachers often praise him.     

通过指导撰写生物小短文培养学生多种能力

初中生物新课程增设了一系列培养学生能力的活动项目.为了激发学生学习生物的兴趣,实现生物新课程教学目标,成立探究学习课题小组,指导学生撰写生物小短文.通过收集审阅学生的生物小短文并进行剖析,发现不同类型短文对学生能力的培养点有所区别.实践表明,指导学生撰写生物小短文,有利于培养学生多种能力.     

两代人之间的心理差异及正确处理方法

“代沟”问题是八十年代以来人际交往中出现的一个普遍而又严肃的问题。“代沟”好儿童与在人、青年与老估交往过程中心理上产生的隔膜。本文旨在从两代人之间的心理差异入手,分析心理差异的种种表现,及如何根据平等、互助、互补原则,运用“让步－－折衷”、“存异－－求同”、“放弃－－接纳”等方式消除代际之间的隔膜,建立一种平等、民主、和谐、健康的交往关系。     

探究学习改善学生心理健康的实验研究

就学生的学习方式对其心理健康状况的影响展开实验研究很有必要。遵义师范学院185名学生参与了实验。实验组学生93人进行探究学习,对照组92名学生不做任何干预。实验结果表明：两组学生实验前在SCL-90各因子上的得分没有差异。而实验后实验组学生的SCL-90各因子上的得分显著低于对照组。探究学习能提高学生的心理健康水平。     

改善睡眠七大法

Your habits-both what you do and what you think-can cause many chronic sleep problems. Here are some unexpected factors that can ruin your rest-and seven ways to sleep better tonight:(1) Establish a sleep schedule.     

'If you say to them that they have to use condoms,some of them might use them. It is like drinking alcohol or smoking': An educational intervention with Japanese senior high school students

A four-session educational intervention at the Japanese senior high school level was conducted with 40 15-16-year-old male and female students. The purpose of the intervention was to break the silence pervading sex education at school and to help students question their understanding of sex, risk, contraception and love. Observations, questionnaires from the participants, and tape-recordings of each session were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention. Sexual slang and euphemisms appear to be a relevant tool to enhance the communication between the teacher and students. Discussions about condom use demystified assumptions of young people as disembodied and desexualised beings. For most of the informants the negotiation of condom use was not a rational issue of individuals engaged in cost-benefit analysis.     

Readiness: Should we make them ready or let them bloom?

The current emphasis on achievement of minimum competencies, basic education, and the pressure for early maturity has surfaced in early childhood as pressure for teachers to get their students ready for the next level. As teachers and caregivers, it is important for each of us to evaluate our view of the concept of readiness. We need to reconsider our definitions of readiness and how we apply these definitions to practice.Rosalind Charlesworth is Associate Professor at the College of Education, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.