Better safe than sorry? Risk and educational research

This paper presents the argument that education and the teaching profession have been saturated by a new form of risk consciousness and risk consideration. The aim is to shed light on this issue and present a number of empirical examples and questions of interest in educational research. Furthermore, the paper presents some of the central theories regarding risk and an attempt is made to relate these theories to an epistemological framework. The article also emphasizes the problems and issues that arise from the way teachers think, experience and manage risk in their daily work, and examines how this affects their didactic intentions and, in the long run, also the pupils’ learning potential. It is the intention of the authors, in the scientific as well as in the professional discussion, to reintroduce the positive connections between teaching and risk zones, as well as between professional development and risk taking.     

Better educational website interface design: the implications from gender-specific preferences in graduate students

This study investigated graduate students’ gender‐specific preferences for certain website interface design features, intending to generate useful information for instructors in choosing and for website designers in creating educational websites. The features investigated in this study included colour value, major navigation buttons placement, and navigation mode. In this study, 56 graduate students in a north‐eastern research university in the US volunteered to evaluate 30 pairs of web page screenshots or website prototypes, and to indicate on the questionnaires their preferences within each pair of prototype. Each participant's preferences for the three features were coded and categorised for chi‐square tests of independence to determine the relationships between gender and the investigated design features. The findings of gender effects on graduate students’ preferences for the aforementioned features were presented and discussed.     

Better Habits,Better Life

My cousin Henry is much healthier now. But he used to have some bad habits. For one thing, he was a couch potato. He is one of those overweight people who sit on a sofa and eat junk food while they watch TV.     

从音乐的作用看21世纪的音乐教育

音乐具有娱乐作用和促进健康、提高道德的功能,可以使受教育者更具创造性与想像力.因此,音乐教育应被纳入素质教育之必修课,从而使教育更完备.     

善研者善教

“所谓大学者,非大楼之谓也,乃大师之谓也”。这是70年前梅贻琦先生讲的被世人认可的一句话,他深刻地道出了教师在学校的重要位置。没有一流的教师,难创一流的大学。近些年来,吉林广播电视大学加强教师科研工作,比较重视教师业务能力的提高,其重要手段就是从省校到分校加强科研工作力度,并多次举行教师讲课技能比赛。前不久,又举办了“全省电大教师技能大赛”,在全系统引起强烈反响,收到令人满意的效果。可以肯定地说,这是促教利学的良举。     

Torn Pants Better

~~Torn Pants Better@小非 @柴立青     

更好的证据

人们去商店修鞋的时候,会拿到一张带着号码的小票儿。鞋子修好后,顾客们就可以返回商店,把小票儿给修鞋的人,取回鞋子,然后付款。一天,史密斯太太把她的一双穿坏的鞋给了丈夫,叫他拿到商店去修。史密斯先生照做了,把小票儿放进口袋里。     

有他们在的爱之日

夏天的持续高温,让我们真正意识到环保的重要性。这不,作为环保先驱的周迅在出席某发布会时不忘呼吁大家环保;而那厢,解晓东和容祖儿携手为残障人士送去支持和温暖．让我们跟上他们的脚步,使每天都充满关怀和爱,成为一个Better Day.     

教育科研要为教育决策服务--在省、市级高教研究机构协作会议上的发言

陈至立同志在全国教育科学"十五"规划2001年度课题评审会上指出:中国教育改革和发展所取得的成就是有目共睹的.教育在大改革、大发展的同时,新问题、新情况和新挑战也层出不穷,教育科研工作者必须树立为重大教育决策服务的意识,研究教育发展中出现的一些热点、难点问题,对一些教育问题作长远的、全局性的和深层次的科学研究,提供新思路、新办法,为教育决策当好参谋.陈至立部长的讲话,再次强调了新时期重视与加强教育科学研究的重要性和必要性,值得我们认真思考.     

学习让城市更美好:开放大学的使命与责任——在“2008世界开放与远程教育论坛”上的主题报告

学习,对人的一生极其重要。中国古人曾这样比喻学习之益：“少儿好学,如日出之阳;壮儿好学,如日中之光;老而好学,如秉烛之明。”学习,使人生充实快乐;学习,使生活更有意义;学习,使社会文明进步;学习,也使得城市变得更美好。学习中的城市,我们将共创机会、分享成功、充分发展、和谐共进。     

教育理论研究向教育实践活动通达的障碍消除

教育理论研究能否顺利地通达教育实践活动，其主要原因并不在于教育理论研究的个人意愿及其科研成果的品质，而在于教育体制的开放程度和理性水平。实质性地进行教育体制改革，使教育成为体现教育主体性、体现教育应然的本质和宗旨、张扬教育应然的精神和品格的真正的教育，教育理论研究向教育实践通达才具备坚实的思想和制度基础。     

加强教育科学研究 积极推进教育创新

作者从没有高水平的高等教育科学研究就很难有高水平的高等教育,大学要出教育思想、办学理念、教育理论,加快高等教育决策的科学化、民主化、法制化等三个方面论述了加强教育科学研究、积极推进教育创新的重要性。