Conflicting Discourses: Navigating the Tensions of Becoming a Literacy Coach

During recent years, literacy coaching has become a widespread model of professional development for teachers in schools across the United States. However, there is a shortage of research and policy to inform the preparation and ongoing work of literacy coaches. In this article, the researchers use a modified version of Gee’s identity framework to examine teachers’ reflective writing as they learned about and practiced coaching in one school district. Findings show that teachers invoked multiple conflicting discourses of coaching that contributed to tensions in their work. The researchers argue that such tensions can stand in the way of educators constructing coaching identities that allow them to support and sustain meaningful professional development for teachers.     

加拿大媒体素养教育内容及课堂教学活动分析

加拿大是媒体素养教育开展较早的国家之一,从小学到大学都开展了媒体素养课程。该文分别从宏观与微观两个层面分析加拿大媒体素养教育的内容设置及课堂教学活动安排,以期对中国的媒体素养教育产生一些启示。     

“世界经济学”课程教学方法的思考

世界经济学是面向经济学、国际经济与贸易专业高年级本科生开设的专业课,其教学目的是使学生正确理解世界经济的运行机制及发展趋势,世界经济格局和当今世界经济主题,增强学生的理论基础,根据学科和学生特点开展教学是获得良好教学效果的有效途径。根据该门课程的教学目的,结合实际的教学工作中遇到的问题,对世界经济学的教学内容、教学方法和教学手段的改善进行了探讨,在教学过程中应注重充实新内容,加强理论分析,联系中国实际,激发学生兴趣,培养学生学习的主观能动性,改善课程考核的评定方法。     

Numeracy and Literacy in a Bilingual Context: Indigenous Teachers Education in Brazil

This paper presents the results of a study developed in the context of indigenous teachers education from Xingu Indian Park, Brazil. The indigenous bilingual (or multilingual in some cases) teachers that participated in this education program were from 14 ethnic groups. The research focused on a mathematics textbook production, written in indigenous language by indigenous teachers to be used at schools in the Park. The paper discusses the numeracy-literacy practices in this process and focuses on the meanings, values and ways of use that are related to numbers, writing and drawing. In particular, mathematics problems written by the indigenous teachers (in indigenous language and Portuguese) are analyzed. The analysis shows how aspects of orality influence the writing of these problems.     

语感教学法的课堂教学模式探析

外语教学的具体实施过程主要在课堂, 教学大纲和教材中的指导思想和要求也只有在课堂上才能得到具体的体现。因此, 通过探讨语感教学法的课堂教学模式, 对课堂活动的目标和质量加以关注, 是培养和提高学生英语语感的较好途径。     

Winners and Losers' in the Development of Home-School Literacy Partnerships: An Analysis of Discourses of Power

In the past decade, family literacy has been the focus of considerable research. This work has suggested multiple understandings of involvement, and that many schools tend to work within a definition of parent involvement that does little more than seek to conform parents and their children to the literacy practices of schools. This paper reports research that has considered how parents take strategic action on their own and their children's behalf to increase their educational opportunities. It looks closely at the ways relationships between families and schools are constructed, and presents two ‘telling cases’ of families' responses to school literacy practices assigned for work at home. In doing so, it attempts to bring voices from Australia to the dialogue on ways of viewing parental involvement. It does this from a community centred perspective with the focus on the process of constructing shared meanings and understandings. The research examines the specific literacy practices that are honoured and dishonoured in the name of ‘parent involvement’. In doing so, the paper attempts to make visible the potential ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in the development of home-school literacy partnerships.     

Teaching Explicitly and Reflecting on Elements of Nature of Science: a Discourse-Focused Professional Development Program with Four Fifth-Grade Teachers

The nature of science (NOS) has become a central goal of science education in many countries. This study refers to a developmental work research program, in which four fifth-grade elementary in-service teachers participated. It aimed to improve their understandings of NOS and their abilities to teach it effectively to their students. The 1-year-long, 2012–2013, program consisted of a series of activities to support teachers to develop their pedagogical content knowledge of NOS. In order to accomplish our goal, we enabled teacher-researchers to analyze their own discourse practices and to trace evidence of effective NOS teaching. Many studies indicate the importance of examining teachers’ discussions about science in the classroom, since it is teachers’ understanding of NOS reflected in these discussions that will have a vital impact on students’ learning. Our proposal is based on the assumption that reflecting on the ways people form meanings enables us to examine and seek alternative ways to communicate aspects of NOS during science lessons. The analysis of discourse data, which has been carried out with the teacher-researchers’ active participation, indicated that initially only a few aspects of NOS were implicitly incorporated in teacher-researchers’ instruction. As the program evolved, all teacher-researchers presented more informed views on targeted NOS aspects. On the whole, our discourse-focused professional development program with its participatory, explicit, and reflective character indicated the importance of involving teacher-researchers in analyzing their own talk. It is this involvement that results in obtaining a valuable awareness of aspects concerning pedagogical content knowledge of NOS teaching.     

Tracing the Discourses of Accountability and Equity: The Case of the Grade 4 Literacy Test in Jamaica

In an attempt to understand how a narrowed version of accountability in the form of high-stakes assessment deepens inequity rather than improves educational equity, we examine three education documents in Jamaica using critical discourse analysis. Our two research questions were: How did each government document position the Grade Four Literacy Test? What did that positioning signify in terms of accountability and equity? Our analyses reveal that the discourse of equity becomes silenced or overpowered in the presence of powerful discourses of accountability. It is to this extent, we contend, that a narrower version of accountability in the form of high-stakes testing serves to compound and complicate inequities in education. We offer the view that a more comprehensive framework for accountability in which teachers are supported and literacy projects are comprehensive and sustained moves closer to achieving, over the long run, the equity that is needed in literacy at the primary level in Jamaica.     

讲授:一种基本的课堂教学策略和方法

讲授是一种基本的课堂教学策略和方法.在新课程改革背景下,教师对讲授的一些错误认识是导致讲授产生问题的根本原因.我们应该采取扬弃的态度,注意把握教学中讲授的几个环节,努力提高课堂教学讲授的效率.     

语文课堂教学的结尾设计

课堂结尾设计直接影响语文教学的质量。结尾设计应遵循目的性原则、精要性原则、完整性原则和多样性原则。结尾设计的主要方法有总结法、照应法、悬念法、延伸法、串联法、对比法、激励法     

Queering Constructs: Proposing a Dynamic Gender and Sexuality Model

Abstract

Higher education educators commonly understand social identities, including gender, to be fluid and dynamic. Lev's (2004) model of four components of sexual identity is commonly used to demonstrate the fluidity of sex, gender, and sexuality for individuals, but it does little to address the fixedness of those constructs. Through a multipronged intersectional framework and by centering trans* -students, this article proposes a more dynamic model for gender and sexuality.     

大学英语授课中学生信息素养的培养

本文简述了信息素养的内涵以及英语课型模式的变迁,尤其是计算机网络在英语教学中的运用。进而指出大学英语教学与学生信息素养的辩证关系,同时提出大学英语教学与学生信息素养培养的具体整合方式。     

'Interactive Whole Class Teaching' in the National Literacy Strategy

Building on evidence from an earlier small-scale study of the discourse of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) in England, the findings of a more extensive investigation (n=70) into interactive and discourse styles of a nationally representative sample of primary teachers are presented. Using a computerised observation schedule and discourse analysis system, the paper explores the impact of the official endorsement of 'interactive whole class teaching' in the teaching of the NLS to see whether it is promoting higher levels of interaction and cognitive engagement by pupils. The findings support our earlier study and suggest that the NLS is encouraging teachers to use more directive forms of teaching with little opportunities for pupils to explore and elaborate on their ideas. The implications of the findings are considered in the light of their impact on classroom pedagogy and the professional development of teachers who are charged with implementing the national policy-led initiatives like the NLS.     

视听说课程框架内的视觉素养培养研究

该研究旨在现有的课程框架体系内,运用行动研究法,在教学常态下进行研究,目的在于探索扩充英语专业视听说课程的教学内容,改革教学方式和考核方式,将视觉素养和思想素养的教育融入语言课堂,实现语言与文化、素质与能力的双赢。     

识字“教”与“学”中存在的问题与对策

当前的识字教学在很多方面取得了成功的经验,但仍存在着一些不尽如人意的地方:既有教师"教"的问题,也有学生"学"的问题.造成这些问题的原因主要与教师的汉字学理论素养缺失、识字教学中未遵循教育学规律、识字教学中不重视心理学规律以及学生主动识字的积极性不高、重课内轻课外、重记忆轻理解等因素有关.针对具体原因,可以从提高教师的汉字学理论素养、重视教育学、心理学规律在识字教学中的运用、注重培养学生课内识字与课外识字相结合、重视课后巩固、养成识字兴趣、学会自主识字等方面加以改进.     

关于声乐教学中三个教学原则的探析

声乐教学既是一个技能技巧的训练过程,又是一个教学方法的实施过程。本文就循序渐进、因材施教、形象直观性三个原则在声乐教学中的运用,谈几点探索意见。     

Evaluating a Classroom Multimedia Programme in the Teaching of Literacy

This paper explores classroom interventions using a particular form of multimedia ICT, and looks to study pupil learning gains which accrue from its use. Work within the Literacy Hour in eight schools was detailed in order to evaluate the effectiveness of this communication system and the research data include pre- and post-test assessments, along with interviews with classroom teachers and pupils. The children are presented with a series of journalistic tasks and classroom activities which they resolve through the use of a compact and coordinated information system. The outcomes demonstrate that children can become self-directive and very active, exploratory, learners in a very short period of time. They quickly enjoy the freedom and control which the system permits, and through which they can be shown to enhance particular literacy skills. The lessons to be learned here relate to the management and organisation of classroom teaching in the face of systems which promote rapid devolution of learning to the learner.     

小学低段识字教学的意义

汉字是记录中华民族思维智慧和情感的书面符号系统,也是中华文化的符号。对刚开始接受系统学校教育的学生来说,小学低段的汉字识字教学的意义在于,引导学生通过汉字开启学习的大门,体验生命成长,追寻人生意义,内化中华文化基因,传承中华文明。     

A Pornography Literacy Class for Youth: Results of a Feasibility and Efficacy Pilot Study

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of a media literacy curriculum focused on pornography among a sample of U.S-based, urban-residing youth. Participants were 24 youth between the ages of 15–24 years old, although 65% were 17–18 years old. The sample was 43% female, 43% male, 9% transgender, 52% Black, 22% Hispanic, 13% other race, 64% heterosexual, 14% gay, lesbian or bisexual, and 18% other sexual orientation. Participants completed a pre-test prior to the first class session and a post-test after the fifth and final session. Pornography-related knowledge increased from pre- to post-test. A change in the anticipated direction was observed for some pornography-related attitudes, and some pornography-related behavioral intentions. Pornography-related behavior (e.g., seeking out pornography for the first time) did not change from pre- to post-test. The novelty of these findings are two-fold. First, the study demonstrated that it is feasible to implement a pornography literacy curriculum in a nonschool setting, and second, that this particular curriculum may have had some positive impact.