Education for sustainability (EfS): practice and practice architectures

This paper reports some findings from an investigation of educational practice in ten (formal and informal) education for sustainability (EfS) initiatives, to characterise exemplary practice in school and community education for sustainability, considered crucial to Australia’s future. The study focused on rural/regional Australia, specifically New South Wales sites in the Murray-Darling Basin (crucial to Australian agricultural economy, under substantial environmental threat, undergoing significant social and demographic change). The research used and explored new developments in practice theory, aiming to achieve innovative rich characterisations of individual and extra-individual (cultural, discursive, social, material) aspects of practice. The study aimed to derive implications for theory, policy and practice in relation to sustainability and EfS, practice theory, education, and more specifically education for the professions (including the initial education and continuing professional development of educators).     

‘The shape of things that are and were’ and ‘the shape of things to come’: some reflections on the sociology of education at the 40th anniversary of BJSE

Abstract

Reflecting through the prisms of past, present (“the shape of things that are and were”) and future (“the shape of things to come”), this paper discusses three challenges for sociology of education: the rise of populism and declining faith in ‘experts’; inequities within and re/produced by the sociology of education; and how to enact a sociology of education that can ‘make a difference’ to social inequalities. The paper puts forward some ideas in support of a current and future practice of the discipline that is pluralistic and orientated towards social justice. Arguments are made for the value of public-orientated dialogue that is conducted in a range of registers and the importance of acknowledging and engaging with the ‘debt’ (Ladson-Billings) that is owed to minoritized communities and minoritized researchers. Finally, a case is made for a sociology of education based on the principle of service as enacted through praxis partnerships.     

Pedagogical approaches to exploring theory–practice relationships in an outdoor education teacher education programme

Understanding theory–practice relationships in pre-service teacher education is an enduring concern for many teacher educators. Drawing on data from an investigation into the theory–practice nexus in an outdoor education teacher education programme, this article examines pedagogical approaches to exploring theory and practice with pre-service teachers. The investigation, a qualitative case study, examined the views of the programme’s teacher educators (authors) using an analytical lens informed by two similar theoretical models.

The article focuses on elements that were found to be central to pedagogical approaches within the programme: self-awareness, experience, reflexivity, and a “community of learners.” While the approaches represent a departure from “theory application” and “theory–practice integration” approaches, and a move towards praxis development, the study highlighted challenges and issues including the need for teacher educators to scrutinise theory–practice relationships in their own teaching and discourse. Implications and possibilities for future practice are considered.     

面向生活世界的实践教学论:教学论的新方向

我国教学论主要是理性主义的教学论,它沉迷于抽象的观念世界,追求普遍性和绝对的确定性,对人当下的现实教学生活世界漠不关心,使其自身陷入了危机。而与之相对立的实证主义教学论也因其对科学化的过分追求以及对教学论的人文性的忽视,而无法使教学论安身立命。教学论应成为面向教学生活世界的实践教学论,应以关注人的生命为旨趣,在理论工作者和实践工作者的“对话”中产生,应对教学实践具有价值指导而非仅技术指导的作用,能给教育实践工作者以智慧、信念,启发其不断进行批判性反思。     

范成大的休闲美学

作为文人士大夫中的精英,范成大常以诗词为载体,发表对休闲的见解,其中充满了价值论、工夫论和伦理观的思考。而他本人在休闲实践中又体现了高度的美学境界和道德人格。这对于当代人的休闲文化生活具有启发意义。     

物质范畴在实践唯物主义哲学中的地位

本文认为,建立哲学体系需要经历追溯和建构两个环节。实践唯物主义哲学所能追溯到的整个世界的最后的基础是实践,所以实践是实践唯物主义哲学的最终的解释原则。在实践唯物主义体系的建构中,应当把实践范畴作为起点,把物质范畴作为终点,因为只有从实践范畴出发,经过一系列中间环节,才能最后把物质范畴阐释清楚。但是,用实践范畴阐释物质范畴,并不意味着物质是从实践中派生出来的。逻辑的先后与时间的先后是两码事。     

我国旅游教育发展述评

旅游教育是行业教育的一种类型。目前,旅游业已上升为国家战略,旅游界对高素质人才有巨大而迫切的需求,认真总结回顾并科学探究中国旅游院校30多年来的发展轨迹,不仅对研究和指导新时期旅游教育有效支撑甚至引领旅游产业发展有重要意义,对进一步研究行业教育规律,提升行业教育科学性和有效性,促进行业教育特色发展也有积极意义。     

马克思主义实践观的人文意蕴对我国大学生理想教育的启示

改革开放以来,理想教育作为大学生思想政治教育的核心内容,一直是国内思想政治教育研究领域的一个热点课题。目前我国大学生理想教育的效果不佳,部分学生的理想状况令人担忧。要解决这个难题,可以借鉴马克思主义实践观的人文意蕴,为理想教育注入人文关怀,从而达到理想教育应有的效果。     

中小城市乡村旅游开发与发展对策思考——以三明市为例

本文以三明市为例,探索中小城乡村旅游周边开发的可行性。在中小城市周边开发农业旅游,有利于旅游承载力的控制,更有利于生态效益、社会效益、经济效益三者的和谐;生态型农业旅游开发,有利于中小城市周边新农村建设,是农民增收的有效途径。同时对中小城市乡村旅游的发展提出自己的建议。     

Basic skills provision for the have‐nots: a rights hoax? Re‐examining international standards on the right to education

In the present era of accelerating globalisation of the labour market and education, access to knowledge of value has become increasingly complicated. This study enquired into the rights to post‐compulsory basic education by analysing the contemporary standard‐setting instruments of the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the European Community. An analytical scheme was developed that suggested four interconnected areas of education legislation, disregard of which cumulatively maintains exclusion of educationally disadvantaged individuals from knowledge and skills with proper value in the job market. The four thematic aspects identified were rights, recognition, resources and representation. Findings indicate that the international regimes examined are not unequivocal and thereby leave room for manoeuvre. The study concluded that legal strategies for the abolishment of skills deficiency traps should be rethought. Instead of relying on rights‐talk, we should increasingly move to the recognition of functional skills deficiency and its reduction.     

基于城乡统筹的四川城乡旅游互动研究

城市旅游、乡村旅游作为两种不同的旅游形式,具有较强的互补性和融合性。区域城乡旅游互动是促进区域城乡旅游全面、协调发展,最终实现城乡统筹的重要模式。本文在城乡统筹的背景下,分析了四川城乡旅游互动发展存在的主要问题以及互动发展的可行性,提出了促进四川城乡旅游互动发展的具体对策。     

On the Way to the Best Strategy in Literacy Education: A journey of philosophical investigations

The search for the best strategy in literacy education is a lingering phenomenon. From time to time one strategy is claimed to work best, only to be critically challenged and replaced by another. There is always debate about what the best strategy is. The belief that there is supposed to be only one best strategy is not consistent with the fact that there are diverse views on what it should be. This paper argues that the search for the best strategy is not looking for the best among various practices. Instead, it calls for a critical examination of our underlying philosophical beliefs about it. Hence, the discussion of the best strategy is divided into three philosophical phases: objectivist, deconstructivist, and praxis. The search is argued to be taking a journey of philosophical investigations rather than finding a certain practice superior to all others.     

新形势下思想政治教育面临的挑战及对策--来自传播学视角的思考

大学生思想政治教育过程,从传播学的角度看是一种传播过程。因而传播学理论对提高大学生思想政治教育实效性具有重要的借鉴意义。从传播学的视角来看,加强大学生思想政治教育可以有以下策略:苦练“内功”,提升素质;研究对象,开发“需要”;双向“主体”,平等交流;更新载体,讲究技巧。