Exploring staff perceptions of student plagiarism

This paper presents analysis of qualitative data from a research project looking at staff perceptions of plagiarism at a post‐1992 university. Twenty‐six members of staff from departments and academic schools from across the university took part in open and semi‐structured interviews. Analysis shows that variable definitions of plagiarism exist; both regarding student activities that constitute plagiarism and the way in which plagiarism is perceived to be related to cheating. The factors underlying these personal definitions are unclear, but the analysis suggests that values perceived to underpin higher education may play an important role. This paper provides new empirical data on staff perceptions of student plagiarism, which complement previous research on student perceptions. The potential implications of different perceptions of plagiarism, and a mismatch between staff and student understandings is highlighted as an area for further consideration.     

美术课中充分发挥情感的作用

情感教育是一种春风化雨,润物细无声的教育,在美术教学中要重视学生的情感教育,充分挖掘美术课教学中的情感因素,发挥情感的功能。美术课上,教师要有意识创设愉快的师生互动交流氛围,了解学生的情感世界,使师生的心灵更加贴近。     

Exploring the relationship of creative thinking to reading and writing

This study explores if extensive practice in reading or writing is related to high creative performance. In total, 196 university students participated in the study by filling out a questionnaire and completing a creativity test. The questionnaire inquires the total courses taken in the school year, total hours spent on reading, total hours on writing, and background information. The results indicated that students who spent more time on reading/writing performed significantly better on the creativity test. This study concludes that creativity scores, especially scores of elaboration, are significantly correlated with attitudes toward reading/writing, and the amount of time spent on reading/writing.     

“六艺”语源义探求

"六艺"指礼、乐、射、御、书、数六门科目的教育。从古至今,人们对它的研究也是从各个不同角度进行的,如:六艺的人文思想、六艺的教育意义和六艺的特点等等。对"六艺"的语源义进行探求,是以求从新的方面,即古代汉语角度对"六艺"进行研究。得出:"礼"、"乐"、"射"、"御"、"书"、"数"的语源义分别是"有规则"、"美,好"、"舍弃,远离"、"禁止"、"把……明显化,表现出来"、"把一个整体的东西细分"。     

Whose knowledge counts in international student assessments: examining the AHELO epistemic community of economics experts

International student assessments have become the ‘lifeblood’ of the accountability movement in educational policy contexts. Drawing upon Stuart Hall’s concept of representation, I critically examined who comprises epistemic communities responsible for developing the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes economics strand. Through my analysis, I identify homogeneity among test-makers, missing voices, and western concepts as represented ideas that become fixed and circulated through policy channels. In an era of accountability and comparison, comparative international student assessments are becoming increasingly normative in educational settings. As scholars, policymakers, and educators use these test results, we must critically examine who is responsible for producing these tests.     

工艺美术教育人才培养方向的现实思考

结合工艺美术学院教育的现状,探讨工艺美术学院教育是以培养技术型人才为主还是以培养创造型人才为主,提出了一些想法和看法,以供参考。     

大学公共美术教育之我见

随着高等教育的迅速普及发展,素质教育在高等教育中受到前所未有的重视。本文针对在实际教学中对公共美术教育作用的理解并对具体教学方法的应用作出了探讨。     

Eudaimonia and creativity: the art of human flourishing

In times of rapid change the Arts have been shown to contribute through an array of processes to a range of outcomes that improve social and emotional health. While this observation has caused debates in the field such as, intrinsic versus instrumental value, individuality versus sociality, skill development focus versus broader aesthetic focus/beauty, and the tired argument of process versus product, these reductive arguments negate the value of the Arts to becoming fully human. Using the New Economics Foundation’s ‘Five Paths to Wellbeing’ as a framework, this article describes these paths – connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give – and the way that Arts practices are reflective of them. These links are then illustrated through a consideration of an artist-in-residence project, and pre-service teachers highlighting animating principles and processes that reveal creativity as a core value, and the links between enabling, belonging, creating, health and wellbeing.     

Exploring the challenge of developing student teacher data literacy

Abstract

A number of trends are converging to drive the need for more informed teacher data use. These include advocacy for formative assessment and the need for teachers to account for student learning. In this context, assessment literacy and data literacy have emerged as a focus in research and professional development. Problematically, research signals that developing assessment/data literacy is challenging with evidence that teachers may not have mastered relevant aspects of mathematics and statistics. This paper reports lecturer, student teacher and school leader views of the role and requirements of data literacy using data from a larger study into how to foster student teacher mathematical thinking for the breadth of teacher professional work. Data were generated via interviews, surveys and document analysis. Findings suggest a concern and opportunity to develop assessment/data literacy as this calls on mathematical and statistical understanding.     

Exploring the “Mixed Forest” of Qualitative Research

In this paper, some of the key epistemological issues in qualitative research are discussed in order to show that qualitative research is more than a label for all non-quantitative studies. Although qualitative techniques are used in many studies, including those in the quantitative tradition, we maintain that all qualitative research should adhere to the tenets of the qualitative paradigm. These tenets are discussed according to two key theoretical perspectives which underpin the qualitative approach. Both traditions of qualitative and quantitative research are valuable and complement each other because they provide different perspectives to an issue, and they also lead to the generation of different types of data which can contribute to better understanding of the issues under study.     

教育评估方法技术初探

教育评估方法技术的更新、升级是推动教育评估规范化、专业化发展的关键要素,教育评估方法技术的科学、规范程度直接影响到评估结果的科学性和有效性。文章分析了教育评估方法技术的内涵,探讨了教育评估方法技术的分类,重点分析了定量评估和定性评估方法的优缺点,提出应研究开发教育评估综合方法技术,并探讨了教育评估综合方法技术的实施策略。     

优秀民族音乐文化对高职学生素养提升的内在机理探究

优秀民族音乐文化对高职学生素养,具有丰富知识、提高修养、优化品质、良化行为、提高民族意识和民族精神以及民族自信心、民族自豪感、民族凝聚力、提高传承和保护民族音乐文化的意识与能力等作用。优秀民族音乐文化对高职学生素养提升的内在机理在于充分发挥好外铄化和内化两个方面,应在外铄化与内化相结合的基础上,重点突出内化的作用。     

Exploring the drivers of teacher professionalism in Ghana

This research aimed to explore the working conditions teachers in the Ghana Education Service perceived as motivators in their professional practice. The research used mainly a qualitative approach and three focus groups of five members: each were organised with teacher participants drawn from the Ashanti Region purposively selected. The research revealed that the sources of motivation in the participants’ professional practice related to selfless and internal factors rather than external factors. The research concluded that since not all teachers were selflessly and internally motivated, there was the need for the government to do more to improve teachers’ working conditions so as to motivate those that were externally motivated.     

大气污染控制工程创新性实验的探索与思考

结合本校＂培养高级应用型人才＂的办学宗旨和环境工程专业的办学理念,从提高学生素质和创新能力出发,就大气污染控制工程课程创新性实验的经验和体会进行了总结。     

李清照文学成就探因

李清照是中国古代文学史上为数不多的女性作家中的佼佼者，她多才多能，文学成就斐然，尤以词著称。她能成为中国历史上文学成就最高的女词人，诚非偶然之事。社会环境的影响，家学氛围的濡染，坎坷的人生经历，再加上她聪颖的天资和女性独有的情感，这一切造就了才女李清照卓越辉煌的文学成就。     

Exploring the impact of faculty reflection on weekly student evaluations of teaching

This exploratory study considered Larrivee’s assessment of teachers’ reflective practice levels by using a formative, weekly, online student evaluation of teaching (SET) tool through a virtual learning environment (VLE) as a means to encourage reflective practice. In‐depth interviews were conducted with six faculty members in three departments at a university college in the UK. The study found that: (a) faculty who experienced surface‐level reflection were more likely to have a reactive reflection style; and (b) faculty who experienced higher levels of reflection were more likely to have a proactive reflection style. Overall, the tool was found to be an efficient means of encouraging reflection by all participants and demonstrated that reflective practice could come about as a result of these weekly formative SETs. The study concludes with suggestions for academic development and future research on reflection that could be conducted using SETs via a VLE.     

Exploring the influences of MOOC design features on student performance and persistence

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) face persistent challenges related to student performance, including high rates of attrition and low student achievement scores. Previous studies that have examined the performance of students in MOOCs have done so using qualitative analysis and the quantitative analysis of small samples. This study is the first to examine general course features of MOOCs on a large scale and to quantify the influences of these course features on student performance. Informed by the theory of web-based online instruction, this study used two-stage K-means clustering to analyze more than 200 MOOCs that had enrolled about 300,000 students, identifying three patterns of course features among the MOOCs. A MANOVA test and follow-up statistical tests revealed that these patterns of course features influenced the MOOCs’ dropout rates and student achievement scores to statistically different degrees. The implications of these findings are discussed.     

Exploring the contribution of attribution retraining to student perceptions and the learning process

This paper looks at current research into how thinking influences learning. How people explain to themselves why they fail and succeed inevitably impacts on how well they learn new skills. Researchers have been developing attribution retraining programmes targeted at improving student academic achievement and learning experience through the promotion of positive thinking. These findings can often be found in scientific psychological journals far removed from the educational practitioners and learning environments they attempt to influence. This paper introduces the educational practitioner to the principles underlying attribution theory. The potential benefits of incorporating attribution retraining programmes into the school curriculum are then outlined and the future of this area for both researchers and educational psychologists alike is discussed.     

网络环境下的家校互动德育模式探究

网络时代青少年学生的德育工作出现了新特点,学校教育和家庭教育的沟通与互动是整合教育资源的应有之义。本文以家庭教育作为网络条件下开展德育的切入点,从对家庭教育在德育中的地位分析出发,提出了构建互联网环境下的家校互动的德育模式,并说明该模式在加强青少年网络德育工作方面的一些策略和问题。