Using Movies to Illustrate Ethical Dilemmas in Undergraduate Criminal Justice Classes

Ethics education in criminal justice programs has increased in popularity, but instructors sometimes struggle to teach ethics in such a way that students retain what they have learned and apply ethical principles in the criminal justice field upon graduation. The current research highlights that there are several benefits of presenting ethical dilemmas to students through popular movies such as Mississippi Burning and Road to Perdition. Compared to the control group (Section A) that was taught in a traditional lecture format, students who were required to identify ethical dilemmas in movies (Section B) were more likely to understand the complexities of such situations, to rate unethical behavior properly, and to see how ethical principles could be applied to their everyday lives.     

Integrating Gay,Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgender Issues into the Undergraduate Criminal Justice Curriculum

Although criminal justice has made strides to incorporate issues of race, ethnicity, class, and gender into both research and teaching, the same cannot be said about issues of homosexuality. Prior research indicates criminal justice students are more homophobic than their peers in other majors and that bias against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) persons continues in the criminal justice system. As a result, this article argues that criminal justice educators should integrate issues of sexuality into criminal justice curricula as part of diversity education within the discipline. Few programs currently do so. This article outlines four methods for infusing justice‐related GLBT content into criminal justice classes, including: The teachable moment; incorporating GLBT‐relevant material in required courses; incorporating GLBT‐relevant material into diversity courses; and the development of new electives. These strategies can help combat heterosexism and homophobia.     

Enhancing Student Learning By Using Mock Trials in Criminal Justice Courses

Lecture-oriented teaching is the principal pedagogical technique in college and university classrooms but instructors will sometimes turn to non-lecture techniques in an attempt to provide a more active learning experience. This article describes a mock trial exercise that has been used over several semesters to provide criminal justice students with an active learning experience and increase their understanding of the inquisitorial process in comparison with adversarial proceedings. We provide sufficient detail to allow interested instructors to conduct a similar exercise in their own course. Results of a multi-semester evaluation to assess student perceptions of the exercise show that students expected and found the exercise to be an enjoyable and informative classroom experience that advanced their learning.     

Learning by Doing: Experiential Learning in Criminal Justice

This article highlights the efforts of colleagues in a criminal justice department to offer experiential learning opportunities (ELOs) to undergraduate students. Operating within the framework of a liberal arts curriculum, we provide criminal justice majors with a range of opportunities that fall under the general rubric of “experiential learning”, including the following: internships, field trips, service-learning, and research projects. Our goal was to combine the academic rigors of traditional, classroom-based learning with exposure to hands-on, real-world, subject-based knowledge. We explain the multistage framework that is used to tie all of our ELOs together across the curriculum. Results from a senior and alumni survey indicate that experiential learning offers significant academic and professional benefits for students.     

Engaging Criminal Justice Students through Service Learning

The increasing popularity of service learning has led to the implementation of the pedagogy across educational levels and disciplines. Evidence of its utilization in criminal justice education spans two decades, most of which include case studies of service-learning courses or projects. These examples of service-learning implementation seem to serve as a best practices guide for other faculty and researchers interested in adopting the pedagogy. By examining responses to offender populations and policy areas by students (n = 37) involved in a service-learning course, the current research adds to this “best practices” approach and is intended to instigate further examination of the benefits of service learning for criminal justice students and the discipline.     

学以致用 以用促学

读写脱节一直是中学语文教学存在的不良现象 ,也是语文教学低效的重要原因。如何使学能致用 ,以用促学 ?本文提出了读写结合的教学模式 ,并从三个环节对这一模式进行探讨。     

浅谈合作学习教学策略在职业生涯规划课程中的运用

合作学习强调只有在一个更大的合作背景下,竞争和个体化努力才能真正有效.因此,在高校学生职业生涯规划中,引入合作学习的理念将丰富职业生涯规划的教育形式和内涵.从育人的角度出发,在合作学习的过程中丰富学生的学习认知和经验,通过合作学习,进一步转变学生的择业思想和学习观念.     

面向GIS本科专业的计算机图形学课程教学改革

计算机图形学是GIS专业的一门重要基础课,在对该课的教学实践中常出现教学过程与GIS专业需求关系不密切、授课过度追求新技术而忽略基础理论等现象,从而有必要进行教学改革。本文对面向GIS专业的课程章节教学安排、实验中软件开发工具的选择、上机实验和课程设计选题以及教学方法的改革等方面进行了讨论。     

Undergraduate Student Socialization and Learning in an Online Professional Curriculum

Using data collected from a qualitative case study of an online baccalaureate nursing program, we examined the influence of online degree programs on undergraduate student socialization and learning. We considered how components of socialization—knowledge acquisition, investment, and involvement—are influenced by the online context. The findings suggest the importance of considering non-academic influences in regards to nontraditional student experiences. The theoretical intersection of online learning and undergraduate student development offers new and significant areas of research, specifically related to the pedagogical role of faculty and the impact of social engagement. Implications for future research and practice are offered. Karri A. Holley  received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. She is Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama. Her research interests include graduate/professional education, interdisciplinary curricula, and qualitative inquiry. Barrett J. Taylor  is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia. His research focuses on religious colleges and universities.     

英国英格兰教育改革与学校信息技术教育

普及信息技术教育是英国实现整体教育改革和社会信息化的重大突破性综合举措。英格兰在建设信息化学习资源,提高信息技术教育的标准,促进教师信息素养的提高,推进ICT与课程整合等方面齐头并进,在改革的曲折与理念冲突中,教育理论与实践得到创新发展,社会向信息化的转型逐步实现。英格兰的学校信息技术教育进程反映其新世纪教育改革的重要特点。     

Introducing Forensic Anthropology to the Criminal Justice Department: Designing an Effective Curriculum for the Virtual Field and Laboratory

Forensic anthropology is burgeoning but traditionally under the auspices of anthropology departments where the methodology is grounded. Emphasizing the field’s applications justifies its position in criminal justice departments as identification of human skeletal remains serve to uphold the law. As criminal justice programs expand online, online forensic anthropology curriculum must be evaluated. The purpose of this study is to design a forensic anthropology course that meets objectives as equivalently and effectively online as it does face-to-face and test this by comparison of student learning outcomes and satisfaction between the courses. Learning outcomes are measured using mean scores of labs, quizzes, projects, and final grades. Student satisfaction is measured through evaluations. Results demonstrate that objectives are equally achieved and teaching is effective in both cases as student success is as high online as it is on campus. Student perceptions of the courses are also above average in both methods of delivery.     

对现行刑事审判监督制度的反思

刑事审判监督是刑事检察法律制度的重要内容,正确行使审判权,对于维护法律的尊严和当事人的合法权益具有十分重要的意义。本文通过分析刑事审判监督中存在的问题以及产生的原因,进而提出强化刑事审判监督的路径思考。     

Using the Scientific Method to Guide Learning: An Integrated Approach to Early Childhood Curriculum

Researchers and practitioners have become increasingly interested in how early childhood programs prepare young children for science. Due to a number of factors, including educators’ low self-efficacy for teaching science and lack of educational resources, many early childhood classrooms do not offer high-quality science experiences for young children. However, high-quality science education has the potential to lay an important foundation for children’s knowledge and interest in science as well as reinforcing and integrating critical language, literacy, and math readiness skills. This paper examines the current research on science in preschool classrooms and provides suggestions on how to teach science that supports children’s development across domains. Using the scientific method to explore science with young children provides a systematic model for engaging children in observation, questioning, predicting, experimenting, summarizing, and sharing results. These processes encourage children’s use of language, literacy, and mathematics skills in authentic ways. Suggestions are provided for teachers to use the scientific method as their guide for generating scientific discovery in their classroom.     

Problem-centred Learning Using Computer Algebra Systems in the Engineering Curriculum

Engineering education at tertiary level is changing in order to reflect the need for an integrated approach to problem-based learning. Problem-solving techniques related to engineering applications have been used frequently to clarify difficult analytical concepts and theories. However, there is still a need to integrate various engineering disciplines by using different tools and approaches. The main objective of this paper is to present a problem-solving approach to analysis, synthesis and dynamics of mechanisms and machines using computer algebra systems. By using various analytical methods and the graphic capabilities of such mathematical software, it is possible to illustrate and implement, in a creative way, many areas including kinematic and dynamic analysis, vibration analysis and programming. Students generally considered these areas to be difficult.     

论如何把任务型语言教学法应用于大学英语教学实践

任务型语言教学法不但有利于提高学生综合运用英语语言的能力,而且有助于培养学生的参与意识与合作精神.本文着重介绍了如何把任务型语言教学法应用于大学英语教学,与自己的教学内容、教学对象、教学环境等有机结合,形成一种有效的、具有特色的任务教学法.     

论如何把任务型语言教学法应用于大学英语教学实践

任务型语言教学法不但有利于提高学生综合运用英语语言的能力,而且有助于培养学生的参与意识与合作精神.本文着重介绍了如何把任务型语言教学法应用于大学英语教学,与自己的教学内容、教学对象、教学环境等有机结合,形成一种有效的、具有特色的任务教学法.     

如何在参与式学习中使用直观手段

参与式学习正被越来越多的教师和培训所使用，包括远程教育的教师和培训。本针对参与式学习的特点，对直观手段的类型、作用、理论基础、学习方法和使用要求作了探讨。