Exploring the influence of course elements and emotional connection to content on students’ approaches to learning in an introductory food science and human nutrition course

Researchers have identified three approaches to learning—surface, strategic, and deep. These approaches are influenced by various contextual and student factors, including teaching methods, assessments, and relevance to future career. The global objective of this study was to explore the influence of course elements and students’ emotional connection to section content on students’ approaches to learning in an introductory Food Science and Human Nutrition course. Students completed two questionnaires for the Nutrition and Health (NH) and Composition and Chemistry (CC) course sections: (a) Entwistle's ASSIST Inventory and (b) a questionnaire developed to assess students’ perceived usefulness of assignments, learning resources, and emotional connection to section content. Students’ approaches to learning did not significantly differ between NH and CC sections, with the majority reporting use of strategic or deep approaches. Generally, positive correlations were obtained for learners who used the deep and strategic approaches and their perceived usefulness of assignments and learning resources. In stark contrast, negative correlations were identified for learners who used the surface approach and their perceived usefulness of learning resources and assignments. Regarding emotional connection to section content, compared to learners who used the deep and strategic approaches, learners who used the surface approach did not enjoy and felt anxious about learning the content in both sections. Furthermore, based on regression analysis, the surface learning approach was a predictor for low exam scores in both sections. Based on these findings, instructors should implement practices in course design, instructional methods, and assessment strategies that help students choose deep and strategic approaches to learning, while minimizing surface approaches.     

大学生职业道德教育的原则与路径

高等教育职业性倾向特征和经济社会发展、大学生自我发展的共同要求,决定了高校加强大学生职业道德教育的现实必要性。要提高大学生职业道德教育的有效性,必须遵循主体性、实践性、层次性、协作性、连贯性等原则。坚持理论教育与实践教育相结合,通过改善理论课程教学、营造校园文化氛围、开展社会职业实践等途径来实现职业道德教育目标。     

Testing two path models to explore relationships between students’ experiences of the teaching–learning environment,approaches to learning and academic achievement

The study explores the relationships between students’ experiences of the teaching–learning environment and their approaches to learning, and the effects of these variables on academic achievement. Two three-stage models were tested with structural equation modelling techniques. The Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) and the Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (ETLQ) were used to assess approaches to learning and student’s experiences of the teaching–learning environment, respectively. These two constructs were then used as either first- or second-stage variables within the path analysis. The model using approaches to learning as a mediating variable showed the best fit with our data; variations in our students’ experiences of the teaching–learning environment appear to give rise to their approaches to studying, which subsequently affect their achievement. The deep approach shows no detectable influence on academic achievement in this sample, neither there are any direct effects of experiences of the teaching–learning environment on it. The indirect effects of these experiences on achievement, acting through the strategic and the surface approaches, are related to two aspects of the teaching–learning environment only, namely congruence and coherence in course organisation, and integrative learning and critical thinking. The finding of a reciprocal relation between approaches to learning and experiences of the teaching–learning environment supports previous conclusions about the association between these constructs. The indirect effect of experiences of the teaching–learning environment on achievement, acting through approaches to learning, shows those approaches as a dynamic construct that varies in line with experiences of the teaching-learning environment, and so influences achievement.     

Engagement in learning: a comparison between Asian and European international university students

Drawing on research on both engagement in learning and approaches to learning, we examine the associations between international students’ approaches to learning, factors in the teaching/learning environment and self-assessed academic outcomes. A total of 307 students responded to our survey. Their experience of the purposefulness of their course assignments and the relevance of their studies was related to students having a deep approach to learning and being organised in their studies. Moreover, students applying a deep approach to learning and being organised in studying seemed to perceive their study success more positively. Furthermore, the better students’ perception of how well their courses were organised and aligned with other studies, the lower their stress level was. The Asian students in our study exhibited a slightly more surface approach to learning, and were more organised in their studies than the European students, but the differences were very small.     

对医学院校学生进行医德教育途径的研究

高等医学院校的医德教育,是政治思想教育中的一个重要组成部分,也是塑造高素质医学人才的重要途径。为此,通过对医学院校学生到医德教育途径的初步探讨,就如何加强医学院校学生医德教育途径,提出几方面建设性的意见。     

对我国会计环境变迁与高校会计教育改革的思考

中国加入WTO后,我国会计教育面临全新的挑战.会计教育环境的变迁将对会计教育产生深远影响,而目前高校会计教育与我国会计人才需求又有明显的不适应.本文分析了会计教育弊病产生的根源及解决途径,并对我国高校会计教育改革提出可行性建议.     

The Use of Virtual Learning Environment in Chinese Higher Education

The paper analyzes the current condition of the use of virtual learning environment(VLE) in Zhejiang University of Chinese Medicine. It is indicated that students show a positive attitude toward this technology, but the use of it fails to meet students' perception. In light of this, recommendations are made with a view to enhance the use of VLE.     

会计伦理教育探析

我国会计教育的变革必须扩充对未来会计专业人员所需的人文科学和人本会计思想的传授,其中就包括会计伦理教育。通过探讨会计伦理教育的意义、目标和重要性,认为有效开展会计伦理教育是科学发展观应用于会计教育领域的必然要求,目前的会计职业道德教育与会计伦理教育存在质的差异,会计伦理教育是会计本科人才的内在培养要求;最后针对目前会计伦理教育不足的现状,提出了在会计本科学生中开展会计伦理教育的有效途径。     

《民主主义与教育》对小学课堂教学的意义

《民主主义与教育》中的很多思想对当前的教学工作具有指导意义,促进教师对师生关系和课堂教学本质等方面进行理解,鼓励教师给学生提供兴趣支持,让学生在知识教育中得到成长的保障。主要分析它对当前小学教育所呈现的指导意义,思考教师如何在其思想指导下构建更高层面的小学课堂,让学生可以在接受知识教育的过程中又能实现健康成长。通过本研究,希望可以对该书中的教育思想和内涵进行正确解读,将其容入小学课堂,构建更高水准的课程教育。     

Exploring the relationship between experienced students' preference for open- and closed-book examinations,approaches to learning and achievement

The relationship between university students' approaches to learning and preference for the open- and closed-book examinations was investigated for 144 Greek undergraduate (56 third- and 88 fourth-year) students attending a Philosophy, Education and Psychology Department. The approaches were explored by the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST). Examination preferences for open- or closed-book exams were assessed by 3 self-report questions. Students who preferred the open-book examination scored lower on “Time management”, “Achieving”, and “Unrelated memorising”. The study provides links between the students' study orchestrations/profiles, assessment preference, and achievement. The deep profile students (mainly 3rd-year students) seem to prefer the open-book exam but appear unorganised in their study in a similar extent to surface-profile students. They also reported low achievement. The study cautiously suggests the influence of the year of study on students' assessment preference. The results are discussed in relation to recent literature.     

高专学生职业道德教育研究与探索

在对当前高专学生的思想状况和价值取向进行了调查和分析后,掌握了学生思想中存在的矛盾性和两面性,认识到青年学生思想教育过程中的可塑性和兼容性,从而为进一步了解探索研究新时期高专学生职业道德教育理清思路。     

浅谈加强会计职业道德教育

会计职业道德教育是塑造和改造会计人员道德面貌的工作.良好的职业道德风尚应从学校会计教育抓起.职业道德教学在大学会计教学中的重要性,提出了建议.     

Teacher Education in a Democracy

The paper discusses Iris Marion Young's idea of asymmetric reciprocity that rethinks typical understandings of gift giving. Iris Marion Young's proposals for asymmetric ethical relationships have important implications for democratic contexts that seek to take differences seriously. Imagining oneself in the place of the other or expecting from the other what one expects from oneself levels out differences between people and hinders possibilities of interaction.

The conditions of asymmetry and reciprocity of Iris Marion Young's communicative ethics, as well as that of the unexpected as understood within situations of gift giving, bring about new readings of learning and teaching situations. The paper discusses issues of power and knowledge that have important ethical implications for how the relationships between the teacher and student could be imagined and how the teacher and student imagine themselves.

Following Derridean underpinnings to Young's notion of asymmetric reciprocity the paper questions pedagogic attempts that seek to minimize the asymmetric positions of the teacher and the student and challenges educational practices based on the reproduction of knowledge and reproduction of persons. The paper follows Young's arguments against Derrida's reading of asymmetry as being one sided. It argues that such a reading does away with the idea of teaching and learning altogether as teaching necessarily involves acts of responding. It continues to argue that Young's conceptualizations of gift giving as reciprocal and asymmetrical open up alternative understandings of the pedagogic relationships between teachers and students.     

高校留学生教育成本及测算实例

随着高校国际化程度的增强,来华留学生的数量逐年上升。对留学生实际教育成本的识别、确认和恰当的计量,对留学生学费合理定价,提升高校收益,以及设计科学、合理的高校留学生教育成本分担机制具有现实意义。文章运用教育成本及其核算的相关理论及方法,通过实例对留学生实际教育成本进行核算,并在此基础上对留学生实际教育成本的特殊性及核算中需特别注意的问题进行了深入讨论。     

A Review of Studies in Science Education in Singapore: 1971 - 1990

Research should play a central role in decision making. Practitioners as well as policy makers can illafford to ignore the importance of research, particularly those involving the local context, in informing practice. Contextual differences are often incurred when overseas research findings are imported. A very strong case can therefore be made for more local research studies for use within the local context. There is, however, a dearth of local studies in science education over the past two decades. This paper attempts to briefly survey the field to account for the impoverished state. It will then review some thirty-six research studies carried out in Singapore spanning the period from 1971 to 1990—these representing the studies where documentation were available—with the view of pooling together the findings of the studies and eliciting trends for the benefit of future research efforts as well as enlightening practice and policy.     

Core Skills,Participation and Progression in Post-compulsory Education and Training in England and France

Policy-makers in both England and France have sought to increase participation and attainment in post-compulsory education and training through the creation of new vocational tracks. In both cases they have set new targets for attainment and espouse similar objectives in seeking to build a high skills workforce for the twenty-first century. However, the strategies adopted and the outcomes achieved have been quite different. This article uses a comparative analysis of the different strategies to draw out some hypotheses in relation to the factors which influence participation, progression and attainment.     

浅谈会计职业观念及职业道德教育

为了满足当前会计专业学生就业需求 ,在日常教学中 ,教师除专业知识外 ,还要从会计职业的认识、职业期望、职业技能和职业心理等方面 ,加强职业素质教育 ,培养学生的会计职业道德     

论科学教育与艺术教育的统一

科学教育与艺术教育在人类教育中是辩证统一的两个方面，科学渗透着丰富的艺术思路，艺术蕴含着缜密的理性逻辑思维，肯定或否定、重视或忽视任何一方面都是不完全的教育。应通过形象教育、情感教育、价值教育等途径实现科学教育与艺术教育的统一。     

对我国研究生培养过程中若干问题的思考

保证研究生培养质量需要处理好理论积淀与科研能力培养的关系,保证学生的学习投入,营造良好的学术环境。理论积淀与科研能力培养都重要,但存在一定的冲突,处理好两者的关系既需要保证学习总时间,逐渐减少上课时数,还需要将科研引入教学,开展能发挥理论积淀与科研能力培养双重作用的学术活动;学习投入是研究生发展的基本条件,为此有必要对学生严格要求,向学生布置具有一定难度的学习任务,同时对其进行检查、督促,把住质量关;良好的学术环境是研究生成长的动力和保障,为此不仅需要创造浓厚的学术氛围,还需要保障研究生的学习自由。     

对会计本科教育教学改革的思考

随着改革开放的不断深入，我国的会计环境发生了巨大变化。培养主要从事实务工作的复合型会计专才，已成为会计本科教育的当务之急，如何提高学生对会计环境的适应能力，进一步提升就业竞争力，更好地为经济建设服务。是广大会计教育工作者应研究的一个重要课题。