反思性教学:教师发展的有效途径

近年来,教师教育开始从单纯对教学方法的探讨与研究转向对教师专业化发展的研究。在这一研究中,反思性教学已成为教师教育所关注的核心问题。因此,研究反思教学及其特点,分析师生问在反思过程中的互动关系,思考开展反思教学途径和方法,是对促进教师专业化发展有重要意义。     

英语外语教学与汉语外语教学的教学异同点分析

随着经济全球化的发展,国家与国家之间的联系也日益密切,文化的交流也是必不可少的。而这就要求我们对他国的语言具有一定的了解,以便于相互地沟通理解。对于文化的学习,教育的重要性是不言而喻的。但是,并不是所有语言的对外教学都是一样的,它们也会有各自的特点,这样才能更好地使其被学习。本文就对于英语和汉语两种语言作为外语教学的异同点进行分析。     

Participation in health through the construction of encounters: a micropolitical approach

We assume that the construction of encounters that produce care is a participative practice in health. Drawing on different research that has explored care production from a micropolitical approach, we present a view of participation as embedded in everyday life and based on the construction of encounters and relationships. Our goal is to provide reflections for debate on participatory practice within different frames of action. Based on the analysis of different cartographic narratives generated by research on a reproductive health policy, we discuss some core elements for the construction of encounters that produce care. On the same lines as models of professional development based on professionals’ day-to-day experiences, we propose experimentation during the encounters and discussion about what happens in them, as both a reflective practices and forms of collective and participative knowledge production.     

师范英语本科生专业知识与技能培养标准研究

师范英语本科生是未来的英语教师,多数学生将成为中小学英语教师的中坚力量。随着中学英语新课程的深入实施和高考英语改革的逐步推进,师范英语本科生的英语专业知识和技能应该达到一个基本标准,以适应新课程的教学。文章主要讨论师范英语本科生的英语专业知识和技能培养的现状——缺乏标准,提出了师范英语本科生英语专业知识和技能培养的目标——建立标准,培养建议——达成标准。在此基础上,文章最后讨论了对＂对外汉语教学＂的几点启示。     

Research and/or learning and teaching: a study of Australian professors' priorities,beliefs and behaviours

This paper presents findings from an empirical study of key aspects of the teaching and research priorities, beliefs and behaviours of 72 professorial and associate professorial academics in Science, Information Technology and Engineering across four faculties in three Australian universities. The academics ranked 16 research activities and 16 matched learning and teaching (L&T) activities from three perspectives: job satisfaction, role model behaviour and perceptions of professional importance. The findings were unequivocally in favour of research in all three areas and remarkably consistent across the universities. The only L&T activity that was ranked consistently well was ‘improving student satisfaction ratings for teaching’, an area in which academics are increasingly held accountable. Respondents also indicated that their seniors encourage research efforts more than L&T efforts. Recommendations include that higher education rewards for quality L&T are maintained or improved and that recognition of L&T research domains is further strengthened.     

在教学与科研的联姻中成长——一个高校教师的教育自传

高校教师对教学与科研的认识与处理方式影响着教师的专业成长。以某高校教师的教育生活经历为线索,以教育自传的形式呈现这位教师对教学与科研的认识与处理方式及其专业成长价值。这位教师的教学-科研关系观贯穿于入职危机、职业新生、专业起步、专业成熟、政策困惑等个人职业生涯的不同阶段。教学与科研的联姻是教师专业成长的必由之路。     

西部贫困地区中小学校本教研问题及对策研究——以宁夏海原县为例

从教师专业成长的道路历程来看,校本教研是提升教师教学水平的一条有效途径。通过深入分析“跨越式”课题在宁夏海原县的实施情况,从中发现并总结贫困小学校本教研的现状、存在的系列问题及解决策略。     

Bridging the real and ideal: A comparison between learning community characteristics and a school-based case study

While a growing body of literature advocates the importance of school-based, collaborative action research, less attention has been focused on how these projects are developed and implemented in the early stages. This study, therefore, examines a small Canadian school's initial attempt at promoting a “learning community” approach and compares it to the ideals of collaborative teamwork set out by recent scholarship. Our findings suggest that collegiality holds promise for change in teachers' practice and meaningful professional development if the school's administrator accepts the learning community philosophy and is willing to take the lead in initiating the reform. As well, we found that all ideal characteristics set out in the literature need not be in place from the outset for a project of this sort to be successful.     

A Case Study of Elementary Science Teaching as Mediated Action: Transformations of Context,Meaning, and Action

The research described in this article is a case study of a fifth grade teacher's (Melissa) efforts to construct a teaching and learning environment within her science teaching. Qualitative research methods were used to examine and analyze Melissa's science teaching practice. Drawing from socio-cultural theories, I argue that her teaching and learning environment was constructed as a form of mediated action through which she articulated and transformed the context, meaning, and action of her science teaching. In particular, she forged links between a number of factors, such as historically recognizable forms of pedagogy, perceptions of her students' socio-economic positions, knowledge of appropriate science teaching, and her experiences in a preservice teacher education program. Through her pedagogical work, the teaching and learning environment was articulated into a complex network of meanings, physical spaces, and concrete actions in which each element transformed the other. I suggest that mediated action is a form of transformation that constitutes context, meaning, and action into a dynamic and constantly-shifting teaching and learning environment. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.