Young Writers and the Nursery Rhyme Genre

This paper investigates children’s interest in the nursery rhyme genre whilst at the same time considers how children can be encouraged to write reflectively if they are working on something that both stimulates and motivates them to want to write. After reading a story book of nursery rhymes, a group of Y2 children were encouraged to consider what other adventures some of the main rhyme characters might have. By talking about the rhymes, seeing an expert writer modelling the writing process and writing collaboratively with their teacher and with each other, the children wrote an “alternative” nursery rhyme book. They began to see writing as a long term process which is recursive, takes time and effort but which is also very rewarding especially when published in the form of a book.     

Redefining Leadership: Lessons from an Early Education Leadership Development Initiative

This study examined how experienced early educators developed as change agents in the context of a leadership development program. Unlike in many other professions, experienced early educators lack opportunities to grow throughout their careers and access the supports they need to lead change in their classrooms, organizations, the profession, and beyond. This qualitative study brings a relational and entrepreneurial leadership theory lens to its analysis of the experiences of 43 early educators as they co-created pathways forward as leaders for change. The study defines leadership as a process of influencing change to improve early care and education, and not reserved just for those with a formal leadership position. Results show how educators came to see themselves as leaders and pursued different paths to making change and driving improvement. The study offers a new conceptual mapping of a leadership development ecosystem for supporting educators’ capacity to identify as leaders as well as lead improvement and innovation. The paper concludes with lessons learned and recommendations for strengthening the leadership infrastructure to support early educator leadership for change and innovation.     

An Innovative Approach to Involving Parents in the Education of their Early Years Children

This paper describes and evaluates a project undertaken with parents from an inner city primary school in Hartlepool, UK, devised to help realise children's potential and raise standards. In order to achieve this, it was necessary to create a partnership between parents, school and the child in an environment characterised by the ‘core conditions’ (Rogers, 1957). It was hoped to increase the self‐esteem of the parents and to give them an understanding of the preschool curriculum in order to develop their skills, knowledge and confidence. It was also the intention of the project to involve these, and other parents, in school life and to enable them to take ownership of their own children's education. The multimedia approach involved video, photographs, word processing and press and radio interviews. The process encouraged the fulfilment of the objectives described above. The paper concludes by describing the successful outcomes of the project and indicates some possible developments.     

Creative Thinking in the Early Years of Education

This paper proposes a framework for exploring creative thinking in the early years of school. It explores creative thinking as characterised in two significant curriculum landmarks applicable to young children: Plowden from the 1960s and the Early Learning Goals from 2000. It proposes 'little c creativity' as a way of conceptu alising creativity, arguing that it represents the start of a 'third wave' of understanding the meaning and potential of creativity in the early years of education. Drawing on empirical observations from a number of nursery and early years classrooms in England, it raises some pedagogical and systemic issues around fostering 'little c creativity' in the early years of education.     

近三十年中国作家的知识分子立场

近三十年来,中国作家的知识分子的立场曾发生过多次转变.20世纪70年代末,随着社会生活特别是政治生活的激变,他们隐性出场并开始发言.时至80年代,作为知识分子的作家显现出了其精英立场.90年代,他们首先表现出大众化与狂欢立场;其后的人文精神大讨论则重新定位了知识分子的精英立场;90年代末,知识分子出现了精英立场与自由立场的分野.新世纪以来,身为作家的知识分子面临种种困难,大部分作家表现出沉默与失语的状态.     

Helping Children to Develop as Writers: Supporting,Showing, Responding

How can we help children develop as writers once they have begun to master the complexities of the writing system and begun to understand how they can compose their own texts? Colin Peacock proposes some answers to these questions on the basis of a small-scale research project in one school. Key issues which emerged were the need to develop motivation, to give children opportunities to write, to respond to their difficulties and to show them what counted as success.     

幼儿童谣教学探讨

童谣是幼儿喜闻乐见的一种文学样式。在编排童谣时要按照幼儿的年龄特点、身心发展需要、个体与集体活动相结合的原则。在教学童谣时具体做到以下几点:配合相应的肢体动作;融入日常的学习和活动;与知识的传授和道德的感化结合起来;与音乐美术结合起来。     

浅析2～3岁幼儿的家庭教育

2－3岁是幼儿心理发展的一个转折期，心理学家称这一时期为人生“第一反抗期”。本文试图从儿童心理发展的角度，对这个年龄阶段幼儿的家长提出一些粗浅的建议。     

孙铭勋乡村幼稚教育实践与儿童文学教学

孙铭勋,陶行知先生的学生和其生活教育思想的忠实践行者。他在解放前从事中国乡村幼稚教育的教育主张和实践,新中国成立后承担高校儿童文学教学。孙铭勋的教育人生体现了平民教育思想,始终坚持＂教学做合一＂的教育方法,并做出了积极的贡献。文章提炼出孙铭勋教育实践中的一些经验做法,对当代幼儿教育与儿童文学教学具有现实意义。     

新中国初期宝安幼儿教育

新中国成立之初,宝安的幼儿园经历了一段曲折发展的历程。1957年后,人民公社、大跃进、大炼钢铁等运动的兴起,各地人们参与社会主义建设的热情高涨,大力发展幼儿园教育成为当时之急需,一方面幼儿园的开办对于解放妇女劳动力具有重要的现实意义,同时也是实现幼儿教育向工农大众开放的社会主义教育方针的具体体现。但当时那种“放卫星”式的大发展对整个幼儿教育造成了相当大的混乱。宝安幼儿教育的发展同样经历了一个“大跃进”的发展时期：幼儿园数量的激增,幼儿在园率急速提高,这种不顾客观条件的蛮干作法,严重违背教育规律,给宝安的幼儿教育带来不良影响。     

Evolution and Education: Lessons from Thomas Huxley

Thomas Huxley more than anyone else was responsible for disseminating Darwin’s theory in the western world and maintained that investigating the history of life should be regarded as a purely scientific question free of theological speculation. The content and rhetorical strategy of Huxley’s defense of evolution is analyzed. Huxley argued that the classification of humans should be determined independent of any theories of origination of species. Besides providing evidence that demonstrated the close relationship between apes and humans, he also argued that a pithecoid ancestry in no way degraded humankind. In his broader defense of evolution he drew on his agnosticism to define what science could and could not explain. Theology made empirical claims and needed to be subject to the same standards of evidence as scientific claims. He maintained that even most scientific objections to evolution were religiously based. The objections to the theory fundamentally remain the same as in the nineteenth century and much can be learned from Huxley to develop effective strategies for educating the public about evolution. Huxley’s own scientific articles as well as his popular writings provide numerous examples that could be harnessed not only for the teaching of evolution, but also for understanding science as a process.     

早期教育对贫困家庭儿童发展的影响研究

以贫困家庭和普通家庭儿童为研究对象,通过教育实验系统观察贫困家庭儿童在不同教育情境下的身心发展状态,检验早期教育对贫困家庭儿童发展的积极作用。结果表明:家庭是儿童早期发展的重要影响源,适宜的早期教育能够有效促进贫困家庭儿童神经心理、社会适应能力和行为与情绪的发展,早期教育对儿童体格发育和感觉统合失调的影响并不显著。     

以集体备课促进高校青年教师成长

培养早期教育专业学生良好的说课技能,对促进学生语言表达能力、教育理论水平、实际教学水平的提高有着重要的现实意义.培养学生的说课技能内容包括说课程、说目标、说学情、说教学方法、说学法、说教学准备、说教学过程、说延伸八个方面.教师可以从理论准备、课堂练习、分组练习、技能考核、反思评价等几方面培养学生的说课技能.     

论幼儿科学教育儿童化

随着幼儿教育理论研究的深入和幼儿教育实践的不断发展,科学教育越来越受到理论和实践工作者的广泛重视。虽然国内外关于幼儿科学教育的理论与实践研究势头尚好。但总体而言,我国幼儿科学教育的研究起步较晚,在科学教育理论与具体的教育实践活动中仍然存在许多问题。需要在幼儿科学教育课程、环境、方法及评价等各方面进行改革,力求实现幼儿科学教育的儿童化。     

Institutional Mergers in Higher Education: Lessons from International Experience

Higher education systems andinstitutions have used institutional mergers toaddress a range of different problems,particularly fragmentation amongstnon-university institutions, lack of financialand academic viability, pressures for majorsystem restructuring and external competitivethreats. While mergers frequently aredisruptive, strongly contested and costly inboth human and financial terms, they have thepotential to produce substantial longer-termbenefits, particularly larger and morecomprehensive institutions, stronger academicprogrammes, improved student services, enhancedstudent choice, greater institutionalflexibility and, under certain conditions,increased efficiencies and cost-savings. Sensitivity to human and cultural factors andeffective leadership are of utmost importancein achieving success in merger processes.     

家庭教育支持的国际经验与借鉴

对家庭教育的重视与社会的发展程度有关,发达国家在这方面的探索和相关经验有助于中国思考本土家庭教育立法以及政策和措施的开展.通过重点介绍美国、瑞典、法国和日本四个国家的法律、政策和措施,通过他们各有的显著特点及探索方法,可为中国家庭教育立法以及政策措施的开展提供多元模式和多种视角.鉴于篇幅限制,本文内容只侧重于相关国家突...     

Signature Pedagogy in Early Years Education: A Role for COTS Game-Based Learning

In this article we look at the links between early years pedagogy and the use of digital game-based learning. Early years education is a distinctive phase of the education system in many countries, generally covering the age range from 3–6 or 7 years. In the United Kingdom, it tends to bridge preschool and the first two years in primary school. Early years education is based on characteristic values, beliefs, and practices which distinguish it from later phases of mainstream educational provision. Based on an analysis of these characteristics, we argue that it is an example of a signature pedagogy. We look at the role of information and communication technologies in such pedagogy, specifically the use of digital games, illustrating the case with reference to a recent empirical study which looked at the use of a commercial off-the-shelf game with 5- and 6-year old children. We conclude by reaffirming the congruence between such games and a signature pedagogy of early years education. The role of the teacher, and in particular his/her pedagogical skill, is central to the educational use of commercial games.     

列宁早期思想政治教育的特点

根据列宁参加革命活动的时间顺序,可以把列宁一生的思想分为三个时期：早期、中期和晚期。文章主要分析了列宁早期思想政治教育的特点：构建了全面而系统的“灌输”理论,利用报刊传播马克思主义、宣传革命理论,宣传工作和组织工作紧密结合。列宁早期的思想政治教育活动对传播马克思主义起着非常重要的作用,值得我们深入研究。