On the Cultural Obstruction in English Aural Training

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Oral Interpretation:Skills Training in the Classroom

<正>There is an increasing demand for interpreters in China as itsmodernization programmoves on.The oral interpretation class offered in English department just comes to meet thisvery demand.The purpose of the class,I believe,is to make the students familiarize with the-main techniques in paragraph interpretation and the related skills,speed,sense group,andnote-taking,for example.The following are the specific points to be emphasized and the re-lated methods undertaking in interpretation classroom. 1.Auditory Comprehension Before coming to interprete,students should be given,first of all,a sufficient amount ofpractice in listening comprehension,with a special view to developing their ability to attainthe meaning through guessing or context analysis.Listening comprehenssion,as we know,is the fundemental for quick and fluent interpretation.So before interpretation starts,stu-dents should have much guided listening practice in the classroom with the focus on compre-hension.Some students blieve that they have     

Where's the Competence in Competence-based Education and Training?

This paper notes the apparent ineffectiveness of the critical response to competence-based education and training (CBET) and suggests that this results from a failure to correctly isolate CBET's unique, identifying features. It is argued that the prevailing tendency to identify CBET with 'competence' is fundamentally mistaken and that the competence approach is more properly characterised in terms of its philosophically naïve methodological strategy. It is suggested that this strategy is based upon untenable assumptions relating to the semantic status of statements of outcome and the epistemological and ontological constructs to which such statements are intended to correspond.     

The Flipped Classroom in Training and Development: Fad or the Future?

This article provides an overview of the characteristics of the flipped classroom, discusses the foundations of this innovative instructional model, and analyzes the possibility of adoption and application to corporate learning platforms. The article assesses whether the flipped classroom is simply a temporary trend in education and learning or has the potential to truly revolutionize instructional design and delivery in the realm of training and development.     

Elementary Teachers’ Preferences for Pre-Service and In-Service Training in the Teaching of Reading

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to discover guidelines for improving the pre-service and in-service training of elementary teachers to teach reading. Three hundred and eight elementary teachers were queried regarding (1) their attitudes toward their pre-service education, (2) their educational needs, and (3) their preferences for in- service program formats. Responses were analyzed according to grade levels taught and years of service. The main conclusion was that elementary teachers of different grades and with different terms of service express different attitudes, needs and preferences regarding their training to teach reading. Implications for pre-service and in-service training programs are discussed.     

Education And Training in Foreign Language Teaching

OtlineInforeignIanguageteaching,dueregardshouIdbepaidbothtotrainingandeducationsoastoachievegoodresults.TheybothshouIdbemadetopIaytheirrespectiveroles.(1)ToestabIishbasicsentencestructuresinthelearner'smemory,exercisesofsuffi-cientvarietyandinsufficientnumberareneeded.(2)AIanguagelearner'sgoalisnotonlytoknowabouttheIanguage,butalsotohavetheabiIitytousewhattheyknowappropriately.EducationcanheIptoachievethisgoaI.a.Grammar,partofthetheoryoftheIanguage,shouldbetaught.b.TheworIdischanging,whi…     

NC Lathe Training System Based on the Web

Based on an analysis of the requirement of network-oriented NC lathe training system, a general framework of web-based training system is established. The key techniques for establishing this system include a three-layer web structure in building the general framework, the technique of VRML to model a virtual operating environment, and the access to the database using the ASP technique.     

Primary Teacher Education in Rural Cameroon: Can Informal Learning Compensate for the Deficiencies in Formal Training?

The objective of the research on which this article reports was to evaluate the training conditions of primary school teachers in rural Cameroon, so as to identify alternative paths towards their qualification through informal learning in the workplace and outside. Following Denzin’s (2009) between-methods triangulation approach, quantitative techniques, including statistical analyses and standardised questionnaires, were applied in addition to qualitative techniques, such as face-to-face interviews and observations of practising teachers and experts. The article presents the most common learning strategies of teachers in rural areas of Cameroon and recommends seminal solutions for teacher education. It can be concluded that informal learning in the workplace corresponds to traditional ways of learning in collectivist-oriented, oral societies in rural areas. Therefore, the combination of informal methods with formal structures of teacher education could improve the current educational system of many African countries, and provide a solution to meet the high demand for qualified staff within restricted budgets.     

Dancing in Fetters? Chinese Principals’ Perceptions of the Effects of Finnish Training Programs

Although there is an increased interest in overseas training for educational leaders in China, little is known about the value of such programs. This qualitative case study explores Chinese school principals’ perceptions of leadership practices and professional development after undertaking a Finnish training program. The article also explores difficulties related to different educational contexts when an attempt is made at applying the Finnish education experience to China. Famed for its excellent education, Finland is currently actively involved in exporting its education by providing such training programs to the whole world. Data was collected by semi-structured interviews with six Shanghai principals. The results showed a certain level of satisfaction but also needs for improvement. It thus appears that such an overseas training program can play a positive but limited role in expanding Chinese principals’ leadership practices and professional development.     

The Strategic Management of Information: an Essential Element in the Training of Engineers∗

Why should engineering students be trained in the effective use of information sources? How can this education and training be integrated into the curriculum within technical universities? What role can information specialists and librarians play for training future engineers in this field of information mastery?

This paper introduces a debate which is largely developed in some countries, specially in France, within the French Grandes Ecoles     

Initial Teacher Training in the Post‐reform Period: a sample of student opinion in England and France

Courses of initial teacher training have recently undergone profound changes in England and France. In both countries, radical reform has swept away traditional models of practice, replacing them by systems in which schools play an increased role in the training and assessment of students and in which a new emphasis has been placed on the practicalities of teaching. In the turbulent aftermath of these reforms, how do trainees see the new programmes that aim to equip them with the necessary skills and attributes to become successful entrants to the teaching profession? This article compares and analyses the views of English and French trainees in the final months of their respective courses and identifies key areas of similarity and difference between the two systems.     

Reimagining the purpose of VET – Expanding the capability to aspire in South African Further Education and Training students

This paper applies the capabilities approach to the broader debate of the role of vocational education and training (VET) in poverty alleviation. The capabilities approach provides an approach for conceptualising and evaluating VET which differs in orientation from dominant productivist conceptions. It does so by shifting the focus from economic development to human development. By placing the well-being of VET students at the centre of our concern it shifts the lens from income generation and with it employability to a lens on capability expansion which includes but is not limited to the capability to work. The paper is based on interviews with 20 South African Further Education and Training (FET) college students. The central argument is that VET has an important role to play in poverty alleviation, but only if located in a multi-dimensional view of poverty which understands poverty as capability deprivation across multiple human functionings. In this broader notion of poverty, the role that VET plays includes training for employability, but also includes the expansion of other important capabilities such as, and in the voice of a FET student interviewed in this study, ‘the ability to dream’, or in the language of the capabilities approach, the capability to aspire.     

What Does a Modern Anatomist Look like? Current Trends in the Training of Anatomy Educators

Anatomical sciences are foundational to the health professions, yet little is known about the qualifications of anatomy educators at the graduate and professional level in the United States. Moreover, there is concern that the number of qualified anatomy educators being trained may be insufficient to meet the growing demand posed by new and expanded programs in medicine and allied health specialties. The authors surveyed anatomists from across the country to (i) characterize the educational credentials of current anatomy educators and (ii) assess the perceived need for education-focused postdoctoral positions or formal mentorships to prepare anatomists for teaching-intensive faculty positions. To probe the survey responses more deeply, one-on-one interviews were conducted with eight individuals selected to represent a diverse sample of respondents in terms of institution, gender, and academic rank. Results indicate that 30–40% of educators at the graduate level and approximately 60% of those at the undergraduate level lack graduate coursework in histology, embryology, and neuroanatomy. Forty-five percent of respondents had completed a postdoctoral fellowship. Eighty-six percent replied “yes/maybe” to the question of whether an anatomy education postdoctoral fellowship would benefit doctoral graduates. The top 3 reasons for this recommendation were to (i) establish independent educational research, (ii) improve a publication record, and (iii) gain additional teaching experience. Notable weaknesses of education-focused postdoctoral training were related to finances, fear of exploitation, and undervaluing of teaching. Moving forward, postdoctoral fellowships and other forms of postgraduate training may represent a key strategy for training anatomists in the current educational climate. Anat Sci Educ 00: 000–000. © 2018 American Association of Anatomists.     

Military Training

This summer vacation.I attended a military training. We got up at 6:00 every morning. We were trained eight hours every day.The drillmaster was strict with us.Sometimes he asked us to     

Effects of Training in the Use of Social and Cognitive Strategies: An Intervention Study in Secondary Mathematics in Co‐Operative Groups

ABSTRACT

This article reports on an intervention study into the effects of a training in the use of social and cognitive strategies on the learning outcomes of students in secondary mathematics education. Special attention is given to differential effects for high‐ and low‐achieving students. The focus on differential effects is derived from studies into learning in small co‐operative groups, and from the results of meta‐analyses into the effects of training in learning strategies. From these studies it can be concluded that in general such programs contribute to learning. However, it seems that low‐achieving students are unable to benefit from interventions of the kind investigated (i.e., co‐operative learning and training in learning strategies). The main question is whether it is possible to design an instructional program from which all students benefit, and from which the low‐achieving students profit more than their counterparts in the control‐program. In the present study three instructional programs for co‐operative learning were compared: (i) an experimental program with special instruction in the use of social strategies; (ii) an experimental program with special instruction in the use of cognitive strategies; and (iii) a control program without training in either cognitive or social strategies. The programs were identical with respect to mathematical content and general instructional settings (a combination of whole‐class instruction, working in co‐operative groups and individual work). The experiment addressed the following research question: what are the general and differential effects of a training in the use of social and cognitive strategies on the results of learning in secondary mathematics? The research was conducted in two schools for secondary education in a total of 21 classes, involving a total of 511 students. The design was a pretest‐posttest control group design, using two experimental groups and one control group. The data were analysed from a multi‐level perspective. The outcomes of the investigation clearly show the effects of the intervention. Teaching cognitive and social strategies has the expected, positive effects. In addition to this main effect, a compensatory effect for the low‐achieving students was found. The low‐achieving students in the experimental conditions outperformed their counterparts in the control group.

     

Research on the Measures of Training Students＇ Scientific Research Ability in Experimental Teaching of Cell Biology

培养学生的科研能力是当今高等院校实验教学的主要目标,科研文献的检索和阅读能力、实验设计能力、科学记录实验、发现问题和解决问题的能力、掌握最基本实验的技能、科研论文的撰写等是独立从事科研工作所必备的几项基本能力。在细胞生物学实验教学改革中,我们通过开设创新设计实验,规范细胞生物学的基本操作,开展文献的讨论等教学措施将上述基本科研工作能力的培养贯穿到整个教学环节中。为学生今后独立从事科研工作奠定基础。     

The Influence of the European Communities on the Emergence of Competence‐Based Models of Vocational Training in England and Wales

Abstract

This paper presents an interim report on research into the influence of the European Communities (EC) on the emergence of competence‐based models of vocational training in England and Wales between 1979 and 1987. Interactions between the development of the New Training Initiative objectives and the development of EC vocational training policy are analysed. Similarities between EC training levels and the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) training levels proposed by the Review of Vocational Qualifications are examined. These issues are so neglected in the official literature that, rather than present a definitive account, this paper outlines an agenda for further research intended to deepen our understanding of the historical, political milieu from which competence‐based vocational training emerged.