Trajectories in teacher education: Recognising prior learning in practice

This article analyses the trajectories into teacher education of a group of child minders who are studying to become pre-school teachers. The specific focus is what impact their prior experiences and learning from pre-school have on their trajectories, and how these experiences and learning are recognised in the first year of teacher education. A situated learning perspective is applied, with a focus on participation and trajectories in the two communities of practice in which teacher education is situated – the university and the pre-school. The data consist of transcribed interviews with ten student teachers, and additional data are gathered from stakeholders in the program. The results show that prior experiences and learning are given implicit and indirect recognition. In the practice of the pre-school, the trajectory means a shift in identity, from child minder to student teacher and pre-school teacher. In the practice of the university, prior experiences and learning help students in their trajectories from peripheral to fuller participation.     

智慧学习环境中的学习情景识别——让学习环境有效服务学习者

学习情景识别是个性化学习资源推送、学习伙伴联接以及学习活动建议的前提。本文首先分析了学习情景识别所需的六种要素,即学习者模型、学习目标空间、学习活动模型、领域知识模型、时空模型与情景模型,然后提出了一个学习情景识别的概念模型,包含了信息采集、动态建模和情景推理三个模块,并在此基础上讨论了学习者建模、学习活动建模、情景推理等方面的研究进展与关键技术。     

Affective Variables and Learning Experience in SLA

The study aims at finding out the factors that have impact on a second language learner improving his language profi?ciency. To achieve this purpose, a research was conducted at an American University....     

Understanding social presence in text‐based online learning environments

This article reports on key aspects of a theory generative study into social presence in text‐based online learning environments. The focus of the article is the nature of social presence as experienced by online learners in those environments. Employing a collective case study design, the study accessed online learners’ experience‐based heuristic knowledge through a multi‐phase dialogical process which functioned as an extended interview. Among the key findings was (a) a definition of social presence drawn from learners’ experiences; (b) explication of the nature of social presence in online learning environments; (c) suggestions for the creation and sustenance of social presence in those environments; and (d) support for a relational view of social presence which emphasizes human agency in mediated social processes and foreshadows a role for social presence as a critical element of online learning environments.     

Recognition of prior learning: the accelerated rate of change in Australian universities

The recognition of prior learning (RPL) is a cornerstone of the lifelong learning policies of most developed nations. Yet the scholarly view in Australia has been that, unlike other post‐compulsory education sectors, universities have erected barriers to limit the development of RPL. This paper re‐examines the current policy environment and finds evidence that universities are now more active in developing and promoting RPL, as evidenced by the rich detail of information contained in recent policies, as well as the accessibility of this information on the web. Recognition of prior learning policies are examined in detail to shed light further on the state of play of RPL in the Australian higher education sector.     

激发高职学生学习积极性的思考

学习积极性系指学习者在学习中表现出的主动、热情、努力进取的思想和外在表现。明确学习目的,激发学习动力,培养学习兴趣,提高和调动学生学习积极性,就能保证教学质量,提高教学效果。但目前有相当一部分高职生学习状况很不理想,基础较差、不刻苦学习、学习动力不足。本文针对学生学习情况问卷调查的结果,分析影响学生学习积极性的原因,探讨激发学生学习积极性的措施。     

远程成人学习者的调查研究——以保定奥鹏学习中心为例

通过对保定奥鹏学习中心的学员展开问卷调查,获得远程学习者人口统计学方面的基本信息、学习动机、学习困难、学习需求等数据,运用SPSS软件做相关分析,并在调查结果的基础上提出了促进远程学习者学习的建议。     

Social partnerships in learning： Negotiating disenfranchised learner identities

A study of disenfranchised learners in a regional area found that their engagement in formal education was influenced by their learner identities, their perceptions of themselves as learners, and the identity resources on which they draw. Understanding the disconnects between individuals＇, communities＇ and educational institutions＇ assumptions about learning engagement impacted on the types of identities on which learners drew and the efficacy of those identities in negotiating new learning experiences. Developing innovative and successful approaches to engage disenfranchised regional learners in training necessitates effective partnership and the recognition of diverse knowledge systems as they relate to the worlds of work, community engagement and learning. Social partnerships in learning frameworks were the key in describing the interactions between agents, they are the interagency and interdisciplinary relationships that enable effective learning in different disciplines, workplaces and training sites. Social partnerships in learning frameworks are used to examine diverse knowledge systems, develop capacity building processes and understand the underlying relationships that facilitate connections, engagement and decision-making between government, non-government, enterprise, community, stakeholders and individuals. This paper will examine disenfranchised learners＇ identities and the role of learning partnerships in developing strong learner identities and re-engaging regional learners.     

如何提高学生的在线自我调节学习？——基于先前在线学习经历与家庭背景的比较

在线教学中学生要具备一定的在线自我调节学习能力才能取得好的学习成效,而学生的在线自我调节学习受诸多因素的影响。本研究从先赋性背景和后致性学校过程性因素的视角,基于“新冠疫情期间研究型大学本科生学习体验调查”项目中某大学的数据,考查学生家庭背景和先前在校在线学习经历与在线自我调节学习的关系。研究发现：家庭背景和先前在校的在线学习经历都显著影响学生在线自我调节学习,且先前在线学习经历的影响独立于家庭背景。超过七成的学生在新冠肺炎疫情前有过在线学习经历,且主要是来源于本校的正式在线学分课。这一研究结果的实践启示是：高校可以通过提供正式在线学习的机会抵消学生家庭背景的负面作用来培养学生的在线自我调节学习,这将有助于他们应对紧急情况下大规模在线教学时可能面临的挑战。     

国内外语言学习观念研究综述

20世纪70年代以来,众多的学者开始尝试研究学生的语言学习观念,究其原因有两个:一是各种不同的教学方法没有带来令人满意的效果;二是快速更新的知识给教育提出了挑战,终身教育才是解决问题的根本.中外学者从各自的角度出发,对语言学习观念有了不同的定义与分类,在研究过程中也采用了不同的方式,但是问卷调查是最常用的一种研究方法.     

从生态学习观的视角看自主学习者的成长

生态学习观从整体性、适应性和多元性的角度来审视学习,认为学习是对环境的感知和作用于环境的行为之间互动的结果.自主学习者是有意图的信息探测者,是主动的、相互交流的、善于反思的、情境性的学习者,他具有自组织性、情境适应性和学习多样性等生态特征.学习共同体的构成与特征揭示了其就是最有利于自主学习者成长的外层环境.从学校、班级和学生的层面看,促进自主学习者成长的措施包括设置多元化的课程、构建学习共同体以及培育学习者的自我调节能力.