The Educational Object Economy: Alternatives in Authoring and Aggregation of Educational Software

The Educational Object Economy (EOE) emerged from research on end-user authoring tools for multimedia software and, by 1997, developed into a library of over 2000 freely available interactive simulations for learning. The organization's original goals and its ongoing interest in alternative methods of software authoring led to continuing connections with component-based software development and collaborative development models. Subsequent focus on learning resource development in developing countries has led to contributions to projects in India, Turkey, Brazil, and other countries. Although the need for learning resources in these and other countries is great, component-based approaches have not yet been adopted.     

杜威教育目的论的思考

概述杜威教育目的论的提出及其客观性、灵活性和统一性特点,阐述并分析杜威教育目的论现代意义的批判性、特殊性及不足与启示,指出杜威教育目的论的研究价值和实践意义。     

高校图书馆就业指导专题信息服务的开展

高校图书馆可以根据高校就业指导业务工作的内容和发展趋势,在就业指导业务工作的各个环节中分别提供读者阅读、个性化、就业信息开发利用等三个层面上的就业指导专题服务。     

论科学究竟是什么——从科学的思维和视角思考教育

正如英国科学家A.F.查尔默斯(Alan F.Chalmers)所著的书《科学究竟是什么》书名所提出的疑问"科学究竟是什么"一样,我们每个有着好奇心的人都有这样的疑问。这个问题也是所有研究科学以及研究科学教育的人首先需要回答的问题。查尔默斯就当代西方一些主要的科学哲学家如波普尔、拉卡托斯、费耶阿本德等对科学究竟是什么这个问题的回答作了简明扼要的介绍,并在介绍其他科学哲学家的观点的同时也提出了理性的批判,同时阐明了查尔默斯他自己的观点。通过对科学究竟是什么的各种论述进行阐述,力图使教育工作者能够对究竟什么是科学这个问题以及如何把科学运用到教育教学当中有一个初步了解。     

Accountability through access,authenticity and advocacy when researching with young children

ABSTRACT

Research with children involving their use of digital and mobile technologies either as a methodological tool or in relation to their learning foregrounds emerging ethical issues and practices. This paper explores some of the ethical and practical challenges we faced in studies involving the recruitment of young children as research participants, and where the integrity of these research collaborations was critical. We propose an ethical framework to foreground these challenges that is shaped by a view of children as social actors and experts on their own lives, information and communication technologies as ubiquitous in children’s lives, and ethics as a situated and multifaceted responsibility. This framework has three aspects: access, authenticity and advocacy. We draw on examples from different research projects and use ethically important moments to illustrate how notions of access, authenticity and advocacy can foreground the ethical challenges in teaching–learning research contexts to better consider and offer children greater agency in research collaborations.     

中国教育经典名著中的逻辑错误探究

陈波的逻辑学著作《逻辑学导论（第二版）》为读者探究中国古代教育名著中所出现的逻辑错误提供了许多新的思路。仅《论语》、《孟子》、《荀子》这三部中国古典教育名著,就分别出现了“因果倒置”、“论据与论题没有必然联系”、“论据不足”的逻辑错误。这些探究有助于人们更好地理解中国传统文化与教育。     

Further development of the talent development environment questionnaire for sport

Given the significance of monitoring the critical environmental factors that facilitate athlete performance, this two-phase research aimed to validate and refine the revised talent development environment questionnaire (TDEQ). The TDEQ is a multidimensional self-report scale that assesses talented athletes’ environmental experiences. Study 1 (the first phase) involved the examination of the revised TDEQ through an exploratory factor analysis (n = 363). This exploratory investigation identified a 28-item five-factor structure (i.e., TDEQ-5) with adequate internal consistency. Study 2 (the second phase) examined the factorial structure of the TDEQ-5, including convergent validity, discriminant validity, and group invariance (i.e., gender and sports type). The second phase was carried out with 496 talented athletes through the application of confirmatory factor analyses and multigroup invariance tests. The results supported the convergent validity, discriminant validity, and group invariance of the TDEQ-5. In conclusion, the TDEQ-5 with 25 items appears to be a reliable and valid scale for use in talent development environments.