The Possibilities and Limitations of Gifted Education in Korea: A Look at the ISEP Science- Gifted Education Center

Education for gifted children is currently one of the hottest educational issues in Korea. Much money and effort are being invested in this area of education. Recent announcements by the Korean Ministry of Education state that all children should be educated to the level of which they are capable, and the current program for gifted students should be and will be extended. However, there is little attention paid to the actual substance of gifted education in Korea. What is happening in the name of gifted education? What is the meaning of giftedness and gifted education? How and in what respects can the gifted program be differentiated from general programs? What are the problems and concerns in serving gifted students? What are the effects of gifted programs? These are the main questions of the present qualitative study. For the purposes of this ethnographic study, the ISEP science gifted education center in Korea was observed for a six-month period, and 10 professors and 50 students at the ISEP were interviewed in depth. The results of the study are as follows. First of all, the ISEP science gifted education center provides differentiated learning environments and teaching methods. Second, through these differentiated learning experiences, students improve their thinking skills and creative problem solving abilities, as well as developing positive self-esteem. In addition, the formation of human net works, the special meaning of the ‘gifted’ label, and the acquisition of personal knowledge were seen to be some of the major educative possibilities on offer at the ISEP gifted education center. However, some professors’ low levels of motivation, the absence of individualized educational plans, bureaucratic management, weak student commitment to set tasks, and a lack of opportunity for students’ social activities were clearly limitations of the ISEP gifted education center. The results of this study will contribute to, specifically, the search for new ideas to improve the operation of gifted education as well as helping to surmount the hidden problems lurking beneath the surface of the current gifted education practices in Korea, and, more generally, to enhance our understanding of the diverse gifted educational practices in operation worldwide.     

利用Matlab对物理实验数据进行处理

本文以热电偶的定标实验、二极管伏安特性实验的数据处理为例,介绍了Matlab在物理实验数据处理中的应用。与传统的实验处理方法相比,用Matlab处理物理实验数据能有效避免手工处理所带来的误差,而且方法简单,适合在实验教学中使用。     

化学实验:培养学生创新能力的有效途径

文章以具体的中学化学实验内容 ,讨论了如何利用其实验学科特点 ,以化学实验为途径 ,培养学生分析解决问题的能力和创新思维能力。     

立体裁剪技术在服装设计中的应用

阐述了立体裁剪技术在服装设计中的重要作用,总结了立体裁剪技术要求,简述了立体裁剪的优势在服装设计三要素中的体现,指出了服装设计中应用立体裁剪所能解决的关键问题。     

论《伤逝》婚恋悲剧的潜在根源——《伤逝》解读

<伤逝>自发表以来.就有许多研究者从社会学、叙事学、文化启蒙、女权主义等不同角度进行了阐释,本文试图避开以上切入视角,从婚姻家庭中两性关系的角度解读<伤逝>,探究涓生和子君婚恋悲剧的潜在根源.     

强化语文教学提高学生听说读写能力探研

对学生听、说、读、写综合能力的培养,是我国现阶段语文课堂所大力提倡的教学目标。在语文教学过程中,教师要在引导学生学会"听"的基础上,进一步提高"说"的能力,并通过课内及课外的阅读不断积淀语文底蕴、夯实语文功底,进而向提高写作能力迈进。     

探析产业结构调整背景下的职业教育发展

随着生产的发展、产业结构的调整,技术含量高的产业不断增多,即使是传统工业,随着技术改造的深入,生产的技术含量也大大增加,这就要求职业教育的专业结构要适应产业结构的调整,努力提高专业设置对产业结构调整和升级的适应性,体现职业教育的实用性、应用性。     

试论"状--动--宾"结构的层次分析

判断“状-动-宾”结构是不是多切分结构,应该从结构,功能,意义三方面来衡量。对多切分的“状-动-宾”结构进行层次分析时,应该根据“状”,“动”,“宾”这三者之间的语义疏密关系来确定。     

Nonverbatim captioning in Dutch television programs: a text linguistic approach

In the Netherlands, as in most other European countries, closed captions for the deaf summarize texts rather than render them verbatim. Caption editors argue that in this way television viewers have enough time to both read the text and watch the program. They also claim that the meaning of the original message is properly conveyed. However, many deaf people demand verbatim subtitles so that they have full access to all original information. They claim that vital information is withheld from them as a result of the summarizing process. Linguistic research was conducted in order (a) to identify the type of information that is left out of captioned texts and (b) to determine the effects of nonverbatim captioning on the meaning of the text. The differences between spoken and captioned texts were analyzed on the basis of on a model of coherence relations in discourse. One prominent finding is that summarizing affects coherence relations, making them less explicit and altering the implied meaning.     

Employment and Achievement in a Problem‐Based Curriculum

The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine to what extent the time students work on paid jobs is related to study‐time (class attendance and time devoted to self‐study) and second, to what extent the time students work on paid jobs is related to achievement. A number of 120 students from the problem‐based Faculty of Health Sciences in the Netherlands kept a time‐diary. Academic achievement was measured by using scores on the block‐test. The results showed that working about four to eight hours per week on paid jobs (as opposed to working less than four hours per week or to working intensively, more than 8 hours per week) actually is positively related to study‐time. Test‐scores are not significantly different among students who are not working on jobs, work some hours, or work a lot.