Perspectives of new trades tutors: boundary crossing between vocational identities

This article reports on a study of the perspectives of new tutors teaching traditional vocational trades who recently commenced teaching in the Institutes of Technologies and Polytechnics (ITPs) sector in New Zealand. The perspectives are collated from questionnaires and interviews of 13 tutors, from five ITPs, who have been teaching full-time for two years. In this article, a focus is made on the transformation process from expert trade worker to effective trades tutor, along with suggestions to assist the ‘boundary crossing’ process between two diverse vocational identities. Suggestions include aligning trades tutors' existing workplace training-based conceptualisations of teaching and learning to extend trades tutors' teaching craft knowledge, skills, and dispositions.     

对普通高等院校体育舞蹈开展状况的分析与研究

运用文献资料研究法、问卷调查法和数理统计法,对50所普通高等院校体育舞蹈课程开展现状进行调查与分析.调查结果显示:高校体育舞蹈已开展起来,但现处于初步探索阶段;体育舞蹈教师的专业技术水平较低,教师的水平是影响体育舞蹈运动在高校发展的主要因素,应重视教师业务能力和技术水平的提高,为教师提供更多的业务培训机会;同时,体育舞蹈教学大纲、教材的编制、辅助课程的开设、高校间的竞赛组织也是制约体育舞蹈运动发展的重要因素.     

The effects of school board consolidation and financing on student performance

Over the last 20 years, states and provinces have become increasingly involved in the financing and administration of elementary and secondary education. Local school boards, however, still retain control over key aspects of the provision of education. Historically, these boards were organized at the community level so as to meet the wants of the local community. Today, states and provinces have become more interested in consolidating school boards and moving to a more centralized funding scheme. Do these changes result in improved student achievement? This paper attempts to answer these questions by examining the school board consolidation and funding changes instituted by the province of Ontario. We differentiate the effects of the policy changes based on observed differences in the school boards prior to consolidation. We show that students in previously high wealth school boards perform worse after the policy change compared to students in previously low wealth school boards.     

Preservice teacher education students’ epistemological beliefs and conceptions about learning

A questionnaire was administered to 231 Hong Kong preservice teacher education students to examine their epistemological beliefs and conceptions of learning. Pearson correlation analysis showed significant pairs of epistemological beliefs and conceptions of learning. Regression and path analysis showed epistemological beliefs had significant predictor relationships with conceptions of learning. Four structural equation models were proposed to examine the predictive relationships between epistemological beliefs and selected pairs of quantitative and qualitative conceptions of learning, and the models were validated by confirmatory factor analysis. The results support the hypothesis that epistemological beliefs have significant predictive relationships with quantitative and qualitative conceptions of learning, implying epistemological beliefs play an important role in students’ learning. The paper concludes with implications drawn for the future direction of educational practices and research.     

Pedagogical influence of interaction with cooperating teachers on the efficacy beliefs of student teachers

Abstract

Cooperating teachers are often identified as some of the most important figures in the preparation of new teachers, and the reasons are not difficult to understand. Surprisingly, however, very little research has been conducted to quantify the effects of cooperating teachers on student teachers. This study examines the impact of student teachers' perceived interactions with their cooperating teachers and the influence that interaction has on student teachers' self‐efficacy for teaching. Results indicate a moderate correlation between perceptions of teaching efficacy and cooperating teacher‐student teacher interactions. Differences were found in the frequency of interaction based on the certification level of the student teacher, with elementary level student teachers perceiving a greater amount of interaction with their cooperating teachers. However, no differences based on certification level were detected in perceived efficacy. Student teachers' perceptions of the level of guidance offered by their cooperating teachers provided the most reliable predictor for their efficacy belief.     

我国高等体育院校附属竞技体校人才培养模式的研究

高等体育院校附属竞技体校在竞技体育人才培养上取得了一定的成绩,形成特有的人才培养模式.采用模式分析的研究方法,结合典型案例对高等体育院校附属竞技体校人才培养模式进行分析和概括.竞技体校人才培养模式是建立在科学化基础上的学训并重的人才培养模式,是我国末来竞技体育健康、可持续发展的重要途径.其特征主要体现在培养定位是"学生运动员",有利于运动员综合素质的全面发展;高校良好的人文与育人环境;经费来源的多渠道;在一个培养单位完成多年培养目标的"一条龙"培养;亦读亦训的学训结合;科学高效的训练组织等方面.     

构建模拟课堂探究教学模式改革化学教学论实验教学

本文主要立足基础教育课程改革的新形势对高师化学教学论实验课程提出的新要求,从实验教学理念、教学方法、教学模式上探讨化学教学论实验的教学改革,阐述了构建模拟课堂探究教学模式的思想,模式的设计和实施,以及初步成效。为有效培养适应新时期要求的未来中学化学教师进行了有益的尝试。     

论罗斯福的《农业调整法》及农业政策

在20世纪30年代的大危机中,美国农业也受到其严重影响。罗斯福为解决农业危机颁布了一项重要的法案,即《农业调整法》。这项法案也体现了罗斯福在农业上的一些政策。2008年以次贷危机为导火索引发的金融危机使人们又重新回归研究罗斯福"新政"时期的各种政策,其在农业方面的政策更可为我国这样的"农业大国"提供借鉴和启示。     

Cross-and same-race friendships of Vietnamese immigrant adolescents: A focus on acculturation and school diversity

The purpose of this study was to examine friendship developments of 153 Vietnamese immigrant adolescents who resided in an East Coast metropolitan area of the United States. We examined the influences of school diversity and acculturation on the quantity and quality of cross-and same-race friendships. Surprisingly, students who came from schools that are more diverse reported fewer cross-race friendships and lower levels of social support from their cross-race friends. American acculturation predicted greater levels of social support from cross-race friends. For same-race friendships, students who went to schools with higher percentage of Asian students reported more same-race friendships; however, percentage of Asian students was not a significant predictor of social support from same-race friends. Students who reported greater levels of Vietnamese acculturation reported greater levels of social support from their same-race friends. This study has implications for understanding the impact of school diversity and acculturation on friendship development of Vietnamese immigrants. Also, suggestions on how to better conceptualize and measure diversity are discussed.     

A clinical rationale for assessing rapid automatized naming in children with language disorders

Three continuous rapid naming tasks (Semel, Wiig, & Secord, 1995) were administered to 2,450 American, English-speaking, academically achieving individuals with typical language development and intellectual ability (ages 6 to 21 years) and 136 individuals with primary language disorders (LD; ages 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15-16). Naming time in seconds differed significantly (p < .01) between the groups for color naming (Task 1) at age 12, shape naming (Task 2) at age 6, and color-shape naming (Task 3) at ages 6, 7, 9, and 12. Naming accuracy did not differ significantly (p > .01) between groups at the majority of the age levels compared. In the normative group, naming speed increased with age in a monotonic progression. The developmental trajectory in the LD group was essentially parallel, but elevated. The percentages of individuals who failed the naming-time criteria for Task 3 (color-shape naming) differed significantly in the two groups at all ages compared (p < .05). These findings indicate that the requirements for two-dimensional, continuous naming (Task 3 color-shape naming) resulted in reduced naming speed (longer total times) and interference with fluency in language production in about half of the clinical sample.