Open Minds and a Sense of Adventure: How Teachers of Art & Design Approach Technology

How does the use of technology in Art and Design differ from its use in other subjects? What uses do art teachers make that might seem noteworthy to their colleagues in other subject areas? And are there respects in which ICT affects art teaching uniquely? The following report is drawn from two national, qualitative studies, carried out over four years and involving over two hundred skilled computer users in the UK teaching force [1]. The studies explored good practice in use of ICT in twelve separate curriculum subjects. Research addressed the following questions: How does ICT help teachers convey the central concepts of their subjects? What can be learned with the aid of ICT that might not be learned as readily in any other way? The study found that each curriculum subject uses ICT distinctively, has singular hardware requirements and is treated differently in terms of resourcing and access.     

Computational Thinking Integration Patterns Along the Framework Defining Computational Thinking from a Disciplinary Perspective

Journal of Science Education and Technology - This paper describes analyses of the K–12 computational thinking (CT) integration activities collected at two NSF-funded workshops,...     

Perceptions of the Triad Model's efficacy in training family counsellors for diverse South African groups

South Africa is a multicultural, ethnically diverse society, the vast majority (over 80%) of whose members have been oppressed by the white minority under the apartheid system. A model which takes into account the sociopolitical context and is sensitive to culture and class would provide a useful theoretical framework for the formulation of clinical interventions here. Pedersen's Triad Model is considered to constitute such an approach. There have been no known attempts to introduce this model into South African clinics or training centres. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate the perceptions of the Triad Model's potential effectiveness held by trainers in family counselling. A role-play of a family counselling session was constructed, using a procounsellor and an anticounsellor Triad design, respectively. This was sent to family counselling trainers, together with an evaluation questionnaire. Of the 16 university- and 25 clinic-based trainers approached, 12 returned the questionnaire. Results reflected a significant and consistent preference for the procounsellor over the anticounsellor Triad design, and for the anticounsellor design over conventional family counselling. The findings provide encouragement for the feasibility of the Triad Model's further investigation and adoption in South Africa.     

改变人生的密码

当我坐在办公室电脑前时,原本美好的早晨被电脑屏幕弹出来的一行字给打破了——"您的密码已过期",并提示我更换密码。想一个新密码似乎没有什么大不了的,除非你在我公司工作,我们每个月都必须更换一次密码,还必须用到至少一个大写字母,一个小写字母,一个符号和一个数字。噢,还有,整个密码不得少于八个字符。而且我还不能使用任何一组在之前三个月已经使用过的密码。我顿时觉得非常生气。雪上加霜的是,我最近离婚了,陷入了深深的沮丧当中。我每天都在苦苦纠结,不愿相信