Establishing a Center to Support Faculty Research

This article describes the establishment in fall 2002 of a School of Education Research Center designed to support faculty in increasing productivity and quality in research. Details are provided about center goals, services, staffing, space, resources, and logistics during the first year of operation. In addition, data are shared about faculty usage of the Center, the level of faculty satisfaction with center services in the first year, and initial increases in faculty productivity. The article concludes with plans for continued data collection to monitor the impact of the Center, a discussion of lessons learned at this point in the Center's development, and possibilities for the evolution of the Center. All authors are at the University of Colorado, Denver. Laura Goodwin, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, is Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs and continues to serve as a Faculty Research Associate. Elizabeth Kozleski, Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, is the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education. Lynn Rhodes, Ed.D., Indiana University, is the Dean of the School of Education. Rodney Muth, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, is a professor of Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies in the school and chaired the Research Center Advisory Board. Kim Kennedy White, M.A., University of Oregon, was the original School of Education Research Center Coordinator and was responsible for collecting most of the data included in this study.     

基于核密度估计多样性采集的背景建模算法

1IntroductionBackground subtraction methods are extensively ex-ploited for moving object detection in videos in manyapplications ,such as traffic monitoring[1],human mo-tion capture[2]and video surveillance[3]. The centralidea behind such methods is to segment foreground ini mage sequences taken from a fixed camera by com-paring each newframe to a model of the scene back-ground . Therefore , correctly and efficiently modelingand updating the background model is one of the mostchallenging aspec…     

掺杂剂与基质材料能量匹配的红色有机发光二极管

1　Introduction　Organiclight emittingdiodes(OLEDs)haveattract edconsiderableattentionduetoitsgreatpotentialinefficiency ,low voltage ,large area ,lightweight ,andfull colorflat paneldisplays[1,2 ] .Forfull colordis plays ,itisnecessarytohaveefficientred ,green ,andblueemitterswithappropriatechromaticity .Bycom parisonwiththehighperformanceofblueandgreenOLEDs ,theperformanceandpurechromaticityofredOLEDsarestillrelativelypoor .UsuallyredOLEDsareimprovedbydopingreddyesintohostmaterialswit…     

多元智能与幼儿英语教学

近几年来,幼儿英语教学在我国获得蓬勃发展,但是由于缺少先进的科学理论指导,目前很多幼儿园的英语教学定位不准,目标不明确,给人感觉英语教学好像游离于学前教育体系之外。如何真正把英语教学纳入学前教育体系之中,已成为摆在我们面前的新课题。本文认为,加德纳的多元智能理论符合我国学前教育的培养目标和要求,用它来指导英语教学,能激发幼儿学习英语的兴趣,促进多种智能开发,提高整体素质,从而推进我国幼儿教育事业的发展。     

陆费逵论职业教育

陆费逵是中国现代著名教育家、出版家，他的职业教育思想主要涉及三个方面，即民国教育方针、职业教育与国民教育及人才教育的关系，职业道德教育等。     

中国古代的习惯法及其当代意义

中国古代的习惯法主要存在于“礼”中,且具有宗族性和民族性的特点。习惯法的形成有其客观的经济基础和社会基础,同时能够有效弥补制定法的不足。古代习惯法对当代中国在法源理论以及法的实现等方面具有深刻的借鉴意义。     

素质教育:神话还是现实

近十几年来,素质教育在中国教育界堪称是影响最大、流传最广的教育观念,从官方至学校、从公众到家长,都对素质教育充满了美好期待。然而,随着时间的流逝,人们却不得不接受这样一个事实——素质教育在推行过程中似乎困难重重,“素质教育轰轰烈烈,应试教育扎扎实实”成为教育界有目共睹的文化景观。对目前的基础教育来说,素质教育好像只是“神话”而并非“现实”。那么,问题究竟出在何处?笔者认为,应该到了对素质教育进行系统反思和总结的时候了,反思的目的不是为了标新立异,而是为了更好地改进工作。造成素质教育难以实施的原因,观念不是最根…     

新时期农民增收举措再探讨

当前，农民增收困难已成为农村经济全面发展的“瓶颈”约束。农民收入增长缓慢既有政府宏观调控方面的原因、中观农业产业本身的原因，又有农民素质方面的原因。增加农民收入，政府必须加大农业支持力度，改变农村经济增长方式，全面提高农民素质。     

Designing Curriculum-Based Mathematics Professional Development for Kindergarten Teachers

This study examines the influence of a year-long mathematics professional development program on Kindergarten teachers’ beliefs, content knowledge, instructional practices, and their students’ achievement. The professional development program is grounded in the theoretical construct of learner-centered professional development and focuses on supporting teachers’ integration of standards-based pedagogies aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. Data analysis included examining 15 Kindergarten teachers’ mathematics content knowledge, their beliefs about mathematics, their enactment of student-centered pedagogies, and student achievement on curriculum-based assessments. Findings indicated that teachers adopted more student-centered pedagogies and embraced more student-centered beliefs about mathematics teaching during their time in the project. Further, Kindergarten teachers also demonstrated gains in their mathematical content knowledge, and those content knowledge gains were linked to gains in student achievement.