Teachers’ Workplace Learning and the Learning Portfolio

During the years 1994‐1996 the Federal Government of Australia conducted the National Professional Development Program (NPDP) for teachers. This paper reports on a project concerned with investigating the views of significant stakeholders about the issue of accreditation of teacher learning in NPDP projects and developing a means by which such accreditation could take place. The project was carried out in the final year of the NPDP and sought to provide a vehicle for teachers to gain university credit for their workplace learning in many of the projects conducted during the three years of the NPDP.     

基于扎根理论的教师个人知识生成路径探究

教师个人知识观念在教师的专业生活中产生着重要作用.扎根理论研究方法论基于资料收集的广泛性、研究变量的生成性,将其方法论运用于教师个人知识探究中,可建构教师个人知识在实践中的生成路径,为研究者揭示教师个人知识与其教学实践之间的关系提供了借鉴.基于扎根理论的实证研究发现,教师个人知识的获得来源于个体在集体教研活动中能动性的发挥,个体知识的内容源于教师在具体教学情境中对个人专业知识的理解与运用.     

现代学校教育是亟待元产业化的元产业

教育能否产业化,其说不一。原因是对学习和教育的本质认识不清。学习,实质是学习者能动而有选择地感知、加工、转化信息,生产知识、智能、道德、品格,提高自身素质,从根本上开发、生产、优化、发展生产力的元生产;教育是合作性元生产;现代学校教育是系统开发、生产、优化、发展生产力的元产业。其性质为：本原性、元开发性、可持续性、人本性、公益性等。为适应知识经济、智能型生产力、经济社会对人才的要求,元产业亟待元产     

Tasks and trajectories in learning to teach

University‐based teacher‐education programmes in the USA confront mounting pressure to demonstrate that graduates will have a significant and positive impact on student achievement. Such pressure has forced teacher educators to wrestle with the question of what constitutes compelling evidence that teacher candidates will indeed have such an impact. This paper presents the deliberations and resulting investigation of a team of university faculty members seeking to account for preservice elementary‐school teachers’ learning and development. It offers a preliminary articulation of a trajectory of learning, and a critique of the tasks and the programmatic experiences from which this trajectory is constructed.     

Measuring patients' communication apprehension about interacting with physicians: Instrument development

The purpose of these studies was to develop an instrument to measure patients' perceived communication apprehension in patient/physician interactions. In the first stydy, a five item Patients' Report of Communication Apprehension with Physicians (PRCAP) was developed. The scale appears to be a reliable, unidimensional scale which shows a moderate positive correlation with the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA), a moderate negative correlation with willingness to communicate (WTC), and a moderate negative correlation with self‐perceived communication competence (SPCC). In the second study, designed to assess the predictive validity of the PRCAP, those who scored one standard deviation above the mean on the PRCAP reported being less satisfied with their interactions with physicians than those who scored one standard deviation below the mean on the PRCAP. It appears the PRCAP is a reliable and valid instrument that can be employed to pursue issues involving the role of CA in patient/physician interactions.     

Developing reading comprehension through collaborative learning

The present study explores the development and promotion of reading comprehension in primary school students, in the context of the implementation of an educational programme called ‘Learning Together’ (LT). The programme, which centred on collaborative learning activities, was designed to promote oral and written communication in primary school Mexican children. Analyses revealed that children who participated in the LT programme, in comparison with students in a control condition, produced higher‐quality written summaries of texts they had read, both when working in teams and when working individually. This suggests that the LT participants appropriated and transferred the text comprehension strategies promoted, so that they could apply these strategies effectively not only in collaborative contexts but also independently, that is, in a self‐regulated and autonomous fashion. The theoretical and practical implications of the work are discussed in relation to understanding and promoting oracy and literacy processes in primary school students.     

双语教学模式下《国际贸易实务》课程实训教学研究

实训教学是高职专业课程教学的重要环节,是实现高职人才培养目标的重要途径。由于《国际贸易实务》课程的涉外性,双语教学是该课程教学改革的方向。在双语教学模式下,有特色的实训教学在很大程度上能帮助学生提升语言能力、职业岗位能力和综合技能水平,将学生专业能力和语言能力的培养有机结合,实现高职人才培养目标。     

网络词典词库配置的主体间性思考——以有道词典为例

首先介绍网络词典的发展现状,然后结合有道词典论述版权购买类、网页抓取类和维基架构类三类词库的优点和局限,最后从设计的主体间性入手探讨如何发挥编者、技术人员和用户三类设计主体的优势以实现网络词库配置的整合和优化。