A teaching accompaniment and development model: possibilities and challenges for teaching and learning centers

ABSTRACT

We propose a ‘1-to-1’ accompaniment and teaching development model emerging from the analysis and reflection of professional experience at a Teaching and Learning Center in a Chilean university. We highlight the relevance of the bond between professor and adviser and the establishment of a horizontal relationship, where both work collaboratively on the achievement of common objectives. This means breaking away from the classic view of the counseling process, where aspects of discipline and context are not necessarily considered. Despite size scalability issues, this model is flexible in its applicability and is adaptable to different university contexts. The implementation of this model is still under development, particularly in its evaluation phase.     

2004～2005赛季CUBA三分球的数据分析

通过对2004—2005赛季CUBA联赛三分远投数据资料分析,以及与CBA、世界强队的有关数据进行比较,我们发现:三分球在CUBA中对个人得分、全队得分以及球队成绩的取得发挥了巨大的作用,但也存在命中率低,发挥不稳定和优秀的远投选手少的现象。建议在重视三分远投运用的同时,提高三分远投在强对抗下的命中率、提高三分远投的稳定性、培养更多的三分远投选手。     

谈创业教育与大学生思想政治教育的有效融合

大学生作为社会建设的中坚力量,其就业将关系到国家未来的发展和经济建设的大局,因此高校对大学生的教育培养承担着十分重要的责任,其中创业教育就是其中一个重要组成部分。高校的思想政治教育要能够顺应时代的发展,不断对教育教学方式进行创新,将创业教育引进课堂和付诸实践,这样不仅仅能够增强思政教育的吸引力,还能够促进思想政治教育的实践性顺利实施。     

Authenticity in learning for the twenty-first century: bridging the formal and the informal

The paper attempts to bridge informal and formal learning by leveraging on affordance structures associated with informal environments to help learners develop social, cognitive, and metacognitive dispositions that can be applied to learning in classrooms. Most studies focus on either learning in formal or informal contexts, but this study seeks to link the two. The paper proposes three tenets to augment de-contextualized learning in schools by putting back the: (a) tacit, (b) social-collective, and (c) informal. This paper seeks to advance the argument for a consideration of how formal learning might be made more authentic by leveraging the affordances of informal learning. Two case examples are illustrated. The first case shows learners operating in a virtual environment in which??through the collaborative manipulation of terrain??adopt the epistemic frame of geomorphologists. The case seeks to illustrate how the tacit and social-collective dimensions from the virtual environment might be incorporated as part of the formal geography curriculum. In the second case, interactions between members of a school bowling team highlight the contextualized and authentic metacognitive demands placed on learners/bowlers, and how these demands are re-contextualized??through metacognitive brokering??to the formal curriculum. Productive linkages are made between informal and formal learnings and anchored through learners?? authentic experiences.     

Moral reasoning patterns and influential factors in the context of environmental problems

This study investigated pre-service science teachers’ (PSTs’) moral reasoning patterns and the factors underlying these reasoning patterns. Local and non-local environmental dilemmas were used to examine moral reasoning patterns. An explanatory design was used with the collection and analysis of quantitative data, which was subsequently refined using qualitative interview data. For the quantitative part of the study, PSTs were asked to comment on four local and non-local environmental dilemmas (i.e. deforestation, e-waste, oil spills, and global warming). The responses were categorized as ecocentric, anthropocentric, or non-environmental reasoning. The findings showed that the participants’ moral reasoning focused on both ecocentric and anthropocentric perspectives, with a few displaying non-environmental reasoning. Concern for environmental problems was related to perceptions of whether the issue was directly related to nature, and was independent of whether the issues were local or non-local. The Moral Decision Making Interview protocol was used in the qualitative part of the study. Analysis revealed that the participants’ moral decisions were based on their resolutions in situational context and their concerns showed variations in their moral reasoning due to different factors like, effect on human life, formal principles, notion of rights, moral emotions, potential harm to others, and popular culture.     

电脑雕刻机在模型制作实践教学中的应用

随着电脑数控雕刻机的广泛应用和现代化生产的发展,模型设计与制作教学中也开始使用雕刻机,电脑数控雕刻机不仅可以提高模型的加工速度,还可以提高其美观度,并在培养和提高学生实际操作能力和综合素养方面具有优势,可使他们更好地与社会接轨,快速适应工作岗位。以啄木鸟CP6950型数控雕刻机为例,重点介绍电脑数控雕刻机在模型制作教学中的具体应用。     

我国高职院校体育文化开展模式探析

随着国家加大力度培育和扶持高等职业教育,高职院校发展速度、规模和影响迅猛攀升。针对高职院校体育文化发展过程中出现的各种问题,运用了文献资料法和逻辑推理法,分析并总结导致问题出现的各种原因。最后,提出构建一种具有高职特色体育文化开展模式的建议。     

The perceived value of higher education: the voice of Chinese students

This paper describes an exploratory study on the perceived value of higher education by Chinese students in Macao SAR, Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Taipei. Using responses from 316 students, we find that the Sheth–Newman–Gross Theory of Consumption Values explains how students perceive the services offered by higher education institutions. Students have different opinions on the value items, which we group into two functional values (the usefulness of a degree and the experiential aspect), social value, emotional value, epistemic value, and conditional value using factor analysis. A stepwise multiple regression analysis shows that students’ satisfaction depends, to a large extent, on two functional values—the experiential aspect and the usefulness of a degree. Moreover, when comparing value judgments based on gender as well as other demographic and social variables, the results show no significant differences between the mean scores in perceived values. Implications for delivering effective educational services in higher education conclude the paper.