This article discusses how, following in the footsteps of United States imperial children’s writers Jacob Abbott and Edward Stratemeyer, Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade (1860–1936), the original author of the Our Little Cousins series (1901–1905), contributed to the American culture of empire. Wade was one of the most prolific and popular imperialistic turn-of-the-twentieth-century American children’s authors. Yet, she remains understudied and virtually unknown, except among a few scholars who have examined, briefly, a few of her most prominent texts. Given Wade’s current popularity within certain Christian Evangelical homeschooling circles, and the resurgence of imperialist and othering discourses as part of the War on Terror, revealing her project and understanding its messages and relevance for the twenty-first century, is today all the more urgent. 相似文献
A precise micro-location compliant stage with elastics-supported system is enmployed for investigations.The general motion of stage supported by elastic structure is described.The analyses of forward displecement and inverse displacement of stage are formulated.The study of input-output behavior of compliant mechanisms actually belongs to a stress-strain field problem.By using finite element analysis.the compliance coefficients of the stage supported by ring are calculated.Finally,a case is inverstigated to exemplity these formulae. 相似文献
In this study, a one-year program was conducted to investigate the relationships between students’ perceptions of mobile learning and their tendencies of peer interaction and higher-order thinking in issue-based mobile learning activities. To achieve the research objective, a survey consisting of eight scales, namely, usability, continuity, adaptive content, collaboration, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity, was developed. A total of 658 students from 38 high schools in Taiwan filled in the questionnaire after experiencing issue-based mobile learning activities. From the exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, it was found that the questionnaire had high reliability and validity. The structural equation model further revealed that the provision of adaptive content in the mobile learning had positive impacts on the students’ tendency to interact with peers (i.e., collaboration and communication), which further affected their tendency to engage in higher-order thinking (i.e., problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity). The findings of this study provide a good reference for researchers and school teachers who intend to promote mobile learning in school settings. 相似文献
The success of an intervention depends not only upon its theoretical soundness, but also on proper implementation that reflects
the guidelines derived from its theoretical conception. Debates surrounding the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL)
have focused on its theoretical conception and students’ learning outcomes, but implementation is seemingly absent from the
picture. This paper attempts to describe what research evidence is needed to fill in this missing information and provide
a clearer picture of PBL. The author examines current PBL implementation practices and identifies potentially confounding
variables that may play a role in inconsistent or conflicting research results in PBL. For example, various models of PBL
have been developed and implemented to afford the specific instructional needs of the institution or learner population. These
PBL models are in fact quite different in terms of the nature of problem solving and the degrees of self-directed learning,
which theoretically, should result in different types of learning outcomes. Without distinguishing the models used, the results
of comparative PBL research could have been confounded. Furthermore, human factors are another set of confounding variables
that could influence the students’ learning processes and consequently affect PBL implementations and research results. To
remedy these problems and reach PBL’s full potential, as well as obtain a more accurate picture of PBL as an instructional
method and its effects on students’ learning, some fundamental changes are needed. 相似文献
Early childhood is a critical period of rapid physical, cognitive, and psycho-social development of a child. The quality of
care and education which a child receives at this crucial age will determine to a great extent the level of his/her physical
and cognitive development in the future. In Nigeria, Early Childhood Care, Development and Education (ECCDE) is an aspect
of Universal Basic Education which was introduced in 1999 to increase the access of children to basic education and improve
the state of education in the country. While all hands are on deck to ensure successful implementation and achievement of
the objectives of the scheme, it is unfortunate that ECCDE is facing some challenges thus making it unrecognized in Nigeria.
This paper examines the challenges of early childhood education in Nigeria. To improve the situation, the following measures
are recommended: establishment of more public crèche, kindergarten, and nursery schools by the government; enforcement of
the use of mother tongue in the teaching of children; training more personnel in the field of early childhood education in
tertiary institutions; and introducing unified curriculum as well as providing more infrastructures. 相似文献
Lynne Cherry Brandwein Lecture March 2010 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Young
Voices on Climate Change: Inspired and Empowered Youth Tackle Climate Science and Find Climate Solutions. As a child, Lynne
Cherry was profoundly connected to the natural world and a special place. She watched the destruction of her world. Now, through
her Young Voices on Climate Change project, she is trying to give teachers and young people the tools to prevent planetary
meltdown on a greater scale. Global climate change is upon us and the need for education and action is immediate. Outreach,
visual storytelling, and scientific understanding are especially necessary in light of the recent polls that show that the
public is becoming more confused and less concerned about climate change. Cherry’s climate book, co-authored with photojournalist
Gary Braasch, and her Young Voices on Climate Change films feature climate solutions. They’re about win–win—save the environment,
protect human health, reduce global warming gases, demonstrate youth making a difference with practical tools, motivate engagement
in climate science, take pride in increased science literacy, reach young people through their hearts as well as their minds,
and save money. Although young people can help their parents, peers and communities understand climate science, they can also
show them that reducing CO2 is in their economic interest, and spur them to take action. School carbon reduction initiatives are spilling over into communities
yielding measurable results in both global warming gas reductions and significant monetary savings. 相似文献
Part II of “Reclaiming Kindergarten” continues the discussion related to responding to the crisis in today’s kindergarten.
In Part II, two policy questions are posed, the answers to which seek to respond to this continuing crisis. The questions
center on issues related to engaging families in kindergarten and the need to consider a new early childhood paradigm where
kindergarten is part of a continuous and seamless educational experience spanning prekindergarten through third grade. As
in Part I, examples of classroom practice are used to illustrate the effective implementation of these principles in a kindergarten
classroom. 相似文献
The significance of competing conceptions of civic engagement is increasingly apparent as efforts are made to respond to the measurement imperative that characterises contemporary higher education. The importance of devising appropriate means of recognising and incentivising civic engagement is asserted in this paper and the potential offered by emerging measurement and mapping methodologies is considered. The empirical basis for the argument derives from a multi-site case study of the process of embedding community-based learning within Irish higher education. Analysis of interview data from four cases, drawn from the university and extra-university sector, yielded, inter alia, a typology of orientations to civic engagement. Findings are discussed, including those relating to orientations, ambivalence, scepticism, and legitimisation strategies. The case is made that these themes and the factors which impact on sustainability are mirrored within the wider domain of civic engagement—hence the opportunity to learn from a civically engaged pedagogy.
Multicultural policy in South Korea faces variants of challenges endemic to multiculturalism. These challenges are “dilemmas
of difference,” “variable terms of inclusion,” and “legitimacy.” In Korea, these challenges arise in a setting in which ethnic
diversity is of relatively recent origin, an ideology of ethnic homogeneity is prevalent, and official multicultural policy
is limited in its reach to those who are designated as “multicultural families,” that is families in which one spouse is Korean
and the other an immigrant, usually the wife, and their offspring. The exclusion of migrant workers and their families from
Korea’s multicultural framework poses a core contradiction in Korean multicultural policies. This contradiction must be resolved
if multiculturalism in education and other spheres is to promote equality and provide a foundation for national integration
on terms that are equitable to the diverse constituents of Korean society. Inevitably, this will require a redefinition of
what it means to “be Korean.” Even if multicultural policies fall short in their immediate effects on those toward whom they
are directed, multiculturalism represents a significant shift in the discourse of Korean identity and will be terrain on which
the status of diverse groups in Korea will be contested. 相似文献