理论逻辑、认知逻辑与生活逻辑的三维一体——中山大学博士生思政课教学改革研究

通过对中山大学博士生思想政治理论课改革与教学实效性的实证研究可以看到,在遵循教育与学生成长的双重规律的前提下,以理论逻辑为基础、认知逻辑为尺度、生活逻辑为指向的三维一体是中山大学思想政治理论课教学取得实效性的有效机制。其中,理论逻辑强调培养学生理性思维和人文素养;认知逻辑着重建构主动学习和契合学生认知水平;生活逻辑力求直面现实和满足学生成长需要。     

学校育人过程中文化自觉性的培养

文化自觉性是指生活在一定文化中的人对其文化有自知之明,理解所接触到的多种文化,通过自主的适应,取长补短,确立一个共同认可的基本秩序。加强文化自觉性培养是育人规律的基本要求,是主体文化人格养成的基本要求,也是文化自身发展传承的基本要求,更是使中华民族在国际竞争中立于不败之地的必要保证。培养青年学生的文化自觉性,就是培养其对于当今时代先进文化的自觉意识。文化自觉性培养的路径包括传播全面的知识,突出教育的主体性,加强制度建设和重视优秀文化的传承和发扬。     

建构主义视野中教师学习解析

作为改造教师主观世界的活动,教师学习的实质是教师内在的思想、能力和情感的变化。建构主义教师学习是教师以主动发现和探究的态度与过程,在拓展和提升原有知识和经验基础上获致丰富教育理想和知识、增进专业理解和技能,不断更新自我,培育创造性生命力的成长过程。改善我国教师教育中的教师学习要有自我超越的意识和勇气,营造促进教师理解与思考的环境,涵养诤友式的合作文化。     

近30年来我国师德建设伦理学思想的冲突与交融

20世纪80年代以来,我国师德建设中,道义论强调自觉的责任感、对道德律的敬重感和行善后的愉悦感、行为的道德评价标准;功利论强调教师思想政治工作制度中道德与利益结合的合理性;契约论则肯定教师责任和道德义务来自于自愿契约。帮助教师认识、提升和凝炼师德的内涵,重振道义论伦理思想的理想精神,融合多元伦理思想,是我国师德建设的选择。     

农村教师的身份认同状况及其思考

农村教师的身份经历了由政治身份向专业身份的演变。文化资本与超负荷的工作承载使农村教师的自我认同度和社会认同度不高,直接影响到教师职业文化的继承与传递。政府要采取措施,实施均权的身份政策,尤其要通过提升农村教师的社会地位来提升农村教师的身份认同感。     

The Earlier the Better? Pausing for Thought …

Is earlier intervention always superior? Using two complementary forms of meta-analysis, Gardner and colleagues find no support for the “earlier is better” hypothesis in outcomes of parenting programs for child behavior problems across the 2–11 year age range. This commentary explores possible methodological and substantive reasons for the pattern of their findings. We need additional careful analyses of this kind, assessing age variations in intervention effects across broader age ranges, and in other developmental domains, for strong tests of the “earlier is better” hypothesis. At this stage, however, Gardner et al.'s findings give us some pause for thought.     

Teachers’ role and attitudes concerning ADHD medication: A qualitative analysis

The increased use of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication by children has led to growing concerns. In a previous study, we found that many of the teachers that were interviewed about ADHD spontaneously associated ADHD with medication. The present study is a qualitative reanalysis of what precisely these 30 primary school teachers had spontaneously said about medication in our previous semi‐structured interviews on ADHD. Almost all respondents had experience with pupils taking ADHD medication. The majority of spontaneously mentions medication as the treatment of ADHD. Attitudes towards ADHD medication use by pupils are mainly ambivalent, but more positive than negative effects of medication are reported. However, what teachers say about ADHD medication is often not based on sound information; their attitudes tend to be formed by personal experiences rather than founded on professional and scientific sources. We conclude from our analysis that it will be in the interest of reducing the number of children on ADHD medication that teachers have good access to verified and up‐to‐date information on ADHD and medication so that they are better supported in making evidence‐based pedagogical judgments.     

Socio-scientific reasoning and environmental literacy in a field-based ecology class

The complex environmental challenges humanity faces require citizens who are scientifically and environmentally literate. Many environmental education programs are situated in the field where students are immersed in their learning. These field-based activities are engaging but may lack opportunities for students to develop critical thinking and reasoning skills necessary to be environmentally literate. We suggest a socio-scientific issue (SSI) based teaching approach can increase epistemic engagement and lead to student gains in scientific and environmental literacy. This study describes how we modified an existing field-based ecology course, framing the learning around a local environmental socio-scientific issue. We used a convergent parallel mixed-methods approach to examine the changes in socio-scientific reasoning (SSR) over time for high school students in this course as a measure of scientific and environmental literacy. Results indicate that a focused SSI field-based environmental education curriculum can support development of socio-scientific reasoning and environmental literacy competencies among high school students.     

Christian Higher Education in the United States: The Crisis of Evangelical Identity

The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) is the most successful higher education organization to emerge from the modern American evangelical movement. Especially within the context of the United States, higher education has been a key element of neo-evangelicalism since the 1940s. Rather than choosing between biblical truth and cultural outreach, post–World War II neo-evangelicals called the church toward a thoughtful approach to address the needs of the world. The early movement was focused not only on evangelistic ministry efforts, but also on education as a primary means for shaping the culture. As modern evangelicalism took shape in the 1950s, the movement struggled to find a consistent moral voice. From early challenges related to the civil rights movement to current debates over poverty and immigration, evangelicals have engaged with cultural issues, but with a wide variety of strategies and viewpoints. Political issues have brought evangelicals into public life, and some leaders have used elections as the primary means for promoting moral concerns. Consequently, the public may often view U.S. evangelicals as activists concerned with political voting rather than as sincere followers of Christ who are committed to social ethics. Yet, the Christian college represents a significant platform for sustaining evangelical thought in public life. Evangelicalism has suffered a fracturing in the last decade or so, and the term now carries a negative connotation in some circles. Many colleges in the CCCU are searching for a new way to describe their evangelical identity. The historical meaning of the term evangelical focused on gospel proclamation and social reform. A return to this emphasis, as well as an alignment with the international focus of evangelical movement, can provide a more accurate and consistent legacy for evangelical institutions.