学生着眼于全球问题的解决

[1]虽然还不到开车的年龄,迈克尔·吉普森已经在心中梦想着自己的汽车。但斯托高级中学的学生并不是在思考一辆保时捷汽车或宝马汽车是否能够更好地在佛蒙特州那使人愉悦弯曲迂回的道路以不宜说出口的速度行驶。不,他漂亮的车轮设计只有一个目的:帮助减轻全球气候变化问题。[2]公平地说,迈克尔有些额外动机。他与三位合伙人一起——一位来自美国,另外两个来自中国——已经进入了全球挑战竞赛,这是本地创立的一个提高美国学生数学和科学能力的竞赛活动。[3]在过去一学年的课程中,这个小组提出了一份长达30页的商业报告,设计了一辆在每个轮子…     

STEAM Designed and Enacted: Understanding the Process of Design and Implementation of STEAM Curriculum in an Elementary School

Journal of Science Education and Technology - Educators are now moving classroom instructional objectives away from what content do we need to know towards how can we support learners in the...     

"My Ladies Aren't Interested in Learning": Managers, Supervisors and the Social Context of Learning

This paper is based on a research project which examines the opportunities for and barriers to workplace learning amongst low-grade staff in the UK public sector. It examines the key role of managers and supervisors, who make many of the decisions about individuals' access to learning opportunities. Their perception of staff's willingness and need to learn is influenced by factors such as age, gender or the likelihood of career development. It is these managers who control the immediate work environment and the flow of information about learning opportunities. Innovative examples of workplace learning are described, yet the paper concludes that the reality for many low grade manual and routine clerical staff continues to be one of limited opportunities for workplace learning.     

Post-school transitions in Ireland: a case study of Russian-speaking students

ABSTRACT

This article examines the post-school pathways of Russian-speaking students in Ireland after completing secondary education; the importance of personal and institutional factors in shaping their transition process, and the role of parents and schools in achieving the post-school goals. The article draws on the qualitative exploratory study of 14 Russian-speaking migrant-origin students, to see how this group progresses beyond secondary schooling in the Irish education system. The study found that all participants had high educational aspirations. Most students achieved their desired first-choice post-school pathway, despite coming from a different linguistic and cultural background. The article points to a range of factors, which affect the post-school transition of migrant young people. The findings are discussed in light of Ireland’s liberal welfare state model with neo-liberal tendencies where those in positions of power can buy into the advantages of the more neo-liberal side of the regime.     

Social Pragmatics: Preschoolers Rely on Commonsense Psychology to Resolve Referential Underspecification

Four experiments show that 4- and 5-year-olds (total N = 112) can identify the referent of underdetermined utterances through their Naïve Utility Calculus—an intuitive theory of people’s behavior structured around an assumption that agents maximize utilities. In Experiments 1–2, a puppet asked for help without specifying to whom she was talking (“Can you help me?”). In Experiments 3–4, a puppet asked the child to pass an object without specifying what she wanted (“Can you pass me that one?”). Children’s responses suggest that they considered cost trade-offs between the members in the interaction. These findings add to a body of work showing that reference resolution is informed by commonsense psychology from early in childhood.