You are never alone: understanding the educational potential of an ‘urban solo’ in promoting place-responsiveness

Abstract

Solos have a long history in outdoor learning (education) for their use in ‘wilderness’ settings. They have been theorised in experiential education literature and through phenomenological concepts where dwelling and solitude provide unstructured time for individual reflection. Place-Based Education provides opportunities for educators to develop place-responsive practices in areas local to where people live, work and study. This paper reports on an exploratory investigation into a Masters-level course. Students were required to undertake an ‘urban solo’ in a familiar place and consider how ontological disruption might be nurtured in city-based locations. Six students participated in semi-structured interviews which were then analysed thematically using a constructivist grounded theory approach. Findings revealed that their solo experiences had had a profound and unexpected effect on all students. These changes seemed to occur as the result of an ontological shift in the students from being passive receptors of stimuli to engaging more actively with their surroundings. We concluded that, because of its simplicity and close proximity to school grounds, the urban solo is one way for teachers to overcome the barriers they consistently report to outdoor learning. We recommend that future studies draw further on urban theorists to develop more city-based, place-responsive practices.     

动机因素对外语学习的影响

学习动机因素对非英语专业学生是否能学好英语有深刻的影响。学习动机可以分为两大类:融入性动机和工具性动机。调查表明:绝大多数受访者持有工具性动机。本文将探讨其原因所在,并就英语教学提出几点建议。     

论高职院校食品营养与检测专业在“W-H-W”模式下实施仪器分析教学

根据现代仪器分析的发展,结合高职食品营养与检测专业的培养目标,本文就仪器分析教学存在的现状展开讨论,提出了在＂W-H-W＂模式下实践仪器分析教学。目的是期望提高教学质量,发展高职学生的科学素养以及解决实际问题的能力。     

答辩式考核模式在普通高等院校“仪器分析”课程中的探索与实践

传统的闭卷考试方式作为“仪器分析”课程学习评定的唯一途径,会导致学生仅仅死记硬背一些的基本概念、基本原理和基本使用方法,既不利于学生学习能力的培养,更不利于学生发挥主观创新能力和积极性思考问题,应用相关理论解决实际问题的能力培养。采用答辩式考核模式能够克服传统闭卷考核方式中机械的记忆矛盾,着重考核了学生应用相关理论、方法、原理解决现实生活的仪器分析问题,并设计科学实验方案的综合学习能力。     

Explaining Gender Differences in the Perception of Support Availability: The Mediating Effects of Construct Availability and Accessibility

Perceived support availability (PSA), a general belief about the likelihood that social support will be available when needed, is associated with numerous processes and outcomes of supportive communication. Currently, however, there is little understanding of the factors that contribute to this belief. Numerous studies have reported gender differences in PSA, with women generally indicating that they see support as more available than do men; in turn, gender differences in PSA have been cited to explain gender differences in the production and interpretation of supportive messages. In an effort to explain gender differences in PSA and, more broadly, understand the social-cognitive factors that contribute to individual differences in PSA, this article proposes and reports a test of a theoretical model that treats PSA as the outcome of the availability and accessibility of cognitive schemata for construing social situations. Participants (150 men and 271 women) completed instruments providing assessments of PSA, construct availability (cognitive complexity), and construct accessibility (expressive and instrumental orientations). Bootstrap procedures for the simultaneous assessment of multiple mediators found that construct accessibility generally was a stronger mediator of gender differences in PSA than construct availability. However, a cooperative suppression effect was found for 1 index of construct accessibility, complicating the interpretation of mediation effects.     

试析西洋歌剧中声乐演唱形式的艺术特征

西洋歌剧是世界化的瑰宝。歌剧中喜闻乐见的独唱、重唱和合唱形式有着各自不同的表现功能,显示不同的艺术特征。     

用化学法和现场检测仪法测定室内空气中甲醛的对照实验

用化学、仪器两种方法对居室空气中的甲醛进行了样品的对照实验及显著性差异的检验,并对化学法标准曲线进行了回归方程检验．结果表明:标准曲线符合要求;两种方法所测样品结果无显著性差异,且用甲醛检测仪省时省力,是开展室内甲醛监测的理想仪器之一．     

语文教学必须注重培养学生的人文素养

为适应新形势的发展需要，为了培养真正合格的国家建设人才，笔者认为在语文教学中，必须既要注重学科的工具性，又要关注其人文性，培养学生的人文素养、人文情感、人文理想，弘扬民族的人文精神．文章就此问题，谈谈粗浅的见解。     

"三老"语文教育"工具论"评析

“工具论”是“三老”(叶圣陶、吕叔湘、张志公)语文教育思想的核心,对我国当代语文教育有着深刻的影响。它使语文教学长期以来受到“工具性”的制约,走进了科学化、技术化的误区,并导致人文精神的失落。然而,语文界至今仍有人把“三老”的教育理论视为圭臬,对于片面强调工具性所产生的弊端缺乏认真的反思。这将给正在进行的语文课程改革造成极大的思想障碍。     

独奏与欣赏散论

在表演艺术中，任何成功的演奏（唱）都离不开欣赏对象的合作 。本就器乐独奏表演中的选曲，练习，表演场所，受众对象等各个不同环节的特点进行分析，以阐明器乐独奏只有通过与欣赏的沟通，交流，心中时刻装有听众，才能更好完成对音乐作品的二度再创造。