Using ‘big ideas’ to enhance teaching and student learning

Organising teaching of a topic around a small number of ‘big ideas’ has been argued by many to be important in teaching for deep understanding, with big ideas being able to link different activities and to be framed in ways that provide perceived relevance and routes into engagement. However it is our view that, at present, the significance of big ideas in classroom practice is underappreciated while their implementation in teaching is perceived as ‘unproblematic’. In this paper we address these issues; while we draw on the experiences of two major research projects focusing on teachers’ pedagogical reasoning, we attempt to investigate big ideas from a conceptual stance. While the domain is important, we argue that the source of big ideas should include reflection on issues of student learning and engagement as well as the domain. Moreover, big ideas should be framed in ways that are richer, more generative of teaching ideas and more pedagogically powerful than topic headings. This means framing them as a sentence, with a verb, that provides direction and ideas for teachers. We posit three different kinds of big ideas: big ideas about content, big ideas about learning and big ideas about the domain; the last two result in teachers having parallel agendas to their content agendas. In addition to discussing how pedagogically powerful big ideas can be constructed, we draw on data from highly skilled teachers to extend thinking about how teachers can use big ideas.     

国有股流通问题浅析

本文立足于我国股市的发展现状，指出国有股不能流通已成为我国股市存在许多问题的根源，阐述了国有股流通的目的、原则和出路，得出必须尽快解决国有股流通问题、折股流通是其最佳形式的结论。     

高职教育改革与高职院校学报转型

随着职业教育改革的不断深入,高职院校学报必须实现其职能转型,以适应高职教育发展的需要。主要包括围绕教育目的顶层设计的由服务学校向服务职业教育转型,围绕人才培养的由服务科研向服务专业教学转型,围绕校企合作的由服务教师个体向服务行业组织转型。     

访谈节目中插话的目的——以《锵锵三人行》为例

作为一种会话交际手段,插话具有举足轻重的地位。插话的间接目的是获取话轮,掌握话语发言权。直接目的有:回归并深入主题、帮助提醒说话人、补充说明、表达自己看法、修改错误、植入广告等。本文以《锵锵三人行》为例,分析了访谈节目中插话的直接目的。     

University teaching experience with the electronic European Language Portfolio: an innovation for the promotion of plurilingualism and interculturality / Experiencia docente universitaria con el Portfolio Europeo de Lenguas electrónico: una innovación para la promoción del plurilingüismo y la interculturalidad

Abstract

This article describes the teaching experience gained from the introduction of the Spanish electronic European Language Portfolio (eELP+14) in the university teaching of the Erasmus Intensive Language Course (EILC) within the Vives Network of Universities. The aim was to seek the views of teachers during their first experimental work with undergraduates in relation to their learning of Catalan culture and language. A pilot study was carried out following a mixed methods methodology, with a QUAN+qual design, through two online ad hoc questionnaires (pretest-posttest). Overall, the tool has been assessed positively with regard to pedagogical aspects (reflection and self-evaluation of the Biography) and communication aspects (the linguistic profile of the Passport), although some difficulties have been highlighted concerning the time students need to dedicate to it and the amount of time they actually have, as well as the need to introduce technological and linguistic improvements. On the one hand, the eELP is recognized as an educational innovation which is entirely suitable for the current university context, and on the other hand, it is considered to have only a moderate influence in the learning of languages and cultures.     

Long-term Influences of Portfolios on Professional Development

In recent publications on the use of portfolios in professional training both their goals, application and success are reported in favourable terms. The main purposes of portfolios being put forward are: documentation of performance, monitoring growth, revealing discrepancies in development and enhancing self-responsibility. The findings, however, pertain to the introductory implementation of the portfolio instrument, most notably with (student) teachers. Not much is known about the sustained use of a portfolio as an instrument to support professional development in the long term. In this study the benefits of different forms of sustained portfolio use are focused on in particular. Use is related to the portfolio's function, which can be for both professional development and certification, and to the setting and conditions of use, which may be either mandatory or voluntary. We gauge its impact on indicators like ongoing documentation, systematic reflection, dialogue with significant others and learning for professional development. The difficulties experienced users found are discussed, as well as the gains they saw in sustained use of portfolios, which led us to conclude that portfolios are mainly used for documentation but have a high potential as mirrors of competence when issued as instruments for self-evaluation and self-assessment.     

论专门用途翻译

随着我国对外交流和合作的不断深化,实践中实用性翻译文本所占比重越来越大,种类庞杂,无所不包,在社会生活中的地位也越来越重要.本文试图从翻译此类文本时优先考虑的功能性或在翻译所要实现的特定目的性的角度出发,将所有这类翻译归为专门用途翻译(TranslationforSpecificPurposes),并提出TSP的定义,主要特征和分类体系,阐述TSP研究对教学的促进和推动作用,探讨应用翻译现象.     

我国民事上诉制度的改革与完善

虽然我国已对民事诉讼法在一定程度上进行了新的修改,但是在上诉制度这方面的改革不尽如人意.上诉制度有其设置的目的,而且现实中我国立法中也对上诉制度做了不少规定,但是仍有很多缺陷,亟待完善.本文正是针对民事上诉制度的立法缺陷提出了一些完善措施.     

中国当代民办高校的演变

中国的民办高校在改革开放以来有了多方面长足的发展,也经历了经济、社会发展的诸多影响,使之在主体构成、目标变换和经营策略等方面都有所发展和变化,体现了中国民办高校从适应到成熟的发展变化趋势。     

教学辅助系统的档案袋评价设计与应用

文章阐述了基于档案袋评价的教学辅助系统的结构设计和功能应用,并论述如何在教学中使用此系统对学生进行档案袋评价,提倡教师在教学中使用档案袋评价方法来真实反映学生的学习及发展水平,促进学生更好地学习。