山西省民办小学贯彻《学生体质健康标准》测试工作的现状与对策研究

民办小学必须以提高小学生身体素质为根本出发点,只有加强小学生的身体素质教育,使小学生身体素质能够达到《学生体质健康标准》这一根本要求,才能使民办小学得到更长远的发展。因此对山西省民办小学贯彻《学生体质健康标准》测试工作的现状分析与对策研究,不但有助贯彻和落实《学生体质健康标准》测试工作,而且为山西省今后民办小学体育工作和贯彻《学生体质健康标准》测试工作提供制定政策的依据和数据支持。     

1995-2014年羌族中小学生体质健康发展态势研究*

依据全国学生体质与健康调研报告并结合实地调查,采用文献资料法、逻辑分析法、数据统计法和对比研究法,分别对1995~2014年间羌族7-17岁中小学生的身高、体重、胸围、肺活量、50m跑、坐位体前屈六项共性指标进行数据统计分析.结果表明:羌族中小学生身体形态发育水平总体趋势不断提升,身体素质和身体机能下降幅度有所减缓,羌族中小学生整体体质健康状况不容乐观.建议严格实施体质健康监测年度报告制度;构建"社会、学校、家庭"三位一体互动式学生体质健康促进模式;多元协同治理促进学生养成健康的生活方式、良好的体育锻炼习惯;改革供给方式加大对羌、汉族经济落后地区的体育经济投入,完善体育设施、设备等.     

中小学课后服务问题对策与研究

课后服务是为了解决学生放学早、家长下班晚这一"时间差"问题衍生出的一种服务.积极开展中小学课后服务工作是破解教育难题,提高优质教育资源开发利用率,解决教育问题的重要举措.但是在服务探索中,其存在的问题也需要相关部门密切关注与深入研究.     

Pre-service teachers' implicit and explicit beliefs about English language learners: An implicit association test study

Pre-service teachers' attitudes and beliefs about English Learners (ELs) are especially critical as they enter their professions among an increasingly diverse student population. This study uses an Implicit Association Test to explore implicit and explicit beliefs and attitudes of pre-service teachers about ELs. Pre-service teachers from a Southeastern U.S. university hold generally positive implicit beliefs about ELs and express positive expectations for working with ELs and school support. Implicit association test measures have potential as tools for preparing pre-service teachers and evaluating the impact of interventions that seek to improve teachers’ readiness to serve this population.     

Can social integration in schools be mandated: Evidence from the Right to Education Act in India

Although Affirmative Action policies have been enforced in many countries, their consequences are highly understudied, especially in the context of developing economies. Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education (RTE) Act enforced in 2009 is the first attempt to introduce affirmative action in primary schools in India. The act requires all private schools to reserve at least twenty five percent seats for children from economically weaker sections. To understand the effect of the act on i) social integration and ii) academic outcomes, we asked 1500 children (grades one to three) from four schools to answer friendship surveys and short tests in Mathematics and English. The schools in our sample vary considerably in constitution and were intentionally chosen to understand the impact of the act in different school settings. The friendship surveys show strong homophily i.e. non-RTE students cite other non-RTE students as friends, while RTE students chose to be friends primarily with other RTE students. Trends in test scores reveal that students admitted under the RTE quota score significantly lower than non-RTE students. However, RTE students who have a higher share of non-RTE friends have better test scores, suggesting that affirmative action may have a positive influence on learning outcomes for RTE children. Further we note that commitment from the school authorities and systematic monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the act will go a long way in bringing out some of the benefits that this act was designed to achieve. Our findings have important policy implications with respect to ensuring proper implementation of the Section12(1)(c) of the RTE act in schools across the country.     

The impact of socioeconomic status on parental factors in promoting academic achievement in Chinese children

Children from families of low socioeconomic status (SES) tend to experience lower academic achievement than children from middle-SES families. This discrepancy can be attributed to a range of parental factors. The present study tested: (1) the extent to which academic achievement in three core subjects differs between children from low- and middle-SES backgrounds; (2) the differences in parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement across the two groups; and (3) the mediating role of parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement in explaining how SES influences children’s academic achievement. The sample consisted of 184 primary students with low SES and 165 primary students with middle SES from mainstream primary schools in Hong Kong. Results revealed significant differences in parental expectation, parental involvement, child engagement, as well as academic achievement in Chinese and English subjects between the low-SES and middle-SES groups. Our findings also suggest that parental expectation, parental involvement, and child engagement may be important mediators in the relationship between SES and academic achievement.     

Young children working together. Cooperative learning effects on group work of children in Grade 1 of primary education

It was examined whether cooperative learning within the Success for All (SfA) program led to improved group work behaviour of Grade 1 pupils. 168 pupils of six SfA schools and 144 pupils of four control schools participated. Positive and negative group work behaviour was observed during a group task, taking into account socioemotional ethos, group participation, and type of dialogue. Longitudinal multilevel analysis was used for the sequence of observed 20-s time intervals. SfA groups showed more positive and less negative group work behaviour compared to control groups, whilst controlling for several group characteristics. Results suggest that negative group work behaviour increased gradually during the whole task in control groups, while in SfA groups it increased only towards the end of the task. The findings indicate that cooperative learning may lead to improved group work behaviour of young pupils (6–7 years old).     

Teachers’ epistemic cognition in situ: Evidence from classroom assessment

Assessment tasks require the coordination of multiple knowledge-related goals for various audiences, and therefore provide an authentic context to observe teachers’ epistemic cognition in practice. In this instrumental case study, we investigated seven, fifth grade English Language Arts teachers’ epistemic cognition as they evaluated students’ classroom assessments. Our analyses revealed that the components of epistemic cognition identified in the literature emerged in these teachers’ assessment processes. Moreover, we found evidence that teachers’ epistemic cognition was iterative and nuanced, and required shifts in aims and reliable processes. This resulted in teachers forming new kinds of “epistemic matters” and questions beyond those ideas noted in existing models of epistemic cognition. Significance and implications are discussed.     

社区体育与学校体育有机结合发展的研究

随着全民健身活动的开展,社区体育越来越受到人们的重视。本文通过分析社区体育和学校体育的内在关系,进而提出了社区体育和学校体育有机结合发展的研究方案。     

鄂西南农村中、小学体育现状调查及对策

运用问卷调查等方法对鄂西南地区40所农村中、小学体育现状进行了调查,结果表明:鄂西南农村中、小学体育受重视程度不够,客观条件不足,教学组织较为混乱,学生课外活动具有一定盲目性,场地、器材短缺是制约学生课外活动的主要因素.应转变观念,提高认识,加强师资队伍建设及学生课外活动的指导工作,增加资金投入.