Early years teachers and the influence of Piaget: evidence from oral history

In studying the historical development of early years provision, a clear factor in raising its profile was the growth in scientific study of children, especially the reception and interpretation of Piaget's research. For an understanding of how the mediation of new thinking and new discoveries influenced students and teachers, textbooks provide an important documentary source, but evidence is also available through oral history in the living memories of practitioners themselves. This paper draws on the testimony of early years teachers who began their careers between 1927 and 1955 and continued teaching into the 1960s and 1970s. The account below begins with reflections on psychology and education in the early decades of the twentieth century drawn from a 1936 conference organised by the Nursery School Association of Great Britain, and from a widely used textbook that represents the gradual trend towards ‘fragmentation’ of educational theory into a multiplicity of disciplines. Reference is then made to two popular textbooks by prominent Froebelians, Brearley and Hitchfield, and by Ruth Beard illustrating the growing influence of Piaget as a post facto rationale for a pedagogy that was proceeding by instinct. Walkerdine, Lister and Hall are researchers who have investigated from various angles the impact of Piagetian psychology on primary practice, but the process whereby this translation from the laboratory to the classroom takes place is one that demands further investigation. Vital evidence lies in the living memories of early years teachers whose careers spanned the 1930s to the 1970s and a rich quality and personal texture of the data is apparent as retired early years teachers recounted their professional careers. It offers a more complex account than the grand narratives that historians have traditionally compiled from purely documentary evidence centring on great thinkers, key texts and policy initiatives. The role of in‐service education was clearly important in the experiences recalled in this paper. Above all we find evidence of a distinctive shift in teacher–child relationships over that historical period and of the contribution made to this by psychological theory, epitomised in the figure of Piaget and in his focus on the individual learner.     

企业员工培训易产生的误区及对策思路

本文分析了当前我国很多企业在员工培训工作中容易产生的一些误区,针对这些误区提出了相应建议和对策。     

论心理保健

从理论与实践的结合上,探讨人类健康的重要因素之一的心理保健、心理卫生(精神卫生)等方面的问题.随着医学模式的转变,由传统的生物医学模式向生物——心理——社会医学模式转变.心理健康、心理保健、心理卫生已成为影响人类健康非常重要的因素.现代医学的发展,促使人们对心理、社会因素与健康的关系,越来越关注,当今许多疾病的发病率及死亡率,都与心理、社会因素有着密切关系.如心血管系统疾病——高血压、冠心病以及溃疡、神经衰弱等.这些慢性非传染性疾病,已成为威胁人类健康的主要原因之一.因此重视心理保健,保持心理平衡,开展心理咨询,有效地进行心理治疗,对于保护人类健康是至关重要的.     

教师专业发展的新探索:大学支持下的项目研修模式研究与应用案例

大学支持下的项目研修模式是校本研修的一种重要模式,也是大学与中小学创建合作伙伴关系下的一种重要的教师专业发展模式。本文中,我们通过自己的实践,阐述项目研修的过程;通过对实践的反思,促进对项目研修模式的进一步研究。     

对提高英语口语能力的心理分析(英文)

许多英语为第二语言学习者认为,在英语学习各个方面最难获得的能力就是口语了,而口语的学习的难度在于从心理上无法开口。事实上对非母语学习者来说,学习英语口语最大的难度,就是缺乏对心理困难的认知。本文主要讨论英语学习者们怎样认识和克服心理上的困难,以帮助他们找到有效的方法,解决学习口语过程中最关键问题,以提高口语能力。     

加强心理健康教育提高学生心理素质

心理健康教育的任务是塑造健全的人格和良好的个性品质,高素质人才必须有良好的心理素质,学校应重视学生的心理健康教育,全方位、多渠道对学生进行心理健康教育,以促使全体学生的心理素质得到全面提高.     

Momentum sequence and environmental climate influence levels of perceived psychological momentum within a sport competition

The present study examined the influence of momentum sequence (positive vs. negative) and environmental climate (hot–wet vs. neutral) on supporters’ (i.e. virtual observers’) reported levels of perceived psychological momentum (PM) during a simulated cycling competition. Participants supported one of two competing cyclists involved in a race that was displayed on a screen in a lecture hall. The race scenario was manipulated so that the supported cyclist appeared to undergo either a positive or negative momentum sequence. In addition, participants were either exposed to a hot–wet environmental climate or to a neutral environmental climate while observing the race scenario. According to the results, reported levels of PM were higher in the positive momentum sequence condition than in the negative momentum sequence condition, consistent with the notion that supporters’ PM is influenced by a positivity bias, and reported levels of PM were also found to be higher in the hot–wet climate condition than in the neutral climate condition, consistent with the notion that environmental climate is a contextual factor that influences PM through the operation of a causal augmenting mechanism.     

大学生常见心理问题分析

采用临床症状自评量表(SCL-90)对不同年级、不同性别、不同区域的648名大学生进行问卷调查,结果表明,37.9%的大学生存在不同程度的心理方面的问题。大学生心理问题产生的原因主要有社会现实的影响、大学阶段的特殊性、情感困惑和危机、对贫困学生关怀不够和高校心理咨询工作欠缺等,我们需要正确应对大学生的心理问题,有针对性地进行积极有效的调适。     

科学探究能力在科学教学中的培养

科学探究的方法和过程。既可以使初中生亲身体验到探究的乐趣。经历科学探究活动的过程，又可以使学生逐步提高探究能力，文章从多方面阐述了如何在中学生日常科学教学中。培养学生的科学探究能力。     

英国入职教师教育国家课程探析

英国入职教师教育国家课程对合格教师资格标准,课程总要求,英语、数学、科学和信息交流技术在学科教学中的应用等几个方面进行了规定,并提出了较为具体的要求。实施其课程的目标是达成合格教师资格标准。该课程具有实践性,注重信息交流技术在学科教学中的作用,注重中小学在教师教育课程中的作用。这些启示我们要尽快制定教师资格标准,强化实践性入职教师教育课程并注重对其实施效果进行指导和监督。