Competence-based blended learning in building automation: towards a EU curriculum in ‘Domotica’

A competence-based approach was applied to a blended learning on line distance training in the Euroinno EU project aimed at vocational training in building automation. The current paper describes the experience gathered during the learning process and the definition of the curriculum. A number of issues emerged during the sessions concerning regional differences among the various European partners involved in the learning. Refusal to accept e-learning approaches has been considerable among teachers and students in piloting building automation courses, and mainly related to four factors in the tradition of adult education: curriculum tradition, oral tradition, lack of confidence in technical solutions to educational matters and lack of experience with the media.     

Gandhian education in Bali: globalisations and cultural diversity in a time of fundamentalisms

The paper presents findings from a research project undertaken at the Taman Rama Gandhi School in Bali during the first anniversary week of the Bali Bombings in 2003. It explores the school's response to four key components of Gandhi's model of Basic Education (Nai Talim) and shows that the claimed curriculum is framed by two contradictory discourses: a globalisation from above discourse and a Gandhian discourse of tolerance and peace, more consistent with a globalisation from below discourse. The argument is made that the curriculum's commitment to the neo‐liberal capitalist values of the globalisation form above discourse may ultimately thwart the emphasis upon peace and tolerance in the discourse from below.     

80年代乡土小说:"文化寻根"中的自我放逐与救赎

在 8 0年代的文坛上 ,各种文学样式纷纷开始了“文化寻根” ,就深度与广度而言 ,乡土小说无疑占着最突出的优势 ,在某种程度上还代表了新时期文学在这个阶段的总体走向     

冯友兰先生为西南联大撰写的爱国主义颂歌——西南联大的校训、校歌、进行曲、碑文

全面抗战爆发,冯先生随着清华大学流亡到昆明西南联合大学。民族兴亡"启示和激发"了冯先生的爱国情愫。为了复兴中华,他奋笔创造哲学体系,同时还直接投入联大的爱国活动。他出任校歌校训编制委员会主席,与同仁们殚精竭虑地一起进行创作,其中著名的校歌、进行曲的歌词以及纪念碑的碑文,均出自冯先生之手。冯先生的美文极大地张扬和鼓舞了联大师生的爱国主义精神和对抗战胜利的信心,促使了师生们的思想得到净化和升华,为联大培养爱国志士和世界一流人才作出了杰出的贡献。冯先生的爱国主义精神永垂青史。     

信息技术与课程整合不等同于CAI

该文从历史发展背景、内涵、目标、教学过程以及对教师和学生的要求等方面对信息技术与课程整合、计算机辅助教学加以区分,并对二者的发展前景做出展望。     

中国高考改革应有国际视野

中国的高考改革正处于攻坚阶段,面临许多困惑和困境。招生考试制度的统一性与多样性、高校招生的自主权、招生考试制度与学校教育的关系、招生评价体系、录取方式、高校的收费政策、学生财政资助政策等问题,都应深入研究和探讨。目前,世界上许多国家也在进行大学入学制度的改革,其中不乏可资借鉴的经验。中国的高考改革应有国际视野。     

信息技术与课程整合的理论和实践

在对信息技术与课程整合有关问题的探讨基础上,以<电磁感应现象>课为例提出了如何实现教育信息技术与物理教学设计整合的具体做法和思考.     

Students’ perceptions of the academic environment and approaches to studying in British postgraduate business education

Recent research on student learning in higher education has identified clear associations between variations in students’ perceptions of the academic environment and variations in their study behaviour. This study investigated a general theoretical model linking students’ demographic characteristics, perceptions and study behaviour with measures of outcome, and in particular, compared three accounts of the causal relationship between perceptions and study behaviour. Data were obtained from 469 postgraduate students at six British business schools. Path analysis was used to assess the causal relationships among the students’ age and gender, their scores on the Course Experience Questionnaire, their scores on the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory and their ratings of general satisfaction with their programmes. This yielded evidence for the causal efficacy of most of the paths identified in the general theoretical model. In particular, as in the case of students taking more traditional academic subjects, there exists a bidirectional causal relationship between variations in students’ perceptions of the academic environment and variations in their study behaviour.     

课程改革中教师关注阶段理论的研究述评

本文介绍了"关注阶段"的理论架构与评定方法,回顾并分析了它在美国、比利时、荷兰、香港以及澳大利亚等文化情境中的运用与发展.在我国新课程改革背景下进行关注阶段研究不仅有利于我们了解新课程实施情况,而且有助于这一理论自身的发展.     

浅谈中学物理新课程实施中教师的缺失及对策

教育部《基础教育课程改革纲要(试行)》的颁布给中小学教师带来了严峻的挑战。本文从综合知识、教学方法、自我教育、培养学生兴趣、及科研能力五个方面论述中学物理新课程实施中教师的缺失,并在此基础上提出相应的对策。