What successful black South African students consider as factors of their success

Black South African students have a poor success rate in school leaving mathematics examinations. Attempts have been made to shift teachers' practices from teacher-centredness to learner-centredness, in Black schools, in order to improve the situation. So far, the attempts failed to yield the desired results. This paper reports on the findings of a study that aimed at learning from students and teachers in Black schools, as to what classroom practices lead to success in school mathematics, in their impoverished context.This revised version was published online in October 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

经世学派概说

经世学派试图通过提倡“经世之学”来挽救中国封建社会的末世或寻找社会发展的新的出路。他们揭露黑暗、评击时政、批判君主专制制度、关心国计民生，要求改革。相对当时清朝官方提倡的“宋学”和“汉学”，具有明显的积极意义和进步意义。特别是鸦片战争后，他们立足现实，开眼看世界，提出了“师夷之长技以制夷”的思想主张，开近代学术之风气，对后来的洋务思潮和资产阶级改良思潮的产生和发展都起到了发轫和启迪作用。     

Promoting cognitive and social aspects of inquiry through classroom discourse

We investigated how Chinese physics teachers structured classroom discourse to support the cognitive and social aspects of inquiry-based science learning. Regarding the cognitive aspect, we examined to what extent the cognitive processes underlying the scientific skills and the disciplinary reasoning behind the content knowledge were taught. Regarding the social aspect, we examined how classroom discourse supported student learning in terms of students' opportunities to talk and interaction patterns. Our participants were 17 physics teachers who were actively engaged in teacher education programs in universities and professional development programs in local school districts. We analyzed one lesson video from each participating teacher. The results suggest both promises and challenges. Regarding the cognitive aspect of inquiry, the teachers in general recognized the importance of teaching the cognitive processes and disciplinary reasoning. However, they were less likely to address common intuitive ideas about science concepts and principles. Regarding the social aspect of inquiry, the teachers frequently interacted with students in class. However, it appeared that facilitating conversations among students and prompting students to talk about their own ideas are challenging. We discuss the implications of these findings for teacher education programs and professional development programs in China.     

论文本课程与教师对教学过程的控制

在中学课程的微观层次上 ,文本课程与教师都对教学过程有一定的控制作用。这种控制作用 ,从空间结构的角度分析 ,表现为课程线性结构与非线性结构 ;从教学信息流的角度分析 ,表现为课程信息流的集中控制结构与非集中控制结构。不同的控制形式对课程的影响各有利弊 ,并有各自的形成原因     

《普通高中语文课程标准》评析——以叶圣陶阅读课程理论为视点

《普通高中语文课程标准》(实验稿)在强调加强阅读实践活动、学习并运用阅读策略与方法、培养“读解和欣赏的能力”及体会民族文化、培育民族精神等诸多方面继承并发展了叶圣陶的阅读课程理论,但在选文标准、选文种类、文言文阅读要求及情感态度培养等四个方面却与叶圣陶的阅读教学思想存在较大的差异。应该将叶圣陶的更多阅读教学思想融入到《普通高中语文课程标准》中,以增强其可操作性,从而使一直悬而未决的阅读课基本课程内容及其序列问题能尽早得以解决。     

美术欣赏教学的"五字法"

美术欣赏，是一种审美情感的教育，它既能提高学生的审美能力，又能培养学生的创造精神，这种独特的教育功能早已被一些专家、学论证，然而，采取什么样的方法才能更有效地发挥其功能和作用呢?本从五个方面对美术欣赏教学的形式和方法进行了研究探索。     

中学美术学科的教学原则

本文从高师美术系《美术教育学》的教学实际出发,提出中学美术学科的教学原则,应在肯定《教育学》所列初中教学原则适用于本学科教学的基础卜,补充“审美性”、“创造性” 与“协调性”原则,分别阐述原则的含义、提出原则的依据以及原则运用的要点。其中关于“中学美术学科教学过程的特殊性,即在于教学内容的艺术属性和教学手段的审美特征”,关于“抽象思维与形象思维二者的高水平发展以及二者的协调和谐,是人创造活动必备的一种心理素质”,关于“协调性原则是辩证施教的原则,是一条‘运用原则’的原则”等创见,在教学理论研究方面具有一定的价值。     

论"榕江国师"对贵州民族人才培养的贡献

榕江国立贵州师范学校办学10年,为贵州、湖南和广西三省区毗连地带培养了一批德才兼备的民族人才,在民族教育上谱写了新的历史篇章。对此评说,以启示后续民族教育,让更多的民族人才脱颖而出。     

Choosing schools,choosing selves: exploring the influence of parental identity and biography on the school choice process in Delhi,India

Drawing on qualitative interview data from a group of lower income parents in Delhi, India, this paper focuses on the dynamic relationship between parental choice of a particular school and parents’ own identity construction. The data indicate that choice of school is for some parents a symbolic expression of identity, influenced by family dynamics and parents’ educational biographies. The paper outlines the concept of ‘forging solidarities’ and proposes it as an alternative way of understanding school enrolment decisions that recognises the social significance of such choices for the wider family unit. More generally, as school choice mechanisms in various forms become an increasingly important part of the educational landscape in many countries, the findings draw attention to the sociocultural nature of choice in real-world market settings and the contribution of schooling choices to processes of social and educational segregation.     

教育均衡视域下中小学校长信息素养提升研究——以“三区三州”培训为例

“互联网+教育”是推动教育变革的有效手段之一,通过互联网可促进优质教育资源均衡发展,有利于实现区域基础教育的均衡发展,但这要求中小学校长要具备较高的信息素养和综合应用信息技术进行学校管理的能力。开展相关培训是提升中小学校长信息素养的一种有效方式,基于对“三区三州”中小学校长信息素养的调查分析,通过基于设计的研究活动,开展云南怒江州、四川凉山州中小学校长信息素养提升研究。遵循可适性、设计性、调节性和总结性原则,构建了中小校长信息素养提升模式整体架构,以期为今后的中小学校长信息素养提升培训提供参考,助力区域教育信息化均衡发展。