Measured lives: the rise of assessment as the engine of change in English schools

The year 2000 marks the end of compulsory education for the first cohort of students to experience the National Curriculum throughout their school careers. This article describes their experience of assessment and compares it with the testing regime that those children who start school in 2000 are likely to experience. Changes in policy from the early Task Group on Assessment and Testing proposals are analysed, especially the increasing priority given to the use of assessment for monitoring and evaluating the performance of teachers, schools and local education authorities. This shift is interpreted in terms of underlying assumptions about effective strategies for change. While Conservative and Labour governments have pursued somewhat different goals, they have used a similar change strategy. This explains why the general thrust of policy has continued in a broadly similar direction - towards ever more testing in schools and the use of results as performance indicators. It is argued, however, that this strategy cannot be pursued indefinitely. After a point, further improvements will only be made if teachers are helped to work ‘smarter’, not just harder. Policy-makers need, therefore, to look again at the contribution that formative assessment - or assessment for learning as part of pedagogy - can make to lifelong learning, in a more coherent, balanced and ‘educational’ system.     

Play to win! Using games in library instruction to enhance student learning

Research has shown that educational games can have positive impacts on student learning and motivation. The success of a game played in a library instruction class depends on the type of game selected, the development of learning outcomes, and the flexibility of the librarian during class. This article explains the benefits to students and librarians of using games, discusses the development and use of a Jeopardy-style game, and provides practical tips for librarians interested in developing and incorporating games into one-time library instruction sessions.     

我校学生课外体育活动的成效分析

针对我校学生课外体育活动出勤率、达标率、得分进行了数据统计和资料分析,表明我校学生课外体育活动成效显著,其措施是行之有效的。同时,为今后我校学生课外体育活动的开展提出了参考意见。     

高校体育专业学生参与社区大众健身指导研究

通过以高校体育专业学生参与社区健身指导为切入点,运用文献资料法和调查访问法对高校体育专业学生参与社区大众健身指导的作用和地位、参与的基本途径和形式、指导的主要内容以及基本方法进行了讨论和分析,探索高校体育专业学生参与社区大众健身指导的基本模式,充分发挥高校体育在全民健身活动中的作用,为高校社会体育专业的办学如何适应社会的需求提供参考.     

黑龙江省大学生体质健康状况的分析与研究

通过对黑龙江省部分高校大学生进行体质健康标准测试,了解黑龙江省在校大学生的体质健康状况,与全国同期测试结果进行比较,并加以分析与研究。为促进我省高校体育教学改革的进一步发展提供具有参考价值的理论性依据。     

珠海城职院学生社团现状与发展的调研报告

我院学生社团从无到有，到现在已经有了相当的规模，但社团在发展过程中也存在一定的问题。从目前我院社团的现状、特点、类型及加强社团建设的主要做法等方面着手，探讨学生社团在学风建设、校园文化建设等方面的作用和意义，以期学生社团成为高校培养人才的一个重要课外阵地。     

Activating the curriculum: a socio-ecological action research frame for health and physical education

The health and physical education (HPE) profession needs to find alternatives to its individualistic and performative focus if it is to remain relevant and meaningful for all learners. This paper presents a way of framing HPE that helps to shift the focus from the individual as autonomous decision-maker, and goes beyond sport and fitness testing as the main contexts for learning. To do this we present the socio-ecological action research (SEAR) frame for unit development that was co-created and enacted over a six-month period involving dialogue between teachers, students, parents, researchers and community. This paper presents findings from semi-structured interviews, student artefacts and field notes collected as one component of a broader three-phase study which spanned three years. The data describe how generalist primary teachers (n=4) from a small Victorian community and their students (aged 8–10 years) tackled a unit of work that positioned centrally the everyday physical experiences of active school travel (AST). Teachers supported students in exploring barriers to their AST, and developing strategies that would counteract some of the negative perceptions that had limited their AST in the past. The findings suggest that the unit of work evolved from an exploration of AST into a much broader exploration of the whole community. This paper does not provide evidence for an alternative way to view HPE, rather it represents an embryonic exploration of how a SEAR frame might support teachers in applying inquiry-based pedagogies that extend beyond the individual as autonomous decision-maker, and promote opportunities for exploration and understanding of environmental, social and personal factors that influence our health and everyday physically active lives. Despite students being positioned as central actors within the SEAR frame, obtaining genuine student voice throughout the process proved challenging.     

科技期刊注重科技伦理评估的做法及实例分析

【目的】促进科技期刊的正确导向,提升科技期刊对科技伦理的重视程度,加强普通科技期刊进行科技伦理评估的力度。【方法】 阐述了科技期刊重视科技伦理评估的道德意义,提出了科技伦理评估的具体做法。【结果】 发现通过消除伪科技伦理谣言、关注国际科技伦理的热点、刊发前瞻性科技伦理专业论文、结合新闻热点约稿、解疑释惑等方法是科技期刊实现科技论文评估的具体途径。【结果】 科技期刊论文的科技伦理评估还在起步阶段,需要进一步完善伦理委员会的审查、监督体系,提高作者和编辑的科技伦理学意识等等。     

地方高校学生党员群众意识现状调查及对策研究

通过运用文献梳理、问卷调查、师生访谈、归纳分析等方法,从群众观理论知识掌握程度、日常理论学习、学生党员的群众意识评议、学生党员联系服务群众状况等方面对济宁市三所本科院校学生党员群众意识现状进行了初步分析,并提出了进一步完善地方高校学生党员群众意识教育的几点对策。     

普通高校公共体育课程改革新思考——基于《国家学生体质健康标准(2014年修订)》

采用文献资料、逻辑分析等研究方法,以《国家学生体质健康标准(2014年修订)》的全面实施为背景,以提高青少年体质为出发点,以体育以及体育课的本质为基点,分别从体育课程的严峻时势、体育教学观念需适时转变、体育教学模式的深度变革以及体育教学评价体系的系统优化等方面深入阐述高校公共体育课程改革新思路。