Exploring teachers' knowledge of children's literature

In the context of the current debate about teaching reading, research to ascertain primary teachers' personal and professional reading practices was undertaken. The study explored teachers' reading habits and preferences, investigated their knowledge of children's literature, and documented their reported use of such texts and involvement with library services. Questionnaire responses were gathered from 1200 teachers. The data were analysed and connections made between the teachers' own reading habits and preferences, their knowledge of children's literature, their accessing practices and pedagogic use of literature in school. This paper reports on part of the dataset and focuses on teachers' knowledge of children's literature; it reveals that primary professionals lean on a narrow repertoire of authors, poets and picture fiction creators. It also discusses teachers' personal reading preferences and considers divergences and connections between these as well as the implications of the teachers' limited repertoires on the reading development of young learners.     

信息素养教育直播培训的学员专注度影响因素实证研究

[目的/意义]直播培训是一种便捷的知识传播方式,尤其是新冠疫情以来,已经成为了一种必不可少的知识传播手段,也已经成为图书馆开展信息素养教育培训的重要途径。分析信息素养教育直播培训中学员专注度影响因素,对改进直播培训工作具有借鉴意义。[方法/过程]基于“中科院科研信息素养讲堂”开展的171场直播培训数据,从培训活动组织的视角出发,通过构建回归模型,实证分析培训内容、培训组织、培训时间、收看设备等直播培训组织实施过程中的多个核心要素对学员专注度的影响,并进一步探讨各因素对移动端和非移动端学员专注度的影响。[结果/结论]实证结果表明收看设备、是否课程、是否报名显著影响学员专注度,主题类型、学科属性、是否收费、时间安排等对移动端学员专注度影响显著。建议优化培训内容体系、规范培训组织管理、加强移动服务研究、采用激励措施及加强实操培训和互动环节。     

小学科学教师的科学素养结构要素及其具体要求

全民科学素养的高低，是制约社会发展水平的重要因素，而教育是提高全民科学素养的主要途径，小学科学是以培养科学素养为宗旨的科学启蒙课程。小学科学教师自身科学素养的高低，直接影响到人才培养的质量。基于对科学素养基本要素的共识、科学素养概念的弹性以及对小学科学教师的特殊要求，提出“小学科学教师的科学素养结构要素”这一概念，并对结构要素进行界定，对各要素的品质提出具体要求。     

提高数学课堂教学实效性摭探

在数学课堂教学中,教师不仅要重视知识传授,还要注重培养学生的自主学习能力和自主探究能力,提升学生核心素养。要积极转变自己的教学观念,创新课堂教学策略,以更加贴近学生学习规律的方式进行教学,从而全面提高教学效率和教学质量。文章结合教学实践,对提高数学课堂教学实效性进行探究。     

青年亚文化与当代媒介素养教育

本文探讨了媒介素养教育中的一个特殊但极具现实意义的命题。青年亚文化在青少年中很有影响力,它的存在自然会影响青少年对媒介使用和对信息的接受,也自然会影响他们的世界观、价值观的形成。青年亚文化背景下媒介素养教育的难点较多,最突出的是认同感的调整。青少年媒介素养教育的一项重要工作就是努力使青少年从对亚文化的强烈认同中转化过来。为此,要发挥学校社区的作用、组织讨论、让学生学会控制自身行为、强调媒体自律、强化经典的传播渠道等。     

林业院校图书馆信息素质教育存在的问题及对策

基于高等院校图书馆文献检索与利用课教学现状与进展，回顾分析了林业院校文献检索课教学存在的问题，探讨了林业院校图书馆实施信息素质教育的若干对策。     

从新闻舆论监督的现实困境看公务人员的媒介素养

随着我国新闻舆论监督的作用和地位逐渐上升,公务人员面对新闻媒体履行职责的机会日渐增多。面对新闻媒体,公务人员以什么样的身份、形象、姿态呈现,不仅规约着行政职责的履行,同时也影响着公务机构的形象。因此,如何提高公务人员的媒介素养,就成为了当代公务机构建设的基本任务。     

国内外信息素质教育研究现状及实践

文章以信息素质的定义、内涵和标准为基础，介绍了国内外信息素质教育理论研究与实践进行的情况。     

Phonological processing and emergent literacy in Spanish-speaking preschool children

Phonological awareness (PA), phonological memory (PM), and phonological access to lexical storage (also known as RAN), play important roles in acquiring literacy. We examined the convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity of these phonological processing abilities (PPAs) in 147 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children whose native language was Spanish. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) supported the validity of each PPA as separate from general cognitive ability and separate from each other. Moreover, structural equation modeling found RAN uniquely associated with knowledge of Spanish letter names and Spanish letter sounds. PA was found the best predictor of children’s ability to distinguish alphabetic text from nonalphabetic text. Finally, general cognitive ability was only indirectly associated with emergent literacy skills via PPAs. These results highlight the importance of PPAs in the early literacy development of native Spanish speaking preschool children.     

The literacy achievement of Norwegian minority students

The article presents the literacy achievement of Norwegian minority students, their reading habits, and their enjoyment of reading based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2000 study. Aspects of their family background and attitudes towards school are related to literacy achievement results. A comparison between Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany shows that the achievement gap between majority and minority students is larger in Denmark and Germany than in Norway and Sweden. A more detailed presentation of the Norwegian reading results shows that 35% of the Norwegian minority students perform at a level indicating that they are able to read in a technical sense, but they are unlikely to be able to use reading as an independent tool in acquiring knowledge and skills. The minority students' responses to questions about socio‐economic family background, reading habits, learning strategies and school motivation give a complex picture of their situation in Norwegian schools. The results indicate that there is some potential for equalising differences between minority students and majority students.