任务型教学背景下的外语师资教育

我国新的英语课程标准倡导任务型语言教学途径,给广大外语教师提出了更高的要求。因此,任务型教学中外语师资教育也变得越来越重要。文章着重探讨了任务型教学对外语教师的要求及在此背景下外语师资的培养策略,包括任务型教学理论知识的学习,开展任务型教学反思,组织或参加任务型教学专题研讨会等。     

老子"自然无为"的意蕴及其现代价值

“自然无为”是老子哲学思想的显著特色。老子思想中“自然无为”命题并不是无所作为,随心所欲,而是要以辩证法的原则指导人们的社会生活,帮助人们寻找顺应自然、遵循事物客观发展的规律。结合道法自然的生态理念、清静无为的处世哲学、自然纯真的人生旨趣等若干问题,揭示老子“自然无为”这一思想的现代价值。     

Teachers in school sports: between the fields of education and sport?

According to the cultural sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, gaining access to a social space or a position within a social space requires a specific capital. For teachers, this is normally indicated by a valid teaching certificate with relevant subject knowledge. However, when no qualified teachers are available, which is the case for the subject of school sports in Sweden, other assets gain recognition. Drawing on Bourdieu's conceptual framework, this paper examined the conditions for school sports in Sweden, and based on questionnaires answered by 109 teachers, explored the competencies, education and backgrounds teachers in upper secondary school sports possess. The paper address the question: what valuable resources are required to become a teacher of school sports and gain recognition as symbolic capital? The results show that while school sports in Sweden are carried out through a school subject and thus regulated by the government, it is influenced by both the fields of education and sport. Furthermore, the questionnaire results show that a majority of the teachers are employed as coaches instead of teachers and that less than half of them (45%) have a teacher education background, while 95% have a coaching education background. However, the results also show that teachers assessed their competencies for teaching school sports as high, especially with regard to competencies in specific sport skills. In conclusion, this paper shows how coaching education and experience in competitive sports are an important resource required to become a teacher in school sports and is thus recognized as symbolic capital. Therefore, school sports cannot be viewed as a legitimate part of the field of education but can be viewed as a part of the field of sport.     

语音教学不容忽视——由SARS的读音引起的思考

在中国对外开放,积极接纳外来文化的今天,英语作为一种广为接受的国际语言,成为了许多大中城市男女老幼争相学习的一种时尚。在与世界文化接轨的时候,SARS的读音却出了差错。我们是凭想当然,还是遵循科学的发音方法?我们是抱着旧有的发音习惯不放,沾沾自喜于中西合璧的洋泾浜英语,还是从基础教育做起,练好语音基本功,从而激发学习英语的热情和信心,找准方法、快速提高英语水平?     

"代理家长"、"留守儿童之家"与"还原家庭教育"——重庆市南川区关爱留守儿童的理念与实践

面对日益突出的农村留守儿童教育问题,重庆市南川区各级政府和广大教育工作者进行了深入的理论思考,并将其关爱留守儿童的理念付诸实践,取得了初步成效,引起了社会各界的广泛关注。本文即是其关爱留守儿童理念和实践经验的概述。     

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。     

环境保护——绿色教育的目标与实践

人类面临着环境恶化和生态危机等一系列的世界性难题,因此,加强环境教育,迫在眉睫。必须重视环境保护,加强环境教育,建立绿色学校,让环保意识深入人心。     

从当代大学生的思想动态看高校基层党组织建设

随着社会主义市场经济制度的逐步完善，当代大学生的思想不断交化，出现了一些新情况、新问题，应当引起高校基层党组织的重视。高校党建工作应实施“凝聚力工程”，发挥党员模范带头作用，切实加强党组织建设，提高大学生思想素质。     

Voices of teacher candidates of color on white race evasion: ‘I worried about my safety!’

Abstract

This qualitative study investigated the negative impacts minority teacher candidates receive from white teacher candidates in a required multicultural education class. The findings reveal that four teacher candidates of color had difficulty positioning themselves among the overwhelming silencing power of whiteness in the class. The white students were tactful at evading power and race and flattening the existing hierarchical power relations through the discourses of colorblindness and by preying on the minority instructor. Their understanding of diversity was also shallow. On the other hand, the teacher candidates of color were afraid that they might be labeled as the ones who spoke up against the white students and fearful of the possibility of retaliation and ostracism from the white peers. It seems that the teacher education program’s structure allowed the white candidates to impose strong negative peer pressure on the teacher candidates of color.     

The role of feedback from the school leader during teacher evaluation for teacher and school improvement

Since the turn of the century, teacher evaluation has been introduced around the world with the intent to improve teaching. However, in the literature on teacher evaluation, often findings reveal critical accounts about the effectiveness of feedback in teacher evaluation for teacher and school improvement. This article presents a qualitative study in eight schools where teachers did indicate to find the feedback they discussed with school leaders during teacher evaluation processes useful. In this study, we investigate whether we can identify what teachers actually do with this feedback and which factors contribute to their response. Our findings demonstrate the importance of school organizational characteristics and an integrated leadership approach for the feedback response of teachers. Also, our findings reveal how teacher evaluation is used in these schools to further school improvement.