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.     

英语学习动机与高职高专英语口语教学

通过问卷调查的形式,对高职高专学生英语口语学习动机进行分析,探索如何通过激发学生的学习动机,促进学生学习英语口语的积极性,从而有效地提高英语口语教学水平。     

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.     

在口腔医学临床实习中培养学生的自学创新能力

口腔临床实习是医学生通过临床实践理论联系实际、化知识为能力的关键阶段。根据口腔医学的特点在学生的实习阶段进行了整合教学内容、开展讨论式教学;然后进行专题讲座,设疑、质疑、答疑的临床教学模式改革,指导学生查阅资料、填写《医学生计划训练书》并进行开题报告、进行病历讨论。学生根据临床实践撰写的专业综述和论文有深度、有新意。体现了学生的自学创新能力。     

远程开放教育英语口语能力培养模式初探

远程开放教育教与学在时空上的分离，学员处于相对离散状态，给英语专业学员口语能力培养带来一定的困难。为提高人才培养质量，加强学员英语运用能力，应利用英语沙龙、电子邮箱、课前十分钟、小组学习等建立一套和远程开放教育英语专业教与学特点相适应的口语能力培养模式。     

VSO教师英语口语教学透视与启迪

VSO教师英语口语教学有很多特点和很好的经验，但也存在一些不足，通过研究和借鉴外籍教师英语口语教学经验，将会给中国教师提供一条促进英语口语教学改革、提高英语口语教学质量的途径。     

运用交际策略提高英语口语能力

本针对英语学习口语弱化的现象，提出了学习和运用交际策略提高英语口语的办法。     

探索旅游英语专业英语课的教学改革

本文探讨了高职旅游英语专业英语课程的应用性特点,从培养复合型旅游英语人才的培养目标出发,就如何突出专业性教学,综合运用多种教学手段做好教学改革展开讨论,提出应开设实用型的课程,从而培养出更符合市场要求的专门人才。     

运用案例促进商务英语口语教学

针对商务英语口语教学中出现的学生在商业知识和经验,创新思维和商务氛围欠缺等问题,案例教学法在促进商务英语口语教学中起到的积极作用,并且是一种开放式的教学法,能和其它教学法很好的结合,并有互相促进的作用。     

从输入与输出角度看大学英语口语教学

针对目前大学英语口语教学中存在的一些问题,从输入和输出角度进行分析,提出口语教学应在强调输入的基础上,充分利用课堂教学创造良好的输出环境来帮助学生提高英语口语水平.其中对输入和输出的方式进行了比较详细的探讨.