Re-reading the reading lesson: episodes in the history of reading pedagogy

Reading pedagogy is constantly an object of discussion and debate in contemporary policy and practice but is rarely a matter for historical inquiry. This paper reports from a recent study of the history of reading pedagogy in Australia and beyond. It focuses on a recurring figure in the historical record—the ‘reading lesson’. Presented as a distinctive trope, the reading lesson is traced in its regularity in and through the discourse of reading pedagogy, starting in 1930s Australia and moving back into 19th-century Europe, and with specific reference to the UK and the USA. Teaching reading is expressly identified as a moral project—something that, it can be argued, clearly continues into the present.     

Selecting Software with Caution: An Empirical Evaluation of Popular Beginning Reading Software for Children with Early Literacy Difficulties

It seems appropriate, if not necessary, to use empirically supported criteria to evaluate reading software applications. This study's purpose was to develop a research-based evaluation framework and review selected beginning reading software that might be used with struggling beginning readers. Thirty-one products were reviewed according to criteria that addressed interface design, instructional design, and beginning reading content. Findings suggested that the software sample generally did not meet the evaluation standards. Results also indicated that software rating highly on interface design tended to rate lower on beginning reading content. Based on these results, implications for practice and next steps for research are also discussed.     

YouTube: Educational Potentials and Pitfalls

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HyperStudio for Grade-One Students

Summary

With current advancements in hypermedia, innovative software is being developed with educators in mind. A prime example is HyperStudio, where the user has the ability to manipulate and control the union of sounds, graphics, and automation. In this article, we describe the interactions of a grade-one HyperStudio expert teaching a novice HyperStudio classmate how to use the program as a means to publish her story.

Data were collected through videotaping, QuickTime movies, and observations. The data were analyzed to discover emerging patterns between the two students, the researcher, and the computer. The two students evolved from an unequal power structure of peer tutoring to a more collaborative structure, where the once novice became an equal partner in the publishing process.     

The Effects of Concurrent Classroom and Home Instructional Video-Game Use on Student Achievement

ABSTRACT

This study focused on whether Internet use improves skills for practical use of information, which is termed information literacy in Japan. Data from Japanese elementary school children (n = 702) were analyzed in a two-wave panel study in order to estimate the causal relationship between Internet use and information literacy. Structural equation modeling was the specific technique applied in a cross-lagged effect model. Results of the analysis indicated that greater use of the Internet led to higher information literacy in the whole-scale measure of practical use of information, as well as in the subskill areas of collecting, judging, and expressing information.     

Self-Efficacy Expectations as a Predictor of Computer Use:

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南北呼应 志向高远——由两首《沁园春》解析毛泽东的心路历程

毛泽东波澜壮阔的一生创作出许多瑰丽的诗篇,其中<沁园春·长沙>和<沁园春·雪>是其思想发展、艺术创作、高远志向的突出代表,反映出毛泽东不仅在思想上不断走向成熟,而且在艺术上达到巅峰,更是其心路历程的真实记录.他心路历程上的变化,既反映出毛泽东的宏大高远志向和其思想日趋成熟,也证明了中国革命的历史发展过程,对后人有深刻的教育和启发意义.     

河北省青少年超重与肥胖人群膳食特点研究

采用问卷调查法和文献资料法,对河北省石家庄、沧州、承德、张家口四个地区的385名超重与肥胖中学生和219名正常体重中学生进行了调查研究,旨在分析总结出超重与肥胖青少年的膳食特点,探讨导致肥胖的饮食因素,为其控体重、减体重提供科学的理论依据。     

提高公民素养的信息公开策略浅析

论述了公民素养的含义.对政府信息公开提高公民素养的原理进行了推理,并从公民素质和公民意识所涉及到的八个方面.分别探讨政府信息公开对提高公民素养的策略.     

浅析学术图书馆员的角色现状与发展趋势

透过对网络环境下学术图书馆和学术图书馆员的现状分析,提出成功的学术图书馆员是具有灵活性、适应性、多学科、多技能的人才,在千变万化的信息环境和学术环境中需要侧重发展五个方面的个人能力:IT技能、管理技能、交流技巧、教学能力、个性发展。在可预见的未来学术图书馆将继续责无旁贷地履行保存和传递人类文明与学术成就的基本职能,并担负主持学术交流与合作的使命,在电子资源日益膨胀的时代,学术图书馆将通过扩展自己的业务而起到更加重要的作用。