Pedagogical Agents as Learning Companions: The Role of Agent Competency and Type of Interaction

This study was designed to examine the effects of the competency (low vs. high) and interaction type (proactive vs. responsive) of pedagogical agents as learning companions (PALs) on learning, self-efficacy, and attitudes. Participants were 72 undergraduates in an introductory computer-literacy course who were randomly assigned to one of four treatments: Low-Proactive, Low-Responsive, High-Proactive, and High-Responsive. Results indicated a main effect for PAL competency. Students who worked with the high-competency PAL in both proactive and responsive conditions achieved higher scores in applying what they had learned and showed more positive attitudes toward the PAL. However, students who worked with the low-competency PAL reported significantly enhanced self-efficacy beliefs in the learning tasks. Also, there was a main effect far PAL interaction type. A proactive PAL had a significantly positive impact on recall. These different results on learning and motivational outcomes suggest that the competency and interaction type of a PAL should be designed according to the desired learning and motivational goals.     

关于教育系在综合大学发展的若干问题思考

对综合大学教育系面临并急需要解决的地位、特色和功能三个问题进行了初步探讨，提出要真正提高教育系在综合大学中的地位，必须做到改革要到位、政策有保障、学术有位置；教育系要在综合大学得到生存和发展，就必须选择特色，设计特色，创造特色，保持特色，强化特色。综合大学教育系的特色应集中反映在培养模式、办学模式、教育研究等方面；综合大学教育系应充分利用综合大学多学科的优势，充分发挥辅助他系培养师资、培养职业技术教育和成人教育以及各种继续教育机械师资和教育管理干部、培养和培训各级各类学校所需的教育学科师资、影响学校实践、提供决策支持、影响社会、发展教育学术等功能。     

关于西部地区师范本科物理专业课程体系的探讨

高等师范教育本科物理专业培养目标必须通过课程体系来体现。在充分展现课程体系对实现专业培养目标的重要意义的基础上,该文从课程体系建设现状、发展方向、课程理论、师范本科物理专业的课程体系性质和特点等方面,探讨了区域性、师范性和应用性对欠发达地区师范本科物理教育专业课程体系的影响,提出了相应的课程结构和课程体系,并对相关问题进行了探讨。     

Reflective pedagogy: the integration of methodology and subject-matter content in a graduate-level course

This article presents a critical reflection on how we, instructors of a graduate-level course in higher education administration, sought to integrate theoretical and subject-matter content and research methodology. Our reflection, guided by autoethnography and teacher reflection, challenged both our assumptions about curriculum design and our process of designing and teaching the redesigned course. We found that our efforts to integrate course content and methodology differed from students’ prior experiences and resulted in a disconnection between their experience and the intended course learning objectives. Recommendations include understanding the degree program culture and students’ course expectations, using assignments that facilitate learning of both theory and methods, and balancing classroom discussion among theory, methodology, and the integration of the two.     

直接翻译还是间接翻译——从关联理论角度分析动画片《海绵宝宝》的翻译

以美国动画片《海绵宝宝》的翻译为例,从关联理论角度出发,重点讨论了《海绵宝宝》的汉语翻译在获得最佳关联方面的成功与失败之处以及直接翻译和间接翻译的应用,从而阐述关联理论对动画片翻译的解释力。     

Investigating the relationship between pre-service physics teachers' professional knowledge,self-concept,and interest

This study investigates the relationships between professional knowledge, self-concept, and interest of pre-service physics teachers. In order to support student learning and interest development alike, teachers need a profound professional knowledge and respective motivational orientations. Developing both professional knowledge and motivational orientations in teachers is therefore a key challenge of teacher education. Prior research has focused on the development of content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) within teacher education, but the role of motivational orientations such as self-concept and interest have mostly been neglected areas of study. As individuals develop domain-specific motivational orientations, they compare their achievement in an external frame to the achievement of their peers, and they compare their achievements in an internal frame across domains. The effects of these psychological processes on domain-specific motivational orientations are described by the generalized internal/external frame of reference model (GI/E model). We assessed the professional knowledge (CK and PCK) and motivational orientations (self-concept and interest) of N = 200 pre-service physics teachers from 12 teacher education institutes in Germany. To investigate the predictions of the GI/E model, we utilized structural equation modeling. In line with the GI/E model, the analysis revealed that pre-service teachers use social comparisons. Pre-service teachers with a higher CK/PCK also showed a higher CK/PCK self-concept. We also identified instances of internal comparisons as we found that a high level of CK corresponds with a lower PCK self-concept. While we could not identify the same effects from professional knowledge on interest, self-concept mediated the effects from professional knowledge on interest. The results suggest that interdependencies between professional knowledge and motivational orientation should be given more consideration in teacher education research and should also be addressed more explicitly in teacher education.     

动画短篇《父与女》中的音画剪辑分析

动画电影的冲击力与视觉形式和声音剪辑有着很密切的联系,有效地利用镜头中的构成形式美,结合背景音乐节奏和旋律的剪辑,来创造有意味的视觉形式。在《父与女》的短篇表现中,通篇运用近似于水墨淡彩的剪影进行形体表现,加强对比,使画面主体物形象鲜明,简单的剪影造型和水墨淡彩的画面成为父女感情表现的载体,完成角色表现和场景绘制,叙事空间关系上剪辑得纯净而直接,与背景音乐相得益彰。     

论教育语境中的承认和权力

德国教育哲学近期出现了一些思潮,以法兰克福学派哲学家霍耐特所提出的承认理论和法国哲学家福柯提出的权力理论为指导论述教育学问题.本文试图针对这样的思潮重新论述教育语境中的承认和权力问题.文章第一部分回顾了当代教育哲学中被遗忘的强调教育自身逻辑的欧洲教育学传统,并提出,论述教育中的权力和承认问题不能脱离教育自身逻辑.第二部...