Immersed in Design: Using an Immersive Teaching Space to Visualise Design Solutions

A significant component of design pedagogy is the need to foster critical design thinking and to support students in understanding links between educational exercises and their potential application in professional design practice. Problem solving is central to design so it is also essential that students understand that there can be multiple solutions to a design brief, and are supported in creative experimentation and in generating imaginative outcomes. This article examines some innovative approaches to addressing these pedagogical needs. It investigates the effectiveness of pedagogical design incorporating the Immerse Lab, a three‐wall projection room at an Australian university, as a learning context for design practice, for generating ideas and for supporting learning involving the comparative display of design outcomes. Anonymous student survey results revealed that the majority of students found learning in the Immerse Lab to be beneficial; comparative review more effective than in standard tutorial rooms; that the activity generated new ideas; it encouraged students to think differently about their designs; and it inspired students to develop their existing designs or create new ones. The project demonstrated that curricula involving immersive spaces can be effective in supporting engaging and relevant design pedagogy.     

翻转课堂在日语教学中的应用研究

随着现代信息技术的不断发展,出现了很多新的教学模式,翻转课堂教学模式就是其中之一,其在日语教学中既能促进师生互动,又能激发学生学习日语的兴趣,进而提升日语教学效率。文章重点研究日语教学存在的问题,分析了翻转课堂在日语教学中应用的可行性,并进一步深入探讨翻转课堂在日语教学中的应用策略,旨在为日语教学改革提供理论参考,进而提升日语教学的实效性。     

试淡物理教学中科学意识的培养

本文通过抓好一个阵地，搞好三项活动，论述了在卫校物理教学中培养学生的科学意识的具体途径。     

Transformative Pedagogy: Emergent Bilinguals and Perspective Taking

This study contributes to the limited research on emergent bilinguals, perspective taking, and second language reading of informative text. The explicit integration of Freire’s (1993) notion of conscientizacao, or consciousness-raising, with the constructs of empathy and embodiment (Gee, 2001; Hurtado, 1996) and with translanguaging (García, 2009) represented conceptual frameworks that explicitly guided the pedagogical approaches implemented in the study. The findings indicated that the incorporation of the integrated conceptual frameworks with the prescribed fourth grade social studies curriculum enabled emergent bilinguals to generate their own perspectives concerning social justice and equity when studying about slavery in Texas.     

浅谈英语课文教学的原则和方法

在英语教学中，课文教学非常重要，它应遵循整体教学和模式教学相结合、实践性与交际性相结合的原则，合理安排课文讲解，加强听、说、读、写训练，以提高学生实际运用英语的能力。     

“Beyond Bali”: a transformative education approach for developing community resilience to violent extremism

The Bali bombings of 2002 and 2005 confronted Australia and its neighbours directly for the first time with the dangers of violent extremism. Since then, the Bali Peace Park Association (BPPA), consisting of former victims, their families and other interested parties, has been lobbying for the creation of the “Bali Peace Park” to be built on one of the bombing sites. Peace parks have been conceived as community-driven projects against violent extremism, and the planned Bali Peace Park embodies this principle. In 2012, the BPPA initiated “Beyond Bali”, an ambitious and highly relevant curriculum development project, and secured funding from the Australian Attorney General’s Department. Drawing on the expertise of a counter-terrorism expert, two university education experts and the first-hand experiences of victims and their families, the Beyond Bali curriculum package was created. Beyond Bali covers a range of topics and activities, including social science studies and ethical dilemma learning, is suitable for Years 8 and 9 students studying the Australian Curriculum, and is available for free from the BPPA: http://www.balipeacepark.com.au/beyond-bali-education-package.html. In this paper we position Beyond Bali as a transformative education resource within the fields of peace and global education and argue that it embodies UNESCO’s “learning to be” principle.     

基于翻转课堂的现代教育技术课程设计与实践

翻转课堂是以颠倒教学时序,重组教学程序,打破常规教学方式为主要特点的教学模式,近年来深受高校部分教师的欢迎。笔者以翻转课堂理念重新设计了现代教育技术课程,并进行了两轮的行动研究。在实践中发现,翻转课堂虽然对于提升高校公共课的教学质量、提高学生的各项能力起到一定的积极作用,但要注意的是翻转课堂只是诸多教学模式的一种,高校不能在课程改革上搞一刀切,盲目照搬其模式。     

Which instructional models influence more on perceived exertion,affective valence,physical activity level,and class time in physical education?

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of two different instructional models (i.e. direct instructional model (DIM) and tactical games model (TGM)) with primary education students. Perceived exertion, affective valence, physical activity (PA) level, instruction time, active learning time, and relation of instruction/active learning time were measured with 256 primary education students during DIM and TGM 8 weeks’ intervention programs. Significant differences were found between the DIM and TGM in perceived exertion, PA level, instruction time and in the relation between instruction/active learning time (p?<?.01, ES=?0.4 to 1.1). By age group, the DIM had significantly higher PA level in students of 3^rd grade of primary education (G3), 4^th grade (G4) and 6^th grade (G6) (p?<?.05 or p?<?.01, ES=?0.8 to ?0.4). The instructional model used during physical education classes can affect perceived exertion, PA level, instruction time, and the relation instruction/active learning time.     

微格教学与中学生物教学法课程的改革

微格教学是师范生和在职教师掌握课堂教学技能的一种培训方法。运用微格教学改革中学生物教学法课程体系和教学方法 ,能够加强教学技能培训 ,突出教法课的实践性。微格教学手段还可用于改革教学见习和教育实习     

Mind the gap: accountability,observation and special education

There is an absence of observation-based tools designed to evaluate teaching in special education classrooms. Evaluations derived from classroom observations are integral to the accountability process, adding value to understanding teaching and learning by providing a lens into the classroom that test scores cannot capture. The present paper systematically examined existing classroom observation tools, identifying constructs measured and noting elements unique to special education classrooms. Results demonstrate that most extant tools tap into three primary categories of teacher behaviours, but overlook the role paraprofessionals play as well as teacher professional behaviours. Taken together, results reflect the need for a tool designed specifically for special education classrooms. Limitations and implications for practice and policy are discussed.