The Relationship between Attitudes, Knowledge, and Demographic Variables of High School Teachers Regarding Food Irradiation

ABSTRACT:  The purpose of this study was to use a validated instrument to determine the attitudes and knowledge of high school teachers regarding food irradiation, and to determine the correlations among their knowledge and attitudes and certain demographic variables. Knowledge and attitudes about food irradiation were measured in selected high school family and consumer sciences teachers ( n = 121) who taught Food and Nutrition, Food Science and Technology, and/or Food Production Management and Services, via a 24-item instrument with 6 factors. Results revealed these teachers held neutral to positive attitudes about the safety of irradiated foods, their perception of the risk of foodborne illness, and learning about food irradiation, and neutral to negative perceptions of their understanding of food irradiation and their competence to teach about it. These teachers had a moderate knowledge base regarding food irradiation. Teachers' attitudes regarding the safety of food irradiation were positively correlated with their perceived understanding of food irradiation, actual knowledge of it, and competence to teach about it. Their perceived understanding of food irradiation was positively correlated with competence to teach about it, knowledge, and attitudes toward the safety of food irradiation. The only demographic variable correlated with knowledge or attitudes was teachers' previous food irradiation educational experiences. These data suggest the importance of education for family and consumer sciences teachers concerning food irradiation.     

谈高职教师课堂教学的语言表达能力

在学生基础条件比较差、厌学情绪比较严重的情况下，提高教师表达能力是感染学生、吸引学生、引导学生的重要手段。听了教师情感、趣味、艺术三位一体的表达，学生就能产生学习的热情、积极性、主动性，教师就有了上好高职课程的基础，实现教育教学目标才能顺理成章。所以，教师的表达能力是上好课程，提高学生职业能力、岗位技能和职业素养的关键。     

高师院校加强对创新型教师培养的思考

创新是民族进步、国家兴旺的不竭动力。高师院校承担着为基础教育培养创新型教师的任务。章在论述了创新教育与素质教育的关系、创新型教师的基本特征后，着重探讨了高师院校培养创新型教师的6条途径。     

Maintaining teachers’ face in the context of change: results from a study of Vietnamese college lecturers’ perceptions of face

Gaining and saving face are very important in Vietnam as a mechanism of social control, including the professional behaviour of teachers. Interviews with 15 lecturers (aged 24–37) at a teacher training college in a Central Coast province of Vietnam illustrated the relationship between their concepts of face and their beliefs about good teaching. Most were still strongly influenced by traditional Confucian beliefs about the role and position of teachers, the nature of teachers’ knowledge and the relationship between teachers and students. On the other hand, some teachers also were aware of, and to a limited extent open to, more modern ideas that seemed to be related to broad social changes and reforms in approaches to teaching and learning in recent decades in Vietnam. The findings suggest that some teacher educators are uncertain about the value of traditional professional wisdom in the context of critical changes in society and in education. The research also suggests that the concepts of face and saving face are important for teachers’ sense of agency, and that Vietnamese educational authorities could increase the effectiveness of innovations in teacher education by paying attention to the influence of concepts of face on the teachers’ beliefs and behaviours.     

美国教师专业化的原因分析

20世纪80年代美国提出了教师专业化口号,其原因是多方面的,如经济的衰落引发的教育和人才反思、科学教学的兴起等,但主要还是起因于教师职前教育不到位、聘用要求不严以及职后培训质量不高所造成的教师专业水平低等。     

TAFE学院中的教师

澳大利亚TAFE学院严格规范了教师的职责、作用、培训及其聘用的资格与程序,对我国高等职业教育有一定的借鉴意义。     

关中天水经济区农民视野中新农村建设存在的问题和对策——对渭南新农村建设情况的调研

渭南是关中天水经济区的东大门,但渭南在新农村建设中还存在着农民收入偏低、农民科技素质较差、青壮年劳动力匮乏、宗教活动比较活跃、环境意识比较淡薄等问题。只有加快发展高科技农业增加农民收入、扶持乡镇企业发展、加强农村文化建设、提高村干部的工作素质等措施,增强渭南在关中天水经济区发展中的地位和贡献。     

初中英语教师培训需求调查与分析

教师培训关系到教师专业化发展和教学改革的成败,作者做了一项大型调查,考察广西玉林市939名初中英语教师培训需求情况,旨在了解初中英语教师对以往培训的满意度怎样?参与培训的目的是什么?需要怎样的培训模式?希望获得怎样的培训内容?等问题,并试图寻找具有针对性、实效性和有利于全面提高初中英语教师专业化水平的培训模式。     

“以师为本”的农村教师培训模式建构——以陕西为例

农村教师培训,必须解决培训谁、培训什么、如何培训三个问题,变自上而下为由下而上教师培训模式,充分体现以师为本的培训精神。     

立足校本促进教师专业化发展

社会的发展,呼唤优质的基础教育,要求建立专业化的教师队伍。实现教师的专业化,既需要教师本人的自我发展,也需要学校提供教师专业发展的平台,立足校本,促进教师的专业化发展。本文结合实际对促进教师专业化发展进行了系统论述,以此更好的推动中小学教师的专业化发展。