Using Multicultural Resources for Teachers to Combat Racial Prejudice in the Classroom

As the American population continues to become more diverse there is a need to provide children in early education with factual information about all ethnic groups to decrease prejudice. First, teachers must examine their own beliefs prior to implementing a multicultural approach into the curriculum. Three questions are presented that will assist teachers in evaluating their views and behaviors toward ethnic groups. Informative resources are provided for teachers to educate themselves, parents, and students. Through children's literature, instructional materials, and Internet sources, teachers can promote more positive attitudes among students and educate children to be respectful and accept the individuality of others.     

Children’s emotional and behavioral responses to peer provocation and early school adjustment

ABSTRACT

Even very young children think about their own and others’ behavior, including emotions. Such cognitions and emotions about the self and others convey information that is crucial to social interactions and relationships. The current study based on an integrated model of emotion processes and cognition in social information processing (SIP) aimed to explore students’ emotional and behavioral responses in SIP choices, and their association with teacher-reported early school adjustment. Two-hundred and thirty pre-school and first-grade primary school students were interviewed using the Challenging Situations Task (CST). CST assessed students’ emotional and behavioral responses to 12 unambiguous hypothetical peer provocation situations. Children’s preschool and first-grade primary teachers rated children’s early school adjustment with the Social Competence and Behavior Evaluation (SCBE-30) measure. The results revealed that children chose mainly sad and angry emotions and socially competent and passive behaviors. We found a relationship both between sad emotions and socially competent behavior choices, and between angry emotion and aggressive behavior choices. Sad emotions and aggressive behavior choices were the main predictors of school adjustment. Children’s responses to peer provocation situations varied depending on how the children interpreted the situations. The results address the importance of children’s SIP and school adjustment.     

新时期我国中学教育改革及教师队伍建设

以素质教育为核心的教育体制改革,是我国中学教育改革的战略重点。但在从传统的应试教育向素质教育转变的过程中,我们的教师队伍却面临着极大的挑战。如何正视教师队伍中存在的问题,建设一支适应新时代要求的、高素质的教师队伍,是实现这一改革的关键环节。本文从素质教育对教师队伍的要求、我国中学教学教师队伍存在的问题以及解决这些问题的思路三个方面阐述了笔者对这一问题的思考。     

试析沦陷初期江苏地区各阶层心态

沦陷时期江苏地区各阶层在大敌当头时的心理和行为:战争初期,社会混乱,国民政府官员弃民而逃;土匪、地痞流氓则浑水摸鱼,大肆抢劫;普通民众则处于高度恐慌状态,为躲战乱,流离失所;城镇地区则有地方头面人物(地方耆老、商会会长等)联系日军,或者迫于后者的压力,出面组成维持会,稳定秩序。     

Professional development of kindergarten teachers in Croatia – a personal choice or an obligation

The quality of educational processes with children of preschool age and long-term educational outcomes are largely related to the work quality of teachers. Lifelong learning and professional development, as predictors of quality, need to be regarded as an ongoing task for kindergarten teachers. Findings of an empirical study of Croatian kindergarten teachers’ views (N = 388) on professional development point to a link between teachers’ intrinsic motivation and their professional development. Motivation explains 46.87% of the variance Personal commitment to professional development. A slight positive correlation was found between the level of formal education and the frequency of professional development (r = .216, p < .01). Although the level of education of kindergarten teachers is not a good independent predictor, it affects readiness to self-fund professional development (p < .01). As for the significance of conferences as a form of professional development, participants of the study identified them as an effective opportunity (M = 4.68, SD = .52), promoting both quality practices (M = 4.69, SD = .54) and exchange of experiences (M = 4.68, SD = .56). The length of participants’ professional work experience affects their assessment of the significance of practitioners’ networking as a way of improving the quality of everyday practices (F = 1.43, p < .05).     

民族偏远地区基础英语教学的几点建议

本文基于对我校英语专业三年级学生英语作文中典型的、低层次的语言错误情况进行的分析 ,结合课堂教学观摩、问卷调查结果 ,探讨、反思民族偏远地区基础英语教育存在的主要问题 ,然后 ,针对这些问题 ,从师资培训、合作行动研究及第二语言习得有关理论角度提出几点建议     

中学英语朗读教学点滴体会

英语朗读对中学英语教学具有促进作用，忽视朗读将产生反作用，应采取有效的措施和方法。     

《中国十大旅游名胜》一课的多媒体网络教学

通过一节网络实验课的课例教案，展现了网络教学中教师的主导作用的发挥与学生的自主学习的训练。     

Should Science be Taught in Early Childhood?

This essay considers the question of why we should teach science to K-2. After initial consideration of two traditional reasons for studying science, six assertions supporting the idea that even small children should be exposed to science are given. These are, in order: (1) Children naturally enjoy observing and thinking about nature. (2) Exposing students to science develops positive attitudes towards science. (3) Early exposure to scientific phenomena leads to better understanding of the scientific concepts studied later in a formal way. (4) The use of scientifically informed language at an early age influences the eventual development of scientific concepts. (5) Children can understand scientific concepts and reason scientifically. (6) Science is an efficient means for developing scientific thinking. Concrete illustrations of some of the ideas discussed in this essay, particularly, how language and prior knowledge may influence the development of scientific concepts, are then provided. The essay concludes by emphasizing that there is a window of opportunity that educators should exploit by presenting science as part of the curriculum in both kindergarten and the first years of primary school.     

中世纪天主教信仰的仪式化

第四次拉特兰宗教会议为天主教会规定了统一的礼拜仪式 ,七项礼拜仪式将天主教宗教信仰演绎成各种外在的物化仪式。在当时社会文化水平低下 ,识字人口不多的情况下 ,这种仪式化的祈祷方式有助于天主教徒学习并感知天主教的基本教义。七项礼拜仪式与教徒的日常生活密切相关 ,定期出席礼拜仪式是中世纪天主教徒的生活方式。英国中世纪教会借助于强制性地要求教徒出席礼拜仪式的办法 ,实现对社会日常生活的规范。然而宗教信仰的仪式化导致世俗身份的教徒在宗教信仰上对教会的依赖 ,天主教最终演变成了以教职界精英为中心的宗教信仰。这种发展趋势是引发 1 6世纪欧洲宗教改革的原因之一 ,马丁·路德首倡的“唯信称义”主张在很大程度上是为了纠正中世纪天主教重礼仪、轻信仰的倾向 ,将基督教还原成普通民众的宗教信仰