Science in the Trenches: An Exploration of Four Pre-service Teachers' First Attempts at Teaching Science in the Classroom

This paper explores four students' attempts at teaching science in the real world classroom during their initial student teaching practicum, including their struggles and successes. When pre-service teachers enter their initial practicum experience they are confronted with differing teaching philosophies of their own, their university professors, and their school mentors (Sullivan, Mousley & Gervasioni, 2000; John, 2001; Fu and Shelton, 2002). Within this situation, preservice teachers struggle to find their own niche of teaching science and learn to reflect as both learner and teacher (Kelly, 2000). Our goal as science teacher educators is to help pre-service teachers have an easy transfer from personal university experiences to teaching science in the real classroom environment while maintaining the integrity of newly learned teaching strategies (Segall, 2001). This work adds to and helps guide science teacher educators in identifying difficulties pre-service teachers' experiences in the transition from methods courses to practice.     

Representational Issues in Students Learning About Evaporation

This study draws on recent research on the central role of representation in learning. While there has been considerable research on students’ understanding of evaporation, the representational issues entailed in this understanding have not been investigated in depth. The study explored students’ engagement with evaporation phenomena through various representational modes. The study indicates how a focus on representation can provide fresh insights into the conceptual task involved in learning science through an investigation of students’ responses to a structured classroom sequence and subsequent interviews over a year. A case study of one child’s learning demonstrates the way conceptual advances are integrally connected with the development of representational modes. The findings suggest that teacher-mediated negotiation of representational issues as students construct different modal accounts can support enriched learning by enabling both (a) richer conceptual understanding by students, and (b) enhanced teacher insights into students’ thinking.     

“九五““十五“期间江苏省成人高等教育数据分析与思考

对“九五”以来江苏省成人高等教育毕业生注册数据的统计与分析结果表明,十年间江苏省成人高等教育总体规模呈上升趋势,其中本科生所占比例持续上升,专科生比例下降;毕业生均龄亦呈上升态势;普通高校成教毕业生数量增长较快,本科成教增速尤为突出。“十五”期间成教没有出现低龄化现象,年龄段分布呈均衡化趋势。在江苏建设“教育强省”进程中,成人高等教育必须加强,特别要重视加快独立设置成人高等学校的发展。     

试谈高校体育的有偿服务

我国社会主义市场经济体制的确立和发展,给高等教育的发展带来了新的活力和动力,也对高校体育工作如何主动适应社会主义市场经济体制,提出了新的、更高的要求,经济基础的变化必然要求人们在思维方式、价值观念等方面,有一个适应性的变化.国内高校目前采用体育有偿服务是一种行之有效的方法,它适应了市场的要求,促进了体育事业的健康发展.     

浅谈高校科研文化建设

科研文化是高校组织文化的一部分,科研文化建设与高校科研管理工作密切相关。高校科研文化建设要以科研管理为切入点,提升高校科研文化的思想性,并加强科研文化体制的建设。     

浅谈歌唱中的连贯性

歌唱的连贯性是歌唱技巧的重要内容之一，也是声乐学习者常遇到西问题。为解决这一问题，本文从歌唱技巧、心理、情感三个方面谈谈歌唱中的连贯性。     

论周紫芝的乐府诗

周紫芝是南宋初年有名的诗人，有近二千首诗传世，其中包括一定数量的乐府诗。他有明确的乐府理论指导创作，从而使其乐府诗在数量上和质量上都超过当时诗人，在南宋初年诗坛居领先地位。     

通感视野下的语文审美阅读教学研究

在通感视野下进行审美阅读,培养学生的艺术审美能力和情感表现力,通过体验情感美,拓展想像力,徜徉意境美中去倾听人的生命、关注人主体,从而丰富学生的心灵体验,进而丰富、健全人的感觉,使生命在通感审美中诗化,使人诗意地栖居于大地.     

办学理念与运作机制:世界一流大学建设的关键

办学理念与运作机制是世界一流大学建设的关键 :办学理念是大学发展的灵魂 ,运作机制是大学发展的保障。世界一流大学的办学理念包括合理求是、使命导引、学术自由、大学自治、积极应变五个方面 ,其运作机制则表现为有序竞争、宏观调控、追求卓越、有所不为等四个方面。在当前我国建设世界一流大学的实践中 ,只有把相关投入与建构办学理念、完善运作机制结合起来 ,才能使大学真正形成自己的特色 ,在国际上形成自己的竞争力     

人权的国际保护与国家主权的冲突及其解决

现代法律体制下,人权既是国内法调整的对象也是国际法的一个重要调整领域。基于国际 社会的主权性和人权问题的敏感性,在现代国际法上,人权与主权冲突不断,主要体现在国际法若干基本原则 与国家主权之间的冲突。解决这些矛盾和冲突是改善国际关系推动国际人权法的必然要求。