Special educational needs in mainstream secondary school physical education: learning support assistants have their say

Learning support assistants (LSAs) gained more political and academic attention in Britain after Estelle Morris announced that schools of the future would include more trained staff to support learning to higher standards. LSAs, thus, should form an integral part of the culture of all school departments in Britain, including physical education (PE). The paper uses Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony to explore the processes and practices that shape the views and experiences of LSAs and ultimately the extent to which they facilitate an inclusive culture in PE. A web survey gathered the views and experiences of LSAs vis-à-vis the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream secondary school PE in North-West England. A modified version of the tailored design method participant contact strategy resulted in 343 LSAs starting the web survey, with 154 (45%) following it through to completion. All quantitative data were analysed using Microsoft Excel whilst qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis. This entailed the identification of recurring themes and patterns present in the data. The findings highlight the hegemonic status of English, maths and science when it comes to the allocation of SEN resources, which most LSAs support and often reinforce. PE is particularly disadvantaged in this hierarchy of subject priority. The majority of LSAs have not received PE-specific training, which brings into question their ability to facilitate inclusion in PE. Moreover, many schools do not appear to value the involvement of LSAs in the planning of differentiated lessons, which could have a negative impact on the PE experiences of some pupils with SEN given that LSAs are perhaps most aware of the specific learning needs of the pupils they support.     

Have a Legal Question Without the Resources to Get an Answer?

This article explores the Western New York's Library Resources Council's Ask the Lawyer Program. The program provides a timely model for local cultural heritage communities, such as archives, to collectively retain a lawyer in a non-representational capacity to answer both specific and hypothetical questions that arise as a result of their work.     

Enhancing Teaching and Learning: Libraries and Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

Academic libraries continually adjust services to adapt to the ever-changing landscape in higher education. In response to the broken textbook market, libraries are becoming actively involved in the open educational resources (OER) movement. Although there is not a formal program in place, librarians at Utah State University explored a collaborative approach to integrate OER in faculty members' courses. One goal of the effort was to work closely with faculty to consider course objectives and learning outcomes when evaluating and incorporating OER. This article identifies a streamlined process for targeting courses most suited for OER adoption and outlines a process of collaborating with teaching faculty to integrate relevant OER. The paper includes a detailed workflow that other libraries can easily adapt to make OER part of their faculty outreach toolkit.     

基于语义Web的教育资源模型相关技术研究

针对E-learning(电子学习)系统中实现教育资源智能搜索与整合的要求,对建立一个基于语义Web技术的教育资源语义模型涉及到的一些技术进行了分析研究。介绍了语义Web的体系结构,针对目前E-learning中存在的问题提出了相应的解决方案。     

科学哲学对科学教育理论建构的价值

探讨科学哲学与科学教育理论构建的关系,提出应重视科学哲学的理论观念、思想方法对科学教育理论革新发展的价值,并把科学哲学的一些原则、方法引入到科学教育理论的建构之中.     

高校学生思想政治工作中"拒教"现象探析

高校学生思想政治工作中,存在少数学生拒绝教育的现象。"拒教"现象具有原因多、现象复杂、方式微妙、不易察觉等特点,分析拒教现象是高校思想政治工作者的自觉要求,也是新时期进一步加强和改进思想政治工作的迫切需要。对拒教现象的种类、拒教的危害及控制和消除的研究,将有助于学生从"拒教"到"自教"的转变。     

学校经营的主体

学校是人才产品的基地，要顺利实现人才产品的生产经营，我们应该关注学校经营的主体，特别是学校经营的产权主体、经营主体、服务主体、消费主体、利益主体等，对其深入研究，明确认识，把握本质，这将有利于我国教育市场的开放和学校教育的健康发展。     

教育规划中的人力需求法述评

对教育规划影响最大、应用最广的要数人力需求法,其理论基础是20世纪五六十年代人力资本理论中有关教育和经济发展关系的理论,共包括八个基本步骤。虽然人力需求法仍然有许多缺陷,但其在教育规划中的作用和地位是勿庸置疑的,因此我们所应做的是进一步将其完善。     

慎言教育家

教育家作为对教育本质有深刻体悟、对教育信念有执着追求、对教育事业卓有建树的教育及文化大师，是教育精神和品格的活的标本和示范。在教育家的称号中聚集了社会对纯洁、高尚、正义、良知、文明等美德和理性的期待和寄托，对其指称应该谨慎而恰当，切奠误用和滥用，以维护教育家称号必须的纯洁性和珍贵性。     

陶行知"五解放"教育思想与大学生创新精神的培养

创新精神的培养是素质教育的核心内容之一，陶行知先生解放学生的大脑、双手、嘴巴、空间和时间的“五解放”教育思想是培养学生创新精神的重要手段，也是培养学生创新精神的前提，其实质就是真正把自主权交给学生。要培养大学生的创新精神，应该以“五解放”教育思想为指导，树立全新的创新教育观，努力培养大学生的创新意识和创造思维能力，全方位营造有利于培养创新精神的环境。通过创新精神的培养，造就更多与时俱进的创新型人才。