Pedagogically bereft! Improving learning outcomes for children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the most common non‐genetic cause of learning disability, affecting around 1% of live births in Europe, and costing an estimated $2.9 million per individual across their lifespan. In adulthood, non‐reversible brain damage is often compounded by secondary disabilities in adulthood, such as mental health problems and drug addiction. The challenge for today's educators is: ‘How do we teach children with FASD?’ Their unusual style of learning and their extreme challenging behaviour is out of the experience of many teachers. This article, written by Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE, National Director of the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Research Project, considers the status of FASD in the UK, and provides an overview of the author's recent research into effective educational strategies within the framework of Every Child Matters. Only government‐led approaches can lead to improvements in the quality of teaching and learning for children with FASD and their future life chances.     

Blended learning in higher education: professional development in a Hong Kong university

ABSTRACT

Online learning has become a ubiquitous part of the educational landscape and how teachers are supported in developing approaches to teaching online is a fundamental aspect of the students’ learning experience. Based on the implementation of a professional development course on becoming an online teacher offered in a blended learning mode at one university in Hong Kong, this article proposes that offering this type of professional development in a blended mode is very effective in facilitating enhanced usage of the university’s learning management system. In a blended mode, teachers are actively engaged with blended learning and were found to make more extensive use of features/tools in Blackboard after they attended the professional development course. Results support that offering professional development in a blended mode provides teachers with an authentic student perspective, at the same time as they take guided steps in the teacher’s role in blended learning.     

政府购买教育服务何以可能

我国政府购买教育服务的试行和有效实践,需要在理论上对教育服务何以可"购买"、政府何以要"购买"、政府在何处"购买"以及如何购买等问题进行深入思考,并形成科学的认识与判断,以帮助我们更清晰地认识政府购买教育服务所需的理论环境、政策环境和市场环境,为政府购买教育服务实践提供相应的理论支持与实践指导.     

江西省学前教育事业发展研究——基于1995-2008年数据

自1995年以来,受国家宏观教育政策等因素影响,江西省学前教育事业发展也经历了起伏。与湘鄂皖三省相比,江西省学前教育事业发展相对平稳,在每万人拥有幼儿园数量、生师比和3-6岁适龄儿童毛入学率几个方面取得了较大进步,但也存在学前教育供给不足、师资力量薄弱、学前教育普及与公平相冲突及教育功能退化等新矛盾和新问题。     

关于高职院校教师下企业锻炼的几点思考

高职院校教师下企业锻炼有利于教师业务素质的提升和校企合作的开展。针对高职院校教师下企业锻炼实施过程中存在的问题,剖析了问题产生的原因并提出了解决问题的对策：学校、教师、企业三方共同努力,健全制度、积极配合,构建长效机制,推动高职院校教师下企业锻炼活动的深入开展。     

跨境电商发展背景下国际经济与贸易专业教育模式的思考

随着"互联网+"时代的到来,跨境电商这种新贸易模式得以快速发展。现阶段国际经济与贸易专业教育体系和人才培养仍有许多不足亟待完善,国际经济与贸易专业应适应新模式的需要,加快"双师型"教师队伍建设、加大实践教学力度和深化校企合作是解决国际经济与贸易专业发展瓶颈的良好对策。     

教育模式要改教育效益更要提

当前正处在由应试教育向素质教育转轨的艰难阶段,素质教育的实施中也出现了不少问题.针对"现在应不应该从应试教育模式向素质教育模式转变?"以及"具体应该如何有效地促使这一转变?"等一系列问题,提出了"教育模式要改,教育效益更要提."     

远程开放教育支持服务系统的建设与应用

远程教育服务系统的建设与应用主要包括三个方面内容：1、开放教育的物质条件(校园网络的规划、多媒体平台的建设)；2、教师与网上教学资源的建设；3、学生学习态度与观念的转变。     

从我国中等教育存在的问题中探析教育公平

教育公平是人类自古以来孜孜以求的美好理想。教育公平是社会公平在教育领域的延伸。基于教育公平的视野下,我国中等教育由于自身受到内外因素的影响,存在着入学机会、教育过程、教育结果的不平等问题。中等教育内部的初级中学、高级中学与职业学校,三者之间不协调,配合不默契,造成不公平现象。探讨解决中等教育不公平的途径与对策,以便为中等教育公平创造条件,达到中等教育公平与效益的目的,是教育工作者不可回避的课题。     

EQ热的文化透视

20世纪90年代,情商(EQ)概念由西方心理学家提出并在中国产生了巨大的社会影响,形成了一股研究和讨论情商的文化热潮.透过这一文化现象,折射出市场经济条件下中国人的大众文化心理.另外,也反映出中国人教育价值观的嬗变.