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。     

浅谈生产实习与专业课和毕业设计的有机结合

针对专业课学时少，内容多的矛盾，以及本科生毕业设计综合质量不稳定的情况，结合指导专业生产实习的累积的经验，提出把专业课的部分内容向生产实习移植，并在生产实习之前就把毕业设计题目落实到具体学生的观点。介绍了为实现专业课部分内容移植进行的一些探索和体会，阐述了让学生在专业生产实习中获取更多与毕业设计内容直接相关的感性知识的必要性。     

鲁立刚的教育实践与教育思想

民主教育家鲁立刚系20世纪前半叶湖南著名的地理教员和中学校长。他潜心教育事业，50岁之前教书育人，之后著书立说。其教育思想主要有尊师重教及重名轻利现、用人唯贤及言传身教现、救国育才及文理并重现。他身体力行的教育实践与“朴实沉觳”的教育思想至今熠熠生辉。     

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。     

差生思想政治工作的开展及实践中教师行为的自我控制

做好差生的思想政治工作,要从抓差生的兴趣点、智慧点、兴奋点、创新点、实践点五个方面入手,教师在进行思想政治工作时要注重情感和言行的自我控制.     

关于学生群体荣辱观念与嫉妒心理的研究

嫉妒心理在学生群体中是一个普遍的客观存在,它崇尚价值表现为积极与消极的两重性,与荣辱观相关密切。消极的嫉妒心理以别人的成功为自己的耻辱,放弃自己抵达而去憎恨以至破坏别人。积极嫉妒心理不以别人抵达为耻,创造条件努力使自己抵达为荣。这在本质上是一个树立正确的荣辱观的问题。对学生群体荣辱观念与嫉妒心理及其表征进行初步的研究是必要的。