Intersections of life histories and science identities: the stories of three preservice elementary teachers

Grounded within Connelly and Clandinin’s conceptualization of teachers’ professional identity in terms of ‘stories to live by’ and through a life-history lens, this multiple case study aimed to respond to the following questions: (a) How do three preservice elementary teachers view themselves as future science teachers? (b) How have the participants’ life histories shaped their science identity trajectories? In order to characterize the participants’ formation of science identities over time, various data regarding their life histories in relation to science were collected: science biographies, self-portraits, interviews, reflective journals, lesson plans, and classroom observations. The analysis of the data illustrated how the three participants’ identities have been in formation from the early years of their lives and how various events, experiences, and interactions had shaped their identities through time and across contexts. These findings are discussed alongside implications for theory, specifically, identity and life-history intersections, for teacher preparation, and for research related to explorations of beginning elementary teachers’ identity trajectories.     

论网络时代中小学德育面临的挑战与对策

分析了网络时代青少年的价值观呈现多样化的发展趋势,上网成瘾所导致的行为紊乱以及情感上的障碍等问题,指出这些问题对传统的学校德育工作提出了挑战。提出建立三位一体的德育体系,形成网络德育意识,净化网络环境,重塑家庭的教育作用,更新德育方式是适应网络时代要求的有效举措。     

YouTube: Educational Potentials and Pitfalls

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中小学图书馆(室)事业的现状与思考--鸡西市中小学图书馆(室)调查报告

本文在对鸡西市中小学图书馆(室)建设的调查分析基础上,提出了整改措施,以促进中小学图书馆(室)的健康发展。     

浅谈新课程中教师行为的变化

基础教育课程改革的实施,迫切要求教师的传统角色要发生根本性的变化,教师要由传统的管理者、主导者、传授者、教书匠、实施者、控制者变为现在的组织者、引导者、促进者、研究者、开发者和创造者。     

Digital game building: learning in a participatory culture

Background: Research findings indicate that developing good relationships with pupils, managing classroom processes adequately and developing confidence and trust with other teachers are among the aspects of teaching that are found to be challenging. Although many studies conclude that collaborative reflection is a crucial activity for supporting teachers’ professional development in school, studies that focus on what teachers reflect on and how they reflect are more limited.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to improve our understanding of what situations teachers experience as challenging in their teaching, what types of help they seek when trying to manage such situations and, furthermore, how teachers reflect together on how to develop as teachers, when they have time to collaborate.

Sources of information and method: The study aimed to explore these areas theoretically by bringing together data from, and discussing the implications of (1) an interview study and (2) a formative intervention study which involved teachers from lower secondary schools in Norway working with a researcher–participant. The data were analysed by using the constant comparative method of analyses. By discussing aspects of these two studies together, the research aimed to identify and address some of the theoretical questions pertinent to teacher development.

Findings and conclusions: The analysis and discussion of the data from the two studies illuminates teachers’ recognition of the value of having time to reflect together. It also indicates, however, that it is not only a matter of teachers having time to observe, reflect together and focus on their development processes: the types of discourse used during collaborative reflection must also be suitable. The researcher–participant’s role highlighted the untapped potential to be found by looking into how language is used in dialogues aimed at supporting teacher development. Helping teachers to develop the skills to reflect collaboratively and constructively, in a way that ultimately improves teaching and learning, is therefore an important challenge for teacher education and the education of teachers and school leaders.     

美国中小学法治教育中的社区参与：内涵、实施及特色

美国中小学法治教育的目的决定着社区参与是其必要的组成部分。文章从社区参与的主体、客体和方式三个层面说明了美国中小学法治教育中社区参与的内涵；以社区参与中课堂和社区的双向关系和社区参与中学生的参与程度为切入点简要介绍了其法治教育中社区参与的实施；并对实施过程中体现出的一些特色加以说明。     

对集团化学校管理组织结构变革的探讨

基础教育阶段的集团化学校从成型到整体优质，直至实现持续发展，必须积极应对管理挑战。学校高层管理者必须重视管理成长，保持竞争的警觉性。依据现代管理组织设计理念，根据集团化学校的发展程度，及时相应地调整管理结构与组织，实现集团化学校整体优质持续的发展。