Rediscovering the teacher within Indian child-centred pedagogy: implications for the global Child-Centred Approach

The Child-Centred Approach (CCA) is increasingly promoted within India and internationally as a response to the challenge of delivering quality education. From identifying and examining Indian indigenous and global concepts of CCA within traditional and contemporary child-centred pedagogic discourse, this paper reveals the complexities of underlying agendas within the domestic and international setting and the implications of this for the integration of CCA and the ‘child-centred’ teacher in India. Based on empirical analysis of teachers’ interviews, the findings demonstrate that the role of the teacher continues to be largely overlooked in spite of a willingness from teachers to engage within the child-centred pedagogic discourse. Disempowerment, a lack of autonomy and limited professional status are highlighted. Therefore, this paper calls for the rediscovery of the ‘child-centred’ teacher to advance from within the nation. Without this, it is asserted that the authenticity of the CCA model will continue to be compromised, and with it, any indigenous expressions of a similar epistemology will be fundamentally restricted.     

开放大学建设深度解读应聚焦的五个重点问题

边解读、边探索，是开放大学建设实践模式的重要特征。开放大学的深化探索需要深度的解读。基于项目试点阶段经验的总结，立足于开放大学建设的长远目标，深度解读应聚焦于国家战略、规律遵循、类型创新、新的常态、难题突破这五个主要方面。     

The role of strengths in anger and conduct problems in maltreated adolescents

Despite multi-type maltreatment, some individuals demonstrate positive adaptation and continue to develop in a healthy way. A multitude of strength factors have been linked to adaptive functioning and resilience, but this has not been adequately examined in maltreated adolescent’s psychosocial functioning. This study sought to examine the role of strengths such as having talents/interests, family relationships, educational support, the role of the recognition and application of these strengths, and the role of multi-type maltreatment on anger control and conduct problems. One hundred and thirty participants (61 males; 69 females) aged 13–19 years old were rated using the Singapore version of Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) tool. The results revealed that certain strengths were associated with anger and conduct problems, but the recognition and application of strengths emerged as a consistently significant predictor for both outcomes. Hence, to understand and apply one’s strengths may be equally as important as merely possessing those strengths. This study extends current understanding of the importance of strengths with a group of maltreated adolescents in an Asian context. Adopting a person-centered and strength-based approach will further enhance the effectiveness of interventions and improve outcomes for maltreated adolescents living in residential care.     

Exploring mechanisms of rapid automatized naming to arithmetic skills in Chinese primary schoolers

Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is associated with children's arithmetic performance, which is multifactorial by nature and consists of arithmetic fluency, arithmetic procedure, and word problems. Yet, it is unclear whether RAN can predict all key aspects of arithmetic skills independently and what cognitive mechanisms may explain this relation. Using a sample of Chinese primary school students (N = 170), results showed that while RAN was associated with all key aspects of arithmetic skills, the relations of RAN–arithmetic procedure and RAN–word problems may be dependent on that of RAN–arithmetic fluency. Supporting the processing speed hypothesis, results further suggested that processing speed may underlie the relation between RAN and arithmetic performance. Findings made unique contribution to understanding the effect of RAN on arithmetic performance and cognitive mechanisms that may underpin this association in the context of Chinese culture.     

“生命·实践”教育学的突围

中国教育成为了众矢之的,教育研究失去了独立性,如何回应蓬勃发展的教育,解决、回答丛生的教育问题,这就是教育理论的需求。叶澜老师秉承华东师范大学的学术传统、乡土的血统,身体力行、率先垂范,走出了自己的路,通过实实在在的努力、实实在在地思考教育问题,试图去回答这些问题,把对这些问题回答形成了以理论为骨架的思考。     

Exploring elementary students’ perceptions of disabilities using children's literature

The portrayal of characters in children's literature can be a very powerful influence on young children. Teachers have a responsibility to expose children to characters of all types, including those with disabilities. The goal of this study was to explore how third and fourth grade students responded to characters with disabilities in children's books. We read a total of 12 books that included characters with disabilities to students in two third‐grade and one fourth‐grade class at three elementary schools. We video‐recorded discussions about the books and identified the following four themes, all of which related to influences on students’ responses to the character with a disability: (a) societal messages, (b) academic responses, (c) teacher influence and (d) portrayal of disability. We recommend that teachers carefully select books featuring characters with disabilities based on the way the disability is portrayed in the book, and, after the read‐aloud, use questioning strategies that encourage students to make thoughtful, deep comments rather than giving ‘expected’ responses.     

过程教育在浙教版九上第三章《圆》中的体现浅析

知识是什么,是思考的结果、经验的结果。仅仅教结果的教育是不能教智慧的,智慧往往表现在过程中。有关过程的东西只有通过过程来教,过程的教育能够培养我们的孩子正确的思考方法,最终培养孩子数学的直观。因此我们要强调过程的教育,在过程中判断他的思维是不是对的。     

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。     

非线性多变延迟奇异摄动问题的稳定性分析

讨论了形如x′(t) =f(x(t) ,x(t -τ1(t) ) ,… ,x(t -τm(t) ) ,y(t) ,y(t -τ1(t) ) ,… ,y(t-τm(t) ) )和εy′(t) =g(x(t) ,x(t -τ1(t) ) ,… ,x(t -τm(t) ) ,y(t) ,y(t -τ1(t) ) ,… ,y(t -τm(t) ) ) (0 <ε 1)的非线性多变延迟奇异摄动系统的理论解的稳定性 ,得到了系统稳定的一个充分条件 .在此条件下还证明了隐式Euler方法的数值解是稳定的 .