Chinese TEFL teachers’ perceptions about research and influences on their research endeavours

English has always occupied a key position in China’s education. The quality of English education depends largely on the quality of the English teaching force. Improving the overall quality of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers entails advancing both their teaching and research competence. This study, with its focus on Chinese TEFL teachers working in a higher education institution, was set up in a context where Chinese higher education colleges are being transformed into universities and research is becoming a crucial aspect of all teachers’ work. This small-scale case study investigated a group of Chinese TEFL teachers’ perceptions about research and their individual and workplace characteristics that influenced their research endeavours. The findings revealed that Chinese TEFL teachers recognised the significance of research for teaching, professional growth and career advancement. However, lack of individual characteristics such as research and disciplinary knowledge, confidence in research and intrinsic motivation impeded their research efforts. Their institution and departments seemed to encourage research; yet, more specific financial and academic support to start and sustain their research endeavours is required. This study’s findings provide implications for both individual teachers and their institutions to engage TEFL teachers more actively in research.     

Developing an audiovisual notebook as a self‐learning tool in histology: Perceptions of teachers and students

Videos can be used as didactic tools for self‐learning under several circumstances, including those cases in which students are responsible for the development of this resource as an audiovisual notebook. We compared students' and teachers' perceptions regarding the main features that an audiovisual notebook should include. Four questionnaires with items about information, images, text and music, and filmmaking were used to investigate students' (n = 115) and teachers' perceptions (n = 28) regarding the development of a video focused on a histological technique. The results show that both students and teachers significantly prioritize informative components, images and filmmaking more than text and music. The scores were significantly higher for teachers than for students for all four components analyzed. The highest scores were given to items related to practical and medically oriented elements, and the lowest values were given to theoretical and complementary elements. For most items, there were no differences between genders. A strong positive correlation was found between the scores given to each item by teachers and students. These results show that both students' and teachers' perceptions tend to coincide for most items, and suggest that audiovisual notebooks developed by students would emphasize the same items as those perceived by teachers to be the most relevant. Further, these findings suggest that the use of video as an audiovisual learning notebook would not only preserve the curricular objectives but would also offer the advantages of self‐learning processes. Anat Sci Educ 7: 209–218. © 2013 American Association of Anatomists.     

少数民族地区农民工人力资本提升意愿的影响因素分析——基于四川省凉山彝族自治州普格县的调查

依据四川省普格县调查问卷数据,采用Logistic回归模型对影响农民工人力资本提升意愿的因素进行分析。结果表明,年龄、民族、文化程度、家中18～49岁劳动力人数、是否会讲普通话对农民工人力资本提升培训意愿的影响显著,并提出了相应的对策建议。     

核心价值体系视域下民间组织的伦理背离与回归

社会主义核心价值体系在我国社会价值体系中居于核心地位,发挥着主导作用,决定着整个价值体系的基本特征和基本方向。在当前我国民间组织面临着伦理背离的情况下,社会主义核心价值体系以其广泛的适用性和包容性以及强大的整合力和引领力,成为重塑民间组织伦理精神的重要价值向度。     

现行招考制度的伦理特性审视

招考制度是教育制度中的基础性制度,同时也是具有丰富伦理内涵的制度。从伦理学的视角审视现行的招考制度,至少可概括出它在三方面的伦理特性。招考制度以竞争性为伦理之源,正义性为本质所在,人本性为价值旨归。这三方面的伦理特性也是维系现行招考制度发展方向的基本向度。     

论科学发展观的伦理思想

科学发展观是我国经济社会发展的重要指导方针,是中国特色社会主义建设必须坚持的重大战略思想。科学发展观蕴含的伦理哲学思想不仅是对中国古代和西方伦理思想合理内容的高度概括,也是现代自然伦理思想和道德伦理思想的集中反映。     

试论德育教师的素质结构及其威信培养

加强和改进未成年人思想道德建设和大学生思想政治教育,是新时期德育工作对德育教师提出的新要求。教育者必须首先受教育。要着力培养德育工作者的思想政治素质、道德素质、科学文化素质、能力素质和身心素质,提高他们的威信,德育教育才能取得更好的效果。     

高职院校学生思想道德素质评价新模式的构建

文章针对高职院校学生思想道德素质评价存在评价模式缺乏针对性、评价内容缺乏科学性、评价方式缺乏合理性等问题,结合高职教育的特征,探索高职院校学生思想道德素质评价新模式,以有效提高学生思想道德素质。     

文学萨特：从荒谬人生寻找精神自由的在场——萨特文学作品中的“自由观”再解读

＂自由＂是萨特的哲学阐释与文学表述的一个关键词。萨特文学作品中的＂自由选择＂观念,张扬人在边缘境遇中的主体性选择,主张在＂选择行动＂中以体现人的本质及其价值构成,但同时强调人在自由选择的时刻必然要受到道德规律和责任伦理的制约。在这样的意义上,萨特的文学作品实际上是从荒谬人生寻找精神自由的在场。     

道德判断及其在竞争情报行为中的应用

概述道德判断的影响因素、类型与结果,分析伦理评价对于道德判断和行为意图的影响,并结合竞争情报工作实践,讨论了若干行为道德性的检验方法在竞争情报行为道德判断中的应用。