有机串联，自主探究，拓展提升--浅谈牛津小学英语复习单元教学

复习课是小学英语课堂教学重要课型之一,在英语教学中占有重要的地位。本文以牛津小学英语复习单元教学为例,论述了教师应当如何设计有效的教学活动,让复习课的教学更有效、更充实。     

美国低碳经济对福建生态文明建设的启示

美国低碳经济发展取得积极进展。在布什政府期间,美国低碳经济的发展主要采取提供立法保障、开发和利用新能源技术等措施;在奥巴马政府期间,美国低碳经济的发展主要采取确定合理的长远目标、推动政策法规的颁布与执行、采取一系列的经济激励政策等措施。通过研究福建生态文明发展中产业、技术、消费、制度、能源和生态存在的问题,提出低碳发展整体框架,建议采取加快新能源的寻找与开发、推动产业结构优化升级、加强技术创新、建设低碳城市、提供强有力的政策保障和改变消费观念等方法推动福建生态文明的发展。     

新能源汽车产业的市场培育对策研究

借鉴发达国家新能源汽车产业的市场培育的成功经验,认为我国必须从细分市场,抓住早期消费者;尊重市场规律,优先培育混合动力;完善产业链扶持政策,继续增加政策扶持力度等方面入手,寻求我国新能源汽车产业的市场培育的对策。     

以提高学员综合素质为目标，实践和探索“课前三省”的备课方式

备好课是上好课的基础。基于作者多年的教学实践,文章提出了一种“课前三省”——从教学内容、教学组织、内在心灵三方面在课前对备课进行把握的方式。     

“马克思主义基本原理概论”课教学方法的多维度变革

为了创造性地贯彻新教材的精神,我们制定了创造符合本校特色的教学战略。积极创新教学方法,逐渐摸索出了坚持专题学术讲座,组织集体备课,鼓励个性化教与学的教学模式。     

不同年级、专业大学生宗教经验触发因素的比较

采用自编《大学生宗教经验触发因素问卷》,对620名大学生进行调查,结果发现：大学生宗教经验触发因素不存在年级的显著差异,但存在显著的专业差异。具体表现为：理科学生显著高于文科、医科、农科,工科学生显著高于农科。大学生宗教经验的触发因素不存在显著的生源地差异。大学生的不同信仰在宗教经验触发因素上存在显著的差异,表现为宗教徒、不清楚的均值显著大于无神论者。     

When worlds collide: identity,culture and the lived experiences of research when ‘teaching-led’

This article presents detailed findings from the qualitative or interpretive phase of a mixed-methods case study focusing on the professional identities and lived experiences of research among six lecturers working in different capacities across the field of education in a ‘teaching-led’ higher education institution. Building upon the quantitative phase published earlier in this journal, factors both facilitating (e.g. research infrastructure, support for doctoral study) and constraining (e.g. time, space, workload, critical mass, ‘practitioner bond professionalism’, ‘organisational socialisation’, networks, roles and responsibilities, power relationships) research activity are identified. These are considered in the context of an institution often recruiting staff with ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds from within ‘the professions’ (e.g. from schools and colleges without doctorates) looking to become more ‘research-informed’ and establish a more vibrant and sustainable research culture. Recommendations for further development focus on ‘identity transitions’ and ‘cultural transformation’, emphasising the importance of research leadership and its distribution throughout the organisation. With current trends towards the apparent intensification and prioritisation of research activity over teaching, findings are considered particularly important for institutions of a similar nature to the one described here, for education departments in larger institutions also on similar journeys, and in light of an anticipated increase in demand for research activity arising from the expansion of higher education provision in further education and the private sector, where recruitment from within ‘the professions’ to teach across ‘vocational’ programmes is common.     

Effects of learner–instructor relationship-building strategies in online video instruction

Although research has demonstrated that an increased rapport between instructors and learners can positively relate with increased learning gains, perhaps mediated by the positive attitudes toward the course and self-efficacy beliefs in the coursework, little has been done to test what instructional strategies might increase this rapport in online video-based instruction. This study compared online video-based instruction that made use of relationship-building strategies with online video-based instruction that did not use those strategies. The two instructions were identical in every other way. The results show that the attitudes of the college students were positively affected by the relationship building strategies in a statistically significant way (p = .025) and that learning gains were also positively affected at a very near-significant level (p = .052). The implications of the findings are discussed.     

Inclusion Practices in Elementary Physical Education: A Social-cognitive Perspective

This study explored inclusion practices in general physical education (GPE) from the experiences and perspectives of elementary physical education teachers. The stories of four teachers (two females, two males) between 27 and 57 years of age were gathered using the phenomenological methods of semi-structured interviews, photographs, school documents, and field notes. Bandura’s social-cognitive theory provided a conceptual framework to interpret the findings of this inquiry. Three themes emerged from the thematic analysis: engaging in learning; adapting strategies to meet students’ needs; and moving beyond the educational goals. The findings suggest that inclusion practices (teacher’s behaviours) in GPE were constructed by the dynamic interactions between teachers’ knowledge of disability and motivation to learn about their students (personal factors) and children’s needs and learning goals (environment).     

Psychological climates in action learning sets: a manager's perspective

Action learning (AL) is often viewed as a process that facilitates professional learning through the creation of a positive psychological climate [Marquardt, M. J. 2000. “Action Learning and Leadership.” The Learning Organisation 7 (5): 233–240; Schein, E. H. 1979. “Personal Change Through Interpersonal Relationships.” In Essays in Interpersonal Dynamics, edited by W. Bennis, J. Van Maanen, E. H. Schein, and F. I. Steele, 129–162]. A psychological climate that fosters an environment in which learning set members feel psychologically safe enough to reflect upon both the successes and the failures in their professional life, without any form of repercussion. However, there has been little attention given to the ways that that psychological climate develops, and the differing facets that create that climate. In response to such deficit, this paper reports the outcomes of interviews with 11 managers, all of whom are former AL set (ALS) members, on their experiences of ALS membership. Drawing upon an interpretivist philosophy, the paper explores the key themes that emerged from the analysis of those interviews. The analysis serves to illustrate the differing facets that collectively contribute to the creation of a positive psychological climate that is conducive for learning. The analysis points to the relative importance of such facets as trust, honesty, vulnerability, reciprocity, confidentiality and personal disclosure, all of which have the capacity to lead to a positive psychological climate in ALSs. This paper is useful for developing an understanding of the differing facets in ALSs that create a psychological climate conducive for learning. As such, it has utility for AL facilitators, set members, academics and educational consultants.