基于建构主义理论的日语教学实践研究

目前国内的日语教学仍然停滞于以教师传授知识为主的传统线型教学模式。这种教学模式已日显弊端。建构主义理论教学模式强调有效的课堂教学,是教师协助学生去完成个体的自我探索,促使学生主动建构知识意义。在建构主义理论基础上进行的日语教学实践,应着重建立师生间＂彼此倾听＂的对等关系及生生合作的学习关系,将教学的重点放于培养学生语感的生成,锻炼学生思维的多元化。     

家庭德育中的“榜样”效用及存在问题

榜样是典型的、值得人们学习、对人们具有教育意义的人格典范,运用榜样的教育方式能更好的对家庭成员的思想道德产生正面的影响,从而规范家庭成员的道德行为,培养家庭成员正确的道德观念,提高家庭成员的道德水平,并对其思想产生一定的激励作用。但如今我们恰恰忽视了家庭德育中榜样的效用对家庭成员尤其是对未成年人思想道德素养的影响,在家庭德育中对榜样方式的认识及运用也存在着许多困难和问题,因此我们应从主客体两方面考虑,寻求解决难题的策略和方法。     

新形势下的大学英语游戏化教学模式探讨

文章首先在对教学策略概念的理解基础之上,总结出在新形势下大学英语教学策略应遵守的基本原则,然后基于实际情况认真分析了我国高校尤其是类似笔者所在院校的大学英语教学改革现状。最后提出针对大学体育艺术类学生可行的创新游戏化教学模式中的求知探索模式,真正意义上实现开放性课堂教学。     

Classroom action research on formative assessment in a context-based chemistry course

Context-based science courses stimulate students to reconstruct the information presented by connecting to their prior knowledge and experiences. However, students need support. Formative assessments inform both teacher and students about students’ knowledge deficiencies and misconceptions and how students can be supported. Research on formative assessments suggests a positive impact on students’ science achievement, although its success depends on how the formative assessment is implemented in class. The aim of this study was to provide insights into the effects of formative assessments on achievement during a context-based chemistry course on lactic acid. In a classroom action research setting, a pre-test/post-test control group design with switching replications was applied. Student achievement was measured in two pre-tests, two post-tests and a retention test. Participants were Grade 9 students from one secondary school in the Netherlands. Repeated-measures analysis showed a significant effect of formative assessments on students’ achievement. During the implementation of the formative assessments, intriguing discussions emerged between students, between students and teacher, and between teachers. Adding formative assessments to context-based approaches reinforces their strength to meet with the current challenges of chemistry education. Formative assessments affect students’ achievement positively and stimulate feedback between students and teacher(s).     

Helping Homeless Families Overcome Barriers to Successful Functioning

The author articulates key stressors in the lives of families who are homeless. These stresses often combine with barriers such as lack of job opportunities and/or insensitive professionals. Strategies for helping homeless families overcome these barriers and related issues are presented.     

Undergraduates and the development of argument

This article emphasizes the need to encourage undergraduate students to develop arguments, which involves enhancing their analytical skills and capacity for critical thinking, across disciplines regardless of level. It argues that these skills, required by the Quality Assurance Agency＇s （QAA） benchmarks, are developed not by instruction but by engaging with the philosophic process that leads to the deep learning. This process of learning is based on a dialectical approach, viewing dialogue with colleagues, primary texts and written assignments, as central to developing an inductive argument and a critical perspective. This article proposes an analytical framework to analyze the extent to which a tutor is facilitating the development of argument. It suggests that while, if required one must provide students with explicit guidelines about this process, nevertheless this practice is problematic because of the inherent tension between explicit teaching and deep learning, which facilitates the acquisition of these analytical skills.     

通过游戏教学激发小学生英语学习兴趣

新课改后小学英语教学依旧是人们关注的焦点之一。对福州晋安区部分小学生学习英语情况的调查结果表明，目前小学生对学英语的兴趣不足，探讨用游戏教学激发小学生英语学习兴趣     

Disaster preparedness,adaptive politics and lifelong learning: a case of Japan

Preparedness for disaster scenarios is progressively becoming an educational agenda for governments because of diversifying risks and threats worldwide. In disaster-prone Japan, disaster preparedness has been a prioritised national agenda, and preparedness education has been undertaken in both formal schooling and lifelong learning settings. This article examines the politics behind one prevailing policy discourse in the field of disaster preparedness referred to as ‘the four forms of aid’ – ‘kojo [public aid]’, ‘jijo [self-help]’, ‘gojo/kyojo [mutual aid]’. The study looks at the Japanese case, however, the significance is global, given that neo-liberal governments are increasingly having to deal with a range of disaster situations whether floods or terrorism, while implementing austerity measures. Drawing on the theory of the adaptiveness of neo-liberalism, the article sheds light on the hybridity of the current Abe government’s politics: a ‘dominant’ neo-liberal economic approach – public aid and self-help – and a ‘subordinate’ moral conservative agenda – mutual aid. It is argued that the four forms of aid are an effective ‘balancing act’, and that kyojo in particular is a powerful legitimator in the hybrid politics. The article concludes that a lifelong and life-wide preparedness model could be developed in Japan which has taken a social approach to lifelong learning.     

谈协同学习理论在高职教育中的应用

协同学习是一种有利于培养学生社会合作能力 ,发挥学生的主观能动性及参与意识 ,适合信息社会需求的教学形式。这种教学形式在高等职业教育人才培养中 ,具有独特的教学功能。将协同学习的概念及其理论用于高职教学中 ,对创新学习方法 ,具有实际意义     

试论网络环境中的教师主导作用

文章从大学英语教学理论和实践的视角,探讨了学生作为自主学习的主体,利用网络技术发挥教师主导作用,引导学生合理利用网络资源,提高自主学习效率等问题.