Student Perceptions of Chemistry Laboratory Learning Environments, Student–Teacher Interactions and Attitudes in Secondary School Gifted Education Classes in Singapore

This study investigated the chemistry laboratory classroom environment, teacher–student interactions and student attitudes towards chemistry among 497 gifted and non-gifted secondary-school students in Singapore. The data were collected using the 35-item Chemistry Laboratory Environment Inventory (CLEI), the 48-item Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI) and the 30-item Questionnaire on Chemistry-Related Attitudes (QOCRA). Results supported the validity and reliability of the CLEI and QTI for this sample. Stream (gifted versus non-gifted) and gender differences were found in actual and preferred chemistry laboratory classroom environments and teacher–student interactions. Some statistically significant associations of modest magnitude were found between students' attitudes towards chemistry and both the laboratory classroom environment and the interpersonal behaviour of chemistry teachers. Suggestions for improving chemistry laboratory classroom environments and the teacher–student interactions for gifted students are provided.     

教育分化对收入不公平的影响——拉丁美洲研究

1998年世界教育报告尖锐指出，在以知识为基础的社会里，教育已成为拉大社会差距的手段。在我国目前对这一问题的关注与研究还很不够。文章根据美洲开发银行关于1998-1999年拉美经济和社会进步的报告中的有关内容摘写而成。     

笃志教改终不悔--匡互生及其教育思想

匡互生不仅仅是“五四运动”的杰出战士，而且也是位教育改革先驱，是现代新教育思想的研究家和实践家。他一生为教育奔波，呕心沥血，失志教育改革，创办了著名的立达学园，培养了一大批有才华有成就的优秀人才，而匡互生自己也为此献出了宝贵的生命。     

对微信圈信息依赖的教育反思

既是社会现象又是教育现象的微信圈信息依赖,作为资讯民主大众化、科技革命大众化、人际自由大众化和个性情感大众化的反映,实际上是课堂教学大众化在社会时空里的镜像反射。微信圈在不经意间提供了课堂教学能深深嵌入广阔社会时空的条件,微信圈信息依赖则顺势铺设了向课堂教学输送课程资源的网络"管道"。微信圈信息依赖应在批判性思维的基础上实现社会化历程的个人体悟,在文明内化的轨道上实现技术应用的健康化发展,在秩序的心向上实现个体行为的社会性进步,在理性的空间里实现生命的人文化生长。构筑人们在更高追求和更多选择面前的教育平台,使微信圈及其以信息依赖为载体的文明发展成果去推动教育与社会交融共进的互动关系,正是教育本质意义的重要体现。     

Recovering lost histories of educational design: a case study in contemporary participatory strategies

Past practices shape and limit the design imagination of teachers, pupils, parents, governors, and others concerned with designing modern schools. Bringing histories of education to the table in the participatory design process of new school buildings and curricula is necessary. Schools having an extraordinary past have the potential to draw from that prefigurative practice. This paper reports a case study on how the Kees Boeke School in The Netherlands recently has returned to its own history in addressing the needs of its current and future learners in a redesign project. Through addressing the question of how the redesign might reflect a reconnection with the original vision of education espoused by Boeke—learning in relative freedom, with awareness of responsibilities for own and community’s well-being—the school management, architects, teachers, and students took part in a participatory design process. That process and the resulting school design is discussed. From this case study we argue that past adventures in education can inspire current redesign. Past experiences as well as concerns and beliefs about the future are an inevitable influence on initiatives to realise schools for the future, both for schools with experimental and those with traditional histories.     

我院教力管理信息化的探索与实践

教学管理信息化是提高教学管理水平的必由之路。为使我院教务管理向“规范化、信息化、网络化”方向发展,我们在网上成绩查询、计算机排课、网上课表查询、网上信息反馈、规范重修考试工作、网上选课、教学视频点播等多方面进行了探索与实践,初步实现了教务信息化管理。     

浅谈信息时代的教学

本文从信息时代对人才素质结构的要求、网络及网络教学的特点出发，分析了网络教学的开展给学校教学带来的新变化、新特点；最后提出了网络教学的学习模式。     

试论书目情报的教育职能

本文从书目情报研究现状出发，探讨了目录学与教育的关系，提出了构建书目情报服务体系的设想与模式以及流程，进而更好地发挥书目情报的教育职能。     

高校本科生科研的意义、现状与措施

从教学过程、人才培养、科研成果三个角度阐述了本科生科研的意义,并对我国目前高校本科生科研情况作了调查与分析,在此基础上,提出了本列生科研的保障措施。     

高等教育投资后评估的模糊综合方法

由于高等教育投资效益具有间接性、滞后性、长期性和难以量化计算等特点而一直难以给予有效的评估。对此构建了一套高等教育投资后评估指标体系，提出一种高等教育投资后评估的模糊综合方法，利用层次分析法建立起指标体系的递阶层次关系和相对权重顺序，并通过模糊评价方法综合考虑影响高等教育投资的各种复杂因素，用实例表明所提方法可行、有效。