高校思想政治理论课实践教学资源开发、利用刍议

思想政治理论课实践教学资源问题业已受到广泛关注,但在开发利用中存在着整合开发利用意识不强、效益不高、隐性实践教学资源开发利用不到位等问题。科学开发利用思想政治理论课实践教学资源,必须以人力资源整合为抓手;必须高度重视隐性实践教学资源的开发利用;必须树立实践教学资源开发利用效益意识;必须发挥大学生的主体作用,实现思政课实践教学资源开发利用主体多元化。     

基于学生关键能力培养的高职“应用写作”课程行动导向教学实践探讨

高职学生关键能力培养主要有整体、基础、渗透和独立四种策略。作为高职基础课的＂应用写作＂在实现培养学生的写作及表达能力这一课程能力目标之外,还可以从渗透策略角度出发,运用行动导向教学法培养学生的沟通能力、合作能力、创业能力、掌握信息技术等关键能力。     

中美高职教育与地方互动关系的比较分析——基于实践教学的视角

高职教育在高等教育系统中是与地方发展联系最为密切的环节,如何协调高职教育与地方的互动关系是当代教育改革与发展面临的重要问题.在我国,高等职业技术教育由各级高职院校承担,社区学院则是美国高职教育的主要承担者.从实践教学的视角分析中美高职院校与地方互动发展的关系,分析了中美高职教育发展现状,中美高职与地方互动关系在实践教学中的体现等问题.     

关于教师教育课程开发的探索与实践

教师教育是一项系统工程,课程开发是其中的一个重要环节。在课程开发时应注意课程内容与形式的选择,在课程使用时应善于利用课程文本和课程资源等。     

应用型高校学前教育专业课程实践整合的构想

为了实现应用型本科院校给幼儿园培养合格的、优秀的幼师的任务,它的学前教育专业课程设置需依据实践进行整合。这种整合具体表现在以下几个方面：联系幼儿园教学实际,整合相关理论课程;柘宽学前教育课程领域,增强学生的就业竞争力;加强艺术类课程的教学,提高学生的教学实践能力;加强和规范教育实践环节。     

电气信息专业实验教学改革研究与实践

按照我国建设创新型国家、走新型工业化道路的战略要求,结合东华大学电气信息专业学生的实际情况,开展电气信息专业实验教学改革研究与实践。旨在加强学生在校期间实践能力培养,尤其是学生实践创新能力和创新精神的培养,逐步形成一个突出实践和创新精神培养的电气信息专业实验教学体系,形成理论实践结合、课内课外结合、校内校外结合、产学研结合的系列化实践教学模式,为国家和社会提供德才兼备、基础宽厚、实践能力强、具有创新精神的电气信息专业工程型人才。     

Theme and variations: one middle school’s interpretation of mandated action research

In the current climate of accountability, action research is one way for teachers to evaluate instructional changes designed to improve assessment results. It may become increasingly common for administrators to mandate teacher involvement in action research, yet few studies have been conducted in such settings. This article focuses on one middle school where the principal mandated action research for all teachers. Projects were carried out within academic departments, and department chairs were given latitude in how to organize and implement projects. This study explores project implementation and teacher perceptions of the action research. Interviews were used as an appropriate tool to explore teacher perceptions, with document analysis providing triangulation. Results from interviews of administrators, department chairs, and department members suggest an overall positive attitude toward action research, as well as variation in how action research projects were carried out. Differences occurred across several dimensions of action research, including context, motivation/ purpose, definition of action research, and organization of projects. Variations appeared to be influenced by each department chair’s experience with action research and approach to departmental work, and each department’s history of working together on instructional improvement efforts. This study suggests that administrators who mandate teacher participation in action research projects need to think about both the positive (providing teacher ownership and interest within the mandated context) and problematic (possibly leading to variation in the instructional impact of projects) aspects of project variation.     

Reflective Practice in Physical Education and Physical Education Teacher Education: A Review of the Literature Since 1995

Reflection and reflective practice are key concepts in the educational literature as well as in research on physical education (PE) and physical education teacher education (PETE). The purpose of this article is to review the current empirical knowledge base for reflection and reflective practice in PE and PETE from 1995 to 2011. The review includes empirical research published in peer reviewed journals on the topics on reflection and reflective practice in the contexts of PE and PETE. There were 33 articles included in the review. Most of the research is conducted in the PETE context, where it was found that pre-service teachers do develop their reflective capabilities. However, the results also indicate students make little progress on critical reflections. In the PE context, it was found that teachers express a need for reflective communities. Theoretical and methodological challenges with the reviewed literature are discussed and suggestions for further research proposed.     

The Physical Educator as Evaluator

There has been a limited interest in examining physical education teacher educators’ role and practices in embedding professional responsibility and commitment to continued professional learning for both teacher educators and pre-service teachers in a physical education teacher education (PETE) program (MacPhail, 2011) Directed by a landscape of community of practice (CoP) as professional development (Parker, Patton &; Tannehill, 2012), this article shares four case studies that demonstrate the extent to which PETE learning can be mapped onto the landscape. In essence, a CoP is sustained over time, involves shared member goals, involves frequent discourse, is active and social, and is characterized by problems being solved by the members. The ideas in this article in tandem with Wenger's (1998) CoP process can encourage teacher educators to consider whether opportunities undertaken in a PETE program, and with colleagues external to the PETE program, encourage an authentic CoP.     

Quality Indicators of Online Programs

The continued growth of online programs in higher education has resulted in concerns about how institutions monitor the quality of their online programs. These concerns indicate a need for a process by which online programs may be evaluated and compared. They provided the impetus for this study, the goals of which were to identify quality indicators specific to community college online programs and to determine stakeholders' perceived importance of those indicators.

Categories of indicators were identified through a literature review, and these items were used to guide the development of a Delphi study to identify potential indicators. The results of the Delphi study were then used to create a three-part Stakeholder Survey designed to collect input on perceived levels of importance for each potential indicator using the magnitude estimation technique. The Stakeholder Survey was also used to validate the results of the Delphi. To refine the results of the Delphi study and Stakeholder Survey, a final survey was distributed to a group of distance learning experts, identified through their scholarly research and professional activity. The participants were asked to review the earlier results and classify each item as a factor, indicator, or other according to definitions provided.

The three research stages produced a set of potential data sources that a community college may want to pursue when assessing the effectiveness of its online programs and services. Each of the potential sources of data will be reviewed with a goal towards identifying specific indicators that may be used in developing future instruments.