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).     

Teacher knowledge: a complex tapestry

Teachers need to know a great deal, in many areas and in multiple ways. Teacher knowledge is a complex tapestry, and teachers must successfully weave the multiple threads. In this article, I present a conceptualisation of teacher knowledge that provides a framework for describing the complexity of teacher knowledge. The framework describes three ways of knowing: “knowing how,” “knowing why,” and “knowing what” and then applies these three knowledge discourses across six domains of teacher knowledge. The framework was developed from a study of 14 teachers in their first year of teaching, and in this article the framework is applied to their experiences to illustrate specific gaps in their teacher knowledge. It is proposed that this conceptualisation of teacher knowledge allows those involved in teacher education and induction to more clearly identify professional learning needs and develop their programmes with specificity.     

Excel在体育成绩计算中的应用研究

采用Excel软件来编制符合高校学生体育成绩计算的模板,用温州大学体育学院对公体学生体育成绩管理为示例,发现：1、运用常见的应用软件excel易于获取其它软件中的数据,节省输入数据时间。2、只需将公式复制到对应的信息单元格中,就可实现学生体育成绩的计算工作,修改简便易行,可反复使用。3、建立分块数据库大大方便了体育管理人员和体育教师计算体育成绩,特别是对开设选项课学校的体育成绩计算工作。     

勤以工作,俭以求学——述高校图书馆勤工助学工作

高等学校大学生勤工助学是帮助经济贫困的大学生勤以工作,俭以求学并顺利完成学业工作。而高校图书馆作为勤工助学工作的主要部门之一,肩负着辅助贫困大学生完成学业的任务。     

我国电视体育发展现状

采用文献资料法与专家访谈法，研究我国电视体育的发展历程及现状。通过对我国电视体育发展历程的分析，得出我国体育健儿参与国际赛场并有卓越表现，体育的产业化、电视媒体的产业化与集团化是我国电视体育取得飞速发展的主要原因。本文还从体育频道的设置、体育节目的制作、播出和收视几方面概括了我国电视体育的现状，并探讨了存在的问题。     

将留学生教育纳入高等教育国际化建设——谈清华大学留学生工作的若干问题与对策

本文从比较的角度看清华大学留学生教育与国外世界一流大学的差距,并尝试探讨其中可能存在的历史、政策和制度因素,并针对清华大学留学生招收、教学和管理中存在的不足和问题,提出将留学生教育纳入高等教育国际化进程的几点建议。     

更新现行“男子体操教学训练大纲”时应注意的几个问题

为适应今后新的体操教学训练发展方向,借鉴国外“断面教学”的研究成果,从理论上提出了更新现行“男子体操教学训练大纲”的构想,及应注意的几个问题。     

对体育教师课堂导入技巧的心理学探析

体育教师的课堂导入需要集中学生的注意力，激发其兴趣，引发其思维，发挥其动力和愉悦作用，使学生处于积极的心理状态。为了进一步调动学生的运动学习，实现体育课堂教学效果的最优化，可采取直接导入法、连接导入法、设疑导入法、游戏导入法、情景导入法等。     

Evaluating the impact of an academic teacher development program: practical realities of an evidence-based study

This study aimed to assess the impact of an entire academic teacher development programme at a Midwestern masters comprehensive university in the United States over a period of five years by examining changes in teaching and student outcomes of nine randomly selected programme participants. Researchers analysed syllabi, course evaluations, grade distributions, programme activity reports, interviews and vita, and concluded that the centre’s impact was greatest on tenure-track faculty who struggled with their teaching. Far more useful to future improvement, however, were the insights gained from reflection on study methods, the researchers’ emotional responses to their findings, their struggle to make sense of the data and grappling with the definition of ‘impact’. In this paper, the researchers share useful lessons learned and illustrate the difficulties inherent in evaluating academic development programmes, with a view to qualifying recommendations currently prevailing in the literature.     

Chinese business students’ changes in beliefs and strategy use in a constructively aligned PBL course

This study adopted a longitudinal retrospective case study approach to investigate Chinese business students’ transitional learning experience in a problem-based learning (PBL) course with innovative assessment practices. The study focused on students’ beliefs and strategy use in a constructively aligned PBL course for business communication. Eight students who had made notable progress were chosen for retrospective analysis. The data included 48 journal entries, interviews, and writing samples collected at different stages of the course. This study identified taxonomies of participants’ beliefs about learning and writing, their perceptions of assessment, and their strategy use for learning. It also examined changes in beliefs, perceptions, and strategy use to determine the nature of the students’ learning experience in this PBL course. Findings suggest a recognised need to design PBL courses that align social constructivist learning principles with students’ beliefs and strategies. The results also highlight the importance of developing appropriate assessment rubrics to enhance student engagement with PBL learning for improved outcomes.