Why some teachers easily learn to use a new virtual learning environment: a technology acceptance perspective

After a decade of virtual learning environments (VLEs) in higher education, many teachers still use only a minimum of its affordances. This study looked at how academic staff interacted with a new and unknown VLE in order to understand how technology acceptance and support materials influence (perceived and actual) task performance. In an experimental design, 36 participants were split into a control (online help) and experimental (instructor video) condition and completed five common teaching tasks in a new VLE. In contrast to most technology acceptance model research, this study found that perceived usefulness of the VLE was not related to (perceived) task performance. Perceived ease of use was related to intentions and actual behaviour in the VLE. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the two conditions, although the experimental condition led to a (marginal) increase in time to complete the tasks.     

Maternal mediation in book reading, home literacy environment, and children’s emergent literacy: a comparison between two social groups

The researchers addressed two questions: (1) Does maternal reading mediation and family home literacy environment (HLE) relate to children’s emergent literacy (EL) level? and (2) Do the relationships among these variables differ as a function of socioeconomic strata (SES) level. A total of 94 5–6-year-old children, 47 from low SES (LSES) and 47 from high (HSES) families, and their mothers participated. Mother–child interactions while reading an unfamiliar book were videotaped and their verbal expressions were coded for extracting maternal mediation level. Children’s independent EL level was assessed prior to the interaction. Compared with the LSES group, HSES children showed higher EL levels and their homes had a richer literacy environment. Maternal mediation level differed by SES: LSES mothers paraphrased text more often; HSES mothers’ higher mediation level included a discussion of the written system and making connections beyond the text. In the HSES group, maternal mediation level and HLE related to children’s EL; no such relationships appeared in the LSES group. Results are discussed in terms of children’s socio-economic background and their reading experiences. Implications for researchers and educational practices about the relationships between children’s literacy development, SES, HLE, and parental mediation are discussed.     

成都产业结构调整态势分析

50年来，成都经济有了很大发展，产业结构做了重大调整，总的趋势是 ，但其间出现过波动与不协调。在下一步调整中，应提高二、三产业，特别是第三产业比重，适当提高第一产业产品的附加价值，实现第二产业产品的升级换代，加快新兴产业的发展步伐。     

互联网与高校德育管理工作软环境的优化

用先进的文化占领网络阵地,用正确的思想引导学生上网,充分发扬网络的优势,克服其弊端是思想政治教育的重要任务。同时网络为思想理论教育提供了一个全新的空间,使高校思想理论教育有可能利用这个空间提高时效性,扩大覆盖面,增强影响力,加强网络环境的建设,是优化高校思想德育教育软环境的又一关键环节。     

旅游环境承载力的研究现状

本文通过对旅游环境承载力的研究现状进行综合研究，讨论了旅游环境承载力和旅游环境承戢量的概念，并给出旅游环境承载力体系和相关计算模型。     

西部地区加快发展第三产业的有利因素分析

文章认为，西部地区存在着诸多发展第三产业的有利因素，它们是：国家产业政策向第三产业倾斜；西部各省地方政府对第三产业高度重视；众多的消费群体使西部地区具有大力发展第三产业的市场空间；西部地区三次产业中第三产业比较优势系数都在1以上等。因此，西部地区应该充分利用这些有利因素大力发展第三产业。     

Content teaching: innovative and traditional practices

Innovative teaching is sometimes perceived as opposite of traditional teaching, since it is regarded as student-centred and takes on the form of guided construction. This distinguishing feature led to an expectation that traditional teaching practices will be replaced with innovative ones for the purpose of fostering learning. The goal of the present research is to examine this issue by taking a closer look at teaching practices within an innovative learning environment, and their implications for teachers and teacher educators. Our qualitative research was conducted in a secondary school which has implemented such a learning environment. The data analysis is based on sociolinguistic discourse analysis. The findings reveal a variety of teaching practices, which allows teachers to choose the most suitable one for a particular learning requirement. We conclude in proposing to adopt a more complex approach to teaching, and to relinquish the dichotomy between traditional and innovative teaching practices. Theoretical and practical implications of this proposal are presented in the discussion.     

略论甲午战后清政府工商政策的转变

后发展国家干预经济近代化的方式首先都是直接从干预经济开始的。自 1 9世纪 60年代起 ,清政府选择了“官为控制”近代工业的政策目标模式。甲午战争后 ,改“官督商办”为“纵商为之” ,颁布了大量新的工商政策法规。但由于缺乏有效的宏观管理体制 ,以致于大大影响了经济改革的深度和力度。     

乡村旅游发展对传统文化保护的关系探析

传统文化是乡村旅游存在和发展的基础,如何维系乡村传统文化可持续性,是当前乡村旅游可持续发展面临的严峻挑战之一。传统文化是乡村旅游核心资源,而乡村旅游又是传统文化传播的最好载体,两者之间有着密切的关联。现代乡村旅游的发展对传统文化既有积极影响,同时也带来负面作用,应建立"政府主导"的保护机制,保护原生态乡村环境,保护乡村人文生态资源,整体保护乡村传统文化资源。     

网络环境下市场营销课程教学模式的选择与实践

根据市场营销课程教学现状和课程特点,在网络环境下选择＂传递—接受式＂、＂自主交互式＂、＂团队协作式＂教学模式进行教学,课程教学目标借助于网络环境得到较好的实现,激发学生的自主学习兴趣,培养学生团队意识与协作精神。