Instructional leadership practices in Singapore

This paper presents a review of the literature on principal instructional leadership in Singapore. The authors investigated the dimensions of instructional leadership in the practices of Singapore principals and highlighted the strategies these leaders adopt to enact their instructional roles. Singapore principals were found to play an active role in defining the school vision and promoting the school climate. However, in the areas of curriculum implementation and classroom instruction, the middle management team in the school played more active roles as compared to principals. Five broad conclusions were discussed to provide perspectives on instructional leadership practices in Singapore. This paper also highlighted limitations on current instructional leadership research in Singapore and pointed to areas of future research.     

平面设计类网络课程的教学交互研究

网络课程教学交互水平的质量决定了网络教学效果。针对目前平面设计类网络课程存在的问题,分析网络教学交互理论,构建基于项目引导的"主导—主体"平面设计类网络课程教学交互模式。在分析学生特点、课程性质及教学目标的基础上,结合媒介从教学内容、教学支持两方面开展教学交互设计,以期为网络课程教学质量提供保障。     

Professional development to support principals' vision of science instruction: Building from their prior experiences to support the science practices

The implementation of science reform must be viewed as a systems-level problem and not just focus on resources for teachers and students. High-capacity instructional leadership is essential for supporting classroom science instruction. Recent reform efforts include a shift from learning about science facts to figuring out scientific phenomena in which students use science practices as they build and apply disciplinary core ideas. We report findings from a research study on professional development (PD) to support instructional leaders' learning about the science practices. After participating in the PD, the instructional leaders' familiarity with and leadership content knowledge of the science practices significantly improved. Initially, principals used their understandings from other disciplines and content neutral visions of classrooms to make sense of science instruction. For example, they initially used their understandings of models and argument from ELA and math to make sense of science classroom instruction. Furthermore, some principals focused on content neutral strategies, like a clear objective. Over the course of the PD workshops, principals took up the language of the science practices in more nuanced and sophisticated ways. Principals' use of the language of the science practices became more frequent and shifted from identifying or defining them to considering quality and implementation in science classrooms. As we design tools to support science, we need to consider instructional leaders as important stakeholders and develop resources to specifically meet their needs. If the science feels too unfamiliar or intimidating, principals may avoid or reframe science reform efforts. Consequently, it is important to leverage instructional leaders' resources from other disciplines and content neutral strategies as bridges for building understanding in science. We argue that the science practices are one potential lever to engage in this work and shift instructional leaders' understandings of science instruction.     

Instructional practices in secondary science: How teachers achieve local and standards-based success

This article reports on analyses of the instructional practices of six middle- and high-school science teachers in the United States who participated in a research-practice partnership that aims to support reform science education goals at scale. All six teachers were well qualified, experienced, and locally successful—respected by students, parents, colleagues, and administrators—but they differed in their success in supporting students' three-dimensional learning. Our goal is to understand how the teachers' instructional practices contributed to their similarities in achieving local success and to differences in enabling students' learning, and to consider the implications of these findings for research-practice partnerships. Data sources included classroom videos supplemented by interviews with teachers and focus students and examples of student work. We also compared students' learning gains by teacher using pre–post assessments that elicited three-dimensional performances. Analyses of classroom videos showed how all six teachers achieved local success—they led effectively managed classrooms, covered the curriculum by teaching almost all unit activities, and assessed students' work in fair and efficient ways. There were important differences, however, in how teachers engaged students in science practices. Teachers in classrooms where students achieved lower learning gains followed a pattern of practice we describe as activity-based teaching, in which students completed investigations and hands-on activities with few opportunities for sensemaking discussions or three-dimensional science performances. Teachers whose students achieved higher learning gains combined the social stability characteristic of local classroom success with more demanding instructional practices associated with scientific sensemaking and cognitive apprenticeship. We conclude with a discussion of implications for research-practice partnerships, highlighting how partnerships need to support all teachers in achieving both local and standards-based success.     

教学设计有效性形成的途径探究

教学设计要围绕有效性展开,为实现有效教学提供可能性。要探究教学方案有效性得以形成的方法途径,必须要把握住学生的特点以及根据课程标准所生成的教学目标,将有效性的本质与学生和学习目标的特点结合起来。根据对教学方案有效性的本质的理解,可以采用立足于学生的学习准备、层级化多情节设计和预设与生成相结合等方法来形成教学方案的有效性。     

探究图式听力理论对英专学生听力成绩的影响及教学应用策略——一项基于图式理论的实证研究

图式理论不仅广泛适用于英语阅读理解教学,更应在英语听力教学中发挥作用。本文通过对图式、图式理论以及图式听力理论的概述,在实证研究的基础上证实背景知识水平与听力理解水平的相关性,揭示图式听力理论对英专学生听力成绩的影响,并探讨其在英语听力教学领域的启示。     

加强电视中专教学管理 提高电视中专教学质量

本文根据云南电视中专的教学管理现状，找出了存在的问题，并建议省校应对分校放权，加强对教学计划、教材的管理，加强教学指导，提高考试的命题质量，重视试卷质量及对考试结果的分析，同时还应加强对分校、办学点的督促和检查。     

数学优秀课成长的基础、过程与方法

以分数为目标、对教学内容理解表面化和教学设计无基本章法是造成课堂教学平庸、低效的主要原因,因此在关注优秀课的表现形式与评价标准的同时,更应关注优秀课成长的基础、过程与方法。超越应试是优秀课的基本要求与历史使命;理解数学是教学设计与优秀课成长的基础,而好的教学设计框架则是优秀课成长的过程与方法。     

Understanding complex ecologies: an investigation of student experiences in adventure learning programs

The GoNorth! Adventure Learning (AL) Series delivered educational programs about global climate change and sustainability from 2006 to 2010 via a hybrid-learning environment that included a curriculum designed with activities that worked in conjunction with the travels of Team GoNorth! as they dog sledded throughout the circumpolar Arctic. This study addresses a gap in the AL literature by identifying factors that lead to high levels of student engagement and reveals strategies for instructional designers and educators on how to design emotionally engaging online learning environments. A mixed methods study was conducted to explore patterns of learner engagement in relation to two AL programs: GoNorth! Fennoscandia 2008 and GoNorth! Nunavut 2009. Survey data were drawn from a total of 101 students in 2008 and 2009.     

ADDIE教学设计模型在成人教育培训中的应用

将教学设计理念引入成人教育培训,旨在系统有效地设计培训过程、实施培训方案、优化培训效果。通过高校＂教育技术师资高级研修班＂的ADDIE模式个案分析,探讨该模式的基本思想及其分析、设计、开发、实施、评估五个阶段的内涵、关键要素和常用方法。并分析了该模式适合于成人教育培训的原因。