Instructor Humor as a Moderator of Instructors’ Inappropriate Conversations and Instructional Dissent

This study (N?=?326) was conducted to examine the associations among instructor humor, inappropriate conversations, and instructional dissent. First, results showed students are more likely to employ rhetorical dissent when they perceive their instructors as humorous in the classroom. Second, using expectancy violations theory as a guide, results also indicated that students’ perceptions of instructor-relevant humor moderated the relationships between enactment of inappropriate conversations and students’ expressive and vengeful dissent. These findings support the importance of employing relevant humor in course instruction, especially when instructors engage in inappropriate conversations in the college classroom.     

Agency and Structure: Principals’ Ability to Bring about Sustainable Improvement in Underperforming Schools in South Africa

This article reports on a study of which the purpose was to understand the role of principals in changing underperforming schools towards sustainable improvement in one circuit area of North-West, South Africa. School principals play a crucial role in guiding schools towards sustainable improvement by shaping a vision of academic success for all learners. Managing teaching is one of the core modules in South Africa’s new national qualification for school principals, and that being the case, principals should play a central role in effecting the educational transformation of all learners. The quality of principals’ leadership is the key factor driving the transformational turnaround and improvement required in schools. They perform a highly complex and dynamic role in enhancing and sustaining school improvement. It was the goal of this qualitative study to explore cultural, structural, and agential challenges faced by principals in their effort to provide for change and improvement in their schools. Six schools were purposefully selected to participate in the study and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from the principals. The study established that paying attention to cultural, structural and agential factors in schools increases their ability to sustain learner improvement.     

任务驱动法在会计电算化教学中应用的效果分析

会计电算化教学,多年来一直采用演示教学模式讲授教学内容。为使学生更好地适应不同行业、不同岗位对会计电算化知识和技能的需求,在教学中,采用任务驱动教学模式,对教学内容进行较大的改革,并针对任务驱动教学模式的一些不足,提出今后的设想,即在教学设计上,可以组成财务团队进行模拟训练,既明确每一位学生应负的职责,也可以培养其团队合作精神,以使学生能够独立自主地处理问题,真正适应社会的需求。     

抓住题目本源不靠记忆解题——由两个作业题所引起的思考

当前数学教学中存在着这样的问题：重术轻道,即只重视对知识点的记忆和解题技巧的训练,而忽略了对学科基本原理和数学思想方法的理解掌握.从学生解答正确率极低的两个小题入手,教学教学若只注重题型归类和解题模式的汇集,形成各种套路,然后大量模仿,机械记忆是行不通的.必须要强化数学思维的概括领会、掌握数学知识的本质.     

基于情景教学法的初中英语课堂教学设计

现行中学英语教学以应试为指导,已无法满足现行基础教育改革的要求。引进情景教学法,在此基础上给出一个初中英语课堂教学设计案例,旨在为应用情景教学法进行教学提供指导。     

高职院校农业类专业课程教学改革的实践与反思

文章针对高职农业类专业学生类型结构趋向多元化、教学内容与生产实际相脱离、教学团队的结构亟待优化、教学组织形式亟待改进等突出问题,通过对岗位职业能力、工作任务进行梳理,重构教学内容,改进教学方法,组建结构化教学团队,会同行业专家共同开发活页式教材,使教学过程可控、课堂活力提升,显著改善了教学效果。     

人工智能时代的课堂教学革新

人工智能时代的课堂教学革新要更加重视完整理解"学习"的含义,确保通过课堂教学促使学习完整地发生,教师要做好选择、组织和整合这三项工作.要理直气壮地提出"学教统一",调动师生两个方面的积极性.教学的空间和时间会有较大的变化,将更加适合学生个性化和差异化发展的需要.课程内容也将实现翻转,在学习任务的类别上,要重视"为什么"...     

英特网信息资源支持下的英语报刊阅读课教学设计:实践与探讨

为了适应21世纪社会的发展以及21世纪社会对人才的综合能力素质要求,对英语专业二年级学生的英语报刊阅读课重新进行设计.在课程目标中明确提出了两个建构及其内容,以及英特网信息资源支持下的教、学双主的教学模式;并对新的设计进行了阐述,对实践的效果和问题进行了探讨.     

爱尔兰圣三一学院战略规划对我国高校教育的启示

为了更好的发展并加强其在世界名校中的竞争能力,圣三一学院近年来对学术研究、教育发展、对社会的贡献、人力资源、基础设施、管理等方面进行了规划和部署。从科研和教学的角度,对圣三一学院的发展思路及经验进行解析,为我国高校特别是研究型大学的教育改革与规划提供比较和借鉴。     

文化研究视域中的教学设计研究

文化研究整合了后现代主义、女性主义、后殖民主义等不同的“声音”。从文化研究视域审视教学设计,其重要目的在于跨越批判到行动。本文在追踪国外相关研究的基础上,从概念内涵和对教学设计的实践意义两大方面,对教学设计中的文化研究进行了概要分析,并以女性主义、审美经验论为例展开了相关阐释与论述。