Being and becoming a university teacher

This study examined how one academic framed the enablements and constraints to her project of being and becoming an academic. Complexity facilitated reflection in that it provided a visual representation of data, which was used to generate a concept map, which represented as equal all the component parts of her landscape. Five spaces with emancipatory potential to assist the academic in her professional development emerged, namely: communities of practice, academic freedom, position statements, development opportunities and a supportive environment. Rather than suggesting any generalisability in the findings, the authors argue that the significance of this study is theoretical and methodological. Complexity theory has the potential to help academic development practitioners understand the landscapes in which their academics operate, and guide appropriate development opportunities.     

Calculating the power of alternative choices by school leaders for improving student achievement

This paper addresses a wicked problem faced by leaders wanting to be evidence informed in their choices of school improvement priorities and the most productive leadership practices to enact in pursuing those priorities. While local contexts will always be central to these choices, results of research ought to provide useful points of departure. But determining what relevant evidence recommends, local context aside, is far more difficult that the admonition to be ‘evidence informed’ seems to imply and the research community has offered few systematic solutions to the problem. This paper offers one possible solution, the calculation of ‘Power Indices’ using, for the purposes of illustration, evidence about the effects of a selected set of potential school improvement priorities (teachers’ emotions) on student learning, in combination with evidence about the effects on teacher emotions of a selected set of transformational leadership practices. Results argue for the value of a unique line of future research enabling school leaders to make choices about both school improvement priorities and how they might best pursue those priorities that systematically reflect the results of relevant evidence.     

开发期刊文献信息为研究性学习服务

研究性学习的开展,要求高校图书馆尤其是期刊阅读方面提供更多、更新、更快的信息。要求改变当前期刊阅览中普遍存在的“守着学生看杂志,守着杂志看学生”的管理方式和只重管理、不重服务的工作思路及运行机制,建立期刊文献信息资源服务系统将使这种状态彻底改观,从而推动高校研究性学习深入持久地开展下去。     

学习型社会中的终身教育与终身学习

信息技术革命和知识经济的到来改变着我们所生存的这个世界。学习型社会已经到来,终身教育、终身学习的理念伴随着学习型社会的思潮冲击着原有的社会传统观念。终身教育与终身学习有着相同的理念和目标,但在出发点和侧重点方面又有所不同。终身学习为学习型社会提供了不竭的内在发展动力,终身教育为学习型社会提供了长效的外在支撑体系,二者有机统一在学习型社会之中。     

组合式因素神经网络系统的数学描述

本文对组合式因素神经网络系统的组成结构进行了分析和论述,作出了数学描述.     

如何提高计算机类课程的课堂教学效果

从激发学生学习兴趣及提高学生动手制作能力两个方面,探讨了提高计算机类课程课堂教学效果的方法,对于职业院校理论课堂和实训课堂教学提供参考和借鉴。     

谈“辩”论“当”——墨家辩学与现代论辩理论

墨家辩学是我国古代名辩理论的主要部分。根据墨家辩学中的有关知识,联系现代论辩理论中的“承认”说,可以得到一种认识:进行论辩是为了“争胜”;要能“争胜”,就要注意在论辩中“取当”;所谓“取当”,也就是要注意在论辩过程中谋求“承认”。     

长沙市初中生当前学习动机特点调查

通过采用问卷法对长沙市初中生的学习动机状况进行了调查研究。结果表明：（1）初中生的学习动机中，表面型、深层型与成就型三种动机并存，其中，以成就型和深层型学习动机为主，表现型学习动机居后；（2）初中生在三种学习动机上性别差异不显著，在成就型学习动机上有显著的年级效应；（3）初中优、差生在三种学习动机上均表现出一定的差异，且在成就型动机上达到了极显著的水平。     

浅议语言学习中情感因素的作用

在语言学习过程中，人们一直颇重视认知，而对情感的研究相对较少。事实上，第二语言习得者在学习过程中易受个人情感因素的影响，其作用决不亚于认知因素对语言学习所起的作用。本文试从情感因素的四个方面：动机、焦虑、内向和向外及移情来探讨学习者的情感因素和语言学习之间的关系以及教师在教学中应采取的能发挥学生最大潜能的策略和方法。     

浅谈良好的高职英语学习环境的创设

本文结合当前高职院校学生的英语学习现状,论述了学习环境对于知识获得的重要性,并提出把课堂教学实践与课外活动相结合的策略,尽量为学生创设良好的英语学习环境,帮助他们将有意识和无意识的学习活动完整结合起来,培养他们的学习主动性、积极性和良好的学习习惯,切实提高他们的英语水平和运用英语知识的能力。