论高校学分制教学管理的改革

学分制作为一种教学管理制度,在我国各高校广泛应用已多年。本文宏观论述实施学分制过程中课程管理、教师管理、学生管理的同步改革措施,并力图结合本校实际做法作进一步阐述其着眼点,教学管理改革在于建立一种行之有效的运行机制。     

普通高校体育教育的现状与改革

21世纪的中国大学体育教育如何发展,是摆在高校体育工作者面前的一个严峻的课题.本文通过对广东省几所高校体育教学的调查分析,提出了普通高校体育课程的教学改革的几点建议.     

论英语专业课程与比较文学课程的融合

“五四”时期涌现一批学贯中西的文坛巨匠,他们中西兼顾,既有超群的外语水平,又有丰厚的国学功底。这一现象引发目前外语学习与科研的深思和借鉴。比较文学学科的开放和包容性使得这一新兴学科极具活力和生机,它以比较的视野跨越中西语言文化,实现了异质文化的对话与交流。学习英语的目的不只是会说会写这种语言,更重要的是利用语言工具来进行跨文化交际,而不失自己的文化身份。目前英语专业学科设置相对单调和滞后,中国文化在英语专业中涉略极少,全球化语境下脱离母语文化语境的英语学习与研究无异于是“扬短避长”。英语专业课程设置不妨借鉴比较文学课程的优势,与之进行适当调适与融合,从而促进英语专业发展以达到文化渗透、中西共融的目的。     

后发展地区推进《体育(与健康)课程标准》现状与发展对策研究——以湖南沅陵县为个案

以沅陵县为个案,运用观摩法、问卷调查法、访谈法、文献资料法、统计分析法分析了后发展地区实施体育(与健康)课程标准存在理念与条件的问题,肯定了沅陵县“百校百格”的做法,指出后发展地区贯彻“课标”的关键在于理念上要探究“为什么教”、“教什么”、“怎样教”、“教师是谁”的真谛,管理行动上要注重教师队伍的培养与稳定.     

中等职业学校美术教育实践简论

本文从基础教育课程改革理念的角度,对中等职业美术教育的现状,学科的存在价值,学生美术学习的心理特点以及中等职业学校美术课程改革的内容和方式等方面进行了初步探讨。     

The Swedish national principal training programme: a programme in constant change

ABSTRACT

In the mid-1970s, a systematic national principal training programme was introduced in Sweden. The aim was to guarantee better-equipped principals in their mission to lead and develop schools in accordance with national steering documents. Since then, the programme has been subjected to changes, but its focus has remained the same. The three-year programme is currently directed at already-employed principals whose efforts are estimated to consume about 20% of their working time. Six universities provide the programme with content that corresponds to thirty higher-education credits. Consequently, the academy has to balance its fundamental role as a critical independent institution and its mission to provide an education that is crucial in the educational steering system. This article presents an historical overview of the programme’s development as well as the current programme’s design and challenges, and it discusses the expected future demands for change.     

Student teachers’ beliefs about the teacher’s role in inclusive education

The main aim of this research is to examine the basic features of student teachers’ professional beliefs about the teacher’s role in relation to teaching mainstream pupils and pupils with developmental disabilities. The starting assumption of this analysis is that teacher professional development is largely dependent upon teachers’ beliefs about various facets of their professional work. These concepts strongly influence the way that teachers teach and the way that they develop as teachers. The participants in the research are 314 student teachers at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Zagreb who are being prepared to teach in lower grades of primary school. The beliefs were explored using a metaphor technique derived from cognitive theory of metaphor. The differences between beliefs about the perceived teacher role in general, and the perceived teacher role in the education of pupils with developmental disabilities were analysed. The results indicate that the dominant belief about the teacher’s role in teaching mainstream pupils is of the teacher as a transmitter of knowledge, while the findings regarding the dominant belief about the teacher’s role in teaching pupils with developmental difficulties appeared to be self-cantered orientation. No differences were found between student teachers at different study levels. The findings are discussed in the light of the curriculum of initial teacher education.     

Why Compulsory Science Education Should <Emphasis Type="Italic">Not</Emphasis> Include Philosophy of Science

Like many readers of this journal, I have long been an advocate of having science students introduced to philosophy of science. In particular, influenced by the Philosophy for Children movement founded by Matthew Lipman, I have advocated such an introduction as early as possible and have championed early secondary school as an appropriate place. Further, mainstream science curricula in a number of countries have, for some time now, supported such introductions (albeit of a more limited sort) under the banner of introducing students to the “Nature of Science”. In this paper, I explore a case against such introductions, partly in role as “Devil’s Advocate” and partly exploring genuine qualms that have come to disturb me. Generally speaking, my judgement is that no justification is available in terms of benefit to the individual or to society of sufficient weight to outweigh the loss of freedom of choice involved in such forced learning. One possible exception is a minimalist and intellectually passive “Nature of Science” introduction to some uncontroversial philosophical views about science. An earlier version of this paper was presented to the Seventh International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science and Science Teaching, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg and subsequently published in its proceedings (see my 2003). I am grateful to those who engaged in discussion of the paper upon its presentation. I am also grateful to the advice of this journal’s anonymous referees.     

论新课程引发的教学控制问题

教学控制是教师达成教学目标的重要手段。本文在表述教学控制现状的基础上分析了新课程将引发的教学控制问题 ,并据此提出了发展和优化教学控制的方式方法 ,其目的在于让教师通过提升教学控制水平更好地适应和促进新课程的发展