Community College Counseling: Why Are Research Outcomes So Elusive?

This article focuses on counseling research in the community college context. The article suggests the need for a robust community college knowledge base, describes some limitations of the current community college literature, and suggests a framework for more effective work in this area. The authors’ own experiences and selected examples of published studies are used as illustrations of the hurdles encountered and solutions available when examining counseling theories, practices, and outcomes in 2‐year settings.     

把“愉快教学”引进英语课堂

要上好一节英语课,提高英语课堂教学质量,为学生创造一个轻松愉快的学习氛围,教师必须改变陈旧的教学模式,将愉快教学引进英语课堂。     

Unconscious and unnoticed professional practice within an outstanding school for children and young people with complex learning difficulties and disabilities

This article describes a three‐year project undertaken at Pear Tree School for children and young people with severe and multiple and profound learning difficulties. Lesley Sullivan, the school's head teacher, believed that much of the value within the work of this outstanding school went unidentified by existing approaches to planning, monitoring and evaluation. Richard Crombie, educational psychologist, was engaged to work on the project. Also involved were Kate Walker and Rebecca Warnock, deputy head teachers, as well as the whole staff, children and some parents. The project takes as its starting point that essential, but very often unnoticed and unconscious, professional practice is rooted in implicit processes learnt experientially. We set ourselves the task of finding meaningful frameworks for identifying and developing that practice. This meant close observation within and outside school coupled with feeding back to staff, and their subsequent engagement with and use of explanatory frameworks.     

The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Student Learning and How Schools Can Respond

There is no denying the impact that the coronravirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has had on many aspects of our lives. This article looks at the potential impact of COVID-19 on student learning as schools abruptly morphed into virtual learning environments using data from several instructional, practice, and assessment solutions offered by Renaissance. First, three hypothetical learning scenarios are considered using normative data from Star assessments to explore the potential impact on reading and math test performace. Next, data on Focus Skills are used to highlight which grades may have missed the most foundational math and reading content if instruction was stopped or reduced. Last, data from two of Renaissance's practice tools are used to evaluate whether students were practicing key skills following school closures. The article concludes that academic decline will likely occur but may be tempered by the increased use of practice tools; effects may look different for math and reading; and may impact grades and schools differently. As such, schools may need to leverage decision-making frameworks, such as the Multi-tiered Systems of Support/Response-to-Intervention (MTSS/RTI) framework, more than ever to identify needs and target instruction where it matters most when school begins in fall 2020.     

Research Training Needs of Scientist‐Practitioners: Implications for Counselor Education

Counselors (N = 911) reported the research skills needed for practice and subsequent research training needs. Findings indicate that counselors have a high need for research skills at work, but training needs differ significantly by counselor type. Recommendations include increasing emphasis on single‐case design, survey design, and widely available data analysis tools.     

情智齐发 寓教于乐——关于政治课教学的几点思考

政治课概念抽象理论性强的特点,无疑给这一课程教学效果的提高造成困难。教师应该以新课标为指针,通过爱心式教学、智慧式教学、快乐式教学等营造教学的艺术氛围,充分调动学生主动参与到教学实践活动中来,以饱满的热情和强烈的兴趣,在分享快乐的同时,接受相应的知识,以便提高他们的人文素养,逐步形成正确的世界观、人生观、价值观。真正发挥出政治课的功能,实现政治课价值的最大化。     

论阅读教学中“教”“学”主体的转变

在应试教育的大背景下，阅读教学已经异化为应试教学，沦落为应试教育的手段。阅读教学要做到优质高效，并对整个小学语文教学起到重要的拉动作用，必须实现由“教”到“学”的主体转变，即课堂教学要由从以教师“教”为中心转变到以学生“学”为中心。只有经历这样的转变，阅读教学才能实现质的跨越。     

高职思政课实践教学与工学结合叠加教学探索

实践教学是思政课及工学结合不可或缺的重要组成部分。积极推进思政课实践教学与专业顶岗实习的有机结合，重构与工学结合相适应的思政课实践教学体系，以发挥二者间的叠加教学效应。这既是高职培养“全面发展和适应社会需要”的人的题中应有之意，也是高职思政课实践教学改革要着力探索的一种新型方式和途径。     

高校共青团“三下乡”社会实践创新思考

“三下乡”社会实践是大学生了解农村、了解社会的一个重要途径。高校共青团作为“三下乡”社会实践的组织者，其组织的效果直接影响活动开展的整体效果。通过对当前“三下乡”社会实践存在的突出问题，探讨高校共青团在深入开展该活动时的新思考并取得的实效。     

工程化素质培养:应用化学专业实践教学改革

工程化素质是本科生进入社会进行科研、工程设计、工程施工等工作必须具备的素质。文章结合许昌学院应用化学专业的办学实际,从实验课程、实习实训和毕业论文(设计)三个实践教学环节论述了工程化素质培养的创新做法及其实践效果,并提出了改进措施。