电子阅览室读者上网行为调查与分析

根据抽样数据统计,对图书馆电子阅览室读者上网行为进行了分析,通过采取区分服务,整合资源,人性化的发展方式提高电子阅览室的服务质量。     

形象设计视野下的专业导向型班级管理模式——大学一年级班级管理模式创新的实践探索

形象设计包括理念识别系统、行为识别系统和视觉识别系统。班级的形象设计首先要根据专业特点确立特色型的班级目标,构建理念识别系统;然后根据班级目标设计平台型的班级活动,在管理机制的保证下落实班级形象的行为识别;最后是将学生的才能与专业成就结合起来设计视觉形象展示物。专业导向型班级管理模式是塑造班级特色形象的重要方法,是值得探索的班级管理创新之路。     

读者阅读习惯的变化与高职图书馆信息资源建设的思考

从网络环境和工学结合对资源建设的需求出发,分析了读者阅读习惯的改变,提出了围绕高职院校办学方向和人才培养模式,利用网络环境和电子文献的优势,以人才综合素质教育文献为先导,以技能资格文献为支撑,采取两种类型文献协调发展的原则,合理分配经费比例,突出重点专业学科文献,积极参与共建共享,开发特色资源数据库,建立符合本校特色,适应人才培养目标的资源保障与服务体系的思路。     

高职院校图书馆阅读推广存在问题与推广措施

从高等教育大众化角度阐述了阅读推广在当代社会的意义与作用,分析了高职教育阅读推广存在问题,从举办读书节、专题讲座,手机图书馆与网络资源利用、资源报道与服务体系等探讨了高职图书馆阅读推广的途径,并从树立大众化服务理念、危机意识、优化队伍结构、建立专门阅读推广与资源的宣传与利用组织,并赋予一定目标任务等,建立阅读推广的长久保障机制,以发挥图书馆在育人方面的作用探讨了阅读推广的措施。     

幼儿早期阅读个案研究

3⁸岁是培养幼儿早期阅读的关键时期,而良好的阅读习惯会对幼儿的终生发展奠定坚实的基础。研究发现,睡前故事作为一种简便易行的幼儿早期阅读方式,有助于提高幼儿的理解力、表达力和记忆力。创设好的阅读环境,选择故事性强的图文并茂的读物,对开发幼儿智力、培养其良好品质有积极的促进作用。     

Current state of inclusion of children with special needs in child care programmes in one Canadian province

We suggest that most inquiry in special education is misconceived. We examine the consequences of an allegiance to the erstwhile knowledge of special education in professional assumptions about learning difficulty and the research and practice of special education. We assert that obeisance to that knowledge has proven unfruitful for the children and young people it is intended to serve. Suggesting that the preferred inquiry methods of special education have led only into culs-de-sac, we argue that inclusive education should reinstate the importance of teachers' own experience, insights, and values—restore the significance of reflective practice. It is these that should provide the lead for new developments in inclusion. We suggest that arguments for inclusion have to emerge less out of the kind of supposed knowledge so respected by 20th-century educators—less out of notions of success and failure (of children or of schools)—and more out of ideas about social justice and human rights.     

New academics’ perceptions of the language of teaching and learning: identifying and overcoming linguistic barriers

Seventy‐seven new academics – 59 at a large, public university in the UK and 18 at a medium‐sized, private comprehensive university in the USA – were asked to read an extract of an article on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and mark the text according to categories of difficulty or dislike. Analysis of the data revealed six main linguistic barriers in the text: specialist vocabulary, passive constructions, pronouns, figurative language, derivations and poor editorial standards. These barriers were similar at both institutions, suggesting they apply across different contexts. Contrary to expectations, no conclusive disciplinary‐based distinctions were detected. Implications for both readers and writers are explored and proposals are made for developing a literary style in SoTL literature that is simultaneously accessible and credible.

Soixante‐dix‐sept nouveaux enseignants – cinquante‐neuf provenant d’une université publique britannique de grande taille et dix‐huit provenant d’une université privée américaine de taille moyenne – ont lu l’extrait d’un article portant sur le scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) et ont identifié les parties qu’ils jugeaient difficiles ou qu’ils n’appréciaient pas. Une analyse des données révèle la présence de six barrières linguistiques principales dans le texte: le vocabulaire spécialisé, les constructions passives, les pronoms, le langage figuratif, les dérivations et des standards de rédaction de piètre qualité. Ces barrières étaient similaires dans le cas des deux institutions, ce qui suggère qu’elles sont applicables dans des contextes différents. Contrairement aux attentes, aucune distinction reposant sur les disciplines permettant de tirer des conclusions n’a pu être détectée. Les implications pour les lecteurs et les rédacteurs sont explorées et des propositions visant à développer un style littéraire pour la documentation portant sur le SoTL qui soit à la fois accessible et crédible sont formulées.     

A Bourdieusian approach to academic reading: reflections on a South African teaching experience

As in many other parts of the world, ‘academic literacy’ has emerged as both a concern and a contested concept in South African universities. In this article we focus specifically on academic reading, which we argue is a relatively underemphasized aspect of academic literacy. This article is the product of reflections on academic reading during and subsequent to the development and presentation of a postgraduate module presented at Stellenbosch University. It briefly explores the literature on academic literacy; develops the Bourdieusian perspective on academic reading that we used to develop the module; and concludes with a discussion of the module. Our intention was to make ‘reading as social practice’ more visible to students. Bourdieu's concepts of ‘competence’, ‘habitus’ and ‘field’ set the scene for a discussion of the role of reading in different disciples and more generally within the social sciences and humanities.     

Inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities: primary school teachers' attitudes and willingness in a rural area in Uganda

Teachers in regular schools have a responsibility to accommodate the needs and interests of all learners. The attitudes and willingness of teachers to include learners with intellectual disabilities in their classes in regular schools in a district with a semi-nomadic pastoral population in north-eastern Uganda was investigated. A survey of 125 school teachers was conducted, using an attitude scale and a willingness sub-scale. The results showed slightly more positive than negative attitudes, and more willingness than unwillingness to teach learners with intellectual disabilities. Attendance of workshops and seminars had a positive impact on teacher attitudes and willingness towards inclusive education. The findings are discussed with reference to historical–cultural characteristics of the district, as well as pupil and teacher characteristics.     

‘Who will fit in with whom?’ Inclusive education struggles for students with dis/abilities

ABSTRACT

Inclusive education (IE), as a global movement, has been part of many nations’ policy agendas. As the global ideas travel across borders, the meaning of this term has taken various forms in local and national discourses. Thus, this study examines teachers’ conceptualizations and experiences of IE for students with dis/abilities (SwDs) in Turkey. SwDs are one of the largest groups who are marginalised and excluded from accessing education and participating in meaningful learning experiences. Cultural historical activity theory was used to understand the teachers’ meaning-making of IE in relation to their context. This qualitative study was conducted in four schools in a southwestern city in Turkey. Applying a photo elicitation approach, a classroom photo with a hypothetical vignette was used as a stimulus to generate focus group discussions and individual interviews. Classroom observations and document collections guided the exploration of SwDs’ experiences and the context of their schooling. Using constant-comparative data analysis, two themes were identified: ‘Who is in? Who is out? Challenges to access,’ and ‘What happens after placement?’ The findings revealed that SwDs had justice struggles in regard to misdistribution of access, misrecognition of their abilities and backgrounds, misrepresentation of their voices, and participation in learning activities.