Science diaries: a brief writing intervention to improve motivation to learn science

This study investigated the hypothesis that prompting students to self-assess their interest and understanding of science concepts and activities would increase their motivation in science classes. Students were randomly assigned to an experimental condition that wrote self-assessments of their competence and interest in science lessons or a control condition that wrote summaries of those same lessons. Writing activities were 10?min long and were given approximately once a week for eighteen weeks. Student motivation was assessed via self-report surveys for achievement goals and interest in science before and after the intervention. Students in the experimental condition showed higher endorsement of mastery goals and reported greater situational interest in science topics after the intervention compared to students who summarised the lessons. Increases in situational interest predicted higher individual interest in the domain. Results indicate an instructional practice requiring just 3?hours out of a semester of instruction was sufficient to achieve these effects on motivation in science classes.     

结合实际进行《营养学》知识教学的探索

在大学里开设《营养学》课程,是学校素质教育的一个重要组成部分。注重培养学生营养意识,激发学生学习兴趣,采用开放式的考察方式等教学方法,都有助于学生运用科学的营养学知识指导生活和实践,建立科学合理的食物结构和自我保健意识,对全面提高学生综合素质至关重要。     

试论当前构建社会主义和谐社会的要素条件

构建社会主义和谐社会是我们的时代选择,有利于这一过程的时代要素有:小康社会的全面建成、新时期荣辱观的伦理道德纯化、以人为本的理念日渐深入、科学发展观的全面坚持、构建和谐世界的有利因素逐渐增多和科学理论、先进文化的重要作用等。     

美国“SEC”一致性分析范式的诠秤与启示——基础教育中评价与课程标准一致性的视角

美国在基于课程标准的教育改革以及学校教学要求偏低的现实背景下，致力于研制“SEC”（Surveys of Enacted Curriculum）等一致性分析范式，即分析评价与课程标准一致性程度的理念、程序和方法，推动了美国学校基于课程标准的评价实践。该范式对我国课程评价的启示在于：要认识到评价与课程标准一致性策略是调适课程运行偏差的重要手段；要立足本土化，研制评价与课程标准一致性分析的程序和方法。     

幼儿园科学探究活动现状探析

在新的科学教育理念的要求下，教师的科学教育行为发生了很大的改变，在为幼儿设计和组织科学探究活动时能够做到根据幼儿的兴趣、需要选择探究内容，使之贴近幼儿生活，能够依据探宄目标为幼儿提供具有适宜结构的材料，并努力创设宽松的探究氛围，但同时也存在着目标理解和把握、活动组织和指导等方面的不足。这需要教师进一步加强学习。加强实践研究和反思。     

ADHD: The Untold Truths of the ADEP (Australian Deficit in Educational Policy)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that predominantly results in behaviours associated with hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention that are frequently not conducive to successful learning and academic performance. Children who display these behaviours often require extra assistance, adjustments, and accommodations in the classroom in order to achieve their full potential. This article reviews Australian and New South Wales Discrimination, Disability and Education legislation, policy and procedures with respect to the education of students with ADHD. This review illustrates the need to standardise the definition of disability used throughout Australia, and to more firmly clarify an education provider’s responsibilities toward students with disabilities. With more clarity, students with ADHD will be provided with the additional educational and behaviour support they need in order to realise their full potential.     

论英国合格教师专业标准与教师职前培训要求

英国教师标准局和英国师资培训署在2002年6月共同颁布了《英国合格教师专业标准与教师职前培训要求,》旨在提高教师的专业标准,提升教育质量。其内容主要包括两方面:一是教育大臣标准,这是受训教师在获得合格教师资格之前必须要达到的标准;二是对教师职前培训的提供者和教师资格授权人的要求。我国新一轮的基础教育课程改革需要一批高素质的教师,势必在教师标准和教师培训方面提出新的要求,英国的这项标准给我们提供了很好的借鉴。     

STEM教育理念融入小学科学教学实践探究——以“电路出故障了”一课为例

STEM教育理念融入小学科学教学既有可行性也有必要性。教师在将STEM教育理念融入小学科学教学实践过程中,可采取以下四环节教学策略:第一,引入生活,创设情境,提出科学探究问题;第二,设定方案,选择材料,制作解决问题工具;第三,小组合作,科学验证,技术检测解决问题;第四,归纳分析,得出结论,联系实际归纳提升。这个过程中,可培养学生的科学素养、工程素养、技术素养和数学素养,进而在综合性的科学课堂教学中提升学生的动手能力和创新思维。     

滇南方言的特点和范围

讨论划分方言可以采用的各种标准,结合滇南方言的语音特点和特征,确立了划分滇南方言采用具有“单一性”、“一致性”、“排他性”特征的“音质标准”,并在此基础上划分了滇南方言的范围,同时,也对某些讨论滇南方言的不确切观点提出了商榷意见。     

In the shadow of Sputnik: a transnational approach to Menzies support for science education in Australia, 1957–1964

Abstract

This paper examines prime minister Robert Menzies decision to support science education in Australian schools in 1963. This was a landmark shift in policy for the federal government, but in many ways mirrors the decision of Eisenhower who brought down the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) in 1958. The paper uses a transnational approach to offer a new way of looking at the 1963 decision by focusing on the need for science education and the environment which supported science advocacy rather than the traditional interpretation of political expediency to court the Catholic vote.