Variation in class size,the class size paradox,and some consequences for students

Even where a total allocation of resources is fixed, it is often possible to vary the distribution of the given resources. This distribution can have important, if sometimes hidden, consequences. In the case of universities, considering the mean class size as given, three nonobvious consequences of the amount of variation in class size are examined. (1) The average class size experienced by students is directly related to the amount of variation in class size. (2) Overall student attendance is inversely related to the amount of variation in class size. (3) Overall student participation time is directly related to the amount of variation in class size. The logic of these relationships is explored, and data on 49 departments and interdisciplinary programs at one university are used to illustrate the nature and extent of the class size paradox at one university.     

哈贝马斯规范语用学视野下的课堂对话谱系

亚里士多德哲学对实践活动(praxis)和技术活动(techne)作出明确的区分,但是,如何处理两者之间的关系,是一件有关反思的事情。哈贝马斯规范语用学思想涉及的有效性条件对这个问题具有一定的积极意义。据此,"理解"、"课堂对话"、"教师的角色"都得以重建。课堂对话分化出交往行动式、潜在的策略行动、策略行动、纯粹的权力运用等四大谱系。     

教育学公共课课堂教学存在的问题及对策研究

为了提高师范类公共课的教育教学质量,提升师范毕业生的教学实践能力,该文对S大学正在学习教育学公共课的477名师范生进行问卷调查。研究发现：学生对教育学公共课认识不足,缺乏学习兴趣;课堂气氛沉闷,缺少师生互动;隐性逃课率高,课堂管理松散且纪律较差;教材使用率低;学生缺乏教学实践机会。因此,未来教育学公共课的发展需要注重＂师范＂意识的培养,加强课堂管理;优化教学方法;鼓励编写校本教材。     

项目教学法在翻转课堂中的应用——以应用型本科高校会计专业为例

通过对应用型本科高校会计专业的人才培养模式进行实践分析,根据教学目标实现教学手段和方法的更新是非常有必要的,通过应用项目式教学方法,课前利用网络平台分配项目任务,提供资料来源,充分调动学生自主学习的积极性,课中通过教师的引导,学生的互动,达到资源的共享,从而完成项目和评价体系。结合会计专业通过项目引导学生完成学习任务,并提出具体的实施步骤,以促进应用型本科高校会计专业课程改革。     

Supporting pre-service teachers to enhance the effectiveness of their classroom practice through engaging with the ‘voice’ of their pupils

The research reported here was focussed on accessing the perceptions of pre-service teachers regarding the critical factors which support highly effective learning in schools in the United Kingdom. Their perceptions were arranged into a taxonomy so that they can be used as a starting point for their reflections on the observations they make of teaching and learning in schools with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness of their own teaching. The choice of technique used to access the perceptions was driven by the desire to provide the pre-service teachers with a method that they could use themselves to engage with the ‘voice’ of their own pupils regarding the factors which support effective learning. The engagement of pupil voice has become increasingly significant in understanding effective pedagogy and in securing more personalised approaches to learning in United Kingdom school contexts.     

What (more) can,and should,assessment do for learning? Observations from ‘successful learning context’ in Singapore

Singapore has earned accolades as one of the leading education systems in the world, based on its record in international assessments, including TIMMS and PISA. This has contributed to the entrenchment of ‘assessment’ becoming an institutional authority of standards, teaching (performativity) and classroom learning. It is against, and amidst such contexts, that this article traces how the notion and discourse of formative assessment and Assessment for Learning (AfL) are widely introduced and used formally across all Singaporean schools, particularly after a recent introduction of new ‘Holistic and Balanced Assessment’ policies. We argue that the very institutional authority of successful high-stake examination results, which served as critical standards of performativity of teaching and learning in the classroom, is being challenged. The changing assessment context of Singaporean schools, therefore serves as an interesting case study site for studying how formative assessment and AfL can be adapted and understood when ‘learning’ is already seen to be successful.     

高职学院护理专业学生英语课堂提问策略研究

课堂提问是高职学院护理专业学生的英语学习的一个重要方面。要提高学生英语学习的兴趣和效率,就要注意课堂提问的使用策略。只有教师把理论与实践相结合,才能使学生充分发挥出主观能动性,从而培养出适应新的国际和国内形势需要的高素质的复合型人才。     

情感因素对儿童二语习得的影响

针对当前英语学习者趋于年幼的现象,本文分析了情感因素在儿童第二语言学习中的影响。文章运用了克拉申的“情感过滤假设”,就焦虑、性格、自尊心和动机几个方面分析了儿童学习英语中的具体情感因素,并就这些方面提出了一些相应对策。     

谈俄语学习兴趣的培养

近年来,随着英语的普及,非俄语专业学生对大学俄语课的学习兴趣逐渐减弱。只有通过有效地组织课堂教学及开展丰富多彩的课外活动,才能促进学生学习兴趣的提高。     

英语高效课堂构建策略研究

英语教学的目的是提升学生的英语表达能力与实际应用能力,让学生可以顺畅地用英语进行交流。教师要从学生的学习实际出发,采取有效的教学策略,激发学生学习兴趣,调动学生学习的积极性和主动性,提高教学效率和教学质量,提升学生英语核心素养。文章结合教学实践,对高效英语课堂的构建策略进行研究。