Conceptualising play-based learning from kindergarten teachers’ perspectives

This study sought to gain insight into how Ontario teachers define play-based learning, and how their perspectives affect its implementation in kindergarten classrooms. Using survey data from kindergarten teachers from around the province of Ontario, two definitions of play were developed: one focused on social development through play and the other on academic and social development in play. Results revealed inconsistencies in participants’ definitions and implementations of play-based learning in kindergarten classrooms. Several participants described the enactment of play that was entirely separate from learning, yet still indicated some belief in the ability to learn through play. While all participants described positive perspectives of play-based learning, more than half described the implementation of kindergarten programmes that did not fully integrate play-based learning as it is described in the Ontario curriculum. Participants were also asked to identify challenges they experienced in their implementation of play-based pedagogy. Participants in all enactment groups indicated experiencing challenges to their play implementation. These results support the need for a clear and consistent definition of play-based learning that will help determine how best to integrate play and the learning of academic skills.     

2001-2005年中国妇女运动史研究述评

进入21世纪的中国妇女运动史研究在研究视域、研究方法和叙事方式上呈现出新的取向,不同形态的妇女运动被置于中国现代化的历史脉络中加以考察,新概念、新范畴的介入引发了对妇女运动事件与人物的重新审视,凸显了运动主体的成长轨迹,使新世纪的妇女运动史研究更加生动鲜活。但综观五年来的妇运史研究仍存在着基础理论研究薄弱,自我更新能力不足,在用外来概念重新建构历史时,忽视对史料的梳理分析等问题。为此,妇运史研究者应钩沉探微,处理好理论与实证、叙述与阐释、传统与创新、外来与本土的关系,以整合复杂多样的历史经验,增强妇运史的研究活力。     

论良渚玉器的审美特征

在玉器制作的过程中,良渚先民体现了日益觉醒的主体意识。其玉器在制作中以情感和想象力为动力,在尊重实用规律的基础上形成了特殊的造型特点。良渚玉器以玉琮为代表,追求造型与用途、纹饰和玉质相匹配。造型简洁质朴而意蕴淳朴;外部柔和而有内在张力;形体流畅而富有表现力,并与纹饰和玉质搭配和谐。神人兽面纹为主和鸟纹、蛇纹构成了良渚礼器纹饰系统。表现方法上讲究视角的多元性、构图的整体性,整体构图的疏密有致和均匀分布。     

评《美国后现代主义小说艺术论》

后现代主义是当代多国化资本主义的逻辑和活力偏离中心在化上的一个投影。美国后现代主义小说反映了“二战”以来美国不同历史时期的特点。陈世丹同志的专《美国后现代主义小说艺术论》,是目前一部比较详尽地立秋美国最有代表性后现代主义小说的力作,该书表现为这样一些特点：坛领先,虚实结合：注重本,纵横破解;关注主题,重视影响;跨学科的分析,多角度的视野。     

Teachers’ pedagogical perspectives and teaching practices on human rights in Cyprus: an empirical exploration and implications for human rights education

This paper describes a qualitative study that explored the understandings of human rights, pedagogical perspectives and practices in human rights teaching of three Greek-Cypriot elementary teachers. The study revealed some significant challenges in human rights teaching that seemed to be common for all three participating teachers. First, all of the teachers experienced pedagogical difficulties in defining and talking about human rights. A second challenge was that these difficulties seemed to influence both their pedagogical perspectives about the teaching of human rights and their teaching practices. And the third challenge was that the difficulties that teachers faced in preparing their lessons were also reflected in their teaching practices in four ways: the dominance of a “declarational” approach; decontextualization; the trivialization of human rights; and the retreat to familiar discourses and activities. The paper concludes by discussing the implications for teachers, teacher educators, and theory in human rights education.     

社会视角下对学生数学教学信念的研究

从社会视角来看,学生数学教学信念可以分成如下几部分:对于作为活动中介的学校数学的信念;对于活动中自我的信念;对于活动中教师与学生角色的信念;对于活动以及活动中社会规范和数学社会规范的信念.学生的数学教学信念是在数学课堂教学的社会活动中产生和发展的.数学课程改革应该重视培养学生形成新的数学教学信念.     

高等教育质量观的多元表达与教学评估变革

在高等教育大众化阶段,不同利益主体的高等教育价值观是不一致的,从而决定了在对高校教学质量评估上不同的评估内容和方法。当前我国高等教育质量观开始经历从社会本位向个体价值的转变,将对高校的教学质量评估产生深远的影响。教学质量的评估必须从根本上关注学生的就读结果和就读经历,并以此来统领教学评估工作中各参与方的价值诉求。     

The use and usefulness of a parent questionnaire to help schools identify disability

The Equality Act 2010 will be implemented in full in 2011, and schools in the UK will have to provide special aids or services for children with disabilities where this provision is considered reasonable. This paper reports on staff perspectives on the use and usefulness of a parental questionnaire on disability from a sample of 49 schools (mainstream and special) located in 12 local authorities. Most schools found the process of administering the parent questionnaire undemanding; just under half of the sample indicated that they would take some action as a result of the data collected from the parental questionnaire (e.g., to inform plans for targeting or monitoring support for children, and to contact parents and follow‐up issues they had mentioned); and about one‐third of schools recorded unanticipated findings from the parental questionnaire, that is, the identification of children whose disabilities were not previously known to the school. Implications for schools are discussed.     

“Did you do your homework?” Mathematics teachers’ homework follow‐up practices at middle school level

Teachers’ homework follow‐up practices, the in‐class strategies teachers use to monitor their students’ homework assignments, have an impact on their students’ homework behaviors and academic achievement. The current study explored the perspectives of middle school mathematics teachers on the three domains of homework follow‐up: the practices used in class, the purposes of each practice, and the aspects that may influence this process. Data were collected from two data sources (i.e., focus groups and classroom observations) and were analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings showed that teachers monitored homework either using a single strategy or a combination of strategies (e.g., checking homework completion and providing individual feedback) linked to a specific purpose (e.g., promote students’ involvement). The teachers also reported that they were under certain constraints when they delivered homework follow‐up practices (e.g., pressure to follow the curriculum), so their practices’ effectiveness sometimes can be compromised. Implications for practice are discussed.     

深入和成熟:20世纪30年代中国新诗理论批评

20世纪30年代中国新诗理论批评极为繁复,以《新诗歌》派代表的社会主义现实主义诗论与以《现代》诗派为代表的走向综合的现代主义纯诗诗论之间的论争呈现出主流风貌;而它的支流很庞杂,主要有印象主义诗歌理论批评、现代解诗学、心理原型诗歌批评、"新批评"诗歌理论批评和新诗史研究。它们的合力使得在20年代确立起来的中国新诗理论批评体系走向深入和成熟。同时,30年代新诗理论批评,在接受前苏联和西方现代文学理论观念和方法上,比起20年代来,面更广、力度更大,而且自觉意识也更强;因此,30年代中国新诗理论批评的现代性表现得更足。