Schooling and local environmental knowledge: Do they complement or substitute each other?

Schooling and the knowledge acquired at school have been considered both a cause of loss of indigenous knowledge (because it opens pathways to the non-indigenous world and worldviews) and a potential remedy to its demise (if educational curricula is aligned with indigenous realities by giving instruction in local languages and incorporating local knowledge in school content). We test the association between academic and local environmental knowledge using data from a society of forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon who were exposed to a partially contextualized school curriculum. We found that although schooling and academic knowledge bear a negative association with local knowledge the magnitude is low, probably because schooling was partially contextualized. Contextualized learning might help avoid that the provision of universal education comes at the cost of humanity's cultural diversity.     

网络自主学习环境下的大学英语任务型教学

文章通过分析大学英语网络自主学习进展现状和存在的问题,进而以任务型教学理论为基础,探讨和提出解决大学英语网络自主学习现存问题的可能途径。     

学习困难学生对词语思维加工的元认知实验研究

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语言磨蚀的主要理论简介及其对教与学的启示

语言磨蚀理论研究对保持外语能力,提高外语学习效率具有重要意义。同时,语言磨蚀理论对高校英语教与学有着重要的启示作用。文章通过简要分析语言磨蚀的主要理论,对教与学分别提出针对性的指导意见,以使其更具实践可操作性。     

What is shared? A framework for understanding shared innovation within communities

The twenty-first century economy often requires the innovative production of conceptual and physical artifacts. These innovations frequently are developed collaboratively within communities of workers. Previous theories about the nature of work and learning within communities have emphasized shared meaning or shared practice, but now shared innovation is required. In this paper, I describe the development of a model for conceptualizing and studying shared innovation within communities. This model was created from merging elements of social learning and creativity/innovation theories. I explain that at an intersection of these two domains is a unique kind of social structure, called a Community of Innovation, or COI. I conclude by describing the characteristics of a COI and its implications for design and research.