Why some teachers easily learn to use a new virtual learning environment: a technology acceptance perspective

After a decade of virtual learning environments (VLEs) in higher education, many teachers still use only a minimum of its affordances. This study looked at how academic staff interacted with a new and unknown VLE in order to understand how technology acceptance and support materials influence (perceived and actual) task performance. In an experimental design, 36 participants were split into a control (online help) and experimental (instructor video) condition and completed five common teaching tasks in a new VLE. In contrast to most technology acceptance model research, this study found that perceived usefulness of the VLE was not related to (perceived) task performance. Perceived ease of use was related to intentions and actual behaviour in the VLE. Furthermore, no significant difference was found between the two conditions, although the experimental condition led to a (marginal) increase in time to complete the tasks.     

高职教育存在的问题、成因及对策浅谈

本探讨了我国高等职业技术教育中存在的问题，分析了导致问题的原因，并在此基础上提出了改进高职教育的措施，以期为我国高职教育事业改革提供参考。     

Channel One Revisited: Prospective Teachers and the Role of American Higher Education

This study examined perceptions of college of education students and their experiences with Channel One, a privately-owned news service used in public education. Given that about one-third of middle and high schoolers in the US view the broadcast every school day, the authors surveyed 172 freshmen to discern their views and attitudes toward Channel One programming and commercials and the role colleges and universities might play in relation to this media service. While most studies on Channel One have been conducted from a K-12 point of view, the goal of this study was to reconsider the topic from the perspective of prospective teachers and post-secondary education. A. J. Angulo  is Assistant Professor of Social Foundations, Winthrop University. He received an Ed.D. and Ed.M. from Harvard University. His research interests include history of education, technology and education, and student rights. Susan K. Green  is Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Winthrop University. She received a Ph.D. in social psychology from Loyola University, Chicago and a Ph.D. in educational psychology and research from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Her interests include classroom assessment, motivational and instructional strategies to promote learning, and multicultural issues in education.     

Pedagogical practices of NetNZ teachers for supporting online distance learners

A supportive online learning environment entails teachers using effective pedagogical practices to meet the needs of their students and developing a positive teacher–student relationship to foster learner motivation and engagement. This paper reports a study investigating how 32 secondary teachers in New Zealand taught their online distance classes and how they related to their students. These classes were administered by NetNZ, an online distance education community. An online survey conducted in 2016 found that NetNZ teachers used inquiry-based practices including flipped learning and knowledge-building pedagogies to support agency, autonomy, collaboration, and community development. They also used synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies to overcome barriers of relationship building in online settings. NetNZ was unique in delivering distance education in the New Zealand context in that it used a community approach to encourage a more active participation of its member schools and teachers in delivering distance courses to secondary students.     

学生自主学习能力培养中师生自主性的再认识

自主学习能力的提高已成为绝大多数学生的迫切需要,这个过程需要教师的积极参与。学生自主在很大程度上取决于教师自主,自主学习能力的培养首先要关注教师的自主性,具体体现在观念和实践两个层面。学习建构的主体在于学习者自身,所以自主学习能力的培养也要关注学生自身的自主性。而要真正提高学生的自主学习能力,从师生自主性的任一方面来施...     

教师批评语分析研究

针对现实中频繁出现的师生矛盾,以课堂上教师与学生的会话分析模式和合作原则、礼貌原则为理论基础,借鉴刘焕辉先生在其著作《言语交际学》中提出的言语交际的基本规律,结合教师批评语在使用过程中独有的特点,总结出教师批评语的基本原则和使用策略。     

“德性”与“智性”文化下的教师形象——孟子与亚里士多德教师观之比较

作为轴心时代的两位大师:孟子与亚里士多德所代表的教师观反映出中西教育发展的差异。作为东方中国传统文化代表的孟子注重培养经世致用的人才,要求教师德才兼备,做好学生的引路人,形成尊师重道的良好氛围。而古希腊西方文化教育代表的亚里士多德注重培养全面发展的人才,要求教师具备专精化的知识,形成自由平等的师生关系。通过他们的对比,将给我们提高教师素质,促进教师发展以有益的启示。     

2005-2009年我国高校“以教师为选题”的研究状况分析——以4958篇硕博士论文为样本

本文采用统计学及内容分析法对2005-2009我国高校硕士及博士的4958篇学位论文进行了定量和定性分析。结果显示:(1)选题总体上研究主题集中,但是呈现重理论轻实践、重质的分析轻量的证明、重追随轻前瞻、重国内轻国际等特点;(2)4958篇学位论文的样本主要涉及教师素质、教师知识、教师教育、教师观念和行为、教师相关能力、教师心理、教师专业发展、教师评价、教师角色、教师管理等13个主题;(3)研究方法主要有专题论述、质的研究、量的研究及混合研究四种分类。其中,教师教育、教师观念、教师心理与行为和教师专业发展是研究的热点。     

认知视野下的教师称谓——以“园丁”为例

称谓是用来反映人们之间相互称呼的一套名称,而其中的职业称谓又可突出的反映一个社会的政治经济及文化背景。认知语言学是认知科学的一个分支,它是认知心理学与语言学相结合的一门新兴的交叉边缘学科。本文用认知语言学的相关理论对汉语教师职业称谓语＂园丁＂进行相应的解析。     

任务型教学模式下英语教师角色的思考

近年来,英语任务型教学的研究和应用十分广泛。但在实际英语教学中,有些教师对任务及任务型教学内涵分析和认识不全面,对在教学过程中的自身的角色没有明确的定位,从而会遇到一些困惑和问题。因此,英语教师应该加强对自身教师角色的认识,不断反思自身的教学实践,从而有效地推动和促进任务型教学模式在英语教学实践中的应用。