关于地方高师院校文学类通选课的几点思考——以《中国现当代文学作品选讲》课程的教学实践为例简

上个世纪末。我们国家开始实施大学生文化素质教育。北京大学等重点大学率先推出素质教育通选课方案,随之,地方高师院校纷纷效仿。但内涵理解上上出入较大。本文在梳理通选课由来的国内外背景的基础上,以具体的《文选》课程的实践为例。分析了地方高师院校通选课的现状及改革设想。     

校企合作模式中高职英语教师专业化发展研究

高职院校的人才培养应贴近社会生产实际,符合企业的诉求.英语教师作为高职院校师资力量的重要组成部分,其与相关专业教学实践相结合能力的培养不容忽视.因此,学校可以通过实施定期顶岗实践制度、建立定期培训制度、师徒结对、教师加强自身学习等途径来提高教师的专业化发展,走产学研结合、理论与实践一体、校企合作的职业教育之路.     

高中英语课堂沉默现象探析及其对策研究

课堂沉默现象越来越受到学界的关注。虽然高中英语教师在课堂教学中尽力采用任务型、启发式教学,但是相当多的学生仍然是问而不答、启而不发。文章基于课堂沉默的溯源研究,从教师课堂霸权、应试教育和传统文化视角探析高中学生英语课堂沉默的原因,旨在重构和谐课堂,回归生态课堂,倡导合作学习课堂。     

燕山大学工程化学教改一席谈

介绍了燕山大学工程化学教改的实践过程,并对改革中取得的成果和出现的问题进行了分析。同时对如何进一步搞好工程化学教改工作提出一些有益的措施。     

学生发展：本科教学质量监测评估的新视角

中国高等教育规模经历超常规扩张后,质量成为核心议题。监测评估是国际通行的质量保障方式之一。我国目前的高等教育质量监测评估偏重于资源或投入性指标,对人才培养的过程和人才培养成果的监测尚待进一步完善。文章探讨学生发展理论及其在高等教育评估中的应用,通过专家调查法等研究方法建立了一套基于学生发展的本科教学质量监测评估指标体系。从学生发展的视角,通过增值评价的路径,监测高等教育人才培养的过程和成效。     

The assessment of creativity for people with autism spectrum disorder

The term “creativity” can conjure various ideas and meanings. It's no surprise that methods for measuring such a concept vary widely and are not without controversy. This is particularly true among people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who are a unique yet incredibly diverse group of individuals. This article provides an overview of the assessment of creativity among individuals with ASD. Findings among studies that have sought to determine whether individuals with ASD are more or less creative than their neurotypical peers are mixed, yet the authors propose that intentional development of creativity in all youth, including those with ASD, can be beneficial.     

Teachers of learners with ASD in mainstream schools and classrooms in Spain: attitudes towards inclusive education

This study analyses the attitudes of teachers in Spain towards the inclusion of learners with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream education settings and their relationship with the perceived benefits of inclusion. The ex post facto prospective design included 180 teachers from 14 schools. Data were collected using a questionnaire on teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education and a second questionnaire on the benefits of inclusion developed for the specific purposes of this study. The results show teachers' positive attitudes towards inclusion as well as the benefits perceived. This study demonstrates the fundamental role of teachers' previous experience. Implications for inclusive cultures and practices in schools are discussed.     

The possibilities of exploring nontraditional datasets with young children

Today's world is characterized by the extensive production of data in different scenarios that everyday citizens need to understand for their informed participation in society. With the increase in the availability of data in a society defined by the industrious production of data, the educational system needs to think of possibilities to bring young children closer to the world of data science. This paper presents a nontraditional data exploration experience with an 8-year-old participant helped by a data visualization tool. A task-based interview was conducted while the participant explored a carbon dioxide emission dataset. This paper studied how the participant interrogates the data, draws inferences and exhibits dispositions. At the end, some reflections are presented when introducing the exploration of nontraditional data in teaching.     

Reputation disparity in teaching and research productivity and rewards in the context of consequences of institutionalization of Publish or Perish culture in academia

The reputation disparity between teaching and research has stirred up an unending debate. The age-long notion that teaching and research overlap has become a controversial issue in academia. Consequences of the institutionalization of Publish OR Perish (POP) abound in the literature. This paper investigates the reputations disparity between teaching and research productivity and the rewards for these academic activities. It explores which, out of teaching activities and research publications receive higher or less attention and rewards. Relevant existing literature was reviewed to establish the institutionalization of POP and its consequences of the reputations disparity between teaching and research and its adverse effects on these activities. Evidence from the literature reviewed reveals the existence of POP reputation disparity as part of its consequences. A key finding is that teaching activities are insignificant and unrewarded as research publications. Neither the effectiveness nor the number of teaching loads counts like the numbers of publications.     

But good strategy instructors are constructivists!

The general nature of constructivist educators' views of teaching are overviewed first, followed by analysis of good strategy instruction in constructivist terms. That good strategy instruction is scaffolded teaching is particularly emphasized. Scaffolded teacher-student interactions necessitate that students experience unique instruction that stimulates a great deal of student construction of to-be-acquired competencies. The only important difference between good strategy teaching and teaching recommended by constructivist educators is in the explicitness of instruction, with relatively greater teacher input about what is to be learned during good strategy instruction.