The role of teachers’ orientation to learning in professional development and change: A national study of teachers in England

This paper uses results from a national survey of teachers in England to test a hypothesised model of teacher orientation to learning (consisting of beliefs, practice and experiences about learning) and its relationship to teacher learning change. Results from a structural equation modeling process of 1126 teacher survey responses show that teachers bring an internal, external and collaborative orientation to their professional learning. The beliefs and practices associated with these orientations are also shown to have a moderate influence, via path analysis, on teacher learning change defined as a composite outcome of change in beliefs, practices and students.     

Interest in an expository text: How does it flow from reading to writing?

This study investigated the flow of interest in a reading-to-write activity. It was hypothesized that (a) different contents in a text would stimulate different types of interest and (b) different writing tasks would impact differently students’ use of interesting text segments. Participants were 247 11th- and 12th-grade students, who were divided into 6 groups according to a 2 (interesting vs. uninteresting topic) × 3 (type of writing task) design. While reading, students rated novelty, curiosity, impressiveness, importance, and willingness to reflect on each text segment. Participants were then assigned to one of three writing tasks, namely argumentation, text designing, and composition. Results showed that concepts were regarded as important, events/activities as impressive, and evaluations as most worthy of reflection. Topic interest was explicitly expressed mainly in the argumentation condition, where increased topic interest scores after reading and writing were also found.     

双栖写作下的文体渗透——以汉赋和汉代奏议文体关系考察

汉赋和汉代奏议存在着较为普遍的作者双栖、同时关涉政治和经学、文体互渗的现象,但汉人重奏议而轻赋,这说明汉赋独立的文学审美价值在汉代尚未得到充分的肯定。     

《春秋》笔法:句义成分关联与限定成分增添示褒贬

<春秋>经文均以标题式单句行文,作者充分利用句子层面的潜在能力在组句表意的同时,蕴含了丰富复杂的言外之意.本文集中描写了其中的"句义成分与称谓变化关联"和"限定成分增添"两种手段,以数据统计和比对的方式系统地展现了"<春秋>笔法"典型的规则性表现.     

中国共产党探索中国特色社会主义法治国家建设的理论与实践

建设社会主义法治国家,是中国共产党孜孜以求的奋斗目标。党对建设社会主义法治国家进行了长期不懈的探索。在理论上,创造性地提出了中国特色社会主义法治理论,丰富和发展了马克思主义法学理论;在实践上,探索出中国特色社会主义法治国家建设道路,法治建设取得了巨大成就。始终坚持以中国特色社会主义法治理论为指导,坚持党的领导与依法治国的有机统一,坚持法治的普遍原则与中国具体国情创造性结合的建设路径,是这条道路显著的中国特色。     

四川省大学英语三级考试英译汉的教学反思

针对大学英语英译汉教学的现状,以及四川省大学英语三级考试英译汉的命题特点,教师应该熟悉大学英语英译汉教学的重难点,并采取方法改善英译汉教学,以便让学生掌握基础的英译汉技能。     

正确理解理想信念的科学含义

从字面上看,理想信念这一概念是由理想和信念这两个概念结合在一起而形成的,但其内涵决不是这两个概念含义的简单叠加,它把二者有机地融为一体,并赋予其丰富深刻的独特意蕴,从根本上同与其相近的理想、信念、一般意义的理想信念以及信仰等概念区别开来。与理想和信念相比,理想信念强调了理想和信念中两个基本方面的统一;与一般意义的理想信念相比,理想信念是最高层次的理想和最高层次的信念的统一;与信仰相比,理想信念与马克思主义、社会主义结合在一起使用,更加科学、更加适合中国语境。     

White working class achievement: an ethnographic study of barriers to learning in schools

This study aims to examine the key barriers to learning to raise achievement of White British pupils with low‐income backgrounds. The main findings suggest that the worryingly low‐achievement levels of many White working class pupils have been masked by the middle class success in the English school system and government statistics that fail to distinguish the White British ethnic group by social background. The empirical data confirm that one of the biggest groups of underachievers is the White British working class and their outcomes at each key stage are considerably below those achieved by all other ethnic groups. One of the main reasons for pupil underachievement, identified in the case study schools and focus groups, is parental low aspirations of their children’s education and social deprivation. It is also perpetuated by factors such as low‐literacy levels, feelings of marginalisation within the community exacerbated by housing allocation, a lack of community and school engagement, low levels of parental engagement and lack of targeted support to break the cycle of poverty and disadvantage, a legacy of low aspiration that prevents pupils from fulfilling their potential across a range of areas. The study concludes that the main obstacle in raising achievement is the government’s failure to recognise that this group has particular needs that are not being met by the school system. The government needs to recognise that the underachievement of White British working class pupils is not only a problem facing educational services but profoundly a serious challenge. Policy implications and recommendations are discussed in the final section.     

Approaches to studying and perceptions of the academic environment among university students in Pakistan

There has been a paucity of research on the experiences of students at Pakistani universities. A survey of over 900 students at two universities examined their approaches to studying and perceptions of their courses. Evidence was obtained for a deep approach, a surface approach and two aspects of a strategic approach. Their perceptions were based upon the instructional practices, the acquisition of generic skills, the appropriateness of the assessment and of their workload, and the available learning resources. A higher‐order analysis revealed two broad dimensions of the student experience in Pakistan. Students who had positive perceptions tended to adopt a deep approach, to prefer courses, teaching and assessment that supported their understanding and to be engaged and reliable in their studies. However, students who had negative perceptions tended to adopt a surface approach and to prefer courses, teaching and assessment that reinforced this approach through the bare transmission of information.     

浅析山西民歌

山西民歌根植于黄土高原,凝结着几千年厚重的华夏文明和黄土文化底蕴,生动地反映了山西这块土地上的民情、民生、民俗,是黄河乡土文化的一个重要组成部分,在中华民族的文化宝库中占有重要的位置。