Using multiple methods to investigate eleven-year-olds’ experiences of preparing for a high-stakes public examination in Trinidad and Tobago

This study was designed to uncover and evaluate unintended and indirect consequences of using the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) in Trinidad and Tobago for high-stakes selection and placement. A major argument is that the test-taker is central to consequences, both intended and unintended. Data were obtained from eleven-year-olds preparing and taking the examination using multiple qualitative methods, which privilege agency and personal and social consciousness. Methods capturing the test-takers’ experience included diaries, focus groups, drawings, photovoice, and photo-elicitation. The findings were summarised by a theory of action and reported in integrated themes. Test preparation was mostly drill and practice. Both test preparation and test-taking were emotion-eliciting events requiring significant investment in positive social relationships to buffer negative impact. The costs and impact of early high-stakes examinations in Trinidad and Tobago might be higher than anticipated.     

论排球课多元化教学手段的整合与改革

采用文献资料法、教学实验法、数理统计法对排球普修课进行了多元化教学手段的实验研究，认为应用现代的多媒体教学手段，能充分调动学生的多种本体感觉器官，提高接收和传出信息的效率，使排球普修课教学的感知、思维和实践等环节达到有机的结合，有利于调动学生的学习积极性与主动性，提高教学质量，实现教学目标。     

中小企业提升核心竞争力路径思考

本认为，中小企业的发展适合我国国情，并将日益显示其重要的位置，但核心竞争力不强的问题将会影响到我国中小企业的健康发展。为此，除了借鉴西方发达国家经验，在国家层面上加强宏观支持力度外，中小企业自身更要积极探索和建立提升核心竞争力的途径。     

竞技体育项目训练方法"适用"征象辨析

重复、间歇、持续、变换、循环、比赛训练方法构成了现代运动训练方法丰富的内容体系。现代运动训练方法是教练员科学完成具体训练任务的基本工具,是运动员科学提高运动成绩的基本手段。实践中教练员科学认识和掌握现代运动训练各个基本方法的征象,是科学选择、运用现代运动训练基本方法的前提条件,对于提高运动成绩具有特殊的意义。     

《电工工艺》课程教学的探索

对电工工艺课程教学进行探索，具体内容包括：教学手段、教学方法、教学内容及考核方式方法等，目的在于使学生加深对电工工艺知识的理解掌握，使之与专业知识融汇贯通，培养学生的职业能力，提高教学质量。     

新时期提高语文教学有效性的策略研究

语文是基础教育课程体系中的一门重要课程,打造高效语文课堂是学生提高语言运用能力的重要手段。语文课堂有效教学强调关注学生的进步和发展,需要教师遵循教学活动的客观规律,用最少的时间、精力和物力投入,取得更好的教学效果。文章对新时期如何提高语文教学有效性进行探讨。     

改进和加强高校德育工作

本文从当代青年大学生所肩负的历史责任、当代大学生存在的思想道德问题以及高校德育工作存在的薄弱环节等三个方面论述了加强高校德育工作的重要性;从如何处理好德育与其他各育的关系、德育内容理想性与现实性的关系、道德理论传授与道德实践的关系、教师主导与学生主体的关系等四个方面提出了加强高校德育工作的措施.使江泽民同志“以德治国“的思想在高校得到切实的贯彻落实.     

Modelling Experiential Knowledge Ethically: An Artefact‐Based Approach to Visually Documenting a Participatory Design Process with Young People

This article contributes to the growing debate within art and design education research about the role, legitimacy and accountability of artefacts in the creation and generation of knowledge. I present an artefact‐based approach to visually documenting and disseminating my doctoral practice‐based fieldwork that protected the anonymity of the participants whilst supporting my exploration of the situational, interactional and tacit dimensions of participation. Constructing a three‐dimensional scaled model of the fieldwork setting and using narratives from my field notes, I undertook a cyclical reflective process where I reconstructed critical moments that took place. This was used as both a tool for communicating my participatory design educational practice and for evaluating my findings with the participants. By sharing this sense‐making process, I offer an ethical means of visually documenting fieldwork when working in sensitive contexts and with vulnerable participants, setting out the dual role this design artefact played as both a producer and carrier of experiential knowledge.     

Mind the gap: accountability,observation and special education

There is an absence of observation-based tools designed to evaluate teaching in special education classrooms. Evaluations derived from classroom observations are integral to the accountability process, adding value to understanding teaching and learning by providing a lens into the classroom that test scores cannot capture. The present paper systematically examined existing classroom observation tools, identifying constructs measured and noting elements unique to special education classrooms. Results demonstrate that most extant tools tap into three primary categories of teacher behaviours, but overlook the role paraprofessionals play as well as teacher professional behaviours. Taken together, results reflect the need for a tool designed specifically for special education classrooms. Limitations and implications for practice and policy are discussed.     

关于线性代数课程教学的一些思考

结合线性代数课堂教学,从优化教学内容、加强方法引导、抓好基础知识、渗透思想方法、采用多媒体辅助教学五个方面阐述了在线性代数课程教学中的一些思考。