教育理论建设中的类比问题

"类比"就是以相似性为基础,建立事物之间的关联。类比这种思维和推论方式在教育理论建设中具有重要的作用。传统的教育理论在运用类比进行论述时,一般会选择直观清晰的对象作为源域,而当下的教育理论建设中则存在相反的情况。源域和目标域之间相似性的发现可以采用不同的进路,它们各自影响着教育理论的展开。运用类比进行理论建设,本质上不是要制造实在的知识,而是要促进意义理解、进行有效的对话、扩展经验的范围。     

复杂性理论与教育的复杂性研究

作为人文社会科学之教育学研究,需要对理性主义的简单性、唯一性、单向度、线性化的思维模式进行反思,继而代之以用复杂性、开放性、多元性、发展性和非线性的观念来审视极为复杂的教育现象与教育生活,从事具有复杂性的教育学研究。在这一点上,复杂性理论的提出和复杂性研究方法的问世,为我们开启了一扇光明之门。     

县级财政中教育所占比例的估计

教育支出占其财政支出的比例是衡量各级政府努力程度和教育供给水平的一个重要指标。本文使用2004年、2005年全国1700多个县的数据对该比例进行分析。分析认为这一比例同地方人均财政总收入和其他指标有明显的相关关系,并对这些相关性做了合理的经济解释。同时本文估计了各县教育支出占财政的比例,并应用该比例对各县剥除转移支付后的教育供给能力进行了预测,这也为教育转移支付研究中教育供给能力的测算提供了一条可行的途径。     

自由:教育的伦理之维

教育是指向人的,而人应当是自由的。自由是教育价值合理性的内在根据,是教育德性的根基。一切教育的核心或关键就在于使人成为自由的存在者,教育价值合理性的依据应当指向人的解放与自由。培养自由能力、塑造自由精神、养成自由人格是教育自由的内在规定。善的教育必须致力于为人类自由而斗争。     

全球化和信息化背景下高校思想政治理论课的教学困埔与教改策略

在全球化和信息化的时代背景下，我国大学生群体出现了政治信仰迷茫、理想信念模糊、价值取向扭曲、社会责任感缺乏等一系列不容忽视的问题，高校思想政治理论课教学正面临着严峻挑战。因此，研究高校思想政治理论课教学困境的成因，并寻求教改策略，是当前摆在广大思想政治理论课教师面前的一项重要课题。     

努力推进教学科研工作 实现学院跨越式发展——学习《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010-2020)》体会

《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010—2020)》规划了未来10年中国教育改革发展要实现的目标。要增强本科办学意识和质量意识,必须认真学习高等教育的有关文件精神,切实抓好教学管理工作和科研管理工作,才能实现从专科层次到本科层次的跨越。     

The impact of a professional development programme on teachers' attitudes towards inclusion

This article describes a study that aimed to answer the following question: ‘Will a programme of professional development in the area of special and inclusive education be effective in achieving attitudinal shift in teachers?’ Forty‐eight teachers who were enrolled on a Master's programme in Special and Inclusive Education were surveyed via a questionnaire at the beginning and end of a ten‐week introductory module. The results indicated overall attitudinal shift and attitudinal shift for four categories of inclusion to suggest more positive attitudes at the end of the module, compared with at the beginning. The implications for providers of pre‐ and in‐service education and training courses for teachers are discussed.     

重视学生特性,实现思想政治课教育功能最大化

促进人的个性发展是教育长期追求的重要目标。思想政治课在学校的课程体系中居于首要位置,在提高学生的文化素养、道德修养及促进学生的个性发展等方面发挥着不可替代的作用。而艺术院校的学生在个性及其专业特性上具有明显的特点,因而,在思想政治课教育中,重视和利用教育对象的特殊性并将其与教育活动紧密联系,使教育活动自觉反映并符合学生身心发展的需求、学生的个性发展与教育活动趋向良性互动的状态,实现艺术院校思想政治课教育功能最大化的目标。     

Pedagogically bereft! Improving learning outcomes for children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the most common non‐genetic cause of learning disability, affecting around 1% of live births in Europe, and costing an estimated $2.9 million per individual across their lifespan. In adulthood, non‐reversible brain damage is often compounded by secondary disabilities in adulthood, such as mental health problems and drug addiction. The challenge for today's educators is: ‘How do we teach children with FASD?’ Their unusual style of learning and their extreme challenging behaviour is out of the experience of many teachers. This article, written by Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE, National Director of the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust Complex Learning Difficulties and Disabilities Research Project, considers the status of FASD in the UK, and provides an overview of the author's recent research into effective educational strategies within the framework of Every Child Matters. Only government‐led approaches can lead to improvements in the quality of teaching and learning for children with FASD and their future life chances.     

Blended learning in higher education: professional development in a Hong Kong university

ABSTRACT

Online learning has become a ubiquitous part of the educational landscape and how teachers are supported in developing approaches to teaching online is a fundamental aspect of the students’ learning experience. Based on the implementation of a professional development course on becoming an online teacher offered in a blended learning mode at one university in Hong Kong, this article proposes that offering this type of professional development in a blended mode is very effective in facilitating enhanced usage of the university’s learning management system. In a blended mode, teachers are actively engaged with blended learning and were found to make more extensive use of features/tools in Blackboard after they attended the professional development course. Results support that offering professional development in a blended mode provides teachers with an authentic student perspective, at the same time as they take guided steps in the teacher’s role in blended learning.