仓央嘉措被认可的原因及其情歌分析

仓央嘉措是一位被迫放荡的达赖活佛,虽尊为西藏最大的僧王,却徒拥虚位,处于第巴和拉藏汉的双重控制之下;由于政治抱负无法施展,才走上沉湎酒色的放荡之路;外现酒色放荡,内怀慈悲才情,以此反抗却授人口柄,遭至被废,在解送北京的路上英年早逝,充当了政治斗争的牺牲品。这些特殊的经历以及他的情歌共同激动了人们对他的同情与理解。仓央嘉措的情歌敢于打破传统、反抗现实、追求自由,在西藏人民感情中,历来有深深的共鸣。在情歌的传唱不绝中,仓央嘉措完美复活了。籍由此,在正统人士看来离经叛道的仓央嘉措,在藏民心中却被敬仰爱戴。     

关于大学英语第二课堂扩展性教学的思考

阐述了开展大学英语第二课堂扩展性教学的意义和必要性以及其框架设想;重点探讨了如何突破大学英语第一课堂教学局限,努力发掘、拓展第二课堂教学来延伸、补充、加强大学英语第一课堂教学,为学生提供更多的自主学习和语言实践机会。本文提出大学英语第二课堂扩展性教学实践可分为三个组成部分:丰富多彩的大学英语第二课堂教学实践活动;层次化、自主化的大学英语网络教与学活动;及时、有效的大学英语教师课外辅导、答疑以及学习过程监督、检查活动。学生通过积极参与丰富多彩的大学英语第二课堂扩展性教学各项活动,在实践中体验英语,实践英语,不断提高感悟语言、运用语言的能力。     

专业孵化器建设的经验借鉴与推进对策--基于宁波软件园的调研

专业孵化器是孵化器发展到一定阶段的必然产物,是孵化器提升专业服务能力、加强企业化运作、实现跨越式发展的新兴模式。本文通过收集整理美国、以色列比较有特色的建设专业孵化器相关举措与经验,对北京、上海、宁波等城市专业孵化器的实地调研,就如何提升宁波软件园专业孵化器建设水平提出相关政策建议。     

让教育研究走向生活体验

传统的教育研究由于远离了个体的生活体验而丧失了生活意义。本文认为,当代教育研究应该注重生活体验,走向生活体验。也就是说,教育研究是在真实教育情境中以个体的生活体验为基础进行的研究;教育研究是研究者作为主体积极参与的一种价值负载活动;在教育研究者与研究对象之间应该建立一种平等互动的关系。因此,当代教育研究应该注重叙事研究,关注教师的个体体验和个体实践知识,在教育理论工作者与教育实践工作者之间开展广泛的合作与对话。     

What makes learners a good fit for hybrid learning? Learning competences as predictors of experience and satisfaction in hybrid learning space

Compared with fully face-to-face or online learning environments, implementation of hybrid learning spaces is costly given the spaces making all learning options available for learners. Therefore, decisions on investments in hybrid learning are critical for institutions. Satisfaction and experience of learners is one of the important indicators for assessing the cost-effectiveness of learning space implementation; thus, predictions of learners' satisfaction and experience can inform institutions' decision making on learning space investments. Moreover, learning competences are found correlated with learners' satisfaction and experience in general and e-learning settings. Therefore, the present study aimed at exploring predictive learning competences for hybrid learners' experience and satisfaction. A hybrid learning space was built upon a proposed model at Shanghai Open University. 211 students’ learning competences and their satisfaction and experience in the hybrid learning space were examined. The results showed that except cognitive engagement competence, most predictive competences were not significantly associated with hybrid learners' satisfaction and experience. The findings indicated that since hybrid learning keeps all options available, to experience satisfying learning, students need not have certain competences but cognitive engagement competence, which is correlated with learners' cognitive ability to figure out the right mix of learning options.     

Learning outdoors or with a computer: the contribution of the learning setting to learning and to environmental perceptions

ABSTRACT

Background: Outdoor learning and computer-based learning are two different alternatives to in-class conventional teacher-centered learning.

Purpose: This study compares the outdoor learning setting with computer-based learning in class. It examines the influence of the two different learning settings on academic achievements, the learning experience, and pro-environmental perceptions.

Sample: A total of 90 elementary school students (third and fourth-grade classes) participated in the study.

Design and methods: The academic knowledge of the study participants was tested through identical exams for both learning settings. In addition, in each group the students’ perceptions were examined by means of a questionnaire about environmental values and the learning experience.

Results: The study demonstrates that academic achievements in the two settings were similar, but the students expressed more enthusiasm about the outdoor learning experience than about in-class learning. In addition, the outdoor learning setting contributed more to promoting positive environmental perceptions even though students did not learn directly about environmental issues and sustainability.

Conclusions: These findings suggest that learning in the natural environment is valuable: Alongside the fostering of computerized learning, it is also important to promoteoutdoor learning settings and integrate both settings by implementing mobile technologies in the outdoor teaching.     

When screens replace backyards: strategies to connect digital-media-oriented young people to nature

Abstract

Children’s connection to nature (CTN) is declining with each generation, a concerning trend given that CTN is positively linked to wellbeing and environmentalism. A primary cause of this decline is that twenty-first-century youth engage with screens for several hours each day, which to a large extent replaces nature-based play. Researchers have proposed that this change represents a transition in human orientation, particularly in Westernized societies, from nature (biophilia) to digital media (videophilia). Interventions promoting nature-based play must acknowledge digital-media use as a competing leisure pursuit, but the literature presents little guidance for designing programs that will attract young people who are more oriented toward digital media than nature. Drawing on a wide breadth of research, we address this gap through (1) exploring the implications of videophilia for nature-based programming and (2) summarizing recommendations from a narrative literature review for designing interventions that appeal to digital-media-oriented youth.     

Integrating curriculum: a case study of teaching Global Education

Despite widespread support for integrated approaches to teaching, classroom practice reveals a lack of implementation. This paper explores challenges and opportunities in teaching an integrated curriculum, and connects this with the contemporary notion of a twenty-first century curriculum and pedagogy. A case study of Global Education (GE) is used to delineate the complexity of issues when teachers attempt to move beyond disciplinary-based teaching approaches. We examine curriculum documents, advice for teachers on curriculum implementation, preservice teachers’ experiences in schools during Professional Experiences and national guidelines for Professional Experience. Through these data, a broad picture emerges of influences on integrating curricula in classrooms. Opportunities to integrate curriculum incorporating twenty-first century pedagogies were limited by pressures on teachers with preservice teachers rarely exposed to authentic integration. Teachers’ professional standing requires clear guidelines, which allow them to pursue important twenty-first century content and skills , for young citizens and this must begin in preservice education.     

Latent Markov Factor Analysis for Exploring Measurement Model Changes in Time-Intensive Longitudinal Studies

When time-intensive longitudinal data are used to study daily-life dynamics of psychological constructs (e.g., well-being) within persons over time (e.g., by means of experience sampling methodology), the measurement model (MM)—indicating which constructs are measured by which items—can be affected by time- or situation-specific artifacts (e.g., response styles and altered item interpretation). If not captured, these changes might lead to invalid inferences about the constructs. Existing methodology can only test for a priori hypotheses on MM changes, which are often absent or incomplete. Therefore, we present the exploratory method “latent Markov factor analysis” (LMFA), wherein a latent Markov chain captures MM changes by clustering observations per subject into a few states. Specifically, each state gathers validly comparable observations, and state-specific factor analyses reveal what the MMs look like. LMFA performs well in recovering parameters under a wide range of simulated conditions, and its empirical value is illustrated with an example.