理工类专业英语课程教学改革探索与实践

针对当前理工类院校专业英语课程的开设现状,指出专业英语在学生的素质教育中占有重要地位,应得到重视。分析了专业英语教学中存在的问题,结合自身教学实践,提出了相关教学改革的几点建议和对策。     

论面向理解的学习与教学设计——设计研究视角下的中国本土实证探析

对人类理解的探究,在人类思想的发展史上从未中断过。而随着心理学以及教育学的深入发展,该主题于20世纪中后期逐渐成为一个引人关注的研究课题。从20世纪90年代开始,表征观与实作观成为了分析学习活动中理解内涵的两种对峙思想。从学习科学的视野出发,将这两种思想整合起来,以实证方法探究学习活动中更加细微的理解特征以及相应的教学设计策略,成为了本研究的主要方向。     

Priming urban learners' attitudes toward the relevancy of science: A mixed-methods study testing the importance of context

The development of three-dimensional learning among all K-12 student demographics remains a prominent goal for the field of science education. However, substantial research in science teacher education for urban populations showcases hurdles to overcome in order to achieve this goal, particularly for elementary teachers. Research shows that urban elementary teachers are often ill-prepared to develop a type of science pedagogy responsive to students' learning needs. The fidelity of such pedagogies that these teachers adhere to when trying to implement such a requested content–relationality between these populations and how their local contexts can be used as sites to learn science in relevant ways are often not fully realized, as well. Given that science achievement gaps exhibit racial disparities starting in primary grades and attitudes toward science have been shown to affect academic achievement and motivation, we argue that one way to ameliorate, in at least an incremental way, this disparity is to design novel learning experiences to prime students to see the relevancy of science in their local contexts before such three-dimensional designed learning is set to occur. In this research, we leveraged the immersive nature of Virtual Reality 360 videos and present a design-based research iteration testing how this novel technologically enhanced learning experience may have influenced close to 400 urban elementary students' attitudes toward science around those attitudes labeled as “behavioral beliefs” by the field. Using a concurrent, convergent mixed-methods design with a two-way multivariate analysis of covariance quantitative data set triangulated with students' qualitative self-reports that were transformed into quantitative preponderances in graphic form, the data support that our design iteration emphasizing the importance of context as a design focus can prime students who struggle to see science as relevant to change their attitudes. Implications are discussed around relationality, novel technological affordances, and the use of local contexts as learning resources.     

Science capital or STEM capital? Exploring relationships between science capital and technology,engineering, and maths aspirations and attitudes among young people aged 17/18

We previously proposed that science capital (science-related forms of cultural and social capital) can be used as a theoretical lens for explaining the patterned nature of aspirations and educational participation among young people aged 11–16. Building on these findings, the present article investigates whether science capital is related to post-18 aspirations to pursue further STEM study and whether science capital can be extended to related disciplines including engineering, maths and technology. Specifically, we report on correlational analyses exploring the relationships between science, technology, engineering and maths attitudes and science capital. Drawing on data from a new survey of 7,013 17/18 year old English secondary school students, analyses showed that science capital, while strongly related to engineering and physical science future study aspirations, was not strongly related to the pursuit of either maths or technology postsecondary study. The findings also suggest that engineering and maths attitudes have a stronger relationship to science capital than attitudes relating to technology. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings and propose that science capital might be more usefully applied to “SEM,” with links to technology fields and aspirations needing further exploration.     

基于核心素养的小学科学高效课堂的构建

新一轮基础教育课程改革特别强调学生科学核心素养的获得。《小学科学课程标准》也明确提出了培养学生以科学探究精神为核心的核心素养。作为一名小学科学教师,在教学的过程中要持续关注基础科学知识的讲解和传授,也需要通过基础理论引导帮助学生形成一定的科学探究意识,引导他们在实验操作的过程中能够认真思考,提高实践能力。本文就以构建小学科学高效课堂,培养学生科学核心素养为基础性内容,进一步探讨培养策略问题。     

一切有形,皆含道性 ——高校理工科课程的课程思政原则与教学策略

课程思政是一种新兴的育人模式,是将思政教育融入各专业课程,促使专业教学体现立德树人的教育理念。为了给理工科教师开展课程思政提供纲要性的指导,本文详细阐明了在理工科课程中开展课程思政的必要性、教学原则和教学规律,提出了具体的课程思政教学策略和教学要点,也对开展理工科课程思政教学所需要的教师素质提出了明确的要求。本文可望为理工科的课程思政教学提供较为全面的理论支持,有助于培养德才兼备、专业精湛的新时代学子。     

Impacts of an Early Childhood Mathematics and Science Intervention on Teaching Practices and Child Outcomes

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This randomized controlled trial examined effects of the MyTeachingPartner-Math/Science intervention on the quality and quantity of teachers’ mathematics and science instruction, and children’s mathematics and science outcomes in 140 pre-kindergarten classrooms. Teachers participated in the intervention for two years with consecutive cohorts of children. Results from Year 1 are considered experimental, however due to high levels of attrition, results from Year 2 are considered quasi-experimental. Across both years, intervention teachers exhibited higher quality and quantity of instruction. In Year 1, there were no significant effects of the intervention on children’s outcomes. In Year 2, children in intervention classrooms made greater gains in teachers’ ratings of mathematics and science skills and performed better on a spring assessment of science skills. These results have implications for designing and evaluating professional development aimed at supporting children’s mathematics and science knowledge and skills.     

不同年级本科生对科研训练的认识及参与——以四川大学环境科学专业为例

科研训练是提高本科生综合素质的重要途径。本研究以四川大学环境科学专业为例,通过问卷调查,统计分析本科生对科研训练的认识及参与程度,探讨参与科研训练对本科生综合素质的影响,在此基础上指出本科生参与科研训练存在的问题,提出在科研训练的实施过程中应注意科研训练对象的确定、科研训练的选题、科研训练时间的安排和过程的管理。     

在理科基地班专业课程中实践文献阅读

国家理科基地班旨在培养理科基础科学研究与教学人才,故文献阅读对培养学生的专业素养和科研能力具有重要意义,也是本科教育改革发展的趋势。文章通过在理科基地班"微生物学"课程引入英文文献阅读的实践,结合文献实例介绍微生物学的基本概念与研究方法,还有最新的研究动态和研究方向,以增强学生提出科学问题、分析并解决问题的能力以及与专业相关的文献阅读分析综合能力,希望对其他基地班专业课程教学具有借鉴意义。     

浅谈综合理科的设置与高师物理教学改革

通过对中学阶段综合理科课程设置的介绍,探讨了我国高师物理教学中现行的一些弊端,并就此提出了一些改进的建议.