年幼儿童的视频学习:研究与展望

视频资源已成为当代儿童生活中不可或缺的组成部分。研究表明,尽管年幼儿童通过视频进行了学习,但在年幼儿童,尤其是3岁前儿童的认知发展过程中,视频学习的作用可能并不明显。因此,理解年幼儿童视频学习的视角应当从对认知发展的关注转换到对社会性发展的关注上来,在年幼儿童社会化的过程中理解视频学习,揭示视频学习的社会性本质。视频资源不应是单纯的知识载体,而应当成为儿童的社会伙伴。考察视频环境中年幼儿童的学习,应在儿童、他人和视频构成的互动系统中,关注人际互动与人机互动的动态协调。强调视频学习的社会性本质,可以为年幼儿童学习理论的建设带来新思路,也可以为视频资源的教育应用及相关政策的制定提供依据,为视频节目的设计与制作带来新的启示。     

我国学前教育的结构失调及其政策建议

学前教育改革是推进我国基本公共服务均等化建设的必然选择。目前,我国学前教育的结构失调主要表现为:幼儿园公弱民强、数量失调,民办园公办园公平竞争的环境失调,群众的学前教育需求与学前教育资源的供需失调,生源结构与幼儿园结构失调,城乡之间、区域之间学前教育发展失调。为此,应增加公共财政投入,扩大公办园数量;通过明确公办园和民办园各自的定位,加强分类管理,建立公办园民办园公平竞争的制度环境;建立完善公共财政扶持民办园的机制;坚持分阶段、分地区和城乡三个一体化统筹推进区域和城乡学前教育的发展。     

情绪状态对4岁儿童记忆受暗示性的影响

本研究采用实验法,探讨了高兴、生气与伤心这三种情绪对4岁儿童记忆受暗示性的影响。研究结果表明:(1)儿童在伤心、高兴和生气状态下的记忆受暗示性有显著的差异。(2)儿童具有情绪易感染性的特质。(3)儿童在伤心、高兴及生气状态下记忆的准确性有所下降。     

行为疗法与认知行为疗法干预幼儿多动行为的个案研究

本研究采用单一被试A-B-A-B式实验设计,将行为疗法和认知行为疗法相结合,采用差别强化、Time-out和自我指导等方法和策略,对被试在集体教学活动中出现的多动行为进行干预。研究结果表明,差别强化、Time-out和自我指导三种干预方法的结合,对减少幼儿多动行为的效果最为显著。     

教育应当尊重儿童自然生长的权利

儿童的自然本性和自然权利是不容侵犯的。按其本性生长是儿童最基本、最重要的自然权利。然而,在传统教育中,成人通常控制着儿童,侵犯儿童的自由,造成社会的不正义。课程的目的是促进儿童生长还是仅仅向儿童传授知识,反映了成人是否尊重儿童的自然权利。教育应当尊重儿童自然生长的权利,尊重儿童的成长规律,促进儿童健康生长。     

可持续性早期儿童发展政策的理念和实施——亚太地区国家早期儿童发展政策制定的进展

早期儿童发展政策是一个社会性政策,它通过政府的投入对有关早期儿童发展重要问题的解决提供指导,为儿童及其家庭提供服务。这一政策应具有社会、政治、经济和人力资源方面的可持续性。政策的组成部分包括理想与目标、活动、管理和财政。政策制定的过程强调多方人员的参与以及有据可依。亚太地区多个国家近年来在早期儿童发展政策的制定方面取得了很大的进展,但同时在政策的实施、管理和财政方面仍面临很大的挑战。     

幼儿情绪健康教育刍议——从一项心理健康教育课程的实施效果谈起

比比和朋友是一项系统化的幼儿心理健康教育课程,情绪健康教育是其中的重要内容之一。许多教师以往对幼儿的情绪存在诸多误解。从教师对比比和朋友课程实施效果的反馈看,幼儿有着复杂的情绪体验,有发展情绪认知的基础和需要;幼儿需要表达情绪,但也存在情绪掩蔽的问题;幼儿能在群体中自主建构和掌握丰富的情绪调节策略。情绪认知、情绪表达和情绪调节是幼儿情绪健康教育的三项重要内容,教师不能忽视其中任何一方面。教师应改变传统观念,为幼儿提供系统、完整的情绪健康教育支持。     

The Effectiveness of the Responsive Teaching Parent-mediated Developmental Intervention Programme in Turkey: A pilot study

The case study was conducted to examine the feasibility of an early intervention curriculum called Responsive Teaching with two five-year-old children from Turkey who had significant developmental delays. This study determined whether Turkish mothers might be successful in learning to become more responsive to their children, and whether this would result in significant improvements in their children’s development. Both dyads received 28 individual parent–child intervention sessions which were conducted over a four-month period of time. Pre-, mid-, and post-assessments indicated improvements in the mothers’ responsiveness to their children and the children’s levels of engagement with their parents. There were also improvements in the children’s language and personal social development. Mothers reported that Responsive Teaching helped them learn to interact more effectively with their children and that this resulted in longer and more enjoyable interactions with them. Results from this investigation are discussed in terms of their implications for providing developmental services to preschool-aged children with disabilities in Turkey.     

Teaching about the importance of trees: a study with young children

This paper reports on a study undertaken with the primary aim of investigating the effect of the storytelling teaching approach on kindergarten children's retention of ideas about the importance of trees. The study also assessed the effect of storytelling on children's intention to participate in a tree planting activity that they had to select from a list of activities. The story that was created included such elements as binary opposites, mental images, mystery, and wonder, according to Kieran Egan's theory. The study utilized a two‐group design, was conducted in three phases (pre‐test, intervention, and post‐test), lasted 11 weeks, and its results provide evidence of the effectiveness of the storytelling approach when compared with the traditional method of expository teaching complemented with visual images (pictures) of trees and their importance to human beings. The pedagogical appropriateness of the story, which was based upon the binary pair of opposites ‘security–insecurity’, is also discussed in the paper.     

Chinese children with ASD in Hong Kong (SAR): development of inclusive practice

The advancement of inclusive educational provision in the Asia‐Pacific region has been guided by international research. As one example, Hong Kong has developed a unique and cultural response to inclusive practice within the region. This paper reviews Hong Kong's development of inclusive education practice for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It provides an account of how services in education have developed for Chinese children with ASD, from diagnosis to school placement, and how the students are supported. A number of challenges for the region are discussed including those related to pedagogy, mentoring, placement, support and the need for culturally appropriate professional learning.