Equal Opportunities and Post‐Sixteen Education: strategies for institutional change,possibilities and constraints

In this paper we describe findings from a research project in the South West of England that enquired into the impact of the changing requirements of programmes leading to teaching qualifications in the FE sector. We utilise the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ as a heuristic to discuss the professional formation of student teachers in training. In so doing, we challenge oversimplified models and assumptions of progress and learning as a linear progression by demonstrating the complexity of student transitions during professional formation.     

From chalk to keyboard in higher education classrooms: changes and coherence when integrating technological knowledge into pedagogical content knowledge

Abstract

The European Higher Education Area has promoted reconsidering the role played by teachers at universities. Faculties are expected to design learning activities that promote the acquisition of competencies among students. In this context, technologies have garnered prominence as they contribute to creating student-centred learning environments. This study answers these research questions: (1) To what extent has university teaching changed with the implementation of digital technologies in university classrooms? What technology-based learning activities are incorporated in instructional designs by the teachers? (2) How does the faculty describe the integration of technological knowledge into pedagogical content knowledge when designing and developing technology-based learning activities? (3) According to university teachers, which other factors (intrinsic or extrinsic) determine the use of digital technologies in their learning designs? To answer these questions, we have collected data from two differentiated samples of university teachers using the Inventory of Learning Activities with Technology at the University and semi-structured interviews. First, the results reveal that teachers use technologies to carry out learning activities focusing on the content and the teacher. Student-centred learning activities are only timidly being incorporated. Second, the extent to which such activities are implemented is linked to the teachers’ techno-pedagogical content knowledge. Third, the factors that facilitate or inhibit teachers from using technologies in the teaching–learning process respond to intrinsic aspects, such as teachers’ knowledge and beliefs, but also to extrinsic and contextual issues, such as the discipline taught or institutional policy at the university regarding the use of educational technologies.     

How emotionally intelligent are pre-service teachers?

Although there is evidence that teacher emotional intelligence is important for pupil adjustment and learning and for teachers in managing the emotional demands of their work, little is known about the levels of emotional skill of teachers and beginning teachers. Using Mayer and Salovey's emotional intelligence (EI) model and the MSCEIT test of EI, this study investigates how emotionally skilled student teachers are (N = 352). Results show lower than average levels of EI among student teachers, but with important differences between students and across emotional skill areas. The implications of the findings for pre-service teacher education are explored.     

论佤族传统文化与现代化的碰撞与融合——以临沧沧源为例

佤族在历史发展进程中,创造了光辉灿烂的民族文化,但随着社会的发展,现代化及外来文化对佤族传统文化产生了巨大的冲击。因此,构建新的文化体系,让各种新的文化元素与佤族传统文化之间相互协调、融合,使佤族传统文化的传承与发展始终处于一个相对平衡的系统中,形成稳定和良性循环的态势,是佤族固守民族文化阵地、传承民族文化精髓的重要方式。     

信息时代中职教师素质要求及其信息素养的培养

信息时代教育发展的必然趋势和必由之路是教育信息化。信息化教育对中职教师素质提出更高的要求,信息素养作为信息时代中职教师必备的重要素质,急需通过各种形式和渠道进行培训和提高。     

幸福文化视域下高校校园文化建设探析

高校校园文化是大学精神的彰显,也是教育与学生实践活动的表征。当今时代,高校校园文化建设对高校自身的发展、学生和教育者的全面发展有着重要的现实意义,将幸福文化注入校园物质文化、校园精神文化、校园制度文化、校园行为文化四方面建设内容中,能增强高校校园文化活力,并能有效地创新高校校园文化。     

浅析农村小型水利工程施工质量控制

对县乡级小型水利工程施工中质量控制存在的问题进行了分析,对小型水利工程施工质量控制方法做了探讨。     

束缚中国性教育发展的思想道德因素

从改革开放前的"谈性色变"到1988年国家教委和国家计生委颁发文件,规定全国各中学都要普及中学生青春期性教育。中国对性的观点和看法已经发生了很大的改变。尽管政府在政策上大力支持普及性教育,但在实施过程中性教育的质量比较低下,大部分中学生仍然不能接受全面专业的性教育。性学家如Wihelm Reich和心理学家如佛洛伊德与James W.Prescott等认为性教育的目的是个人对自己身体的控制与社会控制的解放。所以要突破中国性教育发展的瓶颈,首先要进一步的解放思想,释放人性,本文将探求束缚中国性教育发展的思想道德因素,并针对这些羁绊提出一些设想和解决的思路。     

高职院校学生社团团建探析

学生社团以对高职生特有的吸引力和凝聚力为高职院校团组织建设提供了新的着力点。文章在分析了学生社团团建的理论依据和现实条件的基础上,对高职院校学生社团团建的具体举措进行了探讨。     

高职院校精品课程建设之我见

高职教育是培养具有必要的理论知识和较强的实践能力并在生产、建设、服务、管理等第一线从事实际工作的高级技术型人才。因此,高职院校精品课程建设在教学内容、师资队伍和实践教学环境建设等方面有其自身的特点,只有围绕人才培养目标来建设高职院校的精品课程,才能体现高职教育的特色。