When transnational curriculum policy reaches classrooms – teaching as directed exploration

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to explore how education policy that is both enabled and constrained by transnational policy flows and national policy built up by social, cultural and historical traditions are enacted through curriculum at the classroom level. The focus is on how policy rationality embedded in the structure and content of curriculum is transformed into certain rationalities in classroom teaching. By understanding lessons as ‘curriculum events’, the study reveals a dominant classroom discourse of recitation and similar triadic communication patterns, which is in accordance with other classroom studies. However, in the article it is argued that the version of teaching that emerges in this study, interpreted in a broader context of an international standards movement, can be understood in terms of directed exploration based on the teacher’s role as an explorer of what the students know, think and understand in relation to the acquisition of knowledge prescribed in the curriculum’s knowledge requirements. Even though the form of recitation is well known, the reason for choosing this teaching repertoire is somewhat new and can be related to the teacher authoring a basic oral text in accordance with assessment standards.     

Global Social Responsibility: Developing a Scale for Senior High School Students in Japan

This research was conducted with the aim of clarifying a concept of “global social responsibility.” A total sample of 395 senior high school students in Japan responded to a pool of items mostly adapted from a scale developed by Starrett (1996) and provided additional data concerning their social experiences. The data were used in the development of a Japanese version of the Global Social Responsibility (GSR) scale. It was found that “global altruism,” “active involvement with society,” and “understanding of interdependence” constituted a construct of global social responsibility. It was also found that females, those who discussed social problems with their family, those who revealed a high awareness of responsibility and those who had multiple experiences of volunteer activities for community service showed high GSR scores. The scale provides both an awareness of the concept and a measure for determining levels of global social responsibility. Counseling professionals are encouraged to consider their roles from a global and social perspective, with the notion of responsibility being seen as central to the concepts of freedom and personal development.     

试论历史唯物论社会观的现实意义

本文较为详细地阐述了马克思主义历史唯物论的社会观的基本观点以及在现实条件下重申的必要性，最后提出了对大学生个体的现实指导。     

论大学生人际交往障碍诊治

大学生在人际交往中具有横向化、多样化、理性化、精神化等特点,使部分大学生在人际交往中极易产生认知偏差和交往障碍,从而产生认知、情感和人格等方面的心理障碍。因此大学生在人际交往中要纠正交往中的认知偏差,学会自我调适,保持良好心态,掌握交往艺术,克服交往心理障碍,促进身心健康发展。     

法官道德与司法公正

法官道德是司法公正的必要条件之一,但二者之间又有诸多的联系,要想司法公正,法官道德是不可或缺的屏障,因此,对法官道德水准的要求至关重要。     

英语中的性别歧视探源

英语是一种典型的性别歧视语言,但对于这种现象存在原因的研究一直未引起人们的重视。本文拟从文化、社会以及心理因素的角度剖析性别歧视的根源,以减少英语语言中的性别歧视现象。     

社会科学的自主性与开放社会科学──从《研究与反思》谈起

当代中国社会科学自主性的存在和发展,既要借鉴西方社会科学实证主义的传统,确立具有科学性和规范性的学术运作方式,又要吸收当代西方社会科学对传统社会科学的重思和否思的成果,避免"现代性"的后果,建立具有本上意识和特色并能与西方社会科学发展进行平等对话和交流的开放社会科学。没有脱离社会、政治、经济和文化场域而独立存在的社会科学场域,任何从一极走向另一极的文化霸权都不能替代真正的学术交流和实践。     

Heraclitean Thinking: Implications for Philosophy of Education

Heraclitus was the first presocratic Ionian thinker to describe the underlying nature of reality as a set of processes in flux and to affirm the constantly changing nature of the cosmos. In this essay, I discuss four major doctrines of his thought which constitute the crux of the Heraclitean worldview. I then expound some thoughts on the relevance and implications of Heraclitean thinking for philosophy of education.     

论大洋洲的殖民化及新西兰近代的改革

大洋洲是在地理大发现的白银时代才呈现在欧洲人面前的，1788年和1840年分别是澳大利亚和新西兰被英国残民的开始时间，与此同时也逐渐开始了近代化，由于地处南半球，移民的奋斗等原因，殖民化与近代化同步发展，另外，新西兰的毛利人进行过维护土地权的战争，而澳大利亚的土几乎未作过积极的反抗，19世纪后期，这两个国家都有过社会改革的实验，加之移民劳动的努力，为20世纪初自治领的建立奠定了基础，此后两国实际走上了独立的道路并在亚太地区发挥着重大作用。     

‘If they can say it they can write it’: Inclusive pedagogies for senior secondary physical education

Pedagogical practices are fundamental to teachers' work, and in the spaces of schooling impact significantly on students' success and achievement (Evans, J. 1986. Physical Education, Sport and Schooling: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education. London: Falmer Press.). This is especially the case for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are deeply reliant on schooling for their educational resources. This article explores the interrelationships between pedagogical practices, the physical education curriculum at the senior secondary level and learning by both students and a teacher in a school located in an area of socio-economic disadvantage. Action research investigating a pedagogical redesign of a unit of ‘Skill Acquisition’ is the specific focus. Of key interest are pedagogical practices that incorporated opportunities to learn ‘about’ Skill Acquisition ‘through’ and ‘in’ movement. These practices attempted to develop and apply scientific literacies specific to the human movement sciences, which are important for academic success in senior secondary physical education. Findings reveal high student engagement, increasing utilisation of scientific literacies and application of new learning to life-world situations. We argue that pedagogical practices that integrate learning ‘about’ ‘through’ and ‘in’ movement disrupt default modes of teaching theoretical concepts in physical education, which diminish opportunities for academic success amongst students from low-socio-economic backgrounds.