Evaluating the international dimension in an undergraduate curriculum by assessing students’ intercultural sensitivity

This formative, outcome-oriented, theory-based evaluation research study assessed the effectiveness of requiring an international (‘I’) course by measuring students’ intercultural sensitivity (IS) at the start and end of a semester. Findings revealed that students’ IS scores did not change regardless of the type of class in which the student was enrolled and were not significantly different based on gender, age, ethnicity, undergraduate classification, or number of ‘I’ courses taken. There were significant differences in IS based on religion, traveling outside the US, participating in a study abroad course, and the number of cultural events in which the student had participated. Regression analysis confirmed that religious affiliation and number of times traveled outside the US were significant predictors of IS. This study is an example of the use of theory-based evaluation in an educational system and provides important insights into what experiences affect college students’ IS.     

Exploring factors that improve mathematics achievement in Brunei

The low pass rate in Brunei Year 13 mathematics is a source of concern for many stakeholders. Success in mathematics is required for students wishing to attend university and pursue courses in the sciences and technology. Many different factors contribute to success and failure in mathematics. This field survey (N = 330 randomly selected Year 13 students representing 179 females and 151 males) determined the extent to which coping mechanisms, study strategies, learning styles, and self-efficacy were related to academic achievement in mathematics. Stepwise multiple regression analysis with backward elimination identified six statistically significant main effect variables with links to mathematics achievement (task-oriented coping, textbook reading, concentration, self-efficacy, time management, and activist learning style). Two-way interactions of the male and female genders with deep processing and reflector learning styles were also significantly associated with mathematics achievement. Other significant interaction variables were beneficial to both genders.     

高职院校突出职业能力的“课内外一体化”体育教学模式研究

体育教学是高等职业院校教学活动的重要组成部分,高等职业院校的主要培养目标是突出职业能力,体育教学模式也应与专业人才的培养目标相适应。本文论述了高职院校体育教学突出职业能力培养的必要性及"课内外一体化"体育教学模式的特点,在分析、梳理的基础上,探索构建与高等职业教育相适应的"课内外一体化"体育教学模式。希望为"课内外一体化"体育教学模式在高职院校的应用提供参考。     

武术短兵运动在高职院校中开展的可行性分析与研究

文章运用文献资料法、实验调查法、综合分析法等研究方法,对武术短兵运动在高职院校开展的可行性进行分析研究,结果表明,在高职院校开展短兵运动能够使高职学生更加了解中国传统武术文化,提高学生学习武术短兵的积极性,培养学生职业能力,对继承和发扬武术短兵运动具有良好的推广作用.     

高职体育教学中学生体育素养和职业能力培养研究

高职教育是我国高等教育的重要组成部分,高职院校专注培养实用型人才,重视学生的实际运用能力,以及实际操作能力,满足社会对实用技能型人才的需求。随着教育体制的改革,传统体育教学中的问题不断凸显,很难培养学生的体育素养,也不利于提升学生的职业能力。高职院校在体育教学中,不仅要教授学生专业的体育知识,也要将学生的身体素质和职业技能作为重要的教学内容,针对学生的专业制定体育项目,促进学生体育能力的多方面发展,为未来的社会工作作铺垫。目前高职院校在体育教学中,忽视学生体育素养和职业能力的培养,需要及时改进,制定合理的措施,提升学生的体育素养和职业能力。     

高职医学院校排球课程的现状研究--以福建省四所高职医学院校为例

通过文献资料法、问卷调查法、数理统计法、访谈法等研究方法,对福建省4所高职医学院校的排球课程的现状进行调查分析。研究表明:福建省高职医学院校的排球课程要进一步完善课程设置,加强医体融合的建设,教师要优化教学方法和手段,提高排球课程的吸引力。同时,各高职医学院校应正确认识排球课程改革和发展的影响因素,进一步提升排球课程在人才培养和专业建设中的作用。     

体育教育专业学生高层次思维能力培养

随着社会的飞速发展和全球化的推进,思维能力的培养逐渐被渗透到了教育领域中,培养学生的高层次思维能力,是当下教育领域热议的话题之一。该文主要通过文献资料法,根据高层次思维能力的相关概念及高层次思维能力的理论模型,就当前现状进行分析,认为体育教育专业学生高层次思维能力应从院校、教师和学生个人三方面进行培养。     

高职数学教学探析

高职数学教学设计应遵循紧紧围绕教学目标原则,因材施教原则,充分利用现代化设备和技术原则。具体实施时,可以采用“立体化教学包”教学模式,利用此教学包,再结合电化教学、自学、课堂讨论等多种教学手段,可使高职数学教学达到较佳效果。     

高职院校管理研究及"院校研究"分析

根据高职院校的历史沿革和现实条件的多样性,高职院校管理研究应改变现状,着眼于"本土问题"的解决,并将"院校研究"作为高职院校管理研究的基本范式。     

Travels in extreme social mobility: how first-in-family students find their way into and through medical education

ABSTRACT

Higher education is understood as essential to enabling social mobility. Research and policy have centred on access to university, but recently attention has turned to the journey of social mobility itself – and its costs. Long-distance or ‘extreme’ social mobility journeys particularly require analysis. This paper examines journeys of first-in-family university students in the especially high-status degree of medicine, through interviews with 21 students at an Australian medical school. Three themes are discussed: (1) the roots of participants’ social mobility journeys; (2) how sociocultural difference is experienced and negotiated within medical school; and (3) how participants think about their professional identities and futures. Students described getting to medical school ‘the hard way’, and emphasised the different backgrounds and attitudes of themselves and their wealthier peers. Many felt like ‘imposters’, using self-deprecating language to highlight their lack of ‘fit’ in the privileged world of medicine. However, such language also reflected resistance to middle-class norms and served to create solidarity with community of origin, and, importantly, patients. Rather than narratives of loss, students’ stories reflect a tactical refinement of self and incorporation of certain middle-class attributes, alongside an appreciation of the worth their ‘difference’ brings to their new destination, the medical profession.