Environmental identity formation in nonformal environmental education programs

This paper explores experiences that remained salient in the memories of former participants in three nature-based programs in Colorado, five to forty years after childhood involvement. Interviews with program founders and staff, archival research, and observations of current activities provided an understanding of each program’s history, mission and educational approach. In this context, 18 former participants were interviewed about program experiences that they remembered and program impacts on their environmental identities and academic or career choices. Results were analyzed through the lens of social practice theory, which has significant implications for the design and evaluation of environmental education programs. Results showed that social practice theory is a useful framework for interpreting the development of a social environmental identity, but an ecological identity that forms through direct contact with the natural world is an important complementary concept.     

An ecological approach to the on-line assessment of problem-solving paths: Principles and applications

In this paper, we propose a theoretical framework for designing on-line situated assessment tools for multimedia instructional systems. Based on an ecological psychology approach to situated learning, a graph theoretic methodology is applied to monitor students' performance (solution paths) throughout the learning activity. Deviation of the student's path from the target (expert) path generates indicators which can function as alerts to the student and to the instructor. The information collected in the dribble files and presented visually enables the instructor to identify problems quickly and intervene appropriately. The feasibility of the methodology is explored in case studies describing three instructional systems that teach (1) critical thinking and problem-solving skills, (2) principles of hemodynamic monitoring and treatment, and (3) orthodontic treatment, respectively.     

《老子》生态智慧与生态教育

当前,人类社会的生态环境遭到严重破坏,人与自然的矛盾日益尖锐化。该文通过对老子丰富的生态智慧及其核心概念“道”和“无为”的重新解读,为生态教育实践提供了生动的理论依据。     

甘肃省生态足迹动态测度与分析

生态足迹分析法现已广泛应用于各种可持续发展的测度,文章应用该方法对甘肃省的可持续发展状况进行了评价和分析.在1996-2003年间,每隔一年计算出甘肃省的生态足迹,以此来对甘肃省可持续发展状况的动态变化进行测度和分析.计算结果表明,人均需求足迹整体为上升趋势,人均供给足迹整体为下降趋势;生态冗余只有1996年为正,即处于可持续发展状态;其余4个年份均为负值,即为不可持续发展状态.在历年人均生态足迹需求的各组成土地类型中,化石燃料用地和耕地是主要的两个组成类型,其次是草地;在人均生态足迹供给的组成中,耕地和草地是最主要的两个组成类型.     

河北省咸水资源的利用与开发

河北平原是严重缺水地区，由于长期超采地下水，致使河北平原产生一系列的环境地质问题，河北平原同时也藏有大量地下咸水，合理开发利用地下成水资源，是解决河北平原水资源短缺的关键问题，从河北平原咸水分布、储量及咸水在工农业生产方面的作用分析了合理开发与利用地下咸水的优势与意义。     

完善法院调解制度的思考

司法制度改革的重要内容就是要提高司法效率，更进一步地体现公开、公正的原则。而我国现行审判程序的设计，特别是民事诉讼中调解制度的设计，不能充分尊重当事人的选择体现公正原则，不利于提高审判工作效率。应当重新设计调解在诉讼程序中的适用阶段，克服现行民事诉讼法在调解原则上的矛盾规定，强化调解协议的法律效力等完善法院调解制度的思路。希望通过立法对调解制度进而对诉讼程序作出更加科学的设计，以提高司法效率。     

论重庆市政府在经济发展中的生态责任

目前,重庆市的经济发展取得了一系列的成绩,但是在发展过程中,生态环境与经济发展的矛盾日益凸显,围绕重庆市生态环境与经济发展的问题,就重庆市政府在经济发展中的生态责任进行了论述。     

Which notion of implication is the right one? From logical considerations to a didactic perspective

Implication is at the very heart of mathematical reasoning. As many authors have shown, pupils and students experience serious difficulties in using it in a suitable manner. In this paper, we support the thesis that these difficulties are closely related with the complexity of this notion. In order to study this complexity,we refer to Tarski's semantic truth theory,which contributes to clarifying the different aspects of implication: propositional connective, logically valid conditional, generalized conditional,inference rules. We will show that for this purpose, it is necessary to extend the classical definition of implication as a relation between propositions to a relation between open sentences with at least one free variable. This permits to become aware of the fact that, in some cases, the truth-value of a given mathematical statement is not constrained by the situation, contrary to the common standpoint that, in mathematics, a statement is either true or false. In the present paper, the didactic relevance of this theoretical stance will be illustrated by an analysis of two problematic situations and the presentation of some experimental results from our research on first-year university students' understanding of implication. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

道家道教生态伦理思想对建构当代生态哲学的启示

道家道教典籍中蕴含着丰富的生态伦理思想和规范。道家道教生态伦理思想与传统伦理学相比,既有共通之处,也有独到之处。前者为它与当代生态伦理思想相互衔接提供了可能性,后者显示了它对丰富和发展当代生态伦理学的价值。生态伦理学和生态哲学之间是个别和一般的关系。深入研究道家道教生态伦理思想,对建构和发展当代生态哲学意义重大。     

黑河流域生态环境脆弱性研究

黑河流域地处河西走廊中部，其特殊的气候条件和地貌特征对当地生态环境起主要的控制性作用，加之人类活动的影响，植被、土壤和水等环境都表现出不同程度的脆弱性特征．具体表现为土地沙化、土壤盐渍化、草场退化、水资源减少、植被单一、生物多样性丧失等．从恢复生态学的观点出发，探索维持生态系统稳定性和恢复重建机制．