核心素养的内涵、特征及其培育

要想落实广大青少年核心素养的培育,需要解决两个根本性问题:一是培育的“途径”问题;二是培育的“关键”问题。第一个根本性问题的答案,显然就是要实施STEM的理念与模式。第二个根本性问题的答案,应当是如何落实创造性思维的培养。为了让青少年具有良好的创造性思维素养,必须从培育创造性思维的要素入手。关于创造性思维的片面乃至错误的认识,若不尽快予以批判及清除,将会成为广大青少年培养创造性思维的极大障碍。“横纵思维”是专门应对复杂问题的,与科学的发明和技术的创新有着很密切的关系,要先掌握“复杂性理论”才能理解“横纵思维”的内涵,所以在进行中小学生的创造性思维培养时,可先从其他五个更基本的要素入手。     

澳大利亚TAFE学院职业技术培训的特点和借鉴意义

该文分析了澳大利亚 TAFE学院的职业技术培训的特点 ,同时对照中国高教改革的背景总结了其对中国高教改革的借鉴意义。     

能力本位教育培训模式对我国幼儿园教师培训的启示

本文系统论述了能力本位教育培训模式(CBET)的定义、特点和理论基础。能力本位教育培训模式的运用可以促进幼儿园教师的专业成长,弥补我国原有幼儿园教师培训模式的不足。当前我国的幼儿园教师培训可以依据以下几条原则尝试引进能力本位教育培训模式:培训、实践与研究相结合;以参训者为本;参训者积极、主动地参与培训的准备工作;灵活地选择学习内容和学习方式;建立多元评价体系,注重实效性。     

现代科技编辑应成为“一专多能”的复合型人才

文章认为，面对新挑战，现代科技编辑应成为“一专多能”的复合型人才，即他们不仅应成为一个合格的编辑，而且还应具备创新能力，具有超前意识，具有创业精神。为此，现代科技编辑应根据时代的发展，不断优化自己的知能结构。     

A Decline in Drawing Ability?

This research surveys changing attitudes to drawing pedagogy, in the context of digitisation, moves toward student‐centred learning in art & design higher education, and anecdotal reports of declining competence. Based on student, teacher and examiner’s experiences, it has been possible to gain insights into how drawing instruction has changed over the past generation. This article examines the attitudes, values and concerns of students and educators regarding drawing instruction. The study reveals that, in the UK, drawing skills are considered to be gradually declining, while traditional notions of skill are called into question. Drawing as a means of visual recording, representation and communication remains valued, although no longer essential as it once was; drawing to augment thought process is increasingly recognised as an integral skill which enables innovation. The latter is rarely ‘taught’ but relies on core competencies that many lecturers fear are being eroded. Increasing value is placed on drawing ‘as process’, as provision is moving towards individualised instruction requiring students to work independently. While new technologies are a factor, this article re‐frames the issue as an imbalance between creative outcomes and creative process, with a disparity between school and university levels. This article calls for a renewed emphasis on ‘drawing as process’ as preparation for university, and for further consideration of the core competencies underpinning the use of drawing as a tool of thought, and how these might be standardised.     

核心素养视域下“浙江精神”融入青少年书法教育探索

青少年核心素养培养是当下教育领域的热点,浙江孕育了众多文艺巨匠和文艺巨作,体现了浙江思想深度,奠定了浙江文化厚度,标注了浙江精神高度。核心素养视域下"浙江精神"融入青少年书法教育探索,主要包括"浙江精神"的彰显、基于"浙江精神"培养核心素养的书法课堂打造、聚焦"浙江精神"提升核心素养的书法活动探究。当前基于核心素养理念指导下的书法教学越来越得到重视,书法是最能代表民族特质又有广泛群众基础的艺术,它是中国人内在的精神,其笔墨磨练就是精神磨练。     

Assessing mentor academy program effectiveness using mixed methods

The purpose of our study was to assess how an academic health center (AHC) mentor academy program affected mentor competence and optimized the mentor–mentee relationship. Mixed methods were used to assess the effectiveness of an AHC mentor program at a clinical translational science institute (CTSI). Twenty biomedical research faculty mentors took a validated survey and submitted reflective writings to discover if they corroborated or refuted statistically significant survey results. There was a significant improvement in participants’ confidence of mentor skills, integral mentoring quality, and the extent to which they fulfill mentees’ expectations. Males provided constructive feedback and helped mentees develop goal strategies more often compared to females. Reflective writings supported these findings yet refuted two survey findings. The use of a mixed methods approach offers novel insight into how mentoring programs benefit translational research mentoring capacity building and raises questions about the sole use of surveys as evidence of program effectiveness.     

Discussion of competences at university level: review of the competency profile of social educators / Discusión de competencias en el ámbito universitario: revisión del perfil del educador social

Training in competences helps university students develop in a comprehensive way that is oriented towards working in their chosen profession. The profession focused on in this study is that of social educator. Degree programmes related to this profession are relatively new and their implementation is also open to variation. As a result of this, a review of the competency profile of the profession is considered necessary. The study presented here aims to validate the competences of this profession by means of expert judgement. The panel of experts assesses the relevance and clarity of each element, as well as giving their opinions on them. The contributions provided result in a set of qualitative and quantitative data whose analysis helps to redefine a profile comprising 23 competences distributed across two dimensions: basic competences (14) and professional competences (9).     

中原城市群科技创新能力研究

加大人力资本投入对提高中原城市群的经济发展、产业升级和提升科技创新能力都非常重要。中原城市群的人力资本积累和科技创新能力相对比较薄弱,结合河南省人力资源和科技创新的现状,建议提升中原城市群的人力资本存量,提高科技创新能力,最终提升中原城市群的竞争力。     

Teaching for transfer of core/key skills in higher education: Cognitive skills

This article is a result of a completed survey of the mainly cognitive science literature on the transferability of those skills which have been described variously as ‘core’, ‘key’, and ‘generic’. The literature reveals that those predominantly cognitive skills which have been studied thoroughly (mainly problem solving) are transferable under certain conditions. These conditions relate particularly to the methods and environment of the learning of these skills. Therefore, there are many implications for the teaching of key skills in higher education, which the article draws out, following a summary of the main findings of the research literature. Learning of principles and concepts facilitates transfer to dissimilar problems, as it creates more flexible mental representations, whereas rote learning of facts discourages transfer. Transfer is fostered when general principles of reasoning are taught together with self-monitoring practices and potential applications in varied contexts. Training in reasoning and critical thinking is only effective for transfer, when abstract principles and rules are coupled with examples. Transfer is promoted when learning takes place in a social context, which fosters generation of principles and explanations. Transfer improves when learning is through co-operative methods, and where there is feedback on performance with training examples. The specificity of the context in which principles are learned reduces their transfer. Transfer is promoted if learners are shown how problems resemble each other, if they are expected to learn to do this themselves, if they are aware of how to apply skills in different contexts, if attention is directed to the underlying goal structure of comparable problems, if examples are varied and are accompanied by rules or principles (especially if discovered by the learners), and if learners’ self-explanations are stimulated. Learning to use meta-cognitive strategies is especially important for transfer.