Sense of Place in Child Care Environments

The exterior design of existing preschool environments is evaluated in the context of contemporary writings by architects focusing on creating designs that nurture children’s emotions. Sense of place research is discussed in relation to young children’s experiences. Findings reveal that the majority of sites included in the study incorporated many physical design elements that create a sense of place for children in preschool environments, including small-scale structures, windows, landscaping, natural wall materials, and thresholds. Recommendations for administrators and directors planning and designing a new or remodeled preschool environment include incorporating features that reflect home-like environments with windows, thresholds, and landscaping.     

Constructing normalcy: a qualitative study of parenting children with Asperger's Disorder

Children with Asperger's Disorder present unique challenges due to their impairments in social functioning. In order to better understand the experiences of parents of children with Asperger's Disorder, interviews were conducted with 20 parents. The interviews were taped, transcribed, and coded using the systematic methods of Grounded Theory. The central phenomenon of “constructing normalcy” emerged from the data as a salient construct for participants. Parents interviewed described a process of meaning‐making with respect to standards of “normalcy” and an effort to create adaptive environments for their children.     

海警舰艇仿真系统的应用分析

基于计算机仿真技术的模拟训练日益得到重视,该文根据海警舰艇仿真系统的装备情况,主要分析仿真系统在舰艇指挥专业实验教学、海警部队训练中的应用,以及在经济建设中的应用领域,讨论在模拟训练中设备、人才、信息等资源整合与共享的重要性。     

‘I’ll take care of the flowers!’ Researching agency through initiatives across different learning environments

ABSTRACT

This case study examined how the agency of a fifth-grade pupil appeared across different learning environments in the primary school context. In this study, agency is defined as the initiatives taken by an individual in interactive situations. The research question is: how does a pupil’s agency manifest and vary through taking initiatives across different learning environments within curriculum-based education? The empirical data consist of 50 video episodes including learning activities in a classroom, in a vegetable garden and on a nearby farm. The findings show that the pupil’s agency varied across learning environments, manifesting itself through complementing, supportive, constructive and challenging initiatives. When developing pedagogy that supports learning across formal and informal learning environments, it is essential to enable pupils to take different kinds of initiatives and to exercise their agency in versatile contexts.     

《创造课内外英语语言环境教学模式研究》结题报告

通过采取理论研究、实验研究和问卷调查三种形式圆满完成本项研究。本项研究的内容包括变革教学手段和教学方法、变革考试制度、开展第二课堂活动三部分。在教学过程中 ,变革教学手段和教学方法 ,充分利用课堂教学 ,创造课内外语言环境 ,提高学生的英语实际运用能力。变革考试制度 ,清除”应试教育”的消极影响 ,发挥其积极作用 ,使考试为教学服务。另外 ,开展丰富多彩的英语第二课堂活动 ,利用调频广播电台、多媒体教室和电子阅览室等设施创造课外语言环境 ,提高学生的应用能力。创造课内外英语语言环境教学模式 ,通过提供一个英语氛围 ,让学生轻轻松松地在课堂内外学英语 ,从而提高英语的应用能力     

A further analysis of the ethics of representation in virtual reality: Multi-user environments

This is a follow-up article toPhilip Brey's ``The ethics of representation andaction in Virtual Reality' (published in thisjournal in January 1999). Brey's call for moreanalysis of ethical issues of virtual reality(VR) is continued by further analyzing issuesin a specialized domain of VR – namelymulti-user environments. Several elements ofBrey's article are critiqued in order to givemore context and a framework for discussion.Issues surrounding representations ofcharacters in multi-user virtual realities aresurveyed in order to focus attention on theimportance of additional discussion andanalysis of specialized aspects of VR.     

科学发展观与海洋环境的保护与开发

随着我国经济与世界经济的日益接轨，人们的海洋观念也在不断发展，从海洋为人类提供渔盐、舟楫之便，到国际贸易交流大通道，再到可持续发展的资源宝库和生存空间，海洋经济已逐渐成为推动我国经济增长的积极力量。从宏观及微观的结合上(以南通为例)，探索海洋经济发展战略和目标，分析机遇及挑战，并提出一些应对策略。     

The Use of Computer Assisted Instruction in Preschool Education: Making Teaching Meaningful

Computers are increasingly a part of preschooler’s lives. The purpose of the present paper was to discuss research avenues employing computers as a learning tool and to analyse the results obtained by this method at the preschoolers’ learning level. Specifically this research was to determine if computer assisted instruction (CAI) was a useful tool to enhance cognitive, emotional, linguistic, and literacy skills in preschool children. CAI programmes may never replace the book and the blackboard but one should be aware that they were more accessible by young children, who learn better with pictures and sounds, and the proper use of appropriate programmes could make a considerable difference.     

倾听学生意见开展教学改革

素质教育要求教师不断开展教学改革和探索新形势下的教学规律。本文介绍的在课程结束后全面调查学生意见的方法是进行教学改革、提高教学质量的有效途径之一。它一方面从学生的角度对课程的教学质量做出权威的评价,另一方面为教师积极进行教学改革提供最有价值的参考。