“三位一体”自费留学人员行前培训模式的理论构建及其实施方案

为了维护广大留学人员的根本利益,推动出国留学工作持续健康发展,2012年,教育部在我校建立"教育部出国留学培训与研究中心"(以下简称中心),本研究在此背景下尝试探索建立全新的出国留学人员行前培训机制。本研究分析了开展自费出国留学人员行前培训的必要性,提出了"三位一体"自费出国留学行前培训模式,构建了该模式的基本形态,接下来分析了开展该培训的可行性,制订了培训方案,提出了观察、问卷调查、访谈等培训效果的具体评价方式,制定了培训宣传的具体途径、收费办法和标准等。此外,本研究以理论结合实际的思路,剖析了当前方案实施中可能遇到的如经费、收费办法和标准、工作量的计量、与其他部门的沟通等问题,并提出了应对措施。     

Development and validation of the short use of creative cognition scale in studying

This paper reports the development and validation of a short Use of Creative Cognition Scale in Studying (UCCS) that was inspired by the Cognitive Processes Associated with Creativity (CPAC) scale. In Study 1, items from two of the six subscales of the CPAC were excluded due to conceptual and psychometric issues to create a 21-item CPAC scale, which was administered to 517 university students. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that the 21-item CPAC scale is unidimensional. Five items were selected to create the new unidimensional UCCS. In Study 2, 696 students completed the UCCS and a set of scales measuring related constructs. Confirmatory factor analysis corroborated the unidimensional structure of the scale. The scale correlated positively with measures of flow, trait intrinsic motivation, adaptive metacognitive traits and positive affect, it correlated negatively with negative affect, and it did not correlate with core maladaptive metacognitive traits. The findings indicate that the scale is a valid and reliable tool for research and monitoring.     

Learner subjects in study abroad: discourse of immersion,hierarchy of experience and their subversion through situated learning

This article investigates different kinds of learner subjects that study-abroad programs produce. It is based on discourse analysis and ethnographic fieldwork in May–September 2011, involving three students from a US college studying abroad short term in Europe. The discourse of immersion in study abroad valorizes a learning-by-doing, individual, reflective learner subject who learns alone by gaining everyday experience outside the classroom and by reflecting on it. Some students subverted this discourse and became group and classroom-based learner subjects; nonetheless, they all became reflective learner subjects. This article proposes critical analysis of the discourse and links that reflectivity to critical pedagogy.     

Does study abroad affect student academic achievement?

The numbers of UK students choosing to study abroad for a period has increased steadily over the years, with many students citing academic, professional, linguistic and cultural reasons as their key motivations. However, while there is an abundance of literature on the advantage of study abroad (SA) for linguistic learning, there is less known about the academic impact of studying abroad. In addition, because SA is largely a process of self-selection, this makes it difficult to derive unbiased estimates of its impact on academic achievement. Using data on students from a London-based Russell Group university, and categorising SA students as those who participated in credit-seeking SA programmes through Erasmus or bilateral/multilateral agreements with partner universities, this paper uses individual fixed effects to compare the post-SA grades for students who sojourned with their expected grades had they not sojourned, as well as with their non-SA counterparts. The results are quite robust across subgroups and indicate that grades in year 3 are less than expected for the SA group, given their pre-sojourn grades. To tackle the problem of self-selection, outcomes for SA students were compared to the group who applied but did not eventually study abroad, and to the outcomes for students who did not apply.     

国外批判性思维研究概述

批判性思维是理性和创造性的核心能力,没有批判性思维教育就没有真正的素质教育。本文从心理学和教育领域对国外批判性思维的研究进行了总结,并对我国批判性思维的发展提出了建议。     

中外信息咨询服务比较分析

文章通过对十几年来中国图书馆咨询服务研究近况、国内外图书馆咨询服务及国内外信息咨询业的比较。分析国内与国外在咨询服务的差距，提出完善我国信息咨询服务业的战略措施。     

关于普通高校《文学理论》教材重新编撰的思索

《文学理论》的教学———特别是其教材的编撰与使用因当今特定的社会、时代及研究等因素的影响而陷于尴尬与困惑之境。产生这一现象,是由于文学理论学科现状、研究对象、讲授对象、编撰者状况及专业定位等诸多因素发展变化而造成的。而此状况的改变非一蹴而就,须从纯净教学思想、教材中学与术的区分、重新为教学方向定位以及引入现代教学手段等方面进行探索与改革。逐步消解目前《文学理论》教材体系,为第三代/板块教材作一个有积极内涵的铺垫,应是我们第一步要做的工作。     

非智力因素--情感交流在英语教学中的作用

本文探讨了非智力因素在英语教学中的作用,提出寓师德情感,创建课堂教与学情感,培育后进生的兴趣情感,协同作用.促使学生乐然求知,教学过程突出学生的主体地位,重视培育发展学生的创造性,充分发挥教师的主导作用和学生主动结合的英语教学新方法,取得有益经验.     

Time spent on the Internet by multicultural adolescents in Korea

This study analysed The 8th Online Survey of Adolescent Health and Behaviour in 2012, which is a government-approved statistical survey of Internet use and patterns in Korea. We conducted a propensity score matching (PSM) to control for economic status differences between monocultural and multicultural families and an ANOVA to estimate the effects of multicultural family status, adolescents’ gender, school grades, locality, and parents’ academic background on adolescents’ Internet use (for studying and entertainment). The study revealed the following: with regard to Internet use patterns, adolescents from both monocultural and multicultural families selected gaming as their first choice, followed by studying and data searching. Furthermore, main and interaction effects of independent variables on adolescents’ time spent on the Internet for studying were not significant. However, the interaction effects of multicultural family status and mothers’ academic background on adolescents’ time spent on the Internet for entertainment were statistically significant. Specifically, adolescents’ time spent on the Internet for entertainment was higher in multicultural families with mothers whose education level was lower than middle school. Finally, we suggested that the government should provide full support to less educated mothers in multicultural families for effectively and constructively controlling their children’s Internet use and teaching it to them.     

College/University Counseling Centers Supporting Study Away: Challenges and Opportunities

Research points to significant numbers of students on college campuses experiencing mental health distress and an ever increasing number of college students who are choosing to make an off-campus educational experience a part of their college careers. When we consider both of these trends together, it is quite apparent that a significant number of students with mental health concerns will spend periods of time studying away from campus, with converging concerns among college mental health and study away professionals about how to best support these students. This article seeks to outline both challenges and opportunities inherent in the collaboration between campus professionals in supporting students with mental health issues before and during their study away experiences.