Describing students of the African Diaspora: Understanding micro and meso level science learning as gateways to standards based discourse

In much of the educational literature, researchers make little distinction between African-American students and students of the African Diaspora who immigrated to the United States. Failing to describe these salient student differences serves to perpetuate an inaccurate view of African-American school life. In today’s large cities, students of the African Diaspora are frequently learning science in settings that are devoid of the resources and tools to fully support their success. While much of the scholarship unites these disparate groups, this article details the distinctive learning culture created when students from several groups of the African Diaspora learn biology together in a Brooklyn Suspension Center. Specifically this work explains how one student, Gabriel, functions in a biology class. A self-described black-Panamanian, Gabriel had tacitly resigned to not learning science, which then, in effect, precluded him from any further associated courses of study in science, and may have excluded him from the possibility of a science related career. This ethnography follows Gabriel’s science learning as he engaged in cogenerative dialogue with teachers to create aligned learning and teaching practices. During the 5 months of this research, Gabriel drew upon his unique lifeworld and the depth of his hybridized cultural identity to produce limited, but nonetheless important demonstrations of science. Coexistent with his involvement in cogenerative dialogue, Gabriel helped to construct many classroom practices that supported a dynamic learning environment which produced small yet concrete examples of standards based biology. This study supports further investigation by the science education community to consider ways that students’ lifeworld experiences can serve to structure and transform the urban science classroom.

The historical context of science and education at the American Museum of Natural History

In this article I critically examine the historical context of science education in a natural history museum and its relevance to using museum resources to teach science today. I begin with a discussion of the historical display of race and its relevance to my practice of using the Museum’s resources to teach science. I continue with a critical review of the history of the education department in a natural history museum to demonstrate the historical constitution of current practices of the education department. Using sociocultural constructs around identity formation and transformation, I move to the present with a case study of a teacher who transforms the structure of science education in her classroom and school as a result of her identity transformation and association with a museum-based professional education program.

文化研究在教育领域中的价值——亨利·吉鲁的文化研究教育思想

文化研究作为当前学术界最具活力、最具批判性和开放性的一种学术思潮,在教育领域并没有得到应有的重视.美国教育思想家亨利·吉鲁一方面从理论上探讨了文化研究在教育领域存在的空间;另一方面,他运用文化研究的方法和视角对某些教育问题进行了开创性研究,这些研究成果展示了文化研究在教育领域中的价值.     

"文革"时期家庭问题研究论纲

"文化大革命"这一特殊的历史事件,对中国社会各方面都产生了重大的影响.从家庭的角度来研究"文革",有助于我们认识"文革"和理解那个特定的时代.文中重点探讨了目前研究"文革"时期家庭问题的重要成果;研究"文革"时期家庭问题的主要内容以及研究"文革"时期家庭问题的基本思路,进而为我们真实、准确地研究"文革"时期的家庭问题提供参考.     

高校和谐道德教育的方法论研究

和谐社会理论蕴涵着人与自然、人与社会、人的心理和谐的思维逻辑,在这种思维逻辑演绎下的高校和谐道德教育要求创新和谐道德教育方法论,以提高高校道德教育的效能。和谐道德教育的方法论包括：道德本身与文化多元相统一的方法论,以解决多元文化视野下对道德本身的认知问题;公德与私德相统一的方法论,以解决教育对象道德施用范围问题;目的善良与方式合理相统一的方法论,以解决高校道德教育方式对目的善良的皈依问题;他律性与自律性相统一的方法论,以解决教育对象的道德认识与道德行为统一问题。     

探析英语专业视听说教学中文化导入的重要性

语言从深层次反映一个民族的文化特点,要学好一个民族的语言,必须学习该民族的文化。因此,在英语视听说教学中,教师既要重视语言知识的传授,又要注重文化知识的传授。从语言与文化的关系、英语视听说教学导入文化的重要性等方面作一探析,同时给出了一些提高学生跨文化意识的对策。     

非物质文化遗产保护背景下民族古籍的保护与开发——以彝族创世史诗《查姆》为例

民族古籍承载着民族文化的厚重,是中华古老文明和灿烂文化的载体,也是中华民族共同心理的历史积淀。对民族古籍进行有效的保护和开发,可从以下几个方面着手：注重活态传承,培养传承人;注重对民族古籍的翻译出版以及推广;运用数字化技术研究开发民族古籍;完善民族古籍的相关立法、执法以及监督机制。     

谈自我感知理论对教育方法的启迪

自我感知理论是研究激励问题的重要理论之一。从自我感知理论出发,分析学生对自己学习行为进行归因的方式和内在激励与外在激励的辩证关系,进一步提出该理论对教育工作者在教育活动中的启迪。     

身份认同:青少年文化母题及其当代表征

身份认同作为青少年文化母题的基本内容,导源于青少年时期内在的特殊矛盾。与80前青少年相比,当代青少年在认同话语、认同方式、认同策略以及认同的基本价值内核等方面都呈现出明显的符号消费的特征。这与社会财富的空前增多,公民个人生活自主权的扩大、大众文化与传媒在当代青少年生活中的全面渗透,以及独生子女政策的实施等都有很大的关系。     

“现代文化理论与实践”研讨会综述

新疆师范大学召开的现代文化理论与实践研讨会,增强了推动新疆经济又好又快发展的责任感、紧迫感和使命感;研讨会目的在于厘清现代文化的理论内涵,指导现代文化的理论实践,实现文化的现代转型,并为加快新疆科学跨越、实现长治久安提供精神动力和理论支持。