高职高专院校职业英语任务型教学模式的构建

职业英语教学不仅提升了高职高专学生英语水平和能力,更训练了学生毕业后作为职业人的能力,为社会培养具备英语应用能力的职业性应用型人才起到了重要作用。本文主要通过分析全新的职业英语任务型教学模式的构建,并以《新职业英语》实际课堂教学任务设计为例,探讨了如何在职业英语教学中运用任务型教学模式的理念,优化职业英语课堂教学,努力提升学生的职业能力与职业素养,实现强化教学任务实践性,提高学生英语交际能力的目的。     

物流专业生产性实训基地现状及问题分析

通过分析职业院校物流专业实训教学现状,针对物流专业实训教学存在的问题,提出了教学地点工作场所化、实训场所教学化的观点。结合筹建学校物流实训基地的实际情况,详细阐述了职业院校物流实训的建设目标、物流实训场所教学化的实现途径。     

我“思”，我才“明”从秘书学的角度看《蜗居》中的宋思明形象

在影视剧《蜗居》中,塑造了一个既是成功男人、又是悲剧人物的亦正亦邪的市长秘书宋思明。做为江州市副市长秘书,宋思明与秘书学理论中关于秘书人员应该具备的职场形象、知识结构、能力要求以及职业道德4个方面颇为应和,从中见出宋思明成功和悲剧的根源,又开拓影视人物分析的新途径;同时,宋思明其名所喻的我“思”我才“明”的内涵也为当下职场人员提供了借鉴、启示和警示。     

On the determinants of employment-related organised education and informal learning

This paper analyses the distribution of employment-related organised education and informal learning in the Canadian workforce. The paper draws on a large-scale survey, the Changing Nature of Work and Lifelong Learning (WALL), which was based on structured and standardised telephone interviews with a representative sample of 5783 Canadian members of the employed labour force. In exploring the determinants facilitating employment-related informal learning, three analytical categories of factors derived from previous research on learning participation were used: individual-level factors, job characteristics and workplace environment. The analyses focus on differences in individuals, jobs and workplace characteristics among adult workers who acquired or improved their job-related skills through different training pathways. In addition, analyses were performed to compare the extent to which these factors differ in their influence on learning decisions among workers who combine both organised education and informal learning and those who receive only informal learning. The results indicate that important predictors of participation in employment-related organised education and informal learning are age, educational attainment, learning skills, occupational class, education-job relation, degree of autonomy, degree of labour intensity, principal area of production and organisation size.     

The interpretation of a knowledge claim in the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and the impact of this on RPL practice

The question addressed in this paper is: what does a knowledge claim consist of in the context of the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)? The research comprises a case study of RPL applicants' entry into a postgraduate diploma (a fourth-year programme) in project management. The focus is on the knowledge claims made as part of the RPL application by experienced project managers and leaders. Three different aspects of the knowledge claims are analysed: what the knowledge claim consists of; what the academic interpretation of the claims is; and how the interpretation of the claims impacts on the RPL approach. The findings deal with the knowledge of the project management cycle prior to entry into higher education. It is found that knowledge claims not only consist of theoretical knowledge but also mainly situational knowledge, ability and attitude. In addition, the knowledge claims made in the RPL application based on the relevant and substantial knowledge are acknowledged by the academic institution in question. The RPL approach that results from the interpretation of the knowledge claims does conform to one RPL approach, within the paradigm of project management.     

South African students’ perceptions of the role of a gap year in preparing them for higher education

Abstract

Students often drop out of university because they were not yet ready for higher education studies. This article reports on research done on the perceptions of a group of students of the role that their gap year had played in preparing them for higher education studies. The research approach was qualitative. Data was gathered by means of 34 interviews. The findings revealed that the participants mostly took a gap year because they were uncertain about a field of study or career choice, suffered from burn-out or wanted to earn money to finance their own studies. Their gap year experience played a constructive role in preparing the participants for higher education: it gave them time to get clarity on a career choice which resulted in a higher level of motivation and a more focused approach to their studies; it cured them from burn out; facilitated their adjustment at university; improved their intercultural and interpersonal relationship skills and contributed to their personal development, independence and self-knowledge. The disadvantages of a gap year are also discussed.     

中小学教师职场学习环境满意度现状调查与调控策略

职场学习环境满意度是教师对影响职场学习支撑性条件的生态感知。通过自编信效度较高的教师职场学习环境满意度调查问卷,从物质环境、制度环境、心理环境、社会环境4个维度对选取的902个样本进行现状分析发现,教师职场学习环境满意值为3.39,学校位置、学校性质、教师角色是影响教师职场学习环境满意度的重要因素,学校应从全方位、多角度着手提升教师职场学习环境满意度。     

Scaffold instruction at the workplace from a situated perspective

This article proposes the need to address scaffold instructions from a situated learning perspective. Based on an empirical study of how apprentice bakers learn their trade, it is claimed that studies of learning at the workplace yield important insights into our understanding of scaffold instructions. Seen from the perspective of the apprentices, scaffold instruction represents access to more responsibility in practice, it supports their identities as future bakers and they learn bodily know-how. When scaffold instruction failed, it was often in relation to situations where the apprentices were placed in marginal positions in the community of practice or in relation to a central workplace situation.     

Learning stories from IT workers – development of professional expertise

In the knowledge economy, many companies are well aware of the vital need to maintain the professional expertise of their workers at a high level. Though there have been a lot of research studies in the areas of professional expertise and workplace learning, few examined the learning pathways novice workers went through to become experts in their professions. Most of the research studies on expertise focused on the nature of expertise and few on its development. As for workplace learning research, most studies focused on the learning resources and methods workers used and the affordances of the workplace in making learning possible. Based on the accounts of expertise development collected from individual information technology (IT) workers in Hong Kong, this paper proposes a four-phase model of professional expertise development in the workplace and discusses its similarities to and differences from extant theories of expertise and skill development.     

Career Academies: Effective Structures to Promote College and Career Readiness

Career academies promote smaller learning communities within high schools, creating personalized learning environments while promoting students’ readiness for college and careers. After describing the career academy structure, we present four research-based aspects that can assist school leaders and teachers in developing and implementing academies. We include practical examples from the Metro Nashville Public Schools, noting how educators have collaborated with civic agencies, businesses, and postsecondary partners to increase the graduation rate and improve student learning outcomes. Career academies can be effective in preparing students for college and careers, while also providing economic benefits to the community.