An ordinary moonlighting activity? Determinants of the provision of private tutoring by Czech schoolteachers

Teacher moonlighting (teachers working other jobs in addition to teaching) may have positive as well as negative implications. In the context of post-socialist countries, the provision of private tutoring is one of the common forms of teacher moonlighting. The aim of the paper is to analyse the prevalence and factors that are associated with a) having a paid job in addition to one’s regular teaching obligations; b) provision of private tutoring among teachers. Results are drawn from a representative sample of 494 Czech teachers of academic school subjects in lower secondary schools who responded to an online questionnaire survey. Male teachers working part-time, with shorter professional experience, higher household financial burden and lower satisfaction with teacher salaries were more likely to moonlight. The provision of private tutoring was only associated with shorter professional experience and the teaching of core subjects, suggesting that Czech teachers’ motivation to provide private tutoring is currently not primarily financial.     

Teachers’ self-efficacy and intercultural classroom practices in diverse classroom contexts: A cross-national comparison

This cross-national study provides new insights in teacher efficacy in today’s culturally diverse classrooms using survey data of 269 early childhood and primary school teachers in England, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Teacher efficacy can be viewed as a two dimensional concept in which both general beliefs are measured alongside (diversity-related) domain-specific beliefs. These beliefs are related to the cultural classroom context and the use of intercultural classroom practices. Our results indicate that policies and professional development targeted at the reciprocal relation between diversity-related efficacy and practices are important when preparing teachers for working in diverse classroom contexts.     

Individual and cultural factors in teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion: A meta-analysis

The success of inclusive education is dependent upon classroom teachers implementing adaptations for children with disabilities. Given that willingness to make such adaptations is influenced by teacher attitudes, the current study examined teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education through a meta-analysis of 64 samples that were found via a systematic literature search. The results indicated that teachers hold a positive attitude towards inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools and that these attitudes are moderated by an interplay of cultural and demographical factors. The findings offer a renewed basis for intervention research into improving educational opportunities for children around the world.     

超越“研究”,整合发展:研究性学程实施的新境界

A中学第二轮的研究性学程实施试验是以研究性学程实施的经验与问题为起点,超越了研究性学习作为一门学程的定位,同时也在理念、策略以及师生发展方面有了更大的超越。这一过程中展开了一些旧的问题,同时也产生了一些新问题,进一步的发展中要突出反思学校的功能,以追求学校的优质化为目标,寻求学校的整体发展。     

体育教学中师生交往的研究

本文从体育教师本身、体育教学模式和体育考核模式中分析了当前体育教学中师生交往中所存在的问题 ;从体育教师观念转变、体育教学模式的改变和改革体育考核方法几个方面提出相应的对策。     

Reconceptualising educational assessment in South Africa — testing times for teachers

This paper explores some of the problems arising when Continuous Assessment (CA) is grafted onto established pedagogic practices. It focuses on three issues: teachers' restricted understandings of assessment, teachers' emphasis on criteria that demonstrate concern with social control, and some of the problems connected with peer assessment. Two vignettes derived from fieldwork associated with a project to improve the quality of primary education are used to raise the issues. We argue that the development of desired practices is hampered above all by tacit values in tension with those underpinning the new curriculum. These values, together with the complexity of curriculum design, create serious problems of manageability and interpretation, which can only be addressed through detailed interactive in-service training, aimed at reconceptualising teachers' notions of assessment.     

田径教学训练大纲综合评定软件的研制

在IBM—PC/XT286及其兼容机上,在UCDOS 支持下,以汉字DBASE-Ⅲ语言编写而成。主要包括:使用信息、运动员成绩计算及打印、运动员成绩查询与打印。测试运动员年龄段为13～17岁。测试项目为短跑、中长跑、竞走、跨栏、跳高、跳远、三级跳远(男)、撑竿跳高(男)、铅球、标枪、铁饼、链球(男)。软件的研制成功,大大提高了田径教学训练大纲综合评定的运算速度,避免了人工计算时可能出现的错误,是大纲测试有力助手。     

适应我院快速发展的形势,提供高层次高水平的信息服务

从文献资源的配置、信息服务模式和内容、读者教育以及为科研服务四个方面分析了我院图书馆如何更好地适应信息技术发展带来的信息环境和信息用户需求的变化 ,提供高层次高水平的信息服务。     

我院中青年教师队伍的现状分析与发展对策

在对我院的中青年师资队伍现状分析的基础上，提出中青年教师队伍建设的建议：（1）提高中青年教师的思想政治素养和职业道德修养；（2）以学院整体发展目标为出发点，提高中青年教师的综合素质和专业水平；（3）建立和完善激励机制，为中青年教师的成长创造良好条件；（4）建立合理的分配机制，重视和加强中青年学科带头人的培养；（5）加强中青年教师科研能力的培养。     

知识探究导向的层次化教学方法研究与实践

主动学习、探究知识是工程教育需要培养的关键能力,其培养方法和效果评估一直是工程教育界研究和关注的重点。本文结合汕头大学CDIO和OBE工程教学实践,提出一种融合发现式教学和接受式教学于一体的层次化教学方法,通过合理分组,翻转课堂,课堂监控、评价与反思,构建类Cache→Memory→Peripheral memory结构化存储的教学系统,实现工程教学与思维能力整合的协同。论文通过分析专业引导性较强的"工程设计导论"、理论性较强的"电工学"、应用性较强的"微机原理"等课程的教学过程数据,证明了该方法有助于加强并改善师生联系,调动学生学习的积极性和主动性,最终达到改善学习效果的目的。