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.     

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.     

运动员人格特征与运动损伤关系研究中的研究设计与变量选择

综合国内外有关文献，就运动员人格特征与运动损伤关系研究中的研究设计与变量选择进行了分析与探讨，指出在进一步的研究中，应将人格变量置于一个多变量影响的系统中，探讨其对运动损伤发生的影响，着重关注人格特征作为中间变量的影响效应；在对损伤变量进行考察时，要关注的是损伤测量的客观性、精确性和敏感性。此外，还应对慢性运动损伤与运动损伤发生关系予以关注。     

信息过滤问题的研究

随着WWW 的迅猛发展和广泛使用,“信息过载”的问题日趋严重, 信息过滤日益重要。本文论述了信息过滤的意义、信息过滤的理论背景、信息过滤系统的研究, 最后探讨了目前信息过滤存在的问题。     

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。     

数字图书馆个性化服务模型研究

分析了数字图书馆个性化服务的具体表现，提出了数字图书馆个性化服务系统模型，并对此模型进行了分析，详细讨论了实现用户模型的关键技术。     

个性化推荐系统中的用户模型问题

个性化推荐系统已成为图书馆提供个性化服务的重要手段，而用户模型则是个性化推荐系统的基础和核心。然而基于关键词的用户模型已经不能够适应用户的个性化信息需求，本文提出了基于ontology的用户模型的设想。