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.     

The RIX Wiki: the use of multimedia advocacy to support person-centred planning in a special needs secondary school – implications for current policy and practice

The article documents findings from a pilot study undertaken in 2012–2013 in a special needs secondary school in the England, that trialled the use of a multimedia advocacy tool, “The RIX Wiki”. The trial was part of the pathfinder programme, which aimed to reform existing Special Education Needs provision, from the system of statementing to one of developing education health care plans. The reforms became enshrined in the Children and Families Act (2014). The findings were overall positive and helped with person-centred planning processes. The discussion is framed within current and future policy directives. We argue that multimedia advocacy approaches and software tools, like the “RIX Wiki” will have a continued role to play in ensuring the needs, aspirations and choices of children and young people with learning disabilities remain central.     

Analyzing Food Science Research for Publishing Characteristics as a Model for Understanding the Needs of Researchers

Abstract

This paper provides a methodology to study the characteristics of the research output from a university department. The faculty publications and their cited references over a 10-year period were used as the basis for this study to identify their publishing patterns and the types of material they are publishing; a core set of journals and other resources they are publishing in and citing over this period; the characteristics of the journals in which they publish and cite; the degree of openness of their publications and their citation advantage; and the age of resources that are referenced.     

发展体育经济的社会心理因素分析

竞技运动和消遣娱乐的全球性“体育热”，这种社会需求提示我们，体育经济的发展路径是如何适应社会心理的趋向，充分利用体育运动的文化诱因，展示体育经济作为“文化经济”的内含，以此在经济与文化的良性互动中，繁荣体育经济。     

对构建远程开放教育教学模式的思考

我国的远程开放教育已经进入一个成长的阶段,但在教学模式的层面上,我们还没有一个系统成熟的构建标准,这给我们构建远程开放教育教学模式带来了很多不必要的麻烦。针对这一情况,通过比较研究和对工作实践的思考总结,本文在构建远程开放教育的教学模式方面提出了一些意见。     

班主任工作中的集体教育方法探析--马卡连柯的"到中间去"

在教育实践中，集体教育的方法多停留于教育者单方面对学生的施教，而忽略了学生集体本身这种强大的教育力量。马卡连柯的“到中间去”，是指学生犯错时，将犯错的学生推向学生集体中间并接受同学集体教育的方法，充分利用学生集体本身的强大力量，让所有学生在教育的参与中得到更好的发展，达到良好的教育效果。古老的方法在今天仍有旺盛的生命力，特别是在今天的班主任工作中，仍能发挥出显著的作用。     

课堂环境研究的现状、意义及趋势

文章在对国内外相关文献进行系统分析的基础上,对课堂环境的含义及其与相关概念的关系进行了辨析;回顾了国外课堂环境研究的状况;论述了课堂环境研究的现实意义;指出了现有研究的不足和未来研究的方向.     

对健美专项课学生心理需要的研究分析

需要是人的积极性的基础和源泉，研究分析健美专项课学生的心理需要，依据需要发展、变化的条件，营造了生动活泼的教学氛围，帮助学生实现自我超越，满足每个学生强身健体、塑造优美体型的心理需要是健美专项课成败的关键。     

职业学校课堂教学中价值观教育的实施方法研究

职业学校学生的价值存在着矛盾性和功利主义等问题,迫切需要正确的价值观引导,可以利用适当的教学内容以及有效的课堂活动对学生进行价值观教育。