我国青少年理智情感现状调查研究

在理论推演与实践探索的基础上,我们编制了具有较好信效度的包括乐学感、自信感、成就感、探究感和好奇感五个因子的《青少年理智情感问卷》。首次对我国三类地区九大城市及其郊县的117所学校的25485名11～19岁青少年进行调查。结果表明:我国青少年理智情感总体正向积极,各因子发展不均衡,其中成就感发展最好,探究感发展最差;男生的探究感和好奇感优于女生;从小学、初中到高中,理智情感没有逐级提升,反而有下降趋势,其中乐学感和自信感下降显著,而初中一年级和高中一年级是两个明显的突降点;自信感在学校声誉、乐学感在学校位置上存在差异;理智情感及其下属的乐学感和自信感随青少年学业自评的提高而上升;师生关系良好、教师有情施教对青少年学生理智情感发展具有直接而重要的促进作用。     

Teacher research and the aims of education

We report on the development of a course for experienced teachers in the Netherlands, intended to enhance their professionalism by engaging them in doing research based on reflection on the aims of their educational efforts. The course was accompanied by design-based research. The research question was whether and how the course stimulated teachers to connect doing research and taking a reflective stance; the results were used to improve the course, thus creating a cyclical design. Although the course was positively evaluated by the participants, reflection on its results made clear to us that our approach in the combination of learning to do research and reflecting on aims is not enough to make teachers into critical research-minded professionals. A more context-aware view of their learning process is necessary: the institution school limits their possibilities. The implication is that both our course and our research effort have to be critically revised. Instead of looking for causal effects, one should be aware of traces of development that may or may not be caused by the intervention.     

美学的角色

美学一向负载着人类高尚的审美理想,而且对难解的美学问题进行哲学的叩问,表征着人类强烈的求知欲,同时又是个体人生价值的实现。重新认识并在新的文化背景下还原美学原本的角色定位,大有利于学科的健康发展。     

Educating for inquisitiveness: A case against exemplarism for intellectual character education

ABSTRACT

One natural application of Linda Zagzebski’s exemplarist moral theory (EMT) is found in the context of moral and intellectual character education. Zagzebski discusses this application in her recent book, commenting that ‘exemplars can serve as a guide for moral training’ (p. 129) and endorsing ‘the learning of virtue by imitation’ (p. 129). This theme has been pursued compellingly by authors working at the intersection of virtue ethics and education, contributing to an emerging case for exemplarist-based approaches to character education. I focus on intellectual character education and draw attention to an interesting case in which exemplarism in the classroom may be seen to inhibit, rather than promote, the development of intellectually virtuous character. This is the case of virtuous inquisitiveness.