Empathetic-Reflective-Dialogical Restorying for decolonisation: an emancipatory teaching-learning strategy for Religion Education

ABSTRACT

This article argues for the inclusion of Empathetic-Reflective-Dialogical Restorying as a teaching-learning strategy for Religion Education. This strategy, employed in three small-scale research projects in a South African Higher Education Institution, addresses decolonisation of the Religion Education curriculum in the following ways: changing how teaching-learning takes place; transdisciplinary engagement; empowering students as agents of their own learning; depatriarchisation; and dispelling the myth of African inferiority. Both self-dialogue and self-narrative were used to create open space stories when approaching content that is relevant to the lived experience of gender (in)equality and patriarchy. Engaging in a safe space in Communities in Conversation, Communities in Dialogue, and Communities for Transformation, students troubled entrenched beliefs and worldviews and co-constructed (restoried) understandings. They expressed the view that this emancipatory teaching-learning strategy has the potential to facilitate classroom praxis that is both reflective and reflexive. This can be transformative for the greater society.     

A quasi-experimental research on the educational value of performance assessment

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that performance assessment increases educational value in teachinglearning activities using a quasi-experimental research design. In this research, the three measurement criteria of educational value are suggested as ‘improvement & advancement,’ ‘sincerity & enthusiasm,’ and ‘individuality & wholeness.’ A pre-test was administered to 4 classes (156 students) in 7th grade. Classes were divided into an experimental group (2 classes, 79 students) and a control group (2 classes, 77 students), according to the pre-test results. Only the experimental group was involved in the performance assessment for 9 weeks. The results of this study show that performance assessment has a positive effect on the educational value of teaching-learning activities in schools.     

Enhancing quality with a research-based student feedback instrument: a comparison of veterinary students’ learning experiences in two culturally different European universities

This paper explores the value of a research-based student inventory from the quality assurance point of view in two culturally different European higher education institutions for veterinary education. Perceived heavy workload is a well-known problem in veterinary studies and is a challenge to the quality of learning. First- and third-year students in both institutions responded to an inventory consisting of items regarding their approaches to learning, self-efficacy, study workload and the teaching-learning environment. There were differences in students’ approaches to learning and perceived workload between the two institutions. In both contexts, the strongest predictor of the workload turned out to be the surface approach to learning. Self-efficacy showed a positive correlation with the deep approach to learning and organised studying. The strengths of the teaching-learning environment varied between the institutions. Moreover, the present study discusses how the gained information could be used in improving the teaching-learning environment and students’ learning.     

提高教育质量创新教学思路的思考

党的十六届五中全会提出坚持教育优先发展，提高高等教育质量的方针。本文从创新教学观惫。创新教学能力。创新教学模式。创新教学管理四个方面，提出了提高高等教育质量的思路。     

熟悉的人物最好写啦！

今天喜羊羊和灰太狼就如何写好翻译的人物展开了讨论。 喜羊羊：狼哥,老师总是要我们写熟悉的人,让我们写人不要离开学校师生和家庭成员,说我们对这些人熟悉,了解。     

加强中学语文教学的审美教育

中学语文教育中有许多美育因素未得到应有的重视。教材中的审美因素有山水风光之美，人之美，结构美等十余类；实施审美教育可从注重导读、创设情境等六方面去努力。     

教材观:教学关系建构的起点

“矛盾生成基础论”是对“两点论”的发展，它以新的视角对矛盾双方进行分析。此矛盾分析法对讨论教与学的矛盾有新的名示：教材观在教学关系的建构中起基础性作用，是教学关系建构的起点。其中，“服从型”教材观是“灌输式”教学关系的起点，“服务型”教材观是“对话式”教学关系的起点。     

以学生为本,构建新型的高校体育教学体系

通过对福建省高校学生的问卷调查,在摸清学生心目中的体育的基础上、从教学目标、内容、过程及考核方法等方面,论述了新型高校体育教学体系的构建。     

Measuring perceptions of the learning environment and approaches to learning: validation of the learn questionnaire

While focus on quality in Danish higher education has been growing in recent years, limited attention has been devoted to developing and thoroughly validating instruments that allow collecting data about university students’ perceptions of the teaching-learning environment. Based on data from a large sample of Danish university students, a Danish version of the Learn questionnaire was validated using confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis. Analyses confirmed the existence of three scales reflecting students’ approaches to learning and six scales reflecting students’ perception of the teaching-learning environment. The results suggest that the Danish version of Learn is a valid instrument to be used for evaluation of the teaching-learning environment as well as for research into Danish university students’ learning strategies.