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.     

Discrete Choice Modeling in Education: An Innovative Method to Assess Teaching Practices

Self‐reported measures are an easy, time‐efficient, and low‐cost way to collect research data compared to other assessment methods. They are, however, characterized by several limitations regarding the quality and the clarity of the data they produce, especially when they are implemented in education. The main purpose of the current study was to use a method called discrete choice modeling (DCM) in education, in order to develop a self‐reported instrument that will reduce the bias for socially desirable responses and to assess teachers’ practices in physical activity. DCM method has the ability to overcome the respondents’ tendency to answer in a socially desirable way. A nationally representative sample of 531 Greek early educators participated in this study and were administered a self‐assessment questionnaire based on DCM. Results showed that the DCM based newly developed instrument manages to assess effectively educators’ practices and provided evidence of the applicability of the method in education. Further implications and future recommendations regarding the effective application of DCM in education are discussed.     

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。     

Steps Toward More Effective Implementation of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

The goal of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing is to improve testing practices, but their impact on practice appears spotty. Self-regulation clearly fails in some instances. The establishment of an external agency to oversee testing practices and adherence to the Standards would face substantial hurdles, and the ambiguity of many of the Standards would hobble such an organization if one were created. Many of the Standards are general statements of principle, and past controversies make clear that we in the field often disagree about the reasons for them, their applicability to specific cases, and their practical meaning in specific contexts. This paper argues that the field should follow two approaches to lessen this ambiguity. First, using journals, conferences, and other vehicles, we should foster more frequent and more protracted debate about the practical meaning of key Standards, such as 13.6 and 13.7, which mandate that a decision that will have a "major impact" on a student should not be based on a single score. Second, future revisions of the Standards should use concrete examples of testing practices to clarify the meaning of the Standards, much as the legal system uses case law to clarify the meaning of the general principles embodied in statutes .     

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.     

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。     

课堂的外延与资源配置--课改背景下的中学语文教学

当前的课程改革使课堂的外延比较以前有了极大的延伸,这给语文课教学带来了挑战,并对语文教师提出了更高的要求,中学语文教师必须与时俱进,以新的理念、新的视角来探索语文课的教法,以合理的资源配置来提升教学质量.     

中学英语课堂教学改革小议

针对我国中学英语教学现状,教育工作者应培养学生积极和健康的情感态度,营造宽松和高效的课堂互动氛围,培养学生创新思维能力,特别是要进行课堂交际性活动,从而达到大面积地提高中学学生英语教育质量。     

多媒体教室工程建设探讨

结合解放军外国语学院建设200个多媒体教室积累的经验。对如何更好地发挥多媒体教室的作用提出了一些建设性的意见。