An argument for love in intercultural education for teacher education

This paper proposes rethinking intercultural education in teacher education, arguing that any discussion of student teachers’ intercultural education should be connected more explicitly to a theoretical conceptualisation of love. The first part of the paper focuses on identifying discursive boundaries in engaging with intercultural education in teacher education. It is argued that if we are to develop intercultural education, we need to consciously move away from some discourses in teacher education, namely instrumentalism, performance orientation, emotionlessness and seeing the relationship between teacher and learner as static. The second half of the paper develops a theoretical alternative by engaging with the concept of love as a basis for intercultural education in pursuing an alternative to the instrumentalist, performance-based, non-emotional fixed-relationship ethos of intercultural education in teacher education.     

Elementary Preservice Teachers’ and Teacher Educators’ Perceptions of Financial Literacy Education

The authors conducted an online survey of elementary teacher education programs within a large midwestern state to assess preservice teachers’ and teacher educators’ beliefs about and preparedness to teach financial literacy. Very few preservice teachers had meaningful experiences with personal finance in high school, college, or personal decision making. No teacher educators reported ever teaching financial literacy in their higher education roles. Only 13% of teacher educators and 25% of preservice teachers thought that it was very important to teach financial literacy in elementary education. Most teacher education faculty and preservice teachers reported that they were not well qualified to use state economics standards or the JumpStart standards for financial literacy. Preservice teachers were more confident in meeting financial literacy standards than teacher educators. Both preservice teachers and teacher educators expressed openness to collaborating with other faculty members, members of the financial service industry, and parents to teach financial literacy. Follow-up phone interviews affirmed that elementary preservice teachers and teacher educators value social studies education (and financial literacy) less than reading and mathematics education. Qualitative results also suggest that elementary preservice teachers and teacher educators would like more easily accessible resources for teaching financial literacy.     

教研共同体——大学英语新教师职后教育的新形式研究

共同体的概念在政治、经济、教育等各领域都得到了应用。研究了共同体理论在大学英语教师队伍发展领域的一种新形式——教学研究共同体,指出教研共同体区别于其他的教师在职培训形式,及其在大学英语新教师职后教育阶段所能具备的特殊作用和意义。     

教师教育一体化的现状、问题与对策

教师教育一体化是我国教师教育今后发展的必然趋势。当前我国教师教育一体化主要存在着体制机制创新不足、教学内容结合不紧、教育资源整合不够等三方面的缺失。推动教师教育一体化，建设一体化的教师教育师资队伍是前提保障，建构一体化的课程体系是重点，建立一体化教师个性发展模式是关键。     

企业人本管理理念在高校教师管理中的应用

企业人本管理理念已成为世界高等教育管理改革的潮流，人本管理有五个层次，即情感管理、民主管理、自主管理、人才管理、文化管理，这五个层次的人本管理同样也适用于高校教师管理。从这五个层次出发如何实施高校教师的人本管理，进而充分调动教师的积极性、主动性和创造性，对现代化高校的建设和发展具有重要的意义。     

高职教师的专业发展：以教学名师为视角

本文通过对国家高职教学名师的成长历程与基本特征进行分析和总结，探寻高职教学名师的内在本质及成长规律，从而形成对我国高职院校教师专业发展的启示和借鉴。     

教师教育的主旨：培养创新能力——陶行知教育思想管窥

借鉴陶行知的教育思想对教师教育的改革进行了深入的思考，当前教师教育专业毕业生在一定程度上缺乏革新基础教育的精神，现代教师不仅要具备完善的知识结构和能力结构，更应该具备改革和创新的精神及能力。教师教育的主旨是培养具有创新能力的教师，培养具有创新能力的教师应采取一些切实可行的对策。     

高校“课堂教学低效”原因及解决策略

信息化时代，社会发展对人才提出了新的需求。而众多高等学府的课堂教学更新的速度远远跟不上时代发展的脉搏。从教学内容到教学模式虽有所调整，但无实质的变化，“课堂教学低效”成为制约高素质人才培养的“瓶颈”。本文分析了高校“课堂教学低效”的原因，并提出了解决问题的策略，以期提高高校课堂教学的质量。     

苦命天子的好命老师——简论咸丰帝师杜受田

咸丰帝师杜受田在朝政中建树不多,不为人所熟知,死后却获得清代文臣中地位最高的谥号＂文正＂。这并非偶然,其人一生在＂生＂、＂试＂、＂事＂、＂逝＂等环节上,其实皆有成就其地位的重要因素,这应为我们所注意。     

提高教师素质培养大学生应用写作能力

学生应用写作水平不高的主要原因在于授课教师的专业知识不足，缺乏实践经验，教学积极性不高。因此，学校应合理配置师资，鼓励教师将理论知识与实践结合起来，提高教学效果。