谈惩戒教育的应用艺术

由于"惩戒"与"体罚"两者之间的界限难以界定,在选择具体教育行为时更难以把握,目前广大的中小学教师对此感到左右为难,面临着在"雷池"边缘行走的尴尬.笔者对惩戒教育的应用艺术进行了探讨,希望对中小学教师的教学与管理有所帮助.     

高师生英语教学法课程PBL教学模式应用研究

英语教学法课程对于师范类院校培养英语教育专业人才有着举足轻重的作用。在中小学新课改背景下,课堂教学转变为"以学生为中心",项目式(Project-based Learning, PBL)教学模式为此门课程能够跟上英语教学大纲的改革步伐提供了必要性和可能性,使理论学习上升到理论应用、思维培养、内化知识的高度,理顺理论教学与实践教学的关系,满足高师生教育与中小学教师岗位需求及衔接,沟通加强现代化教育技能培养创新实践教学模式,提升英语师范生的教学水平。     

广汉市局在灾后重建中保障教育用地

广汉是"5?12"汶川特大地震重灾区,全市19个乡镇的中小学在地震中不同程度受损,80%以上需要迁址重建或原址改造.其中又以北外乡中小学、小汉镇中小学、南丰镇中学、万福中学和东南小学受损最为严重,全部需要重建,加上特殊党费援建的七一学校,教育基础设施灾后重建用地需求空前.民生为重,教育优先,在灾后重建的千头万绪中,广汉市国土资源局把保障教育用地放在了极其重要的位置.     

农村中小学远教资源有效应用的思考

农村中小学现代远程教育有力地推动了农村中小学教育的飞速发展,但因农村中小学师资水平低、思想观念陈旧、设备资源不配套等多种原因制约了远程教育资源的运用.解决农村中小学远程教育资源的利用率低的对策,必须从使用者和管理者入手,一方面从教师队伍的建设方面进行制度制约、培训引领、加强激励机制来促使教师运用远程教育资源共享,另一方面通过加大对远程教育资源的运用方式的探索,以快捷的运用方式、简便的操作方法、新颖的教育理念来改变农村村级小学远程教育资源闲置现状.只有将远程教育资源充分运用到农村中小学教育教学中,才能保证农村学生享有和城市学生一样优质的教育资源,从而有效地提高教育教学质量.     

大自然不需要早熟的果子

当舞台、荧屏上身着礼服、演唱流行歌曲的孩子日渐增多时,我国教育部门适时提出:艺术教育不应培养"小明星"。教育部近日公布《关于加强和改进中小学艺术教育活动的意见》,坚决反对中小学艺术活动"成人化"、校园文化"庸俗化"等不良倾向。(新华社6月14日)     

浅论中小学教育改革与创新

近年来,教育问题越来越受到社会各界的关注,其中,中小学教育的重要性在当今中国的教育体制下日益凸显。中小学教育是加速我国经济腾飞和民族复兴的基础工程,是学生接触正式教育的第一步,而以教育信息化促进中小学教育现代化,则是实现基础教育跨跃式发展的重要途径。当前我国中小学教育的信息化水平仍然不高,学生的心理素质、教师的教学方法等仍存在诸多问题,因此,中小学教育改革和创新迫在眉睫。     

浅谈农村学校现代教育技术培训方法

现代教育技术应用于教育,打破了传统教学模式,使学生的学习过程向着多样化、社会化、主体化发展.是否重视现代教育技术,能否在中小学特别是农村中小学推广现代教育技术,是时代赋予我们的迫在眉睫的重任.然而,当前农村学校对现代教育技术普遍却存在着认识不到位,基础设施不到位,培训、管理不到位等严重问题.围绕这些问题,我们结合本校实际,进行了一些有益探索,做法如下: 一、树观念、清疑虑、激发热情 面对现代教育技术,教师中存在着"有没有必要、值不值得、行不行"等疑虑,产生了不同程度的畏难情绪、抵制情绪、懒惰情绪.对这些思想问题,笔者以为仅仅进行说服教育是不够的,应该采用"走出去,请进来,学理论、搞示范"等做法,让广大老师真正看到现代教育技术的神奇效果."走出去"即是把教师们带出去,到一些现代教育技术搞得好的单位去开眼界,领略现代科学技术的魅力,学习别人成功的经验;"请进来"即是把专家、技术人员请到学校搞讲座,让教师们开阔视野,打通思路;"学理论"指组织教师学习现代教育思想和理论,通过学习使教师形成时代意识,产生迫切感,从而形成主动学习现代教育技术的自觉性;"搞示范"是指为教师们示范不同学科的多媒体课件,让老师们品味现代教育技术的魅力.当广大教师亲自看到现代教育技术的神奇效果,真正感到单纯使用传统教育技术无法企及时,必然会消除疑虑,产生学习运用现代教育技术的热情和动力.自觉致力于现代教育技术应用能力的提高.     

乡镇中小学教育公平问题研究——以吉林省长春市某乡镇中小学为例

教育公平的话题一直都是国家和社会关注的热点。虽然我国多年来一直致力于促进教育公平事业,但仍未从根本上解决。随着社会的发展,教育公平的要求已不仅仅停留在"有学上",而是向"上什么学"方面发展。本文以吉林省长春市某乡镇中小学为研究对象,通过调查研究,旨在为促进乡镇中小学长远发展、实现教育公平探寻方法。     

教育改革深入发展的环境下中小学推行阳光教育研究——中小学阳光教育的探索与实践

全面推行"阳光教育"在一定意义上就是在为学生建造一条能够促进他们健康成长的阳光大道,为教师打造一个促进他们专业成长的阳光舞台,为学校创造一个适合科学发展的阳光环境。随着教育改革的深入推进和开展,中小学有了新的发展方向。本文主要分析了中小学在教育改革的浪潮下如何进行"阳光教育",在此基础上就各中小学具体如何推行阳光教育提出了相关的建议。     

加强教育沟通，提高教学实效

高校师生之间缺乏有效的教育沟通的现象较为常见。缺乏有效的教育沟通，师生之间就无法建立真诚理解和相互信任的关系，就无法实现教学目的，无法取得教学实效，教育也不可能成功。缺乏有效教育沟通的原因，主要是教师缺乏积极性、学生缺乏主动性以及师生都缺乏沟通技巧。根据沟通理论，文章将教育沟通分为三种类型，并提出了实现教育沟通的有效途径。     

Back and Forth and Beyond

The Journal invited Tom Andersen, author of major pioneering work on the reflecting team, and his colleagues, to offer comment on The Reflecting Team Process in Training. We thought such a north-south dialogue was in keeping with the spirit of reflecting teams, and the team members in Melbourne and Tromsø agree — Editor.     

Time and aging--mechanisms and meanings

A recent European Molecular Biology Laboratory Conference on Science and Society entitled "Time & Aging--Mechanisms & Meanings" fascinated scientists from different research areas as well as nonscientists. Topics discussed included not only the biological aging process but also the psychological effects of aging and social influences that affect this process.     

Arts and Crafts and Reconstruction

Abstract

This paper examines the role of arts and crafts in reconstructing communities after times of upheaval, their use in creating employment opportunities, and their impact on the nature of South African art history. It looks at craft initiatives during and after the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, and draws parallels with early twentieth-century initiatives, particularly those of Florence Phillips, who founded the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 1910, Emily Hobhouse, who established Boer home industries, and the South African National Union, which promoted the manufacture and use of local products.     

Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men and Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Within the existing body of research, the information pertaining to sexual compulsivity (SC) among women, both homo- and heterosexual, remains rather limited in comparison to men. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of SC in a community sample of gay and bisexual men and lesbian and bisexual women and to identify differences in sexual practices based on classification as sexually compulsive within gender. Supporting previous research, the findings indicated that gay and bisexual men were significantly higher in SC when compared to lesbian and bisexual women. Similarly, sexually compulsive gay and bisexual men were more likely to report drug use with sex than their non-sexually compulsive peers, suggesting that “party n' play” may play a larger role for men with SC. In addition, the findings demonstrated empirical support for the proposition that lesbian and bisexual women with symptoms of SC were more likely to engage in specialized sexual behaviors in comparison to their non-sexually compulsive peers. These data suggest that SC manifests differently in gay, lesbian, and bisexual men and women.     

Evening and night work schedules and children's social and emotional well-being

ABSTRACT

An emerging body of evidence shows that parents’ non-standard work schedules have a detrimental effect on children's well-being. However, only a limited number of studies have investigated mediating factors that underpin this association. Likewise, only a few studies have examined the impact of fathers’ non-standard work schedules on children's well-being. Based on data from the Families in Germany Study (FiD), this study aimed to address these research gaps. The sample consists of parents and their children at ages 7–8 and 9–10 (n?=?838 child observations in dual-earner families). The data were collected in the years 2010–2013. Non-standard work hours were defined as working in evenings and or at night (every day, several times a week, or changing as shifts). Children's social and emotional well-being was measured with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The findings show that both mothers’ and fathers’ evening and night work schedules are linked to an increase in children's externalizing and internalizing behavior and that this association is partially mediated by mothers’ and fathers’ harsh and strict parenting, with a stronger mediation effect for fathers parenting.     

History and the here and now

This paper explores the lesser-known histories and present-day realities of small towns and non-metropolitan areas in the internal provinces of South Africa. It is different inasmuch as it focuses on transformations that have taken place at the local level, and where possible, generalises from these, rather than following the normal route taken by social scientists – at least from 1994, which has been to examine them from the top down. One feature of such changes has been the growth of gated communicates across the length and breadth of South Africa, but there are many more. One reason for their anonymity is that their evolution has been gradual and corpuscular, that they have become unconsciously familiar and are left unexamined. Another is our collective preoccupation with the metropolitan areas rather than the smaller localities where such processes are subterranean and confined. This paper presents very briefly some of the results of the researchers of the Local Histories and Present Realities programme over the past five years, in 19 separate centres. It examines the history and present circumstance of chiefdoms of Ga-Mphahlele and reveals the surprise finding that much of recent and contemporary politics revolve around events 200 years old. An analogous situation has arisen in Venda as well as in Mpumalanga and elsewhere, where a combination of new legislation to revive chiefly powers, and land reclamation legislation have lent a new legitimacy to chiefly powers, and inspired hundreds of phantom – and time-consuming – quests. Another massive development which has gone on around us but whose internal dynamics have never been observed is the rise of game hunting and ranching all over the interior of South Africa. This is a monster subject which is likely to have influence on all of our lives into which our group is now in a position to offer insights. A change of equal proportions is the rise of mining all over the interior Bushveld Igneous Complex – Mokopane is a good example of this and the huge social consequences this has brought in its wake. One final theme which embraces all the communities that we have studied is the local histories of transformation – collectively the most important – since 1994. This is almost entirely hidden to a wider world, including the transformed positions of local Indian residents.     

Thinking and Speech and Protocol Analysis

Some form of verbal report—that is, a research participant' s concurrent or retrospective verbal account of thought processes during problem-solving activities—has been used throughout this century as the database from which psychologists have developed theories of human mentation. Newell and Simon (1972) and Ericsson and Simon (1980, 1993) have provided extensive justification for using one such method, protocol analysis, as a tool for investigating cognition from an information-processing (IP) perspective. Their arguments have characterized protocol analysis as a methodology capable of providing evidence of the ways in which people attend to information stored in short-term memory to solve problems, with the evidence providing them with the grounds from which to generate models of human cognitive processes. A different view of protocol analysis is available from the perspective of cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) based on the work of Vygotsky (1987), Leont'ev (1981), and others, and its concern with the mediation of human development by culturally and historically grounded signs and tools. Because of its emphasis on culturally channeled development, a CHAT perspective views speech, including the speech that serves as evidence for cognition in psychological research, as a tool that potentially enables changes in consciousness. In this article I outline a CHAT perspective that accounts for protocol analysis along three key dimensions: (a) the relation between thinking and speech from a representational standpoint, (b) the social role of speech in research methodology, and (c) the influence of speech on thinking during data collection. The purpose of this discussion is not to refute the IP perspective on protocol analysis but to illustrate how this method can be viewed through a CHAT lens and to identify alternative assumptions that must be made to use it from a CHAT perspective.