“Beating the Bad Rap:” A Qualitative Study of Social Studies Educators Using Film

Abstract

The film-based practices of four social studies teachers were examined using a qualitative methodology. The research interviewed teachers twice over a 2-month period, collected handouts, and collected audio-recorded teacher logs. Three of the teachers taught social studies primarily, while a fourth teacher was responsible for both English and social studies content. The findings indicate that teachers used film in addition to a wide range of other visual practices. Teachers used film actively rather than passively to facilitate dialogic connections, as well as elicit thinking about their content areas.     

论地方高校大学生信息素养的缺失与培养

从信息素养的内涵来看，信息素养不仅是现代社会和科技发展对大学生要求，而且是大学生自我发展和综合能力的重要体现。图书馆员作为信息素养人的缩影，有责任采取多种形式消除大学生信息素养的缺失，使大学生的信息意识、信息知识、信息能力、信息道德内化成个人的学识，最终形成解决问题的素养。     

舟山市青少年网络素养实证研究

网络素养是信息社会青少年必备的媒介素质。文章在分析舟山市青少年网络素养现状的基础上,提出网络素养培育的对策建议。     

论加拿大传播媒介素养教育及其启示

加拿大在媒介素养教育领域所取得的斐然成就,为相关研究仍处于起步阶段的中国提供了丰富的理论和实践参考经验。加拿大媒介素养教育与其社会历史背景之间千丝万缕的联系,我国应结合现实国情,找准切入点,开展媒介素养教育。     

"信息检索与利用课"与大学生创新能力的培养

创新的入口和前提是具有良好的信息检索与利用能力,在分析大学生在信息检索与利用能力所存在问题的基础上,采取积极创设与营造问题情景等措施,通过"信息检索与利用课",利用教学、实习、考核等环节,培养和提高学生基于利用网络信息资源自主提出问题和解决问题的能力,对培育大学生的创新能力能取得事半功倍的效果。     

学前儿童媒介素养教育问题及其反思

媒介素养是指社会公众认知媒介、参与媒介、使用媒介的能力。媒介素养是身处在数字时代的人们所必备的能力之一,学前儿童媒介素养能力的培养也逐渐引起了人们的关注。我国当前的学前儿童媒介素养教育存在教育的承担主体模糊、媒介教育者对媒介素养教育的理解失当、媒介素养教育内容偏失等问题。笔者针对上述问题,从幼儿园、家庭、社会三个方面提出了相关建议。     

Critical Literacy as a Lens for Students’ Evaluation of Sources in an AP World History Class

Abstract

Critical literacy is an appropriate learning outcome for social studies courses because it has the potential to teach students how to critically evaluate sources of information relevant to historical texts and current news media. The purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine the process through which students learned to apply critical literacy strategies while completing an end-of-unit research project in tenth grade AP world history. This study looks as student and teacher interviews to examine how students use critical literacy approaches and perspectives to analyze texts. As a result of this study it was determined that: (1) students at the elite private school had limited experience with source evaluation and critical literacy prior to this research project, (2) critical literacy served as an effective evaluation tool for reliability and bias for some students, (3) certain students experienced challenges in using critical literacy as an evaluation tool, and (4) students believed that critical literacy would benefit them personally and academically. Results include implications for instructors who wish to teach critical literacy and source evaluation in this information age.     

Effects of a summer emergent literacy intervention for rising kindergarteners

This study examined the effectiveness of a nine-week summer emergent literacy program implemented in a Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) summer program that serves families from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Participants were four- and five-year-old children attending a YMCA summer camp. After being placed in appropriate respective skill-level groups, children received one-hour, daily emergent literacy instruction from their camp counselors, who were trained as novice reading teachers. The teachers used emergent literacy activities to support letter-naming fluency and growth in letter-sound correspondence recognition in addition to mastery of read-aloud texts. The 28 participants experienced positive growth on both dependent measures (letter-naming fluency and letter-sound fluency), indicating the efficiency of the intervention as a tool for improving school readiness for children from low-income families. Additionally, the results suggest that beginning reading teachers may be able to conduct effective emergent literacy instruction, making the intervention replicable. Limitations and associated future research directions are discussed.     

What Your Future Doctor Should Know About Statistics: Must-Include Topics for Introductory Undergraduate Biostatistics

The increased emphasis on evidence-based medicine creates a greater need for educating future physicians in the general domain of quantitative reasoning, probability, and statistics. Reflecting this trend, more medical schools now require applicants to have taken an undergraduate course in introductory statistics. Given the breadth of statistical applications, we should cover in that course certain essential topics that may not be covered in the more general introductory statistics course. In selecting and presenting such topics, we should bear in mind that doctors also need to communicate probabilistic concepts of risks and benefits to patients who are increasingly expected to be active participants in their own health care choices despite having no training in medicine or statistics. It is also important that interesting and relevant examples accompany the presentation, because the examples (rather than the details) are what students tend to retain years later. Here, we present a list of topics we cover in the introductory biostatistics course that may not be covered in the general introductory course. We also provide some of our favorite examples for discussing these topics.     

高校研究性教学中学生科研素养的培育——以历史学专业为例

高校历史研究性教学模式的应用,可以有效激发学生感受历史和了解社会的探索精神,培育他们探究历史、发现问题的素养.原始文献史料的收集、整理以及通过调查、访谈、实地走访等获取第一手资料的能力与素养同样可以通过研究性教学得到有效培养.学生通过撰写小论文、读书笔记和调查报告,可以很好地提升他们的文字表达能力.学生科研素养的培育为他们学业的顺利完成和今后的工作打下了坚实的基础.