关于大学生法律素质教育的调查与思考

大学生的法律素质对其自身的全面发展和健康成长,对科技进步和先进生产力的发展,对依法治国方略的实施,都有重要意义。问卷调查上海、天津、湖北等省市3 916名本科生的统计分析结果显示:大学生法律素质现状与依法治国的要求尚有一定差距,要提高大学生法律素质水平,必须对大学生法制教育的教育思想、教育内容和教育方法进行全面改革。     

语文学习任务群的学理阐释与实践反思

语文学习任务群是我国语文课程建设的重大创新。它以任务为导向,以学习项目为载体,注重整合学习情境、内容、方法和资源,重构课程内容,试图改变传统语文教学的线性模式,引导学生在运用语言的过程中提升语文素养。语文学习任务群虽然没有严格的定义,但是从相关描述和实践中体现出它作为课程标准、教材形态和教学方法三个不同维度的价值取向,具有情境性、整合性和实践性等特征。语文学习任务群受杜威教育哲学、课程统整、项目化学习、任务型语言教学、大语文教育、后现代课程等理论和实践的影响,同时存在着概念模糊、理论笼统、实施茫然等问题,且在实施条件方面存在诸多困难。语文学习任务群作为一个新概念或一种新的理论,其理论机制和实践路径等都需要进一步探索。对语文学习任务群这一新生事物,如何从学理上阐释澄清,从实践中加以验证,将课程理念切实转变为课程实践,这些问题有待深入研究。新时代语文学习任务群研究,应以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导,着重在基础理论研究中进一步深耕,关注课程研发问题,寻求解决之道,在促进语文学习任务群“落地开花”方面下更大功夫,推动语文课程范式转型。     

Let’s be careful out there … : how digital rights advocates educate citizens in the digital age

From the early days of the printed press, citizens have challenged and modified the information environment as constructed by governments and media organizations. In the digital era, this struggle is manifested in the work of civil-society organizations calling to expand the boundaries of digital rights such as access to the internet, freedom of speech, and the right to privacy. Alongside their traditional activity of confronting governments and internet organizations, these bodies have also engaged in educating citizens about their rights. In order to shed light on such educational efforts, I examine the activities of four civil-society organizations operating in three countries (Germany, Israel, and the U.S.) by conducting a content analysis of their websites between 2013 and 2015. The results suggest that the organizations’ interactions with the public are guided by three main principles: (1) cultural informational framing: delivering accurate technological and political information, which is framed so as to resonate with the cultural premises and everyday lives of the target audiences; (2) personal activism: propelling citizens toward participation, primarily through political clicktivism and by providing them with technological guidance and tools for digital self-protection; and (3) branding digital rights activism: fostering a unique image for a particular organization’s digital rights activism, mostly through selling merchandise to citizens. Using these strategies, the organizations aim to construct the social–political–cultural identity of a generation who are knowledgeable, politically active, and aware of their rights in the digital age. The characteristics of this identity are discussed in the conclusion.     

学术英语素养目标下开放式循环写作教学模式建构

学术英语写作教学实践在国内仍处于探索阶段,并未形成完善的教学方法。以学术英语素养的培养为目标,对悉尼学派的体裁教学-学习循环模式进行调整与完善,提出学术英语写作课程的教学设计——开放式循环教学模式,包括合作材料选取、合作解构语篇、合作创作语篇、学生独立创作以及反馈五个阶段,旨在为学术英语写作教学提供新的研究视角。     

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。     

Knowledge,Attitudes, and Informational Behaviors of College Students in Regard to the Human Papillomavirus

Abstract

Objective: To assess students’ human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Participants/ Methods: Students (N = 1,282) at a large, public university in the Northeast United States completed a questionnaire during February 2008 assessing HPV knowledge, prevalence, transmission, cervical cancer risk and stigma; sexual behavior, vaccination status, as well as past and preferred sources of information about HPV and sexual health. Results: A majority of respondents know of HPV. However, understanding was insufficient in several important areas. Overwhelmingly, respondents heard about HPV via television commercials yet preferred to obtain sexual health information from physicians. Hearing about HPV on a TV commercial was associated with increased knowledge. More knowledge of HPV was associated with less stigma. Men exhibit a higher level of stigma and less knowledge than women. Conclusions: Publicly funded health campaigns aimed at increasing knowledge about HPV are overdue and necessary. This is especially true for efforts targeting young adults about this extremely common sexually transmitted infection (STI).     

Practical Issues for Newcomers to Computer-Based Education

Summary

After reviewing some applications and reports of evaluation of computer-based education (CBE) in higher education, this paper provides a discission of environmental, instructional, and managerial issues in development, implementation and maintenance of computer-based education processes and materials. A short list of guidelines for development is also provided.     

Student Perceptions of Financial Literacy: Relevance to Practice

ABSTRACT

The relevance of financial literacy to social work has been framed almost exclusively in the context of poverty relief, but this study expands this framework to the evidence linking financial stress, not merely poverty, to adverse client outcomes. Using a new 15-item, quantitative instrument, student (N= 1,506) perceptions were collected. Respondents demonstrated a moderate awareness of the relevance of financial literacy in 11 of 15 problem issues commonly encountered in practice, indicating a moderate receptivity to financial education. Future research should clarify the contours of financial knowledge that is required to assist clients.