Development of a user-friendly instrument for identifying the learning strategy preferences of adults     

Gary J. Conti 《Teaching and Teacher Education》2009

Learning strategies offer a means of addressing individual differences. A programmatic line of inquiry at two universities in the United States has led to an extensive body of research related to learning strategies and to the development of two instruments. This study reports on the development of one of these instruments that can be used to quickly identify learning strategy preferences. Although this instrument, Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS (ATLAS), appears very simple and is easy to use, a series of multivariate statistical procedures were used to develop and validate it. These procedures are reported here in detail so that practitioners can be aware of its strong research base and use it with confidence. ATLAS can be used either for self-assessment or by an instructor in order to quickly identify how an individual learner approaches a learning task.  相似文献   

“What are you Representing?” Contesting Identities of Incarcerated Youth     

Joby Gardner 《The Urban Review》2009,41(2):174-197

This article explores how incarcerated youth and adult supervisors contest claims to identity via language of “representing”. Comparing how youth and adults “represent” in discussions of their own past and future selves sheds light on the constrained universe of discourse within which both groups work to express identities and on the basis of which we counsel, mentor, and educate young people. Acknowledging these constraints can contribute to understanding what I call exceptionalism—the idea that only exceptional poor and raced young men, through great personal effort and sacrifice, may resist the lure of the “street”. I conclude by discussing implications of this work for education and youth development work both inside and beyond the juvenile justice system as well as for research across lines of difference by committed “outsiders”.

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成人从经验中学习：现状、问题与期待     

姚远峰 《教育学术月刊》2010,(4):95-98

经验学习作为成人教育学的理论假说之一。研究者一直在不懈地加以确证。文章综述分析了前人在这方面的研究成果和观点,包括成人从经验中学习的重要性、学习过程、影响因素、学习模式和方法等;同时分析了前人研究存在的缺陷：缺乏系统框架,缺乏深入机理,缺乏案例研究,缺乏成人有实际指导意义的方法体系,缺乏组织从经验中的学习研究。并提出了今后期待的研究重点和方向。  相似文献   

我国成人高等教育政策的功能分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

曾祥跃  赵过渡 《现代远距离教育》2010,(3):15-20

本文对我国成人高等教育政策进行了较全面的梳理,从政策功能的角度对成人高等教育政策进行了分类,对各类成人高等教育政策进行了特征和功能分析,文章最后就如何发挥成人高等教育政策的导向作用提出了一些建议。  相似文献   

Changing discourses: Literacy and development in Nepal     

Anna Robinson-Pant 《International Journal of Educational Development》2010

Literacy policy and programming in developing countries continues to be influenced by the assumption that without literacy, an adult is unable to function on an equal basis in society and that an individual can be easily categorised as either literate or illiterate. Although this has led to prioritisation of primary schooling over adult literacy in many national government and donor agency budgets, there has recently been a movement away from regarding adult literacy as only ‘second chance schooling’ to explore how literacy programmes can build on participants’ existing practices. In the context of these changes in international policy discourses, this article analyses how literacy and development policy and programming in Nepal has changed over the past decade. Drawing on interviews with policy makers, trainers and literacy facilitators conducted in the 1990s and 2007, the author explores the shifts taking place. The structure of literacy programmes (including links with formal schooling), literacy materials, language of instruction and concepts of ‘post literacy’ were influenced by political events during this period as well as by donor agency discourses. Findings from the Nepal case have implications for the international policy discourse, such as the need to problematise the term ‘political’ to consider the intended and unintended consequences of literacy interventions.  相似文献   

Child maltreatment and adult depressive symptoms: Roles of self-compassion and gratitude     

《Child abuse & neglect》2018

Child maltreatment, including abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual) and neglect (physical and emotional), is positively associated with depressive symptoms in adulthood. However, most studies have been conducted within a psychopathological framework and focused on underlying dysfunctional processes (e.g., insecure attachment styles, maladaptive schemas, and negative attribution styles). Protective factors that affect the relationship between child maltreatment and adult depressive symptoms are underexplored. Guided by emotion regulation theory and the perspective of positive psychology, we examined the roles of self-compassion and gratitude as protective factors in the relationship between child maltreatment and adult depressive symptoms in a sample of 358 college students. Results showed that psychological maltreatment (emotional abuse and emotional neglect) was associated with adult depressive symptoms through decreased self-compassion. Neglect (emotional neglect and physical neglect) and sexual abuse were associated with adult depressive symptoms through decreased gratitude. There was no association between physical abuse and depressive symptoms through either self-compassion or gratitude. Our findings suggest that clinical practices focusing on self-compassion and gratitude might help prevent the development of adult depressive symptoms among clients with a history of maltreatment in childhood.  相似文献   

基于MOSS的成教网络课程平台设计与实现     

项朝阳  何胜辉 《教育技术导刊》2009,8(6):191-192

作为网络课程的载体,网络课程平台的优劣,直接影响着网络教学的效果。介绍了成教网络课程平台的设计与实现,并对其所用到的MOSS技术展开了有针对性的分析。  相似文献   

A toy model that predicts the qualitative role of bar bend in a push jerk     

Aaron Santos  Norman E. Meltzer 《Sports biomechanics / International Society of Biomechanics in Sports》2013,12(4):345-359

In this work, we describe a simple coarse-grained model of a barbell that can be used to determine the qualitative role of bar bend during a jerk. In simulations of this model, we observed a narrow time window during which the lifter can leverage the elasticity of the bar in order to lift the weight to a maximal height. This time window shifted to later times as the weight was increased. In addition, we found that the optimal time to initiate the drive was strongly correlated with the time at which the bar had reached a maximum upward velocity after recoiling. By isolating the effect of the bar, we obtained a generalized strategy for lifting heavy weight in the jerk.  相似文献   

从大众化进程中审视成人高等教育招生考试改革   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

赵明辉 《湖北招生考试》2006,(8)

成人高等教育是实现我国高等教育大众化的重要途径。当今成人高等教育招生考试制度的突出矛盾,是教育行政部门的统一控制与成人高校要求扩大招生自主权之间的矛盾,主要存在着考试目标偏差、成教特色模糊、地区差异性不突出、考试形式单一等诸多问题。要解决上述矛盾和问题,就必须理念回归,体制创新,管理科学,形式多样。  相似文献   

The educational philosophy of Greek extensionists vis-à-vis contemporary extension thinking: a critical appraisal     

Spyros Papaspyrou 《The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension》2018,24(4):345-360

Purpose: The current paper aims at the classification of Greek agronomists/extensionists in adult education philosophical frameworks; the exploration of frameworks’ changes in the last 40 years; and the assessment of their relevance vis-à-vis the current developments.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The research addressed a purposive sample of 30 agronomists divided into two groups (older - younger). Questionnaire-based survey was followed by a semi-structured interview.

Findings: The views of both groups of agronomists follow the same orientation and revolve around the progressive and behaviourist philosophies. In terms of practice, the intervention of older agronomists mainly relates to the progressive, the liberal and the behaviourist philosophy while that of younger agronomists around the liberal framework; evidence shows a small turn of younger agronomists towards participatory extension.

Practical Implications: The current piece of work puts forward the gaps and weaknesses of Extension in Greece both in terms of rhetoric and practice; notably, Greek agronomists do not seem capable to support bottom-up processes.

Theoretical Implications: Research detected the espoused orientation of extensionists and the ways they assist their constituencies in practice.

Originality/Value: The work reported here is considered one means of raising the awareness of the field’s needs in documenting extensionists’ educational philosophies and how they guide practice.  相似文献