“English is not easy,but I like it!”: an exploratory study of English learning attitudes amongst elementary school students in Taiwan     

I‐Fang Chung 《Educational studies》2010,36(4):441-445

In response to the growing needs of proficient English speakers, the Taiwan Ministry of Education officially included English in standard elementary school curriculum since 2001. English courses at elementary level were extended from the fifth grade to the third grade since the fall of 2005. It is significant to examine whether the educational reform has positively affected students’ learning attitudes. Through focus group interviews and questionnaire survey at six elementary schools, this study explores students’ attitudes towards learning English and ways of instruction. Results indicate that students generally have strong interests in English‐speaking people and desire to spend time in English‐speaking places. A majority of students enjoy learning English through games, and compliments from teachers or parents boost their learning motivation. The finding also reveals that English education in Taiwan seems to have directed students towards a narrow viewpoint of foreign cultures since many students associate foreigners with English‐speaking people only. Finally, many students experience learning English at cram schools, which indicates the important role cram schools play in students’ extracurricular learning.  相似文献   

基于语言评价信息的毕业设计质量评价     

王伟  高齐圣 《现代教育技术》2010,20(6):125-128

该文针对经济类本科毕业设计评价时不容易定量的实际情况,提出了一种基于语言评价信息的质量评价方法。依据《青岛大学毕业设计质量评价指标体系》标准,对2009届金融学专业本科毕业设计进行了实例抽样评价分析。  相似文献   

重视英汉文化差异 融汇语言文化因素     

纳顺英 《青海师专学报》2009,29(6):115-117

语言与文化的关系决定了语言学习必须要重视文化因素,文化是语言使用的必要语境。语言与文化的差异归根到底是由民族心理差异造成的。同时,语言和文化是不断发展的。注意文化间的差异,融文化于语言的教与学中,有助于语言的学习和使用。  相似文献   

Gender differences in peace education programmes     

Yaacov Boaz Yablon 《Gender and education》2009,21(6):689-701

Peace education programmes have become part of the school curriculum all over the world, as a way to enhance positive relationships between conflict groups. However, although gender differences are being taken into account when planning various educational programmes, this is usually not the case with peace education. The present study aimed to reveal gender differences regarding peace and peace pedagogy. One hundred and eighty Israeli Jewish and Arab high school students participated in a peace contact education programme. Gender and group differences were examined both before and after participation in the programme. The findings revealed that the Jewish and Arab female youths were more dovish than the males both before and after participating in the programme, and gained more from the encounters. Implications for conflict resolution and peace pedagogy are discussed.  相似文献   

Numeracy‐related exchanges in joint storybook reading and play     

Maureen Vandermaas‐Peeler  Jackie Nelson  Charity Bumpass  Bianca Sassine 《International Journal of Early Years Education》2009,17(1):67-84

Studies of the processes by which parents encourage early numerical development in the context of parent–child interactions during routine, culturally relevant activities at home are scarce. The present study was designed to investigate spontaneous exchanges related to numeracy during parent–child interactions in reading and play activities at home. Thirty‐seven families with a four‐year‐old child (13 low‐income) were observed. Two types of numeracy interactions were of interest: socio‐cultural numeracy exchanges, explaining the use and value of money or numbers in routine activities such as shopping or cooking, and mathematical exchanges, including counting, quantity or size comparisons. Results indicated that high‐income parents engaged in more mathematical exchanges during both reading and play than did low‐income parents, though there were no differences in the initiation of socio‐cultural numeracy exchanges. The focus of parental guidance related to numeracy was conceptual and embedded in the activity context, with few dyads focusing on counting or numbers per se. The findings suggest the importance of parent education efforts that incorporate numeracy‐related discourse in the context of daily routines to augment young children’s numeracy development.  相似文献   

心理契约研究述评   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

朱凡钰  邓鹏怡 《湖南第一师范学报》2009,9(1):135-137

心理契约是企业与员工双方对于各自所承担的义务以及对方应负责任的主观心理约定,该约定以内隐的形式表现出来。它是影响员工行为和态度的决定因素,因而成为人力资源和组织行为领域的重要课题之一。  相似文献   

Beginning and experienced secondary school teachers' self- and student schema in positive and problematic teacher–student relationships     

《Teaching and Teacher Education》2016

The quality of teacher–student relationships is important for teachers' well-being in schools. In this interview study we investigated which cognitions comprise secondary school teachers' self- and student schema in positive and problematic teacher–student relationships. Frequency analyses of these cognitions showed that especially student schema differed in teachers' talk of positive and problematic relationships. When combining cognitions of the self- and student schema, a HOMALS analysis revealed two types of positive and two types of problematic relationships. Differences between novices and experienced teachers were apparent for positive relationships. These findings raise questions about teachers' attributions for the quality of teacher–student relationships.  相似文献   

The aims of lifelong learning through the dynamic of ambition     

Benjamin Saccomanno 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2017,36(5):551-564

This article addresses the personal negotiations that lead individuals to pursue adult education. Analysing this process determines ambitions pursued, and thus makes it possible to identify how the individuals involved perceive their desired future as an improvement. This study found that ambitions were negotiated in order to make them acceptable to the individuals themselves, but that their negotiation also involved others; at the same time, it examined the aims and constraints implied by the process. This negotiation process draws on norms and rules related to the search for a better work–life balance. Three types of ambition were identified as models for negotiating the social organisation of time. The paper concludes with the benefits of studying ambition for the field of adult education, and on the potential contribution that can be made by considering these programmes as a support in the construction of identities, even though this aspect tends to be diminished by neoliberal hegemony regarding adult training programmes.  相似文献   

What Do Student Teachers Want in Mentor Teachers?: Desired,Expected, Possible,and Emerging Roles     

Janine S. Davis  Victoria B. Fantozzi 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2016,24(3):250-266

Research has shown that mentor teachers play varied roles. Using a conceptual framework grounded in these roles, the researchers explored what seven student teachers said during multiple interviews about the roles they wanted for their mentor teachers. Findings showed that while some participants preferred emotional support and others wanted instructional support, none wanted socialization. The researchers identified a new category–mentor as gatekeeper–to capture the preferences of one participant and concerns of others. This category reflected a focus on the credentialing aspect of student teaching as something that students must complete before licensure. Implications for teacher education included additional support for mentor teacher–preservice teacher pairs such as conversations about desired, expected, possible, and emerging roles during the mentoring process.  相似文献   

Exploring the Structure of Teachers’ Emotional Labor in the Classroom: A Multitrait–Multimethod Analysis     

Hui Wang  Nathan C. Hall  Ming Ming Chiu  Thomas Goetz  Katarzyna Gogol 《Educational Measurement》2020,39(3):122-134

This study tests whether teachers’ emotional labor in classroom settings is optimally conceptualized according to the type of emotional labor strategy involved (genuinely expressing, hiding, and faking emotions), the specific type of emotion being performed in class (e.g., enjoyment vs. pride vs. anxiety), or both strategy type and emotion type. Multitrait–multimethod analyses of 1,086 Canadian teachers’ survey responses showed teachers’ responses to emotional labor items to be most reliably differentiated according to both specific types of emotional labor strategies as well as the valence of the emotion being performed. Findings were largely consistent with common “display rules” encouraging expression of positive emotions and hiding of negative emotions by teachers in classroom settings. Results further showed teachers’ emotional labor strategies for negative emotions to be particularly contingent on the specific discrete emotion involved, highlighting the complexity of expressing negative emotions as a behavior management strategy.  相似文献