Pupils' perceptions of foreign language learning in the primary school – findings from the Key Stage 2 Language Learning Pathfinder evaluation     

《Education 3-13》2012,40(4):343-362

This article presents findings on pupil attitudes towards learning foreign languages in Key Stage 2 (ages 7–11) in primary schools in England. As a consequence of the National Languages Strategy, the University of Warwick was commissioned by the then Department for Education and Skills to undertake an evaluation between 2003 and 2005 of 19 Pathfinder local authorities which were piloting language learning at Key Stage 2. As part of this investigation of developing primary language practice, a total of 319 pupils in 41 case study schools were interviewed. Findings indicate that, despite the majority of children interviewed being positive about their initial language learning experience, as time went on the need for differentiation and challenge emerged. Furthermore, a number of pupils would have welcomed feedback about their own progress. These are all aspects of early language learning which continue to merit attention, as shown by more recent studies such as by C. Cable and colleagues.  相似文献   

小学数学“三段式”阅读教学模式     

汪文钦 《四川教育学院学报》2012,28(1):103-105

阅读教学是数学教学中的重要内容。本研究从理论和实践的角度探讨了小学数学阅读教学过程,提出了＂三段式＂阅读教学模式,以期为丰富我国小学数学阅读教学理论、提高小学数学教育教学质量有所裨益。  相似文献   

农村义务教育办学条件改善的成就、问题和对策     

杨小敏  杜育红 《教育理论与实践》2012,(13):20-23

基于2002-2008年《中国教育事业统计年鉴》的数据对全国农村义务教育办学条件进行初步分析表明,农村义务教育阶段中小学校办学条件在总量和生均层面上得到了普遍的持续性改善。但相对于国家标准,现代化办学条件整体不足和区域差距大仍然是广大农村地区中小学校十分突出的问题。在基础教育未来十年以质量提升和均衡发展为战略任务的改革与发展进程中,学校标准化建设的推进将是进一步改善农村义务教育办学条件的契机和重要抓手。  相似文献   

Pedagogical and political encounters in linguistically and culturally diverse primary classrooms: examples from Quebec,Canada, and Gauteng,South Africa     

Gabrielle Breton-Carbonneau  Rinelle Evans  Diane Pesco 《Compare》2012,42(3):373-391

Comparative research in multilingual urban primary schools indicates that the pedagogical and political goals of schooling may operate at cross-purposes. Classroom observations and teacher interview-discussions were conducted in classes for immigrant children in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the language of instruction is French, and in classes in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa, where children from many different language backgrounds are taught in English. Two main themes emerged: (1) pedagogically, effective teacher–learner communication can break down when teachers are unaware of the roles that language and culture play in second language classrooms; (2) politically, efforts to assimilate learners into new socio-cultural/political contexts sometimes take precedence over sound pedagogical practice, such as drawing on the linguistic and cultural repertoire that learners bring to the classroom. This ongoing qualitative research underlines the importance of preparing pre-service and in-service teachers for the linguistic and cultural diversity they are bound to encounter in their classrooms, and of deepening their understanding of the influence of such diversity on the teaching–learning process.  相似文献   

The Effect of the Kind of Test Announcement on Students Preparation     

《The Journal of educational research》2012,105(5):358-361

Abstract

Subjects were given intrasensory matching and intersensory transfer tasks of perceptions made in the aural and visual sensory modes at the first, third, and fifth grades. Subjects matched, as same or different, melodic phrases within the aural sensory mode (AA). In addition, they judged whether the shape of a stimulus (either contour-line graphs or melodic phrases) that was perceived initially in either of the sensory modes was the same or different from the stimulus paired in the opposite mode (AV or VA). The aural to aural intrasensory task (AA) was found to be significantly easier than either intersensory task at all grade levels. No significant differences were found between the AV and VA intersensory tasks at any grade level. The difference in mean-score gains for the AV task was found to be significant across grades three to five.  相似文献   

农村小学教师专业发展的现状与对策——以甘肃张掖、定西两市区农村小学为例     

张鹏  梁进龙 《桂林师范高等专科学校学报》2012,26(1):156-161

以甘肃张掖、定西的农村小学为例,从社会环境、体制改革、教师自身三个方面分析影响农村小学教师专业发展的因素,针对性地提出促进农村小学教师专业发展的对策：加大对农村教育的投入力度,改善农村学校环境;改革和完善教师专业发展的各项制度;促进农村学校建设,提升教师自主发展后劲。  相似文献   

黔南布依族苗族自治州中小学音乐教师队伍现状调查与研究     

杨殿斛  彭雪萍  贺薇 《民族教育研究》2012,23(4):75-79

全国各地在推行基础教育改革《音乐课程标准》取得瞩目成绩的同时,也因地域差异面临很多问题,特别是在民族地区.以贵州省黔南布依族苗族自治州中小学音乐教师队伍现状调查为例,研究民族地区中小学师资队伍问题,为促进区域音乐教育发展,特别是民族地区音乐教育发展提供资鉴.  相似文献   

民族贫困地区农村中小学新课改的外部阻力源新探——基于改革主体博弈的视角     

蒋士会  林唐广 《广西师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版)》2012,48(1):97-101

民族贫困地区农村中小学的新课改是在其"穷村场域"里所进行的,新课改的执行主体受资本的限制而趋于追求短期的、个人的利益,这与新课改决策主体追求长远的、国家的利益产生冲突,两者间的博弈导致课改陷入困境,从而影响博弈两方理性水平提高,即新课改推进的阻力因素主要有城乡二元结构、课改评价制度及"贫教惯习"。  相似文献   

归因理论在中小学体育教学中的研究应用     

郭震 《桂林师范高等专科学校学报》2012,26(3):160-162

归因理论在中小学体育教学应用中有着积极的意义。中小学生因其年龄尚幼,生理和心理发育尚未成熟,他们身上的可变性、可塑性还很大,在这个成长的敏感期,作为体育教师,不仅要在教学方面教会学生技术知识,锻炼其身体,更要在心理方面给与其指导,端正他们的思想,既完成了教书,又达到了育人的目的。要达到这样一个标准,对学生进行归因方面的训练,是一个很好的选择,同时,对学生以后的发展也将终身受益。归因训练式教学在教学方法不失为一个很好的选择,根据中小学生的发育状况,有必要对其进行归因训练式教学。  相似文献   

日本小学“英语活动”特色述评     

李薇 《外国中小学教育》2012,(9):60-65

2011年起,"外语活动"成为日本小学5、6年级的必修内容,这标志着外语正式成为日本小学教学内容之一。本文通过对2002年日本小学全面实施"外语活动"以来小学英语活动目标、教材、教学方法、师资等方面的特色以及社会评价进行考察,提出日本小学英语活动在活动目标明确、构建复合型师资队伍等等方面值得我们借鉴。  相似文献