Integrated language and content instruction in Qatar Independent schools: teachers’ perspectives     

Maha Ellili-Cherif 《Teacher Development》2014,18(2):211-228

The aim of this study is to explore teachers’ attitudes towards the shift to English as a medium of instruction in Qatari Independent schools. It focuses on the advantages and disadvantages of this approach for teachers and students, and the challenges they face in the process of its implementation. Data for the study were collected by means of a questionnaire and follow-up interviews. Findings point to teachers’ beliefs that while the approach has benefited them and their students, it is a challenging process. The challenges teachers face are organizational in nature relating to ineffective planning for the introduction of the change, lack of teacher preparedness for its implementation, and parents’ resistance to this change. These results have implications for teacher training in the Qatari context and for planning of the introduction of change in English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language contexts.  相似文献   

Connecting to nature at the zoo: implications for responding to climate change     

Susan Clayton  Jerry Luebke  Carol Saunders  Jennifer Matiasek  Alejandro Grajal 《Environmental Education Research》2014,20(4):460-475

Societal response to climate change has been inadequate. A perception that the issue is both physically and temporally remote may reduce concern; concern may also be affected by the political polarization surrounding the issue in the USA. A feeling of connection to nature or to animals may increase personal relevance, and a supportive social context may counteract political tensions. Zoos may provide opportunities for both sense of connection and social support. We surveyed over 7000 zoo and aquarium visitors to examine the ways in which a feeling of personal connection among zoo visitors may encourage concern about climate change. Results show that feeling connected to animals at the zoo is significantly associated with cognitive and emotional responses to climate change, as well as with other social groupings and social responses. Overall, the zoo seems to present a supportive social context for considering the topic.  相似文献   

Environmental education on climate change in a botanical garden: adolescents’ knowledge,attitudes and conceptions     

Daniela Sellmann 《Environmental Education Research》2014,20(2):286-287

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关于大学语文课堂教学的几点思考———独立学院大学语文课程改革研究之三     

张祥平 《湖北第二师范学院学报》2014,(3):123-124

大学语文课堂教学质量的提高,绝不仅仅是教学方法改进的问题,而是受许多其他因素的制约,如管理者办学理念的偏差、管理方式的不当、教师的教学心态调节不当以及可能存在的偏见等等.如果这些问题不解决,只一味从技术层面去思考教法的改进,则难以收到实质性的效果.  相似文献   

Inclusion of preschool children with autism in Sweden: attitudes and perceived efficacy of preschool teachers     

Rano Zakirova Engstrand  Lise Roll‐Pettersson 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2014,14(3):170-179

This pilot study examined the relations among preschool teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with autism and perceived self‐efficacy, as well as demographic characteristics such as teachers' work experience and educational background. The cohort consisted of 21 participants who had degrees in preschool education and worked with children with autism in general preschool/kindergarten settings in central Sweden. Data were collected using the Autism Attitude Scale for Teachers, the Teacher Efficacy Scale and a demographic survey. In general, findings revealed that preschool teachers held positive attitudes towards children with autism, and this was significantly related to the number of credits in special education taken during pre‐service education. However, teachers showed neutral attitudes towards the inclusion of children with autism into general preschool classrooms. No relations were found between teachers' perceived self‐efficacy and attitudes towards inclusion, although a relationship was found between participation in in‐service training and efficacy to make decisions. Implications concerning early childhood education professional development and supervision are discussed.  相似文献   

Predicting multicultural effectiveness of international students: the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire     

Jan Pieter Van Oudenhoven  Karen I. Van der Zee 《Int J Intercult Relat》2002,26(6)

The present study considered the reliability and validity of the 78-item revised version of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire, a multidimensional instrument aimed at measuring multicultural effectiveness of expatriate employees and students. The questionnaire includes scales for cultural empathy, open-mindedness, emotional stability, social initiative and flexibility. Participants were native and foreign students of an international business school (N=171) in the Netherlands. The MPQ scales appeared to be more strongly predictive of adjustment of international students as compared to native students. Moreover, the instrument was able to explain variance in students’ adjustment beyond self-efficacy.  相似文献   

Psychometric reevaluation of the scientific attitude inventory‐revised (SAI‐II)     

Michael J. Lichtenstein  Steven V. Owen  Cheryl L. Blalock  Yan Liu  Kacy A. Ramirez  Linda A. Pruski  Carolyn E. Marshall  Mary Anne Toepperwein 《科学教学研究杂志》2008,45(5):600-616

The central purposes of this study were to review the development and evolution of the Scientific Attitude Inventory (SAI) and then reevaluate the psychometric properties of the revised form of the SAI, the Scientific Attitude Inventory II (SAI‐II). The SAI‐II was administered to a convenience sample of 543 middle and high school students from five teachers in four schools in four school districts in San Antonio, Texas, at the beginning of the 2004–2005 school year. Confirmatory factor analysis on the full data set failed to support the existence of a 12‐factor structure (as proposed by the scale developers) or a one‐factor structure. The data were then randomly divided into exploratory [exploratory factor analysis (EFA)] validation and confirmatory [confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)] cross‐validation sets. Exploratory and confirmatory models yielded a three‐factor solution that did not fit the data well [χ² (321) = 646, p < .001; RMSEA = .061 (.90 CI = .054–.068); and CFI = .81]. The three factors were labeled “Science is About Understanding and Explaining” (13 items), “Science is Rigid” (6 items), and “I Want to Be a Scientist” (8 items). The α‐coefficients for these three factors ranged from 0.59 to 0.85. Whether these identified subscales are valid will require independent investigation. In this sample, and consistent with prior publications, the SAI‐II in its current form did not have satisfactory psychometric properties and cannot be recommended for further use. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 45: 600–616, 2008  相似文献   

The role of discordant acculturation attitudes in perceived threat: An analysis of host and immigrant attitudes in Germany   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

Anette Rohmann  Arnd Florack  Ursula Piontkowski 《Int J Intercult Relat》2006,30(6):683

The present research examines discordant acculturation attitudes of host society members and immigrants as an antecedent to intergroup threat. Based on integrated threat theory and the concordance model of acculturation, we posited that discordance on culture maintenance and on desire for contact would predict intergroup threat beyond the influence of other antecedents of threat, such as in-group identification, knowledge, and negative contact. A study with 202 German host society members and 151 Turkish and Italian immigrants was conducted. In line with our assumptions, path analyses revealed that culture discordance and contact discordance contribute independently to the prediction of realistic threat, symbolic threat, and intergroup anxiety for host society members and immigrants. Moreover, differences in threat between cultures were mediated by the discordance in acculturation attitudes.  相似文献   

从汉英“同性恋”词语看中西方社会对同性恋现象的态度     

兰冰 《昆明师范高等专科学校学报》2010,32(4):78-81

同性恋现象是人类社会中存在的一种社会现象。汉英两种语言出现了许多对＂同性恋＂的称呼,从其中的一些词语中可以看出不同历史时期的社会对同性恋现象的态度。从词义表现方面看,同性恋词语的称呼经历了从贬义、犯罪、医学科学用语到中性词义的变化。这些词语反映出不同时代人们对同性恋的态度和认识,体现不同时代的社会文化价值取向及对同性恋现象认识程度。  相似文献   

消费者对竞猜型体彩的态度、信念对其产品口碑传播的影响研究     

张瑞林  李凌  贾文帅 《北京体育大学学报》2018,41(12):26-35

摘要：口碑传播可以有效预测并提高产品的销量。从消费者资产价值的视角出发,以消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的态度和信念与其产品口碑传播意向间的影响关系为研究对象,运用相关、回归等分析方法,探讨了态度和信念及其两者的交互项对产品口碑传播意向的影响作用。研究结果表明：态度和信念均能显著提升消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的产品口碑传播意向,但信念提高产品口碑传播意向的程度要大于态度;态度和信念的交互项对竞猜型体育彩票消费者的产品口碑传播意向也具有显著的提升作用,且只有在弱信念条件下,消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的态度和信念才会存在正向交互效应,而在强信念条件下这种交互效应并不存在。研究认为,在制定竞猜型体育彩票营销策略时,不仅要关注竞猜型体育彩票消费者的认知信息和情感信息,更需要重视消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的信念;在对竞猜型体育彩票发动产品口碑传播策略时,营销管理人员应尽量选择具有弱信念、强态度特质的消费者作为该策略的参与者。  相似文献