Enhancing curricula and learning environments using critical realist perspectives and approaches: a case study and critique     

Andrew Withell  Neil Haigh 《Curriculum Journal》2018,29(3):319-337

While critical realist (CR) ontological and epistemological perspectives and research approaches are becoming more widely adopted by higher education researchers, the scope of research is relatively limited, and novice researchers in the area still struggle to create rich, in-depth, and critical accounts of these approaches ‘in action’. This article provides an account of teacher-researchers’ exploration of these perspectives in the context of an important aspect their everyday teaching practice – the design of effective curricula and learning environments. The context is research that focused on the design, evaluation, and enhancement of learning environments intended to facilitate students’ development of design thinking expertise. The article outlines the researchers’ CR paradigm positioning and implications for methodologies used to gather, analyse, and theorise data about the response of design and business students to three iterations of a design thinking learning environment. The research involved action research that integrated survey, case study, and theorising methodologies. Examples of data, analyses, and explanatory theory are provided to give insights into specific research tasks and their outcomes. Possible explanations for the findings and their implications for attempts to enhance the learning environment are considered from a CR perspective along with challenges that deploying these approaches may entail.  相似文献   

浅谈CAI课件在体育教学中的运用     

梁洪涛 《洛阳师范学院学报》2002,21(2):113-114

本文根据体育技术教学规律 ,从运动心理学和运动生理学的角度 ,对CAI课件在体育教学中的重要作用进行了理论分析 ,并结合体育教学特点简单阐述了CAI课件在体育教学中的运用  相似文献   

驰名商标的淡化行为及反淡化应对     

张月华  薛平智 《陕西教育学院学报》2005,21(1):87-91

我国新修订的《商标法》虽以立法形式引入了淡化理论，但实践中驰名商标淡化形式及产生的原因多种多样。为制止淡化行为，必须建立起以反淡化立法为基础的，具有严格执法、规范管理、相互监督机制的从社会到个人、从国家机关到企业的严密的反淡化系统。  相似文献   

Working Towards Building Cultures of Peace: A Primer for Students and New Professionals     

Scott L. Moeschberger  Alicia Ordóñez 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2003,25(4):317-323

As the counseling profession moves into the 21st century, counselors and psychologists are increasingly expanding their roles in the reduction of violence across settings. For students and new professionals, this new horizon of needs and opportunities can create some role confusion as traditional direct service functions of individual and group therapy are evolving into indirect services that focus on broader interventions to help create peace. This article seeks to contribute a foundational guide for readers interested in peace psychology. The article provides a brief overview of the peace psychology movement, current trends, and informational sources. It reflects on factors that influence the decision to get involved and provides possible ways to participate in social action, as well as citing a personal example of how one student got involved in building cultures of peace within an international setting.  相似文献   

“细节决定成败”在高职艺术专业班主任工作中的应用——《细节决定成败》读后感     

刘雪花 《怀化学院学报》2007,(5)

当前高校的门已更多的向学生打开,学生面的扩大,学生管理难度也随之而来,对艺术设计专业的班主任难度就更大,细节在学生管理中就显得尤其重要,关注细节是班主任工作制胜的法宝,细在观察、细在沟通、细在行动、细在服务,只有真正以学生为重心,抓好学生每一个细节,才能真正胜任艺术专业的班主任工作。  相似文献   

律师虚假陈述民事责任若干问题探析     

董超英  罗家清 《江西教育学院学报》2006,27(1):26-29

律师对其在证券市场信息披露中的虚假陈述行为应承担民事责任。律师虚假陈述行为是一种以间接契约为基础的侵权行为,不同于传统的一般的侵权行为,系一种新型的侵权行为;应适用过错推定原则认定律师是否应当承担责任,而认定过错的主要标准是其是否遵守了执业规程,有必要设立专家委员会来判断律师是否存在执业过错;再者应适用相当因果关系说来认定律师虚假陈述的民事责任,并在存在多个责任主体的情形时正确区分律师虚假陈述行为的原因力大小。  相似文献   

英语教师行动研究探析     

杨金线 《湖州师范学院学报》2007,29(6):121-124

教师行动研究是一种系统的反思的探究活动。它具有参与性、合作性、系统性和实验性等特征。依据一定的方法和步骤,教师行动研究有助于培养教师的创新实践能力,从而为我国外语教师专业发展提供了切实有效的方法。  相似文献   

论现代国家管理的法治行政     

王学君 《海南师范大学学报(社会科学版)》2002,15(4):80-84

法治行政是现代国家行政管理的重要原则，其主要内容包括法律至上，依法行政和行政法律规范的民主，人权价值两大方面，行政权本身的特点是法治行政的事实依据，过去社会主义国家“管理论”的行政法制观的失误，也是我国推行法治行政的实践依据，法治行政的实施需要相关的条件，在“法治”起步不久的中国，厉行法治行政必须积极创设这些条件。  相似文献   

From Research to Practice and Back: The Animation Tutor Project     

Stephen?K.?ReedEmail author 《Educational Psychology Review》2005,17(1):55-82

The Animation Tutor^TM is a curriculum project that uses software to supplement instruction in courses such as intermediate algebra. Its purpose is to ground mathematical reasoning in concrete experiences through the use of interactive animation and the virtual manipulation of objects. This article summarizes how the project has progressed from research to practice and back. The first section shows how research helped implement six instructional objectives: emphasize interactivity with reflection, integrate multiple representations, reduce cognitive load, facilitate transfer, replace ineffective static images with animated images, and provide domain-specific knowledge. The last section illustrates the reciprocal nature of research and practice by describing how formative evaluations of the Animation Tutor^TM program led to laboratory studies aimed at improving instructional materials and student strategies.  相似文献   

The benefits and challenges of enterprise education: results from an action research project in the third grade in Finnish basic education     

Janne Elo 《Educational Action Research》2016,24(4):535-549

This article is the result of an action research project conducted in 2014 in a primary school in the city of Vaasa in Finland. The project focused on developing the practice of integrating enterprise education as a part of everyday teaching in Grade Three. The project involved three class teachers, the headmaster and a university researcher. This article focuses on the teachers’ perceptions of the benefits and the challenges of the project. The teachers viewed the project as beneficial to their own professional development as well as to the students’ learning. The process, however, also revealed several challenges associated with applying enterprise education in Grade Three, such as time or different personalities. Based on the experiences from this particular project, the article broadens the understanding of how enterprise education can be realised in Grade Three, as well as its benefits and challenges.  相似文献