This paper explores the paradigm reconstruction of interpreting pedagogy driven by generative AI technology.With the breakthroughs of AI technologies such as ChatGPT in natural language processing,traditional interpre...This paper explores the paradigm reconstruction of interpreting pedagogy driven by generative AI technology.With the breakthroughs of AI technologies such as ChatGPT in natural language processing,traditional interpreting education faces dual challenges of technological substitution and pedagogical transformation.Based on Kuhn’s paradigm theory,the study analyzes the limitations of three traditional interpreting teaching paradigms,language-centric,knowledge-based,and skill-acquisition-oriented,and proposes a novel“teacher-AI-learner”triadic collaborative paradigm.Through reconstructing teaching subjects,environments,and curriculum systems,the integration of real-time translation tools and intelligent terminology databases facilitates the transition from static skill training to dynamic human-machine collaboration.The research simultaneously highlights challenges in technological ethics and curriculum design transformation pressures,emphasizing the necessity to balance technological empowerment with humanistic education.展开更多
The problem of autonomy and conformity has suffered a harsh fate in pedagogy.The virtues of love,respect,honour,truthfulness,etc.play a major role in educational work,but it is mostly silent about the concepts of auto...The problem of autonomy and conformity has suffered a harsh fate in pedagogy.The virtues of love,respect,honour,truthfulness,etc.play a major role in educational work,but it is mostly silent about the concepts of autonomy and conformity.Politics are afraid of these like the devil is afraid of incense smoke.Practising teachers complain that our entire education system is weaning school principals,teachers and students from independent thinking and striving.The basic educational goal is clear:to develop autonomous young people who are strengthened in their own being and strength,and vice versa:to suppress superficial,unconvincing conformity.An old lesson:conformity can only be realistically fought with non-conformist politics and the cooperation of non-conformist teachers.展开更多
Graduate students universally struggle with vague topics,insufficient innovation,and logical gaps in research proposals,highlighting the need for structured scientific training.This study presents an innovative pedago...Graduate students universally struggle with vague topics,insufficient innovation,and logical gaps in research proposals,highlighting the need for structured scientific training.This study presents an innovative pedagogical model embedding scholarly literature’s logical architecture into LBL-RBL hybrid teaching,implemented in Kunming Medical University’s Neuropathophysiology course.Targeting the complexity of neurological disease mechanisms,the course integrates lecture-based learning(LBL)and research-based learning(RBL)through a small-cohort framework featuring personalized literature-logic embedding→targeted lecture reinforcement→multi-round proposal iteration.Faculty deconstructed domain literature to establish a three-phase training system(“Logic Demonstration-Methodology Mapping-Proposal Embedding”),systematically merging academic logic with research methodology over 9 weeks.Results demonstrate that this problem-driven approach creates authentic scientific inquiry scenarios,activating student knowledge co-construction and collaborative exploration.It successfully enables dynamic competency progression through“cognitive deconstruction→methodological practice→proposal refinement,”significantly enhancing proposal rigor and innovation.This study offers a scalable dual-track solution for cultivating advanced scientific capabilities in medical graduate education.展开更多
In the context of the rapid advancement of digital humanities,traditional translation competence is increasingly challenged by artificial intelligence.However,creative translation competence can adapt to this challeng...In the context of the rapid advancement of digital humanities,traditional translation competence is increasingly challenged by artificial intelligence.However,creative translation competence can adapt to this challenge,enabling translators to produce high-quality work.To foster creativity in translator training,integrating the study of humanities into translation pedagogy,with the support of artificial intelligence,is an effective approach.The interdisciplinary nature of translation studies necessitates the incorporation of diverse areas of knowledge,including recent scientific developments,into translation teaching.This educational framework,grounded in a thorough understanding of the humanities,can enhance students’humanistic accomplishments and critical thinking competence,thereby laying a strong foundation for their long-term growth and equipping them with irreplaceable creative translation skills in this era of AI transformation.展开更多
This study examined the effects of design thinking pedagogy on undergraduates’career decision-making selfefficacy and employability in career education.Using a quasi-experimental design,Chinese college students(N=93)...This study examined the effects of design thinking pedagogy on undergraduates’career decision-making selfefficacy and employability in career education.Using a quasi-experimental design,Chinese college students(N=93)were participants in two wings.The experimental group(n=47)received the design thinking pedagogy,while the control group(n=46)followed the regularly teacher-centered method.The students completed the career decision-making self-efficacy scale and employability scale before and after the intervention.Independent samples t-test results showed that design thinking pedagogy significantly improves students’career decision-making self-efficacy and employability.The ANCOVA results showed that the pretest scores of career decision-making self-efficacy and employability had no significant association with the experimental intervention.There was no interaction between the treatment and pretest scores.It would seem that experimental design thinking pedagogy implemented in career guidance courses has little effect compared to the usual course presentation.Nonetheless,prospects for the implementation of design thinking-guided learning activities to support interdisciplinary learning for improved higher education and career development outcomes need further exploration.展开更多
Social competence encompasses the knowledge,sensitivities,and skills needed to collaborate effectively with others in society.Waldorf pedagogy,with over a century of history,centers on the idea that children discover ...Social competence encompasses the knowledge,sensitivities,and skills needed to collaborate effectively with others in society.Waldorf pedagogy,with over a century of history,centers on the idea that children discover and understand the world around them through the arts.Educational activities like drama,movement arts(eurythmy),singing/music,and crafts play a key role in fostering children’s social skills.Moreover,the close cooperation between subjects in the Waldorf curriculum further enhances the social sensitivity and cooperative abilities of future generations.This study aims to explore the moral significance of“social empathy”and to share the authors’pedagogical experiences on how social competence can be developed through this pedagogical method.展开更多
Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagog...Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagogy, as it is discussed, will improve the teaching of English reading to some extent.展开更多
In the field of second language acquisition(SLA),weight has been increasingly attached to the role that a problem-pos ing model of education plays in English as second/foreign language(ES/FL)teaching and learning.By e...In the field of second language acquisition(SLA),weight has been increasingly attached to the role that a problem-pos ing model of education plays in English as second/foreign language(ES/FL)teaching and learning.By exploring various concepts of the problem-posing approach,also known as critical pedagogy,and its implications for English language teaching(ELT)in the Chinese postsecondary EFL context,the paper makes a tentative attempt to acknowledge the future directions of implementing critical pedagogy in the EFL context.Therefore,the paper is inspired by the ever-increasing popularity of the critical pedagogical approach in the ESL context.The application of critical orientation in language education derives from critical theories of the Frankfurt School,which centers on Marxist societal beliefs of struggling against social inequalities.With the concept of critical pedagogy drawing increasing attention from language educators and teachers alike in English-speaking countries;non-native English teachers who teach in the EFL context has also begun to focus their attention on the educational philosophy as a means to help transform traditional oppressed status of the Chinese EFL learners.From this perspective,this paper,by investigating the multi-dimensional implied meanings of implementing critical pedagogy in the EFL context,unraveling how it works as a way of"doing"in second language(L2)teaching and learning,identifying the probable contexts of critical pedagogy and the contesta tions surrounding critical pedagogy,aims to address the significance of implementing critical pedagogy as an effective way of re forming the ailing English education condition in China.展开更多
The Integrated-skill pedagogy can be applied in college EFL teaching.A college intensive reading for non-English majors teaching plan which is based on the Integrated-skill pedagogy is listed and analyzed with some cu...The Integrated-skill pedagogy can be applied in college EFL teaching.A college intensive reading for non-English majors teaching plan which is based on the Integrated-skill pedagogy is listed and analyzed with some current perspectives.Further research is needed to perfect this pedagogy in that it exposes EFL learners to authentic context and challenges them to communicate naturally in the language.展开更多
This research project aims at consolidating and revitalizing translation and interpreting pedagogy with dual emphasis on the cultural soft power and international discourse rights of China via emphasizing internationa...This research project aims at consolidating and revitalizing translation and interpreting pedagogy with dual emphasis on the cultural soft power and international discourse rights of China via emphasizing international competitiveness.In order to realize the significant needs of the current market requirements and the new era of China,this project proposes the“ICC”interpreting training model.It refers to the combination of intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness as the teaching and learning outcomes by means of integrating the following five components in the course content and the whole curriculum design:(1)interpreting competency-bilingual competence and interpreting skill-based training;e.g.,short-term memory and note-taking;(2)national value-strengthening translation and the crucial roles and responsibilities of interpreter trainers and trainees in disseminating national culture;(3)expertise of subject matters-equipping students with expertise for work field and meeting the market requirements;e.g.,specific professional knowledge and jargons demanded by the tasks;(4)professional ethics and image-extra-linguistic knowledge emphasizing a translator’s and an interpreter’s professional code of conduct and ethics in a way that can establish the“iconic”image of a professional interpreter;e.g.,confidentiality,posture,and appearance;(5)practical assessment-evaluation of students’performance in practical translation and interpreting opportunities and/or internship in organizations of various natures according to international standards.This research proposes a new training model to incorporate intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness.The significant role of interpreting pedagogy in contributing to a sound national name is investigated.The new“ICC”model that this research is proposing answers such a call for the significant role of raising cultural soft power and international discourse rights in China.展开更多
Professor Lan Ws meta-research on pedagogy and education in Return to Breakthrough-An Outline of Life and Practice Pedagogy puts forward the problems of what pedagogy is and what education is,reflects on the problems ...Professor Lan Ws meta-research on pedagogy and education in Return to Breakthrough-An Outline of Life and Practice Pedagogy puts forward the problems of what pedagogy is and what education is,reflects on the problems of contemporary education,and proposes that education should return to its root,which lies in the traditional Chinese problems of education and adults as well as education and life.This paper attempts to clarify the problems raised by Professor Lan Ye and reflect about the problems of contemporary education under meta-education as well as the role and significance of the traditional Chinese educational spirit for contemporary education.展开更多
This paper describes the kind of engagement and emergent learning that happened in three different sections of a graduate nursing course. Three nursing educators used an e-learning platform called Daagu that was devel...This paper describes the kind of engagement and emergent learning that happened in three different sections of a graduate nursing course. Three nursing educators used an e-learning platform called Daagu that was developed by faculty guided by complexity pedagogy. A total of 43 students were enrolled in the full credit foundations course in theory and philosophy. Authors describe two specific instances of emergent learning: one was expressed by students in relation to a particular resource (article, TedTalk, YouTube, Poem) or discussion, and the second is in relation to specific “aha moments” or shifts in understanding that changed student attitudes and actions. Quotes of emergent learning provide a source of narrative data for conversing about and developing quality e-learning platforms for students and educators.展开更多
This presentation discusses the requests of modern pedagogy, and a possible bridging between the traditional teaching strategies drawn by the Ratio Studiorum of a unique and rare structure, and today＇s learning proce...This presentation discusses the requests of modern pedagogy, and a possible bridging between the traditional teaching strategies drawn by the Ratio Studiorum of a unique and rare structure, and today＇s learning process. It will argue the practical application and philosophy of education widely accepted and recognized as a part of curricular activities within the learning environments, though with no recognition of its origin. This paper aims to examine the indisputable contributions of the educational methods of the Jesuits in our time, although, the discipline has developed new fundamental, and new concepts such as self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-determination among others,展开更多
When the demographics in American public schools became more diverse,educators have faced the challenge of working with diverse student learners.In the education field,culturally relevant pedagogy has been widely reco...When the demographics in American public schools became more diverse,educators have faced the challenge of working with diverse student learners.In the education field,culturally relevant pedagogy has been widely recognized as an effective practice for teaching about diversity and is used across different school subject areas.This article discusses the four aspects in which teachers can implement culturally relevant pedagogy in TPRS language classrooms:a caring learning community,establishing meaning,story asking,and story reading.Teachers can include and empower students by validating them as learning subjects and engaging them in knowledge creation and representation in curriculum and instruction.The goal is to develop academic success,culture and identity,equity,and excellence for all student learners in a multicultural and global society.展开更多
Teaching English pronunciation in SLA has been a challenge for almost every English teacher because students' local Chinese accents have been a major obstacle when they're learning English.This article is aimi...Teaching English pronunciation in SLA has been a challenge for almost every English teacher because students' local Chinese accents have been a major obstacle when they're learning English.This article is aiming to illustrate the phenomena and solutions of the pronunciation in English pedagogy.展开更多
Confucian Analects contains many pedagogical concepts and viewpoints that have a significant influence on China’s culture and history.Many of the concepts can be interpreted and understood from the perspective of the...Confucian Analects contains many pedagogical concepts and viewpoints that have a significant influence on China’s culture and history.Many of the concepts can be interpreted and understood from the perspective of the pedagogy of Performed Culture Approach.This paper investigates the meanings of some Confucian pedagogical discussions and thoughts,such as communicating with other social members,the relationship between language and behavior,multiple procedures in learning,and how social contexts affect one’s language and performance in the Analects,which is mainly from the perspective of the relationship between language and Performed Culture Approach.展开更多
River Elegy(Heshang)is a Chinese TV documentary aired on Chinese Central Television(CCTV)in 1988.Its provocative condemnation of the thousand-year-old'yellow civilization'(huangse wenming黄色文明)of China stir...River Elegy(Heshang)is a Chinese TV documentary aired on Chinese Central Television(CCTV)in 1988.Its provocative condemnation of the thousand-year-old'yellow civilization'(huangse wenming黄色文明)of China stirred up a tornado of controversies among Chinese audiences.Intense debates and reflections on the documentary both inside and outside China have made Heshang one of the most intriguing'phenomena'in contemporary Chinese culture.This paper proposes a new perspective to read Heshang,tackling it as a historically situated narrative that embodies a post-Mao intellectual discourse of the national sentiment.In the new context of post-Mao China,what does Heshang tell of the relative positionalities of the intellectuals,the masses,and the state in the frame of Chinese modernity?How do we dialectically understand the documentary’s national pedagogy of reform in relation to the elusive agency of the low-quality Chinese masses?With these questions in mind,I revisit Heshang’s claim of weak political agency as an embodiment of low people quality.I argue that the national sentiment of the consciousness of sorrow and worry(忧患意识)simultaneously suggests and subverts the national pedagogy of reform promoted by the Heshang intellectuals.展开更多
The success of teachers in professional environments has a desirable influence on their mental condition.Simply said,teachers’professional success plays a crucial role in improving their mental health.Due to the inva...The success of teachers in professional environments has a desirable influence on their mental condition.Simply said,teachers’professional success plays a crucial role in improving their mental health.Due to the invaluable role of professional success in teachers’mental health,personal and professional variables helping teachers succeed in their profession need to be uncovered.While the role of teachers’personal qualities has been well researched,the function of professional variables has remained unknown.To address the existing gap,the current investigation measured the role of two professional variables,namely job satisfaction and loving pedagogy,in Chinese EFL teachers’professional success.To do this,three validated scales were provided to 1591 Chinese EFL teachers.Participants’answers to the questionnaires were analyzed using the Spearman correlation test and structural equation modeling.The data analysis demonstrated a strong,positive link between the variables.Moreover,loving pedagogy was found to be the positive,strong predictor of Chinese EFL teachers’job satisfaction and professional success.The findings of the current inquiry may help educational administrators enhance their instructors’professional success,which in turn promotes their mental and psychological conditions at work.展开更多
Gymnasts are exposed to intense training,frequent competitions,controlled diets and high levels of psychological distress in youth age.These aspects can negatively affect athletic performance and have health consequen...Gymnasts are exposed to intense training,frequent competitions,controlled diets and high levels of psychological distress in youth age.These aspects can negatively affect athletic performance and have health consequences.Accordingly,if the coaches do not possess adequate knowledge and specific multi-disciplinary skills related to sports practice and health pedagogy,young athletes can be exposed to different health risks.The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of coaches and identify any education needs to enhance or preserve the gymnasts’well-being.The sample is represented by 98 Italian rhythmic gymnastics coaches of different levels.The data were obtained by using structured and anonymous questionnaires with open and closed answers administered through interview.The aspects examined are related to nutrition,food supplements,overtraining syndrome,educational topics,gymnasts’hassles and trainings needs of coaches.Critical aspects that emerge from this study show the need for specific scientific training and support for coaches.This objective can be achieved by providing constant technical and scientific support,in order to make the coaches fully aware of their educational,pedagogical and long-term health responsibilities of their athletes.展开更多
基金2025 General Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research in Henan Higher Education Institutions,“Research on the Dynamic Mechanisms and Paths of Innovative Development of Undergraduate Translation Programs Empowered by New Productive Forces”(Project No.:2025-ZDJH-885)2024 College-Level Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project of the School of Foreign Languages,Henan University of Technology,“Research on Implementation Paths of New Models for Interpreter Training Based on AI Large Models”(Project No.:2024YJWYJG06)+1 种基金2025 First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Special Project of the School of Foreign Languages,Henan University of Technology,titled“Research on Development Paths for Innovative Development of Undergraduate Translation Programs Empowered by New Productive Forces”(Project No.:2025WYZYJS30)2025 Educational Reform Project of the School of International Education,Henan University of Technology,“A Study on the Language Competence Development Model for International Talents Based on the Al Large Model-Taking IELTS Reading and Writing Teaching Practice as an Example”(Project No.:GJXY202533)。
文摘This paper explores the paradigm reconstruction of interpreting pedagogy driven by generative AI technology.With the breakthroughs of AI technologies such as ChatGPT in natural language processing,traditional interpreting education faces dual challenges of technological substitution and pedagogical transformation.Based on Kuhn’s paradigm theory,the study analyzes the limitations of three traditional interpreting teaching paradigms,language-centric,knowledge-based,and skill-acquisition-oriented,and proposes a novel“teacher-AI-learner”triadic collaborative paradigm.Through reconstructing teaching subjects,environments,and curriculum systems,the integration of real-time translation tools and intelligent terminology databases facilitates the transition from static skill training to dynamic human-machine collaboration.The research simultaneously highlights challenges in technological ethics and curriculum design transformation pressures,emphasizing the necessity to balance technological empowerment with humanistic education.
文摘The problem of autonomy and conformity has suffered a harsh fate in pedagogy.The virtues of love,respect,honour,truthfulness,etc.play a major role in educational work,but it is mostly silent about the concepts of autonomy and conformity.Politics are afraid of these like the devil is afraid of incense smoke.Practising teachers complain that our entire education system is weaning school principals,teachers and students from independent thinking and striving.The basic educational goal is clear:to develop autonomous young people who are strengthened in their own being and strength,and vice versa:to suppress superficial,unconvincing conformity.An old lesson:conformity can only be realistically fought with non-conformist politics and the cooperation of non-conformist teachers.
基金The Educational Research Project of Kunming Medical University(2023-JY-Y-024 and 2022-JY-Y-011)Special Research Project for Introduced Talent of Kunming Medical University(J13395001)。
文摘Graduate students universally struggle with vague topics,insufficient innovation,and logical gaps in research proposals,highlighting the need for structured scientific training.This study presents an innovative pedagogical model embedding scholarly literature’s logical architecture into LBL-RBL hybrid teaching,implemented in Kunming Medical University’s Neuropathophysiology course.Targeting the complexity of neurological disease mechanisms,the course integrates lecture-based learning(LBL)and research-based learning(RBL)through a small-cohort framework featuring personalized literature-logic embedding→targeted lecture reinforcement→multi-round proposal iteration.Faculty deconstructed domain literature to establish a three-phase training system(“Logic Demonstration-Methodology Mapping-Proposal Embedding”),systematically merging academic logic with research methodology over 9 weeks.Results demonstrate that this problem-driven approach creates authentic scientific inquiry scenarios,activating student knowledge co-construction and collaborative exploration.It successfully enables dynamic competency progression through“cognitive deconstruction→methodological practice→proposal refinement,”significantly enhancing proposal rigor and innovation.This study offers a scalable dual-track solution for cultivating advanced scientific capabilities in medical graduate education.
文摘In the context of the rapid advancement of digital humanities,traditional translation competence is increasingly challenged by artificial intelligence.However,creative translation competence can adapt to this challenge,enabling translators to produce high-quality work.To foster creativity in translator training,integrating the study of humanities into translation pedagogy,with the support of artificial intelligence,is an effective approach.The interdisciplinary nature of translation studies necessitates the incorporation of diverse areas of knowledge,including recent scientific developments,into translation teaching.This educational framework,grounded in a thorough understanding of the humanities,can enhance students’humanistic accomplishments and critical thinking competence,thereby laying a strong foundation for their long-term growth and equipping them with irreplaceable creative translation skills in this era of AI transformation.
基金supported by Hanshan Normal University Research Initiation Program(QD2024214).
文摘This study examined the effects of design thinking pedagogy on undergraduates’career decision-making selfefficacy and employability in career education.Using a quasi-experimental design,Chinese college students(N=93)were participants in two wings.The experimental group(n=47)received the design thinking pedagogy,while the control group(n=46)followed the regularly teacher-centered method.The students completed the career decision-making self-efficacy scale and employability scale before and after the intervention.Independent samples t-test results showed that design thinking pedagogy significantly improves students’career decision-making self-efficacy and employability.The ANCOVA results showed that the pretest scores of career decision-making self-efficacy and employability had no significant association with the experimental intervention.There was no interaction between the treatment and pretest scores.It would seem that experimental design thinking pedagogy implemented in career guidance courses has little effect compared to the usual course presentation.Nonetheless,prospects for the implementation of design thinking-guided learning activities to support interdisciplinary learning for improved higher education and career development outcomes need further exploration.
文摘Social competence encompasses the knowledge,sensitivities,and skills needed to collaborate effectively with others in society.Waldorf pedagogy,with over a century of history,centers on the idea that children discover and understand the world around them through the arts.Educational activities like drama,movement arts(eurythmy),singing/music,and crafts play a key role in fostering children’s social skills.Moreover,the close cooperation between subjects in the Waldorf curriculum further enhances the social sensitivity and cooperative abilities of future generations.This study aims to explore the moral significance of“social empathy”and to share the authors’pedagogical experiences on how social competence can be developed through this pedagogical method.
文摘Teaching English reading lessons is not an easy task if students are not motivated. To encounter the problem, critical reading pedagogy are discussed for the benefits of teachers and students. Critical reading pedagogy, as it is discussed, will improve the teaching of English reading to some extent.
文摘In the field of second language acquisition(SLA),weight has been increasingly attached to the role that a problem-pos ing model of education plays in English as second/foreign language(ES/FL)teaching and learning.By exploring various concepts of the problem-posing approach,also known as critical pedagogy,and its implications for English language teaching(ELT)in the Chinese postsecondary EFL context,the paper makes a tentative attempt to acknowledge the future directions of implementing critical pedagogy in the EFL context.Therefore,the paper is inspired by the ever-increasing popularity of the critical pedagogical approach in the ESL context.The application of critical orientation in language education derives from critical theories of the Frankfurt School,which centers on Marxist societal beliefs of struggling against social inequalities.With the concept of critical pedagogy drawing increasing attention from language educators and teachers alike in English-speaking countries;non-native English teachers who teach in the EFL context has also begun to focus their attention on the educational philosophy as a means to help transform traditional oppressed status of the Chinese EFL learners.From this perspective,this paper,by investigating the multi-dimensional implied meanings of implementing critical pedagogy in the EFL context,unraveling how it works as a way of"doing"in second language(L2)teaching and learning,identifying the probable contexts of critical pedagogy and the contesta tions surrounding critical pedagogy,aims to address the significance of implementing critical pedagogy as an effective way of re forming the ailing English education condition in China.
文摘The Integrated-skill pedagogy can be applied in college EFL teaching.A college intensive reading for non-English majors teaching plan which is based on the Integrated-skill pedagogy is listed and analyzed with some current perspectives.Further research is needed to perfect this pedagogy in that it exposes EFL learners to authentic context and challenges them to communicate naturally in the language.
文摘This research project aims at consolidating and revitalizing translation and interpreting pedagogy with dual emphasis on the cultural soft power and international discourse rights of China via emphasizing international competitiveness.In order to realize the significant needs of the current market requirements and the new era of China,this project proposes the“ICC”interpreting training model.It refers to the combination of intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness as the teaching and learning outcomes by means of integrating the following five components in the course content and the whole curriculum design:(1)interpreting competency-bilingual competence and interpreting skill-based training;e.g.,short-term memory and note-taking;(2)national value-strengthening translation and the crucial roles and responsibilities of interpreter trainers and trainees in disseminating national culture;(3)expertise of subject matters-equipping students with expertise for work field and meeting the market requirements;e.g.,specific professional knowledge and jargons demanded by the tasks;(4)professional ethics and image-extra-linguistic knowledge emphasizing a translator’s and an interpreter’s professional code of conduct and ethics in a way that can establish the“iconic”image of a professional interpreter;e.g.,confidentiality,posture,and appearance;(5)practical assessment-evaluation of students’performance in practical translation and interpreting opportunities and/or internship in organizations of various natures according to international standards.This research proposes a new training model to incorporate intercultural communication competency with international competitiveness.The significant role of interpreting pedagogy in contributing to a sound national name is investigated.The new“ICC”model that this research is proposing answers such a call for the significant role of raising cultural soft power and international discourse rights in China.
文摘Professor Lan Ws meta-research on pedagogy and education in Return to Breakthrough-An Outline of Life and Practice Pedagogy puts forward the problems of what pedagogy is and what education is,reflects on the problems of contemporary education,and proposes that education should return to its root,which lies in the traditional Chinese problems of education and adults as well as education and life.This paper attempts to clarify the problems raised by Professor Lan Ye and reflect about the problems of contemporary education under meta-education as well as the role and significance of the traditional Chinese educational spirit for contemporary education.
文摘This paper describes the kind of engagement and emergent learning that happened in three different sections of a graduate nursing course. Three nursing educators used an e-learning platform called Daagu that was developed by faculty guided by complexity pedagogy. A total of 43 students were enrolled in the full credit foundations course in theory and philosophy. Authors describe two specific instances of emergent learning: one was expressed by students in relation to a particular resource (article, TedTalk, YouTube, Poem) or discussion, and the second is in relation to specific “aha moments” or shifts in understanding that changed student attitudes and actions. Quotes of emergent learning provide a source of narrative data for conversing about and developing quality e-learning platforms for students and educators.
文摘This presentation discusses the requests of modern pedagogy, and a possible bridging between the traditional teaching strategies drawn by the Ratio Studiorum of a unique and rare structure, and today＇s learning process. It will argue the practical application and philosophy of education widely accepted and recognized as a part of curricular activities within the learning environments, though with no recognition of its origin. This paper aims to examine the indisputable contributions of the educational methods of the Jesuits in our time, although, the discipline has developed new fundamental, and new concepts such as self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-determination among others,
文摘When the demographics in American public schools became more diverse,educators have faced the challenge of working with diverse student learners.In the education field,culturally relevant pedagogy has been widely recognized as an effective practice for teaching about diversity and is used across different school subject areas.This article discusses the four aspects in which teachers can implement culturally relevant pedagogy in TPRS language classrooms:a caring learning community,establishing meaning,story asking,and story reading.Teachers can include and empower students by validating them as learning subjects and engaging them in knowledge creation and representation in curriculum and instruction.The goal is to develop academic success,culture and identity,equity,and excellence for all student learners in a multicultural and global society.
文摘Teaching English pronunciation in SLA has been a challenge for almost every English teacher because students' local Chinese accents have been a major obstacle when they're learning English.This article is aiming to illustrate the phenomena and solutions of the pronunciation in English pedagogy.
文摘Confucian Analects contains many pedagogical concepts and viewpoints that have a significant influence on China’s culture and history.Many of the concepts can be interpreted and understood from the perspective of the pedagogy of Performed Culture Approach.This paper investigates the meanings of some Confucian pedagogical discussions and thoughts,such as communicating with other social members,the relationship between language and behavior,multiple procedures in learning,and how social contexts affect one’s language and performance in the Analects,which is mainly from the perspective of the relationship between language and Performed Culture Approach.
文摘River Elegy(Heshang)is a Chinese TV documentary aired on Chinese Central Television(CCTV)in 1988.Its provocative condemnation of the thousand-year-old'yellow civilization'(huangse wenming黄色文明)of China stirred up a tornado of controversies among Chinese audiences.Intense debates and reflections on the documentary both inside and outside China have made Heshang one of the most intriguing'phenomena'in contemporary Chinese culture.This paper proposes a new perspective to read Heshang,tackling it as a historically situated narrative that embodies a post-Mao intellectual discourse of the national sentiment.In the new context of post-Mao China,what does Heshang tell of the relative positionalities of the intellectuals,the masses,and the state in the frame of Chinese modernity?How do we dialectically understand the documentary’s national pedagogy of reform in relation to the elusive agency of the low-quality Chinese masses?With these questions in mind,I revisit Heshang’s claim of weak political agency as an embodiment of low people quality.I argue that the national sentiment of the consciousness of sorrow and worry(忧患意识)simultaneously suggests and subverts the national pedagogy of reform promoted by the Heshang intellectuals.
基金sponsored by the Research Project of Jiangsu Social Science Fund Project,entitled“Research on Irrational Expression of Crisis Discourse”(Grant No.21YYD001)Basic Foreign Language Education Research Project of Changshu Institute of Technology,entitled“A Study on the Regulation Mechanism of Professional Happiness of Foreign Language Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools from the Perspective of Positive Psychology”(Grant No.2022cslgwgy008).
文摘The success of teachers in professional environments has a desirable influence on their mental condition.Simply said,teachers’professional success plays a crucial role in improving their mental health.Due to the invaluable role of professional success in teachers’mental health,personal and professional variables helping teachers succeed in their profession need to be uncovered.While the role of teachers’personal qualities has been well researched,the function of professional variables has remained unknown.To address the existing gap,the current investigation measured the role of two professional variables,namely job satisfaction and loving pedagogy,in Chinese EFL teachers’professional success.To do this,three validated scales were provided to 1591 Chinese EFL teachers.Participants’answers to the questionnaires were analyzed using the Spearman correlation test and structural equation modeling.The data analysis demonstrated a strong,positive link between the variables.Moreover,loving pedagogy was found to be the positive,strong predictor of Chinese EFL teachers’job satisfaction and professional success.The findings of the current inquiry may help educational administrators enhance their instructors’professional success,which in turn promotes their mental and psychological conditions at work.
文摘Gymnasts are exposed to intense training,frequent competitions,controlled diets and high levels of psychological distress in youth age.These aspects can negatively affect athletic performance and have health consequences.Accordingly,if the coaches do not possess adequate knowledge and specific multi-disciplinary skills related to sports practice and health pedagogy,young athletes can be exposed to different health risks.The aim of this study is to investigate the knowledge and attitudes of coaches and identify any education needs to enhance or preserve the gymnasts’well-being.The sample is represented by 98 Italian rhythmic gymnastics coaches of different levels.The data were obtained by using structured and anonymous questionnaires with open and closed answers administered through interview.The aspects examined are related to nutrition,food supplements,overtraining syndrome,educational topics,gymnasts’hassles and trainings needs of coaches.Critical aspects that emerge from this study show the need for specific scientific training and support for coaches.This objective can be achieved by providing constant technical and scientific support,in order to make the coaches fully aware of their educational,pedagogical and long-term health responsibilities of their athletes.
