To assess elementary education students’self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching,the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument developed by Enochs and Riggs was used.The instrument consisted of two scales,Personal...To assess elementary education students’self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching,the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument developed by Enochs and Riggs was used.The instrument consisted of two scales,Personal Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Scale and the Outcome Expectancy Scale.It was administered to 90 undergraduate university students majoring in elementary education at a large public Palestinian university.Results indicated that students’self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching were comparable to those reported in the original study by Enochs and Riggs.Overall,the participants presented moderate to high self-efficacy in science teaching.展开更多
Under the background of double reduction, the education department requires teachers to improve students' core literacy in primary science teaching, which shows that developing students' core literacy can impr...Under the background of double reduction, the education department requires teachers to improve students' core literacy in primary science teaching, which shows that developing students' core literacy can improve students' mastery of primary science theory, promote sharing of educational resources, and improve the quality and level of primary science teaching. This paper explores the strategies of primary school science core literacy teaching under the background of "double reduction", and specifically discusses them from the following four aspects: to encourage students to actively participate in scientific research activities, so as to improve students' science core literacy;to combine with the current teaching research in the field of teaching science, to encourage students to actively participate in classroom activities, to build a network education environment, to realize the mastery of scientific theory and multi-department linkage;and to invite excellent teachers from the industry to come to our school to carry out academic discussions with the aim of providing theoretical and practical reference for the relevant research in the fields of how to innovate science teaching and develop students' core literacy under the background of "double reduction".展开更多
More than twenty years ago,Wuhan University and Nanjing University offered library science(LS)graduate programs.Since then,LS graduate education has been growing quickly in many aspects.At the same time,however,LS gra...More than twenty years ago,Wuhan University and Nanjing University offered library science(LS)graduate programs.Since then,LS graduate education has been growing quickly in many aspects.At the same time,however,LS graduate education was also facing enormous challenges stemming from the dynamic development and wide applications of information technologies into the pedagogical arena of teaching and learning at all levels.Social evolution also made it necessary for LS educators to re-examine once again their graduate education model,curricular composition,educational philosophy and educational missions.In analyzing the present situation of LS graduate education in China,this paper focuses on the following issues:1)Growing size of LS graduate education(quantity and quality);2)educational objectives,including research direction and placement for graduates;3)structure of knowledge and curricular construction;4)conditions of administering a library school of high quality and 5)the management of teaching resources.The keystone of this paper is to pinpoint where current library science curricular deficiencies are lying.It is hoped that more serious scholarly discussions and perhaps also even concerted efforts among LS scholars and library practioners may be evoked in having the graduate education system of library and information science thoroughly realigned for the informational needs of the 21st century.展开更多
Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a n...Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a new method, interview drama, the author has used design-based research telling about three samples, where there is document about its advantages. The method has been developed since 1996 and used it with several groups （adult student teachers and young pupils）. As a text the author has used fairy tales, novels, Hamlet and Kalevala. With Finnish2-students we have read Bibi Moves into Finland and writer Kari Hotakainen＇s novel Ihmisen osa （The Human Fortune）. The students have written positively about the interview drama in their learning logs. Also assessments concerning the method have been positive. It is a funny method. It is not possible to fulfill without laughter. Student teachers （n 90） evaluated the method with Likert scale 1-5. The mean was 4,00. They said： very nice; I shall use it; very useful; phantastic; very interesting; deepens the text and makes it very lively. Only a few were astonished, is it possible to use drama in the university.展开更多
IntroductionIn China doctoral candidates have to continue their English courses when they are working towardsdoctoral degrees.The syllabus requires them to have a good command of reading and writing,as well asa certai...IntroductionIn China doctoral candidates have to continue their English courses when they are working towardsdoctoral degrees.The syllabus requires them to have a good command of reading and writing,as well asa certain command of listening and speaking.In order to achieve these objectives,the English teachingfor Ph.D.students should focus on giving the students special training in the practical use of English.Careful Selection of Teaching MaterialsA textbook is an important factor in teaching,Therefore,we should be careful to choose which books weuse as our teaching materials.This means we should survey the interests of the students.Most of thedoctoral candidates have studied English for more than ten years.They are not learners at the first展开更多
Science is not an easy task to teach;it implies a comprehensive process that involves both a body of knowledge and a method of discovery.Here,we propose a oneday workshop to show how science works that we named“Chain...Science is not an easy task to teach;it implies a comprehensive process that involves both a body of knowledge and a method of discovery.Here,we propose a oneday workshop to show how science works that we named“Chain of Science”.We present experiments that were the precursors of threshold concepts,and we encourage the children to do and explain the experiments to their families in their houses.In this paper,we choose one of the four workshops we implemented from 2016 to 2019 in Guanajuato schools and present the details and results.展开更多
Purpose:This study draws on Bruno Latour's work,Down to Earth:Politics in the New Climatic Regime,to re-imagine issues of climate change in K-12 science teaching and learning."Re-turning"to a dwelling pl...Purpose:This study draws on Bruno Latour's work,Down to Earth:Politics in the New Climatic Regime,to re-imagine issues of climate change in K-12 science teaching and learning."Re-turning"to a dwelling place can become an investigation,while issues of gender,race,education,food,technology,and religion can be elicited in relation to climate change issues.This allows students to be able to map a political"geo-graphy"that would be meaningful and matter to them.Design/Approach/Methods:We apply Latour's concepts of dwelling place and geo-graphies in the teaching and learning of climate change in the secondary science classroom.Our Latourian inquiry questioned,"How do students'up-close and local-level descriptions of their dwelling place create geo-graphies that foster their understanding of the shared,inhabitable Earth and imagine an alternative way of belonging to the Earth?"Findings:By re-orienting students'thinking to be more inclusive about who has the capacity to act,we aim to make the issues of climate change local and relevant to students'everyday lives.Originality/Value:We respond to Latour's call to conceive of alternative ways of belonging to and inhabiting this world that are more ethical and responsible.展开更多
文摘To assess elementary education students’self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching,the Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument developed by Enochs and Riggs was used.The instrument consisted of two scales,Personal Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Scale and the Outcome Expectancy Scale.It was administered to 90 undergraduate university students majoring in elementary education at a large public Palestinian university.Results indicated that students’self-efficacy beliefs in science teaching were comparable to those reported in the original study by Enochs and Riggs.Overall,the participants presented moderate to high self-efficacy in science teaching.
文摘Under the background of double reduction, the education department requires teachers to improve students' core literacy in primary science teaching, which shows that developing students' core literacy can improve students' mastery of primary science theory, promote sharing of educational resources, and improve the quality and level of primary science teaching. This paper explores the strategies of primary school science core literacy teaching under the background of "double reduction", and specifically discusses them from the following four aspects: to encourage students to actively participate in scientific research activities, so as to improve students' science core literacy;to combine with the current teaching research in the field of teaching science, to encourage students to actively participate in classroom activities, to build a network education environment, to realize the mastery of scientific theory and multi-department linkage;and to invite excellent teachers from the industry to come to our school to carry out academic discussions with the aim of providing theoretical and practical reference for the relevant research in the fields of how to innovate science teaching and develop students' core literacy under the background of "double reduction".
文摘More than twenty years ago,Wuhan University and Nanjing University offered library science(LS)graduate programs.Since then,LS graduate education has been growing quickly in many aspects.At the same time,however,LS graduate education was also facing enormous challenges stemming from the dynamic development and wide applications of information technologies into the pedagogical arena of teaching and learning at all levels.Social evolution also made it necessary for LS educators to re-examine once again their graduate education model,curricular composition,educational philosophy and educational missions.In analyzing the present situation of LS graduate education in China,this paper focuses on the following issues:1)Growing size of LS graduate education(quantity and quality);2)educational objectives,including research direction and placement for graduates;3)structure of knowledge and curricular construction;4)conditions of administering a library school of high quality and 5)the management of teaching resources.The keystone of this paper is to pinpoint where current library science curricular deficiencies are lying.It is hoped that more serious scholarly discussions and perhaps also even concerted efforts among LS scholars and library practioners may be evoked in having the graduate education system of library and information science thoroughly realigned for the informational needs of the 21st century.
文摘Drama is an important area in teaching of mother tongue. It should be as important as language and literature. The teacher needs drama as a tool of motivation and as a common exercise for all pupils. In developing a new method, interview drama, the author has used design-based research telling about three samples, where there is document about its advantages. The method has been developed since 1996 and used it with several groups （adult student teachers and young pupils）. As a text the author has used fairy tales, novels, Hamlet and Kalevala. With Finnish2-students we have read Bibi Moves into Finland and writer Kari Hotakainen＇s novel Ihmisen osa （The Human Fortune）. The students have written positively about the interview drama in their learning logs. Also assessments concerning the method have been positive. It is a funny method. It is not possible to fulfill without laughter. Student teachers （n 90） evaluated the method with Likert scale 1-5. The mean was 4,00. They said： very nice; I shall use it; very useful; phantastic; very interesting; deepens the text and makes it very lively. Only a few were astonished, is it possible to use drama in the university.
文摘IntroductionIn China doctoral candidates have to continue their English courses when they are working towardsdoctoral degrees.The syllabus requires them to have a good command of reading and writing,as well asa certain command of listening and speaking.In order to achieve these objectives,the English teachingfor Ph.D.students should focus on giving the students special training in the practical use of English.Careful Selection of Teaching MaterialsA textbook is an important factor in teaching,Therefore,we should be careful to choose which books weuse as our teaching materials.This means we should survey the interests of the students.Most of thedoctoral candidates have studied English for more than ten years.They are not learners at the first
文摘Science is not an easy task to teach;it implies a comprehensive process that involves both a body of knowledge and a method of discovery.Here,we propose a oneday workshop to show how science works that we named“Chain of Science”.We present experiments that were the precursors of threshold concepts,and we encourage the children to do and explain the experiments to their families in their houses.In this paper,we choose one of the four workshops we implemented from 2016 to 2019 in Guanajuato schools and present the details and results.
文摘Purpose:This study draws on Bruno Latour's work,Down to Earth:Politics in the New Climatic Regime,to re-imagine issues of climate change in K-12 science teaching and learning."Re-turning"to a dwelling place can become an investigation,while issues of gender,race,education,food,technology,and religion can be elicited in relation to climate change issues.This allows students to be able to map a political"geo-graphy"that would be meaningful and matter to them.Design/Approach/Methods:We apply Latour's concepts of dwelling place and geo-graphies in the teaching and learning of climate change in the secondary science classroom.Our Latourian inquiry questioned,"How do students'up-close and local-level descriptions of their dwelling place create geo-graphies that foster their understanding of the shared,inhabitable Earth and imagine an alternative way of belonging to the Earth?"Findings:By re-orienting students'thinking to be more inclusive about who has the capacity to act,we aim to make the issues of climate change local and relevant to students'everyday lives.Originality/Value:We respond to Latour's call to conceive of alternative ways of belonging to and inhabiting this world that are more ethical and responsible.
