Background:With the widespread adoption of synchronous online instruction,concerns have arisen regarding teachers’professional functioning in this new context.While previous studies have extensively explored teacher ...Background:With the widespread adoption of synchronous online instruction,concerns have arisen regarding teachers’professional functioning in this new context.While previous studies have extensively explored teacher psychology,the control-value theory(CVT)provides additional insights into teachers’experiences.As limited research has specifically addressed the psychological experiences of primary school teachers in online teaching settings,this study investigated the relationships among teachers’online self-efficacy,anxiety,and engagement through the CVT framework.Methods:This study employed a quantitative research design,conducting a questionnaire survey of 1037 Chinese primary school teachers recruited through convenience and snowball sampling.Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling was first applied to validate the constructs.Subsequently,a structural equation model was developed and tested to examine the relationships between the key variables.A mediation analysis further explored the indirect effect of teacher self-efficacy on engagement through anxiety,consistent with CVT propositions.Results:Structural Equation Modelling results revealed that teachers’self-efficacy was a significant predictor of both anxiety(β=−0.165,p<0.001)and engagement(β=0.707,p<0.001).Anxiety also significantly predicted engagement(β=−0.097,p<0.001).Mediation analysis further demonstrated that anxiety partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and engagement(β=0.016).Conclusion:While anxiety can impede teachers’full engagement in online teaching,self-efficacy appears to buffer against anxiety’s negative effects,ultimately enhancing teaching effectiveness.These findings offer valuable insights for improving teachers’online teaching experiences and optimizing educational outcomes in digital environments.展开更多
This study explores the impact of generative artificial intelligence(AI)-enabled instruction on critical thinking in English essay writing among 1,050 first-year English majors across four colleges.Pedagogical strateg...This study explores the impact of generative artificial intelligence(AI)-enabled instruction on critical thinking in English essay writing among 1,050 first-year English majors across four colleges.Pedagogical strategies,including facilitating critical responses and emphasizing real-world application,are identified to enhance generative AI’s impact.Both qualitative and quantitative analyses reveal significant post-intervention improvements in critical thinking skills.This research contributes to understanding how generative AI can effectively foster critical thinking in educational settings.展开更多
Background:Resilience is crucial for medical college students to thrive in the highly stressful environment of medical education.However,the prevalence of problematic internet use(PIU)in this population may negatively...Background:Resilience is crucial for medical college students to thrive in the highly stressful environment of medical education.However,the prevalence of problematic internet use(PIU)in this population may negatively impact their resilience.This study investigated the influence of problematic online gaming(PG)and problematic social media use(PSMU)on the resilience of medical college students in China.Methods:A sample of 5075 first-year medical college students from four Chinese universities was studied.PG served as the independent variable,resilience as the dependent variable,fatigue as the mediator,and PSMU as the moderator.Structural equation modeling was conducted using LISREL 8.80.Additionally,a moderated mediation model was evaluated using the jAMM module in jamovi 2.6.13.Results:The study’s findings revealed significant negative correlations between resilience and the variables of PG,PSMU,and fatigue.Fatigue mediated the relationship between PG and resilience(B=−0.04,95%CI=[−0.05,−0.03]).PSMU moderated the direct relationship between PG and resilience with the interaction term PG×PSMU significant(B=−0.004,t=−6.501,p<0.001)and the first stage(PG→fatigue)of the mediation with PG×PSMU significant(B=0.055,t=8.351,p<0.001).The detrimental effects of PG on resilience were more pronounced among individuals with lower levels of PSMU.Conclusion:This study concluded that addressing PIU,particularly PG,is essential for fostering resilience in medical college students.While PSMU itself is maladaptive,the underlying social media engagement may serve a protective role through social support in mitigating the adverse effects of PG on resilience.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct research on the contemporary condition and the countermeasures of the higher vocational college English teaching. In the process of learning a foreign language, the different way of thinking,...In this paper, we conduct research on the contemporary condition and the countermeasures of the higher vocational college English teaching. In the process of learning a foreign language, the different way of thinking, value system, emotion and language collide with each other, to absorb and fusion, as this is a very complicated process, in which have different culture system for the complex communication and integration. Language as the carrier of culture, it is an important part of culture. As a cultural carrier of language, the content of the culture are recorded in the form of the language and only as a part of the culture, language and the culture system to coordinate and cooperate with each other to promote the continuous development of culture. With this tool, we propose the novel reform paradigm for the higher vocational colleges that will be meaningful.展开更多
The paper is intended to analyze the artistic conception of the poem--＂Anthem for Doomed Youth＂, through such four aspects as song beauty, figures of speech, images and contrasts. It is profound and far-reaching, wh...The paper is intended to analyze the artistic conception of the poem--＂Anthem for Doomed Youth＂, through such four aspects as song beauty, figures of speech, images and contrasts. It is profound and far-reaching, which expresses poet＇s anger to the war and the deep mourning for the dead, just as the author says： ＂The subject of it is war, and the pity of war.＂展开更多
English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper re...English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper reading in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges are discussed in terms of English teaching material selection＇s appropriateness, teaching 1 diversity and the major problems. The summary of experience lesson is made and teaching suggestions are put forward, which makes a constructive effect on English newspaper reading development in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges.展开更多
With the explosion of information technology, many foreign language teachers are concerned that technology will impose distance in the student-teacher relationship and both teaching and learning will suffer. To make f...With the explosion of information technology, many foreign language teachers are concerned that technology will impose distance in the student-teacher relationship and both teaching and learning will suffer. To make full use of information technology without loss of social interaction in classroom, techno-constructivism is recommended. Examples of effective implementation of techno-constructivist pedagogy in EFL teaching are given to demonstrate how to ensure effective learning.展开更多
This article examines the outcomes of the overseas experiences of Chinese visiting scholars and the implications of visiting scholar programs for faculty development at Chinese universities.On the basis of semi-struct...This article examines the outcomes of the overseas experiences of Chinese visiting scholars and the implications of visiting scholar programs for faculty development at Chinese universities.On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 17 returned Chinese visiting scholars who spent six to 12 months in a faculty of education at one of five Canadian universities,the following significant aspects of their experiences and related outcomes were highlighted:The cycle of overseas experiences and associated outcomes of Chinese visiting scholars,factors influencing the outcomes of their overseas experiences,visiting scholar programs as a type of faculty development,and China-Canada academic collaboration through visiting scholar programs.The findings support the literature-based conceptual model for investigating the experiences and outcomes of visiting scholars.In the new era of sending university faculty abroad,we suggest that visiting scholar programs should be treated as an important approach to professional development for faculty and be incorporated into a comprehensive faculty development package for Chinese university faculty.展开更多
文摘Background:With the widespread adoption of synchronous online instruction,concerns have arisen regarding teachers’professional functioning in this new context.While previous studies have extensively explored teacher psychology,the control-value theory(CVT)provides additional insights into teachers’experiences.As limited research has specifically addressed the psychological experiences of primary school teachers in online teaching settings,this study investigated the relationships among teachers’online self-efficacy,anxiety,and engagement through the CVT framework.Methods:This study employed a quantitative research design,conducting a questionnaire survey of 1037 Chinese primary school teachers recruited through convenience and snowball sampling.Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling was first applied to validate the constructs.Subsequently,a structural equation model was developed and tested to examine the relationships between the key variables.A mediation analysis further explored the indirect effect of teacher self-efficacy on engagement through anxiety,consistent with CVT propositions.Results:Structural Equation Modelling results revealed that teachers’self-efficacy was a significant predictor of both anxiety(β=−0.165,p<0.001)and engagement(β=0.707,p<0.001).Anxiety also significantly predicted engagement(β=−0.097,p<0.001).Mediation analysis further demonstrated that anxiety partially mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and engagement(β=0.016).Conclusion:While anxiety can impede teachers’full engagement in online teaching,self-efficacy appears to buffer against anxiety’s negative effects,ultimately enhancing teaching effectiveness.These findings offer valuable insights for improving teachers’online teaching experiences and optimizing educational outcomes in digital environments.
基金General Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research in Jiangsu Universities in 2024“Research on the Mining and Integration Strategy of Ideological and Political Elements in Business English Major Courses”(2024SISZ0787)。
文摘This study explores the impact of generative artificial intelligence(AI)-enabled instruction on critical thinking in English essay writing among 1,050 first-year English majors across four colleges.Pedagogical strategies,including facilitating critical responses and emphasizing real-world application,are identified to enhance generative AI’s impact.Both qualitative and quantitative analyses reveal significant post-intervention improvements in critical thinking skills.This research contributes to understanding how generative AI can effectively foster critical thinking in educational settings.
基金supported by General Education Project of the National Social Science Foundation in 2020:“Multi-Dimensional Reconstruction of Peer Review Mechanisms in the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Talents in Universities(BIA200167).”。
文摘Background:Resilience is crucial for medical college students to thrive in the highly stressful environment of medical education.However,the prevalence of problematic internet use(PIU)in this population may negatively impact their resilience.This study investigated the influence of problematic online gaming(PG)and problematic social media use(PSMU)on the resilience of medical college students in China.Methods:A sample of 5075 first-year medical college students from four Chinese universities was studied.PG served as the independent variable,resilience as the dependent variable,fatigue as the mediator,and PSMU as the moderator.Structural equation modeling was conducted using LISREL 8.80.Additionally,a moderated mediation model was evaluated using the jAMM module in jamovi 2.6.13.Results:The study’s findings revealed significant negative correlations between resilience and the variables of PG,PSMU,and fatigue.Fatigue mediated the relationship between PG and resilience(B=−0.04,95%CI=[−0.05,−0.03]).PSMU moderated the direct relationship between PG and resilience with the interaction term PG×PSMU significant(B=−0.004,t=−6.501,p<0.001)and the first stage(PG→fatigue)of the mediation with PG×PSMU significant(B=0.055,t=8.351,p<0.001).The detrimental effects of PG on resilience were more pronounced among individuals with lower levels of PSMU.Conclusion:This study concluded that addressing PIU,particularly PG,is essential for fostering resilience in medical college students.While PSMU itself is maladaptive,the underlying social media engagement may serve a protective role through social support in mitigating the adverse effects of PG on resilience.
文摘In this paper, we conduct research on the contemporary condition and the countermeasures of the higher vocational college English teaching. In the process of learning a foreign language, the different way of thinking, value system, emotion and language collide with each other, to absorb and fusion, as this is a very complicated process, in which have different culture system for the complex communication and integration. Language as the carrier of culture, it is an important part of culture. As a cultural carrier of language, the content of the culture are recorded in the form of the language and only as a part of the culture, language and the culture system to coordinate and cooperate with each other to promote the continuous development of culture. With this tool, we propose the novel reform paradigm for the higher vocational colleges that will be meaningful.
文摘The paper is intended to analyze the artistic conception of the poem--＂Anthem for Doomed Youth＂, through such four aspects as song beauty, figures of speech, images and contrasts. It is profound and far-reaching, which expresses poet＇s anger to the war and the deep mourning for the dead, just as the author says： ＂The subject of it is war, and the pity of war.＂
文摘English newspaper reading course plays a positive effects on English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges. However it does not obtain enough attention at present. The application and problems of English newspaper reading in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges are discussed in terms of English teaching material selection＇s appropriateness, teaching 1 diversity and the major problems. The summary of experience lesson is made and teaching suggestions are put forward, which makes a constructive effect on English newspaper reading development in English Teaching in Higher Vocational Colleges.
文摘With the explosion of information technology, many foreign language teachers are concerned that technology will impose distance in the student-teacher relationship and both teaching and learning will suffer. To make full use of information technology without loss of social interaction in classroom, techno-constructivism is recommended. Examples of effective implementation of techno-constructivist pedagogy in EFL teaching are given to demonstrate how to ensure effective learning.
文摘This article examines the outcomes of the overseas experiences of Chinese visiting scholars and the implications of visiting scholar programs for faculty development at Chinese universities.On the basis of semi-structured interviews with 17 returned Chinese visiting scholars who spent six to 12 months in a faculty of education at one of five Canadian universities,the following significant aspects of their experiences and related outcomes were highlighted:The cycle of overseas experiences and associated outcomes of Chinese visiting scholars,factors influencing the outcomes of their overseas experiences,visiting scholar programs as a type of faculty development,and China-Canada academic collaboration through visiting scholar programs.The findings support the literature-based conceptual model for investigating the experiences and outcomes of visiting scholars.In the new era of sending university faculty abroad,we suggest that visiting scholar programs should be treated as an important approach to professional development for faculty and be incorporated into a comprehensive faculty development package for Chinese university faculty.
