This paper aims to explore whether reflective learning ability can be fostered and nurtured with special instruction and whether it can enhance students' motivation of learning English. The experiment lasted four mon...This paper aims to explore whether reflective learning ability can be fostered and nurtured with special instruction and whether it can enhance students' motivation of learning English. The experiment lasted four months, taking two parallel classes of the sophomore students at English major in Ningbo Dahongying University as the subjects. The results show that students can raise their awareness of reflective thinking and acquire reflective learning ability with teachers' instruction, and the two reflective activities (writing reflective journals and peer-evaluation) are very effective to increase students' motivation of learning English and improve their academic performances in English study.展开更多
In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteris...In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteristic specialty, from the dimension of reviewing the problems existing in the construction, with the defects of the deliberative evaluation index as the power of the correction, on the foundation of distinguishing the necessity of the construction of the evaluation, the author u'eats the construction and the innovation as the connotation of the evaluating indexes, refers to the data for the professional evaluation as the reference model, and reconstructs the evaluation systems of the construction of the characteristic specialty.展开更多
In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteris...In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteristic specialty, from the dimension of reviewing the problems existing in the construction, with the defects of the deliberative evaluation index as the power of the correction, on the foundation of distinguishing the necessity of the construction of the evaluation, the author treats the construction and the innovation as the connotation of the evaluating indexes, refers to the data for the professional evaluation as the reference model, and reconstructs the evaluation systems of the construction of the characteristic specialty.展开更多
This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college ...This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college for Iranian women.The author decided to reflect on its mission(it had had a religious heritage),what he had hoped to accomplish,its possible role in the women’s movement and Islamic Reformist Movement,what had happened to its graduates,its teachers,and its friends and supporters.As he reflected on their achievements,he realized that their growth and advancement served as metaphors for his own personal and professional growth into an intercultural person.Because of that experience in Iran,he has dared subsequently to live in other countries and do research and teach in different cultures.He realized that Damavand,named for the highest mountain in Iran,was a symbol of reaching higher heights.Damavand College now had become a living symbol of what had developed as his research agenda in intercultural communication,leading him to years ago in Iran.He recently began his journey back in time.展开更多
文摘This paper aims to explore whether reflective learning ability can be fostered and nurtured with special instruction and whether it can enhance students' motivation of learning English. The experiment lasted four months, taking two parallel classes of the sophomore students at English major in Ningbo Dahongying University as the subjects. The results show that students can raise their awareness of reflective thinking and acquire reflective learning ability with teachers' instruction, and the two reflective activities (writing reflective journals and peer-evaluation) are very effective to increase students' motivation of learning English and improve their academic performances in English study.
文摘In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteristic specialty, from the dimension of reviewing the problems existing in the construction, with the defects of the deliberative evaluation index as the power of the correction, on the foundation of distinguishing the necessity of the construction of the evaluation, the author u'eats the construction and the innovation as the connotation of the evaluating indexes, refers to the data for the professional evaluation as the reference model, and reconstructs the evaluation systems of the construction of the characteristic specialty.
文摘In this paper, the author reflects the evaluation and appraisal systems for the construction of the characteristic specialty. Guided by the selection of the contents and the path of the construction of the characteristic specialty, from the dimension of reviewing the problems existing in the construction, with the defects of the deliberative evaluation index as the power of the correction, on the foundation of distinguishing the necessity of the construction of the evaluation, the author treats the construction and the innovation as the connotation of the evaluating indexes, refers to the data for the professional evaluation as the reference model, and reconstructs the evaluation systems of the construction of the characteristic specialty.
文摘This paper describes the author’s reflections on a personal and professional experience he had 35 years ago in Iran as President of Damavand College,Tehran,Iran from 1975-1978 to lead this young liberal arts college for Iranian women.The author decided to reflect on its mission(it had had a religious heritage),what he had hoped to accomplish,its possible role in the women’s movement and Islamic Reformist Movement,what had happened to its graduates,its teachers,and its friends and supporters.As he reflected on their achievements,he realized that their growth and advancement served as metaphors for his own personal and professional growth into an intercultural person.Because of that experience in Iran,he has dared subsequently to live in other countries and do research and teach in different cultures.He realized that Damavand,named for the highest mountain in Iran,was a symbol of reaching higher heights.Damavand College now had become a living symbol of what had developed as his research agenda in intercultural communication,leading him to years ago in Iran.He recently began his journey back in time.