An Assessment of English Instruction for Elementary-Level Students in Jeddah Governorate, as Perceived by English Supervisors and Educators

This study investigated the perceptions of English educators and supervisors in Jeddah Governorate regarding the process of teaching English to elementary students.A survey was conducted using a sample size of 94 educators and 10 supervisors.The data indicate that respondents considered English instruction at the elementary level essential for expanding kids’perspectives,improving academic performance,and promoting international involvement.The main advantages cited are the development of English language skills and the promotion of early education.Although not as easily noticeable,the disadvantages include potential negative impacts on an individual’s proficiency in Arabic and their sense of national identification.The highlighted challenges encompass insufficient teacher training,student reluctance towards English,limited resources,and school disparities.The proposed techniques focused on prioritizing English instructors’training,ensuring the use of appropriate content,utilizing technology,and promoting awareness of students and educators.The current research found different obstacles in teaching English at elementary stages.To overcome these obstacles,it will be essential to enhance teacher competencies,develop efficient teaching methods,get the backing of stakeholders,assign adequate resources,and carry out continuous evaluations.Further research can also contribute to a better understanding of how early English learning impacts on Arabic identity and proficiency.

Chinese EFL Teachers' Attitudes toward Corpus Use in Collocation Instruction

The purpose of the present study was to investigate Chinese EFL(English as a Foreign Language)teachers’attitudes toward corpus use in collocation instruction.Fourteen Chinese EFL teachers from seven different colleges or universities answered a questionnaire asking their perceptions about corpus use in collocation instruction.The statistical analysis revealed that significant difference(t=2.449,df.=9,p=.037<0.1)was found between males and females in their perception of the learnability of the searching technique in collocation corpus.Besides,the result also revealed that significant differences were found between novice and experienced teachers’perception of helpfulness of corpus in writing native-like sentences(t=5.75,df=11,p<0.1),identifying collocation errors in English(t=5.75,df=11,p<0.1),usefulness of corpus in searching for English collocations(t=2.93,df=12,p<0.1),and advocacy of corpus to colleagues(t=5.75,df=11,p<0.1).Finally,some pedagogical implications were put forward.

A Study on the Model of Teachers’ Instructional Intervention in Trilingual Teaching Based on the Law of Mother Tongue Acquisition

The research on Trilingual Teaching Model in ethnic areas has become a hot spot.By analyzing the data of the questionnaire,this paper discusses the teachers’instructional intervention model,based on the law of mother tongue acquisition.Trilingual teachers should highlight the role of reading in vocabulary learning and even in improving reading ability.The law of mother tongue acquisition can be one of the main strategies to solve the problems in Tibetan students’English learning.

Changes in Practicing Teachers’ Self Efficacy in Teaching Scientific Inquiry

Teacher self-efficacy is an important predictor in teacher’s professional career for inquiry-based instruction.This study investigated the factors(gender,educational level,and teaching experience)associated with science teachers’self-efficacy in instructional strategies,classroom management,and student engagement in teaching scientific inquiry.A questionnaire was used for data collection from 47 practicing teachers in state schools in 2018.A General Linear Model(GLM)Univariate analysis using SPSS 21.00 programme was used for data analysis.Fact findings revealed that mean perceived self-efficacy in inquiry-based instruction was considerably high irrespective of gender,education level,and teaching experience.Neither teacher self-efficacy in student engagement nor classroom management did not show statistically significant difference according to gender,education level,and teaching experience.However,results concluded that science teaching experience was a significant predictor of self-efficacy in instructional strategies of inquiry-based instruction.

Teachers' Perspective on Language Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition

"Teaching how to learn"has become very popular nowadays,and it is also very important to explore language learn ing strategies(LLS) in second language acquisition(SLA). Teachers' perspective will greatly affect the result of strategy instruction and training and how to help students acquire second language effectively is worthy researching.

Co-teaching:The Challenges and Practice Strategies for Co-teachers

Co-teaching, an approach, provides professional instructions for students with disabilities served by a cooperation by a general education teacher and a special education teacher. This paper offers a brief overview of practical techniques and strategies drawn from different kinds of articles that are designed to support co-teachers as they are working with children and partners.

住院医师规范化培训师资队伍能力提升路径探讨

住院医师规范化培训(简称“住培”)指导医师的综合能力和素质是培养优秀住院医师的重要保障,也是影响住培质量的关键要素。随着我国住培管理制度的不断完善,住培师资队伍能力提升最主要的途径已不仅限于师资培训,骨干师资培育计划也逐渐成为高效提升住培师资能力的创新途径。骨干师资培育计划将住培师资培养目标进行了更加细致的划分,指导医师以自身教学业绩及教学能力水平等为基础,通过开展一系列的教学活动逐步提高综合教学能力。教学管理部门组织专家通过遴选体系、培训体系、考核体系对骨干师资培育对象进行严格的三级培育体系管理,严把入口、过程、出口三个关键环节,强调过程管理和目标考核,并引入住培督导反馈机制,同时配套资助及激励政策。骨干师资培育计划的开展探索了住培师资队伍建设的新途径,对逐步分层次提升住培师资能力提供新的思路。

基于模糊综合评判的住院医师规范化培训带教质量评价

带教质量直接影响住院医师规范化培训工作中最终输出人才的质量,对带教质量进行合理、有效的评价,是提升住院医师规范化培训质量、完善住院医师规范化培训制度的重要保证。针对住院医师规范化培训工作中带教质量评价因素的复杂性、模糊性以及定性指标难以量化的问题,提出一种基于模糊综合评判的带教质量评价方法。首先,进行一级评判,通过确定因素集、评价集,进行单因素评价,再确定各因素的权重,进行综合评价;其次,进行二级或多级综合评判,构建基于模糊综合评判的带教质量评价模型;最后,通过带教质量的模糊综合评价实例,对带教质量的评价方法进行研究。

网络名师工作室的内涵与使命:引领教育适应新常态

以2020年春季为分水岭,教育领域正在从线下教学常态向混合教学新常态转型,为了探索转型后的教学样态,我国加强了基层教学组织的建设。网络名师工作室就是在网络学习空间与实体学习空间共同存在的背景下,为适应教学变革的现实需求,由具有独特的空间思维与空间应用专长的教学名师领衔所建立的、率先开展新质教育研究与实践的教师专业成长共同体。通过梳理当前的工作室建设过程中存在的窘境,并结合对江苏地区已经建立的网络名师工作室的调研分析,研究提出,网络名师工作室应当率先思考如何顺应混合教学的现实存在,如何形成基于数据的教学决策,如何组织适应个性的教学活动,并将信息化教学变革作为关键任务。工作室不同于一般的基层教学组织,需要更加强调事务的“实”、问题的“真”、过程的“活”,文章还就如何发挥工作室的三大效应进行了分析,并对未来发展进行了思考。

高校初任教师教学能力提升类MOOC学习意愿研究

教学能力提升类MOOC有助于高校初任教师实现终身学习并更好地适应信息化教学,教师愿意学习是MOOC发挥作用的前提,而我国高校初任教师的学习意愿并不清晰。基于43所高校157名初任教师的问卷调查,采用UTAUT模型分析教学能力提升类MOOC的学习意愿及其影响因素,结果表明:目前有44.59%的高校初任教师已经学习过教学能力提升类MOOC,超3/4的高校初任教师有学习教学能力提升类MOOC的意愿,学习意愿受到绩效期望、付出期望、社会影响的正向影响且影响程度依次递减,学习意愿转化为学习行为还面临科研、教学任务重等障碍。因此,高校应优化教学能力提升类MOOC及MOOC平台设计,并在新教师培训中纳入教学能力提升类MOOC,而“工学矛盾”的解决有待顶层设计的完善和高校理念的转变。

建国初期徐中玉先生的文学教育理念——聚焦1954年《论文艺教学和语文问题》

徐中玉先生于建国初期植根于新中国的现实语境,在此基础上借鉴苏联语文教学的先进经验,从而对新中国的语文教育进行深度思考与探究。其中,以文艺教学和语文问题的关系为中心,对于语文阅读教学的教学方法、教学设计、教学内容提出诸多创见性的阐释,集中呈现在1954年6月由上海东方书店出版的《论文艺教学和语文问题》的专著里。徐中玉先生围绕文艺教学和语文问题的关系,聚焦语文阅读教学展开的多维度思考,实为追问文学育人的最终旨归。

Unpacking the Relationship Between Teachers’Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities and Differentiated Instruction Practice

Purpose:This exploratory study investigates the relationship between teachers’perceptions of professional learning communities(PLCs)and their differentiated instruction(DI)practice in a Hong Kong primary education context.Design/Approach/Methods:Three subsidized primary schools participated in the study.A total of 121 teachers completed surveys regarding their perceptions of PLC engagement and DI practice.Findings:Using principal component analysis,three dimensions of PLC engagement were identified:student learning,reflective dialogue,and shared and supportive leadership.Two distinctive PLC engagement profiles were generated based on cluster analysis:high PLC engagement and low PLC engagement.Teachers’PLC engagement profiles were correlated with their DI practices.Originality/Value:The findings have implications for fostering teacher engagement in PLCs.Increased teacher participation in PLCs has great potential for promoting the use of DI.

Can Increasing Teachers’Teaching Autonomy Help Improve Instructional Quality?-Based on the Results of TALIS 2018

Teaching autonomy is an important power of teachers as professionals and also a key factor affecting instructional quality.Based on the relevant data of the Teaching and Learning International Survey(TALIS)2018,this study analyzes teachers’teaching autonomy and its effect on instructional quality.It finds that,firstly,as compared to those in the countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD),teachers in Shanghai,China,have greater teaching autonomy,but there is still room for improvement in this regard.They have sufficient autonomy in determining the instructional content and disciplining students,but not in assessing students’learning.Secondly,increasing the teaching autonomy in Shanghai can significantly improve instructional quality.Increasing their autonomy in assessing students’learning has the greatest effect on improving instructional quality,while increasing the autonomy in choosing teaching methods has the least effect,which is culturally different from the situation in OECD countries.Thirdly,the influence of teaching autonomy on instructional quality is positively moderated by teaching efficacy,which means that teachers need to have the“ability”in addition to the“autonomy.”Based on this,suggestions are also made.

智慧环境下的“U-S双师”课堂:设计、实施与评价

为破解教师教育者缺乏中小学教学经验、师范生在真实情境中实践机会有限等问题,文章基于协同创新和深度学习理论,系统构建了智慧环境下的“U-S双师”课堂教学设计框架,提出网络直播、真情境教学和课例展示三种双师课堂实施路径以及表现性评价设计步骤,并将其用于实践,开展行动研究。文章认为,智慧环境下的“U-S双师”课堂具有师生协同的互惠性、教学过程的进阶性和学习环境的智能性,是高校教师教育者与中小学教师共同开发课程内容,通过线上线下联袂执教或线下共同教学等形式,为师范生提供多元参与体验和个性化指导机会,促进师范生知识迁移、问题解决和实践创新的一种课堂形态。实践表明,师范生肯定“U-S双师”课堂的教育价值,能够积极参与并顺利完成学习任务,获得较为扎实的数学教学知识,形成创新思维能力和自我发展能力,但是评课交流方面的高阶思维能力亟待加强。

基于BOPPPS微格教学视频的培训效果量化评价研究

针对高校新教师培训中对参训教师的教学技能提升情况评价不够精准的问题,提出了以BOPPPS微格视频为对象的培训效果量化评价模型。首先通过层次分析法对BOPPPS教学模式进行分析,形成了包括6个一级指标和24个二级指标在内的评价等级。然后引入马尔可夫链,得到参训教师两次BOPPPS微课实践的各个等级数量、等级比例以及状态转移来构建评价培训效果的量化评价模型。最后利用该模型对参训教师的培训效果进行实证分析。结果表明,该模型能够很好地对参训教师的教学技能提升情况给出精准评价。

中小学教师教学领导力评价指标体系的构建与应用

教师的教学领导力是教师进行教学领导活动应具备的基本能力,教师教学领导力测评则是引导和发展教师教学领导力的关键举措。有鉴于此,本研究通过质性访谈厘清了中小学教师教学领导力的内涵,并运用专家咨询法、层次分析法构建了包括4个一级指标(教学领导认知力、学习目标规划力、教学活动引导力、教学领导评价力)、9个二级指标和21个三级指标在内的中小学教师教学领导力评价指标体系。通过实际应用,发现当前中小学教师的教学领导力水平总体良好,但在不同性别、教龄、职称等方面存在显著差异。

“双高”建设背景下教师考核评价体系构建与应用研究——以江西陶瓷工艺美术职业技术学院为例

教师考核评价改革是“双高”建设的重要内容,是落实《深化新时代教育评价改革总体方案》的重要举措,更是发挥教育评价指挥棒作用的重要实践。本文以江西陶瓷工艺美术职业技术学院为例,从高职教师考核评价体系构建及其优化创新、高职教师考核评价体系运行实施机制构建、实践成效三个方面从理论到实践全面阐述了教师考评机制改革进程,以期为其他院校提供参考和借鉴。

高校英语对话式日志写作的教育教学意义探究

对话式日志写作是一种自由写作形式,是写作课程或语言学习课程常用的教学活动。近几十年来,国内外学界对对话式日志写作做了不少研究,并发现持续的写作训练对不同年龄的学生,以及对英语为母语或外语的学生都具有积极作用。笔者在教学实践中发现,对话式日志写作不仅有助于提升学生的英语写作能力,还具有独特的教育功能。本研究通过分析学生写作,探究学生在对话式日志写作中展现的思想活动及思维能力的发展。对话式日志写作能促进师生互动。教师反馈在促进学生英语写作能力发展的同时,发挥教书育人、教育立德树人的重要作用。