This paper explores three College English teachers＇ perceived difficulties in teaching content-based courses in the Chinese context and opportunities for their change in the knowledge base. Interviews and classroom o...This paper explores three College English teachers＇ perceived difficulties in teaching content-based courses in the Chinese context and opportunities for their change in the knowledge base. Interviews and classroom observation were used to collect data. After coding and recoding of the audio data, the researcher found that College English teachers face the following difficulties： positioning of themselves, commitment to the course, students＇ expectation, the balance between language and content, and administrative support. Meanwhile, the experience of teaching content-based courses offered them an opportunity to increase their knowledge of the content, the learners, and educational values. Some implications for CBI （content-based instruction） in curriculum reform were put forward at the end of the paper.展开更多
As the basic course of the five-year higher vocational education, both teachers and students have been spending a great deal of efforts on English, but the effect is still unsuccessful. On the basis of many educators...As the basic course of the five-year higher vocational education, both teachers and students have been spending a great deal of efforts on English, but the effect is still unsuccessful. On the basis of many educators＇ researches in English teaching, the author presents the problems which associate with our real situation and analyzes the reasons of these problems. Then, aiming at the problems, the author takes measures in teaching reforms and researches on teaching reflections.展开更多
Dynamics is the foundation of undergraduate study in mechanical engineering. If you are good in dynamics, you will be good on all other courses. Advanced dynamics is the foundation for graduate study. The author taugh...Dynamics is the foundation of undergraduate study in mechanical engineering. If you are good in dynamics, you will be good on all other courses. Advanced dynamics is the foundation for graduate study. The author taught advanced dynamics for more than ten years, this is the author＇s observation. Why it is so？ Because the course of advanced dynamics covers usually many mathematical fundamentals such as vectors, tensors, matrices and rotation operators; principles and applications in dynamics from particle dynamics to rigid body motion, from small oscillation to vibration of systems with multiple degrees of freedom, the author＇s course covers also special relativity theory. They are very innovative. And they set the foundation for the study of all the graduate courses. Science is always in progress, dynamics is in the same form. Just say a few examples to illustrate the frontier of dynamics： missile shooting missile is important in our defense, the author covered this as an example in particle dynamics. Space ship travels from Earth to Mars is another example. Several rotational motions with different axes can be combined to one through the use of rotation operator. This is important because it usually can save time. All these examples will be included in this paper in some details.展开更多
文摘This paper explores three College English teachers＇ perceived difficulties in teaching content-based courses in the Chinese context and opportunities for their change in the knowledge base. Interviews and classroom observation were used to collect data. After coding and recoding of the audio data, the researcher found that College English teachers face the following difficulties： positioning of themselves, commitment to the course, students＇ expectation, the balance between language and content, and administrative support. Meanwhile, the experience of teaching content-based courses offered them an opportunity to increase their knowledge of the content, the learners, and educational values. Some implications for CBI （content-based instruction） in curriculum reform were put forward at the end of the paper.
文摘As the basic course of the five-year higher vocational education, both teachers and students have been spending a great deal of efforts on English, but the effect is still unsuccessful. On the basis of many educators＇ researches in English teaching, the author presents the problems which associate with our real situation and analyzes the reasons of these problems. Then, aiming at the problems, the author takes measures in teaching reforms and researches on teaching reflections.
文摘Dynamics is the foundation of undergraduate study in mechanical engineering. If you are good in dynamics, you will be good on all other courses. Advanced dynamics is the foundation for graduate study. The author taught advanced dynamics for more than ten years, this is the author＇s observation. Why it is so？ Because the course of advanced dynamics covers usually many mathematical fundamentals such as vectors, tensors, matrices and rotation operators; principles and applications in dynamics from particle dynamics to rigid body motion, from small oscillation to vibration of systems with multiple degrees of freedom, the author＇s course covers also special relativity theory. They are very innovative. And they set the foundation for the study of all the graduate courses. Science is always in progress, dynamics is in the same form. Just say a few examples to illustrate the frontier of dynamics： missile shooting missile is important in our defense, the author covered this as an example in particle dynamics. Space ship travels from Earth to Mars is another example. Several rotational motions with different axes can be combined to one through the use of rotation operator. This is important because it usually can save time. All these examples will be included in this paper in some details.
