Initial teacher preparation and teachers’ continuing professional development are two significant pillars of the teacher education enterprise. The former encompasses a wide range of teachereducation initiatives at th...Initial teacher preparation and teachers’ continuing professional development are two significant pillars of the teacher education enterprise. The former encompasses a wide range of teachereducation initiatives at the levels of diploma, bachelor’s degree, postgraduate diploma, and even master’s degree for teacher licensure purposes. These are widely documented in the literature.What is important is how teacher professional development contributes to bolstering the teachereducator force, which is relatively insufficiently documented due to the very fact that different educational systems have somewhat different expectations of such programs in relation to the ideologies and theories underpinning the teacher professional development program design and curriculum offering. Taking stock of a postgraduate diploma program in English language teaching(PGDELT) for teachers’ continuing professional development with a 31-year history housed at a premier teacher education institution in Singapore, which has successfully graduated over 1, 000 English language teachers for colleges and universities in China, I intend to highlight some of its key features, as a former student and then a lecturer on the program, in order to draw implications for sustainable growth of language teacher education programs, especially those whose main purposes are to prepare teachers of English as a second or foreign language(ESL/EFL) and provide continuing professional development opportunities for such inservice teachers.展开更多
Colleges and universities, as important educational institutions of training professional personnel, should make a change to the curriculum setting along with the changed demands of market on personnel. In this proces...Colleges and universities, as important educational institutions of training professional personnel, should make a change to the curriculum setting along with the changed demands of market on personnel. In this process, art can be used by them as a key course in teaching. On the one hand, the improvement of art education in colleges and universities can provide students with increasingly more learning opportunities in professional learning, so that the professional quality of students can be promoted to reach a corresponding level in a certain period. On the other hand, art education has exerted a variety of positive roles in promoting the construction of campus culture, and especially has promoted the students in colleges and universities to get objective cultural knowledge in ideology. Therefore, this is analyzed by the author in this paper.展开更多
The theoretical courses are very important for the students in the postgraduate phase because the students must have a good command of the theories and principles of the field to do their own research later. However, ...The theoretical courses are very important for the students in the postgraduate phase because the students must have a good command of the theories and principles of the field to do their own research later. However, the issue of how to teach English major graduates theoretical courses effectively is the big headache both for teachers and students of English to tackle. The paper aims to introduce an integrated method of teaching English theoretical courses adopted by a teacher in Foreign Language School of Xi'an Jiaotong University who taught ETTM course (English Teaching Theory and Methodology course). And the method has employed the collaborative learning strategy and through a survey conducted among the students attended the course, and we find that the method has gained some effective teaching results. And the author of the paper also hopes that more attention should be paid to the probing better ways of teaching theoretical and specialty courses to English major graduates.展开更多
Online teaching is an effective means and the inevitable trend of the development of modern education, its shared educational resources, to expand the scale of education to improve educational efficiency; build a life...Online teaching is an effective means and the inevitable trend of the development of modern education, its shared educational resources, to expand the scale of education to improve educational efficiency; build a lifelong education system plays an important role. In this paper, by analyzing the common feature of database system and network courses, it proposes a network-based database technology curriculum design and fabrication methods and principles, to make the curriculum from web centric processing teaching content production to around a shared database of teaching resource center changes.展开更多
through the teaching design of online course quality and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. The pr...through the teaching design of online course quality and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. The proposed resource-based learning teaching design network course should adapt to the application mode of network teaching and traditional classroom combination; will provide teaching demonstration, teaching content self testing evaluation for students, and to provide jobs for teachers management, online Q & A, BBS, database and knowledge construction and other functions, greatly improving the efficiency of teaching "excellent course" .展开更多
The UNEXPO (National Experimental Polytechnic University) system is a public institution dedicated to teaching and researching in engineering area. It was formed to bring together three main institutes located in Ve...The UNEXPO (National Experimental Polytechnic University) system is a public institution dedicated to teaching and researching in engineering area. It was formed to bring together three main institutes located in Venezuelan cities and three more institutes located in rural areas, so that to collectively and collaboratively serve the regions in optimal ways. The academic activity started in 1982 graduating engineers and technicians, although less effort has shown by authorities to develop programs in graduate engineering areas. A proposal for designing a structured graduate program is presented. The structured program presented, will hopefully set the basis to develop graduate and doctoral studies in engineering and related areas to the whole university system, and to achieve academic and social development to the country.展开更多
through the design of teaching aerobics web-based course and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/ S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. T...through the design of teaching aerobics web-based course and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/ S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. This paper presents the resource based learning aerobics teaching design network course should adapt to the application mode of network teaching and traditional classroom combination; that will provide teaching demonstration, teaching contents for students as well as the function of self testing evaluation and provide the job management, teacher online Q & A, database and knowledge base construction, greatly improving the "aerobics" teaching efficiency.展开更多
Summarize the value of current assessment method college course assessment in fashion engineering major, ensure the of professional course and existing problems, discuss how to innovate fashion engineering major build...Summarize the value of current assessment method college course assessment in fashion engineering major, ensure the of professional course and existing problems, discuss how to innovate fashion engineering major build the training method to nurture talents with practical and innovative abilities, improve the innovative ability of college students comprehensively, and promote the long-term de-velopment of college fashion engineering major by analyzing the college course assessment in fashion engineering.展开更多
College English translation teaching is an important part of college English teaching. It is the principal way to train translators. However, there are too many problems in the process of college English translation t...College English translation teaching is an important part of college English teaching. It is the principal way to train translators. However, there are too many problems in the process of college English translation teaching and it is really out-dated. Therefore, it is a must to improve college English translation teaching, complete the teaching contents, improve the curriculum provision, explore positive teaching modes, intensify the training of the teachers and enhance the students translation skills, so that the colleges could provide highly-qualified translators for the society展开更多
Consciousness is the main quality one can ask architecture students. Consciousness means the ability to recognize that the design process is a "problem solving" activity and not an exercise of uncontrolled imaginati...Consciousness is the main quality one can ask architecture students. Consciousness means the ability to recognize that the design process is a "problem solving" activity and not an exercise of uncontrolled imagination. In architectural education, small structures are a common subject in American and European universities where the inductive teaching is practiced routinely. This teaching experiment is developed within a design studio course in the second year of an architecture degree course and regards design and construction of a small bridge l:l scale. The exercises focus on the role of structural behaviour within architectural design. The teaching method contributes to the perception of the great complexity of the design process, to the acquisition of an attitude of prudence in design choices and to attention to detail in the development of creativity.展开更多
An attempt study of fine course construction strategy of modern education technology, Starting from the modern education technology professional career goals, while, in curriculum setting, highlights the profession'...An attempt study of fine course construction strategy of modern education technology, Starting from the modern education technology professional career goals, while, in curriculum setting, highlights the profession' s "Normal" , and "technical" and "managerial" character. And fully reflect the characteristics of higher vocational college and strengthen the ability of students to achieve a to job competency-based, employment-oriented training model. Through the construction of the core curriculum system, cultivating high-quality skilled training objectives Normal talents.展开更多
Curriculum system construction is the core of talent training plan and the key to school operations.This article carried on a more in-depth study and discussion to biological curriculum system construction project,des...Curriculum system construction is the core of talent training plan and the key to school operations.This article carried on a more in-depth study and discussion to biological curriculum system construction project,described the four aspects characteristics of the curriculum,and discussed in the course of system integration, comprehensive and updated curriculum, bilingual education and the strengthening of the four areas to carry out comprehensive, innovative experiments.展开更多
Basic courses are responsible for the cultivation of integrative qualities, which is a guarantee of the long-term sustainable development for the students.However, they are now challenged by the specialized courses in...Basic courses are responsible for the cultivation of integrative qualities, which is a guarantee of the long-term sustainable development for the students.However, they are now challenged by the specialized courses in Chinese colleges.This essay first analyzes the current situation of the provision of basic courses in higher vocational colleges of China, then expounds the requirements of qualities cultivation of enterprises, and at last centers on the basic courses system construction in higher vocational colleges on orientation of qualities cultivation.展开更多
Many higher education institutions around the world have established quality control systems to maintain standards. This study reports on the issue of comparing English language curricula by means of an institutional ...Many higher education institutions around the world have established quality control systems to maintain standards. This study reports on the issue of comparing English language curricula by means of an institutional review in a northeast province in China in 2012. The study was essentially a qualitative inquiry with data collected online through documents submitted by the institutions and through semi-structured follow-up interviews. Thirty-seven participants from 12 institutions participated in the study. Research findings indicated that curriculum orientations varied across institutions and were reflected in their curriculum designs. Such a modus operandi, it is anticipated, may shed useful light on the understanding of curriculum reform currently being conducted in China in light of the rising demand for, and the needs of, internationalized and localized curricula, as well as providing an understanding of curricula at various institutions.展开更多
This article relates and reflects on my teaching experience spanning from spring 2009 through spring 2013, when I was engaged in constructing and reconstructing a course called "Reading Bestsellers." Principles were...This article relates and reflects on my teaching experience spanning from spring 2009 through spring 2013, when I was engaged in constructing and reconstructing a course called "Reading Bestsellers." Principles were altered for the course design virtually each semester, starting from an attempt to offer variety in readings, undergoing a plan to downsize the reading list for neatness, and then a challenge to seek a balance between fiction and nonfiction. Despite the change of the principles, one principle has remained unchanged-the overarching principle of trial and error. Given this general guidance, I have reconstructed the course with a choice of high-end bestsellers. I have become aware that there should have been less concern about the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction than about the need to defy narrow categorization whenever necessary. Academic neatness may be desirable but impossible to tackle in-between intricacy, which proves to be the essence of life, and for that matter, the very essence of literature.展开更多
文摘Initial teacher preparation and teachers’ continuing professional development are two significant pillars of the teacher education enterprise. The former encompasses a wide range of teachereducation initiatives at the levels of diploma, bachelor’s degree, postgraduate diploma, and even master’s degree for teacher licensure purposes. These are widely documented in the literature.What is important is how teacher professional development contributes to bolstering the teachereducator force, which is relatively insufficiently documented due to the very fact that different educational systems have somewhat different expectations of such programs in relation to the ideologies and theories underpinning the teacher professional development program design and curriculum offering. Taking stock of a postgraduate diploma program in English language teaching(PGDELT) for teachers’ continuing professional development with a 31-year history housed at a premier teacher education institution in Singapore, which has successfully graduated over 1, 000 English language teachers for colleges and universities in China, I intend to highlight some of its key features, as a former student and then a lecturer on the program, in order to draw implications for sustainable growth of language teacher education programs, especially those whose main purposes are to prepare teachers of English as a second or foreign language(ESL/EFL) and provide continuing professional development opportunities for such inservice teachers.
文摘Colleges and universities, as important educational institutions of training professional personnel, should make a change to the curriculum setting along with the changed demands of market on personnel. In this process, art can be used by them as a key course in teaching. On the one hand, the improvement of art education in colleges and universities can provide students with increasingly more learning opportunities in professional learning, so that the professional quality of students can be promoted to reach a corresponding level in a certain period. On the other hand, art education has exerted a variety of positive roles in promoting the construction of campus culture, and especially has promoted the students in colleges and universities to get objective cultural knowledge in ideology. Therefore, this is analyzed by the author in this paper.
文摘The theoretical courses are very important for the students in the postgraduate phase because the students must have a good command of the theories and principles of the field to do their own research later. However, the issue of how to teach English major graduates theoretical courses effectively is the big headache both for teachers and students of English to tackle. The paper aims to introduce an integrated method of teaching English theoretical courses adopted by a teacher in Foreign Language School of Xi'an Jiaotong University who taught ETTM course (English Teaching Theory and Methodology course). And the method has employed the collaborative learning strategy and through a survey conducted among the students attended the course, and we find that the method has gained some effective teaching results. And the author of the paper also hopes that more attention should be paid to the probing better ways of teaching theoretical and specialty courses to English major graduates.
文摘Online teaching is an effective means and the inevitable trend of the development of modern education, its shared educational resources, to expand the scale of education to improve educational efficiency; build a lifelong education system plays an important role. In this paper, by analyzing the common feature of database system and network courses, it proposes a network-based database technology curriculum design and fabrication methods and principles, to make the curriculum from web centric processing teaching content production to around a shared database of teaching resource center changes.
文摘through the teaching design of online course quality and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. The proposed resource-based learning teaching design network course should adapt to the application mode of network teaching and traditional classroom combination; will provide teaching demonstration, teaching content self testing evaluation for students, and to provide jobs for teachers management, online Q & A, BBS, database and knowledge construction and other functions, greatly improving the efficiency of teaching "excellent course" .
文摘The UNEXPO (National Experimental Polytechnic University) system is a public institution dedicated to teaching and researching in engineering area. It was formed to bring together three main institutes located in Venezuelan cities and three more institutes located in rural areas, so that to collectively and collaboratively serve the regions in optimal ways. The academic activity started in 1982 graduating engineers and technicians, although less effort has shown by authorities to develop programs in graduate engineering areas. A proposal for designing a structured graduate program is presented. The structured program presented, will hopefully set the basis to develop graduate and doctoral studies in engineering and related areas to the whole university system, and to achieve academic and social development to the country.
文摘through the design of teaching aerobics web-based course and application practice, the instructional design process based on B/ S learning are analyzed, and discusses several key problems in the design and teaching. This paper presents the resource based learning aerobics teaching design network course should adapt to the application mode of network teaching and traditional classroom combination; that will provide teaching demonstration, teaching contents for students as well as the function of self testing evaluation and provide the job management, teacher online Q & A, database and knowledge base construction, greatly improving the "aerobics" teaching efficiency.
文摘Summarize the value of current assessment method college course assessment in fashion engineering major, ensure the of professional course and existing problems, discuss how to innovate fashion engineering major build the training method to nurture talents with practical and innovative abilities, improve the innovative ability of college students comprehensively, and promote the long-term de-velopment of college fashion engineering major by analyzing the college course assessment in fashion engineering.
文摘College English translation teaching is an important part of college English teaching. It is the principal way to train translators. However, there are too many problems in the process of college English translation teaching and it is really out-dated. Therefore, it is a must to improve college English translation teaching, complete the teaching contents, improve the curriculum provision, explore positive teaching modes, intensify the training of the teachers and enhance the students translation skills, so that the colleges could provide highly-qualified translators for the society
文摘Consciousness is the main quality one can ask architecture students. Consciousness means the ability to recognize that the design process is a "problem solving" activity and not an exercise of uncontrolled imagination. In architectural education, small structures are a common subject in American and European universities where the inductive teaching is practiced routinely. This teaching experiment is developed within a design studio course in the second year of an architecture degree course and regards design and construction of a small bridge l:l scale. The exercises focus on the role of structural behaviour within architectural design. The teaching method contributes to the perception of the great complexity of the design process, to the acquisition of an attitude of prudence in design choices and to attention to detail in the development of creativity.
文摘An attempt study of fine course construction strategy of modern education technology, Starting from the modern education technology professional career goals, while, in curriculum setting, highlights the profession' s "Normal" , and "technical" and "managerial" character. And fully reflect the characteristics of higher vocational college and strengthen the ability of students to achieve a to job competency-based, employment-oriented training model. Through the construction of the core curriculum system, cultivating high-quality skilled training objectives Normal talents.
文摘Curriculum system construction is the core of talent training plan and the key to school operations.This article carried on a more in-depth study and discussion to biological curriculum system construction project,described the four aspects characteristics of the curriculum,and discussed in the course of system integration, comprehensive and updated curriculum, bilingual education and the strengthening of the four areas to carry out comprehensive, innovative experiments.
文摘Basic courses are responsible for the cultivation of integrative qualities, which is a guarantee of the long-term sustainable development for the students.However, they are now challenged by the specialized courses in Chinese colleges.This essay first analyzes the current situation of the provision of basic courses in higher vocational colleges of China, then expounds the requirements of qualities cultivation of enterprises, and at last centers on the basic courses system construction in higher vocational colleges on orientation of qualities cultivation.
基金the project of the Education University of Hong Kong "Investigating and Comparing English Departments in Institutional Reviews: Developing a Measure for Meaningful Comparisons" funded by the Education University of Hong Kongthe Key Project of the National Social Science "Corpus-based Criterial Featured Parameter Study of College English Language Competence" (13AYY005) funded by theNational Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science
文摘Many higher education institutions around the world have established quality control systems to maintain standards. This study reports on the issue of comparing English language curricula by means of an institutional review in a northeast province in China in 2012. The study was essentially a qualitative inquiry with data collected online through documents submitted by the institutions and through semi-structured follow-up interviews. Thirty-seven participants from 12 institutions participated in the study. Research findings indicated that curriculum orientations varied across institutions and were reflected in their curriculum designs. Such a modus operandi, it is anticipated, may shed useful light on the understanding of curriculum reform currently being conducted in China in light of the rising demand for, and the needs of, internationalized and localized curricula, as well as providing an understanding of curricula at various institutions.
文摘This article relates and reflects on my teaching experience spanning from spring 2009 through spring 2013, when I was engaged in constructing and reconstructing a course called "Reading Bestsellers." Principles were altered for the course design virtually each semester, starting from an attempt to offer variety in readings, undergoing a plan to downsize the reading list for neatness, and then a challenge to seek a balance between fiction and nonfiction. Despite the change of the principles, one principle has remained unchanged-the overarching principle of trial and error. Given this general guidance, I have reconstructed the course with a choice of high-end bestsellers. I have become aware that there should have been less concern about the boundaries between fiction and nonfiction than about the need to defy narrow categorization whenever necessary. Academic neatness may be desirable but impossible to tackle in-between intricacy, which proves to be the essence of life, and for that matter, the very essence of literature.