Edutainment,in the kindergarten education stage,emphasizes the game as the basic activity and combines the content of education with the form of the game,thus it also forms the educational method of gamification teach...Edutainment,in the kindergarten education stage,emphasizes the game as the basic activity and combines the content of education with the form of the game,thus it also forms the educational method of gamification teaching.Through investigation and analysis,it is found that the current kindergarten game activity design has the problem of improper combination of educational content and game form.The current kindergarten game activity design has problems such as stereotypes,children’s lack of active learning opportunities in activities,teachers’insufficient theoretical understanding,inappropriate teacher guidance methods,and so on.Embodied cognition theory attaches importance to the important role of the body in the development of cognition,provides new guidance for classroom teaching,and opens up a new path for classroom teaching reform.Based on the perspective of embodied cognition theory,the concept of body and mind integration should be adhered to in kindergarten teaching with games as the basic activity,experiential teaching situation should be created,children’s subjective experience should be respected,and games and interactions should be designed to promote children’s physical and mental participation,thus laying a foundation for the realization of children’s individual freedom,autonomy,and all-round development.Therefore,this paper aims at the existing problems in the current kindergarten gamification teaching and discusses the design strategy of children’s game activities based on embodied cognition theory.展开更多
By briefing history and current situation of researches,designs and construction of children’s outdoor play areas in the United States and Japan,and legislative framework of children’s welfare in the United Nations ...By briefing history and current situation of researches,designs and construction of children’s outdoor play areas in the United States and Japan,and legislative framework of children’s welfare in the United Nations and developed countries,the relationship between sound relationship and Children’s outdoor play areas was elaborated.Suggestions were given for the development of childrens’outdoor spaces in China.展开更多
The future of a country and society belongs to children and youngsters. As a primary school teacher, I keenly feel the need to educate our children in human rights, so that they will develop in an all-round way, moral...The future of a country and society belongs to children and youngsters. As a primary school teacher, I keenly feel the need to educate our children in human rights, so that they will develop in an all-round way, morally, intellectually and physically. Over the past few yeas, I have tried to incorporate education in human rights into activities in展开更多
The character of Hamlet is evidently designed by its illustrious author as a picture of an amiable prince, an affectionate son, a fast friend, and a fine gentleman. Yet in no one of these respects is it by any means i...The character of Hamlet is evidently designed by its illustrious author as a picture of an amiable prince, an affectionate son, a fast friend, and a fine gentleman. Yet in no one of these respects is it by any means intitled to our approbation. From the beginning of the play till his killing the king at the end of the fifth act we find him irresolute, unnatural, inconstant, melancholy and brutal. That Hamlet’s character, thus formed by nature, and thus modelled by situation, is often variable and uncertain. I will content myself with the supposition that this is the very character which Shakespeare meant to allot him.展开更多
HAVE you watched this? A singer sings Justin Bieber’s song Baby on stage, while his partner alongside him plays the kuaiban , a pair of bamboo clappers which are played at fast tempo and in a lively way to go with th...HAVE you watched this? A singer sings Justin Bieber’s song Baby on stage, while his partner alongside him plays the kuaiban , a pair of bamboo clappers which are played at fast tempo and in a lively way to go with the singing. Or have you seen such a dialogue? A young Chinese man slows down his words to ask a foreign student,“W-h-e-r-e a-r-e y-o-u f-r-o-m?” The latter responds merrily by singing a famous Chinese lyric,“My hometown is where peach blossoms flourish.”展开更多
Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In ...Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In this article I analyze the symbols and opposites in three of his plays,two of them of social realism:Stories of a Stair,and The Skylight,and a historical one:The Little Girls(Las Meninas).He creates dramas but always with some touches of good humor.Reading Buero Vallejo is understanding the idiosyncrasy of Spain and its people.展开更多
Zhao Yuanren＇s translation of Alice＇s Adventures in Wonderland can be regarded as the best Chinese version even though dozens more have been published ever since. Its success can be largely attributed to Zhao＇s chi...Zhao Yuanren＇s translation of Alice＇s Adventures in Wonderland can be regarded as the best Chinese version even though dozens more have been published ever since. Its success can be largely attributed to Zhao＇s child-oriented concept which attaches much importance to children＇s tastes and interests. With the guidance of child-oriented principle, Zhao mainly adopted the strategies of addition and substitution to present a different Alice＇s wonderland to the intended Chinese child readership, especially in dealing with Carroll＇s word plays.展开更多
For centuries,educators and psychologists have advocated“play”as the ideal activity for the development of young children.Actually,play has been found currently to be the central pedagogy in the learning of young ch...For centuries,educators and psychologists have advocated“play”as the ideal activity for the development of young children.Actually,play has been found currently to be the central pedagogy in the learning of young children in 21 countries in the world.However,the quality of play-based pedagogy is becoming a key concern across countries.Scholars found that play is either too loosely framed to result in children’s optimal development;or it is too“teacherly”and looses the essence of play.The recent report released by OECD highlighted its concern about play in early childhood education and,urged international researchers and educators to make efforts to bridge the gap.Hong Kong is not an exception on the issue of play enactment.Though resources have been put in for the professional upgrading of early education teachers in the last two decades,the learning and teaching style is still didactic and there appears to be a misinterpretation of play-based pedagogy.The present paper attempts to explore the issue through early childhood teachers’conceptualization of“learning and teaching through play”with the aim of understanding the problem and shedding light for better ways to prepare teachers in this sector.展开更多
The ombre is played with the 8, 9, and 10 dispensed with, so there are altogether 40 cards. The trumps, when they are spades as in the case of The Rape of the Lock, are in the order of their rank, ace of spades (spadi...The ombre is played with the 8, 9, and 10 dispensed with, so there are altogether 40 cards. The trumps, when they are spades as in the case of The Rape of the Lock, are in the order of their rank, ace of spades (spadillio), deuce of spades (manillio), ace of clubs (pasto), K, Q, Kn, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, making eleven in number. Of these, as will be seen in the following, Belinda has four, the three matadores, and K, the Baron has five, Ⅹ, Ⅹ, Ⅹ, Kn, and Q, the third player has two. The play is of a similar nature as that of the modern whist ofr bridge. Belinda begins by calling trumps, leading off first with the ace of spades, and then the deuce of spades, to which her opponents discard two small spades each; but when the ace of clubs is played, the third player is gone out of trumps, and Belinda succeeds to capture only展开更多
The world＇s largest economy and preeminent superpower, the United States, has this month seen the Senate and the House of Representatives vote through the implementation of major tax reform. Not only will this result...The world＇s largest economy and preeminent superpower, the United States, has this month seen the Senate and the House of Representatives vote through the implementation of major tax reform. Not only will this result have a profound impact on the domestic economy of the U.S., but it also looks inevitable that effects will spread to the rest of the world as well. In combination with the continuation of contractionary monetary policy by the Federal Reserve （Fed）, the spillover effect generated by the changes to U.S. macroeconomic policy could be even greater.展开更多
文摘Edutainment,in the kindergarten education stage,emphasizes the game as the basic activity and combines the content of education with the form of the game,thus it also forms the educational method of gamification teaching.Through investigation and analysis,it is found that the current kindergarten game activity design has the problem of improper combination of educational content and game form.The current kindergarten game activity design has problems such as stereotypes,children’s lack of active learning opportunities in activities,teachers’insufficient theoretical understanding,inappropriate teacher guidance methods,and so on.Embodied cognition theory attaches importance to the important role of the body in the development of cognition,provides new guidance for classroom teaching,and opens up a new path for classroom teaching reform.Based on the perspective of embodied cognition theory,the concept of body and mind integration should be adhered to in kindergarten teaching with games as the basic activity,experiential teaching situation should be created,children’s subjective experience should be respected,and games and interactions should be designed to promote children’s physical and mental participation,thus laying a foundation for the realization of children’s individual freedom,autonomy,and all-round development.Therefore,this paper aims at the existing problems in the current kindergarten gamification teaching and discusses the design strategy of children’s game activities based on embodied cognition theory.
文摘By briefing history and current situation of researches,designs and construction of children’s outdoor play areas in the United States and Japan,and legislative framework of children’s welfare in the United Nations and developed countries,the relationship between sound relationship and Children’s outdoor play areas was elaborated.Suggestions were given for the development of childrens’outdoor spaces in China.
文摘The future of a country and society belongs to children and youngsters. As a primary school teacher, I keenly feel the need to educate our children in human rights, so that they will develop in an all-round way, morally, intellectually and physically. Over the past few yeas, I have tried to incorporate education in human rights into activities in
文摘The character of Hamlet is evidently designed by its illustrious author as a picture of an amiable prince, an affectionate son, a fast friend, and a fine gentleman. Yet in no one of these respects is it by any means intitled to our approbation. From the beginning of the play till his killing the king at the end of the fifth act we find him irresolute, unnatural, inconstant, melancholy and brutal. That Hamlet’s character, thus formed by nature, and thus modelled by situation, is often variable and uncertain. I will content myself with the supposition that this is the very character which Shakespeare meant to allot him.
文摘HAVE you watched this? A singer sings Justin Bieber’s song Baby on stage, while his partner alongside him plays the kuaiban , a pair of bamboo clappers which are played at fast tempo and in a lively way to go with the singing. Or have you seen such a dialogue? A young Chinese man slows down his words to ask a foreign student,“W-h-e-r-e a-r-e y-o-u f-r-o-m?” The latter responds merrily by singing a famous Chinese lyric,“My hometown is where peach blossoms flourish.”
文摘Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In this article I analyze the symbols and opposites in three of his plays,two of them of social realism:Stories of a Stair,and The Skylight,and a historical one:The Little Girls(Las Meninas).He creates dramas but always with some touches of good humor.Reading Buero Vallejo is understanding the idiosyncrasy of Spain and its people.
文摘Zhao Yuanren＇s translation of Alice＇s Adventures in Wonderland can be regarded as the best Chinese version even though dozens more have been published ever since. Its success can be largely attributed to Zhao＇s child-oriented concept which attaches much importance to children＇s tastes and interests. With the guidance of child-oriented principle, Zhao mainly adopted the strategies of addition and substitution to present a different Alice＇s wonderland to the intended Chinese child readership, especially in dealing with Carroll＇s word plays.
文摘For centuries,educators and psychologists have advocated“play”as the ideal activity for the development of young children.Actually,play has been found currently to be the central pedagogy in the learning of young children in 21 countries in the world.However,the quality of play-based pedagogy is becoming a key concern across countries.Scholars found that play is either too loosely framed to result in children’s optimal development;or it is too“teacherly”and looses the essence of play.The recent report released by OECD highlighted its concern about play in early childhood education and,urged international researchers and educators to make efforts to bridge the gap.Hong Kong is not an exception on the issue of play enactment.Though resources have been put in for the professional upgrading of early education teachers in the last two decades,the learning and teaching style is still didactic and there appears to be a misinterpretation of play-based pedagogy.The present paper attempts to explore the issue through early childhood teachers’conceptualization of“learning and teaching through play”with the aim of understanding the problem and shedding light for better ways to prepare teachers in this sector.
文摘The ombre is played with the 8, 9, and 10 dispensed with, so there are altogether 40 cards. The trumps, when they are spades as in the case of The Rape of the Lock, are in the order of their rank, ace of spades (spadillio), deuce of spades (manillio), ace of clubs (pasto), K, Q, Kn, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, making eleven in number. Of these, as will be seen in the following, Belinda has four, the three matadores, and K, the Baron has five, Ⅹ, Ⅹ, Ⅹ, Kn, and Q, the third player has two. The play is of a similar nature as that of the modern whist ofr bridge. Belinda begins by calling trumps, leading off first with the ace of spades, and then the deuce of spades, to which her opponents discard two small spades each; but when the ace of clubs is played, the third player is gone out of trumps, and Belinda succeeds to capture only
文摘The world＇s largest economy and preeminent superpower, the United States, has this month seen the Senate and the House of Representatives vote through the implementation of major tax reform. Not only will this result have a profound impact on the domestic economy of the U.S., but it also looks inevitable that effects will spread to the rest of the world as well. In combination with the continuation of contractionary monetary policy by the Federal Reserve （Fed）, the spillover effect generated by the changes to U.S. macroeconomic policy could be even greater.
