Teaching Journal: An Effective Tool for Reflective Practice in Teaching among English Language Teachers

Through teaching journals,teachers can actively conduct true and continuous record,description,reflection,and summary of experiences and teaching behaviors with reflection and research value in their own teaching activities in order to make progress in regard to their teaching skills and classroom presentations.This is an effective way and tool to improve English teachers9 reflective practice in teaching along with their own professional development as well as to promote the role transformation as reflective teachers.Given the widespread concern of the reflective practice in teaching along with the fact that teaching journals are effective in reflective teaching,this paper explores this topic and suggests several implications for teaching via documentation and a case analysis of three samples obtained from an actual teacher's teaching journal.

Improvement of EFL Learners＇ Speaking and Writing through Reflective Scenario-based Learning

Chinese students＇ poor communicative ability in oral and written English is one of the main concerns in English teaching and learning in China. In the new syllabus of college English, the priority has shifted from reading to speaking. This paper intends to explore an effective method to improve students＇ speaking and writing ability. In the light of the advantages of Scenario-based Learning, two reflective SBL models are introduced.

Practice and Reflection on the Involvement of Parents in Daily Management of Senior High Schools

As education is receiving more and more attention as well as extensive participation in today's society,parents have increas-ingly become an indispensable part of education.It is legally necessary for parents to be involved in daily management of senior highschools,which is of positive significance.Specifically,they can help to improve the decision-making of schools,coordinate the relation-ship between the school and parents,and increase their own recognition and understanding of the school,thus contributing to the con-struction of a harmonious educational environment.There are many challenges and problems for parents to be involved in the daily man-agement of senior high schools,including,the excessive participation in school management by parents,the irrational structure of schoolmanagement staff with the participation of parents,contradictions caused by different subjects concerned by the parent committee,andthe superficial and passive characteristics of parents' involvement in school management.On this basis,the following improvement mea-sures are specially put forward:establishing a sound system to guarantee the implementation of measures,ensuring the participation ofall levels of parents,and giving parents the right to speak,setting up and improving the training system targeted at parents,and enhanc-ing the media platform that allows public opinions to be expressed freely.

Practice and reflection of Baosteel longitudinal UOE submerged arc welding technologies self-reliance integrated innovation

The capability of self-reliance integrated innovation is one of the key factors that influence steel enterprise' s core competitiveness.The main equipments of Baoteel UOE unit are from abroad,but the key consistent pipe manufacturing technologies including iron making,steel making,heavy plates are self-reliance integrated.The self-reliance integrated innovation of Baosteel UOE unit has the features of high challenge, high efficiency,high starting point,consistent technologies etc.The independent innovation capacity achieved by adjusting measures to local conditions and periods in introducing projects is the key to the development of continuing robust.Baosteel longitudinal UOE submerged arc welding tube project practice also offer beneficial reference for independent of integration innovation.

A Small “Think Tank” Integrating Foresight,Innovation,and Practicability: A Review on Practice and Reflections on Local Governments' Response to Major Natural Disasters

Practice and Reflections on Local Governments’Response to Major Natural Disasters Authors:He Zhen et al.Year:2014Publisher:People’s Publishing House ISBN:9787010137049(478 pages,in Chinese)China is a countr y with frequent occur rence of major natural disasters.Especially since the 21st century,natural disasters。