了解专业的未来对学生的学习和工作满意度有着积极的影响。然而,工科学生往往没有意识到自己想成为什么样的工程师,以及需要什么样的专业能力。为了帮助工科学生更加了解未来的可能性及需求,产业界开发出了一套未来工程师的专业角色模型...了解专业的未来对学生的学习和工作满意度有着积极的影响。然而,工科学生往往没有意识到自己想成为什么样的工程师,以及需要什么样的专业能力。为了帮助工科学生更加了解未来的可能性及需求,产业界开发出了一套未来工程师的专业角色模型(Professional Roles Model for Future Engineers)并进行了验证。在不同部门的工程师和人力资源代表的密切配合下,该模型确定了三种专业角色以及相关的能力属性。本研究旨在调查学生们如何看待该模型,以及他们在多大程度上可以识别出自己的专业角色。研究发现:即使在毕业时,学生们仍旧发现很难描述他们的职业抱负;本科生和硕士生都认为职业角色模型相当直观,并且可以轻松地将各种角色与过往的经历联系起来;然而,硕士生的角色偏好和选择与该角色一致的空缺职位之间相互矛盾;学生们渴望得到提高职业认知方面的支持,希望用岗位介绍或职位空缺来丰富对不同角色的描述,并以多种方式将该模型整合到教学中。展开更多
Since the turn of the century, higher education policy in China has highlighted the importance of cultivating students＇ intercultural competences, particularly in the context of English language teaching. In spite of...Since the turn of the century, higher education policy in China has highlighted the importance of cultivating students＇ intercultural competences, particularly in the context of English language teaching. In spite of this, studies show that to this day Chinese ELT classrooms in higher education have rarely taken a cultural turn and teachers＇ understanding of interculturalism remains insufficient. This paper reports an action research study on how intercultural awareness was developed in the context of an English reading course at an independent college of a major Chinese university. The study followed a teaching flow that integrates intercultural learning with critical thinking by challenging students to select, analyze, and raise questions about English texts on aspects of Chinese culture. Mapping the outputs of a cohort of 77 second-year undergraduate students onto Baker＇s （2012; 2015） model of intercultural awareness, the study shows that a majority of participants demonstrated a level beyond basic awareness. The paper concludes that reading courses can be used to help foster intercultural awareness among Chinese students, and it offers some pedagogical and theoretical reflections on integrating intercultural learning with ELT, and formulates a number of suggestions for further studies.展开更多
文摘了解专业的未来对学生的学习和工作满意度有着积极的影响。然而,工科学生往往没有意识到自己想成为什么样的工程师,以及需要什么样的专业能力。为了帮助工科学生更加了解未来的可能性及需求,产业界开发出了一套未来工程师的专业角色模型(Professional Roles Model for Future Engineers)并进行了验证。在不同部门的工程师和人力资源代表的密切配合下,该模型确定了三种专业角色以及相关的能力属性。本研究旨在调查学生们如何看待该模型,以及他们在多大程度上可以识别出自己的专业角色。研究发现:即使在毕业时,学生们仍旧发现很难描述他们的职业抱负;本科生和硕士生都认为职业角色模型相当直观,并且可以轻松地将各种角色与过往的经历联系起来;然而,硕士生的角色偏好和选择与该角色一致的空缺职位之间相互矛盾;学生们渴望得到提高职业认知方面的支持,希望用岗位介绍或职位空缺来丰富对不同角色的描述,并以多种方式将该模型整合到教学中。
文摘Since the turn of the century, higher education policy in China has highlighted the importance of cultivating students＇ intercultural competences, particularly in the context of English language teaching. In spite of this, studies show that to this day Chinese ELT classrooms in higher education have rarely taken a cultural turn and teachers＇ understanding of interculturalism remains insufficient. This paper reports an action research study on how intercultural awareness was developed in the context of an English reading course at an independent college of a major Chinese university. The study followed a teaching flow that integrates intercultural learning with critical thinking by challenging students to select, analyze, and raise questions about English texts on aspects of Chinese culture. Mapping the outputs of a cohort of 77 second-year undergraduate students onto Baker＇s （2012; 2015） model of intercultural awareness, the study shows that a majority of participants demonstrated a level beyond basic awareness. The paper concludes that reading courses can be used to help foster intercultural awareness among Chinese students, and it offers some pedagogical and theoretical reflections on integrating intercultural learning with ELT, and formulates a number of suggestions for further studies.
