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Abstract: Objective: Analysis of the influence for number/types of books reading after school for primary school students on their grades of writing, which would provide solid evidence on supporting the recommendation the types of the books for primary school students after class. Methods: The dataset of students from classes A and B of a primary school in Yunnan were collected in September 2022, including the formal reading scores in this semester, the reading lists of 88 students from classed and B were collected and analyzed here. Results: The grads for writing of the students from class B was higher than that of students from class A, however, no significant difference was detected (P>0.05), and the reading volume of students from class B was higher than that of students from class A, and the significantly difference was detected between two class (P<0.05). The results of regression analysis suggested that reading type was the most important factor affecting the grade level of writing for primary school students, especially the number of reading books belonging to literary might have important impact on their witting. Conclusion: The number of reading book belong to literature, which might affect the writing grade of primary school students, thus, primary students should cultivate good reading interest and reading habits, especially the literary books, which would help to improve the writing grade level of primary school students.Abstract: Objective: Analysis of the influence for number/types of books reading after school for primary school students on their grades of writing, which would provide solid evidence on supporting the recommendation the types of the books for primary school students after class. Methods: The dataset of students from classes A and B of a primary school in Y...Learn More
Abstract: Project based learning is a kind of project oriented learning method，which is used to learn and explore in real situations. STEAM education is a new educational model with the characteristics of interdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, situational, integrated, scientific rationality and humanistic quality. The current development of both of them has encountered some practical obstacles, but both of them have a positive significance for the development of education reform, and they have something in common in their educational concepts and training objectives. In many educational practices, there are also many cases of project-based teaching combined with STEAM education elements. Therefore, on the basis of in-depth understanding of project-based learning and STEAM education, this paper clarifies the characteristics and significance of the research on the construction of STEAM curriculum model based on project-based learning. Based on the broad curriculum level, this paper conceives and discusses the STEAM curriculum model based on project-based learning from the establishment of curriculum objectives, the selection of curriculum themes, the construction of curriculum structure and the development of curriculum evaluation, It is expected to provide a theoretical and practical reference for the research and development of project-based learning and STEAM education.Abstract: Project based learning is a kind of project oriented learning method，which is used to learn and explore in real situations. STEAM education is a new educational model with the characteristics of interdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, situational, integrated, scientific rationality and humanistic quality. The current development of both of them has e...Learn More
Abstract: Attaching importance to talent training and strengthening the strategy of talent training are the central tasks of education, and the effectiveness of moral education is the fundamental standard to test all work in colleges and universities. Comprehensively promote the ideological and political construction of curriculum. In December 2017, the Ministry of Education issued the Implementation Outline of the Quality Improvement Project of Ideological and Political Work in Colleges and Universities, which promoted the classroom teaching reform with the goal of "ideological and political education of curriculum". Taking a medical college as an example, this paper studies the ideological and political teaching of medical advanced mathematics. The course "medical advanced mathematics" was studied by freshmen when they first entered school. There are more than 2,000 undergraduates studying this course, who are from all over the country. They have long teaching time, great influence and wide coverage. At this time, students have a high thirst for knowledge and strong acceptance ability. Teachers of the teaching team in this paper collect ideological and political elements, effectively integrate ideological and political knowledge, medical professional knowledge and advanced mathematics knowledge in teaching, and help students establish a correct world outlook, outlook on life and values through practical matters, so that students can acquire cultural knowledge and help them develop noble medical ethics.Abstract: Attaching importance to talent training and strengthening the strategy of talent training are the central tasks of education, and the effectiveness of moral education is the fundamental standard to test all work in colleges and universities. Comprehensively promote the ideological and political construction of curriculum. In December 2017, the Mini...Learn More
Abstract: Mathematical modeling competition, mathematical competition, physical competition, physical experiment competition, mechanics competition and graphics competition are basic discipline competitions in university. These basic discipline competitions of “Mathematics-Physics-Mechanics-Graphics” are an effective carrier to cultivate students' ability of practice, innovation and entrepreneurship, which are also an effective means to stimulate students' potential and creativity. With the increase of the number of participants, the number of awards and the level in recent years, the basic discipline competitions system of “Mathematics-Physics-Mechanics-Graphics” is studied and practiced from the three levels of "School-City-Country" and the four dimensions of "Foundation-Training-Competition-Tracking", which has achieved certain results. The "three levels" enables more students to participate in basic discipline competitions, which is helpful to improve the number and level of awards. The "Four Dimensions" covers the pre competition, competition and post competition. It can not only promote the teaching reform of public basic courses, but also let the basic discipline competition run through the students' four-year college study, which makes the basic discipline competitions more effective in serving the professional training objectives and provides an effective way to cultivate the talents of applied, complex and innovative.Abstract: Mathematical modeling competition, mathematical competition, physical competition, physical experiment competition, mechanics competition and graphics competition are basic discipline competitions in university. These basic discipline competitions of “Mathematics-Physics-Mechanics-Graphics” are an effective carrier to cultivate students' ability of...Learn More
Abstract: Instruction is the behaviour with purposes and reasons. The objectives in instruction are the expectations of learners’ learning results, which expresses the purposes. When the objectives, teaching activities and assessment in instruction are designed based on learning outcomes, educators are able to prove by this assessment that what they educate is exactly what learners should learn, which expresses the reasons. Being aimed at the contradiction between more teaching contents and less class hours in specialized courses at present, in this article are researched the method of designing teaching activities on the premise of ensuring instruction quality, and the method of assessing learners’ learning outcomes which is able to reflect instruction effectiveness. Within the framework of objectives taxonomy constructed by the two attributes of knowledge and cognitive processes, taking the course of Power System Analysis in polytechnic universities as an example, in this article an instructional design which reflects the purposes and reasons of instruction is presented in the form of instruction cases, and the rationality of the design of the objectives, teaching activities and assessment is analyzed, researched and improved, and also is the consistency between the three of them. This instructional design has been applied to the undergraduate instruction in the specialized subject of electrical engineering and automation at Liaoning Technical University, from which hundreds of students in multiple grades are benefited. These instructing practices illustrate that with its application the engagement and activity of students in class activities are all improved significantly, such negative situations as the scope delineation by pestering educators and the cramming of students for final examinations are reduced. And also, the improvement of instruction quality is accordingly promoted to some extent. Consequently, the outcome-oriented instructive design within the framework of objectives taxonomy has been proved to be scientific and innovative, and it can be highly spread and applied to other educational practices.Abstract: Instruction is the behaviour with purposes and reasons. The objectives in instruction are the expectations of learners’ learning results, which expresses the purposes. When the objectives, teaching activities and assessment in instruction are designed based on learning outcomes, educators are able to prove by this assessment that what they educate ...Learn More
Abstract: Energy saving and carbon reduction has attracted the attention of the whole society, and the Introduction to Energy Saving Management can be developed into a general elective course. In order to enrich and improve the curriculum system of energy conservation management, this paper sums up, summarizes and codes 23 original materials obtained from existing teaching records and interviews by taking root in the theoretical method, and conducts a qualitative analysis of the content system of energy conservation management curriculum in combination with Hall's system engineering methodology, and constructs a spatial model consisting of three dimensions of energy conservation management stage, energy conservation management mechanism and energy conservation management knowledge, The intersection in this space constitutes the teaching content system of energy-saving management course. In terms of time, the content can be roughly divided into four stages: decision-making, design, implementation, operation and maintenance; In terms of mechanism, it can be divided into four categories: market, government compulsion, voluntary negotiation and energy contract management; The knowledge field can be divided into five aspects: regulations and policies, energy consumption assessment, information software, planning management and cleaner production. It provides a clear logical framework and a solid theoretical basis for the course.Abstract: Energy saving and carbon reduction has attracted the attention of the whole society, and the Introduction to Energy Saving Management can be developed into a general elective course. In order to enrich and improve the curriculum system of energy conservation management, this paper sums up, summarizes and codes 23 original materials obtained from ex...Learn More
Abstract: ALS in the Philippines is an informal education method with national characteristics. ALS in the Philippines is not only the crystallization of the Philippine people's exploration of education for all, but also the law of education for all. In order to ensure that individuals who cannot accept or cannot complete the formal school education of schools receive the same education opportunities, the Philippines has gradually formed an ALS with national characteristics to meet the personalized needs of learning objects, focus on meeting the needs of social development, complement the formal school education of schools, and be oriented by qualifications and ability. The Philippine ALS has achieved remarkable results in meeting educational needs and adapting to social development. Adhering to the service-learning-oriented, demand-oriented curriculum, flexible and diverse learning methods, scientific and complete system, and differentiated development characteristics are all valuable successful experiences of ALS in the Philippines. Based on this, this study specially uses text analysis, comprehensive analysis and other methods to study the practice path, effectiveness and experience of ALS in the Philippines, which can provide reference for the education for all in China.Abstract: ALS in the Philippines is an informal education method with national characteristics. ALS in the Philippines is not only the crystallization of the Philippine people's exploration of education for all, but also the law of education for all. In order to ensure that individuals who cannot accept or cannot complete the formal school education of schoo...Learn More
Abstract: The course Hyperspectral Remote Sensing is professional, practical and advanced, which is a bridge course connecting the frontier technology of remote sensing and innovative practice. In this study, According to the "Golden Course" construction standards of "innovation, high order, and challenge", considering the characteristics of students and the course, taking full advantage of information-based teaching, combining the new technology and application of hyperspectral remote sensing, the teaching and experimental program of the course is formulated and optimized continuously by the cooperation between the university and enterprises; Under the support of the cooperative education platform of the university and enterprises, the experimental content of the course is designed based on the domestic PIE series software. Based on the concept of "student-centered", this course adopts a problem-oriented approach and integrates innovative teaching modes such as case-based, seminar-based, literature-reading and presentation-based into the traditional teaching mode. The teaching objectives of the course are mainly achieved through online and offline hybrid teaching, university-enterprise cooperation for cultivating innovative practical skills, higher-order thinking and presentation research. The reform of this course has strengthened students' understanding of research frontiers, encouraged them to apply their knowledge flexibly, increased their ability to explore and solve problems actively, and incubated a large number of achievements in the innovation and entrepreneurship practical training and professional skills competition.Abstract: The course Hyperspectral Remote Sensing is professional, practical and advanced, which is a bridge course connecting the frontier technology of remote sensing and innovative practice. In this study, According to the "Golden Course" construction standards of "innovation, high order, and challenge", considering the characteristics of students and the...Learn More
Abstract: Technological psychological capital is the psychological capital that plays a key role in technological learning and plays a key role in individual technological mastery. In this paper, a qualitative case study has been conducted to describe the process and strategy of College English teachers’ educational technology learning, in order to explore the connotation and interactive relationship of their educational technology learning practice and strategy, and to clarify the specific evolution and construction mode of teachers’ individual technological psychological capital. The research finds that teachers have different learning strategies for their educational technology learning because of different personal backgrounds and specific situations, which makes teachers present different practical characteristics in the process of educational technology learning. College English teachers improve their technological psychological capital from the aspects of technical efficiency, technical hope, technical optimism and technical resilience through the practical strategies of technology request, technology use, technology understanding and technology transfer. Teachers’ own teaching-learning-research background, technical background, teaching-research environment, technical environment, and the technical learning support they can obtain are the main factors influencing the development of their technological psychological capital and the practical strategy of teachers’ technology learning. The research suggests that we should: 1) construct a transdisciplinary teacher education under the guidance of technology value; 2) construct the situation of using and requesting educational technology with education as the main position; 3) construct an ecological view of teaching and scientific research integrating education and technology to promote teacher’s technology education. This study explains the evolution and construction process of College English teachers’ educational technology learning and technological psychological capital, provides a new perspective and empirical data reference for teachers’ technology learning and teachers’ technology education.Abstract: Technological psychological capital is the psychological capital that plays a key role in technological learning and plays a key role in individual technological mastery. In this paper, a qualitative case study has been conducted to describe the process and strategy of College English teachers’ educational technology learning, in order to explore t...Learn More
Abstract: Learners’ emotions have long been regarded as an insignificant and irrational factor in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). In recent years, with the “affective turn” transpiring in applied linguistics, learners’ emotions have gained more scholarly attention, among which is language learners’ flow experience. Flow is one concept in psychology, which includes positive flow (e.g., enjoyment) and negative flow (also known as “anti-flow”, such as anxiety, boredom, etc.). At present, the bulk of the SLA research on English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners’ flow experience has been situated in the traditional teaching settings, while EFL learners’ flow experience in the blended teaching contexts remains under-investigated. In view of this, this study adopts a quantitative research method to probe into the flow and anti-flow experiences of 168 EFL learners in a certain application-oriented university in China. Results show that 1) The enjoyment experienced by learners is at a medium level, while boredom and anxiety are at a low level; 2) There are gender differences in learners’ emotional experience, but no grade difference has been found; 3) Enjoyment is significantly and negatively correlated with boredom and anxiety, and the latter two are significantly and positively correlated; 4) The three emotions can, to a certain degree, predict the self-perceived English proficiency and CET-4 scores. This article ends with the pedagogical implications of the research results for blended teaching and learning, and provides insights into the directions for future studies.Abstract: Learners’ emotions have long been regarded as an insignificant and irrational factor in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). In recent years, with the “affective turn” transpiring in applied linguistics, learners’ emotions have gained more scholarly attention, among which is language learners’ flow experience. Flow is one concept in psyc...Learn More
Abstract: In order to change the traditional teacher-centered teaching method in the "Professional English" and improve the students' application ability of "Professional English", CBI (Content Based Instruction) teaching method is introduced into the "Professional English" course for undergraduates majoring in materials. This method emphasizes the autonomous learning method based on the content of materials science and engineering, so as to strengthen the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality, improve students' ability to apply English in the professional field, and stimulate students' autonomous learning initiative and learning efficiency. Using the literature search method, students can choose their own professional knowledge and preview before class. Using the flipped classroom method, students are encouraged to carry out teaching activities in the class, such as trial lectures and classroom discussions. A process assessment based on classroom performance has been established. The results show that students' ability to express themselves in professional English has been strengthened and their learning efficiency has been generally improved. The course assessment process is more reasonable. Compared with the results of the previous school year, the average score has been significantly improved.Abstract: In order to change the traditional teacher-centered teaching method in the "Professional English" and improve the students' application ability of "Professional English", CBI (Content Based Instruction) teaching method is introduced into the "Professional English" course for undergraduates majoring in materials. This method emphasizes the autonomou...Learn More
Abstract: As the main base of experiment teaching and practice education, the laboratory plays an important role in the education of innovation and Entrepreneurship, it provides a strong guarantee for the safe operation of the laboratory. Through the research and analysis of the present situation of laboratory safety education, this paper integrates the ideological and political construction of the curriculum into the laboratory safety education, and constructs the four-dimensional classroom teaching system of laboratory safety education, combining the ideological and political construction of the curriculum with the four-dimensional classroom of laboratory safety education, adding the ideological and political factors such as patriotism to the laboratory safety education, and developing the ideological and political theory education, that is to say, the aim of laboratory safety education has been realized, and the students' ideological and political consciousness has also been promoted. And then the laboratory safety education path under the curriculum ideological and political concept carries on the thorough research and the analysis, from the reform of teaching mode, the construction of teaching staff, the establishment of examination and evaluation, and the construction of classroom interaction, the ideological and political concept of the curriculum is put into practice to improve the educational effect of laboratory safety education and to enhance the effect of laboratory safety education.Abstract: As the main base of experiment teaching and practice education, the laboratory plays an important role in the education of innovation and Entrepreneurship, it provides a strong guarantee for the safe operation of the laboratory. Through the research and analysis of the present situation of laboratory safety education, this paper integrates the ideo...Learn More
Abstract: This study aims to explore the challenges present in the elementary English education of Northeast China, in addition to proposing some corresponding solutions. After referring to previous researches and detailed analyses, this study discovers that these challenges mainly cover insufficient teaching staff, undesirable educational quality and shortage of educational resources. To crack these problems, some measures should be adopted, including attracting the local graduates majoring in English and English Education to return and work as teachers, implementing in-service training and further education, setting up libraries and purchasing English books, as well as introducing modern English teaching facilities. Such a solution is conducive to fundamentally raising the English teaching quality of primary and secondary schools there, thereby contributing the development of northeastern rural education in the long run.Abstract: This study aims to explore the challenges present in the elementary English education of Northeast China, in addition to proposing some corresponding solutions. After referring to previous researches and detailed analyses, this study discovers that these challenges mainly cover insufficient teaching staff, undesirable educational quality and shorta...Learn More
