Identifying needs and enhancing learning about climate change adaptation for water professionals at the post-graduate level     

David Alan George  Poh-Ling Tan  Jeffrey Frank Clewett 《Environmental Education Research》2016,22(1):62-88

Using a participatory learning approach, we report on the delivery and evaluation of a climate change and risk assessment tool to help manage water risks within the agricultural sector. Post-graduate water-professional students from a range of countries, from both developed and emerging economies were involved in using this tool. Our approach included participative learning tools – group discussion, software, and risk matrices. The materials developed met the needs of the students, allowing these students to incorporate their learning and adapt the package of materials for use in their home countries. Analysis of evaluations show that the tools and materials are particularly useful and emphasizes the need for sound learning materials and tools, funding to deliver training, and policy support to accelerate education and adoption of authentic climate change adaptation practices. The expected benefits for water professionals about climate change will be translated into improved socioeconomic and environmental outcomes if adopted.  相似文献   

Growing up female in multi-ethnic Malaysia     

Jason Tan 《Asia Pacific Journal of Education》2016,36(1):190-191

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EUROPEAN DISSERTATION SUMMARIES     

Mijung Kim  Aik‐Ling Tan 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(4):465-472

To alleviate teachers’ reluctance toward practical work, there has been much discussion on teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge, teaching materials, and failsafe strategies for practical work. Despite these efforts, practical work is still regarded as a challenging task for many elementary science teachers. To understand the complexity of teachers’ conflicts in practical work, this study examines teachers’ ideas about teaching and learning that influence teachers’ decision‐making and action on teaching practical work. More important than knowing technical–rational aspects of practical work is to understand the internal contradictions that teachers have to resolve within themselves regarding their capabilities and beliefs about science teaching and practical work. Using stories and experiences of 38 third‐year university students in a science method course in Korea, we seek to understand the conflicts and negotiations that they experience as they make decisions regarding practical work throughout their course. Reflective writings and group discussions on their lived experiences and concerns were used to probe participants’ ideas on teaching using practical work. From written and verbal data, themes were saturated in terms of the aspects which could (dis)encourage their practice. Results suggest that there are multifactorial challenges in pre‐service teachers’ understandings and concerns in practical work. Besides time, materials, and curriculum, pedagogical assumptions and values also compositely challenge the minds of teachers. As the pre‐service elementary teachers negotiated within themselves the importance of science in classroom and social levels, the question is raised about their identities as pre‐service elementary teachers to appreciate the balance between science teaching and practical work.  相似文献   

Impacts of social economic status on higher education opportunity and graduate employment in China     

Dong-mao Wen 《Frontiers of Education in China》2006,1(3):426-438

Based on a nation-wide survey of higher education graduates, this paper analyzes the impact of family background, using paternal occupation and education as indicators, on their scores in the National College Entrance Examination, the level and type of higher education institutions they attend, their employment after graduation, and the income they receive from their first job. It has been found that there are wide disparities among students with different family backgrounds in both access to higher education and their potential employment in China nowadays. This paper also studies how those influences happen. __________ Translated from Peking University Education Review, 2005 July (3)  相似文献   

农村留守儿童问题研究:现状与前瞻   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

刘祖强  谭淼 《教育导刊》2006,(6):62-64,61

近年来，农村留守儿童问题已逐渐成为媒体和学术界关注的焦点。然而，目前的研究无论理论上还是实践中均显不足。本文梳理了不同学科在这一问题上的研究成果，揭示尚待研究的问题域。  相似文献   

学费:谁之痛?   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

文新华 《上海教育科研》2006,(9):1

学费是近年来全国之痛。即使是中央政府的领导人,也时时牵挂着学费问题,为还没能够把人民最关心的上学等问题解决得最好而最感痛心。如果人们能够客观公正地看待国家为缓解民众的学费压力所进行的努力,那么就可以真切地看到:从总体上看,在社会各方面都需要国家增加财政拨款的背景下,至今国家不仅承担了义务教育公办学校的绝大部分教育经费,还承担了各级教育公办学校的大部分经费。2004年全国预算内教育拨款在国家财政总支出中所占份额已超过1/7,在国家各项财政支出中位居第四。国家在高等学校建立并实施了以国家助学贷款为主体的多元化资助…  相似文献   

合作教育思潮与当代教学实践     

文涛 《贵州教育学院学报》2002,18(5):5-8

合作教育学以研究与利用课堂教学的人际关系为基点，以目标设计为先导，以师生、先生和师师合作为基本动力，是一种具有创意和实效的教学理论。  相似文献   

开公交车，做志愿者孔胜东：开公交车，做志愿者     

阎文 《文化交流》2016,(4):19-22

在杭州,有一个人远近闻名,他就是曾获全国劳动模范、浙江道德模范、“最美浙江人”、“浙江骄傲人物”等荣誉的杭州公交28路3-4808号车司机孔胜东。2015年10月,他又荣获了第五届全国道德模范称号。  相似文献   

初中化学解题推理思维的案例分析     

许燕红  文庆城  唐力 《化学教学》2005,(6):55-57

在初中化学教学阶段,由于受年龄和身心发展的影响,学生思维的运作形式主要是具体形象的推理思维,包括演绎推理和归纳推理,本文结合具体的案例,从定性推理思维和定量推理思维两个方面加以分析。1 定性推理思维及其案例分析定性推理是确定研究对象具有某种属性的推理  相似文献   

从文化的角度讨论中国菜的英语翻译     

陈雯 《佳木斯教育学院学报》2016,(4):362

中国有句谚语:民以食为天。这句话强调了食物在老百姓心中的地位。随着中外交流变得日益频繁,世界各国人民对中国饮食文化的兴趣也愈发浓厚。本文运用文化翻译理论,从文化的角度系统的探讨了中国菜名的英语翻译。提出了中菜英译应该遵循的原则,并针对不同类型的菜名提出了不同的翻译方法。  相似文献