Early years teachers and the influence of Piaget: evidence from oral history     

Peter Cunningham 《Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development》2006,26(1):5-16

In studying the historical development of early years provision, a clear factor in raising its profile was the growth in scientific study of children, especially the reception and interpretation of Piaget's research. For an understanding of how the mediation of new thinking and new discoveries influenced students and teachers, textbooks provide an important documentary source, but evidence is also available through oral history in the living memories of practitioners themselves. This paper draws on the testimony of early years teachers who began their careers between 1927 and 1955 and continued teaching into the 1960s and 1970s. The account below begins with reflections on psychology and education in the early decades of the twentieth century drawn from a 1936 conference organised by the Nursery School Association of Great Britain, and from a widely used textbook that represents the gradual trend towards ‘fragmentation’ of educational theory into a multiplicity of disciplines. Reference is then made to two popular textbooks by prominent Froebelians, Brearley and Hitchfield, and by Ruth Beard illustrating the growing influence of Piaget as a post facto rationale for a pedagogy that was proceeding by instinct. Walkerdine, Lister and Hall are researchers who have investigated from various angles the impact of Piagetian psychology on primary practice, but the process whereby this translation from the laboratory to the classroom takes place is one that demands further investigation. Vital evidence lies in the living memories of early years teachers whose careers spanned the 1930s to the 1970s and a rich quality and personal texture of the data is apparent as retired early years teachers recounted their professional careers. It offers a more complex account than the grand narratives that historians have traditionally compiled from purely documentary evidence centring on great thinkers, key texts and policy initiatives. The role of in‐service education was clearly important in the experiences recalled in this paper. Above all we find evidence of a distinctive shift in teacher–child relationships over that historical period and of the contribution made to this by psychological theory, epitomised in the figure of Piaget and in his focus on the individual learner.  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   

安庆师范学院百年校魂的当代教育意义     

朱守良  陈东 《安庆师范学院学报(社会科学版)》2008,27(9):7-10

安庆师范学院作为安徽省高等教育的根和源,有着丰厚的历史文化资源。多年来,该校党委宣传部通过开展“百年校魂”教育,在传承校园文化、凝练校园精神等方面起到了独到的作用,彰显了校史资源在新时期的教育价值。  相似文献   

浅谈自己对德育工作的几点认识     

包宏雯 《中国教育发展研究杂志》2007,4(12):160-160,F0003

笔者结合几年的德育工作实践，认为：完善的制度是搞好学校德育工作的保障；高素质的班主任队伍是提高学校德育工作的基础;抓好学生的养成教育是德育工作的重点；校园文化建设是学校德育工作的窗口;家庭教育是学校德育工作的重要组成部分。  相似文献   

浅论电大基层教师在远程教育中的角色及职责   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

穆向阳  张艳梅 《广播电视大学学报》2003,(4):123-127

从基层电大教师在远程开放教育改革中的实际出发，剖析他们所面临的角色意识不清、职责功能混乱所造成的困惑，客观地分析了目前教师定位理论研究中存在的偏差，研究探索了基层电大教师的职责和定位问题，提出了电大教师不同层级理论和分类研究。  相似文献   

进修教师的反思能力培养     

道靖 《和田师范专科学校学报》2005,25(1):66-67

教师到高校进修，通过专业知识的学习，专业技能的培养，提高自身的专业素养最终目的是增强教师的反思性教学能力，走教育的可持续化发展之路。  相似文献   

师范英语本科翻译教学:问题、内容与对策     

赖德聪  陶文花 《培训与研究》2007,24(1):123-125

文章分析了新世纪的人才培养目标、教学大纲、教学对象以及本科翻译教学的客观规律,在此基础上尝试性地提出了针对师范英语专业本科生的笔译课教学内容的编选策略。  相似文献   

理想与现实：贵州普通高校教师队伍建设研究报告     

郭文 《贵州教育学院学报》2003,19(3):42-46

西部大开发,发展民族地区的经济需要把沉重的劳动力负担转换为强大的人力资源优势,其关键在于发展高等教育,特别是高等教育教师队伍建设更是值得关注。提升高等教育竞争力,建设高素质的高校教师队伍,是当前高等教育需要思考的问题。透视贵州省普通高校教师队伍建设的现状及存在的问题,提出应对策略,为我省高等教育的进一步发展提供了具体的政策性建议。  相似文献   

农村职业学校教师压力问题探析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

袁双龙  屈正良 《四川职业技术学院学报》2006,16(1):84-86

本文描述了农村职业学校教师在经济待遇、社会地位、工作负荷、岗位作为以及人际关系等方面存在的压力, 并就压力存在的原因,缓解压力的策略从社会、政府、学校和教师本身等方面进行了分析与思考。  相似文献   

Maintaining teachers’ face in the context of change: results from a study of Vietnamese college lecturers’ perceptions of face     

Thi Quynh Trang Nguyen 《Teachers and Teaching》2017,23(1):78-90

Gaining and saving face are very important in Vietnam as a mechanism of social control, including the professional behaviour of teachers. Interviews with 15 lecturers (aged 24–37) at a teacher training college in a Central Coast province of Vietnam illustrated the relationship between their concepts of face and their beliefs about good teaching. Most were still strongly influenced by traditional Confucian beliefs about the role and position of teachers, the nature of teachers’ knowledge and the relationship between teachers and students. On the other hand, some teachers also were aware of, and to a limited extent open to, more modern ideas that seemed to be related to broad social changes and reforms in approaches to teaching and learning in recent decades in Vietnam. The findings suggest that some teacher educators are uncertain about the value of traditional professional wisdom in the context of critical changes in society and in education. The research also suggests that the concepts of face and saving face are important for teachers’ sense of agency, and that Vietnamese educational authorities could increase the effectiveness of innovations in teacher education by paying attention to the influence of concepts of face on the teachers’ beliefs and behaviours.  相似文献