本书将学习英语与了解教育领域内一些常见学科理论以及教学实践,提高解决实际教育问题的能力紧密结合,即在学习英语的同时,使读者系统地了解教育学科学理论、专业知识和教学实践;在认识、走进教育领域的同时,学习和了解教育学科中一些常见的教育理论、观点(包括专业词汇、术语等)的英语表达,在巩固一般语言知识和运用能力的基础上进一步扩展学生的语言知识,提高学生的语言应用能力,将语言教学和教师专业教育融会贯通,以期提升一线教师以及师范生的综合素质。
本书除适合高等师范院校本科生、研究生使用外,也可供各级各类教育学院教育学、教育心理学、英语教学法等专业的本科生、研究生学习教师教育学专业英语之用。此外,对于大、中、小学教师了解教育学理论知识,提高教育学专业英语水平也是难得的参考书。
董晓波
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董晓波,南京师范大学外国语学院教授,博士生导师,博士后合作导师,吉林外国语大学特聘教授,中国语文现代化学会语言治理研究分会副理事长,中国法治现代化研究院“一带一路”法治发展研究中心副主任,江苏人才发展战略研究院研究员。主持完成国家社科基金重点、一般等国家及省部级项目十多项,在施普林格出版集团(Springer)、北京大学出版社等出版中英文学术专著十多部,主编教材、译著七十余部,在国内外重要学术期刊(Nature及SSCI,A&HCI,CSSCI收录期刊)发表论文两百多篇,在《人民日报》《光明日报》等主流媒体发表理论文章一百五十多篇(其中《光明日报》整版十篇),多篇智库研究报告获省部级肯定性批示。
Unit 1 Origin & History of Education ……………………………………………………… 1
Text A The History of Compulsory Education in Europe ……………………………… 1
Text B A History of American Higher Education ……………………………………… 6
Supplementary Reading: The Origins of Distance Education ……………………………12
Unit 2 Educational Objective ………………………………………………………………15
Text A Aims and Objectives of Education ………………………………………………15
Text B Education, Basics of Education and Educational Objectives ……………………24
Supplementary Reading: Knowing Your Learning Target …………………………………31
Unit 3 Teacher & Student ……………………………………………………………………37
Text A The Teacher, the Student and the Classroom ……………………………………37
Text B Teacher-Student Attachment and Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Work ……………46
Supplementary Reading: Teacher Effectiveness: What Do Students and Instructors Say? …………………………………………………………………56
Unit 4 Teaching Methods ……………………………………………………………………61
Text A Refuting Misconceptions about Classroom Discussion …………………………61
Text B Brainstorming: A Creative Way to Learn ………………………………………68
Supplementary Reading: Learning Styles and Teaching Styles ……………………………75
Unit 5 Materials & Test ………………………………………………………………………83
Text A Materials and Media ……………………………………………………………83
Text B Test Anxiety and Academic Performance ………………………………………90
Supplem entary Reading: Using Examinations and Testing to Improve Educational Quality ………………………………………………………………95
Unit 6 Educational Evaluation …………………………………………………………… 104
Text A Integration of Technology and Educational Assessment ……………………… 104
Text B Sustainable Assessment and Evaluation Strategies for Open and Distance Learning …………………………………………………………… 111
Supplementary Reading: Online Diagnostic Assessment in Support of Personalized Teaching and Learning: The eDia System ……………………………………………… 118
Unit 7 School Management ……………………………………………………………… 120
Text A What Is School-based Management? ………………………………………… 120
Text B Data-informed Decision Making and Transformational Leadership ………… 128
Supplementary Reading: Evaluating School-based Management ……………………… 133
Unit 8 School & Family …………………………………………………………………… 140
Text A School and Family Cooperation Models for Reducing Social Problems …… 140
Text B School-Family Partnership in Hong Kong, China …………………………… 149
Supplementary Reading: Parent-Teacher Communication : Tips for Creating a Strong Parent-Teacher Relationship ………………………………………………… 156
Unit 9 Extra-curricular Activities ………………………………………………………… 160
Text A Extra-curricular Activity and the Transition from Higher
Education to Work …………………………………………………………… 160
Text B Extra-curricular Physical Activity and Socioeconomic Status in Italian Adolescents …………………………………………………………………… 165
Supplementary Reading: Discussion and Conclusion of Correspondence Hypothesis … 170
Unit 10 Moral Education ………………………………………………………………… 174
Text A Education as a Moral Enterprise ……………………………………………… 174
Text B Moral Education of Youth in the Information Age …………………………… 179
Supplementary Reading: The Role of Moral Education in Students’ Value Development ………………………………………………………………… 184
Unit 11 Education & People’s Overall Development …………………………………… 187
Text A Importance of Early Childhood Education …………………………………… 187
Text B Social Skills Development in Primary Education …………………………… 191
Supplementary Reading: Importance of Education in Human Development ………… 198
Unit 12 Education & Social Development ……………………………………………… 201
Text A Open and Distance Education: A Better Way of Competence Building and Sustainable Development ……………………………………… 201
Text B Higher Education Within a Knowledge-based Society ……………………… 207
Supplementary Reading: The Global “Imagined Community”—International Education ……………………………………………………… 214
Unit 13 Educational Justice ……………………………………………………………… 217
Text A Educational Justice in Schools ………………………………………………… 217
Text B Efficiency and Equity of Education …………………………………………… 222
Supplementary Reading: Educational Policy, Housing Policy and Social Justice ……… 228
Unit 14 Educational System & Educational Law ……………………………………… 230
Text A E-learning in Modern Educational System …………………………………… 230
Text B Legislation and Equality in Basic Education ………………………………… 234
Supplem entary Reading: Major Continuities and Changes in the Compulsory Education Law …………………………………………………………………………… 240
Unit 15 Educator & Educational Thoughts ……………………………………………… 242
Text A Disciples of Confucius ………………………………………………………… 242
Text B Educational Thought and Teaching …………………………………………… 246
Supplementary Reading: Frederick James Gould: Education Inspired by Humanity’s Story ……………………………………………………………… 252
References …………………………………………………………………………………… 254