近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和...近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和地区高等院校走向国际化的必要手段。然而EMI教学并非仅仅将专业课程内容翻译成英文,其成功实施取决于宏观与微观政策、课程设置、师生英语水平等一系列内外因素。本文聚焦清华大学研究生阶段的英语媒介教学,采用调查问卷(教师问卷61份、学生问卷429份)方法收集数据,探究教师和学生对该校开设的EMI课程的态度、担忧和期望;旨在为我国高校EMI课程建设提出参考性建议,促进我国高等教育国际化。展开更多
Education at current stage is about developing intelligence.Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University,one of theforemost psychologists,described intelligence as the ability to solve problems in one's particul...Education at current stage is about developing intelligence.Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University,one of theforemost psychologists,described intelligence as the ability to solve problems in one's particular context and culture.Many educa-tors support the need to develop the multiple intelligences,but few realize that one of the best ways to draw forth these intelligences is to make use of problem scenarios.Intelligence in the real world involves not only learning how to do things and actually doing them, but also the ability to deal with novelty as well as the capacity to adapt, select and shape our interactions with the environment (Sternberg,1985,1986,1990).Problem-based learning is about harnessing the kinds of intelligences needed in confronting real world challenges:the ability to deal with novelty and complexity (Tan,2000c).Therefore,problem-based learning is becoming one of a necessary approach in educators' mind and practical usage in daily teaching.展开更多
文摘近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和地区高等院校走向国际化的必要手段。然而EMI教学并非仅仅将专业课程内容翻译成英文,其成功实施取决于宏观与微观政策、课程设置、师生英语水平等一系列内外因素。本文聚焦清华大学研究生阶段的英语媒介教学,采用调查问卷(教师问卷61份、学生问卷429份)方法收集数据,探究教师和学生对该校开设的EMI课程的态度、担忧和期望;旨在为我国高校EMI课程建设提出参考性建议,促进我国高等教育国际化。
文摘Education at current stage is about developing intelligence.Professor Howard Gardner of Harvard University,one of theforemost psychologists,described intelligence as the ability to solve problems in one's particular context and culture.Many educa-tors support the need to develop the multiple intelligences,but few realize that one of the best ways to draw forth these intelligences is to make use of problem scenarios.Intelligence in the real world involves not only learning how to do things and actually doing them, but also the ability to deal with novelty as well as the capacity to adapt, select and shape our interactions with the environment (Sternberg,1985,1986,1990).Problem-based learning is about harnessing the kinds of intelligences needed in confronting real world challenges:the ability to deal with novelty and complexity (Tan,2000c).Therefore,problem-based learning is becoming one of a necessary approach in educators' mind and practical usage in daily teaching.
