A Study on Perspectives of University Students in Summer School Courses of College English

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1165-1180
Author(s):  
Miyoung Shin
2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 2058-2062
Author(s):  
Chen Guo ◽  
Qian Yao ◽  
Min Yong Shao ◽  
Min Wu

In this paper, a practical development program of College English Online Courseware on the basis of the method of goal-directed interaction design is presented. The program basically tackles problems such as tedious interface and poor interaction which most current English online courseware have and improves the interactive experience and accessibility of the English online courseware. Meanwhile, the online courseware designed by using this method enriches the approaches of learning English for college and university students, who are main group of users. Therefore, their levels of English can be enhanced to a large extent by the assistance of the online courseware.


2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Junhong Ren ◽  
Na Wang

Absence of critical thinking skills is perceived to be a growing problem among many university students. The production-oriented approach, an initiative to college English instruction reform in mainland China, may offer a better solution to this problem. To cultivate critical thinking skills under this approach, reforms have to be implemented in teaching objectives, teaching materials, teaching approaches and assessment.


Author(s):  
Alexander Kurtenkov ◽  

Large-scale astronomical surveys from the last decades have turned the usage of catalogs and archival data into one of the primary skills of contemporary observational astronomers. Virtual observatory tools give high-school and university students the opportunity to conduct astronomical research by themselves, using freely available observational data. For this purpose, they need basic theoretical knowledge in astronomy. The current paper includes a review of this theoretical knowledge as well as a review of Virtual observatory tools suitable for students. Results obtained by students using VO tools at the Beli Brezi Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics are presented as well.


2020 ◽  
pp. 181-209
Author(s):  
Øyvind Johan Eiksund ◽  
Egil Reistadbakk

This study explores the challenges of the increasing impact of technology on music teaching in secondary and upper secondary school in Norway. Using the TPACK framework, we expand on earlier research where teachers’ lack of technological competence has been highlighted as a main problem. Therefore, we ask: what knowledge characterizes teaching informed by music technological expertise? With understandings of authenticity, authentic learning and learning spaces as a backdrop, we present three narratives derived from ten summer school workshops, where university students specializing in music technology instructed pupils from age 11–16. Based on these narratives, we argue that a central part of these university students’ teaching was their aspiration to create authentic learning spaces; a place where the physical environment, the technological tools, and the relationships between instructor, pupil and content together created premises for learning in a relevant, real-world context. Our findings highlight, among others, listening and facilitation as characteristic forms of knowledge. We believe this project is relevant for teachers and teacher educators working with music and music technology.


Author(s):  
Güven Bakırezer ◽  
Derya Keskin Demirer ◽  
Adem Yeşilyurt

After declaring a state of emergency on 20 July, 2016 as a response to the failed coup attempt of 15 July, 2016, the Turkish government launched a nation-wide academic purge, especially targeting the Academics for Peace. This group of academics signed a peace petition in January 2016 to address civilian deaths in the South-Eastern part of the country and to urge the government to take responsibility and restart the peace process. Having the largest number of peace petitioners among Turkey’s provincial universities, Kocaeli University was the first to dismiss all 19 of the peace academics from their positions on 1 September, 2016. Already active in defending the universal values of academia in other venues, these dismissed peace academics founded the Kocaeli Academy of Solidarity in pursuit of an alternative academy that aims to bring together university students, NGO members and ordinary citizens in the city in a cooperative understanding of education and research. After weekly seminars over eight months, a summer school of five days, and with applications in for funding its projects, particularly amongst others the School of Life, Kocaeli Academy for Solidarity has a strong determination to demonstrate a new democratic model of education and research.


Author(s):  
Güven Bakırezer ◽  
Derya Keskin Demirer ◽  
Adem Yeşilyurt

After declaring a state of emergency on 20 July, 2016 as a response to the failed coup attempt of 15 July, 2016, the Turkish government launched a nation-wide academic purge, especially targeting the Academics for Peace. This group of academics signed a peace petition in January 2016 to address civilian deaths in the South-Eastern part of the country and to urge the government to take responsibility and restart the peace process. Having the largest number of peace petitioners among Turkey’s provincial universities, Kocaeli University was the first to dismiss all 19 of the peace academics from their positions on 1 September, 2016. Already active in defending the universal values of academia in other venues, these dismissed peace academics founded the Kocaeli Academy of Solidarity in pursuit of an alternative academy that aims to bring together university students, NGO members and ordinary citizens in the city in a cooperative understanding of education and research. After weekly seminars over eight months, a summer school of five days, and with applications in for funding its projects, particularly amongst others the School of Life, Kocaeli Academy for Solidarity has a strong determination to demonstrate a new democratic model of education and research.


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