Contents
上 篇
Unit 1 Educators Philosophies and Learning Theories
Introduction: Nature of Learning…3
Text A: Of Studies…6
Text B: What Knowledge Is of Most Worth?…10
Text C: The Differences between Learning by Instruction and Learning by Discovery…15
Learning Skills: Library Skills…20
Unit 2 My Perspectives on Education between China and America
Introduction: Defining Comparative Education: Conceptions…24
Text A: Re-education…26
Text B: The Social Logic of Ivy League Admissions…32
Text C: Is College Really Worth the Money?…39
Learning Skills: Oral Presentation…46
Unit 3 Education and Students’ Development
Introduction: Student Diversity…52
Text A: MIMultiple Intelligence, IT In Structional Technology and Standards: The Story of Jamie…57
Text B: The Man Who Couldn’t Forget: the Story of Solomon’s Memory…65
Text C: The Boy Who Needed to Play: The Story of Dibs…71
Learning Skills: Academic Report Skills I…78
Unit 4 English Language and Learning
Introduction: Learning English…86
Text A: Mother Tongue…89
Text B: Identity, Motivation and Autonomy in Second Language Acquisition from the Perspective of Complex Adaptive System…95
Text C: Development: Some General Principles…101
Learning Skills: Academic Report Skills II…108
Unit 5 Learning Model-Cooperative Learning
Introduction:What Is Happening to Cooperative Learning?…114
Text A: Cooperative Learning: What Makes Group work Work?…118
Text B: “The Union Is Unbroken”March 4, 1861…125
Text C: To Save the Union:1861—1863 Moving toward Emancipation…129
Learning Skills: Cooperative Learning Skills…135
下 篇
Unit 6 Educators Philosophies
Introduction: Early Teaching Models…145
Text A: My Pedagogic Creed…147
Text B: Jerome Bruner: The Lesson of the Story…152
Text C: Curriculum Development from a Constructivist Perspective…159
Learning Skills: Note-taking Skills…164
Unit 7 My Perspectives on Education from Pedagogies to Globalization
Introduction: Education and Globalization: Some Hypotheses…173
Text A: Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer?…176
Text B: The Tutorial System: The Jewel in the Crown…182
Text C: Education, the Nation-State, and Global Movement…188
Learning Skills: Critical Reading Skills I…194
Unit 8 Education: Teachers’ Development
Introduction: Defining Teaching and Teacher Education…201
Text A: The Novice Teacher: Armed and Dangerous
—— A Cautionary Tale…203
Text B: Teaching Teachers: Professional Development to Improve Student Achievement…210
Text C: An Education President for the 21st Century…218
Learning Skills: Critical Reading Skills II…225
Unit 9 English Language and Teaching
Introduction: Approaches to Language Learning and Teaching…232
Text A: Illiteracy at Oxford and Harvard: Reflections on the Inability to Write…236
Text B: TESOL in China: Current Challenges…241
Text C: From Reading to Writing, from Elementary to Graduate Students…247
Learning Skills: Academic Writing Skills…253
Unit 10 Learning Model-inquiry Learning
Introduction: Bibliography of Henry VIII…264
Text A: Handling Henry VIII…266
Text B: The Six Wives of Henry VIII…274
Text C: Who Were the Early Reformers in England?…288
Learning Skills: Inquiry Learning Skills…296
References…318