Journal of Advances in Education Research

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Authors: Xu Yifei

With the promotion of economic globalization, cultural diversity, market economy and social transformation, the subject, object, form and organization of voluntary services also change gradually. By measures like conducting matrix management, building two-way information platform and offering professional courses, a long-term voluntary service mechanism is established, which can be used as reference in dealing with the new problems brought by such revolution.

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Authors: Fang Hongfeng

From the application of new media in learning, this paper divides new media learning into two categories: application in traditional classroom and network learning, and expounds the changes brought about by the development of science and technology to the two types of learning modes and the current situation of new media learning. It predicts the possibility of new media network education extending from online learning to online self-study, then to academic education, as well as the possibility of adaptive learning, and the change of learning style theory under the influence of new media and network development.

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Authors: Qin Xu, Lili Yan

Based on the Involvement Load Hypothesis and from the perspective of involvement load and task type of the task design, this study aims to investigate the effects of task-induced involvement and different task types on incidental vocabulary acquisition in senior high school students. In this study, three parallel classes of Grade 10 from a senior high school in Xin County are selected as participants and they are divided as three parallel treatment groups assigned with three different reading tasks respectively. The three tasks are multiple choice questions after reading comprehension, gap-filling after looking up target words in the dictionary, and answering related questions with original sentences. Upon finishing the tasks, an immediate vocabulary test and a delayed vocabulary test one week later are carried out. Both quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis are applied to analyze the data collected. Major research findings are presented below: (1) Reading tasks with higher involvement loads generally lead to better initial word gains and delayed word gains than tasks with lower involvement loads but both fail to bring about satisfying retention effect of vocabulary. (2) With the same involvement load, there is no significant difference between the effect of the interpretive task and the productive task on immediate word acquisition while as for the effect on word retention, the productive task appears much superior to the interpretive task. The results of the present experiment partially supported the Involvement Load Hypothesis. Meanwhile, some pedagogical implications were suggested to improve vocabulary teaching in senior high school.

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Authors: Guan Junyan

This study was designed to compare the similarities and differences between Chinese and the UK’s primary school teachers’ approaches to discipline problems. It also investigated the factors that influence the teachers’ choices on different aspects of discipline. Moreover, the study was to discuss the reasons that cause the similarities and differences between the two countries. Questionnaires were carried out with 75 teachers working for the different primary schools as well as 45 teachers in the UK’s primary schools. Findings showed that factors such as different teaching subject, teaching experience, the characteristics of class of teacher teach and individuals and so on may influence teachers’ choices on solving discipline problems. There are many similarities and differences on the different aspect on teachers’ approaches on discipline in China and the UK, but similarities are more than differences. The beliefs of children and children’s behaviours, globalization, culture, education system and practice situation in two countries may cause the similarities and the differences. The implications of these findings are that teachers should pay attention to students’ self-esteem and treat the solution of punishment in the right way.