International Journal of Social Science, Education and Humanities
International Journal of Social Science, Education and Humanities ISSN Print: 3104-4239 ISSN Online: 3104-4247 CD ISSN: 3104-4255
Situated Learning Pedagogy For Core Competency Cultivation
English Subject Core Competencies are the key abilities and essential qualities that students develop during the English learning process. They hold significant importance for students' lifelong development and social adaptation, and their cultivation has become the core objective of high school English teaching. Teaching contexts, serving as vital bridges connecting knowledge with practice and promoting students' active learning, play an indispensable role in cultivating these core competencies. They provide students with concrete scenarios for language application, cognitive development, and cultural awareness. However, in actual teaching practice, there are numerous shortcomings in the creation of teaching contexts. Issues such as contexts lacking authenticity, misalignment with the goals of core competency cultivation, and being overly superficial make it difficult for them to effectively support the enhancement of students' core competencies. Therefore, under the guidance of the situated learning theory, this study aims to explore the essence of effective instructional contexts guided by core competencies, analyze common problems encountered during their creation, elucidate the role and principles of effective instructional contexts in cultivating core competencies, and investigate their application strategies. The goal is to provide a reference for promoting the development of student core competencies through context-based teaching in high school English instruction.
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ESLA in Senior High School Spoken English Teaching: Dilemmas and Solutions
This study focuses on the adaptation issues of ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant), an artificial intelligence speech-assisted tool, in senior high school spoken English teaching. Through a systematic analysis of three dimensions—educational adaptability, technical accuracy, and teaching interactivity—it reveals the core deficiencies of ELSA in the specialized training for the Gaokao spoken English test, classroom management support, and the depth of cultural teaching. The findings indicate that ELSA currently suffers from critical problems such as insufficient adaptation to Gaokao question types, recognition bias of dialectal accents, delayed real-time feedback, and lack of teacher-student interaction, making it difficult to meet the demands of core literacy-oriented senior high school English teaching. To address these problems, this study proposes a multi-level optimization strategy: in terms of educational adaptability, develop a specialized module for the Gaokao spoken English test and enhance the teacher-end management functions; in terms of technical accuracy, construct a "semantic-phonetic" joint model and optimize the real-time feedback system; in terms of teaching interactivity, reconstruct the educational value of gamification and innovate a multimodal integration model. Verified by the strategies, this study provides a theoretical framework for the localized upgrading of ELSA and a practical paradigm for the in-depth integration of AI educational technology in senior high school English teaching, which is of significant reference value for promoting the organic integration of intelligent technology and the cultivation of core competencies in the English discipline.
Activity-Based Approach in Junior High School English Reading: A Practical Case Study
The Activity-Based Approach serves as a pivotal strategy for fostering core competencies, transforming learning methods, and achieving subject-oriented education in English language teaching. Under the guidance of thematic contexts, students engage in a series of English learning activities encompassing learning and understanding, application and practice, as well as transfer and innovation, thereby advancing their linguistic knowledge, refining language skills, and enhancing learning strategies. Reading, as an interactive process between language and thinking, plays a critical role in cultivating students’ core competencies in English. Nevertheless, the effective integration of the Activity-Based Approach into junior high school English reading teaching remains a challenging yet worthwhile issue to explore. This study unfolds through a novice junior high school English teacher’s collaborative lesson planning and two rounds of trial teaching with the teaching and research group, focusing on reflective practice to align the Activity-Based Approach with reading instruction. The findings illuminate the comprehensive, interconnected, and hierarchical nature of the Activity-Based Approach, offering novel perspectives for English education postgraduates and frontline junior high school English teachers to understand and implement this pedagogical framework, while providing practical insights for English teaching innovation.
Research on Teaching Strategies for Electrical Automation Technology Vocational Education Based on Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI), as a machine learning system capable of deeply mining data patterns and automatically generating multimodal content, has become a core disruptive technology in digital transformation, reshaping cognitive paradigms and practical pathways in the field of education. In vocational education for the Electrical Automation Technology major, how to effectively leverage GAI to optimize curriculum structures, enhance teaching quality, and strengthen practical skills remains a critical issue facing the discipline's development. From the perspective of the reconstruction of teaching elements driven by technological and environmental changes, this paper proposes teaching strategies for Electrical Automation Technology vocational education based on GAI. These strategies include constructing a core curriculum system closely aligned with the technical requirements of electrical automation positions, optimizing course design through cognitive augmentation technologies, utilizing digital humans for collaborative practical training, and creating a new teaching ecosystem based on multimodal intelligent interaction. Collectively, these strategies give rise to an adaptive learning framework characterized by "data-driven precision — algorithm-based intelligent adaptation — dynamic continuous evolution," promoting the transformation of professional teaching from traditional knowledge-transfer models to autonomous construction models of cross-domain knowledge networks. This provides theoretical support and practical guidance for improving teaching quality and efficiency, meeting market demands, and cultivating applied skilled talents with innovative spirit and practical capabilities.
Human-Machine Collaboration: Boundaries and Practical Paths of Generative AI in Spoken English Teaching
Grounded in the philosophy of technology and humanistic pedagogy, this study focuses on the application boundaries of generative AI in oral English teaching, aiming to clarify the division-of-labor logic in human-machine collaboration. Based on Stiegler’s “technological prosthetics” and “pharmacology” models, as well as humanistic teacher-centered theory, the study reveals that the auxiliary value of generative AI lies in mechanical, standardized, and low-culture-loaded tasks. In contrast, the uniqueness of human teachers is rooted in domains beyond AI’s reach, such as transmitting emotional resonance, deeply interpreting cultural contexts, and guiding dynamic thinking. A three-dimensional boundary criterion and a four-quadrant model are proposed to define the practical scope of collaboration, where technical proficiency determines the feasibility of AI intervention, while the irreplaceability of teachers defines the necessity of their roles. Additionally, a dual-path approach is proposed: developing teachers’ critical AI and cultural pedagogies, and designing tools with cultural diversity to mitigate bias. The study concludes that the the essential boundary is ethical, safeguarding “human subjectivity and cultural nature,” thus offering a framework for responsible integration.
An Inquiry into the Persistence of the System of Conferring Civil Examination Degrees and Official Posts under the Late Qing Educational Reforms
To encourage the establishment of schools, the Qing government granted graduates of domestic new-style schools and returned overseas students graded civil examination degrees (chushen) supplemented by official posts. The abolition of the imperial civil examination system in 1905 marked a pivotal turning point in Chinese educational history, yet the system of conferring such degrees and posts —a mechanism deeply entwined with the examination system—survived until the fall of the Qing dynasty. This paper traces the historical evolution of this system, explores the reasons for its endurance as a transitional policy, analyzes its positive role in advancing new-style education, and dialectically examines its inherent drawbacks, namely the conflation of talent cultivation with official selection and the fostering of a utilitarian academic ethos. In so doing, it illuminates both the historical inevitability and the limitations of this system within the broader transition of Chinese education.
System of Conferring Civil Examination Degrees and Official Posts
Research on the Construction of a Three-Platform Three-Stage Practical Teaching System in Higher Vocational Education under the Background of Intelligent Manufacturing
With the rapid development of intelligent manufacturing technology, practical teaching in higher vocational electromechanical majors faces challenges including disconnection between teaching content and industrial technology, insufficient training conditions for real production needs, and inadequate cultivation of students innovative ability. Taking the Automation Production Line Technology Comprehensive Application course as an example, this paper proposes and constructs a practical teaching system integrating three platforms (training base, innovation platform, and production enterprise) and three stages (simulation training, practical operation reinforcement, and internship improvement). The study elaborates the construction logic, operation mechanism, and guarantee measures of the three-platform three-stage practical teaching system, and analyzes its implementation effect in cultivating students ability to transform automation production lines, providing a reference framework for practical teaching reform in intelligent manufacturing related majors.
An Exploration of Developing Junior High School Students' Critical Thinking in English Reading Based on the 5E Instructional Model
English reading instruction serves as an important vehicle for cultivating junior high school students' core competencies. As a core component of the thinking quality within these competencies, critical thinking is key to developing students' independent thinking and rational judgment. The 5E teaching method, with its core stages of "Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate," emphasizes student-centered, inquiry-oriented learning, which aligns closely with the need to cultivate critical thinking in junior high school English reading. This paper examines the current state of junior high school English reading instruction, explores the intrinsic connection between the 5E teaching method and the cultivation of critical thinking in English reading, proposes specific teaching implementation strategies, and verifies their effectiveness through teaching cases, providing practical references for cultivating critical thinking in junior high school English reading instruction.
Construction and Practice of the Four-Micro Integration Teaching System for Chemical Engineering Majors in Universities: A Case Study of the Bilingual Course Chemical Literature Retrieval and Scientific Paper Writing
Under the requirements of high-quality development of higher education in the new era, comprehensively eliminating "low-quality courses" and creating "high-quality courses" with high-level, innovative and challenging features have become the core task for the connotative development of chemical engineering majors in universities. Aiming at the problems existing in some current professional courses, such as boring content, single form, insufficient interaction and weak practice, Ms. Zuo Yujing from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, relying on the advantages of new media interactive technology, has constructed a new "Four-Micro Integration" teaching system integrating micro-platform, micro-course, micro-class and micro-communication in the whole teaching process including teaching design, lesson plan compilation, classroom teaching, student experiment and internship. This system realizes efficient interaction between teachers and students anytime and anywhere, promotes the transformation of classroom teaching from "passive indoctrination" to "active inquiry", and achieves the teaching goal of teaching through fun and improving quality and efficiency. Taking the bilingual course "Chemical Literature Retrieval and Scientific Paper Writing" as the practical carrier, this paper systematically expounds the connotation construction, implementation path and application effect of the "Four-Micro Integration" teaching system, providing a reference model for the curriculum reform and "high-quality course" construction of chemical engineering majors in universities.
Research on the Smart Classroom Teaching Mode of PLC Courses in Secondary Vocational Schools Empowered by Artificial Intelligence
To address the problems of disjointed theory and practice, as well as inadequate adaptation to student learning contexts in the traditional teaching of the course PLC Control Technology and Application in secondary vocational schools, a smart classroom teaching model was constructed based on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This paper analyzes the current teaching status of the course and the application value of AI, and conducts teaching design from four dimensions: teaching objectives, content reconstruction, process design, and evaluation system. A novel "AI-empowered 9+9 dual-process smart teaching model" is proposed. A one-semester teaching practice was carried out with 40 students majoring in mechatronics from the 2023 grade of Lanzhou Modern Vacational College as the research subjects, with a parallel class adopting traditional teaching methods as the control group. The practical data demonstrate remarkable teaching effectiveness: 83.78% of the students approved of the smart classroom teaching model, and the classroom interaction participation rate was 42% higher than that of the control group; 85% of the students were able to independently formulate preview plans, representing a 38% increase compared with the control group; the accuracy rate of practical training programming and the efficiency of equipment debugging were improved by 25% and 30% respectively. The final overall score of the experimental class was 10.2 points higher than that of the control group, with the theoretical score being 8.9 points higher; the passing rate reached 100%, and the excellent rate was 20% higher than that of the control group. The students' satisfaction with this teaching model stood at 92.3%. This study provides a replicable practical reference for the digital transformation of professional courses in secondary vocational schools, achieving the improvement of teaching quality and efficiency under the empowerment of technology.
Study on the English Translation of Chinese Characteristic Vocabulary from the Perspective of Cross-cultural Communication
With the deepening of global cultural exchanges, the translation of Chinese characteristic vocabulary has become a crucial medium for international audiences to understand China’s unique cultural, political and social landscapes. When translating Chinese characteristic vocabulary, how to fully convey Chinese cultural imagery while ensuring easy comprehension by foreign audiences constitutes a core difficulty and focus in translation practice. From the perspective of cross-cultural communication, this article explores the English translation of Chinese characteristic vocabulary through an analysis of typical cases. And the aim is to construct a more efficient English translation strategy system for vocabulary with Chinese characteristics, providing references for enhancing the international dissemination power of Chinese discourse and promoting effective mutual learning between Chinese and Western civilizations.
How Brown v. Board of Education Overturned "Separate but Equal": History, Impact, and Contemporary Echoes
Through doctrinal analysis structured around the IRAC framework, this study examines how Chief Justice Warren engineered Brown v. Board of Education to overturn “separate but equal.” He shifted the Issue from original intent to social reality; displaced the Rule by distinguishing Plessy as a transportation case; drew on Sweatt and McLaurin to analyze intangible harms, holding that segregation generates “a feeling of inferiority” affecting “hearts and minds”; and concluded that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” This reframing dismantled a half‑century of doctrine. The decision’s inevitability arose from World War II, Cold War pressures, Black political empowerment, and economic integration. Yet implementation proved uneven, producing white flight, marginalization of Black educators, and—compounded by Rodriguez and residential segregation—de facto resegregation. Contemporary inequality now spans funding, teacher quality, and college access, while Students for Fair Admissions retreats from Brown’s logic. Brown’s legacy is thus a legal triumph that exposed the judiciary’s limits; its promise of genuine educational equality remains unfinished.
A Study on Teaching Strategies for English Continuation Task in Senior High School from the Perspective of Sociocultural Theory
The teaching of English continuation tasks in senior high schools still frequently encounters the problem of alignment failure in the context of deeper curriculum reform and developing core competencies. This research develops a teaching strategy framework for the English continuation task in senior high school, using three-dimensional interaction as its pathway, based on Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory. In order to promote students’ deep alignment through methodical and stratified social interactions, this framework naturally blends student-text interaction, teacher-student interaction, and student-student interaction. Through the use of case study interpretation and literature analysis approaches, the research clearly demonstrates the dynamic coordination and synergistic mechanisms of the three types of interaction in teaching implementation. This study provides educators transitioning from writing instruction to alignment facilitation with a helpful model, as well as a thorough theoretical explanation for the application of sociocultural theory in continuation task instruction. It has useful practical consequences for using the core competencies of the English course.
A Study on Proper Noun Translation from a Cross-Cultural Perspective — Taking Research on the Protection and Development of Zhangzhou Ancient City as an Example
As cultural carriers, proper nouns are confronted with multiple challenges in the process of cross-linguistic conversion, such as the loss of cultural connotations, ambiguous reference, and conceptual mismatch. By analyzing typical translated examples of proper nouns in historical place names, folk sayings, as well as poems and sanqu (a type of traditional Chinese verse form), this paper systematically examines the applicability and limitations of translation strategies including transliteration, free translation, literal cultural translation, and image reconstruction. The study points out that proper noun translation needs to strike a dynamic balance between foreignization and domestication, as well as between faithfulness and readability. It should not only respect the international norm of the name follows its owner but also take into account the cultural cognition and acceptability of target-language readers. This paper emphasizes that translators should possess cross-cultural interpretive awareness when dealing with culture-specific items, and realize the accurate transmission of cultural identity and the cross-linguistic reconstruction of poetic artistic conception through strategic choices, thereby providing theoretical references and practical approaches for the foreign translation and international communication of cultural heritage.
Foreign Translation of Cultural Heritage
AI-Empowered Reconstruction of Higher Education Ecosystems Teaching Innovation, Management Transformation, and Implementation Pathways
With the rapid advancement of technologies such as generative AI and large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence has evolved from an auxiliary tool to a core element within the higher education ecosystem. By systematically reviewing AI applications across higher education teaching domains (mathematics, foreign languages, physical education, etc.) and educational management domains (one-stop communities, student education, etc.), this study analyzes the underlying technical frameworks and value logic supporting AI. It reveals current shortcomings in humanities, technological limitations, application disparities, and other practical challenges. Concurrently, it emphasizes the construction of collaborative mechanisms, refinement of regulatory systems, and enhancement of competency cultivation across three dimensions, while optimizing and improving standardized frameworks.
The Spread of Christian Gospel and Social Influence through Medical Mission: A Case Study of Ningbo Huamei Hospital
This paper explores the development of Christian missionary medical undertakings in modern China, focusing on the establishment and contributions of Ningbo Huamei Hospital. Christianity experienced ups and downs since the introduction of Nestorianism in the Tang Dynasty, but its spread was significantly promoted under foreign pressure following the Opium Wars and the Qing Dynasty's decline. Huamei Hospital, originally founded by the missionary D.J. Macgowan in 1843, evolved from a small clinic into a systematic Western medical institution and played a positive role in historic events in modern China. Particularly during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the hospital provided medical aid to the wounded and made significant contributions to the timely diagnosis and prevention of the plague caused by biological warfare. The approach of "medicine as a means, gospel as the end" not only facilitated the mission of spreading the Christian gospel but also profoundly influenced the modernization process of China’s medical and social practices.
A Study on Chinese-English Translation of Shiwan Ceramic Sculpture Culture for International Dissemination
Shiwan Ceramic Sculpture, a highly distinctive artistic form in Guangdong, China, embodies the unique charm of Lingnan culture through its profound cultural heritage. This study centers on commentaries of Shiwan Ceramic Sculpture in the Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum, exploring Chinese-English (C-E) translation strategies for Shiwan Ceramic Sculpture under the theoretical framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), with additional discussions on machine translation. This study adopts a qualitative approach as its primary research method, supplemented by an appropriate amount of quantitative research involving data statistics. The results indicate that SFL can effectively guide C-E translation of Shiwan Ceramic Sculpture culture for international dissemination and significantly improve translation quality. This study contributes to telling the cultural story of Shiwan ceramic sculpture in an appealing way, facilitates the international exchange and dissemination of Lingnan culture, and also provides a valuable reference for the English translation of local cultures in other countries.
Chinese-English (C-E) translation for international dissemination
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Analysis of Research Hotspots, Key Points, and Difficulties in Cultivating Top-notch Innovative Talents
At present, we have entered an important stage of further comprehensively deepening reform and promoting the Chinese path to modernization. It is a strategic support to build a system and mechanism to support comprehensive innovation, deepen the comprehensive reform of education, build an integrated development of educational science and technology talents, and accelerate the construction of a powerful education country. Therefore, the cultivation and discovery of top-notch innovative talents has become the central task, and the analysis of research hotspots, key points, and difficulties has been conducted to provide reference for the high-quality development of graduate education in the future.
Research on Strategies for Improving Digital Competence of University Teachers
From the perspective of university teachers, this study elaborates on the connotation and constituent elements of digital competence, dissects the predicaments confronted by university teachers in digital capacity development, examines the correlation between teachers' digital competence and teaching effectiveness, and explores approaches to further enhance digital competence in teaching practice. The research is intended to provide scientific strategies for improving teachers' digital competence and thereby elevate the quality of education and teaching.
International Current Situation Comparison and Enlightenment of the Development of Undergraduate Vocational Education
Vocational education is an important part of the modern education system. Vigorously developing undergraduate vocational education is a major measure to realize the "different types, equal importance" of vocational education. Undergraduate vocational education has become an important focus of vocational education research. Based on this, this paper compares and studies the development status of undergraduate vocational education in Germany and the United States, and points out that the development of undergraduate vocational education should clarify the school-running orientation, talent training objectives and development strategies, talent training should match market demand, construct an integrated development model, and there is an urgent need to change the public's traditional concept of vocational education.
Research on College Students’ Learning Psychological Problems and Coping Strategies from the Perspective of Learning Psychology
Under the background of the popularization of higher education, the learning psychological problems of college students have become prominent. This study aims to analyze their causes, current situation and propose coping strategies. Through literature analysis and investigation, it is found that the current situation of learning psychological problems among college students includes the lack of learning motivation, anxiety, burnout and strong utilitarianism, and the influencing factors involve personal, social, family and school factors. From the perspective of learning psychology, this paper proposes a series of coping strategies: strengthening psychological health education, innovating teaching methods, integrating elements of ideological and political courses, and implementing the concept of all-staff education. This research provides a reference for the educational and teaching reform in colleges and universities, which is conducive to improving the learning effect and psychological health level of college students. However, further deepening is needed in aspects such as in-depth exploration of causes, innovation of educational models and interdisciplinary research. In the future, further exploration is required to enhance the effectiveness of psychological counseling for college students’ learning.
Applying Variational Translation Theory: An E-C Translation Study of Chapters 8-11 from Lesson Plans to Train Like You Fly
This report focuses on the English-to-Chinese translation of Chapters 8–11 of Lesson Plans to Train Like You Fly: A Flight Instructor's Reference for Scenar-io-Based Training. It explores how Variational Translation Theory, proposed by Huang Zhonglian, can enhance the quality and applicability of professional training materials. Given the growing demand for competent flight instructors in China, and the widespread use of English-language scenario-based training materials, effective translation is essential.
Research and Reform of Functional Experiment Teaching Based on Generative Artificial Intelligence
With the rapid advancement of technology, generative artificial intelligence is gradually permeating the field of education. Functional experiment teaching constitutes a vital component of medical education. However, traditional models struggle to meet the demands of personalized learning and innovation capacity cultivation due to limitations in experimental equipment and resources, rigid teaching methodologies, and untimely resource updates. This paper delves into the reformative concepts and practical pathways for applying generative artificial intelligence in functional experiment teaching, analyzing its notable advantages in enhancing teaching effectiveness and fostering students' innovative abilities. Simultaneously, it reflects on potential challenges during implementation, aiming to provide valuable insights for the innovative development of functional experiment teaching.
Exploration of Legal Governance in Promoting Rural Revitalization
The complexity and arduousness of comprehensively advancing rural revitalization are no less than those of poverty alleviation. As a core guarantee for "consolidating fundamentals, stabilizing expectations, and benefiting the long term", the rule of law is a key support for resolving county-level issues related to agriculture, rural areas, and farmers, and activating the driving force for rural development. Based on county-level practices, this paper takes "standardizing ad-ministrative law enforcement - strengthening fair justice - promoting law-based governance" as a three-dimensional framework, and integrates typical cases such as the "three-in-one governance integration" in Laixi, Shandong Province and the "smart mediation" in Liuyang, Hunan Province. It systematically ex-plains how to transform the advantages of the rule of law into practical results of rural revitalization by strengthening law enforcement teams, optimizing judicial services, and innovating governance models, thus providing a solid institutional guarantee for achieving a strong agricultural sector, beautiful rural areas, and prosperous farmers.
Factors Influencing EFL Learners’Satisfaction in Ideological and Po-litical College English Language Courses
In the contemporary higher education, English language courses are recognized as foundational subjects. They are entrusted with not only nurturing students' lin-guistic competencies but also integrating elements of ideological and political ed-ucation (IPE) to fulfill the essential mission of moral cultivation. This study is grounded in the practical demands of IPE in English language courses. Employing a mixed-methods approach that combines questionnaires and in-depth interviews, a comprehensive investigation was conducted involving 213 students from four majors at a university in Eastern China. The objective was to explore students' current levels of satisfaction with IPE in English language courses and to identify the underlying influencing factors. The research utilized statistical analysis tech-niques to examine the impact of personal attributes (encompassing major, and po-litical affiliation) and course implementation aspects (including teachers' ideolog-ical and political literacy, instructional design, and classroom interaction modes) on students' satisfaction with IPE in English language courses. The results reveal that teachers' ideological and political literacy, along with the relevance of the teaching content, exert a significant positive influence on student satisfaction. Furthermore, the diversity of classroom interaction strategies and students' sub-jective engagement play an indispensable positive role in their satisfaction with IPE. Notably, the study uncovered variations in expectations regarding the ideo-logical and political content of foreign language courses among students from dif-ferent majors, prompting the suggestion of differentiated teaching strategies for IPE.
The Evolution of Foreign Language Teachers' Roles in the Age of AI
The rise of AI technologies—particularly tools like ChatGPT and adaptive learn-ing platforms—is transforming traditional foreign language teaching, making it necessary to redefine the role of educators. Drawing on UNESCO’s AI-Supported Education: Opportunities and Challenges (2023), China’s Beijing Consensus (2023), and real-world case studies, this paper explores how AI is reshaping the identity and responsibilities of foreign language teachers. AI acts as both a disruptor of conventional teaching authority and a catalyst for innovation. The study finds that teachers are evolving from knowledge providers into learning facilitators, cultural mediators, ethical guardians of AI use, and tech-integration specialists. While AI enhances efficiency, human qualities—such as empathy, cultural awareness, and critical thinking—remain irreplaceable. Thus, this paper proposes a "human-AI collaboration" model to help educators adapt. Ultimately, for AI to truly improve—rather than undermine—foreign language education, systemic support is crucial, including policy frameworks, teacher training, and ethical guidelines.
Research on the Innovation of School-Enterprise Collaborative Talent Cultivation Model for Electronic Major in Technical Schools and Dongying Petroleum Equipment Enterprises
As a national key base for petroleum equipment manufacturing, Dongying has an industrial scale accounting for more than one-fifth of the national total and half of Shandong Province. As early as 2012, it achieved a total industrial output value of 50 billion yuan, with the production capacity of leading products such as land petroleum drilling rigs and pumping units ranking among the top in China, and its exports covering more than 60 countries and regions. However, it currently faces structural contradictions, including core technologies being constrained by others and a shortage of high-skilled talents in electronic fields. At the same time, the electronic major in local technical schools has problems such as disconnection between courses and industrial needs, mismatch between practical training and post standards, and a single evaluation system. Although preliminary cooperation has been promoted under the policy of integrating oil fields, local government and schools, a deep collaborative mechanism has not yet been formed. Based on the theoretical and practical experience of 7 core documents, this paper constructs a school-enterprise collaborative talent cultivation model of "industrial demand orientation—curriculum system reconstruction—practical training platform co-construction—closed-loop multi-evaluation". Through paths such as the integration of theory and practice, OBE (Outcome-Based Education) concept design, and optimization of Emerging Engineering experiment projects, it realizes the accurate connection between talent cultivation and industrial needs. The research shows that this model can effectively shorten the students' post adaptation cycle and improve the acquisition rate of vocational skill level certificates, providing two-way support for the transformation and upgrading of Dongying's petroleum equipment industry and the improvement of talent cultivation quality in technical schools.
School-Enterprise Collaborative Talent Cultivation
The Colors of Emotion: The Value and Role of Art Education in Children’s Psychological Development
Emotional development is a core aspect of children’s psychological growth, and art education, as an essential medium for emotional expression and aesthetic experience, holds unique value in promoting emotional regulation, empathy cultivation, and personality development. Based on the theoretical frameworks of developmental psychology and educational aesthetics, this study employs literature review and educational practice observation to explore the mechanisms and educational significance of art education in children’s emotional development. Findings indicate that art education, through the process of “perception—expression—reflection,” effectively stimulates emotional experience and self-awareness, facilitating the transition from external emotional expression to internal emotional understanding. Moreover, collaborative and open art learning environments contribute to the development of children’s social-emotional skills, enhancing emotional resonance and value recognition. This study further emphasizes that, in curriculum design and instructional practice, teachers should integrate aesthetic experience with psychological support, constructing an art education system that combines creativity with emotional education, thereby achieving coordinated development of aesthetic education and emotional nurturing.
A Comparative Study of Learner-centeredness in Communicative Language Teaching and Task-Based Language Teaching
This comparative study examines how Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) operationalize learner-centeredness in language education. Through analyzing teacher-student roles, instructional design, and assessment and feedback, the study reveals that CLT prioritizes scaffolded participation through structured activities, while TBLT emphasizes autonomous creation via authentic tasks. This study aims to explore how CLT and TBLT embody learner-centeredness in their methodologies. While both emphasize learner agency, they vary in teacher-student roles, instructional de-sign, and assessment and feedback. The pedagogical implications propose adaptability principles: matching CLT’s support to beginner proficiency, aligning TBLT’s tasks with advanced competencies, and contextualizing both approaches within Chinese educational realities. By advocating a flexible blend of methods tailored to learner levels, goals, and cultural settings, this study of-fers educators a framework to enhance student agency in diverse classrooms.
Understanding Counseling Attrition: Insights from Logistic Regression
This study investigates the predictors of early termination among clients receiving counseling services at a community mental health centre. Early termi-nation, or dropout, poses significant challenges to the efficacy of therapeutic interventions, often leading to incomplete treatment and unaddressed mental health needs. Understanding the factors that contribute to this phenomenon is crucial for improving client retention and optimizing therapeutic outcomes. To explore these factors, a sample of clients who had engaged in counseling at the mental health centre was selected for the study. Each participant was inter-viewed, and their responses were meticulously recorded to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data. The interview process was designed to encourage hon-est disclosure, enabling the collection of reliable information regarding their experiences and reasons for either continuing or discontinuing therapy. The study employed a binary logistic regression model to analyse the likelihood of early termination among these clients. The dependent variable in the model was the occurrence of early termination, operationalized as a binary outcome where '1' indicated early termination and '0' signified continuation of counseling until the intended completion. The group that did not terminate early was used as the reference category, while those who terminated early represented the target group for analysis. Two independent variables were identified as potential pre-dictors of early termination: symptom severity and avoidance of disclosure. Symptom severity ('sympsev') refers to the intensity of the clients' psychologi-cal symptoms, which was hypothesized to influence their likelihood of remain-ing in therapy. Avoidance of disclosure ('avdiscl') measures the extent to which clients were reluctant to share personal information during counseling sessions, which could hinder the therapeutic process and contribute to premature drop-out. Both predictors were treated as continuous variables within the model. The logistic regression analysis aimed to determine the relative contribution of these predictors to the likelihood of early termination. By calculating the odds ratios for each predictor, the study assessed how variations in symptom severity and avoidance of disclosure influenced the probability of a client terminating therapy prematurely. The results of this analysis provide valuable insights into the dynamics of client retention in counseling settings