培养德识双馨的国家栋梁之才：《普通地质学》课程教学有感

《普通地质学》是引领新生进入地学殿堂、了解地球科学知识的一门专业启蒙课,也是新形势下地学通识教育中的一门基础理论课。其内容涉及地质学全部基础知识中的最必要部分,具有衔接和统领地学各门专业基础知识的特点。根据多年教学体会,笔者认为在精英教育与通才教育并举的新形势下,必须心系学生,与时俱进,转变教育理念,优化集课堂、实验、野外教学为一体的教学体系,推进教学内容的改革与建设,摈弃不适应时代发展与国家需求的教育模式,采用现代化的教学方法和教育技术;对学生开展基础理论传授、专业基础技能训练、创新科研培育的系统教育,拓宽学生的专业知识面,激发学生专业兴趣和创造性思维。在传授科学知识的同时,目标明确地开展思政教育,引导学生认清学问与道德的关系,建立德识双馨的价值取向,提高基础地质课程教学质量和学生的综合素质,促进教学改革,为国家培养五育兼备的优秀人才。     

“GNSS气象学”课程实践教学探讨

随着测绘学科与气象学科不断交叉与渗透,测绘相关理论、技术与方法在气象业务中的应用越来越深入,尤其全球导航卫星系统（GNSS）在气象行业中的广泛应用,急需大量的从事GNSS气象应用方面的高级工程技术人才。结合南京信息工程大学测绘工程专业开设的“GNSS气象学”课程,从实践教学内容、教学手段、考核方式、实践条件、师资队伍等几方面对该课程的实践教学进行了探讨,为高校培养测绘气象复合型人才提供参考。     

半数字化地形测图实习方案的探讨

针对传统地形测图方法效率低下的问题,该文提出半数字化地形测图的实习教改方案。选择在模拟地形测图与数字地形测图之间折中,即采用数字化测绘仪器,但仍采用模拟测图的数据采集方案。观测数据不记录在仪器存储卡中,而是记录在观测手簿。为提高绘图时展点速度,提出改传统极坐标展点为直角坐标展点,并研制了一套直角展点尺和展点新方法。新展点尺根据坐标50m的余数快速展点,并在展点尺的右上角留有1/4圆弧,可提高展点精度。试验结果显示,直角坐标展点比传统极坐标展点在精度和速度上均有优势。     

认知导航:新生研讨课程设置及教学实践思考

为深化教育转型改革,提升学员自主学习和主动探究能力,信息工程大学面向大学一年级新生开设了《认知导航探索时空》小班专题讨论课程,文章详细介绍了课程的设置情况、课程的研讨效果,最后就下一步的课程建设提出了几点思考。该次课程的开设是加强学员自主学习能力培养和学术研究基本能力训练的有益尝试,能启发学员对专业学习和探索科学的兴趣,取得了较好的效果,为探索新形势下教育转型改革进行了一次有益的尝试,具有一定的推广价值。     

地理信息科学专业“地图投影”课程教学改革与实践

文章通过分析地理信息科学专业的特点,结合中国矿业大学地理信息科学专业"地图投影"课程教学改革,从教学内容的选取、教学方法的选择、考核方式的改革三个方面论述了地图投影教学与改革的方法。结合专业特点选择教学内容,注重动手能力的培养,强调互动教学与直观教学,结果表明,通过教学改革,激发了学生学习的主动性,提高了学习的兴趣性,教学效果良好。     

交通类应用型测绘工程专业实践教学体系构建

在调查研究交通施工企业和测绘生产单位的基础上,以构建山东交通学院应用型测绘工程本科专业实践教学体系为例,阐述了交通类应用型测绘工程专业实践教学的目标体系、内容体系和考评体系,并对实践教学体系改革提出建议。     

‘The magical operations of separation’: English elite schools’ on-line geographies,internationalisation and functional isolation

This paper examines the enduring separation and isolation of elite schools in England, in the face of increasing and substantial internationalisation. It presents the findings of a research project examining the geographical narratives produced by 30 elite schools on their websites and through their prospectuses, newsletters, blogs and twitter feeds. A critical visual and textual analysis was undertaken. Drawing on these data, the paper argues that elite schools remain highly focused on promoting and defending their separateness and isolation, despite extensive, documented international involvements. Work on institutional and carceral geographies and geographies of education have provided some theoretical justification for why this might be the case, and we explore these reasons here. The paper concludes with a plea for more work on the elite schooling sector in England, as their spatial practices (isolation and internationalisation) continue to have a weighty bearing upon society.     

Testing smarter control and feedback with users: Time,temperature and space in household heating preferences and practices in a Living Laboratory

Transitioning to more efficient and less carbon-intensive heating is a monumental policy challenge in the United Kingdom. However, very few households in the UK—and perhaps even elsewhere—have actual experience with state-of-the-art smart heating systems that may utilize enhanced control or feedback. Drawing from a unique sample of actual adopters of smart heating, this study closely examines the heating preferences, practices, and profiles of homes when they are given smarter heating systems. The study utilizes qualitative household data from the Energy System Catapult’s Living Laboratory of 100 smart homes in Birmingham (West Midlands), Bridgend (Wales), Manchester (Greater Manchester), and Newcastle (Northumberland). We examine the heating preferences and profiles of participants, with findings inductively organized around the themes of temperature, including tradeoffs between comfort, cost, and value; time, including the utility of heat scheduling; and space, including zonal heating controls. We also discuss patterns of learning, the emergence of environmental values, and issues of discomfort. We conclude by commenting on important distinctions between radiant and ambient heat, as well as between scheduled and on-demand heat. The main findings are 1) tradeoffs between comfort, value and cost occur when it comes to smart heating; 2) people want different numbers of warm hours in their homes at very different times; 3) households chose to heat different numbers of rooms; and 4) there are other non-monetary and non-functional aspects of smart heating that households value.     

地下工程测量课程教学改革的探讨

根据测绘专业的人才培养目标,结合地下工程测量发展情况,对地下工程测量课程在教学内容、课程体系、教学环节、教学方法等方面的改革进行了探讨,指出该课程教学改革中所存在的问题并提出自己的观点。     

动态网页数据库教学方法探索

以任务教学法和难题教学法为理论基础,研究了在学科教学当中,如何用最有效的方法帮助学生建立动态网页数据库的知识体系.从实践层面上分析了网页数据库教学的基本特点,并提出了该课程教学的若干原则.在实践层面上,为同行工作者提供了一个可供借鉴的课程模型,最终达到培养学生的兴趣和能力的双重教学目的.