TABLE OF CONTENTS for ISSUE No. 80, MAY 2012
RESEARCH PROJECTS1.Phan Van Kha / Structure of Vietnam general education
2. Nguyen Minh Thuyet / Foreign general textbooks and key experiences drawn for Vietnam
3. Nguyen Thanh Hung / Nourishing and removing meanings of the Psycholinguistics in literary readings
4. Nguyen Tien Hung / Trends in general educationdevelopment
5. Le Thi Tuyet Hanh / Methods of linguistic pragmatics/text-linguistics and non-text-based understandings in respect of the analysis of the work Edict on the Transfer of the Capital (Chiếu dời đô)in Language of Literature textbook of Grade 8.
6. Phan Van Nhan / Development of competency-based TVET curriculum
7. Tran Thị Tuyet Oanh / Orientations for developing competency-based pedagogical skills for teacher students in teacher training institutions
8. Thai Huy Bao / Assessment of lecturers of the subject-basedteaching methodin teacher training universities and school of education inuniversities
9. Bui Hien Thuc / Several strategies for multi-choice test items
10. Tran Thi Thanh Phuong / Methods for testing and assessment of subject-based learning outcomes in universities
11. Nguyen Quang Viet / Assessment of employability competences-based learning outcomes among students in TVET institutions
12. Vu Khanh Linh / Communicative needs of young children with parents
13. Pham Minh Muc, Tran Thu Giang / Communicative development for visually impaired children with multiple disabilities
EXCHANGE PROJECTS
14. Nguyen Ba Thai / The Balanced Scorecard method and its application into the implementation of education development strategy in the period2011-2020 in Vietnam
EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
15. NguyenAnh Hong / Difficulties faced by parents in children education at upper secondary level in HCMC
16. Le Thi Phuong / On the curriculum and teaching materials of Thanh Hoa local literature knowledge at lower secondary level
ETHNIC MINORITY EDUCATION
17. Dao Thi Binh, Dao Nam Son / Local knowledge with education for ethnic minority students
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
18. Mikhail Njankovski / Some thoughts on Literature subject in contemporary Russian schools
(Translated by Le Son)
Executive Summary:
1.Phan Van Kha: The author has presented some foundations based on which to propose the structure of Vietnam general education. These include experience lessons from three education reforms carried out in our country; the trends of general education development across the world. Based on this analysis, the structure of general education is suggested for Vietnam going forward.
2. Nguyen Minh Thuyet: The article analyzes several sets of foreign textbooks, e.g. the set of Le Francais textbooks from France, the set of English textbooks from India, South Korea, Colombia…, based on which experiences and lessons are drawn for the compilation of textbooks in Vietnam.
3. Nguyen Thanh Hung:According to the author, one of the key doctrines for reading comprehension is Psycholinguistics (psychology of language). The article analyzes positive and negative impacts of Psycholinguistics in literary readings.
4. Nguyen Tien Hung: According to the author, the current trends in development of general education in the world are commonly structured into 12 years with 6 years for primary education, 3 years for lower secondary education and another 3 years for upper secondary education; and the common age for graduating from a complete cycle of general education being 18 years of age.
5. Le Thi Tuyet Hanh:The article analyzes the methods of linguistic pragmatics (i.e. language in its relation with users) and understandings outside the text on the basis of the analysis of the work Edict on the Transfer of the Capital (Chiếu dời đô) in Language of Literature textbook of Grade 8.
6. Phan Van Nhan: This article discusses the issues surrounding the development of competency-based TVET curriculum. The writer presents some key theoretical rationales in favor of competency-based TVET curriculum approach;provides an analysis of current status of TVET curriculum; and suggests process and content of the competency-based TVET curriculum.
7. Tran Tuyet Oanh: In the course of teacher trainings provided at teacher training universities, pedagogical competences and skills are closely interrelated. In this article, the author has presented orientations for developing competency-based pedagogical skills for teacher students in teacher training institutions in their teacher training programs.
8. Thai Huy Bao: In the article, the author touches upon the assessment contents for the lecturers of subject-based teaching method in teacher training universities and school of education in universities based on four lines of actions, i.e. political quality; morality and lifestyle; teaching skills and educational science research; society, community development activities. Based on this, the author moves forwards by suggesting 30 criteria to assess the performance of lecturers of teaching method in teacher training universities and school of education in universities.
9. Bui Hien Thuc:The measurement and assessment of teaching and learning outcomes among teachers and students enable managers to check quality of educational products based on various assessment criteria. This would in turn help address the gap of the criteria set for testing and assessment which is currently being implemented in lower secondary schools in Vietnam built on three categories, i.e. Differentiation, Value and Reliability, in view of designing multi-choice test items.
10. Tran Thi Thanh Phuong: The writing touches upon testing and assessment methods of subject-based learning outcomes and performance at tertiary level, with a particular mention to the concepts of testing and assessment; characteristics and tasks of testing and assessment; and several common testing and assessment methods of subject-based learning outcomes and performance at tertiary level.
11. Nguyen Quang Viet: Competency-based assessment is the current quality-driven approach to trainings and development of human resources. The article highlights several issues on actual status and suggests workable solutions for assessment of learning outcomes driven by employability competences in Vietnam’s TVET institutions.
12. Vu Khanh Linh: The publication is focused on exploring the communicative needs among young children with their parents. The research findings are analyzed and compared in respect of multiple criteria, including, for example, grade, learning ability, location, sex…The article has shown the level and cause of impact on communicative needs among young children with their parents.
13. Pham Minh Muc:Education for visually impaired children with multiple disabilities in an exceptionally complex process. Under this circumstance, the article gives mention to the communicative development for visually impaired children with multiple disabilities through 4 fundamental methods, i.e. use of objects, pictures, printed and Braille alphabets; conduct of dialogues through objects; touching and using objects such as signals; establishing the object-based communication system.
14. Nguyen Ba Thai: The writer introduces the balanced scorecard and its application into the management of implementation of education development strategy in our country.
15. Nguyen Anh Hong: The article presents assessment findings from 502 parents in 6 upper secondary schools in Ho Chi Minh City with regard to difficulties faced by themselves in teaching and education their children, through the use of questionnaires, individual in-depth interviews and focused-group interviews.
16.Le Thi Phuong:The author discuss on how to develop curriculum and materials for teaching Thanh Hoa local literatute knowledge, contributing to the improvement of local literature knowledge teaching/learning at school while ensuring that the content of local literature knowledge must contribute to the realization of Philology subject objectives.
17. Dao Thi Binh:The writer presents some issues on local knowledge and education of local knowledge provided to ethnic minority students and the presentation of the experimental research on mother tongue-based bilingual education in textbooks.
18. Mikhail Njankovski: The writer presents some thoughts on the roles played by literature subject in contemporaryRussian schools.