Vol 3 No 1 (2025)

• Research on the Implementation Path of Interdisciplinary Thematic Learning Activities in Junior High School History

  Bo-Ru Zou

  Interdisciplinary thematic learning in junior high school history is of great significance under the trend of knowledge integration and competency-oriented education. At present, there are issues such as limited cognitive integration of disciplines, where teachers merely intersperse scattered knowledge points; a lack of systematic teaching practice, with arbitrary activity design and disorderly implementation; and insufficient resource integration, including a lack of classification guidance in school libraries and under-explored online resources. In response to these issues, this paper proposes an implementation path based on four aspects: theme selection, resource integration, teaching method application, and evaluation system construction, aiming to promote the effective development of interdisciplinary thematic learning in junior high school history teaching and enhance students' overall competencies.

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• Application of Outcome-Based Education in Teaching English for Chemical Engineering

  Lin Qiao, Yue Li, Yu Sun

  This paper explores the current application status and innovative strategies of the outcome-based education (OBE) in teaching English for chemical engineering . It identifies several issues in the current teaching of English for chemical engineering , such as the disconnect between course objectives and industry needs, insufficient practical application of teaching content, delayed faculty development, lack of teaching resources, and imperfect evaluation systems. Solutions such as improving the curriculum system, strengthening faculty training, constructing a diversified evaluation mechanism, deepening school-enterprise cooperation, and promoting the sharing of information-based resources are proposed. Practical evidence shows that integrating the outcome-based education into English teaching for chemical engineering can effectively enhance students' professional English application abilities and overall competence, thereby promoting the comprehensive improvement of the teaching quality of English for chemical engineering in colleges.

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• The Creation of "Context" in Junior High School English

  Bing-Ju Yan

  With the continuous advancement of educational concepts and the increasing demand for language learning, the creation of "context" in junior high school English teaching has become a key method for improving teaching quality. This paper explores how to effectively create contexts that are close to students' lives and rich in educational significance in junior high school English teaching. It includes the use of multimedia resources such as real objects, pictures, and videos, as well as designing interactive activities such as role plays and group discussions. The aim is to enhance students' language practice abilities, stimulate their interest in learning, and ultimately improve the efficiency and effectiveness of English teaching, laying a solid foundation for students' English proficiency.

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• Exploration of Ancient Keyboard Music Styles in the Baroque Period

  Yan-Jiao Wu

  This paper systematically explores the development, artistic characteristics, and performance techniques of Baroque keyboard music. By analyzing the social and cultural background of the period, it delves into the technical evolution of keyboard instruments and their impact on musical style. The article focuses on the characteristics of Baroque keyboard music in emotional expression, musical structure, and the use of ornamentation. It also discusses in detail the application of counterpoint techniques and harmonic language. Furthermore, the paper provides an in-depth analysis of the performance techniques required for Baroque keyboard music, its improvisational style, and artistic expressiveness, offering theoretical support and practical guidance for the understanding and interpretation of Baroque keyboard music.

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• Research on Ideological and Political Education and Precise Employment Services for Students Based on Big Data

  Yue You, Jia-Hui Yu

  With the rapid development of big data technology, its application in the field of education is becoming increasingly widespread. This paper aims to explore the research on ideological and political education by counselors and precise employment services for students based on big data. By analyzing the current application of big data in ideological and political education and student employment services, the paper proposes strategies for constructing a big data-based precise service system for counselors' ideological education and student employment services. The goal is to improve the targeted and effective nature of ideological education and promote high-quality employment for students.

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• Integrating Student Entrepreneurship Studios with Professional Curricula: A Case Study of the Landscape Architecture Program at Guangdong Baiyun University

  Ling Fang

  Against the background of higher education reform in innovation and entrepreneurship education, the Landscape Architecture program at Guangdong Baiyun University actively explores the construction of student entrepreneurship studios, optimization of professional talent training programs, and integration strategies for professional courses. By establishing five distinctive studios, including an Artificial Intelligence Landscape Design Studio, an Ecological Restoration and Green Building Studio, and others, the program builds practical platforms and introduces real projects, promoting student engagement with actual demands in extracurricular activities and enhancing their innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities. Meanwhile, in conjunction with core professional courses, the program explores paths to update teaching content and improve the practical teaching system, achieving deep integration of professional education and entrepreneurship education. This study summarizes a set of reasonable integration strategies, providing references for similar higher education institutions in professional curriculum reform and innovation and entrepreneurship education.

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• The Impact of High School Students' Sense of Security and Emotional Growth Beliefs on Attitudes Toward Suicide

  Yu-Fan Liu, Li-Heng Yang

  Objective: To explore the influence of contemporary high school students' sense of security and emotional growth beliefs on their attitudes toward suicide. This study employed literature review and questionnaire methods to survey 386 high school students. Results: (1) Overall, high school students hold ambivalent or neutral attitudes toward suicide; their interpersonal security is relatively high, while their sense of control is lower. (2) Demographic variables such as gender, single-parent family status, and left-behind experience signifcantly afect high school students' sense of security, emotional growth beliefs, and attitudes toward suicide. (3) There is a signifcant correlation between high school students' sense of security, emotional growth beliefs, and attitudes toward suicide. (4) Sense of security mediates the relationship between emotional growth beliefs and attitudes toward suicide.

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• CLT-based Curricula and Pedagogical Recommendations in EFL Contexts: A Textual Analysis of the 10th-grade English Curriculum in Burkina Faso

  J. Somé Kountiala

  This study critically evaluates the 10th-grade English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curriculum in Burkina Faso to understand some of the implementation challenges reported in most empirical research about teachers’ use of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) principles. For this purpose, the article reviewed the literature on CLT principles, its theoretical background, and the pedagogical implications in multilingual contexts. Empirical research on implementing CLT-based curricula in different EFL contexts was also reviewed to identify common issues highlighted regarding CLT curricula implementation in EFL contexts. These reviews helped define the methodological guideline for this critical assessment of the CLT-based grade 10 EFL curriculum in Burkina Faso. It leads to a thorough examination of the grade 10 curriculum, whose findings indicate a lack of contextualization of CLT principles in the curriculum to reflect the national and local teaching and learning realities in Burkina Faso. The analysis reveals that the 10th-grade EFL curriculum prescribes specific topics, lesson content, and instruction time, leaving teachers with little autonomy to adapt lessons to students’ needs and community realities. The control of what teachers can do regarding teaching and learning planning reduces teachers to policy implementers rather than facilitators of learning. To address these challenges, the article recommends a collaborative approach to curriculum design and implementation in which teachers serve as the last-mile planners. Granting this role to teachers can ensure that students’ needs and local realities are considered in curriculum planning, implementation, and assessment.

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• Technology Mediated Learning in Higher Education: Orthodoxy of The Era

  M. Chandrasena Rajeswaran

  The English language classrooms have seen changes in teaching learning theories, approaches and methods. There was a shift from Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) of the eighties to Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) in the nineties. It was considered a shift from one pedagogy to another, but technology mediation in education in general is considered an external force that shapes our pedagogic principles and approaches. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which started serving educational sector by 1995, has evolved so tremendously that education without it is impossible. In the globalised context of English teaching and learning, the language classes operate on many theories and approaches with no specific focus on any one of them, because various theories and approaches seamlessly merge in a language classroom with technology as a catalyst, which, while strengthening the teaching learning process ensures learning outcome. This is a boon to higher education portals where digital natives are stakeholders. The ubiquitous presence of technology mediation in language learning makes it the orthodoxy of the era. This article studies the pedagogical perspectives of technology mediation in the language classrooms.

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