International Education Forum

Enhancing the Comprehension Level of Key Stage 2 Learners Through Multimodal Reading Strategies in Calatagan Sub-office

2025-06-05T14:31:59+08:00

This study examines the reading comprehension level of Key Stage 2 learners using multimodal reading strategies in Calatagan Sub-office. The study involved 77 reading teachers from 21 public elementary schools. A descriptive research method was used to examine the relationship between the extent of multimodal strategy use, learners’ comprehension levels, and challenges faced by teachers. Data was analyzed using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentage, and correlation tests. Findings of the study suggest that all multimodal reading strategies were widely used. Visual Worksheets and Audio-Visual Input received the highest ratings. Other strategies, including Modeling and Guided Practice, Reflective Discussion, Play-based Learning, and Questioning Technique, also had strong ratings. Read Aloud was slightly lower but still effective. On the other hand, this study highlights that the reading comprehension levels of learners significantly improved after employing these strategies based on the result of the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) SY 2023–2024. The pre-test revealed few independent readers, more at the instructional level, many at the frustration level, and some are nonreaders. After implementation, the post-test showed significant progress with an increased number of independent and instructional readers, while a decrease in frustrated readers, and very few remaining as nonreaders. The higher utilization of these strategies correlates with better comprehension outcomes for learners. Furthermore, this study identified the challenges met by teachers in the implementation of multimodal reading strategies. These include learner distractions, limited parental support, and difficulty in crafting effective assessments. Given the alarming reading comprehension levels, an action plan was proposed to enhance multimodal strategy use, improve comprehension, facilitate interactive instruction, engage parents, and evaluate progress. Collaboration among teachers, parents, and schools is essential for success.

Foucault’s Engagement with Kant: A Critical Analysis of Enlightenment Philosophy

2025-06-05T14:32:00+08:00

This paper delves into Michel Foucault’s critical examination of Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of enlightenment, primarily through Foucault’s essay What is Enlightenment? It summarizes Kant’s conception of enlightenment as the liberation from self-imposed immaturity through the courageous use of reason, and highlights Kant’s distinction between public and private reason. Foucault critically assesses Kant’s views, questioning the universality of enlightenment and the dichotomy between public and private reason. By integrating insights from Charles Baudelaire on modernity, Foucault reframes enlightenment as a critical spirit intrinsic to modernity, emphasizing perpetual questioning, innovation, and identity formation. The paper concludes that Foucault’s critical ethos advocates for an ongoing, radical examination of enlightenment and rationality, safeguarding against complacency and fostering independent thought.

Reform and Exploration of Nursing Education in the Context of Lifelong Health Services

2025-06-05T14:32:00+08:00

With the intensifying aging of the population, the increasing burden of chronic diseases, and the diversification of health needs, lifelong health services have become the core objective of modern healthcare systems. As a critical component of health service talent cultivation, nursing education faces new challenges and opportunities. Based on the core of lifelong health services and their new requirements for nursing education, this article explores the current difficulties and issues in nursing education. Accordingly, it proposes reform strategies and exploration directions for nursing education in the context of lifelong health services, such as constructing an integrated curriculum system that breaks the segmentation of the life cycle, innovating the “scenario-practice” teaching model to strengthen capability development, and building a “dual-qualified and interdisciplinary” teaching team to enhance teaching transformation capabilities. The aim is to cultivate “warm, capable, and responsible” nursing talents for the Healthy China strategy in the new era.

A Study on the Training Mode of Compound Talents in Business English in Colleges under the “Belt and Road” Initiative

2025-06-05T14:32:01+08:00

With the in-depth implementation of the “Belt and Road” initiative, the demand for compound talents in business English is increasing. However, the existing business English talent training model has not been able to fully meet this demand, and there are problems such as insufficient integration of interdisciplinary knowledge and weak innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities. To this end, this paper introduces the “integration” compound talent training model, which solves the problems of a single goal of business English talent training, lagging behind in training content and methods by optimizing the curriculum system, strengthening practical teaching, and deepening the integration of industry, academia, and research. This study focuses on how to improve students’ comprehensive abilities, especially in cross-cultural communication, international business practice, and minority language skills, through interdisciplinary integration and the introduction of an international vocational skills certification system. Ultimately, by updating talent training goals and innovating teaching methods, students’ professional abilities and employment competitiveness in the field of business English are improved, providing a practical solution to the talent needs under the “Belt and Road” initiative.

An Exploration of the Innovation of College Mathematics Teaching Models in the New Media Environment

2025-06-05T14:32:01+08:00

With the deepening of educational reform, college mathematics teaching should be further optimized. Teachers need to actively introduce new educational concepts and teaching methods to arouse students’ interest, strengthen their understanding and application of knowledge, and improve the educational effect. As a much-concerned form of educational assistance at present, new media technology can greatly enrich the teaching content of college mathematics, broaden the educational path, and play a significant role in promoting students’ all-around development. In view of this, this article will analyze college mathematics teaching in the new media environment and put forward some strategies for the reference of colleagues.

“Smart Platform + Practical Training Base + Layered Training”: Practice and Exploration on the Cultivation of Clinical Practical Abilities in Infectious Disease Teaching

2025-06-05T14:32:02+08:00

This study proposes an innovative clinical practice competency cultivation system for infectious diseases—“Smart Platform + Practical Training Base + Layered Training”—which aims to comprehensively enhance students’ practical abilities in infectious disease prevention and control through the integration of modern information technologies, practical teaching resources, and layered training approaches. By optimizing teaching content to incorporate new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies, public health emergency response, and cutting-edge advancements, the system establishes three-tiered practical training (foundational, intermediate, and comprehensive levels) to holistically improve students’ clinical competencies. Effectiveness evaluations demonstrate that the system has been widely acknowledged by students, faculty, and public health practitioners as significantly enhancing students’ practical skills and professional competencies. The future prospects section outlines optimization plans, including the integration of advanced technologies, expansion of practical training bases, and strengthening of international collaboration, aiming to better align with future public health needs.

Gravity-inspired Classrooms and Magic Homework: An Exploration of High-school English Homework Design under the “Double Reduction” Policy

2025-06-05T14:32:03+08:00

With the introduction of the “Double Reduction” policy, homework has attracted widespread attention from all sectors of society. As an important part of subject teaching, after-class homework in English learning needs to reflect the humanistic and instrumental nature of the language, and neither can be neglected. During the high-school learning stage, exploring how to effectively design after-class homework to reduce students’ homework burden, cultivate students’ literacy, and fulfill the task of fostering virtue through education has practical significance and long-term value.

Research on Strategies for Stimulating the Subjective Initiative of Power-related Higher Vocational Students in the Context of the “Double-high” Initiative: Taking the “Relay Protection Technology” Course as an Example

2025-06-05T14:32:03+08:00

In the context of the “Double-high plan” promoting the high-quality development of vocational education, power-related higher vocational colleges urgently need to construct a student-centered strategy for stimulating students’ subjective initiative in learning, so as to solve problems such as insufficient learning motivation and weak self-learning ability among higher vocational students. This article proposes a four-dimensional collaborative stimulation system of “ideological and political education in courses as the guide-stratified teaching as the foundation-integration of industry and education as the driver-psychological empowerment as the support.” It reconstructs students’ professional value cognition through the organic integration of ideological and political elements and professional courses, activates learning motivation based on stratified teaching, strengthens practical drive relying on real-world projects from the integration of industry and education, and enhances self-efficacy by combining with a psychological intervention mechanism. Taking the professional course “Relay Protection Technology” as an example, this article designs the curriculum system, aiming to systematically improve students’ subjective initiative in learning, professional identity, skill mastery, and comprehensive qualities, providing theoretical references and practical paths for talent cultivation in power-related higher vocational colleges.

Singing Breathing Techniques in 2nd-Grade Primary School Music: A Study Using “The Sea”

2025-06-05T14:32:04+08:00

Under the guidance of the new curriculum standards, teachers should facilitate second-grade students’ music learning by enabling them to engage with and experience music more effectively during class. Singing constitutes a vital component of the curriculum at this academic stage, allowing students to experience the aesthetic value of music through active participation in singing activities. However, when second-grade students perform and sing songs they are more proficient in, they tend to express the music by shouting. When a teacher advises controlling the volume, students may inadvertently breathe too shallowly. This can lead to shorter note durations and a lack of coherence in phrasing, thereby hindering the ability to fully express the music and personally experience its beauty. Therefore, this article selects the piece “The Sea” from the second-grade lower-semester curriculum as an example for analysis. It integrates the teaching of singing respiration into the second-grade music classroom and applies it to this work, thereby enhancing students’ musical aesthetic sensibility and expressive capabilities, enabling a more profound interpretation of the piece, and allowing students to derive joy from their musical experiences.

Exploration of the Digital Transformation Path of College English Teaching from the Perspective of Blended Teaching

2025-06-05T14:32:04+08:00

In contemporary society, digitalization has become a prominent feature of the times. Specifically in the field of higher education, digital construction has become a crucial strategic issue related to the quality of development. Therefore, this article mainly conducts relevant analysis and research on the digital transformation of college English teaching from the perspective of blended teaching, for reference only.

Interdisciplinary Education: Research on Collaborative Teaching of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

2025-06-05T14:32:04+08:00

This study explores the integration of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine in medical education, focusing on the First Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The research highlights the growing need for interdisciplinary approaches in addressing the complexities of modern healthcare. It examines the benefits and challenges of combining TCM’s holistic and preventive approach with the technological advancements of Western medicine. A mixed-methods design was employed, involving 150 medical students across various levels of training, who participated in a 12-week program with lectures, clinical rotations, case discussions, and workshops. The study found significant improvements in students’ knowledge, attitudes, and clinical confidence, particularly in integrating both medical systems. Despite challenges, such as cultural differences, skepticism from Western-trained students, and faculty coordination, the program demonstrated the potential of interdisciplinary education to foster patient-centered care and enhance critical thinking. The study suggests the need for clearer curriculum structures, standardized assessments, and enhanced faculty collaboration to optimize the effectiveness of such programs.

The Educational Value, Implementation Principles, and Integration Pathways of Traditional Puzzle Games in Early Childhood Education

2025-06-05T14:32:05+08:00

With the continuous development of modern educational concepts, the value of traditional puzzle games in preschool education has gained increasing recognition. This paper explores the significance, principles, and practical implementation approaches of integrating traditional puzzle games into early childhood education by analyzing their crucial role in children’s physical and mental development, intellectual cultivation, and cultural heritage preservation. The study reveals that traditional puzzle games not only stimulate children’s learning interest and enhance their hands-on abilities and social development but also help them understand local culture and strengthen cultural identity. However, challenges such as insufficient resources and limited teacher awareness persist in practical applications. Therefore, this paper proposes strategies such as resource integration, innovative game adaptation, and home-kindergarten collaboration to promote the effective incorporation of traditional puzzle games into preschool education.

Exploration of the “Problem-Oriented” Teaching Model in Ideological and Political Theory Courses in Universities

2025-06-05T14:32:06+08:00

Ideological and political courses are key courses for colleges and universities to implement the fundamental task of cultivating morality and educating people. The “problem-oriented” teaching model is a teaching model that takes problems as the core and students as the main body in teaching. It is conducive to improving the effectiveness of ideological and political teaching, increasing students' learning interest, and promoting the growth of ideological and political teachers. It is a major topic worthy of in-depth thinking.

Research on the Interactive Relationship between Campus Cultural Ecology Construction and Students’ Comprehensive Quality Development in the Dual-Cycle Drive

2025-06-05T14:32:06+08:00

This study explores the interactive relationship between campus cultural ecology and the comprehensive quality development of students from the perspective of “dual circulation drive.” Currently, there is a disconnection between campus cultural construction and student quality development, such as the monotonous form of cultural activities and the incomplete evaluation system, which urgently needs to be improved through the dual circulation mechanism. The article clarifies the core concepts of “dual circulation drive”, campus cultural ecology, and the comprehensive quality development of students, and constructs a theoretical framework based on ecosystem theory, collaborative education theory, and comprehensive development theory. Through the analysis of the current situation, it is found that there are problems such as unbalanced cultural supply, disconnection in evaluation, and the absence of interaction mechanisms. The article then constructs an interaction mechanism from both the internal circulation (spiritual, material, institutional, and behavioral culture) and the external circulation (mutual empowerment between culture and quality) perspectives.