You Can Ask Me If You Really Want to Know What I Think

Abstract

Recent social policy discourses in Aotearoa New Zealand focus on vulnerable children’s well-being and the detrimental, long-term and costly impacts of child poverty. The discourse pervading much of the policy labels children and young people as ‘vulnerable’ or ‘at risk’ or ‘in crisis’, a view, which we argue, is both disempowering and marginalising. We propose a shift in focus which views children and young people as agentic, capable and competent. Drawing on several small-scale research projects and reports we demonstrate how, when asked, children and young people can participate effectively in discussions about policy matters that concern them (Article 12, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 [UNCROC]). We have much to learn from the insights children share with us when asked, but very often existing structures, at both government and community level, do not include adequate processes to hear their voices, let alone act on what has been communicated.     

《遇见你之前》:勇敢面对人生

学习提示:影片为英式发音,遣词造句也是地道的英式.本篇所节选的片段基本上都是两个角色的对话,适合精听及两人模仿.女主角路易莎的台词念白语气生动,情感起伏变化明显,尤其适合反复演练.最末的选段是一封非正式书信,意境优美,富含哲理,适合模仿朗诵.     

我要上哈佛，你能资助我吗？

求助的是一位现年21岁、哈佛大学神经生物学专业学生，她在向哈佛校友请求贷款。     

How Program Design Affects Program Performance and Participant Motivation

This article focuses on how program design affects program performance, linking participant motivation to performance. The focus of the article is a study that took place in a nonprofit organization and addressed how to engage volunteers such that they find meaning in the work they do and satisfy the needs of those they serve. Moreover, the findings suggest causal relationships among the variables of program design, leadership, and participant motivation. The article highlights some implications of human motivation on performance improvement. The following questions are addressed: How does a leader evaluate program performance and participant motivation? How does a leader redesign a program so that it maximizes participant performance and elevates intrinsic motivation? It is noted that motivation translates into energy. Energy is what one expends to accomplish a task. That task, once accomplished, can be measured against an expectation. Did what was produced meet or exceed expectations?     

Getting Inside the Black Box: Examining How the Operation of Charter Schools Affects Performance

In recent years, a series of articles have examined the performance of charter schools with mixed results. Some of this research has shown that charter school performance varies by charter type or the age of the school (Bifulco &; Ladd, 2006 Bifulco, R. and Ladd, H. 2006. The impact of charter schools on student achievement: Evidence from North Carolina. Education Finance and Policy, 1: 50–90. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Buddin &; Zimmer, 2005 Buddin, R. and Zimmer, R. 2005. A closer look at charter school student achievement. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24: 351–372. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]; Hanushek, Kain, &; Rivkin, 2002 Hanushek, E. A., Kain, J. F., &; Rivkin, S. G. (2002). The impact of charter schools on academic achievement. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved May 19, 2006, from http://http://www.nber.org/～confer/2002/hiedf02/KAIN.pdf  [Google Scholar]; Sass, 2006 Sass, T. R. 2006. Charter schools and student achievement in Florida. Education Finance and Policy, 1: 91–122. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]). However, this research has not examined the school attributes that lead to high- or low-achieving charter schools. In this article, we examine how student achievement varies with school operational features using student-level achievement and survey data for charter and a matched-set of traditional public schools from California. We did not find operational characteristics that were consistently related with student achievement, but we did identify some features that are more important at different grade levels or in charter schools versus in traditional public schools. We also examined the relationship between greater autonomy within schools, which is a major tenet of the charter movement, and student achievement and found very little evidence that greater autonomy leads to improved student achievement.     

“I Need You to Show Me:” Coaching Early Childhood Professionals

Early Childhood Education Journal - In most states, Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) with a Birth-Kindergarten teaching license serve as both the general education teacher and special education...     

助跑与起跳技术影响跳远成绩的因素分析

在保持高速助跑的前提下,掌握合理的最后二步助跑节奏,从而获得适宜的垂直速度和腾起角度是提高跳远成绩的关键。     

对中小学教师绩效评价过程的梳理

教师绩效评价是一个重要的管理手段。然而，很多时候，人们并没有认识到教师绩效评价本身也是需要管理的，评价的功能定位、程序和评价信息的解释和运用都应该有规范的、明确的管理，否则，教师绩效评价就可能引发矛盾，不仅不能够有效地发挥教师绩效评价的功能，而且会引起学校管理中的混乱。本试图初步梳理教师绩效评价过程的管理，提出规范教师绩效评价制度的命题。     

“你看你”与“我看我”的构式解析、话语功能及其成因

在现代汉语中,"你看你"、"我看我"是较为典型的"构式"。借鉴构式语法的理论框架,认为"你看你"、"我看我"在话语环境中体现了说话人与受话人之间主观化、交互主观化两种机制不断作用的过程,具有典型的语境适切度。"你看你"、"我看我"经过语用推理的反复运用和不断凝固化,最终形成了主观性表达成分。*"他看他"不具有主观性成分表达的普适性,无法正式进入交际过程中。     

Gender Differences in Children's Normative Beliefs about Aggression: How Do I Hurt Thee? Let Me Count the Ways

This research was designed to assess whether children view relationally manipulative behaviors (i.e., those behaviors labeled relational aggression in past research) as "aggressive." 2 studies were conducted to evaluate whether children view relationally manipulative behaviors as associated with 2 defining features of aggression, anger (Study 1) and intent to harm (Study 2). Results of Study 1 ( n = 459, 9–12-year-olds) indicated that relational aggression was the most frequently cited angry behavior for girls' interactions whereas physical aggression was the most frequently cited angry behavior for boys' interactions. Results of Study 2 ( n = 60, 9–11-year-olds) demonstrated that relational aggression and verbal insults were the most frequently cited harmful behaviors for girls whereas physical aggression and verbal insults were the most frequently cited harmful behaviors for boys. These studies provide the first evidence that children view relationally manipulative acts (relational aggression) as angry, harmful behaviors (i.e., as "aggressive").     

基于流程视角的电子政务绩效评估研究

文章从流程视角、应用流程相关理论对电子政务绩效评估过程中存在的流程意识薄弱、整体目标意识淡薄、资源管理短缺和界面管理缺失等问题进行分析,提出应以水平系统组织观为视角了解评估过程,树立整体性评估目标意识,建立绩效评估目标体系,提升绩效评估中资源管理效用和增强绩效评估中界面管理重视程度等对策,从而进一步丰富电子政务绩效评估研究体系。     

How to Improve Instructional Leadership: High School Principal Selection Process versus Evaluation Process

The selection process for a high school principal rather than the principal evaluation process should be the focus of efforts to improve instructional leadership in high schools.     

I Remember You: Independence and the Binomial Model

We focus on the problem of ignoring statistical independence. A binomial experiment is used to determine whether judges could match, based on looks alone, dogs to their owners. The experimental design introduces dependencies such that the probability of a given judge correctly matching a dog and an owner changes from trial to trial. We show how this dependence alters the probability of a successful match of dog to owner, and thus alters the expected number of successful matches and the variance of this expected quantity. Finally, we show that a false assumption of independence that results in incorrect probability calculations changes the probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis (i.e. the Type I error).     

你知道我有多高吗?--小学一年级数学课外活动:测量

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Teach Me and I May Remember,Involve Me and I Learn: Four Approaches to Peer Mentoring in Sport Psychology

ABSTRACT

Many students experience difficulties during their graduate education. Scholars have proposed mentoring as one potential strategy to support them. While often assumed to be the sole responsibility of faculty, graduate students are also in a position to provide meaningful mentorship to their peers. Thus, the purpose of the current article is to focus on the relationship between peer mentor and mentee and provide those interested in becoming peer mentors during their graduate training with a guide to deliberately structure their interactions and relationships with mentees. More specifically, the approaches of four former peer mentors are presented. These are all grounded in theory and have been labeled: (a) autonomy-supportive mentoring, (b) mentoring with resonance, (c) community-based mentoring, and (d) self-concept-based mentoring.     

利率调整对我国宏观经济影响的分析

利率是国家进行宏观调控的重要经济杠杆,对经济的发展有着极为重要的影响。我国改革开放以来,利率频繁调整,在不同的经济发展阶段,发挥着不同的作用。本文从历年来利率水平调整情况入手,分四个阶段分析利率发挥作用的方式及其对宏观经济调控的影响。     

Performance Architecture: Processes That Can Kill You

An error can unwittingly derail a critical process and put its users in mortal danger. While not all processes are deadly if they are poorly executed, many can undermine otherwise successful businesses, putting their survival at risk. By monitoring the life cycle of every process, we can take actions to correct malfunctions before they occur, saving the lives of organizations and sometimes even people.     

Truthful Fictions: How Dreams Can Help You Write

This article makes a case for recording and using dreams in the teaching of writing. Calling on some well-known statements of Freud and on some recent research, I attempt to show how dreams can provide writers with a route to their unconscious. I also illustrate the role of dreams in furnishing writers with inspiration and source material. I provide examples of writing, both my own poems and extracts from the work of Coleridge, Byatt, Kafka, Blanchot and Murakami amongst others, to show how dreams, the experience of dreaming and dream-like imagery have been used successfully in literature.