Relations between Executive Function and Academic Achievement from Ages 5 to 17 in a Large, Representative National Sample

This study examined age-related changes in complex executive function (EF) in a large, representative sample (N = 2,036) aged 5 to 17 using the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS; Naglieri & Das, 1997a). Relations between complex EF and academic achievement were examined on a sub-sample (N = 1,395) given the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-Revised (Woodcock & Johnson, 1989). Performance on the three complex EF tasks improved until at least age 15, although improvement slowed with increasing age and varied some across tasks. Moreover, the different developmental patterns in the correlations between completion time and accuracy provide clues to developmental processes. Examination of individual achievement subtests clarified the specific aspects of academic performance most related to complex EF. Finally, the correlation between complex EF and academic achievement varied across ages, but the developmental pattern of the strength of these correlations was remarkably similar for overall math and reading achievement, suggesting a domain-general relation between complex EF and academic achievement.     

20世纪初美国的东亚政策分析

20世纪初美国的东亚政策带有很大的不确定性和模糊性。西奥多.罗斯福政府在东亚政策上重日轻华,首要的目标是维持与日本的和平友好关系,甚至不惜以牺牲中国的利益为代价。而继任的威廉.霍华德.塔夫脱政府力图扶持中国对抗日本,对日政策是竞争大于合作。虽然两者东亚政策的侧重点不同,但两者的目标是一致的,即通过均势政策来维护美国的东亚利益。     

如何提高运动技能教学的有效性

运动技术是运动项目内在的要求,是一种运动载体;而运动技能则是完成这项技术的一种能力。要提高运动技能教学的有效性,教师就要在深刻理解运动技术内在逻辑性的基础上开展教学,反复练习,不断内化,在自我不断提升的同时才能不断提高教学的有效性。     

从欧元实践看东亚货币合作

全球金融危机的爆发引发了对现有国际货币体系的重新审视,寻求区域货币合作成为目前达成共识的次优选择。作为当今世界上最成功的货币合作典范,欧元为货币合作提供了一定借鉴意义。分析欧元十年来的实践成果及存在的问题,并通过对东亚货币合作的进程以及可行性研究,得出东亚货币合作路径。     

New partnerships and education policy in Asia and the Pacific

Forming more effective partnerships with national governments in the Asia-Pacific region has been an important policy focus for the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) since 2006. AusAID is increasingly engaging in sector-wide approaches and working through partner government systems. This paper explores how new partnerships are impacting education policy in the vastly different contexts of Lao PDR, Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines from 2006 to 2009. Conclusions are that policy discourse and current practice indicate an active effort to develop partnerships in education with donors and partner governments. But the reality in the field is that while sector-wide approaches are outlined in policy discourse, practice indicates loosely harmonized arrangements with like-minded donors, and slow progress toward sector-wide involvement.     

新地区主义与东亚合作安全

新地区主义的兴起为当代国际关系注入了新的内容.东亚地区的安全现状为新地区主义提供了强大的发展动力,新地区主义也对东亚安全产生了深刻影响,推动了东亚合作安全的发展.新地区主义在东亚的发展,必将在很大程度上塑造东亚安全的未来.     

东亚的社会距离与全球化

全球化已经成为社会科学研究和教学的基本背景.但是,我国哲学社会科学、特别是社会学的教学与研究中相关研究还不多见.本文基于东亚社会调查2008年度全球化模块数据,以简化的博加德斯社会距离量表为工具,分析了东亚地区国家和地区的社会距离模式,并进一步以社会距离作为测量全球化水平的指标,论证了中国、日本、韩国和中国台湾全球化发展水平的差异,以及东亚区域化和一体化尚未形成.     

中美日关系与东亚安全

东亚存在中美日在结构性、利益性和历史观方面的三大矛盾,如得不到化解会恶化我国周边环境、影响东亚安全。美日要调整其对华战略,理解和支持中国和平“崛起”。中美日应建立常规性高层对话机制,解决彼此之间的矛盾。美应采取实际行动敦促日本改变二战历史问题上的错误言行。     

Early Parenting and the Development of Externalizing Behavior Problems: Longitudinal Mediation Through Children's Executive Function

Path analysis was used to investigate the longitudinal associations among parenting and children's executive function and externalizing behavior problems from 36 to 90 months of age in the Family Life Project (N = 1,115), a study of child development in the context of rural poverty. While controlling for stability in the constructs, semistructured observations of parenting prospectively predicted performance on a battery of executive function tasks and primary caregivers' reports of externalizing behavior. Furthermore, the association between early parenting and later externalizing behavior was longitudinally mediated by executive function, providing support for a process model in which sensitive parenting promotes children's self‐regulation, which in turn reduces children's externalizing behavior.     

文化认同与东亚共同体的构建

欧洲一体化建设的成功使得越来越多的人关注区域共同体的建设,东亚共同体的构建也成为东亚国家众多有识之士的奋斗目标。但是,相对于欧洲一体化的成功,东亚共同体的构建却要艰难的多,主要原因之一就在于目前东亚各国缺乏文化上的认同。如果要想成功地实现东亚共同体的构建,文化认同是各国需要共同努力解决的一个重要问题。     

关于提升酒店企业执行力的思考

在日趋激烈的竞争中,执行力对酒店企业的发展起着至关重要的作用,酒店的执行力不足,已经成为酒店发展,提高绩效管理的瓶颈,因此,提升酒店企业的执行力非常有必要。在明确酒店企业执行力的内涵及意义的基础上,分析了酒店执行力不足的表现及原因,并提出了提升酒店企业执行力的一些措施与建议。     

Towards education for a sustainable future in Asia and the Pacific

Conclusion The second phase of education for a sustainable future (the widespread reorientation of educational practices, systems and structures) is not yet widespread in the Asia-Pacific region. This is a very large undertaking and one that the economically wealthy regions of the world have yet to make. Therefore it is not surprising that one of the world's economically poorer regions has yet to enact such reforms. However, there is sufficient leadership in the region (in the form of international and regional agencies and active NGOs) to indicate that if Member States can be convinced that a whole-of-government approach to sustainable development is desirable, the teacher educators, curriculum development officials and teachers of the region will have the requisite support to make the necessary reforms. Original language: English John Fien (Australia) Director of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Environmental Education, Griffith University. Teaching and research interests focus on the reorientation of education towards sustainability in the formal school sector, teacher education and community education. He is the author ofEnvironmental education: a pathway to sustainability and education for the environment andCritical curriculum theorising and environmental education. Editor of several UNESCO project publications, includingTeaching for a sustainable world (1995),Learning for a sustainable environment (1997) andTeaching and learning for a sustainable future (2000). Osamu Abe (Japan) Professor in Education at Saitama University in Japan and the Project Leader of the Environmental Education Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. A leading authority on conservation education and a well-known figure in both the environmental NGO and environmental education movements in Japan. Bishnu Bhandari (Nepal) Senior Research Fellow in the Environmental Education Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan. Former Director of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's conservation programme in Nepal. With Osamu Abe, he has convened a series of international conferences on environmental education in the Asia-Pacific region. They have publishedAn overview of environmental education in the Asia and Pacific region (1999) andA regional strategy on environmental education in Asia-Pacific (1999).     

Asia and the Pacific in 2020: scenarios for educational research

By 2020 our world will have changed and with it the shape and role of education and of educational research. One cannot predict the future, but in this paper three possible scenarios are outlined reflecting alternative approaches of government to the economic, political, social and environmental challenges facing the Asia Pacific region. For each scenario (loosely-labelled: conservative-hierarchical, pragmatic-competitive, utopian-co-operative), the goals, structure, policy and practice of education and educational research are outlined, and the implications for the development of educational research and for the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) are explored.     

中国上海·东亚同文书院和冲绳

东亚同文书院是由日本东亚同文会于1901年设立于上海的高等教育机构.以东亚同文书院的冲绳留学生为线索,从上海与中国、殖民地状况,东亚同文书院和殖民地统治、突破冲绳留学生的最难关、就职于上海金融界和满洲国、冲绳人中的战争支持者、上海的贫民层和中国观、战后复兴冲绳的人才等几个方面考察近现代中国上海和冲绳的关系.     

中日共同推动东亚地区的和平与发展

中日目前在继续改善双边关系,共同推动战略互惠关系的全民发展.在东亚地区,如何加强相互双边与多边关系与合作,共促本地区的和平与发展,是中日两国所面临的和需要实践的重要课题.东亚当前仍面临和平与发展的机遇,但也依旧面ll缶着各种挑战.今后,中日不仅需要更加搞好双边关系,还需要共同努力,携手共促本地区关系与局势的和谐与稳定,共同推动东亚地区各国间在经济领域的互惠合作与经济发展,共同维护本地区局势的安全与和平.