Artist or Art Teacher: The Role of Gender in Identity Formation and Career Choice

This interview-based research study examines gender differences in the experiences and self-perception of art teachers and their attitudes about the often conflicting dual creative and professional roles they inhabit.     

Class Size and Student Performance at a Public Research University: A Cross-Classified Model

This study addresses several methodological problems that have confronted prior research on the effect of class size on student achievement. Unlike previous studies, this analysis accounts for the hierarchical data structure of student achievement, where grades are nested within classes and students, and considers a wide range of class sizes across various disciplines. Based on data from undergraduate class sections at a single institution, the study provides consistent evidence of a negative effect of class size on grade performance, most substantially affecting the achievement of “A” grades with lesser effect on grades of “C” or higher. Because models with logarithmic specification show superior fit, this study also demonstrates that the effect of class size on students’ final grades diminishes as the class size increases. These findings suggest that a larger impact on student performance could be attained by further trimming enrollment in small classes than by reducing class size overall.     

重大疫情中大学生公共精神培育路径研究

全国人民抗击新冠肺炎疫情不仅需要充分的物资保障,更需要强大的精神支持。大学生作为社会的重要群体,其公共精神的彰显和培育是打赢疫情防控阻击战的精神利器和重点任务。疫情应对中,大学生公共精神突出表现为理性与冲动并存、网上与网下联动、坚定与困惑交织等基本特质。疫情防控形势下大学生公共精神的培育体现了新思想对青年理想人格塑造的价值诉求,彰显了国家治理现代化的时代吁求,促进了大学生成熟成长与全面发展。回应与契合时代要求,激发与融入时代课题,耦合与超越时代现状是疫情防控工作的致思取向和践履指向。     

大学学术规范与学术评价研究

分析了大学学术规范和学术评价的现实意义,提出了建立健全大学学术规范与学术评价工作的方法,认为把学术规范与学术评价联系起来进行研究,能促进学术规范和谐发展。     

The Relationship Between Adult Self-Efficacy and Scientific Competencies: the Moderating Effect of Gender

This study investigated the relationship between adult self-efficacy in science and scientific competencies of Taiwanese citizens. Probability proportional to size sampling was used to select 1830 participants between the ages of 18 and 70. The research methods employed was survey research; analysis was conducted using hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicated that gender and self-efficacy have an explanatory power for scientific competencies. The predictive power of self-efficacy for scientific competencies was different for male and female groups. This study proposes several suggestions regarding science education policies in accordance with the research findings.     

大学生性别角色与心理健康水平关系的研究

为深入了解大学生性别角色类型与心理健康水平的关系,本研究采用钱铭怡等人编制的中国大学生性别角色量表（CSRI）与SCL-90量表,对随机分层抽取的四所不同类型的220名在校大学生进行了测查.结果表明：大学生中,双性化者心理健康最佳,其次为男性化、女性化以及未分化.结论：两维性别图式有其合理性,但传统的性别图式观依然具有现实意义;双性化人格以其良好的社会适应性及心理健康水平而成为当代大学生人格发展的理想模式.     

论高校图书馆的学术研究

高校图书馆是为教学和科研服务的学术性机构,其学术研究是高校图书馆办馆水平档次的体现,在知识经济时代,深入开展学术研究可以提高图书馆的地位,促进高校图书馆工作的改革。文章论述了高校图书馆开展学术研究工作的重要性,探讨了高校图书馆开展学术研究的优势及内容,并提出了搞好这一工作的具体措施。     

父母性别平等态度与孩子性别平等态度、性别角色的关系

本研究以212名中学生及其父母为被试,考察父母的性别角色平等态度与孩子性别角色平等态度、性别角色的关系。结果发现:男生比女生、男生的母亲比女生的母亲更认为男女是不平等的,而男孩的父亲与女孩的父亲在性别角色平等态度上没有差异;父亲、母亲的性别角色平等态度与孩子的性别角色平等态度有显著的正相关;父亲的性别角色平等态度与孩子的性别角色没有显著相关,但母亲的性别角度平等态度与孩子的女性性别角色有显著负相关。     

试论大学校长的公共关系角色

大学校长是决定大学发展成败的核心与关键,必然也在高校公共关系管理实践中扮演着至关重要的角色。他是高校公共关系发展方向的引领者,其办学理念决定着高校公共关系的走向,其公共关系意识决定着高校的全员公关意识;他又是高校公共关系美好蓝图的设计者,他领导制定高校公共关系的战略目标,确定开展高校公共关系的资源投入,并协调高校公共关系相关部门的关系;他还是高校公共关系实践活动的践行者——塑造高校形象、协调公众关系、筹措高校办学资源。     

The Role of Grit in Determining Engagement and Academic Outcomes for University Students

The concept of grit as described by Duckworth (Journal of personality and social psychology 92:1087, 2007) has captured the attention of educators and researchers alike. A measure of a student’s ability to effortfully persist in the face of struggle, grit is proposed to be an important characteristic required for students to succeed academically (Duckworth in Journal of personality and social psychology 92:1087, 2007). Some evidence suggests that grit has a positive relationship with a range of academic outcomes, and yet others argue that grit offers little in terms of predictive value for understanding academic outcomes. In addition, there is conflicting evidence about the presence of gender differences in grit, and very little research around the role of being the first member of the family to attend university in the development of grit. In order to address conflicting findings about the importance and correlates of grit, and to explore the role of engagement in the relationship between grit and academic outcomes, a cross sectional survey study was conducted. The current research measured grit, engagement and academic productivity among 395 Australian university students. Findings suggest that there is no difference in grit between genders, although this cannot be concluded with certainty due to a large imbalance of male to female participants. It also appeared that being the first in family to attend university was associated with an increased level of the grit factor ‘effort’. There was a positive relationship between grit, engagement and academic productivity. Further analysis revealed that engagement mediated the relationship between grit and productivity, suggesting that a person with higher grit is more likely to have higher engagement, and that engagement leads to greater academic productivity. These findings highlight the relevance of grit as a desirable student characteristic, and the importance of engagement in the grit-productivity relationship.     

浙江农林大学的旅游管理专业特色研究

随着乡村旅游、生态旅游的快速发展,农林类院校如何开展旅游管理专业特色建设成为人们思考和关注的问题。以浙江农林大学为例,认真总结旅游管理专业特色建设的成功经验和有待完善之处,探讨研究农林类院校旅游管理专业发展的有利条件,并通过对375名相关师生实证调查,获取了一手数据,在整理分析相关资料的基础上,论述了农林类高等院校旅游管理专业特色发展的现状和对未来发展的相关建议。为农林类高等院校的旅游管理专业特色建设提供参考与借鉴。     

论高校教师的学术梦想、学术地位和学术声誉

我国建国60年,改革开放30年,社会主义经济、社会的巨大发展,社会主义教育事业的空前繁荣,社会主义大学教育的跨跃式进步,为大学教师成就自己的学术梦想,奠定自己的学术地位和树立自己的学术声誉提供了必要的社会历史条件。而大学教师学术梦想的实现,学术地位的提升和学术声誉的传播又会极大促进社会主义教育事业的发展,促成哲学社会科学中国学派的形成和走向世界。     

大学社会声誉的学理考察:国外研究进展及启示

大学社会声誉是一个极具理论价值和现实意义的研究课题。基于文献综述可知,大学社会声誉的评价、效应、形成及其影响因素是该领域的中心议题。近年来,从利益相关者互动、品牌传播学、组织行为学等视角展开的过程研究取得了许多创新性成果。国外研究进展启示国内学术界亟需通过系统探索并结合本土情境,加强理论与实证研究,对大学社会声誉的形成机理展开深入分析。     

小学生认知角度下的师生关系对学业自我效能感的影响:课堂态度的中介效应

探究小学生认知角度下的师生关系对学业自我效能感的影响,采用结构方程模型验证课堂态度在师生关系和学业自我效能感关系间的中介作用,结果发现:小学生认知角度下的师生关系对课堂态度具有正向影响作用;小学生认知角度下的师生关系和课堂态度均对学业自我效能感具有正向影响作用;学生的课堂态度在师生关系和学业自我效能感关系间具有部分中介作用.基于此,教师在教学过程中应当着力与学生建立良好的师生关系,引导学生养成积极的课堂态度,同时帮助学生认识自我,提高学业自我效能感.     

The Relationship of Gender and Academic Performance to Motivation: Within-Ethnic-Group Variations

In contemporary psychology more within-group examinations of psychological phenomena are needed, especially in ethnic minority populations. This paper presents the findings of three separate studies of the relationship of GPA and gender to motivation, all of which are within ethnic group comparisons. One study is conducted with African-Americans, the second with Hispanic-Americans, and the third with Euro-Americans. The instruments used are the Assessment of Academic Self-Concept and Motivation and Assessment of Personal Agency Beliefs. Both measures provide a goal-focused, multidimensional, and comprehensive assessment of motivation. MANOVAs and subsequent ANOVAs are presented for each ethnic group. The findings reveal significant within-group differences that also vary from one ethnic group to another.     

The Role of Stories in the Formation of a University/Public School Collaborative Identity

This paper describes how two women, a university professor and a public school teacher, discovered how they had used the power of stories to develop the trust and understandings which were precursors to their engagement in collaborative teacher research. Stories became an intervention that promoted dialogue and helped to establish a collaborative identity. Collaboration between universities and public schools allows educators to engage jointly in research and rethinking of practice. The paper discusses the difficulties they experienced trying to break down barriers while bringing both voices to their writing and research. It also raises numerous questions about university/public school partnerships and the time, energy, and commitment needed to recognize the potential of this type of inquiry to the ‘world’ of teacher research.     

“专业学术人”抑或“教学学术人”——大学青年教师职业角色的选择取向及重构

学术性是大学教师角色的内在品性,但不同教师对角色的认同和选择存在不同价值取向,并直接影响着教师的职业行为。"专业学术人"取向关注青年教师学科专业知识发现和创新,"教学学术人"关注青年教师教育知识和技能的创新与传播。两种取向无论从理论还是实践上都具有各自的"合理性"和现实问题。现代新型"学术观"成为两种价值取向整合的基点,也成为平衡"专业学术人"和"教学学术人"张力的逻辑归旨。因此,把握大学青年教师角色的多样性和统一性,构建公平的青年教师学术职业评价制度,强化青年教师职业发展阶段的衔接,完善青年教师分类培养体系等,是重构大学青年教师"学术人"角色的路径选择。     

Influence of Gender and Academic Risk Behavior on Career Decision Making and Occupational Choice in Early Adolescence

In this study we examined the main and interactive effects of academic risk status and gender on the early career development of adolescents, including career decision-making and occupational aspirations and expectations. Male adolescents were more likely than female adolescents to feel discouraged, lack necessary information about careers, perceive external barriers, and lack interest in making choices. Students identified as being at substantial academic risk were more likely to feel discouraged and indicate a lack of information needed to make career choices. Gender and at-risk status did not significantly influence occupational aspirations. However, adolescents at substantial academic risk reported significantly lower occupational expectations and had larger discrepancies between occupational aspirations and expectations than their peers. Implications of these findings for research and practice are examined.