农村婚姻观念的描述及分析——来自Z村的个案调查

婚姻是人们群居的基本社会关系,联系着千家万户,是社会安定的重要因素。婚姻问题的研究是社会学研究的一个重要方面,而其中的婚姻观念问题是众多婚姻问题中的一个。本次调查采取问卷法收集资料。通过对调查资料的统计分析,可以看出调查对象本身的基本组成情况,并分析了年龄差异和＂婚前同居＂观念的不同、文化差异与＂女人再能干不如嫁个好男人＂的选择差异之间是否存在相互关联以及年龄与对待＂婚外恋＂问题差异的相关性。     

高中语文教学中的人物形象分析与学生主流价值观的确立

有人说＂90后＂是没有信仰的一代,是叛逆的一代,是垮掉的一代,事实果真如此吗？笔者曾因＂高中语文课本中的人物形象与学生心中的偶像问题研究＂这一课题的研究需要,向本校高二年级学生发了一张调查问卷。     

实施“国培计划”置换脱产研修项目的前期调查研究——以贵州省为例

＂置换脱产研修＂是2010年度国家教育部实施＂国培计划＂的一种全新的培训模式,＂置换脱产研修＂项目对教育资源的调配和利用有着较高的要求。在教育资源较匮乏的地区实施＂置换研修＂项目,必须在置换研修项目实施前对参与置换研修项目的相关机构及人员进行调查研究的基础上,分析实施过程中可能面对的问题和困难,才能为构建＂置换研修＂培训方案提供依据和支撑。本文以贵州省为例,通过对参与置换脱产研修项目的相关人员的调查研究,讨论实施置换研修项目可能面临的问题,并提出项目实施的建议及意见。     

职中英语探究式课堂教学之尝试

＂探究式＂是学生在学科领域或现实生活的情境中,通过发现问题、调查研究、动手操作、表达与交流等探究性活动,获取知识、技能和态度的学习方式。     

对保定市"工业西进"战略实施的调查与思考

保定市＂工业西进＂战略及其实施是提升城市核心竞争力的内在要求。基于此,在广泛调查研究的基础上,针对目前保定市工业西进战略进程中的一些问题,提出了相应的建议。     

独立学院“导游业务”精品课程建设探析

＂导游业务＂是旅游管理专业的核心基础课程,加强该精品课程的建设,对于独立学院旅游管理专业的人才培养有着重要的意义。在调查研究的基础上,对独立学院办学体制下＂导游业务＂精品课程建设所存在的问题进行探析,并提出相应的解决对策。     

新农村建设背景下“以工促农”产业化模式研究——以湖北省蕲春县李时珍中医药产业为例

农业产业化、规模化经营是新农村建设和解决＂三农＂问题的关键路径,分散的农业经营给农民造成了巨大损失。为探索农业产业走出困境的出路,需要对农业产业进行调查分析。湖北省蕲春县李时珍中医药产业的调查研究具有代表性,可以在此基础上构建研究区域中药产业化的长效机制,在分析当地中医药产业三种传统模式的基础上,提出以人为本的＂企业与药农一体化＂新模型,以期在给农民创造收益的同时有效地完善农村社会保障体系。     

高校开展“阳光体育运动”长效机制的研究——以宁波市高校为例

开展＂阳光体育运动＂是高校体育改革与发展的必然趋势。本文运用文献资料法、问卷调查法、实地访谈法和数理统计法等方法对浙江省宁波市15所高校进行调查,显示在高校中实施＂阳光体育运动＂的效果不太理想,发现＂阳光体育运动＂在实施过程中存在着一些问题。准对这些问题和现象进行研究分析,并提出一些建议,为高校＂阳光体育运动＂长效机制的建立提供可靠的理论与实践依据。     

“富教育”“穷孩子”浅议

中国青少年报进行的一项调查显示,通过5158人参与调查（其中80后54%,70后占28%）,其结果87%的人赞同＂再穷不能穷教育,再富不能富孩子＂。本文想就＂富教育＂与＂穷孩子＂的观点调查谈一些个人的看法。笔者最近几年通过社会调查认为,目前家庭教育的最大问题是,     

成人函授教育学情现状调查与对策分析——以江苏省常州建设高等职业技术学校为例

成人高等函授教育是我国高等教育的重要组成部分。文章以江苏省常州建设高等职业技术学校为例,在对本校函授学员广泛开展＂学情＂调查的基础上,研究探讨解决面授到课率低、函授教学质量下降等问题的对策。     

‘Don't talk about what you don't know’: on (not) conducting research with/in Indigenous contexts

This article raises the recurrent question whether non-indigenous researchers should attempt to research with/in Indigenous communities. If research is indeed a metaphor of colonization, then we have two choices: we have to learn to conduct research in ways that meet the needs of Indigenous communities and are non-exploitative, culturally appropriate and inclusive, or we need to relinquish our roles as researchers within Indigenous contexts and make way for Indigenous researchers. Both of these alternatives are complex. Hence in this article I trace my learning journey; a journey that has culminated in the realization that it is not my place to conduct research within Indigenous contexts, but that I can use ‘what I know’ – rather than imagining that I know about Indigenous epistemologies or Indigenous experiences under colonialism – to work as an ally with Indigenous researchers. Coming as I do, from a position of relative power, I can also contribute in some small way to the project of decolonizing methodologies by speaking ‘to my own mob’.     

Year-long Undergraduate Research Projects

Abstract

Undergraduate research has become the centerpiece of many institutions of higher education’s efforts to attract and recruit high school graduates. Since 1987, throughout my tenure at Bloomsburg University, I have involved over 20 students in my research. In my experience, there is clear evidence that students of mathematics substantially benefit if they engage in research during their undergraduate studies. Whether the student plans to apply for employment after graduation or continue with graduate studies, the undergraduate research experience has a tremendous effect on the student’s success. In this paper, I will provide some personal insight on my experience in working with undergraduate students. In most cases, my experience has been in working with one student on a long term (one semester or mostly year-long) research problems. I will discuss my approach to identifying students, the type of projects, providing guidance, and finally the challenges that we face in supervising undergraduate research. To exemplify, emphasis will be placed on the status of a recent 1-year research project, which was funded by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, and a senior undergraduate student worked on it for one year.     

Embracing and Harnessing the Intimate Connection Between Emotion and Cognition to Help Students Learn

Traditionally, cognition and emotion were believed to be independent systems; however, research in the cognitive and neurobiological sciences has shown that the relationship between cognition and emotion is both interdependent and extensive. This intimate connection between emotion and cognition is leading to a number of insights that have the potential to inform and transform educational practices at all levels—from the classroom to the curriculum to educational policy. The question that has been on my mind (and on my heart) is, as a teacher, how can I both embrace and harness the power of emotion to help my students’ learning be more meaningful, useful, and intrinsically motivated? In this article, I would like to share with you some of the effective practices that I have implemented in my classroom and how I have worked to intentionally embed the emotional aspect of learning into the framework of the courses I teach.     

关于古典文学研究的几点思考与说明——写在《古典文学论著四种》之前

我在二十多年的学术研究历程中,所涉及的领域由文言小说到明清章回小说,并进一步延伸到明代诗学。研究对象虽有迁移,但基本的学术理念和研究方法却一以贯之,即始终不渝地注重辨体研究,注重"了解之同情",注重阐释循环而不偏于一端。     

Muslim researcher researching Muslim youth: reflexive notes on critical ethnography,positionality and representation

As a Muslim researcher conducting a critical ethnography about/with/for Muslim youth and their school experiences, at this time of intensified Islamophobia and overwhelming discourses of hate against Muslims, the boundaries of the personal and the academic become blurry and confusing. This paper emerges from my subjective/academic experiences as a Muslim researcher, and my reflections on reflexivity, positionality and representation while conducting my ethnographic research in a high-school setting with Muslim youth. In this paper, I present a review of the different concepts of critical ethnography that are framing my research decisions and I highlight the complexity of the insider/outsider positionality for a Muslim researcher doing research with Muslim youth and the intersections of religion, gender, class, ethnicity and age in positioning her in the field. The paper presents different ethical dilemmas that I have encountered during the first six months of my fieldwork.     

Self‐Reflexivity and the Creative Voice: Issues of Transgression Identified with Participant Ethnographic Research in Art and Design Education

This article shares my experience as a doctoral student researching within the domain of art and design education. This is a professional doctorate bringing together my experience as an educator and that of researcher where boundaries between education and social science research disciplines cross. My research paradigm is situated within critical theory. It is an interpretive hermeneutic study where I am cast as a participant ethnographer. At the time of writing I wanted to make known the issues and tensions that I encountered with research protocols, such as permissions mechanisms and ethical gatekeepers. These tensions I still perceive as confining, but more significantly, I realise that knowing and understanding research methodology is key to achieving creative and unpredictable research practice. This article is, therefore, focused on my journey to discover a research methodology that enables me to use a creative voice. By this I mean a method by which I can develop a writing style that articulates my practice that enables me in the construction and reporting of my research analysis to fully capitalise on my reflexive self. I have referenced papers produced by others at the time of writing their doctoral thesis and have found this enlightening. This is my contribution.     

From the voice of a ‘socratic gadfly’: a call for more academic activism in the researching of disability in postsecondary education

Abstract

In this article, I use the lens of voices and silences to frame my review of research in the field of disability and postsecondary education. I argue that we need to view research in this field as a necessarily political act that seeks to turn voices of silence into voices of change. Researchers therefore need to rethink their role in order to understand how they can use and direct their political voices. In order to persuade researchers to heed my call for more academic activism, adopt the role of a ‘socratic gadfly’ to identify six political areas of research where I argue that voices and silences need more critical examination. In discussing these six areas, I hope to illuminate the implications for ‘genuinely investigative’ research in the future.     

Professional experience: learning from the past to build the future

The title of the 2014 Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference was Teacher Education, An Audit: Building a platform for future engagement. One of the conference themes was Professional Experience: What works? Why? I seized upon this theme and the title of the conference as it afforded me an opportunity to do an audit of my research in professional experience over the last 25 years. This article presents this evidence base and the messages I have taken from this evidence. I have done this in the hope that, by collating some of the insights gained from the past and the present, it will help to “build a platform for future engagement” in professional experience. In preparing this article I was asked by the Editors to reflect also on how I developed my distinctive line of inquiry and expertise in relation to the practicum across an extended period. These reflections are included. I hope they will support university-based teacher educators in enhancing their satisfaction and achievements from working in this stimulating and provocative field of study.     

Creating Knowledge for Advocacy: The Discourse of Research at a Conservation Organization

In the field of conservation, the distinction between academic research and advocacy appears to be undergoing a shift as the number of PhD-level researchers at conservation advocacy organizations grows. Drawing on my case study of one researcher at a prominent conservation nongovernmental organization (NGO), I have shown how this shift is manifested in the communication of NGO research. My study includes a discourse analysis of this researcher's publications from the forums of both scholarship and advocacy including, as a representation of discourse in the latter forum, gray literature (reports, books, and other texts produced and distributed outside the channels of the academic and publishing industry). I have also drawn on my interviews with this researcher about her publications. My study highlights specific features typical of her rhetoric that result from her occupying a hybridized cultural and professional space where research and advocacy overlap.     

Creating Knowledge for Advocacy: The Discourse of Research at a Conservation Organization

In the field of conservation, the distinction between academic research and advocacy appears to be undergoing a shift as the number of PhD-level researchers at conservation advocacy organizations grows. Drawing on my case study of one researcher at a prominent conservation nongovernmental organization (NGO), I have shown how this shift is manifested in the communication of NGO research. My study includes a discourse analysis of this researcher's publications from the forums of both scholarship and advocacy including, as a representation of discourse in the latter forum, gray literature (reports, books, and other texts produced and distributed outside the channels of the academic and publishing industry). I have also drawn on my interviews with this researcher about her publications. My study highlights specific features typical of her rhetoric that result from her occupying a hybridized cultural and professional space where research and advocacy overlap.