How international students select offshore programs: the influence of image, attitude, subject norm, and perceived behavioral control

Previous research studies identified country image as an important variable in international students’ selection of onshore programs, and it is often perceived that there is little difference between onshore and offshore program selection. Looking at a sample of high school students in China and their selections of offshore programs (from a sample program in Australia, the UK, and the US), this study reveals an insignificant influence of country image. Instead, both higher education country image and the local partner institution image significantly influence the students’ selections. The findings also indicate that the effects of attitude toward behavior, subject norm, and perceived behavioral control appear to be more significant than those of the images in most of the analyses. Implications for international educators and marketers of offshore programs are discussed.     

Impact of Universities' Promotional Materials on College Choice

ABSTRACT

A major promotional tactic for higher education marketers is the use of printed promotional materials to recruit freshmen students. These promotional materials range from full color glossy brochures to simple letters on university letterhead. They are sent to students during their junior and senior years in high school.

The research reported in this article attempted to provide in-depth information on the impact of these promotional materials through the use of student focus groups. Students from a large, southern metropolitan university were asked about the impact of these promotional materials on their college choice decision. The students provided detailed suggestions on the ways to improve the method of distribution, graphic design, and content of the materials.     

新疆地区普通学生融合教育态度研究

采用自编问卷对新疆地区8218名小学三年级至大学四年级普通学生融合教育态度进行调查与分析。结果发现:普通学生对融合教育持比较积极态度,其中情感和行为意向最积极,但对残疾学生的认识有待进一步提高。总体上,普通学生对融合教育态度从小学到初中、高中呈上升趋势,步入大学后稳中有降。性别、是否独生子女、年级、区域、居住地、是否听过残疾人事例、学校是否有残疾人、班级是否有残疾人、是否接触过残疾人是影响学生融合教育态度的重要因素。基于以上结果,从加强对低年段学生融合教育态度的正向引导与干预;推动高等融合教育发展,改善大学生对融合教育的态度;加强农村地区融合教育支持保障体系建设;增进普通学生与残疾学生的接触,提高对残疾学生的正确认识四方面提出对策。     

Smoothing the Transition to Postsecondary Education: The Impact of the Early College Model

Developed in response to concerns that too few students were enrolling and succeeding in postsecondary education, early college high schools are small schools that blur the line between high school and college. This article presents results from a longitudinal experimental study comparing outcomes for students accepted to an early college through a lottery process with outcomes for students who were not accepted through the lottery and enrolled in high school elsewhere. Results show that treatment students attained significantly more college credits while in high school, and graduated from high school, enrolled in postsecondary education, and received postsecondary credentials at higher rates. Results for subgroups are included.     

The Achievement Gap Among Newcomer Immigrant Adolescents: Life Stressors Hinder Latina/o Academic Success

This study compares life stressors and school outcomes among newcomer immigrant adolescents from Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean. Participants attended a predominantly low-income, urban international public high school in the northeast. The Latina/o students were exposed to more life stressors and had lower attendance and achievement than non-Latina/o students. Life stressors mediated the relationship between ethnicity and academic outcomes. Results deepen experts’ understanding of the achievement gap, suggesting that newcomer immigrant adolescents from Latin America face unique risks and deserve intervention efforts focused on sociocontextual stressors that may prevent these students from achieving their full academic potential.     

上海市高中阶段学校艺术教育现状的调查研究

中小学艺术教育改革是中国基础教育改革的重要方面,本调查研究选取了闵行三中和南洋中学,对学生和教师进行访谈和问卷调查。研究表明,影视艺术和音乐最受学生欢迎;上海高中生普遍在幼年受过艺术培训,但坚持到现在的不多;艺术课能缓解学生沉重的高考压力。通过实验教学,对高中艺术教育的教学目的、教学方法、教学内容以及师生互动的方式进行了反思和讨论,并提出了对高中艺术教材的设想和对艺术教师素养的思考。     

High School Dropout in Proximal Context: The Triggering Role of Stressful Life Events

Adolescents who drop out of high school experience enduring negative consequences across many domains. Yet, the circumstances triggering their departure are poorly understood. This study examined the precipitating role of recent psychosocial stressors by comparing three groups of Canadian high school students (52% boys; M_age = 16.3 years; N = 545): recent dropouts, matched at‐risk students who remain in school, and average students. Results indicate that in comparison with the two other groups, dropouts were over three times more likely to have experienced recent acute stressors rated as severe by independent coders. These stressors occurred across a variety of domains. Considering the circumstances in which youth decide to drop out has implications for future research and for policy and practice.     

当代大学生压力调查与分析

随着中国的经济、政治及高等教育的不断深化改革,大学生身上承受着时代特征明显的压力.本文通过大学生压力调查问卷,从人际关系因素、学业因素、经济因素、前途因素、个人日常因素、消极生活事件六个压力源对690名在校大学生进行了调查,并对调查结果进行了分析.     

错误的家庭教育观念对初中生的负面影响及干预策略

初中阶段的学生处于青春期,独立性与权威的对抗性是这一阶段学生的主要心理特点,外在表现就是学生容易产生逆反情绪。要想让此阶段的学生得到良性发展,帮助学生建立正确的世界观、人生观、价值观,避免学生误入歧途,需要家庭教育与学校教育密切配合。基于此,本文将分析错误家庭教育观念对初中生的负面影响,进而提出纠正错误家庭教育观念的策略。     

立起“人生支点”：初中教育的本来意义

目前的初中学生最难教,初中教师最难当,初中校长最难做。缘何？因为教育观念莫衷一是、误区太多,初中学生又处于人生中的“多事之秋”,初中教师恰好处在教育系统链条中的“咽喉要塞”,初中校长更是置身于社会批评教育的“风口浪尖”当中。初中学生的鲜明特点在于强化“人生支点”的自我意识,初中教师的根本职责在于培植“人生支点”的坚实根基。初中校长的特殊使命在于扬起“人生支点”的前进风帆。夫如斯,不可不重视初中教育,不可不善待初中学生．不可不珍视初中校长和教师。     

浅谈新时代做好高中学生德育工作的有效方法

现阶段时代发展给稍显成熟但又处于成长关键时期的高中学生带来了诸多压力,影响着学生的成长效率,如何做好德育工作是学校领导的工作重点。本文从新时代做好高中学生德育工作的有效方法谈起,介绍了时代发展对高中阶段学生产生的影响,并提出了新时代下如何入手做好高中阶段的德育工作。     

找国农村高中教育的现状及原因分析

长期以来,我国农村高中教育处于困境之中,师资力量薄弱,生源流失严重,高等教育升学率低。农村高中教育陷入困境主要是由于政府的经费投入太少、农村家庭缺乏投资动力、学生升学信心不足。这将对我国未来整体的人力资源开发产生不利影响,会进一步扩大城乡差距,导致“读书无用论”的重新抬头。因此,未来我国应改变城乡二元的惯性思维,重视改善农村教育环境,提升农村高中的教育质量,为农村青年接受高等教育创造更多的机会。     

Equal educational opportunity and declining teacher morale at black,white, and Hispanic high schools in a large urban school district

School desegregation plans and program efforts in bilingual education, special education, compensatory education, and others designed to promote equal educational opportunity for minorities are threatened with a teaching staff best described as being “burned out,” highly stressed, of low morale, having high absenteeism, and subject to physical abuse. This study examines the extremely low level of teacher morale at inner-city schools and finds major “ethical” stressors such as racial tension among faculty, falsifying of school records, and sexual harassment by school officials emerging as factors contributing to teacher exit and absenteeism. With the use of multivariate discriminant analysis procedures and a sample of 400 high school teachers at nine high schools (three black, three white, and three Hispanic in terms of predominant ethnicity), a set of stressors were derived which uniquely characterize teachers at predominantly black, white, and Hispanic high schools. An economic framework is also presented for understanding the nature of the teacher morale, exit, and absenteeism phenomena in urban schools.     

普通中学生的家庭教养方式及其与职高生的异同

采用修订的《家庭教养方式调查表》测查了470名普通中学生的家庭教养方式,并探讨了其中247名普通高中生家庭教养方式与321名职高生家庭教养方式的异同。结果显示,由24道题组成的调查表具有较好的一致性和效度;普通高中生父母对子女的要求程度和关心程度都显著低于初中生,父母对子女的要求程度显著高于其关心程度;尽管母亲对中学男女生的教养方式没有明显差异,父亲对男生尤其是高中男生的要求程度、对女生尤其是初中女生的关心程度都明显高一些;结合两个维度对中学生家庭教养方式进行诊断之后发现,采取放任型教养方式的父母的文化程度偏低,而权威型和溺爱型的父母文化程度则较高。应用该调查表对职业高中生的测查发现了类似的规律,但职高生父母对子女的关心程度明显高于其要求程度,这与普高生父母的做法刚好相反;尽管他们采用权威型教养方式的比例差别不大,但有更多的职高生父母采取了放任型和溺爱型的教养方式,采取专制型教养方式的职高生父母相对更少。     

高中生心理健康教育初探

介绍了高中生的心理健康状况;分析了对高中生进行心理健康教育存在的认识问题和师资队伍建设问题;提出了解决上述问题应采取的策略;指出只有创设有利于学生心理健康发展的环境,开展心理辅导,提高高中生心理承受能力,培养学生学会主动学习,发挥心智潜能,发挥教师在心理教育中的主体作用,发挥家庭教育功能才能真正使高中生具有良好的心理素质和社会适应能力。     

农村高中阶段教育存在的问题与对策

随着农村义务教育的发展,近年农村高中教育呈下降趋势,表现在初中升学率低、办学条件差、高中教学形式单一、职业教育落后。建设社会主义新农村,实现小康社会的宏伟目标,需要培养有知识、有文化、懂技术的农村人才。因地制宜办好农村高中阶段的教育、提高劳动者的素质是一项需要长期坚持、不断进取的历史任务。     

乌鲁木齐市高中生心理健康现状调查及原因分析

采用《心理健康诊断测验》(MHT)和《中学生基本情况调查表》调查乌鲁木齐市重点高中、示范性高中和普通高中的500名学生,并对影响高中生心理健康的部分因素进行了相关分析。结果显示:乌鲁木齐市高中生的心理问题主要表现为学习焦虑、过敏倾向、孤独倾向、自责情绪等方面;影响心理健康的主要因素有:高中生的自我情绪管理、父母的管教方式、学生与家长的关系、与老师及同学的关系等。     

Family and school spillover in adolescents' daily lives

This study examined spillover between daily family stressors and school problems among 589 ninth-grade students (mean age = 14.9 years) from Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Spillover was examined using a daily diary methodology in which adolescents reported on their school and family experiences each day for 2 weeks. Analyses using hierarchical linear modeling revealed reciprocal spillover effects between adolescents' daily functioning in the family and school domains that spanned several days. Longitudinal analyses indicated that spillover between family stressors and school problems also occurs across the high school years, from 9th to 12th grade, and that both are predictive of poorer academic performance in 12th grade. These findings have practical implications for adolescents' academic achievement trajectories and general well-being.     

家庭劳动对初中生能力发展的影响--基于CEPS数据的实证研究

基于中国教育追踪调查基线数据,研究通过构建多层线性模型,分析我国初中生家庭劳动现状,探究家庭劳动与初中生能力发展的关系。研究发现:12.1%的初中生不参与家庭劳动,且不同特征的初中生家庭劳动时间存在显著差异;1小时以内的家庭劳动有助于提高初中生学业成绩和认知能力;家庭劳动对初中生开放性、外倾性和宜人性等非认知能力有显著正向影响,有利于促进学生非认知能力的发展。因此,家长要重视劳动教育,在家庭教育中有机融入劳动教育,并且需遵循学生身心发展规律,开展合适的家庭劳动。同时,各方要积极构建以家庭为主体,以学校为引导,以社区为支持的内外交织、多元协同的家庭劳动教育体系。     

Relationship quality in higher education marketing: the role of social media engagement

The landscape in consumer marketing is changing due to the rise in popularity of social media. This shift has also affected how higher education institutions build relationships with their stakeholders. This study explores how social media engagement impacts relationship quality between the university and one of its key stakeholder groups, students. Data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test, regression and the Kruskal–Wallis test. Results indicated a positive association between students following a university via social media and the perception of having a high-quality relationship with their university, and that following a university on multiple social media sites leads to an even higher perception of relationship quality. The results provide important and timely implications for both universities and higher education marketers. Our findings suggest that higher education marketers should invest resources in social media communications to form high-quality relationships with their stakeholders.