CONCEPTUALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A COURSE ON AGING TO INFANCY: A LIFE COURSE RETROSPECTIVE

This paper describes the conceptualization and implementation of an innovative undergraduate interdisciplinary course that uses life course theory to capture the depth and breadth of the human experience. The collaboration among four faculty representing gerontological social work, occupational therapy, nursing, and dietetics and human nutrition is described, as are the unique teaching strategies utilized. In addition, an unusual retrospective approach to human development is highlighted. Through their participation in this course, future health care practitioners will be able to work effectively with clients throughout the life span in an interdisciplinary environment.     

MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR/COURSE CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENT RATINGS

Multilevel SEM was used to examine the extent to which student, instructor, and course characteristics affect student ratings. Data were gathered from 1867 students enrolled in 117 courses at a large teacher training college in Israel. Four alternative two-level models that differ in only the nature of the relationship among interest in the course subject, expected grade, and student ratings were tested. Two of the models were judged as less appropriate, one because it failed to support the spurious relationship assumed between expected grade and student ratings, and the other on grounds of poor model-data fit. The other two models were equally good both in terms of the model-data fit and the amount of variance in student ratings that is accounted for by each of them. Both models supported the mediation effect of expected grade in the relationship between interest in the course subject and student ratings.     

CHANGING STUDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF AGING: THE IMPACT OF AN INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE LEARNING COURSE

Ten individuals over the age of 55 were awarded scholarships in order to enroll in an intergenerational service learning course. Through class participation and community service activities, the traditional-age students and senior adult students shared experiences and learned about the processes of aging. A pretest-posttest design using a control group and experimental group (N = 44) was employed in order to assess the effectiveness of this pedagogical method. The results, both quantitative and qualitative, indicate that the course helped to create more realistic views of aging and foster more positive attitudes toward the elderly. Implications of the findings are discussed and include a recommendation for additional intergenerational programs that include senior adults in the classroom.     

PARTICIPATION IN A COURSE ON AGING: KNOWLEDGE,ATTITUDES, AND ANXIETY ABOUT AGING IN ONESELF AND OTHERS

Knowledge, anxiety, and attitudes about older adults and one's own aging were assessed in 256 college students. The Facts on Aging Quiz (Palmore, 1988), the Knowledge of Aging and the Elderly Quiz (Kline, Scialfa, Stier, & Babbitt, 1990), the Anxiety about Aging Scale (Lasher & Faulkender, 1993) and the Aging Semantic Differential (Rosencranz & McNevin, 1969) were administered at the end of the semester to students enrolled in an upper level psychology course on aging and students enrolled in an introductory psychology course (who had never had a course on aging). Comparisons of those finishing the psychology of aging course and those never having taken a course on aging revealed significant differences in knowledge of aging and the elderly and attitudes toward the average 70-year-old. Interestingly, the two groups of students did not differ in personal anxiety about aging and attitudes about one's own aging. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to attitudinal judgments of oneself versus others and the differential benefits of education for attitudes and anxiety about other old adults versus attitudes and anxiety about one's own aging.     

爱猫及猫:猫科动物知多少

1.The CommonCatCats and humans have been 1)associated for nearly 10,000years.Cats save energy by sleeping for 2)an average of 13 to14 hoursa day.A group of cats is called a 3)clowder.A male cat is called a tom.A female cat is called a molly or queen,while young cats arecalled kittens.     

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEQ RATINGS AND INSTRUCTOR'S RANK, CLASS SIZE, AND COURSE LEVEL

A study was conducted to determine if the tendency for faculty members of higher rank to receive the highest ratings on the Illinois Course Evaluation Questionnaire (CEQ) remained when variables such as class size and course level were taken into account. The relationship between CEQ ratings and instructor's rank, class size, and level of course was examined by means of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). Dependent variables were the six subscales of the CEQ. As hypothesized there were no significant differences in ratings assigned by students in small (1-20 students), medium (21-40 students), and large (over 40 students) classes, or received by teaching assistants, instructors, and assistant, associate, and full professors. Highly significant differences, however, were found in ratings assigned by students in freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate level courses. In addition, significant size by level and size by rank interaction effects were found. Discriminant functions computed for effects found to be significant yielded information concerning the extent and direction of these significant differences.     

THE INFLUENCE OF A DESIRABILITY HALO EFFECT ON RATINGS OF INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT

A rationale is provided for hypothesizing that a counterpart of the social desirability variable influences environmental ratings based on student perceptions, and a test is made of the hypothesis. The High School Characteristics Index was administered to 2819 high school seniors from 11 high schools. Social desirability scale values for the 300 items and 30 scale scores of the HSCI were obtained from 85 students in Education, and these values were correlated with the endorsement percentages and average scale scores for the students in each of the 11 high schools. Results indicated an appreciable "desirability halo" effect for some student bodies, with wide differences among student bodies with respect to the strength and direction of that effect. The results are interpreted as a serious challenge to the validity and discriminative capability of environmental assessment techniques based on student perceptions.     

"信号与系统"课程教学方法的研究

针对"信号与系统"课程的特点以及教学改革的要求,介绍了教学实践中如何注重基本概念的讲解、计算机辅助工具的应用以及探索翻转课堂、开放式教学的新型教学模式,旨在激发学习兴趣、改善教学效果、提高教学质量.     

《体育与健康》课程刍议

体育课应发挥其强大的功能 ,成为对学生进行素质教育的有力武器。基础教育改革应重视培养教师建立新型的师生关系     

中国-东盟自由贸易区协定及其对广西经贸的影响

《中国-东盟全面经济合作框架协议的货物贸易协定》、《中国-东盟全面经济合作框架协议的争端解决机制协定》作为中国-东盟自由贸易区的新法律文件,以强调国民待遇等3个原则、平等互利、互为公平的具体货物贸易规则以及以仲裁为主的争端解决规则为主要内容.这两个协定的签订为中国-东盟自由贸易区的真正运作奠定了法律基础,同时也对在中国-东盟自由贸易区具有区位优势的广西产生相应的作用和影响.     

《传感器与检测技术》的教学改革探索

传感器与检测技术是电气工程及其自动化及电子信息等专业的专业基础课程,在针对课程教学在专业培养中的重要地位和当前本科教学中存在主要问题的前提下,对如何编排课堂教学的内容、改进教学方法及实践教学等方面进行了有益的探索.     

对高等院校学生党员教育的思考

大学生是国家宝贵的人才资源,要正视大学生党员教育的现状。大学生党员在发挥先锋模范作用方面具有得天独厚的条件,他们大多是理论学习的标兵和积极工作的表率,但也存在一些问题,包括理想信念淡漠、理论学习脱离实际、进取精神不强。如果注重加强组织队伍建设,学习注重理论联系实际,健全制度、加强群众监督,引入党员导师制,大学生党员教育的效果会有效提高。     

论共产党和共产党员先进性的基本特征

本文论述共产党和共产党员的先进性具有比较性、动态性、具体性三大特征,对于深刻理解共产党和共产党员的先进性的科学内涵,自觉投入保持共产党员先进性教育活动具有重大意义.     

电机及电力拖动实验教学方式改革探索

针对实验教学目标的能力定位,对电机及电力拖动实验教学方式进行了改革,突出了实验技能和工程问题分析能力的培养。     

高校思想政治理论课教学网络化初探

探讨了高校思想政治理论课教学网络化所涉及的许多理论和实践的问题，以适应新形势需要，促进高校思想政治理论课教学，搞好大学生的思想政治教育。     

“传感器与检测技术”课程教学改革初探

传感器与检测技术课程是一门理论丰富、学生反映难学的自动化专业重要基础课程,本文广泛吸收先进的教学经验,积极整合优秀教改成果,对该课程理论与实验教学改革进行了探讨,提出了课堂理论教学以启发讲授与实例分析为主,实验教学以自主开放式实验设计为主的教学理念.这些改革措施大大提高了课程的教学质量,有利于提高学生的专业素质、创新意识和实践能力.