Friends,Brothers and Partners

<正>Chinese cultural events held in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Benin’s independence China-Africa Fashion Design Program The completion ceremony for the China-Africa Short-term Fashion Design Program was recently held in     

Teaching Diverse Students

This article looks at teaching minority students through the use of cooperative learning, attentiveness to expectation effects and learning styles, and utilizing relevant, meaningful instruction. Implications for teacher education are discussed.     

Diverse Paper-cut Art of Hebei

Paper-cut, known as the most common folk art in China, can date back to the Shang and Zhoudynasties when Chinese ancestors engraved flower patterns on gold and silver spangles and cut leathers as decorations. The extant earliest unearthed paper-cut works were made during the Southern and Northern dynasties （420 - 589 AD）. The five pieces of paper-cut excavated from the three tombs of the period were all made of yellow paper.     

Shopping With Friends: Audience Perspectives on Television Shopping

Despite both the economic success and shear spectacle of television shopping, very little research has looked at what keeps millions of viewers tuned in to what could be considered nothing more than networks devoted to a constant stream of advertisements. Building on the theoretical framework of parasocial interactions, this article devises a typology of television shopping viewers based on in-depth interviews conducted with audience members that range from heavy to light in terms of their viewing patterns. Audience members fall into 3 different categories of viewer-shoppers: skeptical-ironic, practical-hesitant, and expert-compulsive. Each of these categories of viewer-shoppers negotiated different meanings of television shopping programming that challenge ideas about isolated individuals who turn to television shopping networks primarily for companionship.     

The Chinese New Year Becomes More and More Internationalized

With the Chinese New Year celebrations of overseas Chinese,traditional Spring Festival has gone deep into the hearts of the people worldwide.Chinese New Year at...     

汉字文化圈论略

“汉字化圈”包括使用汉字或曾经使用汉字，并承袭汉字化的民族与国家。汉字化圈的存在，是一个垂之久远的历史事实。本对化圈、汉字化圈进行了界说，对汉字的境内传播与境外传播予以了讨论。     

汉字文化圈内的域外汉文小说

汉字文化圈有过五次扩大.随着汉字文化圈的扩大,朝鲜、日本、越南等国相继出现了汉文小说.朝鲜汉文小说总字数在1000万以上,日本汉文小说达数十种,越南汉文小说也达数百万字.为加强域外汉文小说的研究工作,应从资料的收集出版、小说研究的多种角度和文化交流的视野三方面拓展空间.     

Participatory Deep Learning in a Diverse Class on Minority Literatures

This paper is a reflexive exploration of my teaching and evaluation techniques in a diverse class on minority literature. I explain my classroom evaluation and teaching techniques in offering an African literature course as a junior African professor trained outside the United States and teaching in a predominantly white institution. Using Paulo Freire, bell hooks, and Greg Light, Roy Cox, and Susanna Calkins, I assess my effectiveness as a student-centered teacher, pointing out my shortcomings and suggesting ways in which I will overcome these obstacles in future courses.     

Heritage Setting Gains More International Care

International Council on Monuments and Sites （ICOMOS） held its 15th general assembly from October 17 to 21, 2005 in Xi＇an, China, It was another important international event happening in China in the fields of cultural heritage conservation, following the 28th World Heritage Congress taking place last year in Suzhou, Some 1000 delegates from 85 countries and regions from across the world gathered in this ancient capital city, discussing ways to protect historic sites and their settings in the context of globalization and dazzling economic growth,     

Student-Created Curricular and Co-Curricular Pathways Toward Participation in a Diverse Democracy

This study explored the ways in which undergraduate students intentionally navigate complex curricular and co-curricular choices in preparation for engaging in a diverse democracy. Our study examined these choices among students at a university that lacks formal structures to facilitate these choices. Four curricular and co-curricular pathways that exemplify particular forms of the student experience across disciplines emerged and are discussed.     

Educating Late Arrival High School Immigrant Students: A Call for a More Democratic Curriculum

Examining the vital relation between immigrants' race or ethnicity, language, documented or undocumented legal status, and multicultural citizenship education is essential in the reconceptualization of current curricula and practice. The analysis provides relevant critiques of the traditional American History and citizenship curricula that are often enacted in increasingly ubiquitous late arrival high school immigrant centers. The tensions provide educators with an opportunity to define and redefine American citizenship as a unique cultural, historical, and transformative learning opportunity via the broader use of World Geography Studies.     

Art Performances Add More Splendor to National Games

The flag of the tenth National Gamesfell and holy fire ceased at NanjiangOlympics Sports Center after PremierWen Jiabao announced conclusion on theevening of October 23. But them ag n ifi c en t an d ou t s t an d i n gperformances at the opening and closingceremonies broadcast worldwide haveleft indelible memories among Chineseboth at home and abroad.The opening performance entitled“Symphony of the Time” consisted ofthree chapters. The first chapter,interpreted with symbolic approaches…     

Principles and Practices of Sociocultural Assessment: Foundations for Effective Strategies for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

Increasing numbers of English as a Second Language (ESL) learners throughout the United States have created an urgent need for strategies that teachers can use to meet the needs of all students in their classrooms. Research has shown that effectively meeting the needs of second language learners requires appropriate goals for learning, standards-based curriculum, sociocultural pedagogy, and assessment that is coherent with these practices. This article provides assessment principles and practices that are coherent with the sociocultural perspective and emphasizes four assessment accommodations that are appropriate for ESL learners in mainstream classrooms.     

Rural Culture Needs More Protection in the Urbanization Process

In protecting our rural culture and spiritual homeland, we need vision, self-confidence and patience. We should not seal ourselves off to deny any progress, nor blindly make strides by copying foreign experience. The unique cultural value of Chinese rural landscape and tradition should be not measured by GDP figure which may suppress their internal potential for growth.