Reimagining gender through policy development: the case of a ‘single-sex’ educational organisation

In 2005, a feminist educational organisation in the USA for young women, ages 14–21, adopted a policy in order to clarify their target constituency of girls and young women. The policy defined ‘girls and young women’ not as a designation associated with fixed biological sex, but instead as a self-determined identity label creating an explicit policy of inclusion to gender non-conforming students, including transgender youth, who self-identified as ‘girls’ or ‘young women’. This article traces the series of influences that prompted the development of the policy, as well as the learning curves for this feminist educational all-girls’ community, and the discussions that led to both the unanimous adoption of the policy and a subsequent larger cultural shift within the organisation. This analysis seeks to add to an understanding and exploration of policies that address the de facto exclusion of gender non-conforming, intersex, and transgender youth from gender-based educational settings.     

社区青少年素质教育现状及对策研究

针对社区青少年素质教育方面开展了一次较有针对性、涉及面较广的调查研究工作,摸清了青少年对社区教育的参与状况、心理需求。经过分析研究,发现青少年社区教育活动需求具有鲜明的特征,对促进社区青少年素质教育提出了相应的对策与建议。     

学习型社区的发展要适应我国构建和谐社会的需要

学习型社区的发展要适应构建和谐社会的需要。学习型社区是社区建设和社区教育发展的目标,也是和谐社会的重要表现。在构建和谐社会的过程中,能够为实现学习型社区的目标创造一系列的条件。     

Developing citizens and communities through youth environmental action

Although several studies have examined learning outcomes of environmental action experiences for youth, little is known about the aims motivating practitioners to involve youth in action creating positive environmental and social change, nor how practitioners perceive success. This research explored through phenomenological interviews practitioners’ purposes for using an environmental action approach. Practitioners in this inquiry, who engaged youth in action addressing a range of environmental issues in varied programmatic and community contexts in the US, expressed multifaceted aims motivating their educational practice. Interpretation of practitioners’ stories with respect to their purposes and perceptions of success contributed to a conceptual framework relating environmental action to the development of citizens and sustainable communities. Whereas others have described the stages and learning outcomes of environmental action, this inquiry illustrates the potential of environmental action for concurrently realizing individual and community level impacts.     

Service learning using English language teaching in pre-service teacher education in Singapore

In line with the Ministry of Education's vision of the delivery of twenty-first century competencies amongst all students in Singapore, the National Institute of Education in Singapore employs service learning as a pedagogical tool to develop community outreach and engagement. This paper begins with a review of related literature on service learning as a means of enhancing the quality of pre-service teacher education programmes internationally. It then looks at how the teaching of the English language may be used as a principal means by which students can make an impact on a local community of their choice in the Singaporean context. It draws attention to the nexus of theory and practice via highlighting three service-learning projects where the vital relationship between the pedagogical methods area of study known as Curriculum Studies on English Language Teaching and the opportunity to practise English language teaching outside the traditional clinic field experience offered through practicum posting are presented. The paper concludes with the proposition that service learning promotes active citizenry and moral education of youth and allows student teachers an opportunity to build deep partnerships with the community even before they step into the teaching profession as full-fledged teachers.     

SERVICE LEARNING AND OLDER ADULTS

Youth and older adults are the most valuable sources of community volunteerism in the United States today. An important part of involving youth in service to others has been the proliferation and sophistication of service-learning programs that provide opportunities for meaningful engagement and reflection. Increasingly, service learning is recognized as an integral part of both community involvement and education, and youth are provided with growing opportunities to combine practice and knowledge. As this movement has developed, however, older adult volunteers have been largely excluded. Despite theory and observation that demonstrates older adults' desire to stay engaged in learning and service, programs providing them with structured opportunities are rare. After outlining the development and expansion of service-learning programs for youth in the United States, this paper asks the question, ''Why not service learning for elders?'' analyzes some of the potential benefits of institutionalizing such an approach, and highlights promising efforts in the field.     

论社区教育

社区教育是经济和社会发展的产物 ,社区教育在社区发展中具有战略性地位。社区教育是终身教育的依托和基础 ,而终身教育则是学习化社会的基石 ,发展我国社区教育是通往学习化社会的必由之路。     

For Science and Self: Youth Interactions with Data in Community and Citizen Science

In youth-focused community and citizen (YCCS) youth in classrooms and community-based programs produce data that scientists, resource managers and community members will use. This “nested” data situates learners’ scientific activity within larger datasets, projects, and communities, with consequences for youth agency. To document opportunities for agentive learning with data in YCCS, we report on how youth interact with data across eight school and community-based project sites and how youth talk about their data and work. From analysis of 54 participant interviews, we found that youth perceived the data they produced as being used for: (1) broader scientific work, (2) their own learning, and (3) community endeavors. Nested uses of data were most meaningful when youth interacted with end users, were exposed to the larger datasets to which they contributed, or took action linked to data. Not all youth saw, believed, or valued that data would be used by others. Framing of task and purpose, nature of engagement with community users, data production protocols, and level of emphasis on youth-identified questions may contribute to youth perceptions and can foster or undermine conditions for learner agency. The results shed light on when and how conditions for expansive learning and agency get established.     

依托青年志愿者工作创新大学生思想政治教育载体

大学生思想政治教育工作关系到党和国家乃至整个民族前途和命运,当前的大学生思想政治教育面临着新情况、新问题、挑战和机遇,如何进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育,需要从教育的方法、手段、机制及活动载体等方面进行了探索和实践。文章以高校青年志愿者工作为出发点,对依托青年志愿者工作来拓宽大学生思想政治教育工作领域、深化社会实践类活动的教育引导功能、创造性拓展新形势下大学生思想政治教育进行了思考。     

协同学对虚拟学习社区建设的启迪

远程教育中学生和教师、学生与学习集体处于分离状态，学习集体的缺失不利于学习者的发展。利用虚拟学习社区可以营造远程教育的集体学习气氛，促进学习者的学习，培养其社交能力和协作技能。本文论述了虚拟学习社区建设中存在的问题以及运用协同学理论指导虚拟学习社区建设。     

依托青年志愿者上作创新大学生思想政治教育载体

大学生思想政治教育工作关系到党和国家乃至整个民族前途和命运，当前的大学生思想政治教育面临着新情况、新问题、挑战和机遇，如何进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育，需要从教育的方法、手段、机制及活动载体等方面进行了探索和实践。文章以高校青年志愿者工作为出发点，对依托青年志愿者工作来拓宽大学生思想政治教育工作领域、深化社会实践类活动的教育引导功能、创造性拓展新形势下大学生思想政治教育进行了思考。     

社区教育智能化学习平台支持服务体系构建--以“江苏学习在线”为例

数字化学习是“互联网+教育”的新形式。创新教育组织形态,以学习者为中心支持个性化学习,提升学习效果,是江苏省社区教育高质量发展的重中之重。打造社区教育数字化学习共同体,需要运用现代信息技术对“江苏学习在线”平台进一步智能化升级,依托平台培育网上学习社区。通过对江苏省社区教育智能化学习平台建设现状的分析,设想社区教育智能学习平台支持服务体系的设计架构,得出课程智能推送、智能学习场景下的社区教育师资配备、智能学习系统下的学习效果评价等是几个需要着重考虑的关键点。     

Engagement and knowledge building in an afterschool STEM Club: analyzing youth and facilitator posting behavior on a social networking site

Social networking sites (SNSs) are popular technologies used frequently among youth for recreational purposes. Increasing attention has been paid to the use of SNSs in educational settings as a way to engage youth interest and encourage academically productive discussion. Potential affordances of using SNSs for education include knowledge building, collaborative communities, and the ability to document and share processes and designs. In this study, the SNS, Edmodo, is examined as an educational tool used with Studio STEM. Results indicated that youth appropriated Edmodo to exhibit engagement and articulate knowledge through reciting facts, acknowledging learning, and documenting progress with the guidance of instructors and facilitators. Based on results, we suggest that efforts to include SNSs in integrative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programming for youth prioritize consistent monitoring and guidance by supportive and more knowledgeable others as this serves to develop community and encourage youth engagement.     

基于社会性软件的青少年四结合教育博客圈学习共同体的建构与实践

针对当前青少年教育、教师专业发展模式存在的问题,提出了四结合教育博客圈学习共同体的新概念,讨论了其理论基础、意义、运行机制,并且给出了一个四结合教育博客圈的案例。     

搭建社区教育平台服务全民终身学习——依托电大建立社区教育学院的模式研究

发展远程教育和继续教育,建设全民学习、终身学习的学习型社会已成为全社会的共识。各地依托电大建立社区大学(学院)的成功经验表明:搭建社区教育平台,建设学习型城市,是连云港市快速发展的迫切需要;充分利用和整合教育资源,构建多元化办学格局,是建设"学习型"社会的有效途径;利用电大系统的教育资源,发挥和拓展其办学功能,是构建社区教育学院的最佳选择。     

社区教育文化若干问题初探--学习型社区中社区教育文化的发展

社区教育文化的研究提供了全新的视角分析和解决社区教育发展中的问题。本文对社区教育文化的概念、功能及我国社区教育文化的特点、问题等进行探讨，并提出在我国学习型社区创建中，社区教育文化的发展策略。     

对咸宁社区教育发展的思考

自党的十七大明确了构建学习型社会的建设目标以后,加快我市社区教育发展已经成为一项十分紧迫的任务。本文以＂社区教育＂作为研究对象,通过对咸宁市咸安区温泉、永安、浮山三个办事处辖区的调查,归纳出我市社区教育形态的现状、特点,从而为全面、准确地把握社区教育的基本内容和形式,深入推进社区教育,并为终身教育体系的构建和学习型社会建设提供一些解决思路,试图为构建全民学习、终身学习的学习型社会,建设和谐社区、和谐城市、和谐社会提供一份有力保障。     

学习型社区的建设问题及策略

从终身教育的理念出发，发展社区教育在我国实现全面小康社会的目标过程中有着重要的现实意义。发展社区教育的主要目标是建立尽可能多的学习型社区以适应社会发展的要求，根据学习型社区的理念和建设要求，我省构建学习型社区的策略是结合社区教育的开展和经济发展形势，理顺社区的领导管理体制；营造社区的共同愿景；挖掘社区的有效教育资源；创造人人学习和团队学习的气氛。     

Imperfect/I’m perfect: bodies/embodiment in post-secondary and elementary settings

ABSTRACT

Using researched perspectives of bodies and embodiment, alongside dramatic structures, where bodies are foregrounded, this article looks closely at bodies and embodiment inside of school settings. Specifically, it investigates a community in Southern Ontario and the perceived, affective, relational, and critical ways that study participants story their identities about their bodies. Findings suggest that body image itself (i.e. how youth perceive their bodies) and embodiment (i.e. how youth use their bodies for communication and learning) are vital but sometimes invisible topics in today’s school settings, where bodies are continually interpreted, admired, shamed, moved, rejected, and positioned. Though drama and other subjects like the arts focus on embodied ways of knowing and offer unique opportunities for learning, they can also hold unique challenges in school settings.     

Designing for expansive science learning and identification across settings

In this study, we present a case for designing expansive science learning environments in relation to neoliberal instantiations of standards-based implementation projects in education. Using ethnographic and design-based research methods, we examine how the design of coordinated learning across settings can engage youth from non-dominant communities in scientific and engineering practices, resulting in learning experiences that are more relevant to youth and their communities. Analyses highlight: (a) transformative moments of identification for one fifth-grade student across school and non-school settings; (b) the disruption of societal, racial stereotypes on the capabilities of and expectations for marginalized youth; and (c) how youth recognized themselves as members of their community and agents of social change by engaging in personally consequential science investigations and learning.