Social Justice in Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Position Statement

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There are varied approaches that have been used in sport for development (SFD) projects. This article is focused on the move by sport and exercise psychology researchers toward community-based SFD projects where marginalized groups are centralized. The authors have chosen two of their projects to exemplify different approaches to SFD. An initial project with an Aboriginal community is critically examined to reveal cultural missteps that perpetuated cultural colonization–something antithetical to community capacity building. The second project is then considered because of its closer alignment with cultural praxis and community capacity building. This second project focuses on the initial developments of a YMCA physical activity project designed to meet the needs of forced immigrants (a self-titled name developed by the refugee community members) and the staff who work with them. We culminate with five postulates proposed for SFD project teams derived from our vantage in sport and exercise psychology, where community engagement and eventual self-governance are imperatives.     

The Future of Educational Psychology and the Content of the Graduate Program in Educational Psychology

Leaders in educational psychology are pointing out increasing opportunities for careers in educational psychology or in education-related work in universities and other settings. A program of graduate education in educational psychology is essential for preparing the current generation of graduate students for these careers. This article presents a procedure for determining the content of local graduate programs and suggests the desirability of identifying a common core of content to be included in all graduate programs. The future of educational psychology is assumed to depend on how well educational psychologists are prepared.     

A Graduate Programme in Science Education: Experiences and Suggestions

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The article presents an account of the personal experiences of the author during his participation in an American graduate programme in science education. The author describes the Ph.D. programme and the institution administering it i.e. the SESAME Group at the University of California at Berkeley. He outlines the important features of the programme in relation to admission requirements, course work, qualifying examination, and thesis research. This formal characterization is contrasted with his personal impression, and an attempt is made to evaluate the merits of his one‐year participation in the programme. In the final section, the possibilities and desirable modifications for an adequate adaptation of such a graduate programme in FR Germany or Europe are discussed.     

21世纪初国际运动心理学的研究现状与发展趋势

以《国际运动心理学》、《应用运动心理学》、《运动与锻炼心理学》、《运动心理学家》四种权威性国际学术刊物在2000年—2003年发表的论文为基础,对国际运动心理学的研究进行了分析。并探讨了运动心理学的发展趋势,指出竞技运动领域的研究仍然是主流,而对体育教育领域的研究相对薄弱;运动动机、运动情绪、心理技能、自我、运动认知一直是研究热点;干预性和控制性研究开始受到重视;对特殊群体,如残疾运动员的研究仍有很大的空间。     

The Future of Graduate Education in the Sociocultural Foundations: History

Numerous and much needed scientific and scholarly improvements have occurred in physical education since the 1960s. The increased specialization, while absolutely necessary for advancing knowledge, has at times been accompanied by the attitude that only certain subdisciplinary areas are important. In general, history and social science areas have been neglected within departments of physical education. Many leading historians have looked to other social sciences, and occasionally to the biological sciences, for insights into the past; an increasing number have written on topics that fall within sport and even within physical education history. The tendency to assign history classes in departments of physical education to faculty who are not themselves productive researchers is criticized. Because so few departments of physical education offer graduate research degrees in history, this subdisciplinary area is in jeopardy. An inadequate understanding of the intellectual origins of professional physical education may also contribute to what seems to be an inability to resolve the specialization/fragmentation issue.     

Informal Science Education: A Practicum for Graduate Students

We present results from a course, “Informal Science Education for Scientists: A Practicum,” co-taught to graduate students in STEM-related fields by a scientist/engineer and a social scientist/humanist. This course provides a structured framework and experiential learning about informal science education during a semester-long experience. The data collected across six years of the course (11 ≤ n ≤ 16 for each) provide strong evidence that the course has been effective in encouraging graduate students in STEM-related fields to feel more skilled at and confident with informal science education. Details are provided as to how manipulation of the course structure (i.e. making it project-based, emphasizing understanding audiences, stressing the iterative nature of design, and increasing evaluation research training) influenced the student outcomes.     

The Future of Sport Philosophy in Higher Education Kinesiology

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Massengale’s Trends Toward the Future of Physical Education (1987) makes no reference to the existence of the philosophic inquiry of physical activity within higher education kinesiology programs—even though the sub-discipline had been formalized by academics in the early 1970s. In contrast, Massengale and Swanson’s The History of Exercise and Sport Science (1997) dedicated a chapter to sport philosophy’s development, including a prognosis of its future. Since then, there has been tremendous growth in the sub-discipline, including an increase in publication outlets, stand-alone monographs, and the creation of academic associations globally. Yet this growth has not necessarily secured sport philosophy’s place in higher education curriculum. In this article, we briefly review the history of philosophic inquiry into physical activity and review previous predictions of the sub-discipline’s future before offering our own prognostication of its future in higher education.     

积极心理学视野下的研究生心理健康教育探索

目前,高校研究生心理健康教育面临心理问题德育化、教育理念消极化、教育模式碎片化的困境,积极心理学的理念正好契合当前研究生心理健康教育工作的需要,在解决当前研究生心理健康教育过程中应科学认识,重视研究生的心理健康教育工作;积极取向,正确确立研究生心理健康教育的目标和任务;大胆探索,不断创新心理健康教育模式;整合资源,构建研究生心理健康教育的积极环境。     

在理论与实践之间：面向未来的研究生教育学 ——第三届全国研究生教育学学科建设理论与实践高端论坛综述

2019年4月12日,第三届全国研究生教育学学科建设理论与实践高端论坛会议在北京召开。本次论坛围绕研究生教育的基本问题研究及学科建设、研究生教育改革与发展等主题展开讨论。与会专家认为：站在新的历史起点上,要明确研究生教育的地位与作用,牢记研究生教育的核心在于育人,深入探索研究生教育学学科体系建设的方向和路径;要继续深化研究生教育改革,着力推动研究生教育迈向新台阶,努力促进我国从研究生教育大国向研究生教育强国转变。     

我国专业学位研究生教育改革路径探索 ——一个整体性教育的视角

认为当前影响专业学位研究生教育发展的主要矛盾是国家与社会的有效需求与教育供给的不充分。基于整体性教育的视角，分析了专业学位研究生教育的本质，提出了改革专业学位研究生教育的路径，即打破政府、社会与高校的碎片化治理现状，构建专业学位研究生教育场域协同治理分析框架，建立“纵横内外”协同发展机制，探索“科教协同、产教融合”教育模式与“集体培养、导师团队指导”培养方式。     

论研究生教育中科学教育与人文教育的融合

科学与人文的互补是人类文明与进步的必要条件，科学教育与人文教育的融合有利于促进研究生综合素质的提高，是21世纪研究生教育发展的基本态势，符合科技和时代发展的要求。文章从五个方面探讨了研究生教育中科学教育与人文教育的融合方法，旨在培养既能献身科学事业又有高度人文关怀的现代高层次人才。     

The Future of Graduate Study in Teacher Preparation in Physical Education

This article speculates about the future of graduate study in pedagogy of physical education. The argument is based on demographic trends, historical developments in the field of physical education, empirical evidence of effective teaching, and experiences with graduate courses that appear to have been successful. The article concludes that the demand for graduate programs, the mechanisms for delivering them, and the content of such programs in teacher education in physical education portend a bright future for the quality of teaching in physical education in America. If this is to be achieved, new efforts at defining the focus of the field of physical education must be undertaken.     

科学教育：生涯发展的视角

科学教育具有训练心智与提升实用技能的双重价值,它与生涯发展密切相关,尤其与生涯发展中的创业教育的关联更是紧密。以生涯发展来反思,受＂应试主义＂的影响,我国的科学教育与发达国家相比,无论是从课程设置还是培养目标来看,差距甚大,未来之路任重而道远。     

未来的教育:教育的科学基础和价值基础

当今,对于教育应该是什么、教育应该怎样来进行,人们并没有形成相应的共识。关于这些问题,可能性是极为多样的,我们应该主要依赖两个基础:其一是学习的科学,其二是作为生活在社会中的人们的自身价值。最好的教育,其根基必须建立在被历史证明是有效的东西之上,同时,必须考虑当代最新的研究发现和未来一代的需要。教育者将承担双重的任务,面临双重的挑战:一方面要向学生传递传统的学科和思维,另一方面要帮助学生处理那些从科幻小说变为现实的种种新鲜事物,并在其对之做出抉择的过程中担当积极的角色。人类最伟大的发明创造之一,是对教育的发明创造。教育的价值不仅仅是事实、数据、信息,而是知识、理解、判断、智慧。我们决不能回避对儿童和年轻人的教育责任,必须保证责任感和人文精神得以发扬光大,使他们能够迎接未来。这是今天的教育所要面临的前所未有的挑战。     

Education,Welfare Reform and Psychological Well-Being: A Critical Psychology Perspective

There are established links between education and well-being, and between poverty and education. This article draws on interviews with parents of school-aged children impacted by a policy in the UK commonly referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’. A critical psychology perspective to education is put forward, acknowledging the complex interrelationships between psychological well-being, sociopolitical factors and education.