New Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of new media resources for childbirth educators and for expectant and new parents. The books, CD, and DVDs reviewed in this issue''s column address the following topics: natural, safe, and healthy birth practices; doula care; breastfeeding; empowering women to make healthy lifestyle choices during pregnancy; encouraging mothers to bond with their babies before birth; and fathers'' and partners'' supportive role during labor and birth.     

Helpful Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of current media resources (books, DVDs, booklets, and teaching aids) that address pregnancy and birth.     

New Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of new media resources for childbirth educators and for expectant and new parents. The books and DVDs reviewed in this issue''s column address the following topics: new directions for childbirth education classes; pregnancy tips for expectant mothers; empowering women to give birth naturally; midwifery care; breastfeeding; labyrinths and “laborinths” (an alternative approach to preparing for birth); preterm labor; understanding newborns'' language cues; and exercise programs during pregnancy and the postnatal period, as well as exercises that strengthen the pelvic floor and help new mothers deal with incontinence.     

New Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of new media resources for childbirth educators and for expectant and new parents. From audio CDs on building one''s birthing business endeavor to books for expectant parents focusing on breastfeeding, calming babies, cosleeping, and supplementing what is learned in a childbirth class, the marketplace always has new resources to offer.     

Helpful Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of books and CDs that address topics related to the politics of midwifery in the United States, preparing expectant parents for childbirth, babywearing techniques, breastfeeding guides, and a child''s perspective of home birth.     

New Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of new media resources for childbirth educators and for expectant and new parents. The topics of DVDs and books reviewed here include fatherhood, labor-support techniques, optimal labor positions, infant massage, breastfeeding, healthy nutrition during the childbearing year, understanding a newborn''s cues, personal viewpoints on cesarean birth, and postpartum massage.     

Helpful Resources for Childbirth Educators and Parents

In this column, reviewers offer perspectives and comments on a variety of books and DVDs that address topics related to maternity care in the United States, health and childbearing experiences of women in third-world countries, traumatic birth, and pregnancy massage.     

Research Summaries for Normal Birth

In this column, the author summarizes four research studies relevant to normal birth. The studies summarized include a systematic review of trials evaluating the benefits versus harms of routine artificial rupture of the membranes; a study of the effect of continuous female labor support by a minimally trained family member or friend on attachment and early parenting; a systematic review examining the relationship between cesarean surgery and postpartum urinary incontinence; and a randomized controlled trial of warm perineal compresses during the second stage of labor.     

Safe,Healthy Birth: What Every Pregnant Woman Needs to Know

In spite of technology and medical science''s ability to manage complex health problems, the current maternity care environment has increased risks for healthy women and their babies. It comes as a surprise to most women that standard maternity care does not reflect best scientific evidence. In this column, evidence-based maternity care practices are discussed with an emphasis on the practices that increase safety for mother and baby, and what pregnant women need to know in order to have safe, healthy births is described.     

Research Summaries for Normal Birth

In this column, the authors summarize four research studies relevant to normal birth. Topics of the studies summarized include the harms of screening for macrosomia late in pregnancy, the risk factors for and impact of postpartum pain in childbearing women, the effects of a breastfeeding approach called “biological nurturing” on reflexive behavior in newborns, and the effects of prenatal yoga on labor and birth outcomes.     

大力发展职业技术教育是农村人力资源开发的有效途径

“三农”问题的核心是农民问题。农村劳动力是影响农村经济发展的一个重要制约因素,大量剩余劳动力在农村的滞留,不仅给农村造成了沉重的经济负担,而且造成了严重的资源浪费,成为困扰农村社会经济发展的“瓶颈”。因此,变压力为动力,就应研究我国农村人力资源开发的必要性和现实意义,考虑通过教育投资组织人力资源开发的基本思路,并就现阶段通过发展职业技术教育开发农村人力资源的具体举措。     

新中国成立以来中小学劳动教育实践的演进及其未来展望

新中国成立以来,我国中小学劳动教育不断发展。在重新审视劳动教育内涵的基础上,对新中国成立以来中小学劳动教育的实践演进与现状进行梳理与回顾,总结归纳不同阶段中小学劳动教育实践的特点,并对当前中小学劳动教育实践中存在的问题进行反思,从而为新时期劳动教育研究与实践提供新的思路。在认识层面,应将职业启蒙教育融入中小学劳动教育之中,通过职业启蒙教育将家庭、学校、社会有效联系起来形成合力,从而提升各方对于劳动教育的认识,营造崇尚劳动的社会氛围。在实践层面,应构建中小学劳动教育网络资源平台,以增强劳动教育内容的丰富性和延展性,丰富劳动教育的教学方式,从而提高劳动教育质量。在保障层面,应切实建立中小学劳动教育评价保障体系。在研究层面,应加强中小学劳动教育实施路径与保障机制的相关研究。     

“90后”大学生思想政治教育初探

目前我国高校大学生的主体已经发生变化,由原来的"80后"转换为"90后",因此,要充分发挥思想政治教育对"90后"大学生的教育实效,就必须掌握"90后"大学生的思想特点,并分析构成"90后"大学生思想特点的原因,进而探索出适合的教育方法及途径。     

关于对高校教师教育教学的新思考

本文从教师应把握教育教学的适应性、注重对学生加强生命理念教育和注意新时期师生关系中的法律规范三个方面进行了新的思考,指出教师在教育教学中要与时俱进,树立以人为本的教育理念,积极适应新时期学生的特点,推进人的全面发展。