MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN GERIATRIC FELLOWSHIPS

Geriatric fellowship curricula in primary care specialties of medicine include a minimum of mental health education, resulting in inadequate psychiatric assessment of the elderly. An educational program was developed to teach the psychology of aging, communication skills, and psychotherapy principles with older adults to geropsychiatry fellows during a 2‐year fellowship. The program's impact on fellows' performance was measured using 10 rated skill areas from the Periodic Review of Psychotherapy Skills. Improvement or maintenance of skills at the highest level was achieved by all fellows. The program's success is indicated by improved conceptualization of older adults' problems, increased accuracy of diagnoses, development of more appropriate treatment plans and goals, and refined communication and psychotherapy skills. Applicability to other medical and nonmedical disciplines and impediments to fellowship integration are discussed.     

PARENT ATTACHMENT AND EARLY ADOLESCENTS’ LIFE SATISFACTION: THE MEDIATING EFFECT OF HOPE

Research using an attachment theory framework has provided evidence that parent attachment is one of the crucial determinants of psychological adjustment in adolescents, including global life satisfaction (LS). This study investigated the interrelationships among parent attachment, hope, and LS during early adolescence, including the mediation effect of hope in the relationship between parent attachment and LS. A sample of 565 middle‐school students in Grades 6 through 8 participated. Results showed statistically significant relationships among all three variables, and hope partially mediated the relationship between parent attachment and LS. Implications of the findings are discussed.     

终身学习背景下培训与继续教育的公平及其政策课题

培训与继续教育在人力资源的持续开发、促进就业、增强劳动者与企业的竞争力、缩小知识与技能差距、促进社会公平方面发挥着不可替代的作用,是我国在构建终身学习体系和学习型社会过程中需要大力加强的领域。本文主要探讨了在我国培训与继续教育需求持续增大且趋向高级化与多样化的背景下,培训与继续教育中不同人群参与机会与成本分担上的差距状况,并从促进培训与继续教育公平的角度,提出应加强制度保障与公共服务体系、完善成本分担机制、促进培训与继续教育机会与内容的多样化等政策建议。     

和谐社会语境下道德教育的困顿与克服

笔者针对道德教育长期收效甚微带来的困顿,反思了传统道德教育理念之下的道德教育缺乏人性化理念和内容。通过对道德教育人性化分析,阐明道德教育内容中应有道德权利教育、对个体生命尊重的教育内容以及和谐内容在内的理念。同时,在实施道德教育的过程中,注重道德教育方法的人性化改进,是克服道德教育目前所遭遇到困顿与尴尬的重要途径。     

试论体育教学中开展心理健康教育的现实意义

针对青少年学生心理健康问题的日趋严峻,本采用理论研究方法,结合学校体育的现状和发展,提出学校体育教学中开展和实施心理健康教育,树立“健康第一”的体育思想,为推进学校体育中心理健康教育理论的发展及其实践提供参考。     

高等学校开展大学生心理健康教育工作的意义与工作机制

开展大学生心理健康教育工作是新形势下全面贯彻党的教育方针的重大举措，对培养社会主义事业建设者和接班人有重大的意义。为做好这项工作，各高校应提高认识，积极建立高效的大学生心理健康教育的工作机制。笔者首先阐述了高等学校开展大学生心理健康教育工作的重大意义，然后分别讨论了开展大学生心理健康教育工作的管理机制、预防机制、应对机制、培训机制和保障机制。     

THE POWER OF SOCIAL AND MOTIVATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS FOR TEST‐ANXIOUS ADOLESCENTS’ ACADEMIC SELF‐REGULATION

Based on cognitive evaluation theory (CET) and organismic integration theory (OIT) – both sub‐theories of self‐determination theory (SDT) – the present study examined whether the academic self‐regulation of youth with test anxiety can be strengthened through social and motivational relationships with peers and teachers. This study employed a large sample (N = 1088; MAge = 13.7) of early adolescents from secondary schools in Brandenburg, Germany. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed associations. The results revealed a negative association between test anxiety and intrinsic motivation as well as test anxiety and identified regulation, which was fully mediated by teachers as positive motivators. Furthermore, both teachers as positive motivators as well as the teacher‐student relationship were found to be strong predictors of the self‐determined aspects of academic self‐regulation. Additionally, both peers as positive motivators and the student‐student relationship are essential for external self‐regulation.     

理解教育政策:现象、问题和价值

如何理解教育政策,这是教育政策研究者常常感到困惑的问题。本文从教育政策现象出发,解析政策现象之中蕴涵的政策问题及其本质,进而以教育的准公共产品属性为认识基础,认为教育政策就是作为公共权威的政府为了解决相互冲突的对教育产品的不同需求,通过对教育中所负载的价值的选择,从而提供的不同类型的解决方案和采取的政府行为。这种理解融合了"自上而下"和"自下而上"看待教育政策的视角,关注了教育政策的多维度、公共性和"价值负载"的性质。     

ASSESSING TERTIARY STUDENTS IN AN EDUCATION FACULTY: RHETORIC AND REALITY

This paper focuses on the reported use of literature‐based essays (i.e., essays that draw upon established literature in their construction) in assessing students within an Education Faculty in an Australian University. Interviews with academic staff and with students were used to explore how literature‐based essays were used in the context of the assessment program for the unit (subject) and how such assessment tasks were viewed by academic staff and their students. The reported use of literature‐based essays is evaluated in terms of three criteria for sound assessment derived from the literature and the perceptions of academic staff and their students are compared in relation to each criterion. It is concluded that a number of the academic staff within the Education Faculty displayed significant shortcomings in their theoretical knowledge of assessment and that their use of literature‐based assessments frequently failed to meet one or more of the requirements for an adequate assessment program at tertiary levels.     

对构建高校心理健康教育三维立体模式的思考

研究高校心理健康教育模式是当前中国大学生心理健康教育理论与实践发展的需要。在现阶段,要积极倡导以心理辅导与咨询为“点”、以心理健康教育课程为“线”、以心理健康教育实践活动为“面”的三维立体的心理健康教育模式。     

终身教育背景下职业教育的扶贫助困功能

本文介绍了联合国教科文等国际组织在职业教育体系阐述中的扶贫助困精神,结合我国政府在职业教育发展中的相应措施,提出在终身教育体系构建中,职业教育应从教育目的、教育对象和教育体系的不同维度加强与完善扶贫助困功能。     

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONTEXT EFFECT IN ITEM SAMPLING

Item sampling and/or multiple matrix sampling techniques have been recommended for a variety of purposes. For some of these purposes, it must be assumed that examinee performance on a set of items is unaffected by the conditions under which the items are taken (i.e., no context effect exists). In this paper factors that may lead to a context effect among high school students are discussed. The net effect of such factors on examinee scores for an English test and a mathematics test is investigated empirically. For the English test there was little support for the existence of a context effect, However, a definite context effect was found for the mathematics test.     

UNDERSTANDING DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION BY EXAMINING GROUP DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR RATINGS

The aim of the current study was to examine mean‐group differences on behavior rating scales and variables that may predict such differences. Sixty‐five teachers completed the Clinical Assessment of Behavior–Teacher Form (CAB‐T) for a sample of 982 students. Four outcome variables from the CAB‐T were assessed. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to analyze variance components across three levels; examine mean‐group differences across outcome variables for student gender, race/ethnicity, and free or reduced‐price lunch status; and examine whether teacher variables predicted teacher‐specific differences in ratings. Results revealed that a significant amount of variance was attributable to teacher‐ and school‐level variables. Several mean‐group differences emerged, and some teacher‐specific differences in ratings across groups were predicted by teacher self‐efficacy for behavior management and teacher age, but not for teacher race/ethnicity, gender, or years of experience.