视角

纵使银丝爬上发梢,膝下绕了儿孙,68岁的Brad却从来没觉得自己老。他爱工作,爱运动．爱旅行．对生活有股年轻人都比不上的热情劲儿。这不．Brad又开始畅想起了未来……     

与Brad对话： Nobody Likes Me at School

Lavender很内向,在学校里也没有朋友。他感觉自己被同学们孤立了,非常苦恼,连想退学的心都有了。对此,Brad有什么建议呢？     

A Young Girl Selling Postcards

As regular readers know, I have been lucky enough to travel to many parts of China. What you may not know is that I am, mostly, a people person, that is, someone who is more interested in people than other things. With that in mind, I want to tell you about my visit to one of China＇s wonders, the Terracotta Soldiers near Xi＇an.     

Disability in higher education: a position paper

Leadership in education, particularly special education, implies both knowledge and application of professional behaviors, decisions, and ethics within the field. University students look for best practices in education to be modeled by faculty; this, in turn, underscores a fundamental belief in inclusionary principles. Such modeling is important on every level in teacher education programs, particularly special education programs. The higher a student's level (i.e., undergraduate vs. doctoral), the more notice that student will take of disparities between rhetoric and actions. While reflective practices are explicitly taught in teacher preparation programs to enable professionals to reflect on their own personal and professional practices, teacher education faculty need to employ the same strategy to ensure that they are indeed modeling the practices they teach. This position paper documents the impressions of a doctoral cohort in special education in terms of inclusionary practices demonstrated in a real-life context.     

It＇s the Little Things that Count

六年前的某一天,Brad在北京街头等车。因为语言不通而略显困惑。一位年轻女士的一句“May I help you？”。一段友谊由此产生……     

我为什么不是中国人

当人们谈论起美洲大陆时,总会说:"哥伦布是第一个发现美洲大陆的人。"如今在加拿大的学校中,老师也是这样教授学生们的。但事实果真如此吗?我们都知道,明朝年间,朱棣派郑和帅舰队下西洋,他们向西航行到了很远的地方,并在航行期间绘制了航行的海图和地图。后来,哥伦布发现新大陆时,使用的就是郑和他们当年绘制的地图。但遗憾的是,由于各种原因,国内档案中几乎没有留下能说明郑和发现美洲大陆的史料。那么,对于美洲大陆的发现是要归功于郑和还是哥伦布呢?     

How to Get Used to University Life

Liu Bin刚刚跨入了大学校门。大学里的生活自由灵活。比起高中备受约束的日子可谓天壤之别,可这没有老师“管教”的生活。Liubjn反而有点不适应了。如何安排好自己的大学生活？Brad又会有哪些建议？     

A destination development by building a brand image and sport event tourism: a case of Sport City USA

Abstract

While visitors look for a complete ‘experience’ and select travel destinations on the basis of the total set of destination attributes, individual suppliers that operate independently usually market offer in fragmented pieces. A destination brand with strong equity leads to greater commitment in the form of loyalty and willingness to revisit the destination. As one of the key components for destination characteristics, the sports industry has rapidly developed in recent years. Two cities were discussed as the known for sport city case and Frisco, Texas was examined for the current study. The results of this study show that the economic impact is significant for a destination. Some critical factors (e.g. sustainability) should be discussed in future study.     

The effects of resistance training volume on osteosarcopenic obesity in older women

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of resistance training (RT) performed with 1 or 3 sets per exercise on osteosarcopenic obesity (OSO) syndrome parameters in older women. Sixty-two older women (68.0 ± 4.3 years, 26.8 ± 4.4 kg/m²) participated in a 12-week RT program. Participants were randomly assigned into one of the three groups: two training groups that performed either 1 set (G1S, n = 21) or 3 sets (G3S, n = 20) 3 times weekly, or a control group (CG, n = 21). Body composition was assessed by dual X-ray absorptiometry, strength was evaluated by 1 repetition maximum testing. The G3S presented significantly higher strength changes than G1S. The changes for percentage of body fat were higher for G3S compared to G1S. There was no difference in skeletal muscle mass between G3S and G1S, however both training groups displayed greater increases in this outcome compared to CG. There was no effect for bone mineral density. The overall analysis indicated higher (P < 0.05) positive changes for G3S than G1S (composed Z-score: G3S = 0.62 ± 0.40; G1S = 0.11 ± 0.48). The results suggest that a 12-week RT period is effective to improve the risk factors of OSO, and that 3 sets induce higher improvements than a single set.