‘What on Earth are They Doing in a Racing Car?’: Towards an Understanding of Women in Motorsport

Abstract

Motorsport is an under-researched area of socio-historical study. There is particularly limited academic understanding of female involvement in the social world of motorsports. Therefore, this paper focuses on the role of the media in presenting and establishing motorsport for women. In particular, a documentary analysis of articles published by a UK national newspaper group from 1890, and a case study of an all-female UK-based motor-racing championship are used to account for gendered processes that have influenced attitudes and behaviours towards women motor racers. The motor car emerged through technological progress in an overtly masculine-dominated industrial period. Traditional assumptions and biologically deterministic attitudes towards women were used by men to position motoring and motor-racing as a male preserve. Newspaper reporting throughout the 1930s suggests an era of heightened success for women motor racers as a result of gaining access to a key resource in the form of Brooklands motor-racing circuit. Following the Second World War, there was increasing commercialization and professionalization of male-dominated motorsport, as well as renewed marginalization and trivialization of female participants within the newspapers. These processes continue to influence perceptions of women in contemporary motorsport.     

试论有效教学的生命特征

教学是学校的生命力和灵魂所在,有效教学又是教育工作者执着追求的目标,教学惟有充分体现生命的自由性、完整性、多样性、美丽性以及成长性等重要特征,才是真正意义上的有效教学。     

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: Celebrity Media Diet and the Cultivation of Emerging Adults’ Materialism

The present study used cultivation theory to explore the relationships between celebrity media diet and materialism for a sample of 224 emerging adults. Results indicated main effects between both celebrity magazine consumption and celebrity TV news consumption on materialism. Total celebrity media diet was also significantly related to materialism. Findings suggest that a media diet high in celebrity culture and lifestyle has significant impact on emerging adults’ preoccupation with consumerism, particularly for women. This research contributes to a growing body of literature on the effects of a celebrity-saturated media environment and the cultivation of materialistic attitudes.     

浅论物理概念的分类及其教学策略

正确理解物理概念对于学生学习物理学科有着重要意义，科学而有效的物理教学方法应当重视学生心理活动的分析、解释与控制，并与学生的认知活动相符合。本文探讨了物理概念的分类及其特性，并从教育心理研究的角度提出物理概念教学的基本策略。     

Establishing a Center to Support Faculty Research

This article describes the establishment in fall 2002 of a School of Education Research Center designed to support faculty in increasing productivity and quality in research. Details are provided about center goals, services, staffing, space, resources, and logistics during the first year of operation. In addition, data are shared about faculty usage of the Center, the level of faculty satisfaction with center services in the first year, and initial increases in faculty productivity. The article concludes with plans for continued data collection to monitor the impact of the Center, a discussion of lessons learned at this point in the Center's development, and possibilities for the evolution of the Center. All authors are at the University of Colorado, Denver. Laura Goodwin, Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, is Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs and continues to serve as a Faculty Research Associate. Elizabeth Kozleski, Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado, is the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education. Lynn Rhodes, Ed.D., Indiana University, is the Dean of the School of Education. Rodney Muth, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, is a professor of Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies in the school and chaired the Research Center Advisory Board. Kim Kennedy White, M.A., University of Oregon, was the original School of Education Research Center Coordinator and was responsible for collecting most of the data included in this study.     

论国际关系民主化的障碍及实现途径

如同“人生来本是而且始终是自由平等的”，世界政治中的主权国家也十分珍视国家“生来自由平等”，近400年的国际关系史，就是各主权国家追求主权平等，独立自主的历史。经济全球化和政治多极化极大地推动了国际关系民主化，加速了国际关系民主化发展的步伐，但其进一步发展仍面临许多障碍。从国际关系民主化的含义、发展历程这一角度出发，分析了国际关系民主化的阻碍因素，论述了几种推进国际关系民主化的途径选择。     

谈《传声器与扬声器》多媒体课件的设计

通过对电声器课件进行教学设计,确立课件开发的指导思想,从而保证了课件的教学性和科学性;通过对传声器和扬声器进行具体的讯息设计,研究信息呈现和交互的方法,从而保证了课件的技术性和艺术性.     

Electronic Databases for Technical and Professional Communication Research

Electronic databases provide access to resources in business, communication, education, applied science and technology, and the social sciences. This article identifies the databases that monitor the journals most frequently cited by technical and professional communication researchers.     

对建筑力学教学内容改革的几点体会

根据目前高等教育中建筑力学课程的课时压缩情况 ,介绍作者对建筑力学教学内容改革的几点体会