Preservice teachers perspectives and experiences teaching personal and social responsibility

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Background: Pedagogical models have become an established component of physical education over the past several decades. One such model, the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility model, has gained momentum in practice and research, though little is known regarding its use in preservice teacher training. The model follows a flexible format focused on teaching life skills (e.g. leadership) that can be applied in all lived ecologies. Occupational socialization theory provides insight into the pretraining and teacher education experiences of preservice teachers that shape their understanding and practice of physical education and associated pedagogical models.

Aims: The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of a sequence of methods courses and early field experiences on U.S. preservice teachers’ understanding and implementation of the teaching personal and social responsibility model with youth from a community affected by poverty.

Method: This study took on a phenomenological and social constructivist approach. Ten preservice teachers (9 males, 1 female) took part in the study. The participants were an average age of 22.10 years old (SD?=?4.38) and seven identified as White and three as Black. Each participant was enrolled in methods and early field experience coursework that provided scaffolded training in primary education in a community affected by poverty. Preservice teachers team-taught groups of 10–15 children twice a week along with one day committed to on-campus reflection. Data collection included autobiographical essays, critical incident reports, reflective journals, non-participatory observations and field notes, and semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed deductively through the lens of occupational socialization theory, and inductively as theory divergent trends were sought. Open and axial coding was completed with member checking throughout, resulting in a final set of themes and subthemes.

Findings: The preservice teachers initially struggled to connect with their students due to conflicting backgrounds, but the teaching personal and social responsibility model guided the relationship-building process. As the model was continuously utilized, more empathy and care were shown towards the children. Preservice teachers felt there was a lack of progression in positive behaviors but were able to empower youth and felt that the model was culturally relevant. Overtime, the students began to appreciate the affective domain despite the challenge of working in a community affected by poverty through frustration towards the larger system limiting any potential progress was present.

Conclusions: Subjective theories transitioned to include relationship building and life skills learning, likely because of the extended field experience and faculty support. The preservice teachers desire to connect with and teach the students well displays the connection between models-based practice and positive relationships. Preservice teachers’ knowledge of their students was limited as it was based on secondhand knowledge of youth, teacher educators, and school staff. Evidence indicates some cultural responsiveness development though there were also elements of a deficit model due to white privilege and class differences. Further work explicitly integrating a culturally relevant approach and social justice in teacher education programming should occur.     

Development and reliability of the KIM cycling scale – a measurement tool for the development process to cycling independently

ABSTRACT

Background: Cycling has gained more attention as an important lifelong physical activity. Learning to cycle independently without assistance is a milestone for most children that requires time and practice to master. Cycling was recently added to the motor development model and so a valid and reliable measure of cycling ability is required to allow accurate assessment of the skill. Cycling has many health benefits along with being a commonly reported physical activity globally and therefore is an important skill to promote in early childhood and throughout life. To date, there are no measurement tools examining the developmental process to independent cycling in the early childhood years. The current study aimed to develop and assess the inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the ‘KIM Cycling Scale’.

Methods: Development of the scale occurred in four phases: (1) development of criteria and stages, which used observation of children when learning to cycle and expert panels to develop the initial developmental stages, (2) review of instructions and criteria and pilot inter-rater and test-retest reliability, to ensure that the scale could be used as a standalone scale without requiring further instructions (3) cycling intervention, which allowed assessment of the developmental nature of children along the scale as they learn to cycle independently and to assess typical and alternate routes to independent cycling and (4) inter-rater and test-retest reliability.

Results: Ninety children took part in phase 1, thirty-six children took part in phase 2, seventy-four children took part in phase 3 and one hundred and forty-nine children took part in phase 4. All three hundred and forty-nine children were between 2 and 6 years. The developed scale included eight stages in total. The scale was found to have excellent inter-rater reliability (ICC?=?0.97, 95% CI?=?0.96–0.98) and good to excellent test-retest reliability [(ICC?=?0.91, 95% CI?=?0.87–0.94) & (ICC?=?0.90, 95% CI?=?0.85–0.93)]. Typical routes to independent cycling along the scale were examined and reported as being step-wise on all occasions except one where a two stage jump was as common as the step-wise route. Alternate routes were also reported.

Conclusion: The current study developed a reliable measurement tool for assessing children between 2 and 6 years of age on the developmental process to independent cycling. Having a cycling scale will allow teachers and practitioners to assess competence in cycling and moreover, track changes in skill development. Furthermore, parents could also use the scale to better understand and better asses their child’s progression when learning to cycle.     

基于神经网络的认知无线电合作频谱感知

认知无线电是一种可用于有效缓解当前频谱资源紧张的技术，而频谱感知是认知无线电的前提。针对低信噪比情况下频谱感知性能差的问题，提出一种将信号高阶统计量、协方差矩阵特征值与神经网络相结合的合作频谱感知算法。该算法考虑到认知用户与授权用户的信道衰落情况，利用神经网络较强的多分类能力，将最大-最小特征值之比、平均-最小特征值之比以及高阶统计量作为特征参数，通过神经网络实现合作频谱感知。仿真结果表明，该算法不仅在低信噪比情况下较其他算法具有更高的频谱检测率，而且对频谱中信号的调制类型也有较高的识别率。     

贵州省中学创新创业教育现状调查分析与策略研究

在当今"大众创业、万众创新"的新时代里,国家提出了对中学生进行创新创业教育的要求,以期将创新创业的意识和精神根植于学生意识深处,从而为后期的创新创业事业奠定基础,促进社会的发展。该文围绕着贵州省中学创新创业的现状进行调查分析,从国家、学校、教师、学生等四个方面进行了分析,并提出了相应的策略,以提高贵州省中学的创新创业教育和学生的参与度。     

唐诗知识图谱的构建及其智能知识服务设计

[目的/意义]立足于当前大数据环境下的唐诗知识服务需求，以大规模唐诗数据为基础构建唐诗知识图谱并提供智能知识服务，推动人工智能环境下唐诗知识管理和知识服务方式的创新。[方法/过程]本文在对领域知识服务需求调研的基础上，设计领域知识服务驱动的唐诗本体模型，然后利用从Web上爬取的多源异构数据，采用知识抽取、知识融合、知识推理等技术自动构建唐诗知识图谱，统一表示和组织唐诗领域数据，实现对大规模唐诗数据的语义化处理。[结果/结论]本文设计基于唐诗知识图谱的智能知识服务平台KnowPoetry，提供唐诗领域的知识探索、时空轨迹、语义查询等智能化知识服务，推动人工智能环境下唐诗数字人文研究方法的创新转型。     

Bio-inspired untethered fully soft robots in liquid actuated by induced energy gradients

Soft robotics with new designs, fabrication technologies and control strategies inspired by nature have been totally changing our view on robotics. To fully exploit their potential in practical applications, untethered designs are preferred in implementation. However, hindered by the limited thermal/mechanical performance of soft materials, it has been always challenging for researchers to implement untethered solutions, which generally involve rigid forms of high energy-density power sources or high energy-density processes. A number of insects in nature, such as rove beetles, can gain a burst of kinetic energy from the induced surface-energy gradient on water to return to their familiar habitats, which is generally known as Marangoni propulsion. Inspired by such a behavior, we report the agile untethered mobility of a fully soft robot in liquid based on induced energy gradients and also develop corresponding fabrication and maneuvering strategies. The robot can reach a speed of 5.5 body lengths per second, which is 7-fold more than the best reported, 0.69 (body length per second), in the previous work on untethered soft robots in liquid by far. Further controlling the robots, we demonstrate a soft-robot swarm that can approach a target simultaneously to assure a hit with high accuracy. Without employing any high energy-density power sources or processes, our robot exhibits many attractive merits, such as quietness, no mechanical wear, no thermal fatigue, invisibility and ease of robot fabrication, which may potentially impact many fields in the future.     

Using Number Lines to Solve Math Word Problems: A Strategy for Students with Learning Disabilities

Students with learning disabilities (LD) consistently struggle with word problem solving in mathematics classes. This difficulty has made curricular, state, and national tests particularly stressful, as word problem solving has become a predominant feature of such student performance assessments. Research suggests that students with LD perform poorly on word problem‐solving items due primarily to deficits in problem representation. Therefore, it is imperative that teachers provide these students with supplemental problem‐solving instruction that specifically targets the development of representational strategies. This article describes how one representational strategy, using number lines, can be used to model word problems as part of a comprehensive problem‐solving intervention to improve the conceptual understanding of math word problems and, subsequently, the problem‐solving performance of students with LD.     

The Role of Teacher Training in Cognitive Strategy Instruction to Improve Math Problem Solving

The purpose of this article is to offer teacher training and professional development recommendations in mathematics based on the findings of a federally funded 3‐year intervention study that improved the problem solving of middle school students with a focus on students with learning disabilities. Over the 3‐year project, 29 seventh and eighth grade teachers implemented a problem‐solving intervention based on cognitive strategy instruction. Though the intervention was successful in improving students’ problem‐solving performance, several issues related to teaching effectiveness and teacher training came to light. The article will: (1) describe the intervention and its implementation, (2) present the findings of the study, and (3) discuss the issues of effectiveness and possible solutions via teacher education and professional development.     

基于创新扩散理论的学术论文影响力广度研究

[目的/意义]采用被引次数衡量学术论文影响力存在诸多弊端。本文认为学术论文影响力包括其传播的深度、速度和广度3个方面，熵可用于衡量学术论文影响力传播的广度。[方法/过程]选择1901-2017年生物医学领域的诺贝尔奖论文作为最具影响力的论文纳入实验组，并根据1：1配对原则设立对照组，比较两组论文发表后5年内其施引文献所属学科数量、熵以及熵与被引次数的相关性。[结果/结论]实验组中65%以上的论文施引文献学科数量高于对照组；实验组熵的均值介于0.552-0.772，对照组介于0.251-0.481，有显著性差异（P<0.05）；两组论文的被引次数与熵的相关性较弱，均小于0.3。结果表明：①70%以上的高影响力论文在发表早期能够影响较多的学科；②采用熵对论文影响力广度进行识别具有可行性。     

论视觉时代的小说消费

视觉时代的小说消费受消费逻辑和市场法则的牵引,试图通过娱乐性达到感性解放,通过“物”的占有和消费,实现经济利益及由此而来的社会文化身份的确认,而这一切不过是消费意识形态在小说领域导演的一场乌托邦式的滑稽剧。读者在消费中“缺席”,失去了真正的阅读自由;作家被名利挟持,放弃了精英的文化身份,成为普通商品的制作者。而小说文本因此呈现出欲望化、图像化、浅表化的“反美学”特征。作家、作品和读者在小说艺术中的同时缺失,导致了小说艺术在自身历史发展中的迷失。