University education courses and the professional preparation of teachers: A descriptive analysis

This paper reports the findings of a qualitative case study that explored the role methods courses played in the education of preservice teachers at a large southeastern state university in the U.S.A. The paper portrays three distinct roles: the relevant role, the liberalizing role, and the critical role. The final section of the paper explores the implications of the study's findings for research and program development.     

桃花源的长官

文章围绕一组由欧阳修所作的散文展开讨论,其主题都是快乐的性质和来源。不同作品对快乐的来源给出不同的答案,其中《丰乐亭记》将其追溯为国家的和平统治。滁州人民大都与世隔绝,忘记了一个世纪以前此地发生的战乱。作为太守的欧阳修认为自己有责任提醒人民:他们的快乐并非自给自足,而是由于他们是天下承平的一部分。二十年后,苏东坡在《喜雨亭记》里回应了欧阳修的《丰乐亭记》。当时扶风可能面临大旱,苏东坡通过命名他的亭子,来纪念持续的雨季这一"恩赐"。他在散文结尾追问这种快乐的赐予者是谁,并得出不知快乐来源何在的结论。文章末尾则讨论将文本置于"家族"中来阅读的方式,这些文本提出共有的问题,并呼应此前的相关文本。     

Functional Assessment to Predict Capacity for Work in a Population of School‐leavers with Disabilities

This study reports on an assessment system for school‐leavers with disabilities to identify their capacity for work and the type of transition‐to‐work programme best suited to each person. Participants were 1,556 high school students in four cohorts who left school between 1999 and 2002. Each school‐leaver was assessed by rehabilitation counsellors for functional ability and capacity for work. In a supplementary study, the 2002 cohort was assessed by special transition teachers using a short screening tool. The results demonstrate that there is a predictable hierarchy of functional acquisition among school‐leavers with disabilities and that the single best predictor of future capacity for work and need for transition‐to‐work programmes among this group of young people is the capacity to manage activities of daily living. The results also demonstrate that a short screen used by teachers, together with a behavioural assessment, is sufficient to stream school‐leavers with a disability into a range of transition‐to‐work programmes.