The Role of Parents and Community in the Education of the Japanese Child

In Japan, there has been an increased concern about family and community participation in the childs education. Traditionally, the role of parents and community in Japan has been one of support and less one of active involvement in school learning. Since the government commenced education reforms in the last quarter of the 20th century, a more active role for parents and the community in education has been encouraged. These reforms have been inspired by the need to tackle various problems that had arisen, such as the perceived harmful elements of societys preoccupation with academic achievement and the problematic behavior of young people. In this paper, the following issues are examined: (1) education policy and reform measures with regard to parent and community involvement in the childs education; (2) the state of parent and community involvement at the eve of the 20th century.     

Student,home, and school socio-demographic factors: links to school,home, and community arts participation

This study explored the role of student (e.g., age, language background, gender), home (e.g., parent/caregiver education), and school (e.g., school type, size) socio-demographic factors in students’ school (e.g., in-school arts tuition, arts engagement), home (e.g., parent/caregiver–child arts interaction), and community (e.g., arts attendance, arts tuition) arts participation. The sample comprised 1172 elementary and secondary school students from 15 schools. Findings revealed that student and home socio-demographic factors were the most salient in predicting arts participation across school, home, and community contexts. Age, gender, and prior achievement were the key student socio-demographic factors, while parent/caregiver education and occupation were also associated with students’ arts participation. Implications for practice and intervention pertinent to young people’s arts participation are discussed.     

Three dimensional couette flow and heat transfer through a porous medium with variable permeability

This paper reports research on the effects of variations in injection velocity and permeability on the heat transfer and flow through a highly porous medium between two horizontal parallel plates situated at constant distance with constant suction by the upper plate. Due to this type of variation in injection velocity and in permeability the flow becomes three dimensional. The governing equations are solved by adopting complex variable notations to obtain the expressions for the velocity and temperature field. The skin-friction along the main flow direction and rate of heat transfer are discussed with the help of graphs.     

History Run Wild: The Alternate World of Joan Aiken’s <Emphasis Type="Italic">The Wolves of Willoughby Chase</Emphasis> Series

This article examines the historical fantasy world created by Joan Aiken in the eleven volumes of her Wolves of Willoughby Chase series. In particular it looks at her subversion of historical reality by the creation of an alternative yet recognisable representation of our own world, using a wide range of events, and the remoulding of aspects of language and geography. It also discusses her reasons for writing in this form and explores the character of Dido Twite as heroine and major raison dtre of the series.This revised version was published online in May 2005 with corrections to the article title.     

中音西唱：美声教法的新取向——兼论青歌赛美声赛场新规

中音西唱,即用美声唱法演唱中国特色风格的声乐作品,以完成音乐形象的再塑造。第十四届青歌赛美声唱法个人单项决赛中对必须演唱中国作品的规定,给我国今后各级各类比赛增添了新气象,同时也给高师美声教学以新的启示与活力,对于促进美声唱法与中国作品相结合,表现我国人民丰富的情感文化生活具有重要的意义。     

高等教育与古今社会中个体流动关系的历史考察

在社会历史发展进程中,高等教育个体社会流动功能的发挥须依托一定的社会背景,其中最重要的就是当时社会的分层状态与流动状态.在我国不同历史时期,即中国古代社会、近代社会、当代社会,高等教育与个体流动关系也表现出不同的特征,其总体趋势是随着历史发展,高等教育个体流动功能逐步放大,其中也有短暂反复,呈螺旋式上升态势.     

对“给力”一词翻译的解读

从2010年"给力"一词出现在网络中到被大众所接受、普及,以及出现"gelivable"这样被认可的翻译,该文作者从零翻译、东方情调化翻译倾向、以及文化层面分析了该翻译的合理性,由此预见网络流行词语的翻译将势必成为一种趋势。     

关于网络药店发展的研究

在分析网上药店优势和劣势的基础上提出,要充分发挥网上药店的优势,需不断提升网上药店服务水平,认真执行医药行业相关政策,将网上药店与实体药店相结合,大力推进医药企业信息化建设.