Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–2020

Alternative teacher education programmes have emerged in many countries as a new approach to recruiting, educating and placing teachers in underperforming schools. The media plays an important role in framing perceptions of these programmes and their teachers, including in Australia, but this has not been the subject of significant research to date. This study examines how one alternative teacher education programme—Teach For Australia (TFAus)—has been positioned and framed within the news media since its inception. It critically analyses the portrayal of TFAus and concomitant educational discourses to explore their connection to larger issues surrounding teacher education and teaching quality. Drawing on an analysis of 122 print/online media articles, we identify narratives related to prestige, benevolence and the ‘alternative’ nature of the programme, alongside a narrative critical of TFAus. Despite this critical narrative, in investigating and opening up a dialogue on the perceptions and depictions of TFAus, we posit that the programme—although controversial in nature—has generally benefited from print media coverage, advancing its reputation as a major contributor to education reform and champion of educational equity.     

《桃花扇》外话香君——秦淮名妓李香君二三事考辨

李香君，又名李香，南京人，为秣陵教坊名妓，秦淮八艳之一。自孔尚任的《桃花扇》于1699年问世后，李香君遂闻名于世。然传奇终究是传奇，作为一部文艺作品，作者虽说“实录”，但在创作过程中难免因需要进行虚构加工。因此，通过对现有文献略加考辨，可以还原《桃花扇》中一部分史实，如李香君缘何名盛于秦淮、与侯方域结识时间、李香君之高义与气节，从而认识一个历史中的李香君。     

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<正> 粤港关系密切,文化同源。自辛亥革命起,广东人口大量迁移香港,当中不乏前清翰林、前国民政府之军政要员及书香世代之硕学鸿儒。他们到港或开坛讲学、作育英才,或结社唱酬、谈文说艺,或搜集文献、钻研学问,莫不以倡教化、开民智、兴艺文为志业,于香港留下大量宝贵的文化遗产。     

The social stratification of theatre,dance and cinema attendance

In current sociological literature the relationship between social inequality and patterns of cultural taste and consumption is the subject of a large and complex debate. In this paper the primary aim is to examine, in the light of empirical results from a research project in which the authors are presently engaged, three main, and rival, positions that have been taken up in this debate, here labelled as the ‘homology’, the ‘individualization’ and the ‘omnivore–univore’ arguments. Elsewhere, we have concentrated on musical consumption in England, and find evidence that is broadly supportive of the omnivore–univore argument. Here we ask whether such findings are confirmed in the case of theatre, dance and cinema attendance. A secondary aim of the paper is to bring to the attention of practitioners in the field of cultural policy and administration the need to address the issues that arise through the use of more powerful methods of data analysis than those often applied in the past. We explain how indicators of theatre, dance and cinema attendance derived from the Arts in England survey of 2001 can be subject to analysis so as to reveal two distinctive patterns of attendance and, in turn, two distinctive types of consumer—who can, it turns out, be regarded as omnivores and univores, even if with some qualification. The former have relatively high rates of attendance at all kinds of the events covered, including musicals and pantomimes as well as plays and ballet, while the latter tend to be cinema-goers only, that is, non-consumers of theatre and dance. A range of measures of social inequality are then introduced into the authors' analyses, including separate measures of social class and social status and also of educational level and income, and it is further shown that, again in conformity with the omnivore–univore argument, these two types of consumer are socially stratified. Omnivores are of generally higher social status than univores and also have usually higher levels of education and higher income than do univores (the latter finding marking the main difference with musical consumption, which was unaffected by income once other stratification variables were controlled). In sum, our results for theatre, dance and cinema attendance lend, overall, further support to the omnivore–univore argument as against its rivals, but also indicate that different aspects of social inequality impact on different forms of cultural consumption in varying degrees and probably through largely separate processes.     

Effect of foster care on young children's language learning

This report examines 174 young children's language outcomes in the Bucharest Early Intervention Project, the first randomized trial of foster placement after institutional care. Age of foster placement was highly correlated with language outcomes. Placement by 15 months led to similar expressive and receptive language test scores as typical age peers at 30 and 42 months. Placement from 15 to 24 months also led to dramatic language improvement. In contrast, children placed after 24 months had the same severe language delays as children in institutional care. Language samples at 42 months confirmed that placement after 24 months led to lower expressive skill.     

我国体育用品制造企业竞争力的结构方程模型

以全国491家体育用品制造企业为研究样本,采用结构方程模型分析方法,对我国体育用品制造业企业竞争力进行了理论与实证研究.验证了企业发展规模、资本实力、劳动效率对体育用品制造业企业竞争力具有显著的、直接的正向影响,而债务状况则对体育用品制造业企业竞争力具有显著的、直接的负向影响,构建了中国体育用品制造业企业竞争力结构方程模型.     

标准参照评估的行动实践 ——以香港中文大学通识教育基础课程为案例

香港特别行政区高校从2015年开始，学生学业评估陆续由常模参照评估转为标准参照评估。本文以香港中文大学通识教育基础课程实施标准参照评估的行动为案例，分析了这项新的学业评估方式在实施中所遇到的问题，讨论了解决方法并提出实施模型。该模型包含评分量表的设计与开发、量表使用、教师意见反馈与量表修改，以及评分之后的集体讨论这一套实施流程。文章最后指出，要保证标准参照评估的有效实施，需建立教师实践共同体。实践共同体的行动包括：教师共同开发评估标准，通过集体讨论对评估标准的含义和使用达成共识，共同审视评估结果，根据评估结果进一步修改和完善评估标准。     

Method of Teaching Swimming in Deep Pool

To meet the need of teaching swimming in deep pool, the study designed a set of teaching method, by which beginners cou1d learn breast stroke and swim up to 5O meters in deep water. The newly designed method put emphasis on intensified technical drill on land and aJso included simplified procedure of getting familar with the characteristics of water, improved sequence of coordination, use of floats as aids, and adoptation of collective teaching form. The method has been proved to be safe, more effective with less teaching hours and uniform progreess, and consistent to the mental and physiological characteristics of beginners.     

我国竞技体育可持续发展的评价指标与评价体系的构建

通过文献资料、调查研究、专家访谈等方法,从系统环境对竞技体育的支撑、竞技体育发展现状指标、竞技体育发展趋势指标、竞技体育与区域协调指标4个方面构建我国竞技体育的评价指标体系,并应用层次分析法给出各个指标权重及综合评判系数,以期为实现我国竞技体育的可持续发展提供理论参考。     

本专科学生能力发展的对比研究——基于“2008年首都高校学生发展状况调查”相关数据的分析

本文利用2008年首都高校学生发展状况调查的数据,使用路径分析方法对普通本科院校本科学生和高职高专院校专科学生能力的自我评价作了比较分析。研究发现:后者在职业和心理素质方面相对优势显著,而前者在公民素质方面自我评价较高。此外还发现,学习参与、社会活动参与和集体活动参与的积极与否对个人能力发展有着显著影响。