Antecedents of children's comprehension of television advertising

This study compared the importance of role taking and logical operations stage in predicting children's understanding of the purpose of television advertising. Role taking was found to be the more critical variable.     

Unraveling Uses and Effects of an Interactive Health Communication System

By developing a number of measures distinguishing amount, type of content, and when and how that content is used, the current study revealed effective patterns of use that are associated with quality of life benefits during an eHealth intervention. Results generally suggest that the benefits depend on how a patient uses the system, far more than on sheer amount of exposure or even what type of content is chosen. The next generation of eHealth system should focus on providing new and varying content over time, but even more on encouraging intensity of use and long-term commitment to the system.     

The complexities of participatory action research and the problems of power,identity and influence

This article highlights the complexity of participatory action research (PAR) in that the study outlined was carried out with and by, as opposed to on, participants. The project was contextualised in two prior-to-school settings in Australia, with the early childhood professionals and, to some extent, the preschoolers involved in this PAR project seen as co-researchers. This article explores the author’s journey to PAR, which she considered a socially just mode of inquiry. However, it is not without its complexities and challenges. This article makes transparent these complexities and explores issues of ‘power’, identity and influence in collaborative research. Questions often reflected upon by researchers are re-visited in this article: What theoretical underpinnings align with the investigation? Why undertake such a demanding research design as PAR? What does this research design involve? Where does the university researcher fit? How does a PAR team ‘work’ when there are so many different personalities involved? What are the challenges that are faced by participatory action researchers and how might these be overcome? While these challenges are not new to PAR researchers, the solutions and discussion put forward in this article may generate further reflection and debate.     

Academic performance,course completion rates,and student perception of the quality and frequency of interaction in a virtual high school

This study examined the relationship between students’ perceptions of teacher–student interaction and academic performance at an asynchronous, self-paced, statewide virtual high school. Academic performance was measured by grade awarded and course completion. There were 2269 students who responded to an 18-item survey designed to measure student perceptions on the quality and frequency of teacher–student interaction. Quality of interaction was subdivided into three constructs representing feedback, procedural, and social interaction. A confirmatory factor analysis helped to establish the fit of the statistical model for teacher–student interaction. Hierarchical logistical regression indicates that an increase in the quality and frequency of interaction resulted in an increased likelihood of course completion but had minimal influence on grade awarded. The estimated effect for quality and frequency composite items on completion was .83 and .56 respectively. Low practical significance of student–teacher interaction on grade awarded may be the result of mastery-based teaching approaches that skew grades for the completers toward the high end.     

西周“有孝有德”宗法伦理文化的作用与影响

周人创造的“有孝有德”的宗法伦理价值观念是一个开放的、进步的体系,它奠定了周人开放的国家形态、民族形态,构建了天人合一的统治模式和宗法等级秩序,对周人的宗法政治经济结构的巩固与黏合,以及对孔子开放的仁学体系的形成,有着不可替代的作用与影响.     

Biases in young children's communication about spatial relations: containment versus proximity

Four experiments examined 3- and 4-year-olds' ability to communicate about containment and proximity relations. One hundred twenty-eight children either described where a miniature mouse was hiding in a dollhouse or they searched for the mouse after the experimenter described where it was hiding. The mouse was always hidden with a small landmark that was either in or next to a large landmark. When describing where the mouse was hiding, children were more likely to successfully disambiguate the small landmark when it was in the large landmark (e.g., under the plant in the dresser) than when it was next to the large landmark (e.g., under the plant next to the dresser). When searching for the mouse, 3-year-olds were faster to initiate their searches when the small landmark was in the large landmark than when it was next to the large landmark. Together, these results suggest that there are informational biases in young children's spatial communication.     

凉山高寒山地彝族的农耕礼仪

农耕礼仪是一种有效的资源管理策略,它通过人们的宗教信仰,有效地保护山地农耕体系,整合社区矛盾,调节人与自然的关系。使人们赖以生存的环境、资源得以和谐发展。另一方面,农耕礼仪作为彝民族长期的生产生活实践,蕴涵着丰富的社会,文化内涵、并反映了彝民族的价值观、生态观和传统实践。     

论新时代大学生思想政治教育的实现重点

新时代的大学生思想政治教育,应根据中国特色社会主义事业对大学生的素质和能力要求,以及大学生的成长规律,从培育大学生对客观世界的认识能力入手,着力提高大学生的思想水平;从培育大学生对人生价值的判断能力入手,着力提高大学生的政治觉悟;从培育大学生对日常行为的自律能力入手,着力提高大学生的道德品质;从培育大学生对内心世界的净化能力入手,着力提高大学生的文化素养,使大学生能够得到全面发展。     

嵇康的忠君观念探析

长期以来,人们对于魏晋时期竹林派玄学家嵇康的关注焦点多放在他"越名任心",蔑视礼教的思想旨趣方面,进而认为他非但不忠君,简直就是无君论的开创者。然而,深入分析嵇康的为文和为人,其确属"虽宗自然而未忘名教"者。不仅如此,他还是儒家忠君观念的维护者和实践者,他的忠君观念具有深厚的儒家思想底蕴,而孔孟的"以道事君"、"从道不从君"等思想正是其忠君观念的思想源流和主旨。