‘No escape from the hard things of the world’: learning the lessons of empire

Educating older adults (in the so‐called third age) is becoming an increasingly important activity for the elderly, above all because it empowers them, while at the same time reducing their social exclusion. The aim of this paper is to closely examine the actual state of affairs and the education possibilities for older adults in Slovenia. The article deals with a secondary analysis of data that was collected in three Slovene researches dealing with the participation of adults in the education process in 1987, 1998 and 2004. The purpose of the analysis is to examine te changes in the participation of the older adults, their motivation for education and barriers that have dissuaded them from education. Special attention is devoted to the development of the offer of educational programmes for older adults in Slovenia. The authors state that the offer of education for older adults has improved between 1987 and 2004, while the participation has declined. The older adults mentioned a number of various barriers that represent the reasons for the decline in their participation, however the major obstacle is the low educational level of older adults.     

Perspectives on defining ‘The Learning Society‘

This article, written primarily from the perspective of employment‐related learning, seeks to challenge several common assumptions about the Learning Society: that learning depends on the provision of education and training, that provision is based on sufficient attention to wants and valid assessment of needs; that provision is appropriately distributed between different types of knowledge; that transfer of knowledge is an event rather than a process; that expertise can be represented in terms of propositional knowledge alone; that current job competence is an adequate basis for assessing individual capability or organizational need. An alternative conceptual framework is proposed which takes account of recent research into the complex, multifaceted nature of expertise; reframes the concept of transfer as a learning process which requires dedicated time and effort; treats individual learning for employment in terms of comprising capability, competence and understanding; clarifies the tension between short‐term efficiency and long‐term adaptability in people and organizations; and provides operational definitions for studying learning groups, learning organizations and a learning society.     

“We must educate our masters”

In this paper we examine the possible explanations for the patterns of results found at Oxford, in which women students consistently achieve a lower proportion of both first and third class honours. Usual explanations that rest on socio‐biology or simple forms of socialisation are rejected in favour of an explanation which is based on the idea of a mutual determination of social structure and social being. Various hypotheses are proposed as possible explanations of the examination statistics.     

Mothers' Perspectives of the Peer-Related Social Development of Young Children with Developmental Delays and Communication Disorders

Mothers' perspectives of children's peer-related social development were obtained from matched groups of young children with developmental delays, communicative disorders, and typically developing children. Structured interviews elicited information on numerous issues including mothers' views of the importance of children's social skills development, rationales with respect to why children succeed or had difficulties on specific social tasks, and the socialization strategies mothers employ to promote children's peer-related social development. Mothers also reported on their efforts to arrange play with peers for their child and the degree to which they monitored that play. Results indicated that mothers rated children's social development as highly important, offered primarily internal rationales (e.g., traits, dispositions) for success or difficulties in achieving social tasks, and endorsed moderate and low power socialization strategies. Differences across the three groups were minimal. Mothers arranged play with peers least often for children with developmental delays and communication disorders, but monitored play more extensively for children with delays. These finding were discussed in terms of mothers adopting a developmental orientation to understand children's social development and their implications for maternal participation in peer competence intervention programs.     

关于单层1T-MoS_2吸附元素汞的密度泛函理论研究（英文）

目的:探索1T-MoS_2(多型结构的二硫化钼)的除汞机制。方法:1.采用密度泛函理论(DFT)分析Hg~0在1T-MoS_2单层上的吸附机理。2.考察1T-MoS_2的不同吸附位置。3.对不同的吸附构型,研究电子吸附前后的变化,从而进一步了解吸附过程。结论:1.化学吸附是Hg原子与1T-MoS_2单层吸附的主导因素。同时,在所有可能的吸附位置中,T_(Mo)(在钼原子上方)的位置是最强烈的吸附构型。2.汞(Hg)原子在1T-MoS_2单层上的吸附受邻近的硫(S)和钼(Mo)原子的影响。3.吸附的汞(Hg)原子在1T-MoS_2的TMo位置上会被氧化,其吸附能为-1.091 eV。4.从局部态密度(PDOS)分析来看,Hg原子和1T-MoS_2表面之间的相互作用是由汞(Hg)原子的d轨道与硫(S)原子的s轨道及钼(Mo)原子的p轨道和d轨道重叠所致。