Parent involvement and views of school success: The role of parents' Latino and White American cultural orientations

We examined ethnicity and cultural orientation as predictors of parents' views of and involvement in children's education, using data gathered from the Latino (n = 74) and non‐Latino (17 White and 13 ethnic minority) parents of children in an elementary school's dual‐language program. Parents completed a questionnaire that assessed Latino and White American cultural orientations, importance of children's academic and social success, and self‐ and significant other involvement in children's education. Results indicated that Latino (and other ethnic minority) parents valued academic and social success equally and more strongly than did Whites and that Whites valued social success more strongly than academic success. Latinos also reported greater involvement of significant others. These differences were largely accounted for by cultural orientations. Educational practices that take into account differences in cultural orientations and the involvement of significant others thus seem more likely to improve academic outcomes than do efforts intended to promote the valuing of education. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

我国采矿工程专业改革现状与问题

文章在综合分析大量文献的基础上,从学科与专业建设、教学方法与模式创新、人才培养模式、课程教学改革、产学研合作教育等方面对我国采矿工程专业改革研究现状进行了论述,指出了目前我国采矿工程改革中存在的若干问题,并提出了相关对策建议。     

多元文化整合数学教育理论

新疆的少数民族数学教育是多种语言和多元文化环境中的数学教育.多元文化整合数学教育指一个多民族国家的数学教育文化在担负人类共同数学教育文化传递功能的同时,不仅要担负起传递本国各民族共同优秀传统数学教育文化的功能,也要担负起传递本国各少数民族优秀传统数学教育文化的功能.充分发掘丰富多彩的传统文化课程资源,努力开发少数民族地区的多元数学课程资源,是实施多元文化整合数学教育的有效途径.     

对新疆高中体育课中引入民族传统体育项目的几点思考

将民族传统体育作为高中体育教材的内容,不仅为高中生开阔视野、全面锻炼身体、增进身心健康等方面起了积极的作用;而且能发挥学校这块文化传播的重要阵地的栽体作用,让民族传统体育文化为中华民族振兴、为人类文明作出更大贡献.     

关于阿其图诺门汗洞阔尔满珠习礼呼图克图

阿其图诺门汗洞阔尔满珠习礼呼图克图是清代外喀尔喀地区很有影响的掌印呼图克图之一,系理藩院注册的呼图克图,而他的前世就是16世纪末从土默特部阿勒坦汗那里得到＂满珠习礼呼图克图＂称号的青海洞阔尔寺喇嘛云登扎木苏。16世纪末至20世纪初该呼图克图在外喀尔喀地区共转九世,清朝乾隆帝始授其＂阿其图诺门汗＂称号,并授予掌管爱马克喇嘛众徒的印章。由于清朝时期该呼图克图成为外扎萨克喀尔喀蒙古地区的宗教领袖哲卜尊丹巴呼图克图的师父,拥有自己的寺庙,徒众甚多,宗教地位居高。     

我国《侵权责任法》亮点及理论反思

《侵权责任法》是在私权受到侵害的情况下对受害人提供全面救济的法,是一部保护民事权利的法,标志着我国民法体系趋于完善。在本文中,针对《侵权责任法》立法的几个显著的特点进行初步分析和探讨,以期对侵权法的适用有一定益处。     

An investigation of the construct validity of the personality trait of self-directed learning

Based on samples of 398 middle school students, 568 high school students, and 1159 college students, self-directed learning was found to be related to cumulative grade-point-average at all levels as well as to Big Five personality traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Extraversion), narrow personality traits (Optimism, Career-Decidedness, Work Drive, and Self-Actualization), vocational interests (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, and Conventional, as well as Science, Medicine, and Mathematics), cognitive aptitudes, and life as well as college satisfaction. Based on an additional sample of 4125 college students, a confirmatory factor analysis was used to verify a single factor structure for our 10-item measure of self-directed learning. Results were discussed in terms of personality characteristics of self-directed learners, the trans-situational validity of self-directed learning in academic settings, multiple forms of evidence of the construct validity of self-directed learning, and implications for future research and practice.     

Taking a ‘reality’ check: Expanding pre-service teachers' views on pedagogy and diversity

The outcomes of a two-pronged ‘real-world’ learning project, which aimed to expand the views of pre-service teachers about learning, pedagogy and diversity, will be discussed in this paper. Seventy-two fourth-year and 22 first-year students, enrolled in a Bachelor of Education degree in Queensland, Australia, were engaged in community sites outside of university lectures, and separate from their practicum. Using Butin's conceptual framework for service learning, we show evidence that this approach can enable pre-service teachers to see new realities about the dilemmas and ambiguities of performing as learners and as teachers. We contend that when such ‘real-world’ experiences have different foci at different times in their four-year degree, pre-service teachers have more opportunities to develop sophisticated understandings of pedagogy in diverse contexts for diverse learners.     

确定二次曲面切平面的初等方法

一般地,要确定一个任意二次曲面在正常点的切平面,必须依靠对隐函数的微分,如果以二次曲面切平面的直观定义即与二次曲面相交于惟一一点的平面为基础,可以得到一种即使不具备微积分知识,也可求解的初等方法.