Engaging Students with Art-Based S-R-C (Sense of Belonging,Resistance, and Coalition Building) Strategies for Anti-Racism

In this article, we discuss our struggles and efforts to respond to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate crimes and anti-Asian racism, as well as explore ways to address the issues of anti-Asian racism, violence, myths, and stereotypes in the art classroom. We researched and learned from contemporary Asian American artists, attended anti-racism virtual talks, and examined various anti-racism pedagogical approaches. As an outcome of our research to confront anti-racism, we developed S-R-C strategies to engage students with art-based anti-racism, which include facilitating a sense of belonging (S), resisting anti-Asian racism (R), and coalescing with other minority groups and allies (C). These strategies were developed to fully embrace the equity, diversity, and inclusivity of AAPI sequentially and holistically. This article also reports how we use the S-R-C strategies to guide our pre-service art teachers to confront anti-Asian racism and advocate for anti-racism teaching practices.     

新疆少数民族汉语教学评估体系构建研究

少数民族汉语教学是我国民族教育教学改革的重点,汉语教学评估体系也是教育体系不可或缺的组成部分。随着教学改革的不断深入,少数民族地区汉语教学评估体系也不断完善,但是,新疆少数民族汉语教学评估体系普遍存在指标不够细化、评估方法单一等问题。汉语教学评估体系的规范化、多元化仍有待加强。文章从少数民族地区汉语教学的角度出发,就汉语教学评估体系现状、问题进行了探讨,以期能为汉语教学发展完善提供参考依据。     

Child‐Care Subsidies and Child‐Care Choices Over Time

The evidence to date on the federal child‐care subsidy program's effect on preschool child‐care quality is mixed. However, an as‐yet untested outcome of subsidy receipt is subsequent child‐care choice. Specifically, it is possible that subsidy receipt in toddlerhood increases the likelihood of attending other publicly funded preschool programs—Head Start and public pre‐k—that provide the highest quality care available to low‐income families. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study–Birth Cohort (n ≈ 2,100; approximately 2 years old), this study finds that subsidy receipt during toddlerhood predicts greater use of the other forms of publicly funded care in the preschool year, although only if the earlier subsidy is used in a center. These results highlight a previously unconsidered potential benefit of the subsidy program.     

Teacher support for collective argumentation: A framework for examining how teachers support students’ engagement in mathematical activities

We propose a framework for examining how teachers may support collective argumentation in secondary mathematics classrooms, including teachers’ direct contributions to arguments, the kinds of questions teachers ask, and teachers’ other supportive actions. We illustrate our framework with examples from episodes of collective argumentation occurring across 2 days in a teacher’s classroom. Following from these examples, we discuss how the framework can be used to examine mathematical aspects of conversations in mathematics classrooms. We propose that the framework is useful for investigating and possibly enhancing how teachers support students’ reasoning and argumentation as fundamentally mathematical activities.     

抛锚式分层教学法在“概论”课教学中的应用

文章阐述了抛锚式分层教学法的内涵、特点和研究进程,介绍了抛锚式分层教学法在“概论”课教学中的应用,通过对运用效果的分析,提出抛锚式分层教学法方法在“概论”课教学中值得推广,其运用有待进一步研究和完善,同时指出抛锚式分层教学法对师生都有更高的要求。     

新疆高等职业教育文化体系建设的思考与探索

高等职业教育文化体系建设是新时期对高等职业院校内涵建设提出的新要求。高等职业院校通过人文精神的校园文化建设,提升师生对祖国发展的使命感和责任感;通过职业特色的文化体系建设,形成弘扬劳动光荣崇尚技能的职业氛围;通过地方特色的校园文化建设,引领区域公共文化事业的发展;通过学习型校园文化体系建设,形成务实民主、人尽其能、勤俭节约、注重效率的工作环境。     

校企合作人才培养模式存在的问题及对策研究

校企合作日益成为职业教育研究和实践的热点,也是高职院校办学的重要路径,而加强校企合作人才培养模式,是其关键所在。本文就当前高职院校和企业合作人才培养模式存在的一些问题与解决对策展开探讨。     

The impact of integrated environmental studies programs: are students motivated to act pro-environmentally?

In Canada, there exists a noteworthy educational initiative referred to as Environmental Studies Programs (ESPs). These secondary school programs are interdisciplinary, helping to link subject matter and encouraging student responsibility. The results of two case studies of Ontario ESPs that analyze the impact of ESP participation on students’ attitudes to, and relationships with, the environment and the extent to which program participation informs domestic pro-environmental behaviors and/or emancipatory social and environmental actions are presented. The results from the focus group sessions indicate that students believe that they can effect environmental change but that they struggle with ways to meaningfully enact that change in light of ‘real world’ constraints.     

Examining relational engagement across the transition to high schools in three US high schools reformed to improve relationship quality

The purpose of this study was to examine changes in students’ relational engagement across the transition to high school in three schools reformed to improve the quality of student–teacher relationships. In order to analyze this data we employed latent growth curve (LGC) modeling techniques (n = 637). We ran three LGC models on three indicators of relational engagement: perceived teacher press (Middleton and Midgley in Contemp Educat Psychol 27:373–391, 2002), perceived teacher support (Goodenow in Psychol Sch 30:79–90, 1993a), and perceived school belonging (Goodenow in J Early Adolesc 13, 21–43, 1993b). For each model we estimated the latent means of the observed variables, the intercept, and the slope. Our hypothesized model for each of the variables included estimates for the contribution of team status (no team, cross-team, pure teamed), total absences in 8th grade, race (white/non-white), gender, gifted status, and socio-economic status. Alternate models were run dropping non-significant exogenous variables from the model one at a time. In each case, the hypothesized models, including five exogenous predictors, evidenced poor fit. However, alternate models including fewer exogenous predictors evidenced better fit, allowed for the estimation of intercept differences and rate of change, and accounted for significant amounts of variance in relational engagement. Findings are situated within the context of school reform designed to improve relational engagement.     

Examining behavioral, relational, and cognitive engagement in smaller learning communities: A case study of reform in one suburban district

The purpose of this project was to examine the impact of Smaller Learning Community reform on students’ behavioral, relational, and cognitive engagement in a suburban school district experiencing urbanization. We describe a project in which we evaluated the engagement of a cohort of 8th grade students as they transitioned to high school (n = 605). Specifically, we disaggregated the data to identify how students’ engagement differed as a function of their participation in Smaller Learning Community structures, prior achievement, and race.