先秦楚人"尚武"成因探析

通过民族史学、体育史学、体育理论、考古学等多种学科原理,结合文献资料、背景分析、综合分析法等,对先秦楚人“尚武”成因、体育文化特征和表现形式进行系统研究。结果显示:从商朝至西周,楚部落、三苗国族一直在强邻的夹缝中顽强求生,在穷山僻壤里奋发图强。这种特定的地理环境、经济生活、战争、动乱、政治背景是先秦楚人“尚武”的根本原因。“尚武”是楚人求生自强的武器,争霸称雄的法宝,同时也是一种奋发向上的民族精神。楚人尚武,气质刚勇,勇武爱国,乐战轻死的民族性格,蕴含深厚的文化底蕴和浓郁的荆楚地区民族体育风格。     

Expanding Higher Education in the UK: From ‘System Slowdown’ to ‘System Acceleration’

This paper sets out to explore the implications of current patterns of participation and attainment, particularly among 16–19 year‐olds, for the further expansion of higher education in the UK. It uses a range of recent statistics on participation and attainment to describe what is termed ‘system slowdown’. It then explores a basis for ‘system acceleration’ through the development of five possible routes into higher education both for 16–19 year‐olds and for adults. We conclude the paper by looking briefly at a number of inter‐related strategies the Government could adopt to encourage ‘system acceleration’. We suggest that unless the Government is prepared to consider policy changes of this type, it is unlikely to reach the higher education participation target it has set itself and may also jeopardise the basis for a sustainable lifelong learning system for the 21st century.     

终极娱乐——给魔术师和心灵魔术师的导演笔记（节选）

本书介绍 我们以往常见的中文魔术书大部分是属于入门级的读物,能够进一步提升＂内功＂和＂专业水准＂的书籍比较缺乏,《终极娱乐（Maximum Entertainment）》算是能够表述后一种内容的书。它的封底是这么说的：＂本书里一个魔术也没有,但充满了秘密!＂这些秘密,指的就是＂内功＂和＂专业水准＂,这是别人偷不走、就算偷走也没关系的秘密。除了让表演成功的原则,这本书还包括了说话的技巧、搞笑招数、舞台姿势、     

Making up the deficit: a South African non‐formal education project for industrial personnel

As South Africa moves towards a democratic, non‐racial constitution it faces a problem of massive social rehabilitation after the social devastation caused by the policy of apartheid. Apart from the children still within a seriously inadequate education system, millions of adults earlier received inferior, and in most instances destructive, education and are poorly equipped to participate effectively within a new political and economic dispensation. In addition black and white South Africans are expected to bond to form a new, non‐racial nation yet for generations their lives have been rigidly segregated under apartheid laws and hence they hardly know each other. Non‐formal adult education initiatives which address these needs are thus a priority in South Africa. This paper describes a collaborative attempt between a university‐based agency and several industrial concerns to address the issue of personnel development through non‐formal educational means. Using the model of guided ‘apprenticeships’ in cognitive and social development and an action‐research methodology, the project targeted three focal areas for development: strategic thinking skills, team values and an internal locus of control. Over the period of a year, monthly events were structured into the project to facilitate participants’ development along these lines. Results indicate that significant development occurred amongst the majority of participants in the areas of self‐confidence, communication and relationship skills, and in the broadening of their general knowledge bases. The relationship of these results to the targeted areas of development is discussed and an attempt is made to explain the results through reference to the methodology and structure of the project.