Rethinking argumentation-teaching strategies and indigenous knowledge in South African science classrooms

Our response to Hewson and Ogunniyi’s paper focuses, on the one hand, on some of the underlying tensions associated with alinging indigenous knowledge systems with westernized science in South African science classrooms, as suggested by the new, post-apartheid, curriculum. On the other hand, the use of argumentation as a vehicle to accomplish the alignment when the jury is still out on the appropriateness of argumentation as a pedagogical and research tool heightens the tension. We argue that the need for education stakeholders from indigenous heritages to value, know and document their own indigenous knowledge becomes paramount. The textualizing of indigenous knowledge, as has been done in western science, will create repositories for teachers to access and may help with the argumentation strategies such as advocated by the authors.     

Practical versus moral identities in identity management

Over the past decade Identity Management has become a central theme in information technology, policy, and administration in the public and private sectors. In these contexts the term ‘Identity Management’ is used primarily to refer to ways and methods of dealing with registration and authorization issues regarding persons in organizational and service-oriented domains. Especially due to the growing range of choices and options for, and the enhanced autonomy and rights of, employees, citizens, and customers, there is a growing demand for systems that enable the regulation of rights, duties, responsibilities, entitlements and access of innumerable people simultaneously. ‘Identity Management’ or ‘Identity Management Systems’ have become important headings under which such systems are designed and implemented. But there is another meaning of the term ‘identity management’, which is clearly related and which has gained currency. This second construal refers to the need to manage our moral identities and our identity related information. This paper explores the relation between the management of our (moral) identities and ‘Identity Management’ as conceptualized in IT discourse.     

Ki te Tika te Hanga,Ka Pakari te Kete: With the Right Structure We Weave a Strong Basket

Two Indigenous frameworks were successfully applied to a significant collection of junior Māori language material at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Ngā Kete Kōrero Framework is used to assign levels to readers designed for structured literacy development and formed the basis of a new classification system. Ngā ūpoko Tukutuku is an Indigenous subject headings schema developed to empower and enrich records using Māori knowledge systems and terminology. Library staff worked collaboratively with Māori language literacy experts to transform access to the material. The Indigenous frameworks, their application for reclassification and record enhancement, and associated benefits of the project are described.     

福建省教育系统体育场地开放程度及影响因素研究

采用文献法、问卷调查法、比较分析法、数理统计法,就福建省教育系统体育场地基本状况、不同地域和类型学校体育场地开放程度及影响因素进行了比较研究。结果表明:福建省教育系统体育场地个数、占地面积、场地面积占据了全省的大部分份额;教育系统体育场地开放程度低于体育系统和其他系统;影响学校安全与管理及教学秩序、缺乏专门管理人员、学校领导的认识程度、学校体育场地条件等是制约教育系统体育场地开放的主要因素;制定相关配套政策是保证学校体育场地对社会开放,促进学校体育场地资源共享化的基础。     

福州市新建居住区体育设施规划、建设、需求趋向

采用文献法、问卷调查法、访淡法、数理统计法、比较分析法就城市居住区体育设施规划、建设、需求趋向，对2002年、2003年、2004年福州市住房交易会房地产商和购房者需求者进行调查，并就城市居住的规划建设走访了有关部门。结果表明：经济发展水平是影响城市居住区区体育设施规划、建设、需求的主要因素；健全与完善法规是城市居住体育设施规划与建设的保障；安居、休闲、娱乐、运动、健康、和谐是广大人民群众对未来居住区的理想追求。     

Psychosocial correlates of cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength in overweight and obese post-menopausal women: A MONET study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial correlates of cardiorespiratory fitness ([Vdot]O_2peak) and muscle strength in overweight and obese sedentary post-menopausal women. The study population consisted of 137 non-diabetic, sedentary overweight and obese post-menopausal women (mean age 57.7 years, s = 4.8; body mass index 32.4 kg · m^?2, s = 4.6). At baseline we measured: (1) body composition using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; (2) visceral fat using computed tomography; (3) insulin sensitivity using the hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp; (4) cardiorespiratory fitness; (5) muscle strength using the leg press exercise; and (6) psychosocial profile (quality of life, perceived stress, self-esteem, body-esteem, and perceived risk for developing chronic diseases) using validated questionnaires. Both [Vdot]O_2peak and muscle strength were significantly correlated with quality of life (r = 0.29, P < 0.01 and r = 0.30, P < 0.01, respectively), and quality of life subscales for: physical functioning (r = 0.28, P < 0.01 and r = 0.22, P < 0.05, respectively), pain (r = 0.18, P < 0.05 and r = 0.23, P < 0.05, respectively), role functioning (r = 0.20, P < 0.05 and r = 0.24, P < 0.05, respectively), and perceived risks (r = ?0.24, P < 0.01 and r = ?0.30, P < 0.01, respectively). In addition, [Vdot]O_2peak was significantly associated with positive health perceptions, greater body esteem, and less time watching television/video. Stepwise regression analysis showed that quality of life for health perceptions and for role functioning were independent predictors of [Vdot]O_2peak and muscle strength, respectively. In conclusion, higher [Vdot]O_2peak and muscle strength are associated with a favourable psychosocial profile, and the psychosocial correlates of [Vdot]O_2peak were different from those of muscle strength. Furthermore, psychosocial factors could be predictors of [Vdot]O_2peak and muscle strength in our cohort of overweight and obese sedentary post-menopausal women.     

浅论个人与集体利益的现实相容性

重温马克思主义经典作家是如何对个人和集体两个概念进行界定的，可以得出结论：社会主义市场经济的确立和运行，为两种价值观和利益提供了最佳的契合点和相容性，社会主义市场经济越发展，两种利益的相容性将越和谐。