Should Science be Taught in Early Childhood?

This essay considers the question of why we should teach science to K-2. After initial consideration of two traditional reasons for studying science, six assertions supporting the idea that even small children should be exposed to science are given. These are, in order: (1) Children naturally enjoy observing and thinking about nature. (2) Exposing students to science develops positive attitudes towards science. (3) Early exposure to scientific phenomena leads to better understanding of the scientific concepts studied later in a formal way. (4) The use of scientifically informed language at an early age influences the eventual development of scientific concepts. (5) Children can understand scientific concepts and reason scientifically. (6) Science is an efficient means for developing scientific thinking. Concrete illustrations of some of the ideas discussed in this essay, particularly, how language and prior knowledge may influence the development of scientific concepts, are then provided. The essay concludes by emphasizing that there is a window of opportunity that educators should exploit by presenting science as part of the curriculum in both kindergarten and the first years of primary school.     

关于加强人大对财政预算审查监督的法律思考

审查、批准财政预算并监督预算执行，是宪法和法律赋予各级人大及其常委会的一项重要职权，但囿于种种原因，人大审批监督预算的权力和其他权力一样并未得以有效行使。为建立一个廉洁高效的政府。为确保社会主义财政真正实现取之于民，用之于民，以健全配套法律，改革预算机制，理顺审计体制等方式不断推进和完善人大审查监督财政预算机制势在必行。     

"通灵宝玉":戏剧家曹禺的凡人情怀

曹禺建国后戏剧创作的跌落,许多论者曾从不同的维度探讨其构因.论文从主客体的关系切入,着重论述曹禺前后期剧作人物形象的人文意蕴,以艺术价值的反差,从一个侧面揭示了曹禺后期创作失落“通灵宝玉“的主客观构因.     

关于儿童美术教育的一点认识

根据儿童的生理，心理特征实施正确的教育，将保保护儿童天真纯朴的本性，同时也可以培养儿童的学习兴趣，想象力和创造力，以及进一步挖掘儿童的思维潜能，培养儿童的自信心和坚强意志。     

论信息管理人员的信息素质及其培养

21世纪是一个信息化的社会。对于从事信息管理的高校信息管理人员来说,除具备基本的素质之外,还应具备信息素质。信息管理人员的信息素质包括信息意识、信息能力及信息服务等。对高校信息管理人员的教育和培养应从提高信息管理人员对信息素质的认识和提高实际水平等方面进行。     

Maintaining teachers’ face in the context of change: results from a study of Vietnamese college lecturers’ perceptions of face

Gaining and saving face are very important in Vietnam as a mechanism of social control, including the professional behaviour of teachers. Interviews with 15 lecturers (aged 24–37) at a teacher training college in a Central Coast province of Vietnam illustrated the relationship between their concepts of face and their beliefs about good teaching. Most were still strongly influenced by traditional Confucian beliefs about the role and position of teachers, the nature of teachers’ knowledge and the relationship between teachers and students. On the other hand, some teachers also were aware of, and to a limited extent open to, more modern ideas that seemed to be related to broad social changes and reforms in approaches to teaching and learning in recent decades in Vietnam. The findings suggest that some teacher educators are uncertain about the value of traditional professional wisdom in the context of critical changes in society and in education. The research also suggests that the concepts of face and saving face are important for teachers’ sense of agency, and that Vietnamese educational authorities could increase the effectiveness of innovations in teacher education by paying attention to the influence of concepts of face on the teachers’ beliefs and behaviours.     

Challenging from the margins into the mainstream—improving renal services in a collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit

Can the development, both clinical and managerial, of practitioners involved in healthcare be enriched by connecting action learning principles and practice with research on ‘tempered radicals’? Might such connection also assist the efforts of patients and their advocates to create more holistic approaches to patient care? This paper explores these questions with reference to a UK Department of Health project to improve renal services. The prime focus is the experience of a set of set advisers who ‘held the ring’ on the project, supporting the work of the sets and attempting to make sense of the emerging learning.     

论“二冯”“比兴”说的内涵及影响

作为“虞山诗派”“疑丞”的海虞“二冯”,创造性地阐释“比兴”之义,并将其与“温柔敦厚”的“诗教”传统融为一体,概括了诗歌“以比兴寄美刺”的体用本质。其“比兴”说虽有狭隘之嫌,却也深合我国古代的论诗传统,对清代诗词的创作和理论发展都产生了重要影响。     

“80后”青年亚文化风格研究——以“李雷和韩梅梅”现象为个案

本文通过“李雷和韩梅梅”这一典型个案来解读“80后”青年亚文化风格。通过对此现象的文本分析发现,“80后”通过拼贴、颠覆和重建等风格来颠覆父辈的意识形态,生产出属于自己的文化,进行自我表达,获得群体认同感。“80后”进行自我文化创造的本意虽然值得理解,但娱乐至死的浪潮终将会淹没这种亚文化,这种文化创造并没有带来更多的价...