From perceived polarization of immigration attitudes to collective action

In the context where immigration divides the political space of Western societies, perceived social polarization as an explanation of collective action is surprisingly understudied in contemporary social psychology. We hypothesize that the more people perceive polarization, the more they will engage in collective action in line with their attitudes. Moreover, this effect should be explained by two interrelated factors: identification and perceived efficacy. Perceived polarization should shape how important immigration attitudes are for individuals’ self-definition and thereby believing oneself capable of making a change, which in turn triggers collective action. To test our predictions, we conducted three studies (Studies 1 and 2 were correlational and Study 3 experimental) among mobilized and non-mobilized samples in two countries (i.e., Belgium and Switzerland). Results partially support our predictions that perceived social polarization on immigration issues relates to engaging in collective action. Indirect effect analyses revealed the predominant role of identity dynamics in the social psychological processes linked to perceiving polarization. These results provide potential explanations to the strong mobilization that emerged since 2015 following the so-called migrant crisis. Implications of our findings for collective action literature are discussed.     

You Talk Like a Monkey: Reflections on a Teacher's Personal Study of Growing Up with a Cleft Palate

As teacher confidence in helping children with speech impairments is reported as being low, mainstream teachers may welcome the introduction of specialist speech therapist support in schools through the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (NSF). This reflexive account is offered to develop awareness and understanding of the psycho-social effects of cleft palate and to encourage mainstream teachers and careers of young people who have speech difficulties and disorders to develop individual and classroom-based strategies that facilitate the young person's personal, social and emotional development alongside the parallel, more technical work of specialist speech therapists.
This article reviews the literature related to the nature and treatment of cleft palates, parental coping, adolescent social development and adult coping. This is interwoven with personal stories from the life course of the author, a former teacher who herself has cleft palate speech. Current clinical focus is critiqued for being overly focused on the functional effects of speech disorder in childhood and this leaves a significant gap in the adolescent's social development and ill prepares them for the possibility of speech impairments persisting into adulthood.
Some supportive factors are identified to facilitate and encourage cooperation between teachers and other professionals involved in the care and treatment of young people with cleft palates.     

唐无陈鸿祖其人与《卓异记》作者考

唐传奇《东城老父传》的作当是陈鸿，唐并无陈鸿祖其人。《卓异记》的作是陈翰，前之《序》则是李翱所作。     

我国集体林权制度改革面临的主要问题与应对之策

此次集体林权制度改革是继土地承包制改革之后又一次事关亿万农民切身利益的重大变革。目前,集体林改的各项工作正在有序进行,也取得了一定成绩,但问题仍然存在。明晰产权、加大金融支持、规范林权流转等是当前应该采取的对策。     

读懂集体林权制度改革的真谛——中共国家林业局党校第三十五期党员领导干部进修班赴福建省教学考察报告

福建省集体林权制度改革取得了明显成效,实现了三增、三活和三变。通过考察、探讨、交流,党校学员真正了解了改革,深化了对林改的认识和理解。林改是一篇大文章,其显性的意义和作用我们正在感受和体会,其深刻的含义和长期的作用,还需要我们在发展中领悟。身为务林人,既要为时代赋予的机遇而振奋,也要为肩负的使命而冷静,要用自己的努力成为续写改革新篇章的实践者。     

《沧海遗珠》考

沐昂编选的《沧海遗珠》素有善本之称,但所载作者小传过于简略,仅存里居字号尚有不全,编者和诗集亦有疑待辨。汇集各种文献对其疑点进行探究,并以《遗珠》所载诗篇为内证对21位诗人的生平行实,主要是谪滇事迹进行补充和考订,可以增进我们对明初谪戍诗人和这部珍贵诗歌总集的了解。     

也谈《小团圆》

透过作者的创作动机,追踪作者的心理和经历在作品中留下的烙印,考察《小团圆》作为自传文本所传达出的传记实践意义,探索心理传记的结构模式及真实的多种言说方式。     

乔维奥其人及其文化贡献

保罗·乔维奥对文化名人肖像画的丰富收藏以及对收藏物的分类、陈列、展示,在推动近代博物学和博物馆学的兴起、发展过程中曾起过不可忽视的作用,并对瓦萨里《意大利艺苑名人传》的写作做了必要的铺垫。他《历史》著作的资料,主要来自于本人的亲身经历和对当事人的采访,史著较多的反映了历史的真实性,为近代史学大师兰克所称道。     

分布式教学范式对集体智慧的激发

以网络为核心的多媒体技术的发展与新一代e-learning的出现对传统教学范式下的教师来说,既是契机也是挑战。分布式认知是信息技术发展而催生的新理论,面对混合式的学习环境,以它为指导的为分布式认知教学范式展现出了独特的优势。它不仅为教师提供了全新的视角审视课堂环境,并且能够从学习方式、学习者、知识等方面培养集体创新创造、共同合作的能力,为集体智慧的激发创造条件。通过课堂观察与实例分析表明,运用分布式教学范式不仅能优化课堂环境内各种分布式资源的整合,同样的,高效多元的资源利用与共享也能激发集体智慧发挥更大的价值,从而使得课堂效果最大化。     

Lope de Aguirre,the Tyrant,and the Prince: Convergence and Divergence in Postcolonial Collective Memory

Abstract

In Latin America, collective remembering is shaped by stories of colonizers whose voracious ambitions left an indelible mark on the landscape and its people. This essay examines a set of narratives about a legendary colonizer, Lope de Aguirre, that continue to be invoked in the collective imagination on the island of Margarita, in Venezuela. Drawing on Bormann's Symbolic Convergence Theory and Bakhtin's work on cultural discourse, this analysis shows that on the one hand, the narratives converge to support official records of Aguirre as an archetype of colonial brutality. Yet on the other, alternate versions of the stories reveal a more discordant picture, one that complicates Aguirre's character and reevaluates his influence on the island and in the wider context of Latin America.