“I thought I’d have more trouble with white people!”: Exploring racial microaggressions between West African immigrants and African Americans

Racial tensions continue in 21st-century United States through the communication of racial microaggressions. We are interested in the communication of racial microaggressions directed towards West African immigrants by people with whom they expected to be allied, African Americans. Sixteen people who identified as West African immigrants were interviewed about communication struggles with African Americans in this qualitative, interpretive analysis. Owen’s thematic analysis was employed to analyze interview data. Results suggest the communicative impact of racial microaggressions on recipients is far-reaching and consequential. Narratives illustrate microaggressive communication occurs daily through invalidating, dismissive lines of questioning as well as targeted name calling and pejorative dialogue.     

海外社区信息学的专业教育与研究现状

社区信息学是研究利用信息与通讯技术(ICTs)促进社区发展的相关问题的学科。自20世纪90年代末成为一个独立的研究领域,社区信息学在世界各地,尤其是在发展中国家弱势社区的社会经济发展支持方面得到广泛应用。随着实践案例积累的日益丰富,社区信息学的教育和研究不断发展,从专业教育、专著、期刊及机构网站等方面,可看到其学科建设正在逐步完善。     

合作学习在英语专业教学中的实践与研究——《高级英语》课文文化背景介绍研究

基于英语专业本科生文、史、哲等文化知识欠缺,分析、解决问题能力和合作学习能力有待提高的现状,在英语教学中运用了合作学习方式进行了课文文化背景介绍实践。实践表明:合作学习可以有效提高学生综合素质和能力,提高他们与人交往的能力,提高学习时效。     

家庭背景对高等教育数量和质量获得的影响——社会分层的视角

本文利用2002年北京师范大学"大学毕业生就业意向与就业行为"课题组的调查数据,在中国高等教育逐渐进入大众化阶段的背景下,考察父母亲的教育背景对子女在高等教育阶段教育数量和质量获得方面的影响。实证结果发现,整体而言,父母亲的教育背景对于子女接受高等教育的层次与质量仍然有显著的促进作用,社会分层导致的教育差异依然存在于实施严格选拔的高等教育系统中。     

Dialogue in conservation decision-making

An analysis of the impact of stakeholder consultation during the conservation decision-making processes is presented. Defining and finding opportunities for stakeholder communication within conservation work is an ethical necessity when working with cultural heritage, but the limits and practice of this necessity are less clear. Case studies are used to explore which aspects of the conservation process stakeholders are most likely to be consulted about, and reviews the impact of their views. It asks whether conservators have a preference in which decisions they are prepared to share with stakeholders across three aspects of conservation: the initial appraisal, treatment and the display or storage. Where consultation relates to treatment, conservators are more likely to fall back on their own technical authority except when those consulted are regarded as fellow professionals. Other categories of stakeholder such as artists, originating communities, and religious groups were found to be more constructively consulted on the understanding of the object and on care related to display and storage. Conservators should be offered more explicit guidance on the ethics of consultation, the aspects of consultation that they should engage with and on the ethical ways to deal with conflict arising from consultation.     

The Combined Effects of Instructor Communicative Behaviors,Instructor Credibility,and Student Personality Traits on Incivility in the College Classroom

This study investigated the combined role of instructor communication variables (nonverbal immediacy and self-disclosure), instructor credibility (competence, caring, and trustworthiness), and student personality traits (extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness) in predicting students’ uncivil behaviors in class. A total of 406 students completed online questionnaires regarding the instructor of the class they attended prior to the one in which the study was administered. Personality and instructor behavior variables contributed approximately equally to explaining variance in student incivility. Students’ conscientiousness and agreeableness had direct negative relationships with incivility, whereas instructors’ amount and negativity of self-disclosure had direct positive relationships with incivility.     

Religious Pluralistic Language in a Computer-Mediated Context: Effects of Intergroup Salience and Religious Orientation

This study investigated the degree to which religious pluralistic language varies as a function of the intergroup salience of a context and religious orientation. Based on a 2 (Religious Salience of Context) × 3 (Religious Salience of Topic) experimental design, participants (N = 239) were instructed to compose an e-mail to an interactional partner based on the randomly assigned condition. Messages were coded for religious pluralistic language, and participants completed measures of religious orientation and evaluations of the conversational partner. Modest effects were found for both intergroup salience of the context and topic as well as religious orientation.     

A U.S.-Chinese Comparison of Affectionate Communication in Parent-Child Relationships

Affectionate communication is central to the maintenance of relational closeness, but it is also subject to relational, contextual, and cultural factors. This study was designed to examine the cultural effects on affectionate communication in parent-child relationships in the United States and China. Results indicated that Chinese fathers and mothers expressed less verbal, nonverbal, and supportive affection to their children than American parents. Both Chinese and American parents expressed affection to their children more through supportive behaviors than through verbal and nonverbal behaviors. In both cultures, mothers engaged in more verbal, nonverbal, and supportive affection with their children than fathers.     

国际经验对建构中国教师教育新体系的启示

网络化时代的到来、全球经济的发展、知识经济的出现呼唤国际性和创新型人才。中国“普九”任务基本完成。基础教育课程改革深入开展，使以提高教师实施素质教育的能力和水平为重点的教师专业化走向新历程。这是中国教师教育新体系构建的时代背景。国际教师教育经验为建构中国教师教育新体系提供了启示。     

试论文学在英语教学中的作用

英美文学在语言、文化背景、俚语及写作等方面对提高学生英语水平都有较大帮助，因此不可忽视英美文学教育在英语教学中的积极作用。