塔吉克人的文化变迁：从牧民到农民的身份转变

塔吉克阿巴提镇牧民搬迁工程在政府的主导下有条不紊地进行,塔吉克牧民逐步适应了新型的生计方式,进行着文化转型的历程。在这一过程中,各方面不仅要关注牧民物质生活水平的提高,还应关注塔吉克牧民传统文化的保护和变迁。     

试论傩的文化价值

傩是中国的一种古老文化现象,是早期人类狩猎运动的产物。从文化的产生与人类功利的辩证关系来看,傩从产生之初发展到傩文化体系的众多形态,它的文化价值体现在从产生到发展的整个过程里。探寻傩的起源乃至傩的整个历史发展轨迹,对于我们揭示傩的本质、研究傩的文化价值有重要作用。     

The relationship between culture and the development of critical thinking abilities of prospective teachers

The emphasis placed on the individualistic and universal nature of cognitive development in some cognitive development models has resulted in the neglect of the cultural context in the development of cognitive abilities. Consequences of this approach for cognitive development are the strong emphasis which is placed on age-dependent patterns of growth and uniformity. Furthermore, the occurrence of changes in the relationship between an individual and the surrounding environment as crucial for the development of cognitive abilities are neglected. In this paper, a cultural approach to the development of critical thinking abilities is proposed in contrast to the traditional, individualistic approach.     

Parenting behaviors and preschool children's social and emotional skills: A question of the consequential validity of traditional parenting constructs for low-income African Americans

Few researchers have questioned the validity of traditional parenting dimensions (based largely on Baumrind's [Baumrind, D. (1967). Child care practices anteceding three patterns of preschool behavior. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 75, 43–88; Baumrind, D. (1971). Current patterns of parental authority. Developmental Psychology, 4, 1–103] work) with economically and ethnically diverse groups, despite the fact that evidence for the utility of these dimensions for predicting child and youth outcomes is equivocal. In this paper, we report on the findings from two independent studies by which we examined the relationship of traditional parenting constructs to children's social–emotional competencies among low-income, urban-residing African American preschool families with measures validated specifically for use with this population. In Study 1, 184 children and their families participated, whereas 210 children and their families participated in Study 2. Contrary to our hypotheses, across these two studies, findings failed to indicate significant relationships between constructs of parenting and children's social and emotional skills. Findings call into question the consequential validity of these constructs for this group and highlight inconsistencies among the larger body of parenting work. Implications for future theory-building and parenting research are discussed.     

土族婚礼的文化价值探析

本文结合相关文献,从简要描述土族婚礼仪式入手,重点对土族婚礼文化价值进行探讨,认为土族婚礼具有历史传承价值、艺术审美价值、社会现实价值、科学研究价值。试图为土族婚礼的非物质文化遗产保护工作提供一些学理性的思考和依据。     

红山文化研究历程及相关问题再认识

红山化的发现和研究历程主要可划分为三个阶段，受出土材料性质和质量的制约，各阶段研究的内容和认识问题的深度和广度也有所不同。在红山化的年代和分期问题上主张“西水泉期”和“东山嘴期”两期说，两期年代分别相当于中原的半坡一庙底沟化和半坡四期化。认为以西水泉和东山嘴为代表的两种遗存反映的是红山化的历时性差别，而不是该化的地域类型上的差别。关于红山化的来源，族属问题需做进一步的论证，“玉器时代”和“玉兵时代”概念不能成立，牛河梁和东山嘴遗址的发现，表明红山化在中国明起源和中国明形成的进程中起到过举足轻重的作用。     

道家养生文化的人学解读

道家养生文化关注人的精神健康,推崇清心无为、见素抱朴、致虚守静、少私寡欲,不为物累的自然人性思想,强调心灵的内在超越;道家把人生命的价值放在首位,提倡内养和外炼结合、静功和动功结合的养生之道;道家特别关注人与自然的关系与发展,将人的命运轨迹与自然的无形而化联系起来,体现了人学的基本精神.     

语言教学与文化

语言教学活动不能忽视语言与文化的关系。语言教学活动中,如果不考虑其目标语文化,就不会取得成功。于此作者分析了文化教学在外语教学中的作用及其效果。     

中华人文精神论纲

中华人精神就是自古以来中华民族各种化所形成的基本的化精神和优良品格，其影响了中华民族的化心理、行为方式和价值理想，是中华民族传统化中的主导性化精神，其以人为本，凭藉礼乐诗书伦理教化，达到人与自然、人与社会的高度和谐，进而演成社会的礼义准则，促使社会的和谐进化，使中国社会和中华民族在强大的明活水的浇灌下生生不息地传承发展。     

西方早期对中华文化二种截然相反的解说

西方对中国的了解并形成真正意义上的中国观最早在18世纪。在此中国观的形成伊始,令人注目地出现了二种对中华化截然相反的解说：其一,将中华儒家化视为独具理性精神的人类化;其二,将中国人视为不诚实的民族,将传统中国视为专制当道的国度。这二种解说对西方人中国观发生了经久不衰的深远影响,以致当今西方人的脑海中还多多少少地留有着这种早期解说的印痕。此外,这二种不同解说的同时并存,更是加深了西方人脑海中“中国人不可理喻”的印象。