Developing and changing practice in special educational needs through critically reflective action research: a case study

The purpose of this paper is to critically evaluate the use of action research as a tool for developing critical reflection which has the potential to lead to change and development in practice in education, in particular, in the area of special educational needs (SEN) and inclusion. In order to support and illustrate the critique, a case study of a group of Dutch practising teachers and education professionals engaged in studying for a master's degree in SEN is used. The three-year programme of study followed by the group was a practice-based programme of professional development, with heavy emphasis on action research throughout. For this particular group action research was an entirely new concept, and indeed many of them expressed considerable scepticism about its validity as an approach to research, or for that matter, professional development, at the beginning of the programme. The whole group were working in areas associated with SEN where the need to change practice was an urgent imperative, due to changes in education policy and the rapid move towards inclusion in The Netherlands. Having been responsible for the development and teaching of the programme for several years, I decided to make a case study of one cohort of students in order to carry out some more structured and detailed evaluation of the impact of the programme on practice. I also wanted to reaffirm the general impression I had gathered from continuing student evaluation and feedback, that their work, and in particular the action research they had carried out, had led to genuine development and, in some cases, fairly radical change in their professional practice.     

Negotiating Feminist Politics in the Third Wave: Labor Struggle and Solidarity in Live Nude Girls Unite!

This essay examines Live Nude Girls Unite!, a documentary about female exotic dancers' successful efforts to unionize. The film rhetorically exposes an alternative perspective on the ideological evolution, and contradictions, that represent third-wave feminism by complicating the notion of gender oppression and the responsibilities of coalition politics. Through these women's analyses of their political situation, the film rhetorically addresses complex issues, including the complicated distinctions between victimizer and victim in contemporary gender politics, women's appropriation of sex work and capacity for labor activism, and the dominant culture's attempts to regulate working women's private and public lives.     

体育教学中通过目标定向提高动作速度的研究

在体育教学过程中,借助心理手段,通过目标定向,提高动作速度,从而提高运动成绩。     

中国科技期刊国际影响力提升计划实施效果与分析

【目的】 通过大量数据和实例总结分析中国科技期刊国际影响力提升计划第一期和第二期项目所取得的资助成效,为科学启动第三期及未来相关期刊资助项目提供参考。【方法】 采用2012—2017年《期刊引证报告》和《中国学术期刊国际引证年报》的指标数据,较系统地探讨了一期和二期项目资助的科技期刊的学术影响力变化情况,并在深入比较的基础上总结分析变动原因和期刊指标增幅平均值提升情况。【结果】 经过6年的实施,入选两期项目的大部分期刊学术水平均有不同程度提升,影响因子和总被引频次的增幅平均值分别为66.71%和51%,国际影响力和显示度明显改善。【结论】 我国高水平英文科技期刊基本进入支持范围,两期项目总体成效初显,对我国英文科技期刊国际影响力的提升具有重要推动作用。希望国家有关部门进一步优化资助机制,不断完善资助效果,为打造更多国际一流科技期刊提供有力支持。     

“还我土地”:旅游开发过程中的村民抗争———以徽村调查为例简

文章以场域中的行动者为理论视角,在徽村田野调查基础上,对徽村村民拦车事件这一集体抗争行动进行分析。研究发现,徽村村民先后采取了举报与上访、暴力抗争、日常抵抗的行动策略,推动了徽村旅游场域的结构变迁。     

Enhancing postgraduate learning and development: a participatory action learning and action research approach through conferences

As supervisors who advocate the transformational potential of research both to generate theory and practical and emancipatory outcomes, we practice participatory action learning and action research (PALAR). This paper offers an illustrative case of how supervision practices based on action learning can foster emancipatory and lifelong learning within a university context that is becoming ever more focused on throughput of students, rather than on the quality of their learning. Conference attendance offers an excellent opportunity for postgraduate students to develop as researchers and lifelong learners, yet anxiety often prevents them from making the most of the learning experience. We explain how we encouraged the development of capabilities in students through a PALAR support programme that assisted postgraduate students prepare for a conference to make overall participation, presenting a paper and subsequent publication a true learning experience. We generated and analysed data from the written reflections of 11 postgraduate students who participated in the programme. The findings suggest that action learning, specifically PALAR, can be used to enable a rich learning experience for postgraduate students attending conferences through fostering relationships, building trust, a supportive environment, collaboration, communication and competence among them. Postgraduate students who experienced our PALAR support programme developed not only skills, knowledge, confidence and deeper appreciation of learning opportunities through conferences, but also understanding of the principles of PALAR that apply not just to the conference context but across all aspects of learning and research and life at large.     

Enhancing the practice of social work

This account of practice focuses on my learning and development as a new Action Learning Facilitator. It reflects on my thoughts and feelings as I began to facilitate my own sets a year or so ago. It will discuss and reflect on topics such as communication, feedback, expectations (both mine, the set members and the organisations), values, ethics, power and confidentiality. It opens with a personal reflection on my experience of becoming a set facilitator and then explores other aspects of my learning. It draws out, in particular, the links between Action Learning and social work and the ways in which the principles that underpin each of these are complementary and mutually enhancing.     

第四轮学科评估指标体系的变化、问题及启示

学科评估对促进学科发展和学科建设具有重要的作用。由教育部学位与研究生教育发展中心组织的全国第四轮学科评估于2016 年4 月启动,2017 年2 月公布评估结果。对第四轮学科评估的指标体系进行分析后发现,对比上一轮学科评估指标体系,第四轮学科评估指标体系在关注人才培养质量、凸显学科特色等诸多方面有显著进步,但同时也存在一些问题。在未来的学科评估中,应当及时公布下一轮评估指标体系并做出详细说明,制定合理的中文期刊指标,合理分配“归属度”权重,对开设数量较少的学科给予特殊支持,评估结果要慎重与政府拨款挂钩。     

西南边疆现代民族高等教育发展动向的SWOT分析——以云南为例

在全面建设区域和谐社会、加速发展西南边疆现代民族高等教育的背景下,运用SWOT分析云南现代民族高等教育历史及现状,将有助于我们对其未来改革和发展有一个更清醒、更客观的认识,也可为西南边疆民族地区建设高等教育大省、人力资源强省提供借鉴。