Mentoring of Women Faculty: The Role of Organizational Politics and Culture

This article reports on a key finding of a phenomenological study on the mentoring experiences of women faculty. The study revealed the political climate of the organization as an essential attribute of this experience. Women faculty identified organizational culture and gender issues that affected the mentoring they received. This study suggests the need for human resource and organization development initiatives to facilitate the provision of academic mentoring for women faculty—individually, departmentally, and culturally—as a means to foster transformation and change in academic institutions.Sharon K. Gibson is an Assistant Professor of organization learning and development at the University of St. Thomas. She received her Ph.D. in adult education from the University of Minnesota. She holds an M.S.W. degree and graduate certificate in labor and industrial relations from the University of Michigan and a B.S. from Cornell University. Her research interests focus on developmental relationships including mentoring and coaching, strategic human resource and organization development, and adult learning.     

基层电大教师专业发展:问题及化解

现代远程开放教育以新型的教育模式对电大教师提出了更新、更高的要求,但目前基层电大在教师专业发展问题上,不管是学校层面,还是教师自身层面,都存在不容忽视的问题,必须采取针对性措施进行有效的化解,使基层电大教师在专业知识和能力上得到全面提升,以承担起现代远程开放教育新的教育模式所赋予的全新角色和全新任务。     

基础英语课程中学生综合能力培养和TEM4相关之探究

TEM4主要测试英语专业低年级学生的综合语言知识和技能。要培养和提高学生综合应用语言的能力,教师应积极引导学生摆正综合能力培养和TEM4之间的关系,指导学生学会应用英语学习策略,同时要为学生选择理想的教材,自编考试题库,并组织学生开展丰富多彩的英语实践活动等。     

从历史和现实的角度谈人的全面发展

人的全面发展是个历史发展过程 ,马克思主义把人类关于人的全面发展的考察从空想变成了科学。认真落实“三个代表”思想推进人的全面发展。素质教育是人类最终全面地、科学地了解认识自己、开发完善自己、彻底解放自己 ,实现人的全面发展的关键环节和必由之路     

湖南电视现象的启示与前瞻

湖南广电的超常规发展引发了"湖南电视现象",主要是由于能动的观念、人才的张力和文化的底蕴等因素的作用;当前应进一步攻破难点,乘势打造扩张型媒介航母.     

论发展徽州文化旅游

文化旅游是旅游的重要类型。徽州文化是我国三大地方文化之一,有着极为丰富的器物文化赋存和深刻的精神文化内涵,本文拟从资源优势、市场走势、区位条件和政策环境等方面分析发展徽州文化旅游的可行性,旨在将地域文化资源优势转化为文化经济优势。     

"自然主义与人道主义的统一"——马克思恩格斯论人与自然的和谐思想

马克思恩格斯认为人与自然的和谐是"自然主义与人道主义的统一"。这个思想的要点是:人与自然相互依存;劳动是实现人与自然和谐的中介;人创造环境,环境也创造人。这个思想带给我们的启示有:走出人类中心主义的误区,走可持续发展道路;建构人与人之间公平的社会关系和社会制度;实现人的全面发展。     

朗读中语调偏误的类型分析

朗读的语调是语流中呈现出来的音高变化的总体模式,它与字调、轻重、停连、快慢等因素有关。从字调偏误、轻重音失当、语句高低升降的“失势”、停连的“失态”、语速快慢的“失度”等方面入手对语调偏误的类型进行剖析,将有利于朗读实践。     

Teacher Judgments of Student Reading and Math Skills: Associations With Child- and Classroom-Related Factors

The purpose of the study was to examine whether students’ linguistic skills and task-avoidant behavior (i.e., the child-related factors) and the mean level of academic skills (reading comprehension and math) of classmates (i.e., the class-related factor) are associated with teacher judgments of children’s reading comprehension and math skills. The participants were third-grade Estonian-speaking students (n?=?656; age 9?11 years) and their classroom teachers (n?=?51). The results of the structural equation modeling path analyses indicated that teachers tend to judge students showing higher academic and linguistic skills and lower avoidance behavior as higher on the reading comprehension and math skills. In contrast, the classmates’ higher academic skill level was related to lower judgments of individual children’s reading comprehension and math skills by teachers.     

The inadequacy of individual educational program (IEP) goals for high school students with word-level reading difficulties

This investigation analyzed goals from the Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) of 54 high school students with diagnosed reading disabilities in basic skills (decoding and/or word identification). Results showed that for 73% of the students, the IEPs written when they were in high school failed to specify any objectives regarding their acute difficulties with basic skills. IEPs from earlier points in the students’ educations were also reviewed, as available. For 23 of the students, IEPs were present in the students’ files for three time points: elementary school (ES), middle school (MS), and high school (HS). Another 20 students from the sample of 54 had IEPs available for two time points (HS and either MS or ES). Comparisons with the IEPs from younger years showed a pattern of decline from ES to MS to HS in the percentage of IEPs that commented on or set goals pertaining to weaknesses in decoding. These findings suggest that basic skills deficits that persist into the upper grade levels are not being sufficiently targeted for remediation, and help explain why older students frequently fail to resolve their reading problems.