Teachers’ voice,power and agency: (un)professionalisation of the early years workforce

This article examines Slovak early years teachers’ concerns with conceptions of teacher professionalism. It suggests that there is a mismatch between understandings of professionalism, policy aspirations and the attitudes of teachers to their own professionalism, and that this mismatch fuels early years teachers’ sense of agency. These tensions between conceptions of professionalism, teaching practice and actual working conditions have led to a ground-up approach to self-governance within the early years teacher workforce. We analyse teachers’ discussions in an early years online forum of 12,500 members that was started and remains governed by the teachers themselves. It represents in itself a very particular attitude and response to the need to determine what it means to be a professional teacher. This analysis examines intersections of policy, quality and professionalism, and highlights considerations of power and voice, and the complexities of uncertainty and change. The article concludes with the suggestion that teacher attitudes, power and agency are impacted in unpredictable ways by the policy landscape.     

Design and development of VR learning environments for children with ASD

Basic social interaction and executing certain tasks can be difficult for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The symptoms of such behaviour include inappropriate gestures, body language and facial expressions, lack of interest in certain tasks, cognitive disability in coordination of limbs, and a difficulty in comprehending tasks’ requirements. This paper will discuss our efforts to develop virtual learning environments for children with ASD to improve their gestures and their interests in comprehending tasks’ requirements. Virtual environments are ideal for imparting skills necessary for independence before encouraging children with ASD to try these out in the real world and gain real-life experience. A high-end solution and a simplified solution will be presented together with a discussion on their comparison study.     

Narrative inquiry and the problem of representation: ‘giving voice’, making meaning

In this article, the author argues that the exploration of alternative forms of research representation can result in new possibilities for making meaning in educational research. Narrative inquiry as a methodology has become established as an approach in education but remains contested in many ways. How we come to an understanding of such research findings and in particular how the issues of voice and representation are resolved are subject to much debate. Here, the author proposes that using fictive methods of representation of research, particularly poetry, can have implications for the ways in which meaning is made and therefore the possible meanings that can be made. Further, this article argues that the poetic form allows for the inclusion of many voices and stories in a non-hierarchical manner, making the author's influence explicit without it being dominant. Researchers have argued for poetic representations of research data as a means to evoke the participants' experience whilst making the author's influence explicit; here, it is argued that poetry can be utilized to provide a fuller representation of the research, placing the voice of the participants, the researcher and the literature on an equal level within the whole story of the research project. This article first details narrative inquiry as a methodological approach and its particular application to educational research before discussing the issues surrounding voice and representation. Subsequently, fictive forms of representation are explored as a means of addressing these issues.     

基于自我保护动机的内隐建言信念对员工沉默的影响——一项中国情境的研究

组织中普遍存在的员工沉默,对组织和员工的良性发展均存在极大的负面影响。从社会认知视角出发,实证检验了基于自我保护动机的内隐建言信念与员工沉默行为的关系,并立足本土情境,考察了中庸思维和上下属关系在该过程中所起的作用。结果显示,基于自我保护动机的内隐建言信念对默许沉默、防御沉默和漠视沉默均具有显著的正向作用。中庸思维和上下属关系是内隐建言信念影响员工沉默重要的边界条件,表现为中庸思维调节了内隐建言信念与防御沉默和漠视沉默的正向关系,员工的中庸思维程度越高,内隐建言信念与防御沉默和漠视沉默的正向关系越强;上下属关系调节了内隐建言信念与默许沉默和漠视沉默的正向关系,员工与领导的上下属关系越强,内隐建言信念与默许沉默和漠视沉默的正向关系越强。     

工科院校大学生网络成瘾与人格特征的关系

目的了解工科院校大学生网络成瘾现状及其与人格特征的关系,为多方面理解网络成瘾及其矫治提供依据。方法采取随机抽样的方法从西安市某工科院校抽取学生共262人,用网络成瘾量表和艾森克人格量表对研究对象进行测试。结果网络成瘾检出率为41.8%;男生网络成瘾程度显著高于女生;大三、大四学生网络成瘾程度显著高于大一学生,大三学生成瘾程度显著高于大二学生和大四学生;大学生的网络成瘾程度与神经质、精神质呈显著的正相关,与掩饰性呈显著的负相关,与内外向的相关不显著。结论人格特征在一定程度上可以预测网络成瘾的程度。     

中学音乐教学中的练声问题

中学音乐教学中歌唱发声训练是一项细致又复杂的教学工作,不同的年龄阶段有不同的发声训练要求,在当前中学音乐教学的练声方面存在着“成人化”、“专业化”的现象。应根据中学生的年龄和心理特点,科学进行声音训练。     

基于阅读疗法的大学新生心理障碍综合干预个案研究

针对大学新生心理障碍患者已使用药物治疗的个案背景,选用短篇文献,进行引领阅读启发思考、指导作业强化认知和交流讨论净化心灵的阅读治疗。同时停止使用药物治疗,综合运用＂同伴疗法＂、＂家庭疗法＂、＂体能训练法＂和＂实践领悟法＂等心理治疗方法进行8次治疗。跟踪一年,案主无论在学习还是在人际关系方面表现优良,得到同学和老师的广泛认可。证明：基于阅读疗法的综合干预,是使大学新生心理障碍患者在认知、情感及行为诸方面发生积极变化,消除心理障碍,促进个性成长、人格完善,从而使其达到心身健康的有效方法。     

基于单片机的公交车自动报站器的设计

本文介绍了设计使用AT89S51单片机作为控制核心的公交车自动报站器,通过控制ISD4004语音芯片的语音录放和LED显示汉字的功能,实现了公交车自动报站器的语音报站和汉字显示功能。介绍了语音报站部分、汉字显示部分、键盘控制部分的硬件电路图和软件程序的编写,并对最小系统的软硬件做了简单介绍。     

新式教育与社会脱序——以科举制废停前后江西新式学堂为考察中心

1905年废科举前后,各地兴起办学热潮,但新式学堂应该如何办理,其规模和形式如何,各地却各行其是。究其缘由,新式学堂在发展过程中出现的种种问题,导致各阶层的价值取向发生冲突,社会各界对新式学堂这一新鲜事物所表现出的更多的是一种彷徨与无奈。废科举前后所呈现出的社会紊乱状态,说明转型期新式教育的培养方式导致社会结构逐渐脱序。     

浅析网络流行语中的“被式”结构

近年来,随着社会的发展,现代汉语的词汇出现了前所未有的繁荣。随着互联网络语、校园语和时尚语的流行,现代汉语的词汇宝库中出现了许多亮眼的新词。也就是在这种文化背景下,"被就业"、"被时代"等"被式"家族应运而生。从"被"字的演变,我们不仅看到典型的时代背景下当代人的生活状态和心理状态,更能看出新词所体现的社会性和时代性。文章从"被××"结构说开去,从"被"字的演变,"被就业"、"被时代"等"被××"结构的产生,它们所反映的人们的生活状态,以及由此得出的感想四个方面作出阐释,从而得出"被××"结构的社会性所反映的当代人的心理状态的结论。