Prejudices Unshelved: Variation in Attitudes toward Controversial Public Library Materials in the General Social Survey, 1972–2014

Using the General Social Survey from 1972–2014, we examine variation in attitudes toward retaining controversial materials in libraries. Previously controversial topics have become much more widely accepted. We find that other controversies remain, showing how global conflicts become intertwined in local cultural controversies, and how the perceived threat from particular groups informs public concern with disseminating information from those groups. We find that more frequent library users are somewhat less likely to want to remove controversial books from the shelves, although some of these relationships are explained by variation in the respondent’s age, race, and other characteristics.     

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.     

Do Individual Perceptions Matter in Pornography Effects? How Perceived General Acceptance and Influence of Pornography May Impact Agreement With Sex-Role Attitudes

Pornography use is often associated with less-progressive sex-role attitudes, such as endorsement of a sexual double standard between heterosexual partners, but the process by which this relationship occurs is still largely unexamined. The present study was conducted to examine how perceptions about pornography may play a role in the relationship between pornography use and sex-role attitudes. Perceived general acceptance and perceived influence of pornography on most people partially mediated the relationship between pornography use and sex-role attitudes. The more participants reported using pornography, the more they believed pornography was generally accepted and had a positive influence; however, conversely to what was hypothesized, the more positive they perceived pornography’s influence, the less likely they were to report sex-role attitudes that endorse a sexual double standard.     

网络环境下的高校《中国历史文选》教学改革

利用网络环境下的各种资源进行教学改革,不仅可以克服高校《中国历史文选》传统教学模式中的一些缺陷,充分发挥网络资源的优势,也可以提高学生的学习兴趣,丰富教学资源,促进学生的研究性学习,培养学生的创新意识和学习能力,便于师生之间的交流,对实现以学生为本的教育目标大有帮助。但网络并不能解决教学中的所有问题,在教学改革中,必须突出教材和教师的主导地位,师生也应提高自身素质,以适应时代需要。     

临沧文化的发展过程及其形成

临沧世居民族是创造临沧文化的主体，是他们在开发临沧、建设临沧的历史活动中所创造的物质文化、精神文化和制度文化的总和，是博大精深的中华文化的重要组成部分。临沧文化历史源远流长，肇始于澜沧江干流及其支流的新石器文化，历经沧桑，明清之际发展成为包括多元民族文化、移民文化、边地文化、跨境文化、以山地文化为主的内陆文化共同构成的地方文化。     

历史研究是一切社会科学的基础

2018年1月3日,中国历史研究院成立。习近平总书记代表党中央致信祝贺。贺信特别强调了历史研究的重要价值。历史研究之所以重要,是因为“世界的今天是从世界的昨天发展而来的。     

从语文新课标的总取向看新教材的练习系统设计

《语文课程标准》以政策形式规定了语文课的课程性质,即课程的总取向。据此设计的新课标语文 教材也应体现该取向。在一套语文教材的构成中,练习系统是最能反映出课程总取向落实情况的教材的重 要组成部分。对人教版新课标初中语文教材的练习系统设计进行考察,分析其语言训练功能和人文精神培 养功能二者的融合度,并与国外相关教材进行对比,可以看出该套教材对语文课程总取向的理解和实施情 况。     

初中信息技术课教学中合作学习模式的运用与探索

本文通过作者在初中信息技术课的教学实践，探讨了初中信息技术课的教学现状与意义，通过归纳、总结与分析，在新课标下实现初中信息技术课程总目标是提升学生信息素养的一种有效学习模式：合作学习的组织、实施和应注意的问题。同时指出通过信息技术课的学习能够锻炼和培养学生提出问题、分析问题、解决问题的能力，提高了学生的创新能力，促进其它学科的学习。     

师范英语本科翻译教学:问题、内容与对策

文章分析了新世纪的人才培养目标、教学大纲、教学对象以及本科翻译教学的客观规律,在此基础上尝试性地提出了针对师范英语专业本科生的笔译课教学内容的编选策略。     

高职高专《普通物理学》考试质量评价

以《普通物理学》考试为例,从试题分布、信度、效度、难度、区分度以及成绩分布等方面,论述了学科课程考试质量的量化评价方法。