元代百泉书院兴盛的自然与人文环境

始建于五代末年的百泉书院在元代得到了极大发展,这与百泉书院当时所处的环境具有密不可分的联系。文章主要从自然、政治、经济和文化四个方面对元代百泉书院的环境进行了分析探究。     

浙江省2003年夏季异常高温气候及其成因分析

本文基于浙江省夏季高温、副热带高压、台风、太阳黑子活动、回归温度等资料，利用距平、不同等级高温日数、与历史极值比较等手段及其方法，所得结果表明：浙江省2003年夏季高温明显偏高，全国偏高2-3℃的区域仅仅出现在浙江省中东部地区；高温强度异常偏强且分布有南强北弱的特点，而以浙江东部地区的高温较为突出；造成浙江2003年夏季高温的主要原因是出梅早、梅期短；控制浙江的副热带高压强大持续稳定；台风影响轻；太阳黑子活动的影响。     

浅谈气候因素对民俗事象的影响——民俗与地理环境系列研究论文之三

我国不同地区的水热条件组合形成了我国基本的气候类型，复杂多变的气候条件，对我国各种民俗事象的形成、发展、演变和传播产生着重要的影响，同时也是我国民俗资源多样性的自然地理基础。气象气候因素与居住民俗、饮食民俗、服饰民俗、生产民俗、交通民俗、岁时民俗等民俗事象的发生、发展有着密切的关系。     

Personal,professional, political: an exploration of science teacher identity development for teaching climate change

Abstract

Climate change presents societal and environmental challenges, as well as educational ones. Obstacles abound within teaching and learning climate change, related to its complex nature, the proliferation of misinformation, and its absence from many science curricula. Efforts have previously been made to study teacher content knowledge and beliefs on climate change with varying results. This study employed identity as a theoretical framework to examine aspects of climate change teaching. This study followed a reflexively iterative process that enabled the construction of a conceptual model for identity development. This model demonstrates multifaceted influences including personal, professional, and political elements, and the dynamism these elements exhibit over time. This conceptual model is best described via five trends: Personal Valuation of Nature; Experiences in Science Teaching and Learning; Teacher Instructional Support and Agency; Epistemic Evidence-based Instruction; and Civic and Social Awareness via Socioscientific Literacy. The presence and strength of enactment of each trend led to the development of four possible constructions of identity: Passionate Environmentalist, Student Interest Engager, Content First Educator, and Civic and Epistemic Skills Promoter. Most frequently teachers exhibited combinations of identities and often created a unique amalgam of multiple dimensions of identities in action.     

唐宋时期的科学环境与科学精神

唐宋时期的盛世繁荣在科技方面也有体现，着重分析其产生的科学环境以及在科学家群体身上所体现出的科学精神。     

咸阳农业气候资源对农业可持续发展的影响

在分析咸阳市农业气候资源基本特征的基础上，诊断了咸阳农业气候资源、及农业气象灾害对农业生产的影响，提出了针对咸阳市农业可持续发展的几点措施。     

Cross-Racial Interaction Among Undergraduates: Some Consequences, Causes, and Patterns

This study utilized a national longitudinal data set of college students to examine the educational relevance of cross-racial interaction and how campuses can best structure such opportunities. The general pattern of findings suggests that cross-racial interaction has positive effects on students' intellectual, social, and civic development. The results show that institutions could enhance such experiences by enrolling larger proportions of students of color and by offering students more opportunities to live and work part-time on campus. While these findings apply uniformly to white students, the frequency of cross-racial interaction does not always follow an expected path of steady gains for students of color as the student body becomes increasingly more diverse. Implications of the findings are discussed.     

Creating Respectful Classroom Environments

Creating respectful classroom environments Respect is a critical variable in education. It is critical to each individual child in the classroom environment as well as to the teaching and learning that takes place in the classroom. Children learn by example. Where do they get their examples? This article explores the parameters of teaching and encouraging respect in classrooms for young children. Emphasis is placed on the creation of respectful classroom environments taught by teachers who have themselves been prepared to nurture this kind of environment.     

Confidence is Everything” – Perspectives of Teachers and Students on Learning Mathematics

This paper problematises confidence as a frequently used explanation for performance in the mathematics classroom. I report on an interview-based study of how some English Advanced level (16+) students who have chosen to study mathematics, and their teachers, speak about confidence with respect to the learning of mathematics. I outline what constitutes confident learners for these teachers and, differently, for their students and what the students feel teachers could do to improve the students confident state. I discuss the implications of this for the education of prospective teachers of mathematics.     

Culture, Climate, and Contribution: Career Satisfaction Among Female Faculty

Retention of female faculty is an important issue for institutions of higher education aiming for excellence and diversity. However, an essential first step in understanding retention is to examine what contributes to career satisfaction for academic women. This study is based on data from a census survey of faculty conducted in 1996 at a Research I university located in the Midwest. Using Hagadorn's (2000) model for conceptualizing faculty job satisfaction, the study identifies domains of environmental condition, departmental climate, and demographics that play a role in female faculty's overall career satisfaction.