Sexuality education in India: examining the rhetoric,rethinking the future

Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has been recognised globally as key to helping young people assert their sexual and reproductive rights. In India too, there is growing awareness of the importance of providing CSE not only to reduce sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies and abortions but also to teach important life skills. Simultaneously, lack of political will and conflicting interests among certain religious and political factions have ensured that no uniform CSE curriculum has been implemented throughout the country. This paper analyses the Adolescent Education Programme teacher curriculum as revised in 2009–2010 by the National Council of Educational Research and Training and the United Nations Population Fund. It highlights some of the opportunities presented by the curriculum and argues that despite its intent of providing relevant sexuality education for young people, the language of the curriculum is vague, thus potentially exacerbating confusion, and excluding people who do not conform to societal stereotypes of sex, gender, and ability. In order to be holistic, any CSE programme must be inclusive, cater to diverse needs and present content in a rights-based language without adding to the socio-cultural context of mystery and shame attached to sexuality.     

Impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of the national school-based sexuality education programme in Estonia

Policy-makers making decisions on the implementation of school-based sexuality education (SE) programmes face two important questions: (1) what are the costs of implementing and scaling up SE programmes, and (2) what are the impacts? This paper responds to these questions by retrospectively assessing costs, impact and cost-effectiveness of the national school-based SE programme in Estonia 1997–2009. The three-year curriculum had been taught to 190,000 students at the end of 2009. The cost of reaching one student was USD 32.90 and the total costs were USD 5.6 million. There has been a remarkable improvement in sexual health indicators in the age groups 15–19 and 20–24 years in Estonia between 2001 and 2009. During this period, annual abortions, STIs and diagnosed HIV infections in the age groups were reduced by 37%, 55% and 89%, respectively. It is difficult to assess to what extent the improvements in these sexual health indicators are attributable to the SE programme. Nevertheless, our conservative threshold analysis indicates that the Estonian SE programme could be considered cost-saving if only 4% of the observed reductions in HIV infections are attributable to the programme. There is strong evidence, therefore, to support that the Estonian school-based sexuality programme has been cost-effective.     

基于多元智能理论的高职英语教学实践研究

“多元智能理论”的问世引起了教育界关于教师观、学生观的重新定位和思考,该理论为“因材施教”的实行指明了方向。高职院校在高校教学改革的大背景下以多元智能理论为理论基础,以《大学英语》课程整体教学设计为载体开展的教学实验研究对英语教学起到积极的推动作用。     

我国高职院校多样化考试招生制度改革探析——以上海为例

本文以上海的改革为例,着重介绍了高职院校自主招生改革的推进情况,分析了改革所面临的困境及问题,并就如何完善高职院校自主招生提出了改革建议:(1)尽快成立专门的职业技能测试中心;(2)实行"招考分离",设立针对高职院校招生的协调服务机构;(3)完善和规范面试程序;(4)拓宽入学渠道,实行真正的"多元入学";(5)探索建立高职院校各专业大类的招生面试基地。     

多元智能理论在高校体育教育专业毽球选项课中的应用

多元智能理论是在1983年由美国心理学家马丁·加德纳提出的,将多元智能理论引入高校体育教育专业毽球选项课中是一项重大的教学改革。在分析多元智能理论的含义和毽球运动的作用的基础上探究多元智能理论在高校体育教育专业毽球选项课中的应用。从而构造出一种多元智能化的毽球选项课教学模式,为高校体育教育专业发展提供参考。     

多元智能理论与英美文学阅读

英美文学阅读课,一直是传统教育中较难的一个环节,多数教师没有考虑学生自身特点,仍然采用统一教学模式,学生学习效果不理想.如果教师能够将多元智能理论运用到课堂教学中,根据每个学生特质进行有针对性的阅读教学,可有效激发学生在英美文学阅读课上的学习热情,能够主动参与小组交流,课堂展示等学习环节,达到预期学习效果.教师在此时要将学习主动权交给学生,让他们在轻松自由的环境中掌握知识,体会学习的快慰.     

论中国少数民族的月经禁忌与女性民俗

一些少数民族由于受认识水平的限制,往往把妇女经期正常的流血现象与恐惧和死亡的观念联系起来,认为经血会带来极其可怕的后果,进而把所有曾与经血有任何关系的人和物都看成是不洁的.针对经期妇女的这种认知起着极为负面的影响,行经妇女被作为一个特殊身份的群体而受到歧视,她们的行为方式也受到各种传统禁忌与习俗的制约.     

多元智能定向成人英语教学的革新--美国TESLA实践评介

由于缺乏新理念指导及教学实际中存在的诸种弊端，如教学策略陈旧、方法机械、忽视学生的个性及各项智能差异等，我国成人英语教学长期以来效果欠佳。加德纳提出的多元智能理论，拓宽了人们关于智力仅仅由口语一语言能力及逻辑一数学能力组成的传统观念。多元智能理论中指出了将部分支配权转移至学生的教学方法；给出适于学生学习和展示学识的教学方式，以供其选择；把重．最放在问题解答类的活动上，以开启学生的多种智能？此类教学方法，鼓励学生在现有的能力和学识基础上，更新知识内容，提高技能水平。多元智能理论定向的TESLA实践经验。值得借鉴和参考。     

非乌托邦时代的苟活——短篇小说《挂满星星的房间》解读

对社会普通民众的生存状态的拷问是《挂满星星的房间》的基本立足点,而其关注焦点则是人的性欲和感情、理性的对峙与纠缠。在对欲罢不能的性欲的欲说还休中,意味深长的性意象、苟活的在世状态、欲望焦虑、对人生和生命的思考、写作技巧等,既有批判现实主义的影子,又充满了现代主义的意识。     

用于实践性教学的电磁场与波智能实验系统

文章在既有的电磁场与波实验系统基础上,设计并实现了1套全新的用于实践性教学的电磁场与波智能实验系统。该系统不仅改进了既有实验系统在长期教学实践中体现出的种种不足,更扩展了该系统的实验接口,为以后该实验系统的功能扩展提供了有力保障。通过串口网络的引用,使得以前孤立的实验平台和教师PC有机地结合起来,使得计算机辅助教学和实践性教学这两大电磁场与波辅助教学手段的结合成为了可能,为未来电磁场与波实践性教学提供了新的方向和更加广阔的前景。