When screens replace backyards: strategies to connect digital-media-oriented young people to nature

Abstract

Children’s connection to nature (CTN) is declining with each generation, a concerning trend given that CTN is positively linked to wellbeing and environmentalism. A primary cause of this decline is that twenty-first-century youth engage with screens for several hours each day, which to a large extent replaces nature-based play. Researchers have proposed that this change represents a transition in human orientation, particularly in Westernized societies, from nature (biophilia) to digital media (videophilia). Interventions promoting nature-based play must acknowledge digital-media use as a competing leisure pursuit, but the literature presents little guidance for designing programs that will attract young people who are more oriented toward digital media than nature. Drawing on a wide breadth of research, we address this gap through (1) exploring the implications of videophilia for nature-based programming and (2) summarizing recommendations from a narrative literature review for designing interventions that appeal to digital-media-oriented youth.     

对学术期刊规范化编排的思考

学术期刊实施规范化编排能够扩大期刊的知名度和影响力，提高学术论的利用率，使学术期刊在新兴媒体的挑战下获得新的发展机遇。学术期刊在实际工作中遇到许多客观上的障碍，如版面紧、作写作习惯、编辑工作量加大、主管部门评刊标准等等，这是规范化标准不能彻底执行的重要因素。山西财经大学学报编辑部在规范化编排方面总结出了一些成功的值得借鉴的经验。     

Exit cards: creating a dialogue for continuous evaluation

This study explored the use of Exit Cards, which are formative evaluations of student knowledge and instruction undertaken at every class meeting. Its results are based on Exit Card data from two undergraduate research methods courses. Thematic analysis indicated that students used Exit Cards to communicate (1) what they learned, (2) challenges with course material, (3) experiences with peers, (4) requests for help, (5) challenges with coping, and (6) successes. While the present study is an initial exploration of the use of Exit Cards, it contributes to knowledge on the utilization of informal formative assessments.     

“魔幻”与现实相结合的审美体验——对《百年孤独》的一种解读

长篇小说《百年孤独》表现了马尔克斯把“小世界”和“大世界”相结合的审美体验。从艺术观念说 ,这是一种以“魔幻的现实”和呼唤文学相结合的文学观 ;从艺术风格说 ,这是一种以严肃的内容与荒诞形式相结合的夸张象征为主的现代主义风格。这种审美体验和艺术特征 ,来源于马尔克斯的“变现实为幻想而又不使其失真”的创作方法。     

浅谈小学音乐欣赏教学原则及其意义

音乐是表现情感的一种艺术。音乐欣赏教学原则 ,则是根据我国学校的教育目标和教学理论所揭示的教学过程的体现。本文通过将一般教学原则与小学音乐欣赏教学特点相结合 ,对小学音乐欣赏教学原则在音乐欣赏教学中的意义进行讨论     

英语教学应注重交际能力的培养

中学英语教学重在培养学生的交际能力,这是把握教学方向,检查教学效果,提高教学质量的指针.本文就此介绍笔者在教学中的探索.     

程婴救孤故事的记述与司马迁的人生体验

司马迁记录“程婴救孤”故事不是“采摭荒诞”、“爱奇”,而实是司马迁开拓挖掘历史材料的重要表现。司马迁记录“程婴救孤”故事有其深刻的心理基础,是其现实人生体验与历史人物遭际发生共鸣的结果,其中蕴涵着司马迁深刻的幽愤和人生思考。     

辩证思维:马克思主义哲学世界观的要旨

马克思主义哲学就其本质来讲是反对并力图超越任何封闭、僵化的哲学体系的 ,是坚持一种始终能动地面向现实生活和人类社会实践活动的真正开放性思维方式的。这种以人类实践活动为“根据”的“辩证思维”或“理论思维” ,其思维方法既是实证的 ,又是思辨的 ,是本体与方法、经验与理性等的高度统一。可以说 ,“辩证思维”或“理论思维” ,既是马克思主义哲学超越以往一切旧哲学的世界观的本质规定性所在 ,同时也是我们得以正确理解马克思主义哲学视野中的“自然界”、“共产主义”等基本范畴的科学方法论的要害所在     

Dreaming the Unstable Wings of Desire: Unseen,Educational Bruisings and The Elusive Self of Literature

When it comes to education, the dream cannot be controlled by the strictures of language or the conscious mind, and in its insistently disobedient character, is unwilling to submit to the demands of a deliberate and conscious curriculum. Indeed, we might say that what dreams represent is the absence of education itself, and a mobile energy antithetical to a fantasy of smoothly functioning teaching. In this article, we approach the question of dreaming’s place in education through two intertwined lenses: the conceptual and the literary. First, we intersperse throughout our paper excerpts from an untitled fictional narrative about a group of students who become progressively more beaten up, and whose teacher is unable to see their bruises, as they embark on the precarious task of expressing their dreaming, creative selves. We also turn to psychoanalytic theory (and, in particular, Thomas Ogden’s theory of dream thinking) to discuss the significance of the impenetrable nature of the dream, and ask how such qualities of unrepresentability might challenge our desires for answerable questions and legible answers. We end this piece with a recognition of the ways in which shared experiences of reading and writing may also support a place for dreams.     

A comparison of Waldorf and non-Waldorf student-teachers’ social-emotional competencies: can arts engagement explain differences?

Teachers are confronted with complex and unexpected classroom situations that not only demand knowledge but also social–emotional competencies. Consequently, researchers have tried to identify conditions that support the development of relevant abilities in this domain. This study examined the frequently stated, but not yet empirically investigated, idea of immersion in the arts as a facilitator of aspects of empathy and tolerance of ambiguity (ToA). The paper compares Waldorf student-teachers who are strongly immersed in arts activities in their training with non-Waldorf student-teachers who do not participate in the arts on the constructs of empathy and ToA. Results indicated higher scores in the Waldorf group on both emotional and cognitive dimensions of the empathy construct and marginally higher scores on ToA. The results of this study and subsequent discussion suggest a new perspective on the relation between arts engagement and the specific domain of social–emotional competencies.