Alternative vocational schooling for the dropped‐out: students' perceptions of the Activity School of East Finland

Dropping out of school is a universal problem, concerning fairly similar target groups in all countries. Several action plans to prevent dropping out and to activate the dropouts have been developed worldwide. The object of this study, the Activity School of East Finland, is an exceptionally comprehensive entity, within which alternative pedagogical models are applied during the entire three‐year course of vocational education. In this paper, we will review the key figures for the most important variables related to the experiences on the Activity School during the three years studied. The evaluation is based on the students' assessment of the impact of the activity. The added value generated by the Activity School, and compared to comparison group data from traditional vocational education, is most clearly seen as the general satisfaction experienced by the students with the Activity School's operating model and their satisfaction with the student–teacher interaction.     

论《喜福会》所表征的文化身份构建过程

作为最具代表性的美国华裔作家,谭恩美在第一部小说《喜福会》中探讨了文化身份问题,并揭示了她对文化身份这一问题的深刻理解。在作品中,谭恩美讲述了四位华人母亲和美国女儿之间的冲突以及和解的故事,深刻地揭示了母女们文化身份认同的过程。笔者紧扣文化身份这一主题,尝试应用霍米巴巴的“第三空间”理论以及他对文化身份认同和杂合性概念的阐述,对母女们的文化身份认同过程进行解读,意在为《喜福会》的研究提供一个新的思路和视角,同时,也为华裔和其他移民或族裔群体在全球化背景下的文化身份构建提供一定的启示。     

A SYSTEMS MODEL FOR CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING

Abstract

Two types of community colleges are described, one serving as a miniuniversity and the other as an opportunity center. The academic progress of 750 students from four community colleges, two classified as miniuniversities and two as opportunity centers, was compared in terms of (a) persistence, and (b) success after transferring to a senior institution. Institutions classified as opportunity centers were found to graduate a greater proportion of their students than did the miniuniversities. Academic performance after transferring to a senior institution was equivalent for students graduating from either type of institution. It is concluded that large numbers of community college students are unnecessarily discouraged and thereby deterred from higher education by community colleges that operate as miniuniversities and that the needs of most community college students are better served by the opportunity center.     

高校图书馆勤工助学学生馆员管理工作探究——以钦州学院为例

学生馆员是图书馆的优秀人力资源,他们的存在具有很大的价值和作用,但在管理工作中也存在学生馆员工作流动性大、工作岗位层次较低、思想认识存在偏差等问题.应从科学合理安排工作岗位、完善制度、加强培训教育、注重人文关怀等方面强化高校图书馆勤工助学学生馆员管理工作.     

Exploring transitions into the undergraduate university world using a student-centred framework

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a small-scale qualitative study, which addressed stories of ‘becoming an undergraduate student’. The work took place in one university in the South West of England and involved 4 researchers, 4 co-researchers (undergraduate students) and 12 students from a Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Stories of ‘becoming student’ were perceived and experienced by the researchers as containing complex histories, intertwined with problematic systemic processes, which combined to create challenging, political and diverse realities for students. There was a consensus amongst the researchers that institutional practices did not work to uncover these lived experiences, nor aim to understand them. The study aimed to gain further insight into what becoming a student entails, how ‘student’ is positioned by the academy and to consider how future practices could make transitions into the student world more visible, shared and understood. The work highlights how processes and experiences of becoming an undergraduate student are wide, varied and complex but there are common matters of concern; issues of resources, the importance of student networks and the impact of external perceptions. The authors suggest that if these aspects of the student world were made more visible and understood, Higher Education (H.E) may be better prepared to support positive student transition, success and overall experience.     

在临床医学教学中注重对医学生医患沟通能力的培养

由医患沟通欠缺引起的医患纠纷越来越多,在临床医学教学中,加强对医学生医患沟通能力的培养显示出了重要意义。通过分析当前医患纠纷不断增加的原因、医患关系的特殊性及我国医患沟通教育的现状,提出对医学生进行医患沟通能力培养的几种方法。     

学生党员再教育“加减乘除”模式的现实路径探析

学生党员再教育是高校学生党建工作的重要内容.目前高校学生党员再教育还存在认识不足、投入不足、流于形式、缺乏有效评估等诸多问题.在建设学习型、服务型、创新性的马克思主义执政党的过程中,认清形势、发现问题、理清思路、对症下药,在学生党员再教育过程中加入“科学发展”的理念、减掉“蜻蜓点水”的作风、乘上“百花齐放”的效应、除去“千人一面”的模式,这种“加减乘除”的立体思维模式全面丰富了学生党员再教育的深刻内涵,为未来高校党建工作的改革发展指明了方向.     

Authoritative schools: A test of a model to resolve the school effectiveness debate

School effectiveness research has fueled debate on the importance of a press for academic excellence versus communal values. Research on parenting styles offers a theoretical framework that may resolve the debate. We hypothesized that dimensions of parenting styles—demandingness (academic press) and responsiveness (communal values)—predict students’ mathematics achievement, engagement, and locus of control. HLM analyses of NELS: 88 data on 19,435 eighth-graders partially supported the hypothesis: Students’ perceptions of school responsiveness predicted their engagement and internal control. In addition, students in responsive schools had smaller differences in mathematics achievement and internal control attributable to SES, suggesting that responsive schools may increase equity. We offer suggestions for further investigation of the model in hope of resolving the debate.     

从检察主导型到控辩平等型:认罪认罚案件量刑协商模式的转型

量刑协商在认罪认罚从宽制度适用中居于核心地位,发挥着承上启下的关键性作用.随着检察主导作用在刑事诉讼进程中的发挥,从量刑协商的启动、过程和结果三个维度看,其在司法实践中渐次显现出检察主导型协商样态.检察主导型协商固然有其正向功用,但也可能异化诉讼构造抑或增加冤假错案的风险.故此,文章沿着深化检察主导作用的张弛发挥、强化...     

地方高校成人教育学生管理工作的几点思考

成人教育是高等教育体系的有机组成部分,同时也是全民教育和建设学习型社会的重要实现形式。本文分析了国内部分地方高校成人教育的现状及存在的问题,并在此基础上探讨了与成人教育密切相关的学生管理工作中需要解决的几个重要问题。