A Post/Decolonial View of Race and Identity Through the Narratives of U.S. International Students from the Global South

Using postcolonial and decolonial theory as a framework, this study focuses on the lived experiences of international students of color entering the United States for the first time in their lives from the global South. Our goal was to understand how they communicate/perform their dis/located identities in relation to “race” when immersed for the first time in a White settler society context. Findings from this qualitative study underscore discomfort with U.S.-centric race logics, production of ambiguity in relation to identity and race, and the growth of compassion for cultural Others as a result of becoming racial Other. The decolonial implications of such dis-identification with U.S. colonial race categories are discussed.     

Learning through South–South development: Cuban-African partnerships in sport and physical education

Since the 1990s, Cuba has offered scholarships to students from low-resource countries to attend the Escuela Internacional de Educación Física y Deporte (EIEFD) for a six-year degree in sport, physical education, and coaching. Drawing on the experiences of EIEFD graduates from four Southern African countries (Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, and Lesotho) the authors discuss the meanings that this South–South cooperation through education holds for international students and for the self-sufficiency of sport and physical-education systems within partner countries. The authors also show that upon returning home, many EIEFD graduates are left to negotiate insular job markets and inconsistent domestic commitments to public sport and physical education. The implications for South–South development through international education, and the place of sport and physical education therein, are discussed.     

Gender,dialogue and discursive psychology: a pilot sexuality intervention with South African High-School learners

Good-quality sexuality education can be effective in reducing sexual health risks, but may also be disconnected from the lived realities of learners’ lives and reinforce gendered stereotypes. In line with the trend towards ‘empowerment’ in and through sexuality education, we implemented a pilot sexuality intervention with Grade 10 participants following a rigorous consultation process. Nine weekly group dialogues were held with 11 participants, with 2 follow-up sessions the next year. Freirian principles of critical consciousness and dialogical pedagogy, infused with discursive psychological understandings, were used to foreground gendered/sexual norms and to provide recognition for participants in a variety of gendered and sexual subject positions. Sessions were recorded, the facilitator kept a diary, and participants were asked to evaluate the intervention. The dialogical format of the group generated curiosity and engagement, and some participants took up a ‘responsible’ sexual subject position in a reflexive manner. A partial normalisation of some ‘hidden’ aspects of sex was enabled, and critical consciousness around some gendered inequities was promoted. We argue, first, that it is not so much sexuality education that young people need, but sexuality dialogues, and second, that a discursive psychology framework provides a nuanced and fruitful dimension to Freirean inspired ‘empowerment’ sexuality interventions.     

Career plans of final-year South African student teachers: migration to ‘greener pastures’?

Teacher loss due to migration is a global phenomenon that impacts both developed and developing nations the world over. The aim of this study was to find out about the career plans of final-year South African student teachers. A group of final-year Bachelor of Education student teachers from a South African university responded to a questionnaire on intra- and intercontinental migration. The responses were analysed quantitatively and/or qualitatively. The findings showed that 79% of the students indicated that they would be teaching in South Africa, 8% were planning to teach in another country, while 8% were undecided. More than a third of the students (38%) said that they would like to teach in another country in five years’ time. Just more than a quarter of the students (27%) preferred Australia as a destination country. The student teachers’ most important motive to teach in a foreign country was the opportunity to travel, followed by earning a higher salary, and professional development. The student teachers indicated that their most important migration needs before leaving South Africa were information about health care, accommodation, and banking assistance.     

中国北方地区主要树木的气候生产利研究

水资源短缺严重制约了华北高产粮区农业的可持续发展。本文对华北地区农业可持续发展的水问题况进行了阐述，对华北高产粮区的典型区域山东省桓台县农用水资源利用现状进行了分析，指出水资源浪费、污染严重，水资源管理不善是水资源利用过程中存在的最主要问题。并在区域、农中国北方地区；树木；气候生产力     

旅游风景区基准地价评估方法体系研究

我国旅游业正进入加速发展时期,风景区旅游资源开发方兴未艾.探索和建立旅游风景区基准地价体系,对促进旅游风景区土地市场的培育与规范,加强国有土地资产管理和促进旅游资源开发体制创新等具有积极意义.旅游风景区的土地利用、地价形成机制和地价影响因素等具有独特的规律和特征,我国现行的城镇基准地价评估方法体系难以直接套用于旅游风景区的基准地价评估.文章根据旅游风景区土地利用的特征、影响旅游风景区土地收益的主要因素及收益形成机制的特殊性等,结合地价评估的基本理论方法,提出并论证了以旅游风景区开发项目为对象,以景区或景点为均质地域,以土地质量评价为基础,土地收益或市场地价资料为依据,按风景游览设施建设用地、旅游商业服务设施用地、旅游接待设施用地、住宅用地和停车场用地5类用地类型建立旅游风景区基准地价的评估方法体系,并在杭州市、天台县等旅游风景区基准地价评估中得到实证检验,研究的成果已在实践中得到应用.     

基于指数法的陕西省耕地和粮食时空变化分析

本文尝试性地提出了相对粮食承载指数并结合李晓文等人提出的耕地变化强度指数，计算了陕西省101个县（区）2000年～2004年的耕地变化强度指数和相对粮食承载指数，分析了陕西省近年耕地和粮食生产时空差异：①陕西省近年人口增加，耕地减少，而粮食总产量和人均粮食占有量波动较大；②全省耕地变化空间差异显著，大部分县（区）耕地减少，少部分县（区）耕地有所增加或保持数量平衡；③以小康水平粮食标准400kg/人·年为参照，全省整体处于不足状态，101个研究县（区）中，有66个县（区）处于不足状态，1个县（区）处于临界状态，34个县（区）处于富余状态。针对陕西省耕地和粮食生产现状，应充分考虑区域差异，通过保护和合理利用现有的耕地、加强农业基础设施建设、改良品种、加强利用先进农业生产技术的应用、调整大农业结构等措施来提高粮食承载能力。     

独联体国家的科学研究状况

从科学支出、人才流失、创新等方面，阐述了20世纪90年代以来独联体国家的科学综合实力变化的情况，以及各国为克服危机所采取的措施。     

西藏昌都地区经济结构调整与旅游资源开发

文章提出白云花水利工程的修建对地处霍林河下游半干旱区域的国家级湿地自然保护区向海带来的负面效应。工程上马后，如果处理不好，水资源的拦截会减少对下游的补水量，使沿河湿地得不到充足的地表水补充，水位下降，乃至干涸。     

大都市边缘区乡镇土地集约利用与增长方式转变评价指标体系研究——以北京市海淀区北部新区4镇为例

本文在阐明开展大都市边缘区乡镇土地集约利用与增长方式转变评价指标体系研究的背景与目标的基础上，确立了构建该评价指标体系的基本原则、思路与评价方法，着重讨论了最理想的指标体系与实际确定的指标体系之间的差异，反映了当前乡镇一级行政地域单元在指标统计上的新问题以及如何通过指标权重的调整来提高现有指标体系的评价结果。按研究思路，本文根据数据的实际获得情况，以北京市海淀区北部新区西北旺镇、苏家坨镇、温泉镇和上庄镇4个镇为例，确立了经济协调发展、资源集约利用、社会和谐发展和生态环境友好指标在内的4个二级指标，包括土地集约利用效率、土地利用强度、生态适宜等在内的15个三级指标和66个四级指标。评价结果显示：大都市边缘区乡镇经济增长方式的转变与土地集约利用程度具有极强的耦合关系。本文最后针对评价结果，结合原始资料提出了相关的政策建议。