Where I’m from? Third Culture Kids about their cultural identity shifts and belonging

This study explored the affect of Third Culture Kids (TCKs) towards their home and host culture(s) and how this affect may indicate possible cultural identity shifts as distinguished in Sussman’s (2000) cultural identity shift model. To this end, the method of poetic inquiry was used. The poems were concerned with TCKs’ affective experiences (Prendergast, 2009). We also investigated whether TCKs described their belonging in terms of personal relationships rather than in terms of geographical locations.Twenty TCKs, ranging in age from 26 to 70 years and from five ‘home cultures’, expressed their early cross-cultural experiences through the free verse poem of “Where I’m from”. A mixed method approach of qualitative and quantitative research was applied, by combining poetic inquiry using a free verse poem format and clustering these data by means of coding in Atlas.ti. TCKs’ poems were analyzed using belonging, affect, and practices-food-nature-events as key codes.Findings revealed that TCKs expressed stronger positive affect towards their host cultures than towards their ‘home’ cultures, indicating a subtractive cultural identity shift. We also found that TCKs defined their belonging more in terms of personal relationships than in terms of geographical locations. This study shows that TCKs’ sense of belonging seems more related to the question who than where I am from.     

建设第三极国家公园群是西藏落实主体功能区大战略、走绿色发展之路的科学抉择

建设第三极国家公园群是我国西藏自治区落实主体功能区大战略、走绿色发展之路的科学抉择。通过对西藏发展新动能转换、中央对西藏的发展定位以及人类消费需求增长趋势的分析,阐释了第三极国家公园群建设符合西藏可持续发展规律的基本认识。提出了把保护传承和改善优化自然与人文生态系统放在国家公园群建设的优先地位、作为国家主导的西藏富民兴藏和造福全人类的重要抓手,以及必须坚持科学研究、科学规划、科学管理的科学发展模式。借鉴国内外国家公园的建设经验和研究选题,形成了西藏国家公园群建设的研究框架,确定了以第三极国家公园群建设规划方案为核心,规划前向开展第三极国家公园群自然资源和人文遗产价值、旅游环境容量和山水林田湖系统提升潜力的基础研究,规划后向开展第三极国家公园群资源监测技术与运营管理信息平台开发,为把第三极国家公园群建成全球最具影响力和吸引力的国家公园群提供系统的科技支撑。     

论李大钊的中国文化观

如何处理中西文化的关系一直是近现代知识分子所关注的热点问题。与许多文化先驱一样,李大钊的中国文化观经历了一个艰难的转折过程。李大钊以开放、平等的心态,既主张学习西方先进文化,又积极弘扬中华优秀文化传统。他以多元互补的视野提出建立融通和创造的新文化,即代表中国社会发展方向的"第三文明"。李大钊的中国文化观既有历史价值和文化意义,又具有现实前瞻性,值得重视。     

对武汉三本艺术生英语学习的现状及对策探究

从国家扩大高校招生以来,三本的招生规模逐年扩大,致使大批的学生能到高校进行学习。部分艺术生文化课分所占的比重少,其英语学习成绩远远不如一本,二本的院校。本文针对武汉三本院校艺术生英语学习的现状进行调研．从其现状入手,对艺术生英语学习存在的问题进行分析,并找出提高他们学习的方法和策略．从而提高武汉三本院校艺术生英语学习水平。     

依附论中的关怀——阿特巴赫比较高等教育思想评析

美国波士顿学院的阿特巴赫教授在坚持高等教育依附论观点的同时,对第三世界国家高等教育现实发展给予长期的关注与关怀。他不仅分析和解释了第三世界高等教育不发达的原因,也对第三世界高等教育发展提出了警醒之言,还对第三世界高等教育发展提出了建设性意见与思路。     

爱国商人郑观应及其教育思想

在中国近代思想家中,郑观应有着独特的商业资本家身份。他在《盛世危言》中提出从政治、经济、教育等诸方面对中国社会进行改造的方案对洋务运动和维新运动产生过深刻的影响。其教育思想百年之后仍然具有现实指导意义。     

社会距离与第三者效果——中学生网络色情传播效果分析

本研究在网络情景下分析了中学生及家长在社会水平距离与垂直距离方面的第三者效果,发现在水平距离上,第三者效果作用明显。垂直距离对于第三者效果的影响要受到很多因素的制约,最主要的就是个体垂直距离主观感受强度会影响第三者效果。     

盛世武侠：大陆新武侠发展转型的第二阶段

大陆新武侠小说自2001年兴起以来,经历了衔接、调整的第一阶段之后,到今天开始进入第二阶段,这就是“盛世武侠”。盛世武侠是不同于港台新武侠的大陆新武侠自身面目的展现,其文化特征和价值指向主要有三个方面：一是盛世的包容性与盛世的宏大气魄;二是盛世的发达性与盛世的灿烂文明;三是盛世的昂扬性与盛世的中国英雄。     

论《呼啸山庄》的最初滑铁卢

作为英国文学中的经典名著,《呼啸山庄》长期以来受到读者和评论家的青睐和追捧。可令人惊异的是,刚出版时它却遭到了评论界的漠视和指责。本文结合维多利亚时期英国小说批评的主要准则,分析《呼》与这些准则的不符之处,揭示出其最初滑铁卢的深层原因。     

The relationship between torque and joint angle during knee extension in boys and men

The length-tension relationship of muscle contraction is well documented in adults. However, research on this relationship in children has been limited. The aim of this study was to compare differences in the torque-joint angle relationship of the quadriceps muscle in children and adults. Eight boys aged 8-10 years and eight men aged 20-26 years performed two maximal voluntary isometric contractions at six knee joint angles (20°, 40°, 60°, 80°, 90°, 100°). The mean of the two trials was used as the performance measure. Both groups demonstrated an expected increase in relative torque as the joint angle increased (P ? 0.05). The men produced significantly greater relative torque at 20°, 40° and 60° knee flexion (P ? 0.05). The percentage of maximal torque at these angles for the men and boys respectively were: 35.2 - 4.3 vs 15.2 - 12%, 63.6 - 9.1 vs 51.8 - 16.8% and 93.6 - 6.5 vs 84.4 - 14.4%. There were no group differences at 80° or 90°. Peak torque was attained at 80° in men, but decreased significantly (P ? 0.05) at 90° and 100°. For boys, peak torque was attained at joint angles of 80° and 90°. The reduction in peak torque at 100° was not statistically significant, but the relative torque at this angle was lower in men than in boys (77.9 - 13.7 vs 87.1 - 10.4%; P ? 0.05). In conclusion, the relationship between torque and joint angle appears to be affected by age.