‘On British Felony the Sun Never Sets’

ABSTRACT

This article examines the narratives of three political prisoners transported to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: the French-Canadian François-Xavier Prieur, the American Linus Miller, and the Irishman John Mitchel. It shows that the three ‘politicals’ sought to portray the suffering of political convicts as greater than that of the convict majority, from which they distanced themselves in terms of class, piety and honour. It also demonstrates how the three men critiqued the British Empire and the convict system in Australia, how they wrote (in some instances, re-wrote) their lives for their audience, and how they defined themselves in the convict colonies.     

The Effects of National Culture and Face Concerns on Intention to Apologize: A Comparison of the USA and China

The current study examined national culture differences between US American and Chinese participants (N?=?317) regarding face need concerns and apology intention, based on positive and negative face needs (Brown & Levinson, 1987 Brown, P and Levinson, SC. 1987. Politeness: Some universals in language usages, Cambridge, , UK: Cambridge University Press. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) and concerns for self-face and other-face (Ting-Toomey, 2005 Ting-Toomey, S. 2005. “The matrix of face: An updated face-negotiation theory”. In Theorizing about intercultural communication, Edited by: Gudykunst, WB. 71–92. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  [Google Scholar]). Participants read vignettes that varied in relationship types (in-group vs. out-group members) and situation types (negative face vs. positive face threatening) and responded to scales measuring realism of the vignettes, intention to apologize, and five types of face need concerns. The findings showed that Chinese participants, compared to US Americans, had stronger intentions to apologize when their acts threatened the other person's positive face, while US American participants, compared to Chinese, had stronger intentions to apologize when their acts threatened the other's negative face. Other findings and implications thereof are discussed.     

第29届奥运会中国女子沙滩排球队与冠军队网上进攻对比分析

采用文献资料、录像观察和数理统计等方法,对2008年奥运会中国女子沙滩排球队和冠军队进攻战术运用情况进行对比分析;结果显示：从攻防情况来看,中国队与美国队进攻次数差距不大,但进攻直接得分却比美国队低了近17个百分点;在进攻的扣球技术方面,中国队在网前大力扣球技术上运用率较高,而美国队则依靠网前轻扣球得分较多;在进攻的吊球技术方面,中国队吊球共得17分,占总得分的12.29%,对手吊球共得42分,占总得分的14.73%。这反映了中国队随机应变能力的不足,对场上的攻防局势看得不够清楚;在比赛中不能很好地运用重扣、吊球、轻拍球技术,而是一味的靠重扣得分。     

美澳中三国运动奖学金管理现状分析

运用文献资料法等,时美国、澳大利亚、中国的运动奖学金管理现状进行分析.结果显示:美国、澳大利亚已形成与各自国情及竞技体育体制相适应、并能产生巨大社会效益的运动奖学金管理体系,而我国运动奖学金管理尚存在诸多问题.从省市高水平运动队、高等体育院校、普通高校3方面探寻我国运动奖学金管理的发展策略.     

中、英、美、澳4国体育学习评价内容的比较研究

采用文献资料法、比较研究法、问卷调查法等方法,在对中、英、美、澳4国中小学体育学习评价内容进行比较分析,以及对江苏扬州市和江苏南通市的体育教师进行问卷调查的基础上,初步构建了中小学体育学习评价内容,并对实施中可能遇到的困难和对策进行了分析.     

奥林匹克品牌的法律保护及中、美、澳三国间的比较

奥林匹克品牌由于存在上的无形性，相对于有形资产来说，构成侵犯的可能性较多，必须通过一定的法律来保护。国际奥委会通过《内罗毕公约》、商标注册、版权保护、举办国相关法律规定和赛场清洁政策等方式对奥林匹克品牌加以保护。美国奥委会通过各项法律、法规规范各组织与个体的行为，形成了较为完善的法律保护体系。澳大利亚作为奥林匹克知识产权立法的第一个国家，出台了《奥林匹克五环及标记保护法案》等一系列法律法规，在体育产业中建立了完善而有效的品牌保护计划。中国政府和体育组织充分利用立法、行政、司法和宣传手段，针对中国市场上奥林匹克品牌侵权行为的不同形式，加大了对侵权者的惩罚力度。     

The policy problem: the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and implications for access to education

This paper explores the changing terrain of disability support policy in Australia. Drawing on a critical disability framework of policy sociology, the paper considers the policy problem of access to education for people with disabilities under recent reform by means of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which commenced full roll-out across the country from July 2016. The paper reviews NDIS reports, legislation and associated literature to consider how eligibility to scheme participation and education services are shaped, and how education is positioned in the development and implementation of the NDIS. The analysis highlights tensions that exist for people with disabilities and their families who both access the scheme and who might draw on its provision to support their education, because of the way the policy is oriented towards pathological categorisation, standardised outcomes and service delineation rather than integrated support and informed involvement. The paper concludes by arguing that despite the policy priority across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries of increasing lifelong learning opportunities, fragmented NDIS policy in Australia prevents people with disabilities from achieving this ideal.     

美国基础教育改革的市场化趋势及其借鉴意义

20世纪70年代以来美国政府和社会各界为了提高基础教育的教学质量,促进教育机会均等,对基础教育进行了多种形式的具有市场化特征的教育改革,对学校办学模式、资金来源、教学个性化等方面进行了比较成功的探索。我国在借鉴美国基础教育改革经验的过程中应分析美国基础教育改革的政治、经济和化背景,不能离开中国的具体国情。     

美国的远程教育及启示--江苏电大远程教育考察团赴美考察报告

目前，美国的远程教育在世界远程教育中居于领先位置，尤其是美国的凤凰城大学更是世界一流的开放大学。通过对美国远程开放教育的管理模式、运作模式以及基本理念的分析和归纳，总结其市场化机制、全方位服务以及学习方式、教师选聘等方面的经验，以此作为建设具有江苏特色的现代远程开放大学的重要借鉴。     

论NCLB法案以来美国教育行政管理体制的改革趋势

随着对教育公平和教育质量的诉求不断深入,美国传统的基础教育管理体制近年来也不断重构,以适应教育改革的需要。如今,联邦已通过推进问责和评价机制以及增加教育拨款,主导了教育改革的方向与进程;各州通过建立和推行州内的问责体制、学术标准和评价体系,其教育决策权和管理权得到了极大扩张;学校获得了更多的灵活性和自主权来优化课程与教学;而学区却向辅助性、支援性的角色蜕变。由NCLB法案确立并广泛施行的问责和评价机制,是导致上述体制变革的直接原因。