跨文化交际背景下的涉外商务礼品馈赠分析

商务往来中的文化冲击给涉外礼品馈赠带来诸多问题。文化交流中产生差异的根源是民族中心主义,通过以日本、德国等国家存在的典型文化差异为例,阐述文化四维论对涉外礼品赠送产生的指导意义。     

本科教学改革的系统思考——以“高考不分文理”改革目标为背景

"高考不分文理"将为大学推进本科教学改革和实施通识教育带来契机。本文以"高考不分文理"改革目标为背景,运用系统思考原理,讨论了大学本科教学改革的成长上限,揭示了本科教学改革的高杠杆解,并尝试提出了本科教学改革的路径:把课程实施大纲作为本科教学改革的高杠杆解,通过推行课程实施大纲,分三步持续推进本科教学改革,实现本科通识教育的改革目标。     

Usage Comparison between an English-Language and a French-Language E-Monograph Collection in a Bilingual Canadian University

Abstract

This article reports the results of a quantitative and systematic analysis comparing usage rates between English-language and French-language e-monograph titles at Laurentian University, Canada. Full-text viewings were collected as usage metrics. English-language e-monographs exhibited medium strength linear relationships between collection size and usage. On the other hand, French-language e-monographs exhibited weak linear relationships between collection size and usage. The French-language e-monograph collection experienced a higher rate of full-text use, relative to size. The cost-per-viewing ratio for the English-language e-monograph collection was higher than those that calculated for the French-language collection.     

Between business and morality: cultural politics in independent bookshops in China

ABSTRACT

This article investigates how cultural businesses may facilitate contentious political activity in authoritarian contexts. Existing research in Western liberal democracies has shown the widespread political activism of actors in the cultural and creative industries. Whether such activism exists in authoritarian society, how it may differ in character and form, and what implications this will have for our understanding of relations between business, politics, and culture in authoritarian countries remain to be addressed. Drawing on data collected from 55 ‘independent bookshops’ in China, I illustrate how these organisations perform ‘cultural politics,’ a type of political participation in which actors employ mainly symbolic means to express social and political concerns. The organisations’ economic relations and conditions facilitate their efforts to create spaces in which contentious questions can be raised, sensitive topics explored, and alternative ideas expressed, despite the Chinese state’s political regulation of the cultural sphere. The finding of the economic embeddedness of cultural politics sheds new light on our understanding of the political economy of cultural businesses in contemporary China.     

Using pig die and simulation to explore probability and expected values

We present a variant of the Game of Pig to introduce the concepts of probability, simulation and expected value.     

Teaching principles of inference with ANOVA

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a test of mean differences, but the reference to variances in the name is often overlooked. Classroom activities are presented to illustrate how ANOVA works with emphasis on how to think critically about inferential reasoning.     

高职教育统计专业应注重技能培养

在统计课教学中，要设置基本技能标准，积极改进教学方法，强化实践教学环节，以此来增强学生基本技能，以实现高职学生的培养目标。     

保山城外来务工人员自主创业状况调查

随着改革开放的进一步推进,市场经济的进一步发展,保山城外来务工人员正以群体性的力量渗入保山的各个领域,尤其在自主创业的经营模式上走出了一条创新之路。现通过深入细致的调查,运用社会学、人力资源学、统计学等多种学科原理进行取证分析,并得出结果与评价,以期推进保山城市化研究,为攻克城市化进程中的就业问题提供学术支撑和实践指导。