Researching up and across in physical education and sport pedagogy: methodological lessons learned from an intergenerational narrative inquiry

Of issue in this paper are the ways in which different forms of narrative may be of value in undertaking research in potentially thorny situations. The project that inspired this paper saw 30 Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (PESP) Early Career Academics (ECAs) from more than 20 universities across Australasia, North America and Europe, provide narrative accounts of their ongoing academic experiences. From these stories, three letters seeking advice and guidance from leaders in the field were constructed. Following further feedback from the ECAs, the 3 letters were sent to 11 professors in the PESP field with a request to respond, also in letter form. The composite letters and the professorial responses were then the subject of a symposium at an international PESP conference. While the larger project engages with questions of being and becoming an academic in the neoliberal university, this paper is primarily concerned with methodological issues, including our steps and missteps with narrative, inquiry and the field. More specifically, the focus is on narrative as both the method and phenomena of study. As such, we consider issues associated with using dialogue as data, the provocation of participants, as well as both the presentation and representation of data and the relative power of the participants. In doing so, we critically engage with issues of anonymity (or lack thereof), the practice of ‘researching up’ and finally reach the conclusion that the careful approach to data generation, treatment and presentation necessitated by this project, should be a more regular feature of all qualitative inquiry.     

Do EFL Teachers ‘Critically’ Engage in Cultural Awareness? A Mixed-Method Investigation

ABSTRACT

This study explored 150 EFL teachers’ perceptions of critical cultural awareness (CCA) considering their teaching context, academic degree, and professional development programs. The participants all completed the CCA questionnaire, fifteen of whom also sat a semi-structured qualitative interview. Our findings showed, a) EFL teachers’ perceptions of CCA located at a medium level, b) the PhD participants showed significantly higher engagement in CCA than their BA and MA counterparts, c) private language institute teachers reported higher levels of CCA than their state-run school counterparts and d) local professional development programs did not emphasize culture teaching in general and CCA in particular.     

基于Weka的MOOC学习者学习成绩影响因素分析 ——以Coursera网站北京大学一门课程为例

本文应用数据挖掘软件Weka,对北京大学2015年在Coursera平台上线的一门课程中学员的网上学习行为数据进行了相关分析.对全体学员和有学习成绩的学员的学习行为分析结果均表明:学员的学习成绩与课程网页浏览次数、平时测验总成绩、论坛发帖数、论坛回帖得票呈正相关关系.对无学习成绩的学员学习行为分析结果表明:他们的论坛讨...     

地方高校图书馆数字资源利用问题探析

文章分析了当前地方高校图书馆数字资源利用的现状及制约因素,并对该类型院校图书馆如何提高数字资源利用率提出了自已的看法.参考文献8.     

先秦百家纷呈与思维差异创新

中国先秦时期的百家争鸣、学说蜂起的局面,酿就了中国古代社会思想自由、教育勃兴、学术繁荣的文化景观。追慕其时学界士人的独立思维与创新治学之风,借鉴古代文明“求异趋同”思维模式的文化资源,自觉倡扬当今时代的思维差异创新,对于建设创新型国家、全面构建和谐社会、促进人的全面发展,无疑将大有裨益。     

图书采购招标的质量控制

从高校图书馆图书招标采购常见问题入手,分析了影响图书馆中文图书采购招标质量的主要因素,并提出了对高校图书馆采购招标工作进行分阶段质量控制的具体措施.     

论网络环境下高校图书馆文献的集中采访管理

为适应网络环境下高校图书馆文献采访工作的需要,提出了文献集中采访管理模式,并与传统文献采访管理模式进行了比较,分析了各自的优缺点.对采访馆员的素质要求进行了论述.     

科学道德、学术规范与高校德育教育--以苏州大学调查为例

科学道德、学术规范是当今学术界讨论的一个热门话题。本文以苏州大学的问卷调查为例,具体分析了目前高校科学道德和学术规范的现状和问题,提出了应对这一问题需要加强高校德育教育的措施。     

关于彰显学术权力的若干问题

学术权力与行政权力的关系是近年来人们在讨论大学管理时涉及较多的一个话题。由于我国大学的学术权力是在严密的行政权力体系下开始生长的,且如何在大学管理中发挥学术权力的作用、如何协调学术权力与行政权力的关系还正在摸索过程中,因此有必要就大学学术权力的内涵、作用内容与范围、学术权力的构成形式以及彰显学术权力的制度保障等问题作进一步深入的分析研究。     

Part 1. If We Frame It,They Will Respond: Undergraduate Student Responses to the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

There remains significant confusion surrounding the purpose, audience, and proposed application of the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. This exploratory study addresses the question of whether undergraduate students can understand the language and concepts in this document. By presenting student responses to pretest questions recorded at the beginning of a semester-long research methods course, this article shows that students can, even on first impression, begin to make sense of the complexity and richness found in the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.