Cloning the Blairs: New Labour's programme for the re-socialization of working-class parents

In his speech to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in July 1999, the UK Secretary of State for Education, David Blunkett, set out New Labour's vision for a system of education in which there is ‘excellence for the many not just the few’. He outlined what is essentially a bi-focal strategy for achieving this vision. The first focus is on the education system itself, the structures and practices that New Labour believes need to be in place if schools and services are going to meet the needs of all children and not just a privileged minority. The second focus is on the need to promote ‘a culture of achievement’, as, according to Blunkett, the vision ‘depends on changing attitudes as well as the system itself’. This paper focuses on this second strategy, more specifically the government's attempts to change the attitudes of parents. It is argued that this strategy aims to eradicate class differences by reconstructing and transforming working-class parents into middle-class ones, that it represents possibly the most important and far-reaching aspect of New Labour's policy agenda, and that it has not so far received the attention it deserves. The paper is in two parts. The first part sets out what is involved in New Labour's programme of re-socialization and explores the mechanisms by which New Labour is attempting to universalize the values, attitudes and behaviour of a certain fraction of middle-class parents. The second part develops a critique of this programme.     

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王军霞、曲云霞破3000米跑世界纪录时的技术特征

采用影片解析与生物力学分析法,揭示了王军霞、曲云霞3000米跑的分段时间与速度节奏、步长与步频的变化规律、下肢支撑与摆动等主要技术特征。     

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"超量恢复"方法在中长跑短训中的运用

普通高等院校参加省级运动会,比赛前临时组队,队伍训练的时间短,运动水平较低,身体素质较差,又要在短时期内出成绩,难度较大.在这种情况下,对中长跑运动员采用"超量恢复"的训练方法,采用大强度超负荷训练方法,在短期内提高身体的承受能力和适应能力,再通过积极的适当恢复,进入良好的竞技状态,比赛时就能取得较好的成绩.     

海派文学研究综述

文章对海派文学研究进行了系统回顾,重点介绍了20世纪30年代“京海论争”的情况和新时期以来海派文学研究的新进展,对研究现状、取得的成绩和尚待开拓的领域作了分析。     

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通过查阅国内外大量的文献研究资料,并通过问卷调查和走访国家田径队教练、有关专家、教授及相关的国际健将级运动员,对调查获得的原始数据进行了统计处理,相关回归分析表明,影响我国优秀女子400m跨栏跑运动成绩的主要因素应包括身体特征、身体素质训练水平、栏间跑节奏、速度分配和跨栏技术。     

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根据农村地理条件,生活现状,因地制宜,发展优势,开展田径运动训练,是十分重要的。     

The Highway Map Social Studies Resource

Teachers today are more aware of differences in the way students learn and that a wide variety of strategies must be employed when teaching. Major musical films, when appropriately excerpted, can provide an entertaining and unique way of addressing valid instruction objectives in both the cognitive and affective domains. In this article, the authors provide applications of specific Broadway musicals and films to everyday instructional practices.