Using 21st century video prompting technology to facilitate the independence of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Barriers in acquiring, maintaining, and generalizing daily living skills are factors that contribute to discrepancies in independent living outcomes among transition age youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Acquisition and generalization of daily living skills empowers transition age youth and young adults with disabilities to meet their own needs with minimal reliance on others. Infusing the use of technology as a self‐prompting device facilitates the acquisition of tasks that may not be otherwise attainable. In this study, self‐directed video prompting on an iPad with the My Pictures Talk application was used to help young adults with IDD in a postsecondary program acquire daily living skills in a single subject, multiple probe across subjects design. The effects of the intervention on generalization to tasks that were one, two, and three components different were also assessed. Results demonstrated a functional relationship between the introduction of the intervention and improvement in skill performance.     

The multi-paradigmatic character of contemporary educational action research: a promising perspective or an underlying threat?

From the very first moment action research started to be used in the social research field until now, it has presented significant variations. Action research looks like a mosaic of theoretical and methodological approaches, named differently from time to time and/or from place to place: for example, practitioner inquiry, practitioner research, teacher research, participatory action research, and so forth. The basic aims of this article are to find the reasons for this and to discuss the implications of the phenomenon. Starting with the first issue, we could ask ourselves: why do we today find so many and considerable variations in action research approaches in the literature? The evident reason is because action research draws upon many theoretical paradigms that – in some circumstances – are not only different, but also contradict each other. Hammersley states characteristically that action research draws upon positivism, pragmatism, hermeneutics, critical theory and postmodernism! After such claims, we can easily wonder: how can such a multi-paradigmatic approach compose cohesive methodological proposals? We can also pose another crucial question: although we can easily understand that this multi-paradigmatic nature is a real advantage which gives action research a pluralistic essence, is it really ‘a strong indicator of the power of action research to reinvent itself according to local needs’ as Somekh stated, or might it at the same time conceal serious risks?     

Through the Dąbrowski Lens: A Fresh Examination of the Theory of Positive Disintegration

D?browski’s theory of positive disintegration is an emotion-centered, nonontogenetic, five-level theory of personality development where the experience of all emotions is essential for the process of growth. In this article, we examine the complexities of the three factors of development, which are essential to the notion of development within the theory of positive disintegration. We elaborate on the relationships between these factors, depict the processes and interactions in a new graphical framework, provide associated explanations, and support these by additional references to D?browski’s original writings.     

专利权经济价值分析相关的研究梳理及评析

知识产权作为知识经济时代最重要的生产要素,已成为企业核心竞争力的集中体现。现有对专利权经济价值的研究,多以所有权的观念研究专利排他权,热衷于专利量化指标及其计算公式,以致脱离了专利制度和产业事实,与知识经济发展的要求不相协调。专利权经济价值分析应与专利权的创造、运用、保护、管理相呼应,分析过程能够反映专利质量和专利作业要求。     

基于可持续发展的城市群绿色经济发展研究——以长株潭城市群为例

绿色经济是可持续发展的体现形式和形象概括,城市群绿色经济发展侧重于城市群发展进程中所形成的综合优势和整体需求,侧重于空间结构的整体布局、产业结构的优化配置、综合体系和配套政策。我们以长株潭城市群为例,提出了长株潭城市群绿色经济发展的路径选择,为其实现经济社会与环境资源的协调发展提供了重要的理论与实践参考。     

浅谈无线通信技术的发展前景

由于无线通信技术具有有线网络不可比拟的优点,近几年来无线通信技术不论在商业应用上,还是军事应用上均得到了巨大的发展。     

建立发展性心理辅导模式 促进大学生心理健康发展

根据我国学校心理辅导特点和目前世界心理辅导的发展趋势,建立大学生发展性心理辅导为主导的模式已成为我国各高校今后发展的趋势和必然。通过对大学生进行发展性心理辅导,提高大学生心理健康教育工作的实效性,促进大学生心理健康发展。     

儿童情绪调节策略的发展及其对教育的启示

情绪调节策略是个体为了达到情绪调节的目的而有意图、有计划的努力和做法。情绪调节策略影响个体情绪调节的能力和水平。了解儿童情绪调节策略的类型和发展特点、帮助儿童掌握良好的情绪调节策略,对于促进积极情绪调节能力的形成、维护心理健康具有重要的意义。     

体育城市建设发展战略探究

运用文献检索、案例分析和城市规划管理理论等研究方法,立足我国体育城市建设研究的特点,揭示了体育城市建设发展理论研究的走向,分析了体育城市建设的案例,通过对体育城市建设案例的比较分析,阐明了体育城市建设对国际化大都市发展战略转型具有重要的现实意义,最后提出了以城市长期的整体规划建设为前提,树立体育城市建设的生态系统新理念,实施政府、企业、社会三方共同参与激励机制和政策扶持体系,以及构建体育城市建设规划管理体系发展战略的设想,以期对未来我国体育城市建设的发展有所启示和借鉴。     

我国普通高校民族传统体育教学现状分析及对策研究

为了在我国普通高等院校更好地开展民族传统体育,传承中华民族传统文化,弘扬民族体育精神,根据区域分布,以全国教育部直属高校及部分省市直属高校为范围,选取38所高校作为研究对象。运用文献资料、问卷调查、专家访谈等方法,对高校民族传统体育教学现状进行调研分析,并针对调研结果提出相应发展对策,以便更好的把握未来,有针对性的进行高校民族传统体育发展规划。