Families’ perceptions of early childhood educators’ fostering conversations and connections by sharing children's learning through pedagogical documentation

ABSTRACT

Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia emphasises that families have an important role in their children's learning and it recognises that their earliest development is influenced through these relationships and adds that partnerships can be fostered with families by early childhood educators sharing the children's documented experiences. The research discussed employed an in-depth structured questionnaire. It involved 37 families with children aged from three to five years who attended an early learning centre in Northern Tasmania, Australia. The aim of this research was to determine these families’ perceptions, beliefs and experiences of educators sharing children's learning through pedagogical documentation. The documentation included hard copy and digital formats of the children's learning, capturing their voices and explorations. The findings show that families consider the sharing of documentation fosters family conversations about the children's learning experiences and helps to create stronger connections between the centre, home and extended family. Another recurring theme from the families’ responses was that children gain pride and a positive sense of identity when their documented work is shared with families.     

Finding Diego: A Bilingual Student Integrates School,Language, and Identity

This article presents a mixed-methods case study of Diego, a bilingual teen who completed public school in Florida. During adolescence, Diego negotiated multiple identities: successful student, Mexican American, bilingual, and typical U.S. teenager. Diego provided interviews and bilingual (English/Spanish) writing (narrative/expository) in 2008 (at age 12, Grade 6) and in 2012 (at age 16, Grade 10). A qualitative analysis of his interviews and a quantitative linguistic analysis of his writing reveal central elements of Diego’s language development as related to academic English and identity. Educational implications for working with bilingual adolescents are discussed.     

东晋门阀政治中的桓氏父子

在以门阀政治为特征的东晋政局中 ,士族与皇帝分享权力 ,士族有时甚至凌驾于皇权之上。桓温、桓玄父子均以取得皇权为目标 ,最终却连门户也无法保全。桓温的失败在于没有充分理解门阀政治的运行规则 ,打破了门阀政治的平衡原则 ;桓玄的失败则体现了士族势力的整体衰落。     

离异家庭小学生心理压力状况调查

目的:探讨离异家庭小学生心理压力特点并比较不同亚群体离异家庭小学生的心理压力状况的差异。方法:运用问卷法对165名离异家庭小学生的心理压力进行测量。结果:(1)离异家庭小学生总体心理压力水平显著高于完整家庭小学生的总体心理压力水平。来自父母教养、教师、丧失、学业、需要缺乏和不良行为方面的压力事件对离异家庭小学生的影响显著大于对完整家庭小学生的影响;(2)高年龄段学生受到来自丧失和社会两方面压力事件的影响显著大于低年龄段学生受到的影响;(3)父亲文化水平较低的离异家庭小学生受到来自学业方面的压力事件的影响显著大于父亲文化水平高的离异家庭小学生受到的影响,母亲文化水平较低的离异家庭小学生受到来自学业、不良行为方面的压力事件的影响显著大于母亲文化水平高的离异家庭小学生受到的影响;(4)来自需要缺乏、父母教养、不良行为方面的压力事件对离异家庭小学生的快乐感有较大影响。     

浅析高等学校在国家助学贷款中的责任范围

目前国家助学贷款实施过程中，存在着银行要求高等学校承担一定的连带责任而学校不愿承担的问题。究其原因，这是由于国家助学贷款中的几个主体——政府、银行、高校、学生之间的权利与责任界定不清晰所致。从高等学校的功能和权利义务对等两个角度对问题的成因进行分析，有助于廓清高等学校在国家助学贷款中的责任范围，并提出解决问题的政策建议。     

庐山植物区系的特征和植被的分布

本文通过对庐山植物区系成分的分析，指出庐山植物区系特征是：以亚热带植物成分为主，还有热带和温带植物成分的亚热带低山植被，具有古热带和冷北极两大植物区系成分的相互渗透、相互交融的一种过渡性自然景观．在植被分布上，明显地反映出亚热带低山植被的垂直地带性分布规律．     

Teacher perspectives on partnerships on families of children with autism

The success of students with disabilities in school and community largely relies on productive family professional partnerships (FPPs). The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) recognises the importance of family collaboration to student success by mandating that parents be involved in the Individualised Education Plan (IEP) process as full team members. While several previous studies examined the perspectives of parents of children with disabilities on partnerships with educators, less research exists on teacher perspectives on family professional collaborations. Additionally, there are even fewer studies that focus on teacher perspectives on partnerships with parents of children with autism, a disability category which continues to increase in prevalence. The present study contributes to the literature by examining teacher perspectives on factors that build and hinder positive partnerships with families of children with autism. Researchers surveyed 25 Special Education teachers and conducted additional individual interviews and open-ended questionnaires to examine teachers' first-hand experiences. Findings identified four common themes that educators felt helped and hindered collaborative relationships with families. Study results may lead to the development of specific family professional collaboration strategies that can be implemented and discussed in school districts, teacher trainings, pre-service teacher education programs and family workshops.     

Association between psychosocial stressors with emotional and behavioral problems among children of low-income addicted families living in Brazil

BackgroundChildren exposed to substance use in their families are vulnerable to multiple risk factors in their development and at increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems. The aims of the study were as follows 1) estimate the prevalence of emotional and behavioral problems among children aged 6–11 years old, living with addicted family members in a low-income urban community of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil; 2) evaluate the children’s exposure to family psychosocial stressors and substance use; and 3) investigate the factors related to the increased risk of emotional and behavioral problems and substance use.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 101 children aged 6–11 years old (M = 9.16 years, SD = 1.61). The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Psychosocial Stress Factors (PSF).ResultsHigh prevalence of problems was found for this sample: the CBCL showed 26.7% of clinical scores for Internalizing Problems, 40.6% for Externalizing Problems, and 40.6% for Total Problems. Exposure to family psychosocial stressors was also high, including severe disease (33%), physical aggression (28.9%), death (27.8%), psychiatric hospitalization (16.7%), suicide attempts (15.5%), and suicide (9.3%). Exposure to these family stressors was associated with an increase of two to four times in the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing problems.ConclusionsChildren exposed to substance abusers have more mental health problems than general population, even when compared to peers living in similar low-income areas. This is a group that should be target of a selective preventive intervention.     

一类无界的不相容工件族分批排序加权总完工时间问题

考虑极小化加权总完工时间的一类无界的不相容工件族分批排序问题,给出了最优排序的性质和算法,并加以证明．对工件有k个到达时间的情形,给出了一个复杂性为D（2^k-1nlogn）的启发式算法．     

近世闽南“海内外两头家”女性财产继承模式

明、清时期,闽南人从福建到台湾乃至东南亚开垦或贸易,通常是男性只身前往。他们在海外乏人照顾,结果在他乡又成立一个家庭,形成海外与家乡“两头家”的情况。涉及财产管控、资源分配这类迫切需要解决的现实问题,民间形成一套明确的书面规定,在民事上也有约定俗成的习惯法。本文依据张士箱家族契约文书与吧城华人《公案簿》,阐述近世闽南“海内外两头家”的女性财产继承模式。