Revisioning professionalism from the periphery

Abstract

The issue of who should be included and recognised as professionals in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) service system is both contested and pressing in the current policy climate. At stake is a high-quality early childhood care and education service system that is both responsive and appropriate to the constituency it serves. A review of the history of ECEC professionalism reveals complex entanglements and debates regarding professional belonging. Services that deliver education and care to children and families living in high poverty contexts are often excluded from ECEC professionalism debates. Drawing on notions of rationality, emotionality and criticality presented in recent accounts of ECEC professionalism, we use data collected from interviews with service providers delivering services to children and families living in high poverty contexts in Australia to develop an account of criticality that is pertinent to current funding and policy contexts. We argue that these service providers’ perspectives about their own professionalism have much to offer broader debates.     

Introduction to this Special Issue

In 2001, for the first time in the history of the International Association for Counselling, International Conference was held in a developing Asian country–India, with the theme Families in Transition–Counselling in Transition–Meeting the Challenges Ahead. This special issue contains some of the presentations made by Indian participants during this conference which best reflect the challenges and diversities of counseling efforts with families in India. The first article was specially written for this issue in order to give an international relationship of this journal an in depth contextual understanding of Indian families in transition and the challenges they pose to the contemporary Indian counselor. Two articles are reflected to counseling families affected by socio-politial and economic changes. Five authors have written on counseling related to physical and mental disability/addiction and last two articles are reflected to authors experiences as family counselors.     

英美科技类博物馆面向特殊儿童及其家庭的教育现状研究

科技类博物馆作为公共科普教育的重要阵地,为全民提供平等、多元和包容的科学教育是其社会责任与使命。鉴于此,特殊儿童及其家庭逐渐成为科技类博物馆关注的对象。我国博物馆的分众教育发展起步较晚,故面向特殊儿童及其家庭的教育服务尚未普及。本文采用案例分析法,对英国、美国科技类博物馆相关案例进行整理、筛选、分析和比较,归纳得出受众明确类(行动障碍型儿童及其家庭、学习障碍型儿童及其家庭)和受众未明确类两种类型,并对博物馆提供给行动障碍型、学习障碍型儿童及其家庭的教育服务异同点进行比较分析。希望为我国科技类博物馆提供可借鉴的经验和启发。     

自我的迷失与重构——《接骨师之女》的文化认同问题

谭恩美《接骨师之女》中的女儿露丝是第二代美籍华裔移民,处在中美文化夹缝中的她感受到被两种文化边缘化的痛苦,由此坠入迷茫与困惑深渊。直到认同中国文化后,露丝才走出文化身份缺失的困境,并完成了对自我的重构。作者借此表明华裔移民应该在中美两种文化间找到一种平衡,并利用其独特的文化身份为两种文化交流做出贡献。     

管窥南朝与北朝对“郡望”的不同态度

虽然＂郡望＂一词对南北朝社会影响深远,但南朝与北朝对汉族大姓望族的认可态度不同,南朝与北朝冒籍现象的程度不同,南朝与北朝的人们对祖籍的态度不同。之所以会出现不同的态度,是因为南朝与北朝政权依靠的力量、迁都的影响以及文化方面存在差异,而且南朝对于墓志碑铭、谱系的管理制度相对北朝也更为健全和完善。     

全球化进程中西方国家移民公民教育模式梗概

经济全球化已成为当代人类社会生活中最重要的现象与变量之一,在它的猛烈冲击下,西方国家的社会结构发生了深刻的变迁。在公民教育层面,随着经济全球化的不断推进,外来移民大量涌入,西方国家在针对外来族群的公民教育实践中,相应地形成了以排斥型、融合型、多元文化型、跨民族国家型等为主要代表的移民公民教育模式。必须强调的是,上述四种移民公民教育模式并不存在明显的孰优孰劣,在一定程度上它们都是与各自国家的文化传统和历史背景密切相关的。     

Transformation and Closure for Anatomical Donor Families that Meet Medical Students

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has conducted an annual Anatomical Donor Luncheon where families of the anatomical donors met anatomy dissection groups of medical students. The luncheon presented an opportunity for donor family members to share the life story of their loved one with the medical students prior to the start of the anatomy course. This study was designed to understand the impact of the Anatomical Donor Luncheon on families of the donors. Seven families in two different focus groups were included to explore the reactions and attitudes of the donor families to meeting the medical students. Conversations were digitally recorded and transcribed. Qualitative analysis of textual data were coded by three investigators using the Constant Comparative Method. To provide evidence of validity, a form of member checking was utilized. For further triangulation, an analyst not involved in conducting the focus groups or analyzing the data, re-coded all data. This analyst used categories and themes identified by the original analysts, ensuring validity of the themes and any negative cases (data not supporting or contradictory of the established categories and themes). One meta-theme and three sub-themes were identified. The meta-theme was Donor Family Participants Experience Transformation and Closure, and sub-themes were Motivators for Participation, Optimal Venue Factors, and Optimal Medical Student–Anatomical Donor Family Interactions. Study findings indicated the Anatomical Donor Luncheon facilitated closure on the death of their loved one, and transformed their apprehension about the luncheon and body donation into an attitude of gratitude and appreciation.     

五十四年来明代土司研究取得的成绩

54年来,在＂中国文化热＂的驱动、刊物的支持、学者的努力和高校的培育下,明代土司政治文化研究取得了很大的成绩,形成8大研究板块和以土司为中心的地方史及民族史2个研究取向;但同时也还存在一些问题,应强化土司族别史研究,建立国家、社会分层体系、分类解读政治文化现象。     

问题与对策:城镇化进程中失地农民子女教育权益保障

随着我国城镇化进程的加速,失地农民子女的受教育权益越来越受到人们的关注。由于体制、家庭、经济、社会等原因,失地农民子女教育中存在的一些问题,如学业成绩不良、辍学现象严重等,已经开始影响新一代城市人素质。因此,强化政府职责,保障失地农民子女教育权益,不仅有利于促进教育公平,对构建和谐社会也具有重要的现实意义。     

箕裘相继——民间传统技艺家传制度研究

民间传统技艺家传制度自古有之且至今盛行。其相语以事,相示以功,相陈以巧,相高以智等独特传承范式,以及诚一,世业专攻一技;不肃而成,不劳而能;家人相一,父子戮力等精髓构成其存留且发展的合理性。但面对现代科学技术的发展,其制度本身在传承技艺精华、形成民族技艺品牌及传承模式等方面存在一定问题,需要与现代技术教育体系相结合,逐步拓展至多元模式传承。