‘They think that if you're a teacher here … you're not clever enough to be a proper teacher’: the courtesy stigma experienced by teachers employed at schools for pupils with behavioural,emotional and social difficulties (BESD)

A wealth of literature has identified that children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD) and their families are frequently stigmatised due to the perceived controllable and ‘invisible’ nature of this special educational need (SEN). Yet little research has considered the impact of this stigma on another group of individuals, educational practitioners employed in BESD schools. This is despite these professionals working in close contact with pupils with BESD, a heavily stigmatised group, on a regular basis. This paper therefore, details a study which explored perceptions of stigma specifically with educational professionals employed in schools for pupils with BESD. Semi‐structured interviews with nine practitioners (including head teachers and class teachers with additional responsibilities) were conducted, all of whom had worked within the BESD sector for at least 10 years, with data being analysed via Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings revealed how educational practitioners employed in BESD schools experienced courtesy stigma, with many not being perceived as ‘proper’ teachers due to a discourse of care surrounding BESD. Other professionals reported much confusion from their mainstream colleagues and other individuals about how they could want to work with such ‘challenging’ pupils. This courtesy stigma was linked to the wider stigma surrounding BESD schools, which were often ignorantly perceived to be full of ‘bad boys’ or ‘absolute horrors’. This paper concludes by considering the implications of these findings for policy and practice, and provides recommendations for addressing the identified stigma towards practitioners employed in BESD schools.     

高等数学课程改革的若干思考

文章从多方面多层次思考深化改革高等数学课程的改革,真正提高教学效果。     

North Korean women defectors in South Korea and their political participation

This study examines the political participation intentions of North Korean women refugees. Previous literature tends to highlight the sufferings and difficulties that female refugees experience as they leave their homelands and settle in a new country. Few studies have been directed toward the political dimension of refugee life. The empirical results show that North Korean women defectors hold generally participatory attitudes toward politics and mostly liberal opinions on policy issues. Furthermore, among the socio-demographic variables, age and marital status are generally influential in the intention of political participation among the North Korean women defectors. Among the political attitudinal variables, attitude toward environmental policy consistently affects political participation intention. With respect to defector-specific variables, satisfaction with life in South Korea is influential, whereas cultural adaptation is not.     

中学数学美教育探究

教师自身美的形象、数学美的形态、美好学习品质的培养构成了中学数学美教育。它符合素质教育的要求 ,体现了数学自身美和数学教学美的统一 ,并且 ,对教学质量的提高有一定的促进作用。     

对民族高校预科教育现状的分析和思考

预科教育为广大少数民族地区的考生步入高等院校学习架设了一座"金色桥梁"。预科数学教育应采取以预为主、以补为辅、以预带补的思路;面对参差不齐的学生,必须引进"宽进严出、优胜劣汰"的竞争机制,激发学生的兴趣,达到积极主动学习的目的。     

加强数学与其他学科的联系为学生创设能力发展的环境

人类的知识本来就是互相联系和互相渗透的 ,特别是在今天数学广泛地深入到自然科学和社会科学的各个领域 ,学生需要在一个比较广阔的知识基础上获得对数学的认识及对数学的价值和意义的理解、需要在把数学应用于其他学科的问题解决中获得自身能力的发展     

Prejudices Unshelved: Variation in Attitudes toward Controversial Public Library Materials in the General Social Survey, 1972–2014

Using the General Social Survey from 1972–2014, we examine variation in attitudes toward retaining controversial materials in libraries. Previously controversial topics have become much more widely accepted. We find that other controversies remain, showing how global conflicts become intertwined in local cultural controversies, and how the perceived threat from particular groups informs public concern with disseminating information from those groups. We find that more frequent library users are somewhat less likely to want to remove controversial books from the shelves, although some of these relationships are explained by variation in the respondent’s age, race, and other characteristics.     

中国学习者的悖论

按照西方的观点，中国的教学属于传统的“传授－－接受”模式，也就是说，教师在教学中起着绝对的支配作用，而学生则处于纯粹被动的地位：他们所需要的只是记忆与模仿；但是，相关的比较与研究却又清楚地表明，中国学生与其它国家，特别是西方国家的学生相比有着较好的学生效果，通过对这“中国学生者的悖论”问题的回答，认为数学教育研究应重视分析和反思中国传统教学教育的优势。     

内容分布与认知要求双重视角下数学课程标准比较研究--基于“中国”“美国”“新加坡”小学初中学段之比较

选取在国际上有代表性的美国及亚洲的新加坡与中国的小学及初中数学课程标准为研究对象,从内容分布与认知要求两个维度进行编码比较研究。主要研究结果显示三国数学课程标准分别呈现如下特征：中国在内容维度上,几何内容拥有的认知要求最多,在认知要求维度上最重视数学推理,并且数学推理主要是以几何内容为主要载体的;美国和新加坡在内容维度上,数与代数拥有最多而丰富的各类认知要求,在认知要求维度上两国均十分重视“问题解决”,美国还重视“关联”类认知要求。     

科研型数学教师及其培养

国际经济、科技、人才的竞争正推动着教育的改革。教育改革的关键因素在于合格的、新型教师的培养。科研型教师是指既能教学，又能进行数学及数学教育研究的教师。科研型教师应具备3项条件：转变观念，更新意识，提高能力。科研型数学教师是新时代数学教育的需要，要实行理论学习、实践探索和科学研究三位一体的教师培训途径。教养科研型教师需要解决“为何搞科研”、“如何搞科研”和“研究什么”3个问题。