“It's me. I'm it.”: Defining adolescent sexual identity through relational dialectics in Dawson's creek

Television criticism frequently focuses on the deconstruction of individual representations in texts, a practice that privileges specific characters rather than relationships among characters. This paper examines the usefulness of fictional television relationships for adolescent sexual identity formation by examining Dawson's Creek for its construction of gay character Jack McPhee. Jack's sexual identity is constructed and modified through dialectical tensions in his relationship with Jen Lindley, ultimately allowing him to express sexual identity in terms of acceptance rather than in terms of political or legal rights. This difference in narrative form illuminates potential differences between the formation of adult and adolescent sexual identity. Examining ethnographic work on gay men and their use of fictional media combined with a close reading of Dawson's Creek for sexual identity construction, this paper ultimately argues that fictional representations could serve as a template from which gay adolescents enact personal relationships. It also calls for critical media scholars to examine positive aspects of television representations.     

Examining the complexities of measuring effectiveness of online counselling for young people using routine evaluation data

As mental health services for young people develop, the need for evaluation and audit to justify expenditure follows suit. Counselling is being provided in more and more schools and community settings across the country, and there is an increasing focus on evidence-based funding. Practice-based evidence has an important role to play in fulfilling this requirement, and there are calls for a single outcome measure to be utilised across services. The emerging frontier of online support is receiving steadily greater attention, but as yet it has had little attention with regards to its effectiveness. An existing routine evaluation and outcome measure (Young Person’s Clinical Outcome Measures in Routine Evaluation) was incorporated within other routine evaluation systems within an online support service for young people (Kooth). The findings have been examined, with a view to recommending most suitable evaluation tools for this medium. Initial data suggest that the online service, when compared with equivalent face-to-face data, attracts a wide range of needs and levels of distress, with a high proportion of complex needs presented. Such findings may also reflect the complex nature of the support needs for the client group in question. Capturing appropriately rich data using a range of qualitative and quantitative measures that account for the complex online environment and client group needs to be carefully considered.     

Is It Still Considered Reading? Using Digital Video Storytelling to Engage Adolescent Readers

In order to comprehend and ultimately enjoy reading a text, a reader must first be engaged in it. However, many high school students have difficulty engaging with texts for a variety of reasons. This study was interested in innovative solutions to this problem and examined the educational and aesthetic value of a particular digital video reading aid designed to help engage high school students in reading literature. Results suggested that this reading solution did indeed engage these students in the text while also helping them comprehend, critically analyze, and enjoy the reading experience as a whole. Additionally, these students positively responded to a bonus literature discussion section, thereby suggesting their desire to co-construct meanings with other readers.     

The Columbine Tragedy: Adolescent Identity and Future Recommendations

Contemporary secondary education is marked by the standardization of both content and testing. The effect of this characterization on history, the humanities, and social studies results in a break from the spirit of these disciplines. Regarding history, the specific implications include objectification of causation and "the truth" about the past, which in turn, narrows the range of questioning and investigation by students and restricts the pedagogy of teachers. In the article, the author investigates some parameters of World War I and the contextual understanding of the causes of this event via standardization. In the broader sense, the author strives to contribute to the dialogue on the purpose of history in modern high schools and its relationship to its meaning in higher education.     

Looking at Literacy in the 21st Century

Literacy instruction has shifted in recent years alongside acts of legislation. Areas of literacy education like adolescent literacy and RTI are now receiving increased attention, whereas phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency receive considerably less attention than 10 years ago. Comparative discussions describe “very hot” and “cold” topics as they relate to philosophy/approach, level, content, materials, and assessment in 2001 versus 2010. Educators can utilize this content information to inform their instruction and direct attention to needed areas within their own schools.     

Devil in the detail: using a pupil questionnaire survey in an evaluation of out-of-school classes for gifted and talented children

The use of questionnaires to evaluate educational initiatives is widespread, but often problematic. This paper examines four aspects of an evaluation survey carried out with very able pupils attending out-of-school classes: ethics, design, bias and interpretation. There is a particular focus on the interpretation and analysis of pupils' answers to open questions. Conclusions are drawn from this analysis which will help teachers and others to take a careful and critical approach to their use of questionnaires in educational evaluation.     

河北省青少年超重与肥胖人群膳食特点研究

采用问卷调查法和文献资料法,对河北省石家庄、沧州、承德、张家口四个地区的385名超重与肥胖中学生和219名正常体重中学生进行了调查研究,旨在分析总结出超重与肥胖青少年的膳食特点,探讨导致肥胖的饮食因素,为其控体重、减体重提供科学的理论依据。     

青少年运动参与和暴力行为的关联性研究——社会资本的分析视角

基于对湖南省中学生样本（N=4834）,从社会资本视角解释了青少年运动参与和暴力行为的关联。调查数据特别用来检验家庭、学校和邻里与暴力行为关联的评估多元模型。结果证明社会资本因素的交叉管理对缓解暴力冲突很重要,虽然我们假设参与运动和社团组织有减少暴力的趋势,结果显示还有其他方面的因素。     

关于中国青少年网球运动员训练的几点思考

针对我国青少年网球运动员训练方面存在的问题,从训练指导思想、世界网球发展趋势、教练员素质、赛制、群众基础、场地、设备等方面进行了剖析,并提出了相应的对策。     

青少年跳远运动员的助跑训练

助跑是跳远技术中的重要环节 ,是制约运动员准确踏板创造优异成绩的关键因素 .现就跳远助跑的特点、青少年跳远运动员助跑训练的任务、训练方法、注意事项进行分析探讨 .研究表明 ,青少年跳远运动员的助跑训练要把发展绝对速度放在首位 ,并注意培养稳定的节奏