A Pilot Study on Expectations on the Quality of Interpretation: Employers' View

This paper reports a small-scale pilot study on the expectations on interpretation quality from employers. It is based on a questionnaire, in which eight criteria of quality and two open-ended questions are listed. The participants were asked to rate the eight criteria. The results suggest that different employer groups share similar expectations on high-quality interpretation, but the value they attach to each criterion varies according to their affiliations. Employers sometimes mix interpretation quality with their personal tastes and feelings.     

高职学生对英语阅读教学中图示理论应用的期待及实证教学

高职英语教学目前存在诸多问题,学生在教学中常处于被动。为了进一步了解高职学生英语阅读课的现状,论文对学生做了对英语阅读课教学活动的期望的问卷。根据结果进行实验教学、前后测试成绩比较,结果显示出用图示理论指导的英语阅读教学实验班阅读水平有明显高于使用传统方式教学的控制班。     

Guilty or not guilty？ How Nigerian families impede the aspirations of Nigerian girls for higher education

The females＇ relatively low participation in higher education is discussed within the Nigerian society in a way that such issues are discursively placed in often contradictory, as well as extremely complicated contexts. Dominant discussions draw on the interplay between gender and students＇ performance across subjects, as well as on the influences of the often patriarchal school environment on students＇ overall performance, which with little or no attention given to parental and domestic agencies. This paper is an account of the stories of the experiences of schooling about some Nigerian school girls from the perspective of their families. The larger study from which this paper derives, examined the gendered perception of schooling amongst some senior secondary school students in a Nigerian suburb. A number of discussions among the 25 girls （and 25 boys） who participated in the study were analyzed to understand how gender played in their perceptions of schooling influences upon their lives. As this project was grounded in the interpretivist qualitative research paradigm, discursive interpretivist approach was employed to interrogate how parental and domestic agencies, can play upon the aspirations of young girls for higher education in both complex and subtle ways. Recommendations for changes in policy and practice are made.     

条件期望在最优预测中的应用

文中研究了条件期望性质及与Radon-Nikodym定理的关系,并举例分析了它在最优预测中的应用.     

Out-of-school learning assistance in adolescence

This study inquired into the structure and predictors of out-of-school learning assistance among adolescents. It used longitudinal data gathered from up to 4936 Polish lower-secondary school students. The analysis of the assistance structure, performed with latent class analysis, showed that about 50% of students belonged to the latent class with no assistance. All other students belonged to one of four latent classes, representing types of assistance. These latent classes were: frequent non-paid assistance in all subjects, moderate non-paid assistance in all subjects, non-paid assistance in selected subjects, paid and non-paid assistance in mathematics. The analysis of predictors of assistance provision showed that 12 out of 14 hypothesised factors affected membership probability (MP) in at least one latent class. A lower level of past school achievement raised MP in all the classes. Students’ gender, intelligence, intellectual helplessness, learning disability, educational aspirations, family affluence, level of parental education, and school location predicted MP in selected classes.     

Parental satisfaction with disabled children’s school inclusion in Italy

The principal aim of the present study is to examine the level of parental satisfaction with inclusive education for their children with disability attending Italian schools of any grade level. The survey involved 285 parents of pupils randomly selected from the population of students with disability certificates. On average, parents expressed a high level of satisfaction. Four principal components of parental satisfaction were extracted from the item scores of the questionnaire: inclusive educational practices; environment and special equipment; classmates’ and families’ acceptance; integration between education and rehabilitation activities. Various correlations were found between these aspects and both child-related and context-related variables. In particular, children’s emotional regulation abilities evaluated by teachers are involved in various dimensions of the parents’ satisfaction. On the other hand, satisfaction with the integration between the educational and rehabilitation activities showed a significant negative correlation with the fathers’ and mothers’ educational level. Lastly, parental satisfaction towards classmates’ and families’ acceptance appears to be the most critical aspect and tends to decrease in relation to school level, while it is positively linked with the number of hours the support teacher spends in class. Taken together, these results stimulate useful considerations to promote better practices in inclusive education.     

《国家学生体质健康标准》中引体向上评分标准调整研究

以四省18 464份《国家学生体质健康标准》测试数据（初中5 640份,高中6 032份,大学6 792份）为研究对象,通过问卷调查法、数理统计法和逻辑推理法,审视引体向上的评分标准。研究认为引体向上评分标准不能体现不同学生的上肢能力,抑制着学生参与测试的积极性。在反思引体向上评分标准问题及原因的基础上,依据期望理论研究范式与要求,对引体向上评分标准进行了调整。按新修订的标准评分对部分学校学生进行测试,学生引体向上测试得分呈正态分布,测试积极性得到显著提高。未来对于引体向上评分标准的修订应朝着细化得分的方向发展;同时在保障安全的前提下,将体操,攀爬,俯卧撑等需要上肢参与的项目引进校园,为学生的课余锻炼提供条件和指导。     

‘They don't realise how hard it is’. Investigating the lived experiences of higher education students with parental responsibilities during the Covid-19 pandemic

Anecdotal reports of student parents’ challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic prompted this explorative study; investigating the lived experiences of UK student parents and the provision of Higher Education support. Data was derived from 91 online surveys, 20 follow-up interviews, and analysis of 100 university websites. This occurred during the pandemic lockdowns whenthe stresses, challenges and opportunities of balancing their simultaneous roles of parent and student were intensified due to school closures. The Double ABC-X model provided a framework for examining participant's lived experiences, and the role that Higher Education institutions could play in effecting positive coping and adaptation. Findings indicate that universities need to implement strategies to enhance support for this sector, including greater awareness of the vulnerabilities and challenges involved, more flexibility and adaptability in the university ethos, formal and informal policies and structures to provide more effective support and advice for juggling these simultaneous demands.     

兼职工作对高职女生职业期望的影响分析——基于人力资源发展视角的探索

职业教育规模的扩大拓宽了职业教育的受益面,但也加大了高职学校学生就业的压力。如何提升高职毕业生的职场竞争力,提高高职毕业生与职业的匹配度,已成为高职学校关注的重点问题。传统教学理念里学生实践能力的提升主要依靠校内教学与课程实践,对于高职学生普遍从事的兼职对就业能力的影响研究比较少。文章以高职女生为样本,以兼职工作对于职业期望的关联影响为目标,对兼职工作同高职女生职业能力的影响做了分析,对高职女生实践能力提升的路径做了探索。