Parent Resource Centers: An Innovative Mechanism for Parental Involvement in School Choice Decisions

This qualitative investigation reports on the use of Parent Resource Centers (PRCs) as a mechanism for parental involvement in public school choice decisions. Interviews with parents and staff at seven PRCs in Florida revealed that PRCs employ multiple strategies to communicate choice information to parents: community-, school- and media-based outreach; outreach to hard-to-reach parents; and collaboration with other agencies. Personalized assistance and provision of choice materials are also highlighted as useful strategies. Results indicate that there is low level of awareness about school choice options among parents and thus clear and consistent communication of choice information is needed. While PRCs hold promise for increasing parental engagement in school choice, structural and systemic barriers to exercising choice decisions such as transportation and collaboration between schools and PRCs should be addressed. Methodologically, this study illustrates the power of triangulating data from parents and PRCs to illuminate our understanding of how parents make choice decisions.     

Studying parental involvement and university access and choice: An ‘interacting multiple capitals’ model

Capital‐embedded parental involvement in education is essential in enhancing university enrolment and maximising the educational potentials for equality and excellence. Previous studies in this field have mainly utilised Perna's ( 2000 , 2006 ) model, which defines parental involvement as social capital and identifies the additive influences of different types of capital (including social, economic and cultural capital) on university access and choice. Yet, little research to date theorises and disaggregates the interplay among various types of capital as well as the multiplicative capital effects on enrolment. This study addressed this gap. We proposed an ‘interacting multiple capitals’ (IMC) model and hypothesised that parental social capital could moderate the effects of cultural and economic capital on entry to university. To validate the model, a pilot survey was administered to 216 university students of Korean ethnicity in China and investigated the models of involvement adopted by Korean parents in the context of the increasing labour mobility of the Korean adult population. Moderated multiple regression analysis was employed and the results confirmed the hypothesis that capital effects upon university access and choice were multiplicative in nature, with social capital moderating the cultural capital influence on students’ educational aspirations. The study findings show that the interaction of various types of capital variables is sufficiently statistically significant to warrant future research and policy and practical discussion of how to promote parental involvement in university preparation and planning.     

提高学生的体育素质之我见

高校体育应该有明确的目标培养学生的体育理论知识、体育技能,全面促进他们的素质发展,使他们能自觉地进行终身体育锻炼.     

The Relation between the Frequency and the Universality of Teaching Activities

ABSTRACT

The author empirically tests the conceptual model of academic socialization, which suggests that parental cognitions about schooling influence parenting practices and child outcomes during the transition to school (Taylor, Clayton, &; Rowley, 2004). More specifically, the author examines associations among parents’ conceptions of school readiness, transition practices, and children's academic achievement in reading and mathematics from kindergarten through Grade 1 using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (N = 12,622). A latent growth curve model was estimated, and results show that parents’ school readiness beliefs were positively associated with children's beginning achievement and growth. Parents’ transition practices were positively associated with children's achievement at the onset of kindergarten. Parents’ beliefs also positively predicted their use of transition practices. The analysis largely confirmed the conceptual model of academic socialization. Furthermore, findings suggest that early interventions seeking to change parenting practices should consider parents’ school readiness beliefs and expectations.     

教师为本适应市场--关于高校课程建设文化品格的思考

充分理解并运用市场经济规律的品牌战略原则、利益最大化原则和诚信原则,构建学校与教师的利益及道德认同机制,是高校在市场经济体制下,将课程建设"教师为本"的文化品格之应然,转化为可操作的建设信念及成果的必经之路;学校作为高校课程建设的一级决策主体、保障主体、管理主体和实施主体,应具备"教师为本,适应市场"的文化品格.     

中国古代家训的价值取向初探

中国古代家训滥觞于西周，发展于隋唐，完善于明清。它自始至终以修身、齐家、报国为主要内容，以“仁义”、“孝悌”、“忠敬”为价值取向。在当今家庭教育中仍应提倡“成人”教育，培植“家和”的人文精神，陶冶子女“心怀天下”的高尚情操。     

浅谈亲子教育和隔代教育对幼儿个性心理发展的影响

父母对于孩子身心成长具有重要影响。父母自己带孩子在孩子个性心理发展上有着不可比拟的优势。     

论成人高校教学秘书的角色定位与素质要求——以福建教育学院为例

教学秘书是高校教学管理工作的组织者和执行者;是教务管理部门与具体教学单位的桥梁,起着上传下达、下情上报、沟通左右的作用,是联系师生的纽带;具有参谋与助手、管理与服务、协调与沟通的多重职能.文章尝试从成人高校与普通高校对教学秘书的角色定位与素质要求的相同与差异这个视角,探求教学秘书角色的准确定位与能力素质提升的路径,以适应成人高等教育事业发展需要.     

幼儿攻击性倾向的成因及矫正

由于遗传素质及家庭环境的影响，许多幼儿具有较为明显的攻击性倾向。要矫正幼儿的攻击性倾向，首先要改变父母的教养方式，要树立起现代的教育观念，建立平等和谐的亲子关系，教育孩子正确对待挫折，提高孩子的挫折容忍力，并通过合理的惩罚，让孩子改变不良的行为习惯。     

坚持教育创新 开拓思政教育新局面

高校作为培养高素质人才的基地，要始终把思想政治教育置于“重中之重”的地位。只有根据新世纪国际国内形势的发展变化，正确分析和认识当前大学生的思想特点及政治表现，才能与时俱进地开创高校思想政治教育新局面。