A synthesis of research concerning creative teachers in a Canadian context

Effective teachers are often creative ones, yet an examination of creative teaching is largely invisible in the North American creativity literature. Even within education there is little about teachers’ own creative practice. Nonetheless, there are benefits to studying creative teachers: in education it can explicate ways of enhancing teachers’ creativity and enriching praxis; and in psychology it can extend our understanding of social and interpersonal creativity, as well as everyday creativity. This paper reviews 12 Canadian case studies of creative teaching conducted by a creative teaching research group. An in-depth elaboration of two themes, creative person and community, is presented.     

Where words collide: social class,schools and linguistic discontinuity

The prestige accorded to standard language varieties, particularly within the field of education, together with language management role of schools with respect to the variety and the extent to which linguistic differences construct discontinuous relationships between the school and specific social groups provide the rationale for this paper. This qualitative study, based on a friendship focus group design, was conducted with two groups of 12-year-old children from contrasting ‘ideal type’, socio-economic groups over the period of one school year. Findings outline specific practices where the linguistic expectations and demands within school-space create different implications and outcomes for middle-class and working-class children as a result of their linguistic experiences in non-school space. The implications of these linguistic interactions on patterns of engagement with the school among the children in the sample are also considered.     

Parental involvement in secondary education schools: the views of parents in Greece

The present study explores Greek parents’ views on parental educational involvement and its impact on adolescent scholastic and social development. Specifically, aspects of parental involvement such as the achieved objectives of current parent–school communication, the psychological climate dominating teacher–parent interactions and parents’ suggestions for improvement of current policies and practices are examined. Four hundred and seventy‐five parents participated in the study. Findings showed that family–school communication is believed to be insufficient in Greece, despite the fact that parents tend to: (1) regard their cooperation with teachers as determinative of adolescent academic and psychosocial development; (2) consider teachers to be friendly and caring; and (3) believe that secondary school provides some opportunities for constructive parental involvement. These paradoxes are discussed and explained as a result of radical changes in current social and educational values, principles and objectives.     

“学会生存”不如“学会发展”

LEARNING TO BE:The World of Education Today and Tomorrow一书自1979年翻译出版以来,以《学会生存——教育世界的今天和明天》此版本的翻译风靡一时,引起了我国教育界的广泛关注。但时至今日,笔者对LEARNING TO BE被译为学会生存仍旧存在诸多疑惑和不解。根据该书和20年之后的《教育——财富蕴藏其中》所涉内容,笔者提议LEARNING TO BE应译为学会发展。     

黑龙江省速滑三线后备人才培养现状及发展对策研究

速滑是黑龙江省的优势项目,在黑龙江省有很广泛的群众基础,多年来涌现出了很多优秀的速滑运动员。通过对黑龙江省速滑三线后备人才培养现状的调查,分析黑龙江省速滑三线后备人才培养存在的问题及解决办法。以期为黑龙江省速滑后备人才培养的理论研究提供支持。     

名人与图书馆的相互作用

名人的成功成才离不开图书馆知识的滋养、润泽,在名人眼中,图书馆如同通往成功彼岸的桥梁,像精神食粮、家一样重要而温馨。名人对图书馆建设的推动也功不可没,不仅丰富、充实了图书馆的藏书,而且促进了图书馆的繁荣与发展,提升了图书馆对普通民众的影响力。图书馆应充分利用名人的图书馆情结,做好图书馆的宣传工作,吸引更多的人走进图书馆,从而培养更多的名人。     

数字图书馆责任者名称规范控制的系统支持研究

责任者名称(个体和团体)的规范与否对数字图书馆目录的两大功能具有重大的影响。文章运用实体—关系模型即E-R模型描述了责任者名称(实体)的变化、实体的属性及相互关系;通过属性、关系对用户需求的映射,运用SQL解决名称变化对检索结果产生的不利影响,从而提升目录的两大功能。     

名人与图书馆的相互作用

名人的成功成才离不开图书馆知识的滋养、润泽,在名人眼中,图书馆如同通往成功彼岸的桥梁,像精神食粮、家一样重要而温馨。名人对图书馆建设的推动也功不可没,不仅丰富、充实了图书馆的藏书,而且促进了图书馆的繁荣与发展,提升了图书馆对普通民众的影响力。图书馆应充分利用名人的图书馆情结,做好图书馆的宣传工作,吸引更多的人走进图书馆,从而培养更多的名人。     

浅议领导者的用人艺术

选才用人,对领导者来说是一个重要的职责,是领导者的一个重要的能力。而领导者的用人恰当与否,则直接关系到事业的兴衰成败。正因为人才是事业兴衰之根本,因此领导者要成就事业．就必须树立科学的用人观,掌握高超的用人艺术．     

St Francis of Assisi and Islam: A Theological Perspective on a Christian-Muslim Encounter

In 1219 an encounter took place between a Christian from Italy, Francis of Assisi, and the Muslim Sultan of Egypt, al-Malik al-Kāmil. This meeting took place at Damietta in northern Egypt during the progress of the Fifth Crusade. Over a period of perhaps three weeks, religious dialogue took place between Francis and al-Kāmil, after which time the Sultan had Francis escorted safely back to the Christian camp. It is possible to discern from the writings of Francis after his return from Egypt that the meeting had had a deep religious impact upon him, realised in the latter years of his life. It can be said that both Francis and al-Kāmil experienced through their encounter what the Christian theologian Bernard Lonergan has spoken of as a conversion into a new horizon. The historical encounter between Francis and the Sultan witnesses to the fact that through religious conversion, it is possible for members of different religious faiths to arrive at a common vision of universal peace and reconciliation.