From the bottom-up: New York City teacher evaluation and the narration of mediated institutional assault

Following the trend of consequential accountability in US public education, New York City introduced a teacher evaluation program during the 2013–2014 school year that linked teachers’ individual performance ratings with their students’ exam scores. As this program systemically alters the nature of teacher–student relationships by transforming students into the means to an end (teachers’ professional viability), this study investigated the implementation of this accountability program from the point of view of the teachers – those who were the subject of this new policy. This study of 15 teachers’ narratives from 3 distinct schools illuminates a social-organizational process that I refer to as mediated institutional assault – a perceived attack on the teachers’ sense of personhood and moral agency perpetrated by mediating figures whose actions were facilitated by bureaucratic policies and institutionally coordinated tools of control. Thus, this study reveals that the consequence of this new mode of accountability is not merely the threat of losing one’s job, but also an insidious form of psychological assault, which in its masked delivery violates teachers’ sense of relational morality and challenges deeply engrained beliefs about their role as educators.     

中国古代诗学批评中的诗"媚"论

"媚"是古代诗学批评的重要审美范畴,它既代表着诗家的美学旨趣和审美品格,也体现出文体规范转变.中国古典诗学批评中的诗"媚"论,经历了三个阶段:大致孕育和衍化于唐前,"媚"由品人论物扩展到谈文论艺,但诗评视野中,"媚"审美概念运用却不甚普遍;唐宋时期,"媚"开始较为集中地出现在诗歌批评和理论阐说中,"媚"的审美内涵和美学特征得到了较为详细的论说,被真正确立为诗学审美范畴;金元时期,"媚"得到了很好地承传,明代"媚"走向兴盛,许多诗家以"媚"对抗雅正、清远、韵淡等传统审美趣味,清代朴学大兴,理性的清人能辩证对待"媚"诗,肯定了诗史上有不少媚诗甚有美感,同时又批判了媚诗的柔弱,缺乏气骨,格调整体不高.     

What the West could learn from the East: a reflective analysis

Drawing on Lugones’ ideas of world traveling, Dewey’s notion of education as experience, and Greene’s vision of seeing small/seeing big, this article inquires into lives lived in an Eastern educational milieu with attention reflectively paid to what educators in the West could learn from those in the East. Rather than focusing on mega narratives largely created by policy-makers and derived from accumulations of theory and/or political decision-making, this practical research in the reflective vein takes a ‘big’ look at three ‘small stories’ that emerged in a narrative inquiry we conducted in a Chinese elementary school and imagines their portability to Western educational contexts. Reflective attention is specifically paid to: (1) teaching without words, (2) principal images, and (3) shared responsibility for failure. What these small stories from our narrative inquiry research might disrupt, if introduced to Western educational settings, is especially taken up.     

自铸伟词字字本色 --谈关汉卿杂剧的语言特色

关汉卿为元杂剧代表作家,他创作的社会剧、爱情婚姻剧和历史剧,独具语言特色:鲜亮活泼,明白如话,曲尽人情,字字本色。关汉卿如话本色的语言,缘于他不以倡优为耻且长期生活在勾栏、行院和书会里,和下层人们生活在一起,成为名副其实的民间艺人,对下层艺人的活动、行为、语言都有着极丰富的感性经验,是真正的“梨园领袖”、“编修师首”和“杂剧班头”。     

论《心是孤独的猎者》的叙事节奏

《心是孤独的猎者》是卡森.麦卡勒斯的名著之一。通过对一个有很多悲微小人物的小镇的描写,麦卡勒斯表现了现代社会中的人的精神孤独感。而其时缓时急、时快时慢的独特叙事方式节奏更体现出其小说的艺术价值。     

随笔文写作与学校叙事辅导--随笔文与中学生个性成长的研究报告

随笔文写作是学生反思自我，建构自我的平台，是学校叙事辅导中的一种方便而有效的方式。实验结果表明，在教学活动中以学生随笔本为辅导媒介，通过师生平等对话、交流和相互评价等一系列活动，可以促进学生在写作兴趣、挫折承受力、自信心、交往能力方面的显著提高。     

宋代楚辞研究概述

宋代楚辞研究上承汉代,又受到当时诗文革新运动和理学思想的影响、呈现出浓重儒学色彩。宋代的楚辞研究更重视义理的阐发。比较重要的研究者有晁补之、洪兴祖、朱熹等。     

《文学：诗意语言》再商榷

彭富春先生的《文学：诗意语言》一反传统文学探讨的模式，在中西思想的边界上深思了文学的本性，这对哲学以及文学均有重大意义。同时，在当下如何真正走向文学自身，从而建构现时代的精神家园？这正是彭富春先生思想的苦心所在。     

贾谊《诗》学寻踪

根据新近出土文献,分析了贾谊引用《诗经》与四家诗的异同,注意到贾谊说《诗》以“雅”,“颂”为主的事实,说明贾谊的《诗》学继承了春秋官学中“以诗为教”的传统。     

玫瑰的无声诉说——《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》的艺术魅力

通过分析福克纳短篇小说《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》的主题，探讨这部小说的表现艺术。福克纳是以时空跳跃的叙事模式、灵活多变的叙述视角和丰富多彩的象征隐喻来达到“无声胜有声”的表达效果的。