Parental perceptions of gender differences in child technology use and cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is a major health concern for today's youth and a pervasive stressor for adolescents and their families. This study offers qualitative insights into how parents perceive their children's technology use and engagement in cyberbullying based on gender. Eight focus groups were conducted with 48 parents of adolescents ages 10–17. Findings indicated parents perceived their children overuse technology and lack awareness of what cyberbullying is. Specific to gender, parents suggested their daughters use technology for social connection, and parents were more concerned about their daughter's technology use than their son's, which they believed was related to specific interests. In response to cyberbullying scenarios, parents encouraged females but not males to socialize with peers. This is the first qualitative study to obtain an in-depth understanding of the ways in which parents perceive and socialize their children in regard to technology use and cyberbullying scenarios. These results may help school systems, school psychologists, researchers, and parents gain awareness of the gender-stereotypical socialization process that unfolds in parental monitoring of technology use and cyberbullying situations. We conclude by offering suggestions for how school systems and personnel might intervene.     

Understanding value in the student experience through student–staff partnerships

ABSTRACT

Questions such as ‘what is value in the student experience?’ and ‘how do we measure or assess value in higher education?’ remain an under-researched area. However, in the context of marketisation and competitive forces in higher education, there is a need to unpack what is value in the student experience. In this article, a conceptualisation of value that can be applied in higher education (known as value-in-use) is introduced and applied to a specific and increasingly important aspect of the student experience – student–staff partnerships. Qualitative survey data (n?=?97) and interviews (n?=?35) from ten cases of various manifestations of student–staff partnerships in the Australasian context is presented and assessed in relation to value. The findings highlight that student–staff partnerships may enhance value in the student experience and that value-in-use may be an appropriate lens through which to continue to explore how value is created and measured in the student experience.     

Inclusive Learning: the Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the postschool education of those with learning difficulties and/or disabilities,in England, 1996

ABSTRACT

The Report, Inclusive Learning (1996), is the result of a three‐year enquiry into the educational needs of and provision for adults with disabilities and/or learning difficulties in England. It arose from the requirement of an Act of Parliament, in 1992, that the new national funding council for further education should ‘have regard’ for such students in all its work of funding, development and evaluation. The Committee commissioned some fundamental research into the nature and extent of provision, the actual and potential demand for further education and the current requirements of law, and also reviewed existing academic research (chiefly in English‐speaking countries). It took extensive evidence in many modes and, in particular, created a series of workshops in which the students and their advocates could speak for themselves. The outcome was the main Report and summary, together with six supplementary publications. The core of the Report is the notion of ‘inclusive learning’, which places the responsibility for providing appropriate education with the teachers, the managers and the system (ultimately, with society), rather than problematizing the student as one with a deficit. A good education system is not merely about offering access to what is available, but also the making of what needs to be available accessible: the moulding of opportunity. Thus the Report concentrates on a theory of learning and its educational consequences. It represents another step towards embracing students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities unequivocally within the general approach to learning appropriate for all students. This article summarizes the main lines of analysis and argument in the Report and its framework of recommendations to the Further Education Funding Council, teachers, managers, voluntary organizations and to the government.     

Overqualified: Changing the Culture of Hiring Practices in a Public Library Special Collections Department

All too often, applicants for low level paraprofessional positions in libraries are passed over or rejected, not because they are not qualified, but because they have professional experience or advanced degrees. The rationale behind these decisions is that the overqualified staff member in a low level position will continue to look for a better position more aligned with their skills, experience, and education; and when they find another job they will leave and their positions will have to be filled again. This essay argues that this reasoning is flawed and, regardless of the perceived inconvenience, library managers and administrators should want the best and the brightest working in all levels of their library.     

目标管理理论在高校教师管理中的运用

目标管理理论是一种过程型的激励理论,强调管理双方通过组织目标的共同设置、实施、检查和评价来激发动机,指导行为,发挥整体的组织绩效。提出运用目标管理理论对高校教师进行管理,强化教师主体在管理中的参与意识,实施管理目标激励机制,合理协调教师目标与学校目标之间的关系,实现高校教师管理的科学化。     

关于高等职业教育师资队伍建设的思考

高等职业教育师资队伍建设应以终身教育理论为指导思想，以实现高职教育的高层次性和职业性为目标，建立开放的高职教育师资管理体制。     

以"生利"为出发点的民办高校教师队伍建设

“生利”主义理论是我国教育家陶行知提出的教师教育理论，它对开展民办高校教师队伍建设具有重要的指导意义。本文分析了民办高校教师的现状与问题，依据“生利”原理提出合理配置教师资源、实现教师资源共享、建立以人为本的管理体制及提供良好的外围环境等加强队伍建设的对策。     

企业股票认购权刍议

给予股票认购权已开始成为企业人力资源管理的有效激励措施，但股票认权的运作方式，注重事项等仍然是值得深入研究的问题。这些问题解决不好，将严重影响员工股票认购权的激励效果。     

提高培训目标层次建构现代培训模式--论现代中小学教师培训的目标、课程与组织

现代中小学教师培训应以强化持续发展能力为重点，与此相适应，就必须建立“四结合”的课程模式和多种形式优化组合的组织模式。     

把握职业教育师资培训的重心

职业教育师资培训必须以科学思想为指导,明确培训定位,把握师资培训的重心.在培训目标上,应由重视学历教育转为重视学识水平提高;在培训内容上,应正确处理好知识、能力和素质的关系;在培训手段和方式上,应变单向灌输知识为双向互动交流.