Tracing variations within ‘rural habitus’: an explanation of why young men stay or leave isolated rural towns in southwest Queensland

An explanation is presented about what keeps young men in isolated rural areas. The purpose is to contribute a concrete analysis of habitus as used in educational research. Inadequacies in application of the term are demonstrated in research conducted on school and work by the author in a rural town. An analysis of changes from labour‐intensive work on grazing properties and practices of kangaroo and pig hunting are linked to a form of capital to demonstrate proof of a man's ability as a good worker. A form of ‘rural habitus’ is illustrated in an interview with a young man about to enter the workforce. It is argued that dispositions to working on rural properties and in the bush have become enduring forms of capital. They are resistant to school capital and the means through which young men prove their worth as adults in changing rural labour markets.     

Developing effective teacher beliefs about learners: the role of sensitizing teachers to individual learning differences

Effective teacher beliefs about students are an integral part of effective teaching. Teachers with interventionist beliefs about students (‘I can intervene to help a learner with difficulties’) show more effective practice than teachers with pathognomonic beliefs (‘I blame the learner for his difficulties’). A professional development (PD) course sensitized teachers (N = 234) to individual learning differences (ILDs), using five learning/cognitive styles tools. Teachers’ responses to a pre‐/post‐test question concerning their beliefs about ‘weak students’ were analyzed and correlated with their ILD scores. Before the PD, teachers with strong ILD preferences matched to traditional learning contexts were significantly more ‘at risk’ (i.e., had fewer interventionist beliefs) than the other teachers; the former teachers were significantly overrepresented in the sample. After the PD, teachers’ interventionist beliefs significantly increased, regardless of their ILD preferences. Neither the length of the PD (28 hrs. vs. 56 hrs.) nor the amount of teaching experience affected the teachers’ interventionist beliefs about students. A mediated, constructivist and collaborative PD, which sensitizes teachers to individual learning differences, can increase effective teacher beliefs about students. We conclude that developing more effective teacher beliefs about learners should become a component of teacher professional development.     

中国古代书院的人文关怀对当今大学的启示

书院是我国古代特有的教育组织形式和文化载体,在其漫长而曲折的历史发展过程中,传播了学术思想,丰富和发展了我国古代教育思想,形成了书院独有的人文关怀理念.文章通过对书院精神文化的研究,分析书院的人文特质,试图对当今的大学改革提供一些有益的借鉴.     

英汉词汇的文化不对等与词汇教学

英汉词汇所附着的文化意义的不对等导致许多英汉词汇意义的不对等,包括其功能意义、范畴、联想意义、情感意义、使用频率等方面的不对等,这将在跨文化交际中引起障碍.因此,在词汇教学中,有必要开设与交际文化相关的课程,教师不能以讹传讹,学生应尽可能地增加跨文化交际的实践.     

发挥校园文化的主渠道作用加强对大学生的社会主义荣辱观教育

社会主义荣辱观的提出,对提升当代大学生的道德水平,构建和谐校园,具有重要的指导意义,校园文化在行为规范、行为引导、思想政治教育等方面具有重要的功能,加强对大学生的社会主义荣辱观教育,应重视发挥校园文化的作用.     

Mathematics: a female,male or gender‐neutral domain? A study of attitudes among students at secondary level

The aim of the current study is to investigate whether Swedish secondary school students perceive mathematics as a female, male or gender‐neutral domain. A sample of 1300 students in two age groups, 15‐ and 17‐ years, answered a questionnaire and about 50 students participated in interviews. The main part of the inquiry form consists of Who and mathematics, an attitude scale recently developed by other researchers. The results are analysed with respect to gender, school year and study programme. Gendered attitudes were found among considerable minorities. There is a marked tendency to view mathematics as a symbolically male domain: positive aspects are associated with boys and negative aspects perceived as more female. Older students hold more strongly gendered views than younger. Boys in the science programme have the strongest beliefs of mathematics as a male domain.     

Leading professional learning in an Australian secondary school through school‐university partnerships

As the limitations of one‐off and disconnected professional learning programs for teachers are recognised, there is widespread interest in building learning communities and professional learning teams within schools. When considering how to build local learning communities, school and university partnerships are seen as offering rich possibilities for transformative professional action. Set in the context of the international agenda of “Education For All” (UNESCO, 2005 UNESCO. (2005). Education for all: Global monitoring project. Retrieved January 8, 2007, from http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php‐URL_ID=36004&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36004&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html)  [Google Scholar]) a model of sustained on‐going professional learning, developed in one large secondary school in Australia, is analysed. The social practices that generate action and participation for partnership members are then scrutinised for the legitimacy of school‐university partnerships and the contribution to enhancing teacher learning.     

叙事研究在大学生思想政治教育研究中的运用

大学生思想政治教育研究中的叙事研究是思想政治教育经验的理论方式,有其鲜明的研究特点,能够弥补其他研究范式的缺陷。运用叙事研究有其现实的必要性与可能性,因而是一种值得提倡的研究方法。     

利用大众传媒加强和改进大学生思想政治教育

对置身于信息社会的思想政治教育工作者来说,大众传媒的发展既是严峻的挑战,也是难得的机遇。从可能性、必要性的角度分析大众传媒的积极作用及其对大学生思想政治素质的影响,以利用大众传媒加强和改进大学生思想政治教育实效性,具有十分重要的理论和现实意义。     

论在思想政治理论课教学中落实“以人为本”的教育观

社会主义市场经济和中国特色社会主义建设事业急切呼唤“以人为本”的教育观与之相促进。高校思想政治理论课教育教学迫切需要在教学的各环节真正贯彻落实以人为本、以学生为本的教育新理念。