Developing an action learning way of working within a leadership context in higher education: barriers and enablers

This account of practice considers action learning within an accredited leadership course at a post-1992 university. It outlines a more individualistic approach than that envisioned by Reg Revans and questions how this technique, inherited from a Staff Development colleague, could potentially be improved.     

A teacher competence development programme for supporting students’ reflection skills

The Teachers of Promise study has followed the work histories of 57 primary and secondary teachers who had been identified at the beginning of their third year of teaching as having the potential to make a significant contribution to the profession. Using data from surveys and interviews, this paper reports on what sustained or inhibited their initial commitment to and enthusiasm for ‘making a difference’, six years later, both in the classroom and in broader school leadership roles. Satisfaction with their day-to-day experiences in their schools was a particularly strong driver of teachers’ career decisions over time. Thirty-four teachers responded to survey items that were used to identify three different groups of teachers: a group of 10 primary school teachers with the highest levels of job satisfaction who were ‘fulfilling their promise’; a group of 21 primary and secondary teachers who were ‘persevering and coping’; and three teachers who were ‘detached and disengaged’. The group with the highest levels of job satisfaction taught in primary schools where they felt respected and valued, and supported to develop their teaching and leadership expertise. School leadership practices and school cultures in the other two groups diminished teachers’ overall job satisfaction and contribution to collective knowledge building in their schools. Almost all of the teachers had retained their commitment to students, to their current schools and to teaching as a career, including those with lower levels of satisfaction. Although these teachers reported ‘collegial’ relationships with their peers, individualistic school cultures, most often in secondary schools, impacted on their opportunities to learn with and from their colleagues. Few secondary school teachers felt appreciated, and included in school decision-making or had found it possible to combine high standards of classroom teaching with management responsibilities. The study indicates that while most promising teachers were still satisfied with teaching after nine years, relatively few were in schools where they were able to make the impact that had been predicted for them early in their careers.     

健美操对女大学生体质差生干预的实验研究

以《全国健美操第三套二级大众锻炼标准》为手段,对山西大学商务学院2009级选修体育俱乐部教学的10名女大学生进行体质干预研究。通过分析测试数据,制定实验干预方案,讨论实验后女大学生体质差生的体质变化,为提高女大学生体质健康提供一定的实验依据。结果显示：女大学生经过两个阶段的《全国健美操第三套二级大众锻炼标准》干预后,4项成绩都得到了提高,表现在耐力方面的800 m和表现在柔韧方面的坐位体前屈,都达到了良好标准;而跳远和肺活量也达到了及格标准。干预前后比较,跳远和肺活量均有P〈0.05,存在显著性差异。     

微弱电信号检测分析综合实验平台建设

为改善微弱生物信号处理,构建了微弱电信号检测分析实验平台。依托专业在相关科研领域的优势,自行开发了精密信号调理电路、多通道接口电路和数据处理系统,将多台高性能微弱信号处理仪器连接为一个综合平台,在统一操作界面的控制下,对MEMS生物芯片或MEMS物理传感器中的微弱信号进行检测,或对学生自研的电路进行测试、诊断和评估。系统采用开放式结构,可以继续扩展新接口、暂时屏蔽部分功能、临时设置特殊行为或模拟产生各类故障,真正将抽象概念或理论与生动的实际联系起来,培养学生解决复杂问题或排除隐蔽故障的能力,实现交互式自主实验,满足多样性教学需求,为多门课程提供良好服务。     

Readiness for school of children having attended language immersion kindergarten in their teachers' and parents' opinions

In multicultural societies, much attention is given to children's language learning possibilities. In Estonia, the early language immersion programme for kindergarten children was started in the year 2000. The programme, while considered to be successful, has raised the question of whether the children participating in it are adequately prepared for school. The objective of the present study is to observe the readiness for school of those children who have participated in the early language immersion programme, taking into consideration the objectives of the curriculum and their teachers' and parents' assessments. The method of this study was a questionnaire employed over a three-year period (2009–2011) involving the teachers and parents of those children who were beginning their primary school education. The results of the study revealed that, according to the assessments of their teachers and parents, the readiness for school of the children having completed the early language immersion programme was very good. Data prove that language immersion programmes provide children with enough preparation to make a smooth transition from kindergarten to school life.     

Who are We?

This article scrutinises the usage of the words “we”, “us” and “our” by BBC radio journalists when reporting and discussing news and current affairs. By analysing reports and discussions on the “flagship” Radio 4 Today, a daily news programme whose centrality to political and public debate is widely recognised, the article raises substantive questions about clarity, accuracy and impartiality in senior broadcast journalists’ choice of language. In exploring the assumptions which may underlie the invocation, via such language choices, of an implied community, and against the backdrop of the BBC's commitment to impartiality in its Editorial Guidelines, the article identifies numerous recent examples where the choice of words and identifiers can be seen as undermining the BBC's impartiality and which show several of its senior journalists adopting the first-person plural “we” when reporting on matters of public policy. The findings therefore indicate a general need to codify norms which are seen to integrate the need for accuracy as well as impartiality, and for these norms to take into account issues which might at first glance seem to be inconsequential, micro-level features of the journalists’ language. The evidence suggests that more fine-grained guidelines on permissible circumstances for BBC journalists’ usage of “we” and “our” need revising and disseminating in the light of these findings.     

一类广义Logistic种群的持续生存和灭绝

讨论了捕获量是关于种群数量的线性函数时一类广义Logistic 种群的生存状况,得到了种群弱持续生存和灭绝的充分条件.     

高校弱势群体:类型、原因及对策

主要论述了高校大学生中的弱势群体类型及其形成因素家庭、学校、社会和大学生自身因素,并就此提出了解决弱势群体问题的一些方法。     

老子柔弱不争思想的再思考

老子的柔弱不争思想,并非消极厌世,自甘落后,而是一种大智慧,是一种独特的取胜之道和全身保家的生存处世之道,又是一种调节个人关系、个人与社会关系的重要原则。     

浅析教育实习中高师音乐生知识结构的弱势

通过调查福建师大、厦门大学、三明学院2005届音乐教育专业学生实习过程,围绕高师音乐生知识结构这一主题,对其弱势方面进行发掘讨论,提出自己粗浅的看法,以期对提高高师音乐生的培养质量有所帮助,并与广大同行商榷。