‘Upturned participation’ and youth work: using a Critical Utopian Action Research approach to foster engagement

ABSTRACT

This article reflects on how participatory processes inspired by action research hold a genuine potential for developing social educational work in a more democratic way. We present our concept of ‘Upturned Participation’, which is built upon the methodological framework of Critical Utopian Action Research. First Critical Utopian Action Research is introduced briefly, including a presentation of the core method of the action research approach. We then present an extract from an action research project aimed at creating space for participation for marginalized young people in the area of Copenhagen. On this basis, we reflect on how the ideas of the young people could influence the field of social work. The article addresses contemporary challenges and opportunities for creating development in the field of youth work or social work through participatory processes with marginalized young people.     

温莎城堡

How specialist repair work restored Windsor Castle to its former glory.Many people in Britain and across the world can remember the night a few years ago when Windsor Castle caught fire.     

Orienting Schools Toward Equity: Subgroup Accountability Pressure and School-Level Responses

Abstract

This article examines school-level responses to subgroup accountability pressure through an ethnographic case study of a school cited for failing to make adequate yearly progress for student subgroups. Concerns about the calculations and measures used to derive the citation and reservations about acting on accountability data delegitimized the citation and rendered the identified subgroups irrelevant to daily practice. Under district guidance, compliance with subgroup accountability was independent of the school's internal efforts to promote equity.     

Does Fidelity of Implementation Account for Changes in Teacher–Child Interactions in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Banking Time?

This study examined fidelity of implementation in a randomized trial of Banking Time, a classroom-based intervention intended to improve children's behavior, specifically for those at risk for developing externalizing behavior problems, through improving the quality of teacher–child interactions. The study sample comes from a randomized controlled trial that took place over three years and included 183 teachers and 470 preschool children recruited across three sites. Results exploring fidelity of implementation indicated that Banking Time practices were present across treatment and nontreatment groups. In addition, the presence of more Positive Banking Time Practices accounted for improvements in teacher–child interactions while Restricted Banking Time Practices showed inconsistent patterns, relating both to positive and negative teacher–child interactions. Further, random assignment to Banking Time resulted in the presence of more Positive Banking Time Practices and fewer Restricted Banking Time Practices, which accounted for the improved teacher–child interactions. Thus, findings point to the critical need to better account for intervention fidelity across conditions in randomized trials, allowing for better understanding of the mechanism through which interventions lead to intended outcomes.     

The problem-solving process as part of professionals’ boundary work in preschool to school transition

ABSTRACT

A successful transition from preschool to school demands continuity in education between the institutions: continuity in pedagogy, values and institutional structures. One way to achieve continuity is to learn how to do boundary work in the borderline of two activity systems. This article examines what kinds of discourses frame the problem-solving process in the context of inter-professional collaboration. The data consists of video-recorded, inter-professional discussions in the 2012–2013 (a total of 22.5?h). The project, called Flexible Preschool and School, aims to develop a new model for a smooth transition to school. In the project, professionals from preschool and school create joint activities and co-teaching, which is assumed to bridge the gap between pedagogies and assure the continuity of learning. The professionals’ cultural thoughts in different kinds of problem-solving situations become visible in the discourses produced in the talk. These discourses describe their capacity for solving shared problems. Creating new innovations demands an understanding that complex problems require diverse knowledge. Considering the shared knowledge as valuable enough to put into practice is the way to create new forms of problem-solving. This is implemented by taking on the responsibility to be an active actor.     

网络时代高校学生思想政治工作的思考

随着网络时代的到来，网络给高校学生思想政治工作带来了积极影响，同时也产生了消极影响，本文提出了网络时代加强高校学生思想政治工作的对策和措施。     

深化产教融合:理论依据、实践基础与实现机制

产教融合已经成为国家战略和社会共识,也是教育发展的重要规律。产教融合是教育系统和产业系统互联互通、紧密协作的融合发展过程,是社会各领域要素相互渗透、交叉、协同基础上的异质性、互补性融合。依据教育的内外部关系规律和大学—产业—政府三螺旋创新模型,在社会大融合环境、产业融合、科教融合等广泛社会实践基础影响下,深化产教融合需要通过实施组织治理、协同创新、合作联盟等机制,才能有效推进产教融合纵深发展,服务于创新人才培养和经济社会发展。     

高校辅导员的压力管理——专职辅导员基本状况调查的结果分析

文章以本校专职辅导员基本状况调查结果为基础,从管理学、心理学的视角,从组织因素、环境因素、个人因素三方面分析辅导员工作压力产生的原因,并相对应地提出辅导员压力管理的具体措施.     

社会工作对社会体育专业学生的能力和素质要求

社会工作是一项助人自助的专业活动，它帮助个人、群体、社区提高或恢复其社会功能，并创造有利于它们的社会环境。专业性的体育服务是社会工作中的重要内容，社区居民对体育咨询和指导的旺盛需求催生了社会体育指导员这一特殊职业。社会体育专业的学生要成为一名合格的社会工作者，必须具备自如的知识驾驭能力、良好的沟通能力、流畅的表达能力和果敢的决策能力以及服务意识、协作意识和创新意识。     

对残疾人从学校到工作过渡的探讨

残疾人从学校毕业后不能顺利地就业,是长期以来各级部门和家长极为关注的问题。本文从介绍和分析西方“从学校到工作的过渡”的理论入手,试着探讨我国残疾人从学校到工作的过渡问题,并提出了建立残疾人职业培训中心、残疾人职业指导与咨询中心以及残疾人“医疗——教育——职业”康复中心等建议,以此来提高残疾人的职业素质,实现他们从学校到工作的顺利过渡。