Early Mathematical Growth: How to Support Young Children’s Mathematical Development

The purpose of this critical analysis was to investigate the young children’s sense of numerical magnitudes and the important attributes of classrooms where children in kindergarten and first grade are exposed to mathematics. This study aimed to offer guidelines that will assist teachers as they teach mathematics to children between the ages of five and seven.     

科学认识"两个必然"和"两个决不会"的关系--谈在共产党员先进性教育中怎样进行坚定社会主义信念的教育

资本主义向社会主义发展过渡有"半途夭折"和"寿终正寝"两种形式,现实的社会主义国家都是通过资本主义的"半途夭折"走上社会主义道路的.生产关系赖以存在的生产力的起点和饱和点形成了生产关系的区间,社会主义和资本主义的生产关系区间是前后交错在一起的.在这个交错区内社会现象极其复杂,只有站在历史发展的制高点,用联系的观点和实事求是、与时俱进的态度,对资本主义和社会主义两个方面的发展事实进行理性思考,才能科学认识"两个必然"和"两个决不会"的关系,坚定社会主义的信念.     

青少年生命教育探析

当今社会，青少年漠视生命、性格扭曲的现象日益增多，反映出当前青少年生命意识的淡薄和生命教育的缺乏。对青少年进行生命教育的必要性、现实意义以及实施途径，主要包括：转变教育观念，引导学生树立生命意识；增强青少年在自然和社会中的实践体验，培养学生的生命情感；把学校、家庭和社会有机结合起来。     

Young people’s and parent’s perceptions of managed moves

The current research aimed to increase understanding of the experiences of young people and their parents of managed moves, what contributed to success and the nature of the challenges experienced. The study was conducted in one English Local Authority, where five young people and their parents were interviewed. Five superordinate themes emerged from the interviews, relating to: the initial process (people, trail period, managed moves as a positive solution); the reasons for the move (bullying/social isolation, breakdown in relationships with staff); conceptions of success (happiness, improved self-perceptions, learning and progress), factors contributing to success (fresh start/clean slate; home–school communication; pastoral support, school suitability) and problems arising (moving a problem, narratives around young people, timing and family stress). The findings are discussed in relation to implications for practice.     

A Qualitative Analysis of the Portrayal of Young People and Psychosis in Australian News Reports

ABSTRACT

News media plays an influential role in shaping society’s understanding of mental illness and can promote perspectives ranging from those that promote help-seeking behaviour to stigmatised associations with attributes such as danger and violence. Stigma has been found to have significant negative impacts on people with psychosis. No existing studies have explored how young people with psychosis are represented in newspapers. Targeting this gap, this study analysed news articles relating to youth psychosis to determine the types of discourses used. We searched the ProQuest Australia and New Zealand Newsstream database (2011-2016) for Australian newspaper articles related to young people and psychosis. Qualitative analysis was used to identify content and these were arranged into key themes. The recurring themes evident in the 27 articles linked youth psychosis to illicit drug use, violence and professional infighting about treatment options, and thus promoted significantly stigmatised perspectives of youth psychosis. Acknowledgement of these stigmatised discourses is important for encouraging responsible media reporting and for understanding the social messages impacting on treatment and help-seeking by young people. We discuss the conflicted role of journalists in presenting information about mental illness and recommend development of a more solutions-focused approach to reporting in this area.     

高校青年教师队伍建设的探索

在高等教育大众化形势下,如何加强高校青年教师队伍建设,提高高校的教学质量和核心竞争力,是当前高校急需解决的问题。高校青年教师具有强烈的事业心、良好的知识背景、一定的创新意识和良好的心理素质,这是高校教师所具备的优势。但是,高校青年教师大都刚刚走上工作岗位,师德意识不强、教学能力不足、相关专业知识储备不足、实践技能较差、科研能力不足。因此,高校只有将青年教师队伍建设作为一项重要的工作来抓,加大对青年教师队伍建设投入的力度,不断改进培养措施,创新培养模式,加强人事制度改革,建立有利于人才培养的机制、体制,才能促进高校青年教师快速成长,极大地推动高校师资队伍的建设。     

略论高职院校学报编辑的必备素质与能力

高职院校学报的办刊质量与学报编辑的素质和能力有着密切的关系。从政治思想素质和业务素质两方面,论述了高职学报编辑必备的政治思想、法律法规、道德品质素质及文字能力、学习能力、科研能力和公关协调能力。     

‘I'm ready for a new chapter’: The voices of young people with autism spectrum disorder in transition to post-16 education and employment

This study explores the views and experiences of 12 young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in transition to post-16 education and employment, in light of the changes introduced by the new special educational needs and disability (SEND) legislation in England. The extension of provision until the age of 25, and the introduction of person-centred education, health and care (EHC) plans, have given a significant place to the views of young people with SEND and their families. The views, wishes and aspirations of young people must be captured in the newly developed plans, reflecting the statutory requirement for local authorities to systematically record these in a biopsychosocial way, focusing on participation and well-being. Twelve semi-structured interviews were conducted with young people with ASD attending specialist settings or receiving specialist support under the new EHC plans. These were analysed inductively, through thematic analysis. The findings suggest that at the time of transition, young people with ASD want to become increasingly more independent, present ambivalent feelings about their future and acknowledge the relevance of support systems in their lives. Implications for practice and future research are discussed, in light of the new English policy context.     

Developing ‘active citizens’: Arts Award,creativity and impact

Creativity has become the new watchword in UK academic and policy circles. Within this context, policy discussions about the arts and their impact emphasise economic benefits over educational value, drawing clear distinctions between quantifiable or ‘hard’ measures of impact and those described as ‘soft’, less tangible and lacking a strong evidence base. Departing from the binary logics often underpinning notions of arts impacts, this article is novel in exploring the entwined relationship between impacts seen as ‘hard’ and ‘soft’. We draw on research examining the links between arts education and young people's future trajectories and use the concept of ‘active citizenship’ to show how informal, softer skills fostered through creative learning are an important part of citizenship-making for some young people. Participants’ accounts show how improvements in soft skills can give young people opportunities for agency, which shape progression pathways leading to measurable change. This finding is directly relevant in the context of evaluations of arts impacts in the UK and abroad, and should encourage further examination of the impact of creative learning on transfer of skills as well as policy developments in this area.     

Formal and parental sex education differences among Hispanic young women by nativity status

This study sought to investigate the association between nativity status and Hispanic young women’s formal sex education and parental sex education in the USA. We used data from a cross-sectional sample of 310 Hispanic young women aged 18–24 years old from the 2013–2015 US National Survey of Family Growth. We assessed 11 outcomes: four formal sex education topics; receiving any formal sex education; a formal sex education scale; four parental sex education topics; and receiving any parental sex education. The majority of our sample was US-born Hispanic versus foreign born (72.6% and 27.4% respectively). Foreign-born Hispanics were less likely to have received any type of formal sex education than US-born Hispanics (adjusted odds ratio = 0.81; 95% confidence interval: 0.24, 0.68, p < 0.01). Foreign-born Hispanics were less likely to have received parental HIV sex education than U.S.-born Hispanics (aOR = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.97, p < 0.05). Nativity status did not have a significant effect on each unit increase on the scale (aB = –0.07, SE = 0.16; aβ = –0.42, p > 0.05). Our results indicate that having appropriate sex education knowledge is better than not being cognisant. Future studies should however examine the quality and content of sex education programmes so policymakers can better understand these young women’s sexual behaviours and decisions.