Key Concepts From Health Promotion Evaluations: What Psychology Needs to Know

Competing perspectives and debates about the meaning of health promotion and the best ways to evaluate the effectiveness of initiatives that focus on enhancing wellness pervade the literature. Given the emergence of health promotion, the impetus for outcomes-based practice in psychology, and the push for evidence-based care in the health system (Thorogood & Coombes, 2000), demonstrations of value and effectiveness are fundamental to the sustainability of mental health promotion activities. Psychology (and counseling as a sub-set field) needs to place itself as a profession vital to the sustainability of wellness initiatives. This paper proposes that psychologists’ awareness and understanding of six key concepts from health promotion evaluation are essential for advancing psychology as a profession and enhancing applied practice for wellness initiatives. The key concepts include: formative, process and outcome evaluations, the qualitative/quantitative debate, the ecological nature, the participatory approach, the focus on community and the underlying philosophies of empowerment and utilization. The use of key concepts from health promotion evaluation strategies support psychologists to a) deal with issues of major public health importance and b) collaborate with other disciplines for the benefit of the public (Sartorius, 1999). Finally, this paper makes recommendations to secure psychology’s place as a vital contributor to future research directions in health promotion, in part because of adherence to the scientist-practitioner model.Whilst Psychology is the generic term used here to represent the broad field, counseling as a sub-set in the discipline is particularly relevant for the ideas and issues discussed. Rather than adding the sub-set qualifier each time the broad field is referred to, the reader in this context is encouraged to hold this perspective of the place of counseling in regard to psychology as they work through the materials presented.     

提升基础化学实验示范中心建设水平

华南理工大学基础化学实验教学中心抓住“211工程”项目建设的机遇,增大先进教学实验仪器设备的投入,改善实验室环境,改革实验教学内容,建设一支稳定、高素质的实验室技术人员队伍,提升了实验室建设水平,并对加强实验中心建设提出进一步的设想。     

略论我国民族地区地方课程的推广、执行与建设问题

我国民族地区地方政府通过制定政策、加强管理、培训教师等方面的工作有效地推广民族地区的地方课程;地方课程的执行,转变观念是前提,提供必要的人、财、物的支持是保障,加强与社会的联系是手段,建立学校课程领导与管理制度是根本;地方课程的建设,需要政府决策机构的正确领导、地方教育行政部门的培训与宣传、学校教育实践的支持等.     

五年制师范生阅读能力提升的策略分析

在如今五年制的大专师范学习中,掌握阅读能力是不容轻视的,大专师范生若是想要在毕业后更好的从事教育工作,就一定要实现学习和工作的无缝连接。鉴于此,本文将从如何培养大专师范生阅读能力入手,希望对大专师范生的教学能力提高有所帮助。     

浅议高职院校品牌宣传氛围的培育

高职院校的品牌包括学生品牌、专业或学科品牌和学校品牌三个层次。宣传氛围越浓,影响越大,品牌效应也相对越好。因此,加强高职院校品牌宣传氛围培育,对强化学校的良好形象,提升学校的知名度和美誉度起着重要作用。品牌宣传氛围培育的途径,主要包括着力培育品牌外部宣传氛围和内部宣传氛围两个方面。     

语言传播规律的数量化研究及其对汉语国际推广的意义

通过建立语言传播需求模型,文章尝试描述影响语言需求的基本因素,以及语言背后的经济、科技、文化实力对语言选择的影响,由此角度对语言的传播扩散进行了数量化分析,并对包括汉语在内的几种主要语言的需求趋势进行了初步估算。     

从师范院校普通话测试看地方高校普通话培训与推广——以浙江师范大学和浙江省为例

师范院校担负着培养合格教师的任务．是国家推广普通话的首要阵地。高校普通话培训和测试是“推普”活动中重要的一环。根据师范院校近年来普通话测试情况分析。地方高校普通话的培训工作还需要在以下四个方面继续加强：矫正发音习惯,攻克方音难点;提升学生识字水平,增强规范读音意识;强化语流音变训练,培养普通话语感;加强思维训练,明确努力方向。为了促进普通话测试和培训工作,地方高校应该积极推广宣传普通话。     

民族传统体育在高校体育中的地位

采用文献资料法,归纳总结法详细阐述了民族传统体育的社会特性和社会功能,揭示它在高校体育发展中的地位,为拓展民族传统体育和推进学生素质教育的提高.     

Reuse of clips in cartoon animation based on language instructions

INTRODUCTION tic in-betweening techniques have been proposed during the past 30 years (for a comprehensive review of automatic in-betweening methods, please refer to (Yu and Patterson, 1997; Gotsman and Surazhsky, 2001)), their use in computer aided systems is some- how limited to dealing with local movements only (Yu and Patterson, 1997), because exaggerated drawings used in cartoon animations follow animation princi- ples and do not respect the geometry (Patterson and Willis, 1994) tha…     

Potential for knowledge in action? An analysis of Korean green energy related K3–12 curriculum and texts

While understanding green energy development and what drives it are important, there is increasing consensus that sustainability transitions concerning usage need to be viewed in terms of the place specific contexts, including education, that critically mold them. In order to support sustainability transitions, information and knowledge building are not enough; knowledge must be turned into action. This research examines the potential efficacy of Korea’s efforts in this regard via an analysis of K3–K12 geography education curriculum and texts vis-à-vis green energy content. There is scant disconnect between the curriculum and the texts analyzed, and, aside from the small shortcomings unearthed, analyses suggest that Korea is cogent of the ability of geography education and education for sustainable development to turn knowledge into action, thereby empowering civil society to drive its green energy transitions going forward.