Decision-making in child protective services: Influences at multiple levels of the social ecology

Decision-making in the child protection system is influenced by multiple factors; agency and geographic contexts, caseworker attributes, and families’ unique circumstances all likely play a role. In this study, we use the second cohort of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being to explore how these factors are associated with two key case decisions—substantiation and removal to out-of-home care. Analyses are conducted using weighted hierarchical linear models. We find that substantiation is strongly influenced by agency factors, particularly constraints on service accessibility. Substantiation is less likely when agencies can provide services to unsubstantiated cases and when collaboration with other social institutions is high. This supports the concept that substantiation may be a gateway to services in some communities. Agency factors contributed less to the probability of removal among substantiated cases, though time resources and constraints on decision-making had some influence. For both substantiation and removal risks, county, caseworker, and child characteristics were less influential than agency characteristics and family risk factors.     

A preliminary mapping of individual,relational, and social factors that impede disclosure of childhood sexual abuse

Uncovering the pathways to disclosures of child sexual abuse (CSA) and the factors influencing the willingness of victims to talk about the abuse is paramount to the development of powerful practice and policy initiatives. Framed as a long interview method utilizing a grounded theory approach to analyze data, the objective of the current study was to provide a preliminary mapping of the barriers to CSA disclosures through an ecological systemic lens, from a sample of 67 male and female CSA adult survivors, all of whom had recently received counselling services. The current project led to the identification of three broad categories of barriers that were each comprised of several subthemes, namely: Barriers from Within (internalized victim-blaming, mechanisms to protect oneself, and immature development at time of abuse); Barriers in Relation to Others (violence and dysfunction in the family, power dynamics, awareness of the impact of telling, and fragile social network); and Barriers in Relation to the Social World (labelling, taboo of sexuality, lack of services available, and culture or time period). This study points to the importance of using a broad ecological framework to understand the factors that inhibit disclosure of CSA, as barriers to disclosure do not constrain solely the victims. Results are discussed in light of their implications for research, prevention and intervention programs, and social policies and media campaigns, as the burden is on the larger community to create a climate of safety and transparency that makes the telling of CSA possible.     

唐张文俱墓志校补

《唐代张文俱墓发掘报告》中公布的墓主《张文俱墓志》,其文字隶定有不少阙误,文章对照拓本进行重新释读,校正了原释文的阙误,并疏通文字,以利于学界进一步研究利用。     

基于主成分分析的生态绿道对体育旅游影响因素研究--以峨眉河生态绿道为例

通过对生态绿道体育旅游的影响因素进行主成分分析得出几个主成分因子,然后利用主成分因子建立回归模型分析影响峨眉河生态绿道体育旅游的主要因素。通过实证分析为后期政府对峨眉绿道的规划提供理论依据,也可以作为体育产业公司投资峨眉生态绿道体育旅游提供实证参考资料。     

3D技术教育应用创新透视

3D技术是虚拟现实、实时仿真和交互三维设计结合产生的关键技术,包括3D显示技术、3D虚拟现实技术和3D打印技术。目前3D技术已成为桌面技术(3D显示技术和3D虚拟现实技术为桌面显示技术,3D打印技术为桌面制造技术),正逐渐在知识创新、深度学习、虚拟实验、技能训练等方面彰显优势,为教育应用创新提供新环境、新平台、新资源、新工具和新范式。然而由于产品价格较为昂贵,后续的保养、管理及维修等费用也较高,3D技术教育应用在顶层设计、技术支持、教育资源、测评标准、应用领域、人才培养等方面仍面临较多困难。3D技术教育应用是一个教育生态系统,是依托3D技术、资源、工具、平台、产品、人才和课程,构建教学资源、教学媒体和教学产品的设计、开发、运用、管理和评价的教育系统,需要进行理论、技术与应用的协同推进,从生态发展、产业推进、深度融合视角开展研究。在落实《教育信息化十年发展规划(2011-2020年)》之际,应将"3D技术教育应用创新"作为技术与教育"深度融合"的重要途径,构建3D教育应用生态系统环境,促进教学方式与学习方式变革,以此应对第三次工业革命带来的机遇和挑战。     

The ecology of language teacher assessment literacy: Insights from emotional critical incidents

Despite the substantial growth of research on language assessment literacy (LAL), the emotional side of LAL has been under-researched. In response to this gap of knowledge, the present study explored Iranian English language teachers’ LAL through the lens of emotional critical incidents (CIs). Drawing on an ecological lens as embedded in a case-study design, data were collected from narrative frames, classroom observations and post-class discussions, and semi-structured interviews. Data analyses revealed three personal, institutional, and sociocultural ecologies that shaped the teachers’ LAL-related emotional CIs and the associated sense-making, practice, and perceptions about assessment. In particular, we found that the emotional side of LAL is defined by agency, emotion labor, the need for voice, and broader discourses of assessment in Iran. Based on the findings, we provide implications for running professional development courses that build on teachers’ LAL and account for emotions as a key component of such courses.     

鄱阳湖生态经济区生态体系可持续发展评价研究

本文以鄱阳湖生态经济区中的6个城市作为研究对象,选取综合指标层、评价指标层、考核指标层三个层次构件鄱阳湖生态经济区可持续发展指标体系,并查阅相关的统计资料获取相应的指标值,用统计软件SPSS进行数据处理与分析,借助粗糙集中的知识分类思想和指标约简原理提取关键指标,并对其进行重要度的计算来确定权重,从而对鄱阳湖生态经济区可持续发展进行实证评价。     

基于熵值法的中心城市宜居水平研究

近年来,国家高度重视生态文明建设,各中心城市也纷纷提出宜居、生态的发展理念。本文选取2013年地区生产总值排名前30位的中心城市为对象,基于城市经济、城建、民生、环境等方面若干相对性表征指标对城市宜居水平进行了分析,以期探讨中心城市生态文明建设的共性问题及不同城市间的个性差异,并为科学评价城市生态文明建设进行有益实践。     

元明清云南高原水资源利用与生态环境变迁

元明清三代是古代云南高原水利开发的重要时期,在官府的重视和领导下,云南高原的水利技术不断进步,水利工程遍布云南高原的平坝和山区,其中尤以滇池水利工程最为宏大.这时期的水资源利用是以土地为核心的农业开发服务的.一方面通过减少水域面积获得湖周平原土地;另一方面通过增强水利灌溉功效,提高农田的生产量.元明清三代云南高原水资源的开发利用对生态环境的直接影响较小,但它作为农业开发的助推器,却较为严重地破坏了云南高原原有的生态环境系统,人们不得不通过加强水利建设减少农业过度开发所带来的水土流失、河道淤塞等生态灾难.     

浅议消费主义

消费主义是一种极度应享性消费观念,由其主导的消费方式对人类的可持续发展及伦理价值等造成了巨大的威胁。超越现代消费主义观念建立一种适度消费模式。