TEACHING ABOUT LOVE

ABSTRACT:  After a brief discussion of the concept of love and contemporary attitudes towards it, the article examines previously unpublished findings about children's ways of thinking about love, using evidence drawn from a research project on the developing sexual values of 9 and 10 year-old children. Love features extensively in their discussions and appears central to their worldview. They are aware of some of the complexities of love, and would value opportunities to discuss it further. The article concludes with a discussion of current inadequacies and future possibilities in schools' provision.     

Results of an assessment to identify potential barriers to sustainable agriculture on American Indian reservations in the Western United States

Purpose: This paper reports the results of survey research conducted with tribal producers between 2011 and 2012 on 19 of the largest American Indian reservations in Idaho, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington. The purpose of the research was to identify potential barriers to sustainable agriculture on reservation lands. This article reports the results of this research in an effort to promote Extension professionals' understanding of these barriers, which may help to improve outreach programs on American Indian reservations. Understanding the obstacles to sustaining agriculture that American Indian tribes face may inform international agricultural outreach efforts to increase food security targeting indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide.

Design/Methodology/Approach: American Indian agricultural producers comprised the study group. Study objectives included: (1) identify agricultural and natural resource issues of greatest concern to a self-selected sample of tribal agricultural producers on reservation lands; (2) evaluate access to Extension and other US Department of Agriculture outreach and assistance programs; and (3) evaluate the quality of these programs in terms of their relativity to tribal needs.

Findings: Study results indicate that tribal agricultural producers surveyed ranked 29 of 39 agricultural and natural resource issues as a concern. Similarly, they rated access to and quality of outreach programs as fair. Further, tribal producers operating on reservation trust land rated issues more severely than did tribal producers operating on fee simple lands.

Practical Implications: Results of this research will help Extension and other outreach professionals to understand the barriers indigenous and tribal peoples face in sustaining agricultural operations, particularly tribal groups living on federally reserved trust lands, such as American Indians. An increased understanding can inform agricultural policy-makers and outreach professionals in improving programs designed to increase agricultural sustainability, improve food security, enhance economic well-being and improve quality of life of indigenous and tribal peoples worldwide.

Originality/Value: This research provides important information to agricultural policy-makers and Extension professionals striving to sustain agricultural productivity and enhance food security with indigenous and tribal peoples.     

广义线性系统极点配置的方法

研究了广义线性系统的极点配置问题，利用矩阵的奇异值分解和矩阵的广义逆得到了广义线性系统的奇异值标准形，使得广义线性系统的极点配置问题转变为正常系统的极点配置问题，从而给出广义线性统极点配置的一种新方法。     

文化碰撞的悲剧--解读马尔克斯的小说《爱与其他魔鬼》

《爱与其他魔鬼》是哥伦比亚著名作家加西亚·马尔克斯的中篇小说。小说的女主人公希尔瓦象征着拉美土地上由欧洲一基督教文化、印第安文化和非洲文化融合而成的拉美新文化。从当时拉美社会几种有代表性的人物对这种新文化的不同心态 ,可以看出拉美新文化与其他几种文化发生的碰撞以及由此造成的文化悲剧。     

暗藏的线索——从地缘政治学角度试析富兰克林·D·罗斯福时期美国外交政策

“地缘政治学”起源于19世纪后期的西欧;19世纪末传入美国,至20世纪40年代起在美国的外交决策中逐步产生影响。在研究富兰克林·D·罗斯福时期美国外交政策的过程中,马汉、麦金德、斯皮克曼等著名地缘政治学家的相关学术理论,恰似一条“暗藏的线索”,帮助我们以新颖的视角,对固有的史实进行审慎的分析;从而认识到:20世纪三四十年代的罗斯福外交是将“威尔逊国际主义”与“地缘政治因素”揉和起来的结果。而“地缘政治学”在美国的传播与发展为其冲破传统上的善意孤立,打开了新的视野并起到了十分重要的“助推”作用。     

论人的劳动和劳动价值论

人的劳动具有重大作用及发展,劳动价值论包含着丰富的内容。马克思把商品的概念由物质产品扩大为劳动力、运输业和服务,并提出运输业和劳务部门的劳动也创造价值的理论,这是马克思劳动价值论的深化和发展。人的劳动和劳动价值论之间存在密切关系。     

《日用家当》——美国黑人文学双重文化的反映

美国黑人文学既继承了非洲的文化传统又成长于美国文明的土壤中,有着双重文化的特点,本文通过对美国黑人文学《日用家当》的分析,透视了黑人文学中双重文化的特点.     

反思青年知识女性价值观回归传统

以时下社会上流行的“干得好不如嫁得好”的观念为切入点,对青年知识女性价值观向传统回归的外部社会因素和内部心理因素进行了分析,并提出要解决知识女性价值观回归传统问题,政府、社会必须优化女性发展的社会环境,知识女性自身必须强化主体意识、性别观念,培养独立的人格精神。     

现代西方哲学思潮对我国社会的影响

由于我国实行对外开放、加之中西方文化心理背景上的某些类似,以及哲学自身的原因,使得现代西方哲学思潮对我国社会产生了广泛地影响。现代西方哲学的在重视物质财富追求的同时,重视人内心世界的充实,从对人造物的追求转向对纯自然的追求,从重视量到重视质,从崇尚固定性转向崇尚灵活性、流动性的价值观,对我国以家族伦理中心主义为核心的价值观形成了巨大的冲击;现代西方哲学所包含的理性、竞争和自主精神,特别是其整体性、综合性、系统性、非线性和创造性的思维方式,对我国社会的影响更是深远而持久。从价值观和思维方式两个方面分析现代西方哲学思潮对我国社会影响,具有重大的理论和实践意义。     

论经济发展中的文化因素

经济作为人的基本社会活动，必然受到人的化因素的制约。以往的经济学研究未能对经济发展中的化因素进行深入探讨，这是一大缺憾，人作为经济活动的主体在经济活动中形成其化、而化又制约其经济活动。化的基本内容就是经济意识。化变革对经济变革具有前导作用。经济变革则实现化变革。