A Case of Generativity in a Culturally and Linguistically Complex English Language Arts Classroom

This article examines an ESL English language arts teacher’s conceptions of linguistic diversity, literacy learning and her role as teacher in a culturally and linguistically complex classroom. It further examines her processes of learning about, and developing curricular and pedagogical innovations to meet, her students’ learning needs. The successes and paradoxes of, as well as constraints to, those efforts are explored. The paper uses Ball’s theory of generativity and recent research on effective English language arts instruction in culturally and linguistically complex classrooms to facilitate analysis. It offers some implications for teachers’ development of generativity for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students.     

The Perceptions of Administrators Concerning the One Florida Initiative

The purpose of this study was to discover the perceptions of Florida law school administrators on the impact of the OFI （one Florida initiative） and the addition of two MSI （minority serving institution） law schools on diversity in Florida＇s legal profession. This research explored the impact of Governor Bush＇s EO （executive order） on diversity within the SUS （state university system） of Florida law schools. Further, this study examined the impact of the creation of two MSI law schools after implementation of the OFI, as perceived by the administrators. The concept of CRT （critical race theory） provides modern legal debates outlining the usefulness of historical civil rights policies in opinionated climates. This study will examine the role of CRT in relation to affirmative action and desegregation case law. CRT forms the framework for examining the impact of the creation of two MSI law schools in the state of Florida. In conclusion, this study found that minority representation in law schools has improved in Florida as a result of the OFI as well as the addition of two MSI law schools. Black representation, however, continues to lag behind other races, particularly the Hispanic population. This study concluded that the OFI has helped improve minority representation in the legal profession.     

“一喉两歌”读《长恨》

《长恨歌》在创作心态、表达方式、情感指向、审美情趣乃至诗学结构等方面,具有＂一喉两歌＂的艺术特色及其带来的内蕴丰腴的艺术效果,不仅丰富了读者的审美感受,而且深刻影响了读者对《长恨歌》主旨的多样性解读。     

南京将军山地区蜻蜓目昆虫区系分析及多样性研究

作者于2005—2010年对南京将军山地区蜻蜓资源进行了初步的调查,并且采集了一定数量的标本,通过对采集标本的鉴定和分类,初步确定将军山地区蜻蜓目昆虫共计24种,隶属于6科17属．其区系组成的特点是：东洋成分占优势,有15种,约占总数的62．5％;在中国地理分布中明显偏向华中区,在采到的24种标本中华中区占有20种,约占总数的83．33％．蜻蜓的多样性指数为2．9298,均匀度指数为0．9219,优势度指数为0．4486,优势集中性指数为0．0774．     

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.     

Negotiating queer and religious identities in higher education: queering ‘progression’ in the ‘university experience’

This article addresses the negotiation of ‘queer religious’ student identities in UK higher education. The ‘university experience’ has generally been characterised as a period of intense transformation and self-exploration, with complex and overlapping personal and social influences significantly shaping educational spaces, subjects and subjectivities. Engaging with ideas about progressive tolerance and becoming, often contrasted against ‘backwards’ religious homophobia as a sentiment/space/subject ‘outside’ education, this article follows the experiences and expectations of queer Christian students. In asking whether notions of ‘queering higher education’ (Rumens 2014 Rumens, N. 2014. “Queer Business: Towards Queering the Purpose of the Business School.” In The Entrepreneurial University: Public Engagements, Intersecting Impacts, edited by Y. Taylor, 82–104. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) ‘fit’ with queer-identifying religious youth, the article explores how educational experiences are narrated and made sense of as ‘progressive’. Educational transitions allow (some) sexual-religious subjects to negotiate identities more freely, albeit with ongoing constraints. Yet perceptions of what, where and who is deemed ‘progressive’ and ‘backwards’ with regard to sexuality and religion need to be met with caution, where the ‘university experience’ can shape and shake sexual-religious identity.     

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现代体育课堂教学就是要体现创新，创新是人类社会发展的动力，根据创新教育理论及学校体育教学的特点，本分析了体育教师在课堂教学中应怎样培养学生创新能力?体育教学创新有何特征?应处理好哪些关系?     

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伴随全球化进程，英语已成了当今世界的主导性语言，并在全球范围传播和普及。英语的全球化给世界语言多样性的生态样式带来了极大的破坏。因此，及时采取措施对策，反对英语的霸权，保护世界语言多样性的生存样式已是刻不容缓。     

小寨子沟自然保护区步甲科多样性研究

笔者于2002年7—9月在小寨子沟自然保护区共采到步甲标本720号，已初步鉴定出27属。以锥须步甲属Bembidion个体数量最多，199头，占总数的27．64％，婪步甲属Harpalus次之，124头。占17．22％。这些步甲采于六种环境下：地被物、腐木、灯下、草堆下、水边，腐烂物等，以地被物中步甲的多样性指数最高。