Editorial statement

Grounded in the interdisciplinary educational work of Cultural Studies, this paper examines the pedagogical potentials of narrative and performance for the teaching of writing as a mode of public discourse. Guided to address a wide readership, students engage in critical communication aimed at linking self inquiry and narrative discourse to the contextual analysis of the social. Drawing on research findings derived from the undergraduate teaching of cultural criticism as a genre of public writing at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, we look at how educational drama mediates the work of narrative and performative acts involving the young learner-writers and contributes to the shaping of a dialogic mode of address and communication, thus articulating the process and impact of writing to the public-oriented discourse in Cultural Studies education. In light of such acts in critical discourse and imagination targeted at the potential reader, we show how the young writers' own engagement with critical thinking and communication are opened up by drama-in-education adopted in the class, and argue how, in this sense, both writing and its learning process become effective stages in the making of the kind of cultural criticism we want to help students to learn.     

社会排斥与农村体育贫困

农村体育是发展群众体育的重要组成部分,体育贫困问题是阻碍农村体育发展的瓶颈,而社会排斥是造成农村体育贫困的根源.通过对农村体育贫困现状的审视,基于社会排斥理论,从经济、制度、文化教育、组织等4个维度来探讨造成农村体育贫困的原因,并提出反对社会排斥与解决农村体育贫困的对策,以期丰富城乡体育统筹发展的理论研究,为体育体制改革提供参考.     

"以心为乐":李渔的养生美学观

李渔把“以心为乐”作为他养生的美学观,这既是李渔人生观的一种表现,又是他修心养性的方法。“以心为乐”的养生美学观中,包含着中国文化中许多传统的哲学思想,李渔既延承着前人的思想,又融会贯通,将自己的生活经验掺和其中,因此形成了他独特的养生方法。     

Open plan

This study reports on an investigation into the impact of strategy-based English language instruction (SBELI) on the language proficiency of gifted learners. The participants were students who were identified as gifted and thus received additional out-of-school training for a few days a week in Adana Science and Arts Centre. Their ages ranged from 10 to 13. One experimental group (n = 17) and one control group (n = 17) were designed to explore the possible English performance differences between the learners who were exposed to SBELI, which included 11 language-learning strategies for eight weeks, and those who were not. Data were collected through proficiency exams, written accounts of participants in the experimental group, think-aloud protocols and an open-ended questionnaire. The findings obtained revealed that SBELI produced a positive impact on the language proficiency of the gifted students and enabled them to enhance their already established attitude to make their language learning quick, easy, effective and enjoyable.     

Physician‐patient communication: Mutual role expectations

This study examined physician‐patient communication as it relates to expectations that patients and physicians hold for themselves and each other. Dimensions of mutual role expectation were determined to be physician as humanistic practitioner, physician authority, patient in the sick role, and patient as consumer. The study tested five hypotheses. Results showed patients had significantly higher expectations for patients in the sick role than had physicians. Other role expectations varied significantly by age within physician and patient groups. The implications of these differences for physician‐patient communication are discussed.     

Judgment‐Based Scoring by Teachers as Professional Development: Distinguishing Promises from Proof

The engagement of teachers as raters to score constructed response items on assessments of student learning is widely claimed to be a valuable vehicle for professional development. This paper examines the evidence behind those claims from several sources, including research and reports over the past two decades, information from a dozen state educational agencies regarding past and ongoing involvement of teachers in scoring‐related activities as of 2001, and interviews with educators who served a decade or more ago for one state's innovative performance assessment program. That evidence reveals that the impact of scoring experience on teachers is more provisional and nuanced than has been suggested. The author identifies possible issues and implications associated with attempts to distill meaningful skills and knowledge from hand‐scoring training and practice, along with other forms of teacher involvement in assessment development and implementation. The paper concludes with a series of research questions that—based on current and proposed practice for the coming decade—seem to the author to require the most immediate attention.     

论图书馆工作应以读者为本

读者的要求是图书馆发展的动力,随着现代文明的不断发展,“以读者为本”的办馆思想,将逐步融于图书馆的各项工作之中,成为引领21世纪图书馆发展的新理念。     

浅析档案管理以件为单位的利弊

传统的文书立卷方式存在两大缺陷,即人为因素过强,工作效率低.对立卷方式进行变革,废弃目前通行的立"卷"而采用以"件"为保管单位,具有省时高效、便于文件的保护、利用、增补、鉴定和销毁的功能.     

以人为本 人格本位——高校思想政治教育的向度

中共中央、国务院发出的《关于进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的意见》着重强调,高校思想政治教育工作要坚持以人为本的科学发展观。近年来,以人为本已成为人们挂在嘴边的口号,但人们并未走出以人为本思想认识的峡谷。文章从另一视觉对人格本位与以人为本之间的关系进行了深层次剖析,以期改进高校思想政治教育工作的方法和增强其实效性。     

"以学生为中心"理念在大学英语课堂中的应用

以学生为中心的教育，实质上就是要求教育者从学生的角度出发思考问题，充分考虑学生的兴趣、爱好、需要等，在教学过程中以学生的活动为主，教师只起一个帮助者的作用。人天生的潜能是积极的，只要后天提供一定的有利条件，这些潜能就会自然而然地释放出来，潜能就能得到实现。本文结合自己的教学实践，对于如何开展“以学生为中心”的教学方法进行了探讨。