Special educational needs in mainstream secondary school physical education: learning support assistants have their say

Learning support assistants (LSAs) gained more political and academic attention in Britain after Estelle Morris announced that schools of the future would include more trained staff to support learning to higher standards. LSAs, thus, should form an integral part of the culture of all school departments in Britain, including physical education (PE). The paper uses Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony to explore the processes and practices that shape the views and experiences of LSAs and ultimately the extent to which they facilitate an inclusive culture in PE. A web survey gathered the views and experiences of LSAs vis-à-vis the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream secondary school PE in North-West England. A modified version of the tailored design method participant contact strategy resulted in 343 LSAs starting the web survey, with 154 (45%) following it through to completion. All quantitative data were analysed using Microsoft Excel whilst qualitative data were subjected to thematic analysis. This entailed the identification of recurring themes and patterns present in the data. The findings highlight the hegemonic status of English, maths and science when it comes to the allocation of SEN resources, which most LSAs support and often reinforce. PE is particularly disadvantaged in this hierarchy of subject priority. The majority of LSAs have not received PE-specific training, which brings into question their ability to facilitate inclusion in PE. Moreover, many schools do not appear to value the involvement of LSAs in the planning of differentiated lessons, which could have a negative impact on the PE experiences of some pupils with SEN given that LSAs are perhaps most aware of the specific learning needs of the pupils they support.     

美国融合教育的政策特点与实施效果

美国是融合教育发展较为完善的国家之一,制定和遵循政策是其高标准开展融合教育的一贯原则。1975年以来,美国系列联邦教育法律始终贯彻融合教育理念,其法案中关于融合教育政策演变目标从人本补偿走向全人发展,参与主体实现了权力博弈与责任分担并进,治理结构从扁平形式走向扁平实质,运行机制从制度“面”发展到制度“体”。数年来,在政策推动下,美国提高了融合程度和教育质量、构筑了多元主体支持保障体系、推动了教师资格认证和教育惩戒制度的有效运行。     

民办高校党委要坚持解放思想实事求是的好作风

贯彻十五届六中全会精神，民办高校党委要立足高等教育发展的新形势，坚持解放思想实事求是的好作风。这样才能推动民办高校继续发展，不断创新，大大提升民办高等教育的竞争力。     

Have a Legal Question Without the Resources to Get an Answer?

This article explores the Western New York's Library Resources Council's Ask the Lawyer Program. The program provides a timely model for local cultural heritage communities, such as archives, to collectively retain a lawyer in a non-representational capacity to answer both specific and hypothetical questions that arise as a result of their work.     

Enhancing Teaching and Learning: Libraries and Open Educational Resources in the Classroom

Academic libraries continually adjust services to adapt to the ever-changing landscape in higher education. In response to the broken textbook market, libraries are becoming actively involved in the open educational resources (OER) movement. Although there is not a formal program in place, librarians at Utah State University explored a collaborative approach to integrate OER in faculty members' courses. One goal of the effort was to work closely with faculty to consider course objectives and learning outcomes when evaluating and incorporating OER. This article identifies a streamlined process for targeting courses most suited for OER adoption and outlines a process of collaborating with teaching faculty to integrate relevant OER. The paper includes a detailed workflow that other libraries can easily adapt to make OER part of their faculty outreach toolkit.     

析罗尔斯自由的法治观

罗尔斯认为，自由是制度所规定的各种权利和义务的总和，所以法治和自由是相互联系的，不能将法律看为争夺权益而制定的产物，而应将它看作是试图实现正义原则而规定的最好方针，具有道德的功能，整个法律和正义的哲学就是以自由观念为核心而建构起来的。概言之，自由的法治观是罗尔斯法治观的主要特点。     

基于语义Web的教育资源模型相关技术研究

针对E-learning(电子学习)系统中实现教育资源智能搜索与整合的要求,对建立一个基于语义Web技术的教育资源语义模型涉及到的一些技术进行了分析研究。介绍了语义Web的体系结构,针对目前E-learning中存在的问题提出了相应的解决方案。     

WTO:中国教育的真正世界舞台

世贸组织不仅仅是一种国际经济组织,而且是当代全球社会的基本组织框架、模式和系统,是中国教育走进国际社会的真正世界舞台。这是一彻底开放的、高度趋同的、丰富多样的和激烈竞争的舞台。中国教育工作者要在这个全新的世界舞台上,作为“世界型教育剧编、导、演”,以世贸组织《服务贸易总协定》为范例,优选剧目、建构剧情、编写剧本,协调剧务和演出话剧,创造性地编写演出立体综合化的中国教育当代剧:塑造和培养能为世界社会理解、欣赏、接纳和仿效的世界公民和国际新人角色,全面反映人类当代丰富多彩的新生产新生活,为全球各类教育“观众”和消费者提供各种规格的教育服务。     

关于篮球运动认识过程的分析探讨

采用文献资料等方法。主要结论:理念、意识的提高依赖于人们对事物的深入了解。人们对篮球运动认识上的不同,决定了不同的篮球管理体制、训练体系及竞技风格。实践是"前提",思维是"基础",理念是"保证",意识是"精髓"。它们是认知篮球运动必不可少的。人们是通过它们来理解篮球运动、提高篮球教学训练水平的,并决定在竞赛中采用哪一种技战术的。     

经济欠发达地区小学教育专业的定位与发展

经济欠发达地区小学师资数量不足,质量堪忧,结构不合理,人才流失严重,表明了小学教师队伍建设和教师教育层次、质量提升的迫切性,这给从事小学师资培养的高等院校提供了发展空间也提出了挑战。因此,合理地确定欠发达地区高校小学教育专业的层次定位、市场定向,研究出适合经济欠发达地区教师的培养模式,构建出具有地区特色的小学教育专业理论体系,小学教育专业才能进一步发展。