Disrespecting teacher: The decline in social standing of teachers in Cape Town,South Africa

This paper examines the declining levels of respect for teachers in two communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Education has been identified as a key area of reform and redress, but a critical skills shortage and under-resourced schools are hindering progress. Data from current and former teachers illustrate how the social and institutional capital of education is being replaced by a focus on economic capital, undermining the prestige of teaching as a career. These problems reflect trends elsewhere in the world and require action to prevent further shortages in education.     

对2006年第三届世界大学生桥牌锦标赛比赛的分析与研究

世界大学生桥牌锦标赛每两年举办一次,2002年第一届在比利时13个队 参加比赛,2004年第二届在土耳其15个队参加比赛,2006年第三届在中国天津27个 队参加比赛。采取现场统计的办法,对参赛队员的年龄结构与成绩的关系,计算机 牌型与大牌点分布的特点,定约的选择与牌点的关系几方面进行分析。结果表明, 桥牌运动在大学阶段,随着牌技经验的积累,心智逐渐成熟,年龄大,成绩好。数据 统计表明,计算机牌也有规律可寻,比赛中,队员对定约的选择是积极进取的。通 过对第三届世界大学生桥牌锦标赛比赛情况进行分析研究,找出世界大学生桥牌 运动的发展规律,并对我国大学生桥牌的发展进行探讨,旨在促进提高桥牌运动竞 技水平。     

《中国体育报》奥运报道中民族认同的再现和建构

以新闻传播学为主要研究视角,采用内容分析的方法,并从微观层面重点考察1984年第23届奥运会至2004年第28届奥运会期间《中国体育报》6届夏季奥运会报道中民族认同的再现和建构。对《中国体育报》六届夏季奥运会报道的内容分析表明,《中国体育报》对“民族认同”议题的报道较为重视。该报通过精选在奥运会中的体育事件,加以强调,建构了中华民族的民族认同感,成为体育与民族认同之间的接点。     

Perceptions of national identity and attitudes toward immigrants and immigration in Canada and Germany

In the current research, we examined whether promoting an inclusive national ingroup that includes both immigrants and nonimmigrants would improve attitudes toward immigrants and immigration among members of receiving societies. We also determined whether one's nation of citizenship and individual differences in social dominance orientation would moderate the effects. Participants were 126 Canadian students and 282 German students, who completed a measure of social dominance orientation and were then asked to respond to a series of questions designed to heighten the salience of national identity (national identity), promote a national ingroup that includes immigrants (common national ingroup), or irrelevant questions (control). The dependent measures included attitudes toward immigrants and immigration, and subtle prejudice toward immigrants. Results revealed that the manipulation of a common national ingroup successfully promoted more positive attitudes toward immigrants and immigration among higher social dominance oriented Canadian participants, but tended to have detrimental effects on the attitudes of higher social dominance oriented German participants. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of considering the context in which groups are situated, as well as implications for developing strategies to promote harmony between immigrants and members of receiving societies.     

Development of Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identity in Working with Information and Communication Technology

This paper describes the workundertaken in a course in communication andinformation technology in a pre-service programfor secondary school mathematics teachers. Thiscourse aimed to help pre-service teachersdevelop a positive attitude regarding ICT anduse it confidently. It focused on theexploration of educational software and of theInternet's potential as a means of research andproduction of web sites. We discuss how thepre-service mathematics teachers evaluate theirwork concerning their commitment, difficultiesthey found, learning they identified, andpersonal relationship. We also analyse theeffects of the course on the development oftheir professional knowledge and identity.     

从古代的政治流放地到现代的经济特区——论海南岛与大陆文化认同的历史性特征

文章从“文化岛屿”的三种类型的区别入手 ,首先考察了海南岛与大陆文化认同的首要问题 ,即大陆中央政府对海南岛的政策与态度以及海南岛与大陆的行政隶属关系 ,勾勒了海南岛从大陆间接管理地到政治流放地到军事战略要地最后到经济特区的历史演变特征。第三部分研究了海南文化游离于大陆文化的一些特质或变异因素 ,如黎族文化、移民文化、方言的多样性等。文章最后探讨了海南岛与大陆之间的文化关系存在的现实可能性 ,并对海南岛的“文化畸型”、相对封闭性以及试验性等问题提出了个人的一些看法     

Disciplinary cultures and the moral order of studying – A case-study of four Finnish university departments

Based on qualitative data gathered in one Finnishuniversity, the article examines disciplinary culturesof four study fields: computer science, libraryscience and informatics, public administration, andsociology and social psychology. It is suggested thatthe core of each discipline can be conceptualized asa moral order that defines the basic beliefs, valuesand norms of the local culture. Following this frameof reference, the analysis of students' accountsdemonstrates essential differences regarding how thevirtues and vices of studying are understood and whatkinds of social identities are constructed indifferent fields. The implications of the results forthe quality assessment and the development ofuniversity teaching are discussed.     

What is cyberwoman?: The Second Sex in cyberspace

In this paper I wish to show that, although traditional notions of genderand sex break down in cyberspace, a revised Beauvoirian understanding ofsexual secondariness is applicable and useful in coming to terms with thepossible ethical and philosophical ramifications of this relatively newcommunication medium. To this end, I argue that persons who enter intocommunication in online chat rooms necessarily deny the bodily aspectsof their own identity. In so doing, these persons make themselvesinessential, or secondary, in Beauvior's sense. For Beauvoir, this isa denial of one's own freedom, and thus commmunication in cyberspacebecomes an instance of self-oppression. Yet, if self-oppression canbe avoided, the self-oppressor is morally responsible for her or hisown oppression. Ultimately, I argue, cyberspatial communication is aninstance of such self-oppression.     

《孙子兵法》与现代信息系统开发原理

《孙子兵法》的谋略除了可在战场上应用外,对现代信息系统的开发同样有借鉴和指导作用,本文尝试以笔者代表香港浸会大学图书馆参与大学智能卡开发计划所归纳总结出来的经验,作为案例说明。     

对《呼啸山庄》中凯瑟琳悲剧的女性主义解读

在父权制社会中 ,在男式的观念、思想、行为、伦理、价值的霸权话语中 ,女性丧失了自己的身份。《呼啸山庄》的女主人公凯瑟琳·恩萧追求真我 ,挑战父权制那湮没女性身份的“家庭天使”观念 ,为摆脱父权制通过文化教育、伦理道德和婚姻强加于她的“镜中影像”的身份不惜以死抗争。文章用女性主义的分析方法对凯瑟琳的悲剧重新解读 ,指出艾米莉·勃朗特通过描写父权制下以凯瑟琳为代表的妇女的真实生命体验 ,表达出自己独特的女权意识与女性反抗。