A new pedagogical model for adventure in the curriculum: part one – advocating for the model

Background: In recent years increasing attention has been given to models-based approaches to physical education as a way of promoting standards and particular types of learning through better alignment of teacher planning and delivery with pupil learning and achievement. However, little attention has been given to the specific contribution a pedagogical model for outdoor adventure education (OAE) has to make to pupils learning.

Purpose: This paper is presented in two parts. Part one is an advocacy paper and draws upon the broader discourse around models-based practice to make a case for the development of a pedagogical model for OAE. Drawing upon guidelines for models-based approaches to physical education, this paper considers the theoretical foundation, rationale, review of research findings and major theme that inform the development of a model of OAE.

Conclusions: The selected review of the research suggests that the major impact of OAE is upon the affective domain, particularly in relation to pupils developing a positive self-concept. Learning is also evident in the cognitive and physical domains, but this is secondary to learning in the affective domain. Drawing upon the analysis of the research literature, the major theme for the model is identified as ‘personal growth through adventure’ and ‘OAE’ is suggested as the name of the model. Part two of this paper builds upon these foundations to outline what a pedagogical model for OAE might look like in a secondary school in the UK.     

Understanding young Chinese Australian's (dis)engagement in Health and Physical Education and school sport

Background: School Health and Physical Education (HPE) and sport has increasingly become a complex cultural contact zone. With global population shifts, schools need policies and strategies to attend to the interests and needs of diverse student populations. School HPE and sport is a particularly significant site as it is a touchpoint for a range of cultural values and practices related to physical activity, the body, health and lifestyle proprieties.

Purpose: While there is a high Chinese student population in Australian schools, little research has been undertaken to understand their needs, experiences and perceptions in schools HPE and sport. In addition, research in the physical activity field is accentuated by paradigms that assume and perpetuate the binary notion of cultural beliefs and practices such as ‘West’ versus ‘East’ and in association with ‘Normal’ versus ‘Problematic’ lifestyles in relation to physical activity. We argue that, without conceding the epistemological understanding of ‘difference’, policies and practices that promote diversity can remain socially unjust and superficial.

Research design: This paper focuses on two schools in Queensland. The data collection process was underpinned by critical and interpretive ethnographic methods. The participants in Sage College consisted of seven girls of whom three were in Year 8, three in Year 9 and one in Year 10. At Routledge State High, a state-owned, secular and coeducational secondary school, the cohort consisted of two girls in Year 8, one girl and two boys from Year 9.

Results: This paper draws on Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, capital, field and doxa and the Chinese Confucianism philosophy of ‘Complementary difference’ to understand the various perceptions and experiences of young Chinese Australians in schools HPE and sport. Results invite us to seek an understanding of students’ subjectivities and disrupt the binary differences in cultural values and attributes to promote multicultural education.

Conclusion and recommendation: Moving beyond the Australia's Anglo-Celtic centred HPE and the limitations of a Western view of exclusive opposites, this paper makes an original contribution to knowledge by presenting a ‘heuristic of difference’ model that accommodates Western and Chinese perspectives in Australian HPE research.     

我国加入WTO后会计准则国际化刍议

本文从我国加入WTO后所处的新的会计环境视角,探讨加快我国会计准则国际化的必要性和存在的可能性,论及我国会计准则国际化当前已取得的进展和尚存在的问题及差异,并提出相应对策.     

Neuromuscular and technical abilities related to age in water-polo players

Testing is one of the important tasks in any multi-step sport programme. In most ball games, coaches assess motor, physical and technical skills on a regular basis in early stages of talent identification in order to further athletes’ development. The purpose of the study was to investigate anthropometric variables and vertical jump heights as a free throw effectiveness predictor in water-polo players of different age groups. Two hundred and thirty-six young (10–18 years) male water-polo players partitioned into three age groups underwent anthropometric variables’ measures and squat- and countermovement-jump tests, and performed water-polo free throws. Anthropometric variables, vertical jump heights and throw speed – as a proxy for free throw effectiveness – resulted different over age groups. Particularly, throw speed changed from 9.28 to 13.70 m · s^?1 (+48%) from younger to older players. A multiple-regression model indicated that body height, squat-jump height and throw time together explain 52% of variance of throw speed. In conclusion, tall height, high lower limb power and throwing quickness appeared to be relevant determinants for effective free throws. Such indications can help coaches during talent identification and development processes, even by means of novel training strategies. Further research is needed over different maturity statuses.     

黑龙江省冰雪装备制造业创新成长影响要素与战略研究

随着我国成功申办2022年冬奥会,我国将大力发展冰雪运动,并会随之带动旅游、经济和冰雪装备制造业的发展。而冰雪装备制造业的发展直接影响我国冰雪体育事业的开展。采用文献资料、调查、系统分析等研究方法,针对黑龙江省冰雪装备制造业的创新成长问题进行研究,并对黑龙江省的冰雪装备制造业创新成长影响要素以及企业创新成长存在的问题进行分析与总结,认为黑龙江省冰雪装备制造业创新成长的总体状况是良好的,但企业存在资金短缺,经营、管理、技术等方面人才匮乏,企业产品结构单一、产品科技创新意识和能力不强,欠缺可持续发展理念等问题。通过分析影响冰雪装备制造业创新成长的原因,提出引进与自我创新相结合、注重品牌质量、发扬政府主导优势等战略,旨为冰雪装备制造业在黑龙江省的发展提供理论依据。     

物理学习兴趣探究

从不同的角度对物理学习兴趣进行分类,分析物理学习兴趣的差异性,指出学习兴趣在学习中的作用。     

抓住教学评估契机,促进学校全面发展

教育评估是政府评价高等学校教学质量与办学水平的重要手段,也是社会了解高等学校办学质量的窗口之一。临沂师范学院将于2005年下半年接受国家教育部本科教学工作水平评估。为实现临沂师范学院“强配置、国际化、高质量、大规模”的办学目标,顺利通过水平评估,从现在开始,就要抓住契机,凝心聚力,充分认识本科教学工作水平评估的重要意义;全校动员、全员参与,真正把各项评建工作落到实处;科学安排、以评促建,促进临沂师范学院全面快速健康发展。     

我国社会体育城乡差异的成因与对策

党的十六大报告中明确指出,统筹城乡经济社会发展,是全面建设小康社会的重大任务。针对目前城乡社会体育存在的显著差异,从经济、制度、意识等方面指出造成差异的根源,并提出相应的对策。     

从文化差异看英汉习语

不同的生产方式、地理环境、饮食习惯、价值观念和宗教信仰构建成不同的社会文化环境,而不同的社会文化环境下形成的英汉习语往往带有鲜明的民族文化特征。它们之间往往存在对应(corresponding)、半对应(semi-cor-responding)和非对应(non-corresponding)的关系,在英汉习语互译过程中,大部分都不能直接翻译,而需要对它们之间的文化差异进行理解、分析,然后根据具体情况通过直译、意译、增译的方法,进行翻译。     

解析中国古代无讼理念的成因

调解是中国古代最具有文化代表性和最富有文化韵味的司法形式。在中国漫长的历史发展过程中,调解对于解决各种民间纠纷,维护古代中国的稳定和秩序发挥了不可替代的作用。直至今日,调解作为一种重要的纠纷解决方式,在民间和法院中仍发挥着其独特的作用。中国古代为什么会形成厌诉讼重调解的司法形式,解析其成因具有一定理论和实践意义。笔者认为,无讼理念的形成既有社会基础,也有思想基础和社会心理基础。