Schooling Taiwan's aboriginal baseball players for the nation

One of the major challenges that faces nation-builders in postcolonial societies is the incorporation of subaltern groups, particularly aboriginal peoples, into a collective national project. One vehicle for addressing this challenge is sport with schools being amongst the most important venues. This article offers an empirical study of the role of aboriginal players in Taiwanese baseball. By examining the schooling and historic achievements of aboriginal players in the Nenggao and Hongye teams and the role of aboriginal players during the more recent post-martial law period, the study challenges some commonly held views concerning the relationship between baseball and Taiwanese national identity. In particular, the article analyzes the role of the state in its use of baseball to support the co-option of aboriginal players for the nation-building project. The study concludes that the state, regardless of which ruling elite is in power, has consistently manipulated Taiwan's indigenous peoples, not least through the education system, in order to achieve certain political objectives, specifically in relation to nation-building. Furthermore, although baseball remains an important avenue for the social and economic advancement of individual aborigines, recurrent scandals linked to exploitation have been consistent characteristics of state policy.     

当代知识分子的挽歌——《沧浪之水》重读

《沧浪之水》描写了知识分子寻求新的立世姿态与言说方式的探索过程,来自历史的,现实的诸多因素推动着他们做出选择。池大为的命运可视为一曲当代知识分子的挽歌。其间,也折射出了作者那种忧患与真诚的创作初衷的矫情与做作。     

The Influence of Family, Social, and Work Socialization on the Construction of the Professional Identity of Young Adults

The article examines the role of social and professional experiences undertaken by young adults in order to construct their Professional Identity. More particularly, two determining dimensions in this identity construction are studied. The first one concerns socialization for work which corresponds to social experience undergone in the family and in education from childhood. The second one concerns socialization by work which corresponds to professional experience undergone by young adults. The latter dimension is studied from a perspective which comprises two methods: direct integration and assisted integration in the world of work. This article ends by pinpointing the most significant characteristics of the contexts and experiences undergone by young adults in the construction of their Professional Identity, and by discussing what measures might be useful to accompany the school to work transition.     

Effects of Test Anxiety and Evaluative Threat on Students' Achievement and Motivation

Abstract

Identification of factors that influence post-secondary student achievement and motivation in the classroom continues to be an important educational objective. The author investigated the interactive effects of learner characteristic, test anxiety, and the classroom variable, threat of evaluation, on the achievement and motivation of 61 postsecondary students assigned randomly to high- or low-evaluative threat conditions. Statistically significant interactions revealed that all the students, particularly the test-anxious students, performed poorly and were less motivated when exposed to highly evaluative classrooms. The findings expand previous research and should be considered by professors when they design and implement higher education courses.     

Choosing a major in higher education: Profiles of students’ decision-making process

This study identified decision-making profiles of students who make a choice of a major in higher education. These profiles were examined in a sample of Belgian students at the end of Grade 12, when the educational system expects that these adolescents choose a specific major. Using latent class cluster analysis on adolescents’ scores for coping with career decisional tasks (i.e., orientation, exploration, decisional status, and commitment), four clusters were identified. As expected, these profiles paralleled Marcia’s (1966) identity statuses (i.e., the achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion status). Results provided support for the external validity of the identified clusters through differential associations with several person variables (i.e., career decision-making self-efficacy, career choice anxiety, and decision-making style) and with academic functioning in higher education (i.e., commitment, academic and social adjustment). Implications for current educational research and research on career decision-making are discussed.     

边疆安全视阈中公民意识的建构

新疆少数民族地区多元文化背景下,"民族意识"的专一性和"宗教意识"的排他性是影响区域稳定的重要因素。培育和增强新疆各族群众的公民意识,并以"公民意识"统摄民族宗教意识,对于提高和强化新疆各族群众的国家认同意识,正确定位个人、民族、国家之间的关系,夯实中国共产党在西北边疆少数民族地区的执政基础意义重大。     

图书馆学知识边界的凝聚与学科认同建立-基于《图书馆学季刊》共词网络的案例研究

学科的知识边界是构建学科认同的必要条件,以《图书馆学季刊》为案例,通过共词分析展示民国图书馆学研究的知识边界;研究发现,民国图书馆学研究主要分类6大领域、2大范式,管理范式的图书馆学研究延续至今,文史范式的图书馆学研究逐渐衰退;文史范畴研究的衰退是导致当代图书馆学学科地位和学科认同不高的主要原因。     

社会化进程中身份团体与城市空间的协商——以2011年昆明市开斋节为切入点

在新的时空背景下,尽管由于经济主导的发展片面性难以被打破,但是随着国家和社会综合性提升诉求的强化,包括宗教信仰在内的文化同样被提上了发展日程。社会化进程的推进,已使城市中的宗教文化日趋采取与城市空间“协商”的方式而延展生命力。回族作为伊斯兰文化的承载体,因宗教信仰确立的“界限实体”的角色而使自身与文化传统逻辑紧密相扣,也因政治经济发展之需而让自身转换成为顺应城市之趋的某种“身份团体”。由于发起与参与角色的多元性,当下的开斋节在形式与内容上,已俨然构成一桩独特的历史事件。开斋节的举办在价值意义上难免遭遇在社会生活多面向交聚的十字路口,而陷入错综复杂的境况之中。     

从“白马非马”看同一律的运用

同一律是逻辑思维的基本规律之一,它在理论上对我们的思维过程提出了要求,在实际生活中对我们的语言表达给予了指导。"白马非马"尽管发生在战国时期,但是它论证的结果却与我们的常识不符,所以运用同一律的角度对其进行分析。使人们不仅能识别他人在语言表达中的陷阱,也在使用语言时更加谨慎,而且对我们的语言表达也给予了指导。     

广东开放大学竞争态势分析

建设广东开放大学既是一种政府行为,也是一种市场行为,需要经受教育市场激烈竞争的考验。因此有必要对广东开放大学所面临的开放教育市场竞争环境进行结构性分析。广东开放大学建设机遇与挑战并存,其发展竞争战略应定位于服务区域经济,搭建开放教育供应链条、"学分互认"的开放教育服务平台以及系统内部运行控制管理机制,打造具有岭南文化特色的开放大学品牌。