Parents of Traditionally Aged Community College Students: Communications and Choice

Five suburban community colleges in a metropolitan area collaborated on a survey to parents of high school graduates of the class of 2002 who attended the colleges in fall 2002. The study was undertaken to learn more about parents roles in their students selection of community colleges, to give insights and information about this important community college constituency, and to assist community colleges to shape more effective ways to foster positive and supportive opinions among parents of potential students. Parents want the community college to provide students with credits and grade point averages enabling transfer, overestimate their students academic skills as measured by course placement tests, engaged in a number of college-choice activities, and indicate that factors associated with lifestyle and money were major reasons for selecting the community college. Associations between parents social capital and perceptions of their students academic abilities were found for a number of dependent variables examined. The study also revealed important differences in how participating institutions record and calculate key measures such as credits earned and grade point averages.     

郴州市学校体育场地开放现状的调查研究

通过文献资料、问卷调查、座谈等研究方法,对郴州市11个县(市、区)的40所学校体育场地的开放情况进行调查,结果表明:学校体育场地设施在保证正常的教学前提下,课余时间向本校学生和周边广大居民开放,使之发挥更大的作用,从而可以缓解全民健身活动中体育场地设施不足的矛盾,促进学校体育和社会体育和谐发展.     

评波德里亚消费社会大众文化观

消费社会理论是波德里亚大众文化观的思想背景。波德里亚认为大众文化在本质上是一种消费文化,消费性是大众文化的本性。但波德里亚在具体阐述他的消费社会大众文化观时却显示出理论上的矛盾性。     

当代社区开展民族传统体育项目的研究

民族传统体育是休闲性的民俗游戏,很少有与古希腊大规模竞技相同和类似的成分,即使是竞技性较强的项目,也与“更高、更快、更强”的奥林匹克竞技导向格格不入。它极具生活情趣,以人为本,运动休闲,突出了丰富的娱乐内容,是社区体育取之不尽的素材。为推动社区体育的发展,以《全民健身计划纲要》为指导思想,结合工作实践经验,对民族传统体育与社区体育的发展进行研究探讨,提出发展对策和自己的看法。     

从综合实践活动课程的实施看教师学习共同体的成长

本文试从如今正在进行的新课程改革中,寻找一个视点即综合实践活动课程的实施中,存在的与教师有关的问题出发,结合新课程改革的精神和教师专业发展的要求,探索教师共同体的构建与成长过程,并提出了以若干教师共同体促进综合实践活动课程发展的新思路。     

发挥电大优势为社区教育提供社会化服务

社区教育是终身教育的一部分。在我国构筑终身教育体系，创建学习化社会，应立足于社区。电大以自己的系统优势、设施优势和教育资源优势为社区教育提供全方位的支持服务，完全有能力参与和推动社区教育。在实现教育的大众化普及化，促进全民终身学习的同时电大又可以得到自身的发展。     

仰天山落叶阔叶杂木林群落研究——群落组成及结构

通过对仰天山落叶阔叶杂木林生态环境、种类组成、区系成份、群落结构、生活型等方面的研究 ,发现这是一片保持了暖温带典型森林特征的次生落叶阔叶杂木林 ,颇具研究和保护价值。     

The Role of Parents and Community in the Education of the Japanese Child

In Japan, there has been an increased concern about family and community participation in the childs education. Traditionally, the role of parents and community in Japan has been one of support and less one of active involvement in school learning. Since the government commenced education reforms in the last quarter of the 20th century, a more active role for parents and the community in education has been encouraged. These reforms have been inspired by the need to tackle various problems that had arisen, such as the perceived harmful elements of societys preoccupation with academic achievement and the problematic behavior of young people. In this paper, the following issues are examined: (1) education policy and reform measures with regard to parent and community involvement in the childs education; (2) the state of parent and community involvement at the eve of the 20th century.     

Novice teachers’ learning and knowledge building during the induction programme

This paper explores the Estonian novice teachers’ learning and knowledge building (LKB) practices in the extended professional community during the induction programme using well-known knowledge conversion model. The assumption in this study is that a teachers’ participation in the extended professional community facilitates their professional development. The survey was conducted with 101 novices after their induction programme. The patterns of novices’ LKB practices in the professional learning community during the induction programme were explored. The analysis showed to what extent extended professional community may be formed during the induction year. LKB practice patterns among the novices were identified. We discovered that many novices felt that there was insufficient support from other teachers and from university experts. It appears that it is challenging to develop a coherent induction programme as the extended professional community of educators, where different partners collaborate and share professional knowledge is challenging.     

A narrative inquiry into the fostering of a teacher-principal’s best-loved self in an online teacher community in China

This study revolves around an organically lived online community of Chinese elementary teachers. The teachers shared their reflective journals and engaged in conversations with the facilitators and also with their peers. Following one participant’s postings over a span of thirteen months helped the research team to narratively explore how the teacher, through reflections and interactions with his other fellow community members, refined his personal practical knowledge and cultivated his best-loved self as a teacher-principal in a rural school in China that lacked learning resources. Highlighted in the discussions are how the participant integrated his personal being with his professional being and eventually became the teacher he wanted to be. This research study adds to the literature about teachers as agents of change. This knowledge contribution, among others related to technology, shows how professional development and the development of teacher identity can be promoted in online teacher knowledge communities. Implications for teacher education are also discussed.