London 2012: A Chinese Charm Offensive – A Reputation Rebuilt and An Impression Changed?

Displaying amiability (qinheli) was one of the duties of the Chinese athletes involved in the London 2012 Olympics. Why did the Chinese government ask them to behave in this way? How did the athletes carry out the mandate? Was their amiable performance intended to arouse nationalist sentiment among the Chinese? In response to these questions, two key political preoccupations of the Chinese authorities in the post-London Olympics era are identified: remedying foreigners' negative impressions of China, and gaining a greater input into the decision-making of the International Olympic Committee and its affiliated international sports federations. These objectives are shown to illustrate China's intention to rebuild its international reputation and challenge the status quo of the international sporting community.     

上海女足2012年联赛期间比赛跑动特征分析

目的：通过对上海女足2012年联赛中比赛活动特征的分析,了解上海女足比赛中的跑动特点及体能状况;通过与国内最高水平比赛、国家队及其他世界强队的对比分析,了解与高水平运动队之间的差距,寻找到上海女足训练的突破点,为上海女足在第12届全运会中夺取金牌提供有效的科技支撑.方法：通过已取得专利的自主研发的足球训练负荷监控系统对上海女足2012年联赛上海赛区上海—大连、上海—长春的两场比赛进行跑动负荷的测试.结果：（1） 2012年联赛期间上海赛区的比赛与国外高水平运动队相比,上海女足运动员高速跑和冲刺跑的距离及所比重偏少.（2）上海女足在2012年联赛中不同位置运动员在比赛中整体跑动能力存在差异,边后卫和中场球员总跑动距离最多,而边前卫和边后卫的高强度及以上跑动距离最多,前锋高强度以上跑动距离最少.（3）上海女足在2012年联赛前准备期高强度的有氧间歇训练不足,导致联赛期间体能贮备不足.结论：我国女足联赛水平较低、对抗性不强,上海女足运动员联赛期间的跑动能力与国内最高水平比赛及世界强队相比存在一定的差距,今后的训练必须加强高强度的有氧间歇训练.     

Singapore’s School Excellence Model and student learning: evidence from PISA 2012 and TALIS 2013

This study examines the relationship between key elements of the School Excellence Model (SEM) and student achievement in reading, mathematics and science as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013, using a sample of 166 schools in Singapore. Strategies, quality and resources are identified as school-level dimensions commonly involved in the SEM to select variables in PISA 2012 and TALIS 2013. A multilevel data analysis was conducted using hierarchical linear modelling. The results indicate that a triangulated school strategy focused on strengthening teacher participation, principal commitment and school responsibility has significant relationships with student performance. In particular, teachers’ instructional improvement contributed to student achievement, while teacher ratio to support teaching staff accounts for the largest variance in student achievement. Finally, school extra-curricular activities promote well-rounded student development that enhances learning achievement. Findings highlight the importance of school-based accountability that empowers teachers, in building school capacity for student achievement.     

《2012》的惶惑与阵痛

美籍德裔导演罗兰·爱默里奇依托自己丰富的想象力,拼贴各种灾难元素,凭借电脑特技打造出的真实想象性地再现了世界末日的灾难性图景。在这一超真实的幻象中,缠绕在影片中的科技与上帝、生与死、理智与情感的纠结显示了“地球在重生”过程中的惶惑与阵痛。     

Unravelling legacy: a triadic actor-network theory approach to understanding the outcomes of mega events

Mega events have recently attracted the attention of social scientists due to their important role for festival capitalism, urban regeneration and political propaganda. Their planning stage often produces elaborate strategies for maximising the benefits before, during and after the actual event, which has given rise to interdisciplinary studies of event legacy and leveraging. This paper aims to advance ongoing debates on the outcomes of sports mega events by bringing together the literatures on mega event legacy, leveraging and actor-network theory. Drawing on a case study on the usage of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the main legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the paper develops a novel conceptual framework for researching the multi-scalar outcomes of mega events and locating respective studies within the resulting wider research agenda. The proposed concept extends Preuss' (2007) legacy cube in two ways by visualising its five research dimensions in what we call the ‘legacy rings’ and by using three rather than two sub-dimensions per ring, thereby replacing the often restrictive dyads of dualistic thinking through more comprehensive but still understandable triads of triadic thought (Jöns, 2006, 2018).     

The isles of wonder—a new Jerusalem? British newspaper narratives about the opening ceremony of the XXXth Olympiad

The Isles of Wonder, the 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, was viewed by a record global audience either live or through a range of electronic, social, and print media. British newspaper discourses provided reflection of the mega-sporting event as a ‘second-order’ construction, which gave readers an opportunity to reflexively decide what Britishness had come to represent. Theoretical insights about British identity were drawn from Anderson’s (1983 Anderson, B. 1983. Imagined Communities. New York: Verso. [Google Scholar]) concept of the nation as an ‘imagined community’, Tajfel and Turner’s (1986 Tajfel, H., and J. Turner. 1986. “The Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behavior.” In Psychology of Intergroup Relations, edited by S. Worchel and W. G. Austin, 7–24. 2nd ed. Chicago: Nelson Hall Publishers. [Google Scholar]) social identity theory, and Edmunds and Turner’s (2001 Edmunds, J., and B. S. Turner. 2001. “The Re-Invention of a National Identity? Women and Cosmopolitan Englishness.” Ethnicities 1 (1): 83–108.[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) juxtaposition of benign and malign nationalism. Our qualitative textual analysis revealed that although at times complex, contested, and contradictory, the narratives generally linked the internationalism of the Olympics with a progressive, benign version of Britishness that was still ‘great’. Underpinned by the aspirational New Jerusalem theme, the narratives generally acclaimed the Isles of Wonder as Britain’s first gold medal of the Games.     

2011-2012赛季CBA总决赛北京队与广东队技术指标比较研究

对2011-2012赛季CBA总决赛中北京队与广东队的技术统计指标进行统计分析．结果表明：北京队与广东队队员在年龄与身体形态指标上相似,差异不具有著性;北京队在第二节得分明显高于广东队,但差异不具有显著性;北京队中锋优势巨大,广东队前锋能力突出,且差异分别具有非常显著性和显著性;北京队替补阵容实力较广东队偏弱;进攻与防守指标上两队差距不大,但是篮板球方面广东队占据绝对优势,尤其是前场篮板球。     

CBA2011～2012赛季总冠军北京队制胜因素分析

运用文献资料法、录像观察法、数理统计法等研究方法对CBA20112012赛季总决赛北京队对广东队5场比赛进行统计研究,并对双方教练指导、技战术运用能力、外援影响等因素进行分析比较。结果表明：北京队阵容安排合理、2分和罚篮命中率高、球队得分点多、外援作用明显,教练员指挥得当,这些都是北京队获胜的主要因素。     

艺术体操新概念-D2器械难度探骊

以文献资料、录像分析、专家访谈为主要研究方法,对新规则实施后的首次世锦赛、全运会艺术体操比赛D2——器械难度进行分析研究。研究表明,艺术体操2009版评分规则的重大变化导致对成套编排器械技术的重新认识,提出新奥运周期艺术体操器械技术将进入一个新的发展时期,其标志就是器械技术与身体技术同作为难度而并驾齐驱,器械难度的价值级别将与身体难度共同成为艺术体操最重要的竞技特征;新奥运周期器械技术发展的机遇势必将带来训练理念、方法、手段的变革。     

2012伦敦奥运对我国竞技体育发展的研究

通过文献资料法、专家访谈法、逻辑分析法等研究方法,分析2012伦敦奥运对我国竞技体育发展的影响,结果显示：2010伦敦奥运对我国竞技体育的发展具有巨大的推动作用。在阅读大量文献资料和专家访谈的基础上,提出了2012伦敦奥运后我国竞技体育发展中所要亟待解决的问题,并提出相应的对策,从而为我国竞技体育的发展提供参考和依据。