Workload and willingness to change: disentangling the experience of intensification

Teachers are facing an increasing number of changes in their job context, many of which significantly affect their work lives. This study offers a theoretical understanding of the changes in teachers’ working conditions, starting from the intensification thesis. The case study of a Flemish (Belgian) elementary school shows the existence of various and mutually reinforcing sources of intensification. Those sources emerge not only from outside school (e.g. policy‐makers and society), but also as teachers impose their own standards on their work. The case study exemplifies the compelling (and thus intensifying) character of a collective norm of willingness to innovate. However, this norm seems to act paradoxically: both as a support in dealing with external pressure and as an intensifying factor, increasing the workload. The possibly intensifying impact of changes on teachers’ working conditions is mediated by the school organization as well as the personal interpretative framework (sense‐making) of individual teachers.     

Discussion of Racial Difference in Counseling: A Counselor's Perspective

Fifty-three counselors at a university counseling center and a university practicum clinic were surveyed using the Working Alliance Inventory–Short Form to examine the effect of acknowledging and discussing racial differences between counselor and client on the working alliance formed during the counseling sessions. Based on the counselor's perspective, a significant relationship between counselor-client discussion of racial difference and the working alliance was found.     

Engaging with holistic curriculum outcomes: deconstructing ‘working theories’

International debates persist about what constitutes desirable outcomes from early childhood education experiences. The New Zealand early childhood curriculum brings together academic and social-pedagogic outcomes as interdependent holistic constructs named ‘dispositions’ and ‘working theories’. These constructs are complex notions that require interpretation by researchers and teachers in order to be recognised as outcomes by those with a vested interest in children's education: parents and policy-makers. This paper engages with the construct of working theories. It explains its genesis and outlines research activity thus far. The paper draws on findings from a two-year qualitative research project exploring children's interests, inquiries and working theories. The paper analyses two vignettes of working theories into mutually constitutive components of knowledge, skills and strategies, and attitudes and expectations. It argues that deconstructing working theories into elements able to be recognised by those outside early childhood education provides a way to demystify these innovative outcomes. Such scrutiny may assist parents and policy-makers to understand ways that the learning they value is present in the early years. Further, holistic outcomes are responsive to research and scholarship on appropriate pedagogy that encourages children to develop identities as learners, identities critical to living in the twenty-first century.     

职业学校班主任工作技巧和方法

目前,我国正在大力发展职业教育。为了使学生全面发展,成为一名合格的毕业生,学校教育的任务相当迫切,其中班主任工作尤其重要。作为职业学校的班主任,应根据学生的心理特点,开展班主任工作,使之树立正确的人生观、世界观、价值观,成为全面发展的实用型人才。班主任是学生班集体的领导者和组织者,也是素质教育的主要实施者。职业学校的班主任要根据职校生的新特点,培养学生的健康心理、团结协作的精神和爱岗敬业的职业道德,以造就大批合格的中等专业技术人才。     

遥感与GIS支持下的中国森林植被动态变化分析

为了研究中国森林植被的时空变化 ,该文在遥感技术与GIS技术的支持下 ,对中国近 5a来森林植被动态变化进行了定量研究。首先通过空间分析 ,对森林植被的空间分布格局进行了分析。同时通过空间差异分析、流失流向分析以及重心迁移分析 ,对森林植被的时空变化进行了分析 ,并对森林植被时空变化的机制与驱动因子进行了探讨。分析结果表明 :我国土地利用格局主要由草地、林地、未利用地和耕地为主 ,其中 ,草地面积最大 ,林地与草地在空间分布上都存在纬度、经度和垂直方向上的三度空间规律性变化 ;5a中林草地变化的总趋势是减少的 ,耕地的增加主要以减少林草地为代价的 ,5a间林地重心向西南方向迁移 4km ,草地重心向南偏西方向迁移 2 .7km ;经济发展加速、人类活动增强是导致林草地减少的主要原因。     

基于用户兴趣和工作背景的信息收集个性化实现方案

数字图书馆的个性化服务是基于定制动态资源中相关用户兴趣的信息检索或过滤即信息收集个性化。由于用户的兴趣是随时变化的，其工作背景也描述了用户访问数字图书馆时当前的信息需求，因此信息收集个性化的重点是要捕获基于用户兴趣和工作背景的信息需求，以提供个性化检索和过滤。     

充分利用高职院内资源为专业实训教学服务--会计专业财务处实训基地建设探讨

财务处作为学院的一个职能部门,具备较强的会计专业知识、较丰富的财务工作经验,而这些正是在校期间财务专业学生需要学习和掌握的。学院财务处不仅隐藏着一笔巨大的无形资产,更有其得天独厚的地理优势,我们没有理由不去开发利用。     

对体育教师实施"能本管理"的研究

科学管理体育师资队伍,充分发挥每个体育教师的工作潜能,是全面提高学校素质教育质量的重要保证。从怎样培养体育教师的工作能力、激发体育教师工作的潜力及发挥好他们的聪明才智三方面论述了“能本管理”的概念、模式及对现实的重要意义。     

基于Plone内容管理系统的机构虚拟工作平台构建*——以中国科学院学位论文虚拟工作平台建设为例

阐述Plone内容管理系统的基本特征，并介绍在学位论文管理工作中如何利用Plone内容管理系统搭建虚拟工作平台,实践表明对内容合理组织和分类、设计有效的工作流以及合理配置用户权限是虚拟工作平台构建的关键。     

基于GIS的土地利用变化监测与评估

近年来,随着经济的快速发展,土地利用结构发生了明显的变化,耕地资源数量减少,非农业用地大量增加,及时、精确掌握土地资源数量、分布及其变化趋势,关系着土地资源的持续发展与规划。