The challenges of beginning teachers in urban primary schools

This study provides insight in the variety of urban-related challenges that beginning teachers experience in urban schools. Literature on urban teaching focuses on teaching children from low socio-economic status (SES) and/or culturally diverse backgrounds. In many European cities, however, schools are populated by both children from relatively high and from low-SES backgrounds. This study examined the problems and challenges of beginning teachers in Dutch urban primary schools. Teachers were interviewed at schools with different student populations. Results showed that, although many of the challenges that beginning teachers experienced concern the same themes, their actual manifestation differed related to schools’ student populations. For instance, the problem of ‘parental contact’ referred to both the extreme involvement and demands of highly educated wealthy parents at some schools and the diverse backgrounds of parents at other schools. Results of the study can be used to develop adequate preparation and support for beginning urban teachers.     

Bullying and the Unique Socioemotional Needs of Gifted and Talented Early Adolescents: Veteran Teacher Perspectives and Practices

Much is written at the elementary school level concerning bullying and the socioemotional needs of gifted and talented (GT) students; however, in the last 10 years, little qualitative research exists concerning the early adolescent GT age group. In the social environment of classroom life, early and current research indicates that many of these students experience neurotic perfectionism, overexciteabilities (OEs), developmental asynchrony, and bullying. The formation of autonomous classes (GT-only classes) has afforded some hope concerning the amelioration of such problems; nevertheless, in this study, detailed evidence of classroom bullying in the form of social ostracism and teasing has been found with this GT age group. If left unchecked, psychological autopsies have shown these students suffering emotional difficulties and even committing suicide as a result of school and classroom torment. With such potential for classroom bullying problems, few studies address what veteran teachers of early adolescent GT students do to keep students psychologically safe. Within the social milieu of classroom life, and in comparison to research standards, this study explores three efficacious teacher perspectives and practices.     

Concepts and Policy Innovations in the National Education Plan

Abstract

The theme of the Outline of the National Mid- to Long-Term Plan for Education Reform and Development (2010–2020) is building a nation rich in human resources, its primary thread is promoting the scientific development of education, and its soul is reform and innovation. The important concepts and policy innovations of the National Education Plan are expressed through a commitment to priority development for education, people-oriented education, promotion of fairness in education, and improvement of the quality of education to build a lifelong learning system and establish a modern school system, with teacher-based education plans, modernization driven by informatization, pooling of forces both within and outside of education circles, scientific and democratic decision making, and other features.     

Current State and Development Trends of Education Policy Research in China in the Last Decade (2004–2013): A Statistical Analysis of Papers from Eight Core Chinese Journals

Abstract

The author conducted sampling and statistical analysis of papers on education policy research collected by the China National Knowledge Infrastructure in the period from the years 2004–2013. Under the current state of education policy research in China, the number of papers correlates positively with the year; the papers are concentrated in education journals; the researchers are primarily associated with institutions of higher education; and the studies cover a broad range of topics, while emphasizing the practice of education policy. The development trends of education policy research in China include a general rising trend for research on education policy; in the future, researchers from institutions of higher education will continue to be a dominant force in education policy research, and the authors’ regional distribution will continue to be imbalanced; education policy research will focus more on educational equity and improved quality, and studies of foreign education policies will continue to be a topic of interest.     

Providing school-based learning in elementary school mathematics: the case of a professional development school partnership

Abstract

School–university partnerships also known as professional development school (PDS) partnerships provide potential for universities and schools to establish partnerships that can benefit university faculty, school teachers, university students, and school students. This study examines the impact of a PDS partnership in which the author served as a school-based mathematics coach for two years in a high-need elementary school. Data sources included interviews, surveys, and field notes from classroom observations. Inductive qualitative analyses which were situated in a multi-level framework for researching professional development found that teachers posed more cognitively demanding mathematical tasks and high-level questions in year two compared to year one of this project. Further, student achievement was noted on both state-wide and district-created assessments. Also teachers reported that the school-based approach to professional development led to some teachers taking on more informal leadership roles to support their colleagues’ mathematics instruction. Implications for school-based learning opportunities across the world include the need to establish specific university–school partnerships, and carefully designing research studies to examine the impact of these learning opportunities.     

统筹--老名词新观念

论文通过对我们党在不同时期的统筹问题的分析研究，既指出了过去对统筹问题上存在的认识上的片面性和实践中的误区，又阐明了我们党在新的历史时期对统筹问题的新的理论和认识上的发展。从而对统筹问题有了更深层次的理解和认识，有利于帮助人们加深对我们党新提出的“五个统筹”理论认识，增强人们在实践中贯彻执行“五个统筹”发展观的自觉性。     

中国私立高等教育的发展思考——以美日私立高等教育的发展特色为启示

认识和了解美日两国私立高等教育的成功发展，结合中国私立高等教育的背景分析，为推动中国私立高等教育的健康发展提供积极的启示。     

一项关于低年级儿童速度概念发展的研究

研究主动提供控制时间或距离一个变量恒定的问题情景,并考虑皮亚杰提出的儿童对速度具有“超越”的直觉,创设了4个难易程度不同的问题情景,采取访谈形式对59名低年级儿童的速度概念发展状况进行调查研究。结果表明：1．低年级儿童的速度概念具有位置决定倾向,幼儿园大班学生的速度概念表现出严重的位置决定论,一年级学生的速度概念有一定的进步,三年级学生的速度概念有了很大的提高,超过半数的学生从位置决定论中走出;2．低年级儿童距离概念和时间概念的发展存在不平衡性,距离概念处于优势维度。     

文质互变发展的顶峰与拐点——略论刘勰的文学发展观

在刘勰看来,以往文学发展的状态的变化,其实质都是因为文质互为量变而形成的递进和衰退。准确地说,他认为:在商周之前,是一个递进的过程,而从商周以后则是一段衰退的历史。那么,商周就成了实际意义上文质彬彬的顶峰。然而,文质无法达到绝对的平衡,商周的“丽而雅”已经开始显示出文进质退的趋势。所以,不可否认,商周实际上又成为文胜质的拐点。文学的发展,在商周之后,便逐步走上了“从质至讹,弥近弥澹”的道路。     

小型科技公司核心技术能力构建的关键问题——石家庄高新技术开发区某民营通信制造企业案例研究

案例研究发现：小型科技制造公司以关键个体人力资本为主导开展其构建核心技术能力的实际活动。影响公司构建其核心技术能力的关键问题有：技术企业家及主要研发者的技术价值观和利益偏好；公司人力资本结构水平及其积累的主导方式；技术企业家人力资本结构与公司发展阶段的适配程度；对新产品开发过程的质量控制和公司管理的规范化程度等。