The influence of maltreatment history and out-of-home-care on children’s language and social skills

This study examined the extent to which maltreatment history and the characteristics of out-of-home care correlated with the language and social skills of maltreated children. Participants in this study were 82 maltreated children aged between 5 and 12 years of age. All children were residing with state-designated carers in out-of-home-care. The children were presented with standardised tests assessing language and social skills. Results showed that the sample performed significantly below the normative mean on both tests. Correlation analyses showed social skills, but not language skills were correlated with aspects of maltreatment history. The education level of the state-designated carer/s was correlated with the children's language skills; higher education level was associated with higher language skills. The study provides evidence that at the group level, language and social skills are poor in maltreated children. However, gains in language skills might be made via the out-of-home-care environment. Improvements in the social skills of maltreated children may require additional support.     

Visual function,performance, and processing of basketball players vs. sedentary individuals

BackgroundAthletes tend to have better visuo-motor performance than do sedentary individuals. However, several basic visual-function and perceptual parameters remain unexplored to date. In this study, we investigated whether differences exist in visual function, performance, and processing between basketball players and individuals without a sport-involvement background.MethodsA total of 33 healthy men with no visual impairment or pathology were divided into 2 groups, depending on the involvement in sport (semi-professional basketball players and sedentary individuals). We tested their baseline heart-rate variability in the resting position apart from subjective questionnaires to determine their physical fitness level, and we checked their visual function, performance, and processing through an extended battery of optometric tests.ResultsThe 2 groups differed in resting heart-rate variability parameters (p < 0.001), confirming their dissimilarities in regular time practising sports per week. The basketball players showed a closer breakpoint and recovery nearpoint of convergence, a higher fusional-vergence rate, better discriminability halos, and better eye–hand coordination (all p values < 0.05).ConclusionThese results show evidence that athletes, basketball players in this case, exhibit better performance in several visual abilities in comparison to a group of individuals without sporting backgrounds, suggesting an improvement due to the systematic involvement of those skills during basketball practice.     

对“2008年邯郸太极拳大会”推手教练员的调查分析

教练员不仅是运动训练的设计师和训练效果的检验者,同时还是运动队伍的管理者,因此教练员队伍的整体水平对该项运动的发展起着非常关键的作用。文章通过问卷调查发现,我国竞技太极推手教练员的整体队伍大致呈现以下特征：执教年限偏短;高等级教练员比例较小;学历层次不高;继续教育参与较少和实战经验不足等。     

运动记忆规律在游泳教学中的运用策略

针对游泳教学的特点在技术学习的泛化、分化、巩固和自动化过程采用不同的策略,对提高游泳教学效率、提高学生的游泳能力起到重要的作用。     

高职院校突出职业能力的“课内外一体化”体育教学模式研究

体育教学是高等职业院校教学活动的重要组成部分,高等职业院校的主要培养目标是突出职业能力,体育教学模式也应与专业人才的培养目标相适应。本文论述了高职院校体育教学突出职业能力培养的必要性及"课内外一体化"体育教学模式的特点,在分析、梳理的基础上,探索构建与高等职业教育相适应的"课内外一体化"体育教学模式。希望为"课内外一体化"体育教学模式在高职院校的应用提供参考。     

普通高校乒乓球课学生击球稳定性的影响因素

对普通高校乒乓球课影响学生击球稳定性的众多因素进行多维分析,结果表明:影响学生击球稳定性的主要因子是:动作结构因子、旋转理解因子、发力方式因子、外在客观因子,并据此提出了提高学生击球的稳定性,有利于激发学生学习的积极性,从而提高教学效率。     

试析新课标下中小学体育师资培养

2001年中小学体育课新课标实施,随即中小学学生体质健康标准(试行方案)公布,这对中小学体育师资力量提出了新要求。面对体育师范院(系)体育师资培养中存在的一些问题,如指导纲要、教育观念、教学观念、教材教法等方面,培养与需要这两者间存在差距,即体育师范院系师资培养与中小学新课标实施所需体育教师素质之间的差距。只有分析这些差距,才能找出缩小差距的方法。     

竞技武术套路运动的国际现状分析——兼论中国竞技武术套路运动发展对策

武术运动作为除奥运会以外世界各大体育赛事的正式比赛项目,已被越来越多的国家和地区所重视。同时,随着国际赛事的频繁举行,竞技武术套路运动在国内外也得到了迅速的发展。研究和分析近两届世界武术锦标赛,在对武术运动国际化发展持乐观态度的同时,分析竞技武术运动的国际环境,提出保持和进一步发展竞技武术套路运动优势的对策和措施。