Film Criticism in the Twenty-First Century

Beginning with a research question that sought to discover what film criticism actually is, the article uncovers important distinctions between scholarly and practice-orientated conceptions of contemporary film criticism. Through a qualitative mixed-method approach, the article first explores the relevant scholarly literature and a sample of content carriers of film criticism before moving into fieldwork to test findings. Through the process of triangulating these data-sets emerges the motivation to create a schools approach for post-millennia film criticism. The empirical data cover North America and the United Kingdom but the findings may have explanatory potential beyond these territories. Beginning by looking at research on criticism from such prominent scholars as Noël Carrol and Terry Eagleton, a dialectic is uncovered between aesthetic evaluations and socio-political comment. These ideas are then tested in fieldwork by undertaking semi-structured, in-depth qualitative interviews with 30 film critics at two major international film festivals. There is a clear disconnect between scholarly ideas about criticism and two-thirds of the film critics’ conceptions of criticism in their daily routines. From this particular difference of opinion, an Academic School in comparison to Trade and Populist Schools emerges. In turn, this prompts a reappraisal of content carrier data approximated against the fieldwork data and leads to the conceptualising of additional schools: Sophisticated, Fandom and Consumer.     

Guidelines for the protection and treatment of the abused child

The purpose of this paper is to review ten actions that can be taken by multi- disciplinary child protection teams or individuals in this field to assure that the interests of the abused child are consistently addressed.     

跨越时空的漫游——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》与《阿丽思中国游记》之比较

中国作家沈从文的《阿丽思中国游记》（1928年）是在英国作家卡洛尔的《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》（1862年）的基础上的续写。虽然均被视为“童话”,但从实际的创作来看,作品中还是可以清晰地辨认出感悟现实的成人视角。而中英不同的文化背景、时代背景也导致了作家不同的创作心态,从而令作品产生出彼此迥异的艺术特性来。从以上种种角度来看,沈从文虽然续写了“漫游”,但却创作出了一部与原本大相径庭的小说。两部小说的艺术个性也是判然有别的。     

Alice Goes to Russia

The article concerns translations of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into Russian. The authors outline the history of publishing Russian translations of the work. They also discuss how Russian translators handled some difficult aspects of the work: parodies, nonsense, puns, and the social milieu in which Alice moved. A selected bibliography is included.     

19世纪末20世纪初美国普瑞特图书馆学校的儿童图书馆员教育

19世纪末,美国普瑞特图书馆学校尝试在一年制图书馆常规技能教育的基础上拓展专业的儿童图书馆员培训,开启了美国儿童图书馆员教育的先河,为第二代儿童图书馆员提供了专门训练,并与20世纪上半叶最具影响力的匹兹堡卡内基儿童图书馆员培训学校有着天然的联系.由其创办者和主要实践者的儿童工作和儿童馆员教育理念出发,探讨普瑞特图书馆学...     

The cognitive profiles of Jordanian students at risk for math disability

The Cattell–Horn–Carroll (CHC) factors of the Woodcock–Johnson (WJ) Arabic Tests of Cognitive Abilities were studied with a group of students at risk of Math Disability (MD) (n50) and average students (n50) between second and fourth grades. Specifically, several statistical analyses were conducted using the seven CHC factors identified by the WJ Arabic Tests and the level of math calculation skills. The two groups were matched on grade, gender, age, and father’s level of education. The findings indicated that average students had higher scores in all tests, but no statistical difference exists between at risk of MD and average groups in terms of Visual-Spatial Thinking or Auditory Processing scores. In addition, the best model for predicting math calculation skills was based on a combined measure of Processing Speed and Short-Term Working Memory factors. Implications of the findings are also discussed.