An ordinary moonlighting activity? Determinants of the provision of private tutoring by Czech schoolteachers

Teacher moonlighting (teachers working other jobs in addition to teaching) may have positive as well as negative implications. In the context of post-socialist countries, the provision of private tutoring is one of the common forms of teacher moonlighting. The aim of the paper is to analyse the prevalence and factors that are associated with a) having a paid job in addition to one’s regular teaching obligations; b) provision of private tutoring among teachers. Results are drawn from a representative sample of 494 Czech teachers of academic school subjects in lower secondary schools who responded to an online questionnaire survey. Male teachers working part-time, with shorter professional experience, higher household financial burden and lower satisfaction with teacher salaries were more likely to moonlight. The provision of private tutoring was only associated with shorter professional experience and the teaching of core subjects, suggesting that Czech teachers’ motivation to provide private tutoring is currently not primarily financial.     

Teachers’ self-efficacy and intercultural classroom practices in diverse classroom contexts: A cross-national comparison

This cross-national study provides new insights in teacher efficacy in today’s culturally diverse classrooms using survey data of 269 early childhood and primary school teachers in England, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland. Teacher efficacy can be viewed as a two dimensional concept in which both general beliefs are measured alongside (diversity-related) domain-specific beliefs. These beliefs are related to the cultural classroom context and the use of intercultural classroom practices. Our results indicate that policies and professional development targeted at the reciprocal relation between diversity-related efficacy and practices are important when preparing teachers for working in diverse classroom contexts.     

Individual and cultural factors in teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion: A meta-analysis

The success of inclusive education is dependent upon classroom teachers implementing adaptations for children with disabilities. Given that willingness to make such adaptations is influenced by teacher attitudes, the current study examined teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education through a meta-analysis of 64 samples that were found via a systematic literature search. The results indicated that teachers hold a positive attitude towards inclusion of children with disabilities in mainstream schools and that these attitudes are moderated by an interplay of cultural and demographical factors. The findings offer a renewed basis for intervention research into improving educational opportunities for children around the world.     

从武术自身特性视角思考武术的推广模式

通过对武术本身特性及发展情况的研究,为武术在21世纪的发展提出了四种推广模式,即竞技武术推广模式、传统武术推广模式、武术职业化和商业化推广模式、武术养生健身推广模式。     

从比较的角度看中、美两国职业篮球市场的主题和差异

我国职业篮球联赛正在形成和发展之中,通过研究美国职业篮球(NBA)市场的发展轨迹,从6个方面分析了它的特征与运作过程:以俱乐部为骨架的职业联盟;以市场为导向的职业市场;以严密的法律和游戏规则为指针;以超前的经营理念为发展方向;以明星效应与各种媒体的精心组合为焦点;以转会市场及选秀制度规范了竞争的公平性.经过对比分析,提出了我国职业篮球市场在变迁过程中存在的差异及由此产生的发展对策.     

体育产业理论研究误区刍议

从体育产业的理论研究出发,从体育产业界定、体育产业发展的经济基础、职业化等方面阐述了当前体育理论研究中存在的误区,指明了体育产业正确的研究方向,并提出了体育产业的发展思路.     

体育教学中师生交往的研究

本文从体育教师本身、体育教学模式和体育考核模式中分析了当前体育教学中师生交往中所存在的问题 ;从体育教师观念转变、体育教学模式的改变和改革体育考核方法几个方面提出相应的对策。     

Reconceptualising educational assessment in South Africa — testing times for teachers

This paper explores some of the problems arising when Continuous Assessment (CA) is grafted onto established pedagogic practices. It focuses on three issues: teachers' restricted understandings of assessment, teachers' emphasis on criteria that demonstrate concern with social control, and some of the problems connected with peer assessment. Two vignettes derived from fieldwork associated with a project to improve the quality of primary education are used to raise the issues. We argue that the development of desired practices is hampered above all by tacit values in tension with those underpinning the new curriculum. These values, together with the complexity of curriculum design, create serious problems of manageability and interpretation, which can only be addressed through detailed interactive in-service training, aimed at reconceptualising teachers' notions of assessment.     

市场经济体制下中国体育发展的思考

在我国社会主义市场经济体制初步建立，商品经济迅速发展，改革开放不断深入的今天，我国体育事业的繁荣与发展是摆在体育界同仁面前的重要课题。本文从现代体育观念与现代经济发展的关系入手，剖析了体育与经济的密切联系，市场经济体制下中国体育的发展方向，提出中国体育要向产业化过渡，走社会化、竞技体育职业化、市场化的道路。期盼中国体育抓住机遇，尽快与国际体育接轨，早日跻身世界体育强国之林。     

从“大包围市场推广策略”理论看广告代理业发展

“大包围市场推广策略”的推出,标志着广告代理业一个新的时代的到来,传统的广告代理逐渐转变为世界性的传达代理,其职能、产业经营和交易制度都发生了前所未有的转变.