‘Teaching’ the path towards university: understanding student access through storied-futures and meritocratic grand narratives

The notion that the stories of our lives shape dispositions towards imagined futures is another lens through which university underrepresentation should be viewed. A storied lens attends to how futures, like university attendance, are storied during childhood to the extent that some youth imagine, and therefore plan, these futures as natural progression. Such was the case for study participants, indicating that childhood stories contain answers for mitigating social reproduction connected to parental education and cultural forces within the home. Examining social mobility through the underexplored storied-futures grand narrative presents unique solutions that lay hidden within the dominant meritocratic grand narrative.     

Discrete Choice Modeling in Education: An Innovative Method to Assess Teaching Practices

Self‐reported measures are an easy, time‐efficient, and low‐cost way to collect research data compared to other assessment methods. They are, however, characterized by several limitations regarding the quality and the clarity of the data they produce, especially when they are implemented in education. The main purpose of the current study was to use a method called discrete choice modeling (DCM) in education, in order to develop a self‐reported instrument that will reduce the bias for socially desirable responses and to assess teachers’ practices in physical activity. DCM method has the ability to overcome the respondents’ tendency to answer in a socially desirable way. A nationally representative sample of 531 Greek early educators participated in this study and were administered a self‐assessment questionnaire based on DCM. Results showed that the DCM based newly developed instrument manages to assess effectively educators’ practices and provided evidence of the applicability of the method in education. Further implications and future recommendations regarding the effective application of DCM in education are discussed.     

Parents’ son preference,childhood adverse experience and mental health in old age: Evidence from China

BackgroundSon preference is an enduring phenomenon in China and may often be related to childhood adverse experiences. According to a life-course perspective, adverse experiences during a childhood period may have a long-term effect on mental health in later age. However, little is known about this relationship between parents’ son preference, childhood adverse experiences and adulthood mental health in China.ObjectiveThe study aims to evaluate the association of parents’ son preference and individual mental health in old age in China. The mediating role of childhood adverse experiences was also estimated.Participants and settingThe China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2015 combined with CHARLS life history survey was analyzed (N = 11,666).MethodsMental health was measured by a shortened modification of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale including seven items, and higher scores indicated worse mental health status. A four-step mediating model was applied.ResultsRespondents growing in families with son preference had on average 0.75 (P < 0.001) points higher on the mental health scale than their counterparts, and the effects were consistent for both males and females. Childhood adverse experiences measured by physical maltreatment, emotional adverse experiences and witnesses of inter-parent violence mediated the relationship between parents’ son preference and individual adulthood mental health by 47.87%. For females, physical maltreatment and emotional adverse experiences explained the most parts of health effects of parents’ son preference, whereas witnesses of inter-parent violence was the most influential mediator for males.ConclusionParents’ son preference led to adverse childhood experiences, which influenced mental health in adulthood.     

中职体育教学中学生团队意识的培养探析

当前,我国社会市场对人才的要求越来越多,而在众多要求中团队精神已经成为学生学习、求职、从事行业工作必备的条件。中职生是一群特殊的群体,其专业学习具有很强的职业性与目的性,在为中职生开展的体育教学中培养学生的团队意识非常重要。本文结合笔者多年的工作实践,探讨中职体育教学培养学生团队意识的策略,以供参考。     

在数学教学中培养学生提出问题的能力

20世纪50年代以来,谈话法就一直是数学教学的主流方法。这种谈话法大多由教师提出问题展开,以师生间一问一答的方式进行,教师提出的问题中具有启发式的,开放式的,需要学生经过深思熟虑才能回答的问题并不多。师生间是单向交流,学生缺少提出问题的机会,很大程度上限制了学生的思考和独立解决问题的能力。在数学教学中培养学生提出问题的能力是我们必须贯彻的教学目标。     

影响高师素描教学质量的几个原因

分析了当前影响高师素描教学质量的几个原因,并针对高师素描教学应重视的几个问题提出了一些看法.     

西北普通高校大学生体育锻炼意识与运动兴趣的调查研究

通过对西北普通高校大学生体育锻炼意识、健康状况与运动兴趣调查分析。结果表明:大学生喜欢上体育课的 人数不到60％,相当一部分学生对体育的健身价值缺乏正确的认识,没有体育锻炼的习惯和意识;学生的体质健康状况 不近人意,必须引起有关领导的重视;学生对健身类、健美类、娱乐类和球类体育活动比较感兴趣,学校应多为研究生 提供这方面的教学和活动场所,而对田径项目的兴趣则相对不大。     

少儿终身体育意识的培养及其影响因素

少儿阶段是终身体育的基础阶段,应引导少儿体育兴趣,培养其终身体育意识。少儿终身体育意识的培养受着诸多因素的影响,消除不良因素的影响,营造积极氛围,是体育教学的主要任务之一。     

对篮球教练员职业化意识的研究

篮球教练员的职业化意识有助于教练员科学地组织训练和指导比赛,是篮球教练员长期执教的重要保证。通过对篮球教练员的职业化意识的概念、组成和培养途径的分析和探讨,表明学习和借鉴先进管理经验,利用生理、生化指标监控训练、比赛,职业道德意识和法律意识,将现代篮球运动理论与总结训练竞赛经验相结合,以及不断丰富提高自身素质的意识等综合构成了篮球教练员的职业化意识。提出可以通过自主学习、参加进修、多方合作和参加教练员岗位培训等途径来培养篮球教练员的职业化意识。     

普通大学生体育活动现状调查与研究

通过问卷调查和文献资料等方法,对湖州师范学院和杭州师范学院学生体育健康意识、喜爱运动项目、上课情况、课外活动情况等方面进行了调查,为高等院校进一步深化体育教学改革提供参考依据.