'She just got me’: supporting care experienced young people negotiating relationships and identities at school

In this article we examine the complex relationship between care experience, mental health and exclusion from school and how young people (YP) negotiate these different experiences and identities. The study is a secondary analysis, informed by symbolic interactionist theory, of interviews conducted with 19 care experienced YP in Scotland. Not all of the YP were excluded and not all had a formal mental health diagnosis, as such our study design allows interrogation of the contexts and relationships which not only facilitate but also disrupt pathways to exclusion. It also allows reconsideration of assumptions of vulnerability which are often applied to care experienced YP. Our findings suggest that these YP are moving beyond ‘role playing’ the identities ascribed to them and actively seek out relationships which enable them to construct alternative identities.     

The RIX Wiki: the use of multimedia advocacy to support person-centred planning in a special needs secondary school – implications for current policy and practice

The article documents findings from a pilot study undertaken in 2012–2013 in a special needs secondary school in the England, that trialled the use of a multimedia advocacy tool, “The RIX Wiki”. The trial was part of the pathfinder programme, which aimed to reform existing Special Education Needs provision, from the system of statementing to one of developing education health care plans. The reforms became enshrined in the Children and Families Act (2014). The findings were overall positive and helped with person-centred planning processes. The discussion is framed within current and future policy directives. We argue that multimedia advocacy approaches and software tools, like the “RIX Wiki” will have a continued role to play in ensuring the needs, aspirations and choices of children and young people with learning disabilities remain central.     

The Mystery Room: discovering the flexibility of an information literacy-based educational escape room

Abstract

The Mystery Room is an educational escape room based on information literacy and applied to multiple audiences, including first-year students and library student employees. In this article, we explain how we developed the game, its theoretical underpinnings, and why it’s a flexible workshop for a variety of audiences.     

The effect of number of siblings and birth order on educational attainment: Empirical Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey

Data from China demonstrate that the effect of the number of siblings on education is restricted by many factors, such as children’s gender, urban or rural household registration, whether there is only one child, the birth order of children within the family, and parents’ status. Chinese families have significant preferences for the eldest son and the youngest son. Moreover, research based on the natural experiment and instrumental variable approach suggests that market-oriented reform of education has increased the cost of family education expenditures since China’s reform and opening up, which further aggravates the negative impact on education of having many siblings in an urban setting.     

体育教育专业排球必修课教学实验研究——新、旧教学大纲教学效果比较

为全面提高排球必修课教学质量 ,对体育教育专业必修课教学大纲进行了修改 ,并对新、旧教学大纲同时进行教学实验 ,实验结果表明 :新教学大纲对学生更好地掌握排球基础理论知识、提高技战术水平、培养教学训练工作能力及组织比赛能力等方面优于旧大纲 ;学生随着实践能力的提高 ,技术和理论成绩也得到相应的提高。     

普通高校体育课编班教学改革实验研究

体育课教学是高等学校体育工作的核心。教学质量的好坏直接影响学生的体质。但是 ,现行的班级体育授课制仍然是沿袭以智力、高考分数为核心 ,方便文化课教学的编班制进行体育课教学 ,这无疑影响学生体质的发展和终身体育思想的形成 ,而且给体育课教学带来许多困难。因此 ,从发展学生体质和培养终身锻炼习惯的实际需要出发 ,打破单纯按智力、分数的分班制是当前高校体育教学工作中亟待解决的问题。     

杨贤江青年教育思想与实践及其现实意义

本文从杨贤江关于做好青年教育工作的前提、根据和应遵循“全人生指导”的根本原则以及青年教育工作的方式、方法三个方面探析了杨贤江的青年教育思想与实践并分别揭示了其现实意义 ,指出了当代青年教育工作者应学习和借鉴之处。     

教学实习中采用"说课"方法的实验研究

“说课”是授课者在有限的时间内，将一节体育课的教学内容、方法，课的组织形式、练习步骤以及场地、器材等运用情况，用简练准确的语言并配合清晰、简单的动作示范向听课者展现出来。实习生课前采用“说课”，能使各教学环节在头脑中加深印象，加快向教师角色意识转换的速度，有利于教学基本功的掌握，此方法具有可操作性和实用性。     

论奥林匹克运动的教育价值

从现代奥林匹克运动的复兴 ,奥林匹克主义、理想 ,到现代奥林匹克运动所出现的“人文危机”等方面对奥林匹克运动的教育价值进行了深入的探讨 ,旨在加强对奥林匹克精神的理解 ,为 2 0 0 8年北京举办奥运会创造良好的社会体育环境。     

趣味性融入数学课堂教学方法初探

中小学数学课程要求:“必须使学生形成勇于探索,勇于创新的科学精神”。现结合自己的教学实践,谈谈把创新与数学的趣味性和实践性引入课堂的看法。