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.     

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.     

学校体育及身体保健设问精解

针对学校体育及身体保健方面许多常识性问题上存在的认识偏误，设置40问并从体育基本理论的高度分别进行了简明解说。     

太极拳的保健作用与机理探讨

从运动生理学的角度对太极拳运动的保健作用与机理进行了论述。     

高校体育保健康复专业的发展及可行性分析

体育保健康复专业是近年来随着我国城市功能的逐渐完善,社会体育、休闲体育及社区体育的快速发展而逐渐“兴旺”起来的热门专业。由于我国大部分体育院校并未开设这一专业,面对人才供应的短缺,建议部分具备开设这一专业条件的体育院校应开设体育保健康复专业,以推动我国社会体育事业的健康发展。     

直面惨淡的人生——刘恒解读

刘恒的创作缺乏快乐,他看到的是生命的困惑,致力于探究生存之道,探索人性之谜,揭示无所不在的人生宿命。存在与消亡,实有与虚无,意义与空无,成为他永恒的话题。     

Steps Toward More Effective Implementation of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

The goal of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing is to improve testing practices, but their impact on practice appears spotty. Self-regulation clearly fails in some instances. The establishment of an external agency to oversee testing practices and adherence to the Standards would face substantial hurdles, and the ambiguity of many of the Standards would hobble such an organization if one were created. Many of the Standards are general statements of principle, and past controversies make clear that we in the field often disagree about the reasons for them, their applicability to specific cases, and their practical meaning in specific contexts. This paper argues that the field should follow two approaches to lessen this ambiguity. First, using journals, conferences, and other vehicles, we should foster more frequent and more protracted debate about the practical meaning of key Standards, such as 13.6 and 13.7, which mandate that a decision that will have a "major impact" on a student should not be based on a single score. Second, future revisions of the Standards should use concrete examples of testing practices to clarify the meaning of the Standards, much as the legal system uses case law to clarify the meaning of the general principles embodied in statutes .     

挪威学前教育的《日间护养机构的框架计划》

挪威学前教育的《日间护养机构的框架计划》对于我国《幼儿园教育指导纲要(试行)》的解读和贯彻实施具有重要的借鉴意义。该框架计划可分为三个主要的部分:第一部分是“总论”,提出了日间护养机构的工作目标和基本原则。第二部分是“内容——学习和体验的领域”。第三部分是关于“计划的运用”。本文重点讨论了第二部分,即日间护养机构的工作内容。在此基础上,本文提出了该框架计划的启示意义。     

理性批判与人文关怀——海德格尔与老庄哲学思想的比较与思考

海德格尔哲学与老庄哲学有两个契合点:即理性批判和人文关怀。尽管两位哲人对批判各有偏颇,但两种批判的意旨在于使人获得人之为人的本质,达到一种理想的状态——“诗意的栖居”。在理性日益膨胀的今天,探讨两位哲人的思想,对于我们以和谐社会为主导的现代化建设极富现实性的意义。     

国内外1975～1991年间关于中小企业信息管理的研究成果统计分析及建议

对 1975～ 1991年间国内外有关中小企业研究的文章从关键词分布、主题分布、国家分布等方面进行了统计 ,具体分析了文章主题的内容 ,进而指出我国在这些方面亟待解决与完善的问题 ,对我国支撑中小企业的信息管理提出参考性建议。表 4 ,参考文献 8。