Should I stay or should I go? Predictors and effects of studying abroad during high school

In an increasingly globalized and culturally diverse world, extended stays abroad during high school are considered important opportunities for acquiring and improving a variety of skills, most importantly, language achievement. This study examines both predictors and effects of studying abroad in an English-speaking country during high school, using population data from the second largest city in Germany (N = 5361; 13% went abroad). In order to determine the most central predictors of studying abroad, we employed logistic regression models in which students’ socioeconomic background emerged as the strongest predictor of studying abroad. To test the effects of studying abroad, we applied propensity score matching. Studying abroad had positive effects on standardized achievement, grades, and course choice in English, whereas it had hardly any effects on outcomes in math. Implications for studying abroad during high school and future research directions are discussed.     

对中国早期学校运动会的历史考察

介绍了中国早期学校运动会产生的历史背景，阐述了学校运动会从单一的体操游戏到综合性运动会的发展特征。认为早期学校运动会的影响为：改变中国人传统体育观念；妇女体育得到重视；传统武术得到发展；锦标主义盛行。     

不同文化背景下体育文化的共性与个性分析

体育文化作为文化的一个分支，不可避免地会受到各自不同国家、民族和地区的文化背景的影响，而深深地打上各自极具国家、民族和地区鲜明特点的烙印，但与此同时，体育文化作为全人类共同的文化财富，它们之间存在着共性。     

谈元曲作家的隐逸情怀

元曲作家普遍地具有隐逸情怀，或是表现为宁静淡泊，或是表现为放荡不羁，但总体上都表示出对功名的不屑，对自适生活的向往。这种隐逸情怀的大量存在有其深刻的历史原因。     

对我国近现代学校武术内容及活动变迁过程的研究

采用文献资料的方法,综合考察我国近现代学校武术百年发展历程.研究认为:1)近代学校武术是在古代学校武术的基础上发展起来的,这与当时的历史背景和教育需要是分不开的;2)近代学校武术的发展首先是来自于"土洋之争","尚武精神"在学校得到捍卫,但是武术教学情况发展很不平衡,武术师资经历了聘请到培养的过程;3)现代学校武术向着规范化方向发展,体育院校武术教育不断扩展,各地武术馆校层出不穷;4)近现代学校武术的发展给我们的启示:东西文化的撞击使学校武术得到了新发展;学校武术的发展需要有长远的规划作保障;学校武术水平的提高是以师资力量为基础.     

Does the Model of Language in the National Literacy Strategy Create Failure for Pupils from Differing Language Backgrounds?

The National Literacy Strategy (NLS) was introduced by the government in the wake of the hotly debated issue of falling educational standards in the UK. All schools were required to adopt the NLS Literacy Hour unless they could show their preferred programme would result in raised levels of achievement. My experience of delivering the Literacy Hour has been a process of adaptation to the needs of my pupils, who are drawn mainly from groups whose language backgrounds differ from that which is dominant in school. I have found that the requirements of NLS, together with many of the commercial resources used to teach it, are not appropriate for pupils from these groups and a question arose: is it the pupils who are in some way deficient or is it the approach and the resources being used? This article takes a case study of the use of a commercially produced resource to explore the model of language implicit in NLS, the kinds of resources it generates and the ways in which this creates failure in pupils from different language backgrounds. It then considers the New Literacy Studies and their implications for an alteration in our approach.     

对先进文化内涵的理解

先进化是包含多个层面的复合体：先进化以邓小平理论为其理论核心，以依法治国和以德治国相结合为实践手段，以吸收古今中外的优秀化为基本出发点，以与时俱进为活力之源。     

中国近代学校兵操兴衰评析

兵式体操在我国近代学校体育史中占有重要的地位，它的兴起与发展、衰落与废止都有其深刻的社会历史背景：军国民教育思想和中国留日学生对兵式体操的兴起和发展起了重要的作用，“五四”新文化运动，兵式体操本身存在的问题和弱点以及实用主义教育思想的传入是导致学校兵操衰落和最后废止的主要原因。     

近代国际体育赛事的形成与发展管窥

通过文献资料、逻辑分析等方法，对20世纪初叶到70年代的近代国际体育赛事进行梳理，发现这一阶段是国际各类体育赛事形成与发展的高峰时期，随着时间的流逝，众多体育赛事中得以生存并获得发展的毕竟是少数。究其原因主要有来自于工业革命、宗教改革、两次世界大战、文化差异等方面。解决诸多困扰国际体育赛事发展问题的途径主要在于顺应时代潮流、注重不同文化的融合、正确处理体育与政治的关系等等。     

谈大学英语教学中的文化导入

近年来，外语界普遍认识到社会文化背蒂知识在语言教学中的重要性。为了正确理解英语，并能与英美人进行得体有效的交际，大学生应对英美社会文化背景有所了解。本文将就大学英语教学中文化导入的必要性以及文化导入的方法等问题提出自己的浅见。