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.     

Pupil participation: the NASEN policy

NASEN is to be congratulated for developing a Policy on Pupil Participation (NASEN, 2004). The importance of developing this practice has been increasingly recognised over recent years by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. In this short article I shall address some of the issues that the development of such a policy raises. Although generally welcoming NASEN's initiatives and similar actions by other organizations, I consider it important also to review the issue more broadly.     

商务英语专业学生英语阅读理解常见错误的实证研究

文章通过对高职商务英语专业学生阅读中难句翻译理解错误的分析及其与阅读理解得分之间的相关分析，发现翻译错误与阅读理解高度正相关；母语参与阅读理解思维活动有利于学习者对原文的理解；在影响学习者阅读理解的各因素中，词汇影响最大；中国学生在阅读理解中，对某些结构和词汇的省略并不会对阅读理解造成重大影响。     

对我国体育人口游泳参与状况的探析

运用“1997年中国城乡居民参与体育活动情况调查问卷”的结果报告及研究成果有关数据，分析我国不同年龄体育人口游泳参与率的变化趋势，结果表明：游泳成为我国青年、壮年阶段体育人口所喜爱的健身项目；我国体育人口游泳参与率随年龄增长呈下降趋势；我国男子体育人口游泳渗与率在不同年龄阶段均高于女性。     

主体参与式体育课教学模式刍议

本文紧密结合体育课的特点，详细论述了主体参与式体育课教学模式是体育教学改革的重要方向，符合时代发展的需要，是现代教育发展的趋势和体育课特点的必然要求，同时提出了变教师中心观念为学生主体观念、变被动学习为学生主动参与、变课堂中心为多种活动并行的体育教学改革指导思想。     

中国知识分子健康与体育参与状况评析

运用中国群众体育现状调查的数据以及其他社会统计资料，对中国知识分子健康状况和体育参与情况做了全面评析，否定了中国知识分子健康状况进一步恶化的错误结论，澄清了20世纪90年代以来有关中国知识分子健康问题的认识。     

公共治理视野下公共图书馆的经费问题

经费短缺是公共图书馆发展的瓶颈。政府拨款是图书馆的主要经费来源。但图书馆是公共物品，公众的事务公众办。争取政府较多的投入要靠公众对图书馆治理的参与。解决公共图书馆经费问题要实现从行政依赖的“图书馆管理模式”向公众参与的“图书馆治理模式”转型。通过图书馆立法、健全图书馆行业组织、公众参与图书馆治理等几方面努力，改善图书馆的法治环境，解决图书馆财政困难，实现公众参与的和谐社会目标。     

Enhancing Research Impact in Heritage Conservation

This paper examines how research impact is defined, measured, and generated – with a view to understanding how it can be enhanced within heritage conservation. It examines what is meant by ‘impact’ and how it can be promoted within heritage science through effective inter-disciplinary collaboration. Following a general examination of the current discourse concerning research impact, the study examined: (i) active research networks within heritage science; (ii) research planning and evaluation practices within heritage science; and (iii) the experiences of users (i.e. conservators and other heritage professionals) within research collaborations. Terminologies surrounding the notion of impact and the various phases of the research process were reviewed – from the initial identification of a knowledge gap to the eventual application of new findings in practice. Next, the reach and diversity of research collaborations (as identified through publication co-authorship) were studied to characterise the inter-disciplinary nature of heritage science and its connectedness to users. Findings showed substantial growth in international research collaborations over recent years, predominantly involving academic- and research-oriented institutions – although the engagement of heritage institutions has proportionally decreased. In addition, a worldwide survey of institutional planning and evaluation practices revealed a general reliance on processes driven by the interests of researchers – the systematic consideration of stakeholder opinion and evaluation of research outcomes being less common. Finally, a series of semi-structured interviews with senior heritage professionals explored their experience of collaborative research. The results identified key areas where strategic support is needed to promote user participation and enhance impact. These include training for research readiness, engagement, and impact for both researchers and users; better methods for needs and outcome assessment; affordable open access options and greater diversity of knowledge exchange opportunities. Finally, the need for ethical guidelines for responsible research, and greater emphasis on non-academic impact within research rating systems are discussed.     

美国科技博物馆展览开发中公众参与的研究及启示

展览开发是博物馆展览的基础问题,随着公众参与逐渐被提上研究议程,也促使我们去思考展览开发过程中如何引入公众参与。美国的科技博物馆展览开发已经建立了较为完善的公众参与体系:明确的参与者角色、系统的参与理念和阶段式的参与行为,已经获得了普遍的应用。借鉴美国博物馆的经验,我国博物馆展览的开发,应在构建展览评估体系的基础上,进一步了解和认识公众,拓展公众参与的方式,并不断寻求公众的声音。