Information sharing and reporting systems in the UK and Ireland: Professional barriers to reporting child maltreatment concerns

Across the UK recent policy developments have focused on improved information sharing and inter‐agency cooperation. Professional non‐reporting of child maltreatment concerns has been consistently highlighted as a problem in a range of countries and the research literature indicates that this can happen for a variety of reasons. Characteristics such as the type of abuse and the threshold of evidence available are key factors, as are concerns that reporting will damage the professional‐client relationship. Professional discipline can also impact on willingness to report, as can personal beliefs about abuse, attitudes towards child protection services and experiences of court processes. Research examining the role of organisational factors in information sharing and reporting emphasises the importance of training and there are some positive indications that training can increase professional awareness of reporting processes and requirements and help to increase knowledge of child abuse and its symptoms. Nonetheless, this is a complex issue and the need for training to go beyond simple awareness raising is recognised. In order to tackle non‐reporting in a meaningful way, childcare professionals need access to on‐going multidisciplinary training which is specifically tailored to address the range of different factors which impact on reporting attitudes and behaviours. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Getting Out and About: The Relationship Between Urban Form and Senior Travel Patterns

As the overall U.S. population expands outward from the central city and core suburbs and as people age in place, more seniors will reside in suburban and exurban locations. This research seeks to determine whether older adults who live in areas with differing urban forms experience travel pattern variations under controls for other factors related to travel. We analyzed data from a telephone survey of a random sample of seniors aged 75 years and older and we employed a unique approach for establishing the urban form of their residential settings. The results show that urban form does influence travel patterns, including the number of trips and transportation mode, and suggest that the construction of compact, mixed-use communities where today's older adults can age in place may be part of the solution to addressing the mobility needs of our aging population.     

高等教育与社会分层的动态考察

社会分层是当代社会学最引人注目的研究课题之一。本文从社会分层的一般标准入手，通过潜在分层与外显分层的纵横比较分析，认为随着现代社会的发展，高等教育对社会分层及其流动的影响越来越大，高等教育作为一种潜在的分层标准，直接影响着人们社会地位的获得与流动。     

科举对清代社会流动的影响——基于清代朱卷作者之家世分析

通过对《清代朱卷集成》七千多名举子家世的分析,可以看出,在清代,尽管获得科举功名者大多数出身于较高社会阶层,出身于上五代均无功名家庭的举子要实现向上流动相当艰难,但一定比例的布衣借着科举得以升迁的事实,说明他们仍有一个较为公平的上升渠道。姻亲和母系家族对于举子提升社会阶层几无助力。居住城市的举子实现向上流动的机会要比乡居举子大得多,但家世在实现社会流动的过程中起着远比居住地更为重要的作用。     

大陆高校英语学习者特点与教师自我发展

旨在改进教学模式的大学英语教学改革在丰富教育教学资源、拓宽学生的个性发展空间的同时，客观上对教师的职业发展提出了新的需求。文章分析了制约大陆高校英语教学的三个主要因素，引介了美国英语教师协会提出的自我发展内涵，并提出了完善英语教师专业知识结构、更新教学理念及促进教研相长的初步设想。     

网络教育中消除人际交互障碍的策略

首先从目前网络教育中人际交互现状的调查结果出发,分析了人际交互障碍的严重性及其研究的意义;然后从社会心理学的角度分析了网络教育中人际交互障碍的产生原因;最后针对网络教育的特点,给出了消除网络教育中人际交互障碍的部分策略,希望能够帮助网络学习者更快地适应网络学习过程.同时为提高网络教育的整体质量提供启发.     

The ‘digital glimpse’ as imagining home

This paper proposes the concept of the ‘digital glimpse’, which develops the existing framing of imaginative travel. Here it articulates the experiences of mobile workers digitally connecting into family life and everyday rituals when physically absent with work. The recent embedding of digital communication technologies into personal relationships and family life is reconfiguring how absence is experienced and practiced by workers on the move, and through this, new digital paradigms for life on-the-move are emerging. This paper explores how such social relationships are maintained at-a-distance through digital technology – using evidence from qualitative interviews with mobile workers and their families. Digital technology now enables expressive forms of ‘virtual travel’, including video calling, picture sharing, and instant messaging. This has implications for the ways in which families can manage the social and relational pressures of being apart. Experiences of imaginative travel created through novel media can enrich the experience and give a greater sense of connection for both those who are at home and those who are away. While technology is limited in its ability to replicate a sense of co-presence, ‘digital glimpses’ are an emergent set of sociotechnical practices that can reduce the negative impact of absence on family relationships.     

减租减息与淮北抗日根据地农民的社会流动

抗日战争时期,党在淮北抗日根据地实行了比较彻底的减租减息,它在经济上削弱了封建剥削,改善了农民的社会生活,促进了根据地土地和阶级关系的变化,引发了根据地农民的社会流动和阶级结构的变化,有利于根据地社会的稳定,为根据地的巩固与扩大奠定了坚实的基础.     

技术性贸易壁垒对广东出口贸易的影响及其对策

随着广东出口贸易的迅速发展,国外技术性贸易壁垒已成为阻碍广东出口贸易发展的最大障碍,已经对广东出口贸易的增长速度和广东出口产品的竞争力产生了较大的影响。为此,政府和企业应共同努力,从尽快实施标准化战略、建立技术性贸易壁垒的预警机制等方面进行积极应对和有效防范。