“Inclusive Entrepreneurship”: A Process for Improving Self-Employment for People with Disabilities

ABSTRACT

This article describes the theoretical framework, processes, and outcomes associated with a U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Programs (ODEP)-funded project: “Start-UP NY.” Beginning in 2007, ODEP funded three Start-UP projects throughout the United States to test and demonstrate improved practices supporting entrepreneurship among people with diverse disabilities, including those with mental illnesses and veterans with disabilities. The New York project coined the term “Inclusive Entrepreneurship” to describe a model that promoted change at the individual, program, and systems level to improve the rate of small business development by people with disabilities. The author describes the genesis of the project, its intended effects and the lessons learned along the way that resulted in either course corrections or improvements, He then discusses how the project has been sustained and provides recommendations for replicating the project’s approach and methods in other United States communities or in other countries.     

包容性发展:中原经济区建设语境下的路径选择

中原经济区的建设应走包容性发展之路。包容性发展强调发展的全面性、协调性和可持续性。包容性发展强调社会成员参与的公平性。人们应该公平地获得就业机会以及劳动报酬和其他各种社会待遇与保障的权利。包容性发展是对全体人民群众友善的发展。     

我国城乡二元结构破解之道:基于包容性发展的视角

城乡二元结构至今仍然是我国社会的主要矛盾和顽症之一,从问题的提出上升为执政党的执政方略倾注了学者、社会公众以及政治家的智慧和心血。包容性发展理论的提出为城乡二元结构的破解提供了新的战略方向,而转移型策略、吸纳型策略、解制型策略是当前的策略选择。     

Access to education in Africa: responding to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities mandates that disabled people should have full rights to education in inclusive settings. However, to ensure that educational polices and settings are designed to meet this criterion seems challenging to African countries that have ratified this Convention. This article arises from the 2nd African Network of Evidence-to-Action on Disability Symposium. This fluid network was established to address the gap between research and practice in the region. The article reports proceedings and the emerging themes from the Education, Training and Work Commission; one of the six commissions of this Symposium, focusing specifically on the education aspect. It also challenges various stakeholders to move from evidence to action to ensure the educational rights of disabled people in inclusive settings.     

Deconstructing the Greek-Cypriot new national curriculum: to what extent are disabled children considered in the ‘humane and democratic school’ of Cyprus?

The present paper contextualizes the recent process of development of the New National Curriculum (NNC) for use in Greek-Cypriot public schools. Using content analysis, it pays particular attention to the degree to which the language, performance expectations, and suggested materials described in the NNC take account of disabled children. Notwithstanding the human rights and anti-discrimination rhetoric that surrounds the process of creating an inclusive NNC, the findings presented herein suggest that the curriculum falls short of addressing the rights of disabled children in inclusive education. On the basis of this finding, the paper discusses the dangers inherent in implementing the proposed NNC in its current form.     

全纳教育的新理念对民族地区教育发展的启示

全纳教育是20世纪90年代在世界上逐渐兴起的一种国际化教育思潮。随着全纳教育提倡的新理念如全纳教育的平等观;全纳教育的"积极参与"民主观;全纳教育的"集体合作"价值观以及全纳教育的课程教学观为世界各国所广泛理解和接受,全纳教育已成为21世纪国际教育研究中的一个重大课题和新的研究领域。针对民族地区职业教育而言,全纳教育的这些新理念带给我们一些启示。其一,全纳教育认为无论身处何地人的本质都是积极乐观的。其二,全纳教育强调人人平等。其三,全纳教育的课程教学观认为,课程应该适应学生的需要,而不是学生去适应课程的需要。     

中国共产党制度领导力的发展历程与基本经验——基于共容性组织视角的分析

制度领导力是一个组织将其战略目标与核心价值观融入组织制度之中，让制度引导并规范组织及其成员行为的能力。中国共产党把以人民为中心的价值理念和国家繁荣、民族复兴的伟大愿景融入到党和国家治理的基本制度之中，体现出强大的制度领导力。作为一个典型的共容性组织，中国共产党在成立之初就与广大人民群众之间形成了共容利益。在共容利益的形成、维护与巩固的各个阶段，中国共产党始终代表最广大人民群众的根本利益，并通过党和国家重要的制度变迁坚定不移地维护最广大人民群众的根本利益，推动人民群众福利水平的不断提高。以人民为中心的核心价值观、党领导下的统一战线、民主集中制和始终代表先进生产力的发展要求是中国共产党制度领导力发展的基本经验。     

Investigating the Role of Internet Self-Efficacy in the Elderly's Learning of ICT in Hong Kong,China: A Two-Part Study

SUMMARY

This paper discusses the role of Internet self-efficacy and outcome expectations in the elderly's usage of the Internet through a two-part study. The researchers conducted this study by collaborating with three non-government organizations (NGOs) for which funding was received from one government unit and a large local charitable organization. A new theoretical model was developed to examine the influence of Internet self-efficacy and outcome expectations on usage intention and perceived user competence. Behavioral modeling training courses were offered to mature adults aged 50 and above in two separate studies over a year. Questionnaire surveys and cognitive knowledge assessments were conducted. In general, the findings in the two studies validated the impacts of Internet self-efficacy and outcome expectations on usage intention. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed.