A qualitative study on participants’ perceptions of child development accounts in Korea

ABSTRACT

In 2007, Korea implemented Child Development Accounts (CDAs) for institutionalised children in child welfare systems. Since then, the target group and a matching cap of CDAs in Korea have evolved. The target group expanded to include poor children receiving welfare, whereas the matching cap increased from KRW 30,000 (US$26.53) to KRW 40,000 (US$35.38), which is matched at a 1:1 rate. Despite the expansion, there is little empirical evidence examining the extent to which CDAs have influenced the life of participants. Using a content analysis method with a sample (N = 22), this study examines how CDAs have changed children’s mindsets, saving habits, education, future planning and sponsorship. The findings suggest that CDAs have multiple positive influences on children. This study concludes with policy implications for the inclusive and progressive development of CDAs in Korea.     

新中国70年道德建设回顾

道德是上层建筑的意识形态,由社会经济关系决定,并反作用于社会经济关系。我国社会主义道德对社会主义建设和改革开放发挥巨大促进作用,是中华人民共和国前进的道德力量,在中国人民站起来到富起来再到强起来的征程中,起着精神引导作用。中国共产党历来重视思想道德建设,新中国成立之后,注重道德对社会主义建设的积极作用,坚持两个文明一起抓,法治与德治相结合,大力推进公民道德建设,发挥道德模范的示范作用,大力加强学校思想道德建设。70年来,特别是党的十八大以来,以习近平同志为核心的党中央采取各种措施大力加强思想道德建设,我国伦理学学科建设成果丰硕。这一系列的工作凝聚起强大的道德力量,使人民群众焕发出极大的爱国热情,华夏儿女同心同德,共圆中华民族复兴之梦。     

Stop the Beat: Quiet Regulation and Cultural Conflict1

This article explores a recent conflict over the youth phenomenon known as “raving” in the City of Chicago. By interviewing participants involved in the conflict, I set out to understand the extent to which the crackdown on raves in Chicago was similar to earlier social reactions to jazz, comic books, rock and roll, and Dead Head culture, as well as to more recent conflicts over punk, rap music, and raves in other cities. While most previous research on cultural conflict has focused on moral crusades, campaigns, and panics, the Chicago conflict represents an example of “quiet regulation.” Opponents refrained from highly visible, morally charged attacks; instead, in the absence of media hype and visible public discourse, public officials justified the crackdown in highly bureaucratic terms—avoiding risk, collecting taxes, enforcing codes. Nonetheless, they also drew on cultural schemas that linked raves and raving with drugs, sex, and deviance. As a result, officials selected a course of regulation that criminalized DJs and discredited the artform. In the absence of a highly visible moral campaign, the rave participants were unable to mobilize and resist the regulation and defend their lifestyle. Sociologists must move beyond highly visible campaigns and crusades and pay greater attention to quiet regulation, both because such regulation is likely to increase in the future and because it has significant consequences for power, cultural expression, and identity.     

加强和改进师德建设是教育之根本

本文以崭新的视角与多种途径论述加强和改进师德建设的相关问题，树立与时俱进的育人为本和德育为先的教育思想至关重要。     

略论中等职业教育数学教学改革

中职数学课程采用的是以前中专数学教材，其教学内容已不适应当前中职的人才培养目标，迫切需要我们进行教学内容和教学方法的改革，以构建体现中职教育特点的数学课程新体系．     

浅议加强民族高校财务人员职业道德教育的意义

本文就民族高校财务工作的特点和市场经济发展形势的要求,阐述加强对民族高校财务人员进行职业道德教育的重要性及其意义。     

黑龙江蒙古族饮食习俗述略

本文介绍了黑龙江蒙古族饮食习俗的内容与特点。     

《大兴安岭鄂伦春》评述

本文对关小云女士的著作<大兴安岭鄂伦春>进行了评述.     

民族高校德育工作的创新发展

民族高校的德育工作既有普通高校德育工作的共性,又有其民族的特殊性。因此,在德育工作中针对少数民族学生的特点,与时俱进,开拓新思路,探索新方法,加强德育工作的针对性和实效性。     

赫哲族伦理道德初探

赫哲族的伦理道德是赫哲族人民的宝贵精神财富,它在赫哲族人民的精神生活中起着直接的规范性作用。这也表明赫哲族是一个极为讲究伦理道德的民族,其伦理道德既是中华民族传统伦理道德不可分割的组成部分,又具有自身鲜明的特点。赫哲族伦理道德在赫哲族人的生活习俗、民间文学等诸多方面都有十分具体的体现。在社会主义精神文明建设中,对赫哲族伦理道德的特点进行分析,取其精华,弃其糟粕,通过吸收和改造,使赫哲族的传统道德和社会主义道德相统一,是本文研究的主旨。