自我效能感对大学英语自主学习的影响

本文介绍了自主学习和班杜拉的自我效能感理论，分析了自我效能感对大学英语自主学习过程的影响机制，进而提出了教师如何培养学生的自我效能感，以促进学生更有效地进行自主学习。     

浅谈大学英语词汇教学

对英语学习者来说,掌握一定的词汇量是学习英语最基本的要求,但是词汇问题却常常是英语交际和各种测试中的最大障碍。为了提高词汇的教与学,教师和学生都付出了巨大的努力,但词汇教学仍然一直深处困境。基于大学英语词汇教学的现状,通过大量的实践,笔者总结了几种行之有效的教学技巧。     

自我效能视野下的思政教师职业倦怠及其干预

思想政治理论课教师职业倦怠是一种社会现象。其成因虽然是多方面的,但教师自我效能感的衰减却不容忽视。以提高思想政治理论课教师自我效能感为切入点寻求缓解教师职业倦怠方法:重塑理想信念,提升个体的自我效能感;建构社会支撑体系,促进个体自我效能感的发展;积极主动增强思想政治理论课教师自我效能感正面信息;改善思想政治理论课教师自我效能感形成与发展的内在要求。     

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.     

Building Financial Knowledge Is Not Enough: Financial Self-Efficacy as a Mediator in the Financial Capability of Low-Income Families

ABSTRACT

Policymakers in many countries have taken an interest in population-level financial capability. Limited empirical work has examined how constructs that makeup financial capability relate and how they function for individuals with low incomes. Using a national sample of low-income Canadians, we investigate relationships between financial knowledge, financial self-efficacy, and savings outcomes. Overall, we find that financial self-efficacy fully mediated the relationship between objective financial knowledge and postsecondary-education saving. The association between objective financial knowledge and retirement saving and emergency saving passed through financial self-efficacy. Efforts to promote financial capability need to focus on more than objective financial knowledge.     

Citizens' Perceptions of the Neighborhood Council

Abstract

The paper presents the findings of a study that explored an attempt to establish neighborhood councils in the Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The Arab residents participating in the study recognized the importance of the neighborhood council, but expressed reservations about the extent to which the model is suited to a traditional society such as theirs. The obstacles encountered in the attempt to establish neighborhood councils derive from the residents' perception of themselves as being incapable of managing their lives autonomously. Moreover, the residents are resistant about having the neighborhood council model imposed on them by a foreign government, to which they have not given political legitimation. In this connection, it is particularly interesting to consider the responses and perceptions of Arab residents with higher education, who have expressed skepticism about the model and about the processes of participatory democracy that it represents. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail     

Promoting Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem for Multiethnic Sexual Minority Youth: An Evidence-Informed Intervention

ABSTRACT

Sexual minority youth face multiple challenges, yet research regarding evidence-informed practice strategies for this population is limited. This study describes the pilot efforts of Strengths First, the first strengths-based intervention created specifically to promote self-esteem and self-efficacy among multiethnic sexual minority youth. A pretest–posttest design was used to gather preliminary data from program participants (n = 162) about the potential effectiveness of the program during a 2-year period that ranged from the inception of the program in June 2008 to September 2010. Significant increases in self-esteem and self-efficacy were found. Implications for social service research and practice are discussed.     

英语学习自我效能感与自主性学习能力的关系——基于英国拉夫堡大学英语戏剧系课堂观察

基于英国拉夫堡大学英语戏剧系课堂观察,探索英语学习自我效能感和自主性学习能力之间的正面关系,提出提高自我效能、优化英语自主学习的途径,即体验成功、同伴指导、言语劝说和情绪唤醒。教师应加深对语言学习者现状的理解,意识到学生自主学习的重要性,有意识地去尝试改进英语教学的方式,在英语教学中重视情感对自主学习能力培养的重要作用,帮助学生成为更好的英语自主学习者,以提高他们的英语实际运用能力。同时,期待对探索出适合西部地区的大学英语个性化教学和自主学习模式构建有所启示。     

“三困生”目标内容与自我效能感、主观幸福感的相关研究

贫困生、心理困难生和学习困难生(以下简称"三困生")的教育工作一直是高校关注的重点和难点,本文从目标内容、自我效能感、主观幸福感三个方面对484名大学生进行相关研究,探讨影响"三困生"学业、心理、行为的心理机制。结果:(1)"三困生"的目标内容与自我效能感、主观幸福感之间有着密切的关系,内部目标能正性预测自我效能感和主观幸福感,而外部目标与自我效能感、消极情绪和生活满意度存在负相关关系。(2)"三困生"的外部目标得分显著高于普通生,他们体会到更少的生活满意度和积极情绪,自我效能感也较低。(3)在外表吸引力和经济成功因子上性别差异显著,在生活满意度上,城乡差异显著。结论:"三困生"的目标内容与自我效能感、主观幸福感之间密切相关,引导"三困生"树立正确个人目标,有助于提高他们的心理健康水平和学业成就。     

大学生家庭教养方式、自尊水平与 职业决策自我效能感的关系研究

为了探讨大学生家庭教养方式、自尊水平与职业决策自我效能感间的关系,采用家庭教养方式量表、自尊量表以及职业决策自我效能感量表,对黑龙江省8所高等院校的456名大学生进行调查,调查结果显示:大学生家庭教养方式、自尊水平、职业决策自我效能感分别在是否为独生子女、性别、年级上对应差异显著;自尊水平、职业决策自我效能感这两个变量均与父母情感温暖与理解呈显著正相关;家庭教养方式可以显著地预测职业决策自我效能感,父亲过度保护因子、家庭教养方式总分能够显著的预测自尊.