Individual and situational correlates of motivation for skills upgrading: an empirical study

The present research examines the tenability of a number of factors thought to precede an individual's motivation for skills upgrading. Because motivation for skills upgrading is instrumental to training success and is highly malleable, knowing the factors that precede motivation for skills upgrading would help managers and policy makers a great deal in formulating strategies to raise the competitiveness of the workforce. We derive several testable hypotheses from the existing literature and empirically verify the selected antecedents of motivation for skills upgrading. Results based on responses from 413 employees suggest that an individual's attitude towards skills upgrading, self-efficacy, usefulness of skills upgrading, health condition and long-term orientation are positively related to motivation for skills upgrading. Implications for policy makers, managers and researchers are discussed.     

A Pilot Study of 2 Brief Forms of Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Emotion Dysregulation in College Students

Abstract

Objective: To examine the feasibility and initial efficacy of 2 abbreviated dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training groups: emotion regulation skills only and emotion regulation with mindfulness skills. Participants: Participants were 24 undergraduates (aged 18–29) with significant emotion dysregulation who participated between February and May of 2010, 2011, and 2012. Methods: Participants participated in 2-hour weekly group sessions for 8 weeks and completed outcome measures at baseline, midtreatment, posttreatment, and 4-week follow-up. Results: Participants in both conditions made significant gains, with large effect sizes, across measures of emotion regulation, affect, skills use, and functioning. There were no differences between the 2 groups, suggesting no additive benefit of mindfulness skills. Conclusions: This pilot study provides support for the acceptability and efficacy of abbreviated DBT skills training in colleges, given significant improvements, positive feedback, and low attrition. Impediments to feasibility included recruitment difficulties, particularly due to scheduling constraints.     

培养创新能力是高校教学改革的当务之急

素质教育是面向21世纪高校教育改革的方向。本文针对培养学生的创造性问题,从改革培养模式、转变教育方法、改进教育评价方式和评价标准、改革教学管理制度四个方面阐述了看法,提出把创新能力的培养融于教学改革的全过程。     

How Japanese Families Cope with Fragile Elderly

Coping with caring for ill, fragile elderly is taxing the families in Japan, where longevity statistics predict early in the twenty-first century it will have the highest percentage of aged in the world. Interviews with 20 families revealed that although the culture mandates families care for their elderly, many are having considerable ambivalence and conflict, and caretakers suffer in the process unless they have assumed the defense of a martyr stance. Most do not seek nursing homes but are turning to government for supportive services. The trend in Japan, in spite of tradition, is for adult children to delay taking parents into their homes until they are unable to care for themselves.     

职校内生产性实训基地建设的实践与思考

结合江苏省连云港中等专业学校机电专业校内生产性实训基地建设的具体案例,从中职学校校内实训基地建设现状入手,理论融合实践进行分析,对以教育功能为主体、校办企业为基础的主导式校内生产性实训基地的建设开展实践性研究,并从管理体系、运行体系、评价体系三个方面进行了阐述。     

基于现代服务业的高职文科专业人才培养模式探讨

在大力发展现代服务业的政策背景下,对于高职文科专业人才培养来说,必须着眼现代服务业的发展特点,积极调整专业设置,科学定位人才规格,注重优化人才培养模式,坚持走以产业链建构专业链,依托专业＋实体的发展路子,积极推行＂1＋0.5＋0.5＋0.5＋0.5＂的工学结合模式,培养兼具岗位适应性和职业迁移性的复合型人才。     

西部开发与民族文物干部的培养

在西部开发过程中 ,要保护民族文物 ,离不开民族文物干部。举办民族文物培训班 ,是培养民族文物干部的捷径。     

基于翻转课堂理念的日语听力课堂教学新模式探索

大学日语课程中,听力作为一门基础必修课在整个语言学习过程中占据着至关重要的地位。听力课程培养学生理解和应答口头语言的能力,是对技能的培养。翻转课堂的课下自学课上交流的教学模式适合这类技能训练课,同时也能让学生成为课堂的主体,具有重要的实践意义。     

应用型城市管理专业人才培养模式的探索与思考

在我国新型城镇化发展的新阶段,对于具有先进城市管理理念、掌握现代城市管理理论与方法、具有较强综合协调能力的高素质城市管理人才需求迫切,城市管理人才培养存在严重的供求缺口.本文结合城市管理专业发展趋势,试图从课程体系、教学内容、教学方式和实践教学四个层面,构建契合社会需求的应用型城市管理专业人才培养模式,并提出切实可行的对策建议.     

村镇规划员工作培训需求的实证分析--基于安徽省的问卷调查

通过对安徽省村镇规划员进行问卷调查,运用Spss对村镇规划员工作培训需求情况进行相关分析和回归分析,对影响村镇规划员工作培训需求的因素进行实证研究。研究表明：村镇规划员在主观上有较为强烈的培训需求,但目前的培训供给与培训需求不够协调;村镇规划员的个性特征不同,导致对培训的需求和培训评价不同;在影响培训评价的众多因素中,规划员的年龄影响最大。因此,要提高村镇规划员的工作效果,必须进一步完善规划理论提高规划员的规划水平,健全规划标准增强实践工作的可操作性,加大资金投入力度稳定规划员队伍。