当代乡土审美语境中的农村环境艺术设计

环境艺术设计是改善农村人居环境质量,实现“美丽乡村”建设的重要手段。在全球化与城市强势发展的双重影响下,农村陷入生态困境与审美误区,“千村一貌”与城乡文化同质化现象严重,传统乡土审美语境面临挑战。农村环境艺术设计应吸取城市的经验与教训,以当代农民为审美主体,既要尊重农民追求物质生活的愿景,体现时代气息,又要传承乡土文化与精神,保持地域特色,留住乡愁。     

绚丽的模纹花坛

古典模纹花坛是中世纪欧洲园林最具代表性的植物配置手法之一。它绚丽多姿、雍容华贵的特性与欧洲独特的建筑风格相映成趣,在文艺复兴时期谱写了其生命最辉煌的篇章,至今仍有深远影响。该文介绍了模纹花坛的起源、发展及其特点,探讨这种植物配置手法在中国应用的价值、适用的范围、场合和营建方法,并举例分析了模纹花坛在中国应用的现状及将来发展应用的可能性。     

学以成童：陈鹤琴“活教育”思想的再发现——以新时代幼儿教师专业发展要求为视角

陈鹤琴先生是我国幼儿教育事业的奠基人与拓荒者,他提出了适合中国国情,符合中国幼儿发展的“活教育”理论。“活教 育”理论提出了“发现小孩、了解小孩、解放小孩、信仰小孩、变成小孩”的幼儿教师专业成长与发展路径。这种理念对于贯彻落 实当前学前教育专业认证倡导的“一践行三学会”具有丰富启迪。本文通过深入剖析“一践行三学会”与陈鹤琴活教育思想之 间的内在关联,提出“学以成童”的幼儿教师人才培养目标,从新时代幼儿教师专业发展要求角度重新审视与解读陈鹤琴活教 育思想,对深入领会幼儿教师专业发展要求,提高学前教育师范人才培养质量具有重要理论和实践意义。     

The Potential of A College Town As A Retirement Community

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential of college towns as retirement communities. The uniqueness of college towns as potential retirement communities are identified and discussed. Differences between college towns and Sunbelt state retirement destinations regarding the factors that are most concerned by retiree migrants in their decision-making for relocation were compared. The results showed no differences between the college towns and the Sunbelt state retirement cities. Only a few differences existed among the college town subgroups. The findings are of value to the senior living industry, local government and chamber of commerce in their efforts in marketing college towns as prospective retirement communities.     

Personalisation,individualism and the politics of disablement

This paper assesses the social policy narrative personalisation, and particularly the implications of the narrative for disability politics. The advantages and disadvantages of positioning specific funding mechanisms within the narrative are explored. It is argued that personalisation is insufficiently aligned with collective aspects of empowerment. More particularly, it disproportionately emphasises improvements in individual autonomy through personalised support, and lacks reference to structural oppression or the need for collective forms of action that bring about structural change. It is further argued that personalisation lack a multi-faceted analysis of disability and disempowerment, and as a result also lacks any vision of a positive alternative society. In assessing personalisation, the positive and negative dimensions of disabled people’s freedom are considered. As a response to the apparent shortcomings of personalisation, the integrated living approach and Centres for Independent Living are considered important elements in an alternative narrative to personalisation.     

Issues in Promoting Adult Foster Care as an Option to Institutionalization

Adult foster care is a semi-institutional living arrangement that stresses the importance of providing care in a family-like environment. This article examines the concept of adult foster care and some of the issues relevant to the development of such programs. Policy issues related to the implementation of programs are also discussed. As a unique option to institutionalization, adult foster care has much to offer if certain barriers can be eliminated or minimized.     

试谈生命教育的“生活世界”视阈

生活世界成为个体生命存在的真实根基。生命教育作为个体生命存在的肯定和生命价值追寻的教育,必须立足于生活世界并通过生活世界呈现出来。因此,生命教育应该立足于生活、回归生活,在感性的生活中感悟生命、体验生命、敬畏生命。这样,生命教育就不再是一种说教,而是心灵之间的交流,生命之间的互动。     

Childless Elders in Assisted Living: Findings from the Maryland Assisted Living Study

We compared data drawn from a random sample of 399 current assisted living residents and a subsample of 222 newly admitted residents for two groups: childless residents and residents with children. The percentage of childless residents (26%) in our study was slightly higher than U.S. population estimates of childless individuals aged 65 years and older (20%). In the overall sample, the two groups differed significantly by age, race, and women's years of education. The childless group was slightly younger, had a higher percentage of African American residents, and had more years of education than the group with children. In the subsample, we looked at demographic, functional, financial, and social characteristics and found that childless residents reported fewer diagnoses of dementia and fewer visits from a relative but more reported paying less money per month for assisted living and having private insurance than residents with children. As childlessness among older adults continues to increase, it will become increasingly important to understand how child status affects the need for and experience of long-term care.     

Chapter 5 Impacts of Profit Status of Assisted Living Facilities

Abstract

Florida is a bellwether state in terms of the need for assisted living among elderly persons and has more than 2,000 of the nation's estimated 11,459 assisted living facilities (ALFs). The authors of this article surveyed 140 ALFs in Florida in order to examine the relationship of profit status to ownership of other facilities, willingness to serve low income groups, formal policies, and persons involved in decisions about resident retention. Significant differences were found between for-profit and non-profit facilities in terms of ownership of nursing homes and resident involvement in retention decisions. A discussion of how the profit motive and formal policies can impact residents concludes the article.