Named social workers – better social work for learning disabled people?

In 2016, the Department of Health in England announced that it would pilot the role of Named Social Worker. We chose to be part of the pilot because we regularly witness too many people’s lives being defined by restrictions imposed by professionals. Erroneous associations between the concepts of risk and danger have become the norm in how learning disabled people’s decision-making is perceived and managed. However, we believe social workers educated in the social model of disability and grounded more generally in disability studies offer an alternative perspective. The pilot is an opportunity to test our hypothesis that social work practice rooted in social model thinking can successfully challenge oppressive practice and disabling barriers, thus providing the opportunity for social workers to genuinely be ‘servants not masters’ in the lives of disabled people.     

Open innovation and quality management: the moderating role of interorganisational IT infrastructure and complementary learning styles

This study seeks to explain the influence of quality management on the relationship between open innovation and performance. We propose that, to contribute to open innovation performance, an organisation’s commitment to quality improvement must rely on the combination of its own resources and capabilities and its open innovation partners’ resources and capabilities. Specifically, we examine the moderating role of an interorganisational IT infrastructure and the complementarity of learning styles among an organisation committed to quality improvement and its supply network. Using data from 270 managers of European firms, our results show that the negative effects of quality management on open innovation performance can be overcome by complementing the organisation’s learning style with that of its open innovation partner, particularly, its supply network, and, most importantly, obtaining information technologies compatible with those of its supply network members.     

“90后”大学生综合英语课堂教学反思

综合英语是英语专业基础阶段的一门主要课程,目的在于培养学生的听、说、读、写的综合能力。面对时尚新潮的＂90后＂,教师发现综合英语课上效果不理想。这种不良学习状态是由多方面原因造成的。由于在学校范围内,本文只对教与学两方面原因进行分析。教师完全摒弃传统的教学法,注重交际方法教学反而与普通学习者的实际脱节,近几年来学生的学习状态一直下滑,为了提高学生的学习效果,综合英语的教学方法还有待于反思,＂以学生为中心＂的教学理念也因此受到质疑。     

发生主义二语习得观及其应用

发生主义语言观认为,语言是动态的、发展的复杂系统,它采用连接主义的运算工具来建立人类学习机制进行语言习得的模型。文章首先用发生主义和连接主义理性关联学习理论阐释二语习得,然后用注意假设帮助解释二语习得理性关联学习中出现的非理性现象,最后,把上述理论应用到中国环境下的二语习得的实际中,提出重视和提高目标语输入数量和质量、调节二语习得者选择性注意、用目标语语言形式难度预测突显性等建议。     

梁启超民族主义思想论略

面对近代救亡图存的历史任务和社会现代化的理性诉求,梁启超从思想文化和精神层面思考民族解放与经济发展、社会进步、国家振兴之间的内在联系,在辩证扬弃传统思想资源和借鉴吸收泰西学说的基础上,首次提出民族主义的历史命题.梁启超毕生致力于思想启蒙和民族解放,成为20世纪中国民族主义思想的首倡者,也为今人从历史与逻辑统一上认识民族解放和社会现代化提供了有益借鉴.     

当代大学生学习动力不足的原因及对策

当代大学生学习动力不足是我国高校面临的一个较为普遍和严峻的问题。导致大学生学习动力不足的原因主要是来自社会、学校以及学生自身的原因。增强大学生的学习动力应当着重从学生、教育体制、课程设置以及校园文化等多方面加强工作。     

基于信息反馈的实践教学质量评价体系构建

提出了一种基于信息反馈的实践教学质量评价体系,依据实践教学过程中的各种信息反馈,动态地调整对于实践教学各指标的评价。评价的结果反映了实践教学各个阶段、各个环节的表现,从而提升教师参与实践教学的积极性与有效性,促进实践教学管理水平的提高。     

Winnicott’s “Potential Space” and the Jewish Study Hall for social work students,faculty and practitioners

Abstract

The article addresses the potential interface and dialogue between academic and quasi-academic spaces. In particular, it examines the space of the Jewish Study Hall (Beit Midrash) as facilitative of the professional as well as personal development of social work students and practitioners in an Israeli college. We examine how Winnicott’s potential space concept contributes to understanding the Study Hall’s uniqueness as an extracurricular learning space within the School of Social Work. Twenty participants in the Beit Midrash for Judaism and Social Work took part in the study. Thematic analysis of transcribed sessions revealed three themes: (1) The Beit Midrash as a peaceful, safe and inclusive physical space; (2) The Beit Midrash as a space for playing out different realities; and (3) The Beit Midrash as contributing to social work training. Findings indicate that potential spaces that embrace the metaphysical world can help students engaged in religion and spirituality to complement and expand their academic training. We conclude by recommending that Winnicottian potential spaces that embrace the metaphysical world be integrated in social work programmes.     

新时期高等学校学风建设问题

良好的学风是高校培养高素质人才的基础和保障,随着学校规模的进一步扩大,高等教育体制改革不断深入,学风建设问题也越来越引起人们的关注。就新时期高校学风存在的问题进行了分析,并提出了加强学风建设的几点建议。     

Turning Doctoral Students into Faculty in Gerontological Social Work: The AGESW Experience

ABSTRACT

Developing faculty interested in aging may help social work meet the needs of our growing aging population. However, doctoral students need a variety of supports to complete PhDs and become gerontological social work faculty. This study explored one program’s role in supporting the development of social work doctoral students to faculty in gerontology. An e-mail invitation was sent to all former participants (2010–2016 cohorts) of the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) Pre-Dissertation Fellows Program (PDFP). The 38-question online survey consisted of Likert-type scales, multiple answers, and one open-ended question per section about the program’s impacts on their academic career development in teaching, research, mentoring, and support. Forty-five respondents, representing all six cohorts, completed the survey. More than half reported that the PDFP contributed to their ability to publish their research (64.4%, n = 29), grow their professional network (86.7%, n = 39, and teach (55.5%, n = 25). Doctoral programs provided different experiences than the PDFP, including mentoring, methodological training, professional development, networking, and peer support. Results suggest the PDFP provides content recipients value that supplements instruction received in their institutions. The program’s ability to connect students to each other and to national leaders enhances their career development and socialization into academic roles.