Coalition for a Healthier Community: Lessons learned and implications for future work

The Coalition for a Healthier Community (CHC) initiative was implemented to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. Underpinning CHC is a gender-based focus that uses a network of community partners working collaboratively to generate relevant behavior change and improved health outcomes. Ten programs are trying to determine whether gender-focused system approaches are cost-effective ways to address health disparities in women and girls. Programs implemented through coalitions made up of academic institutions, public health departments, community-based organizations, and local, regional, and national organizations, are addressing health issues such as domestic violence, cardiovascular disease prevention, physical activity, and healthy eating. Although these programs are ongoing, they have made significant progress. Key factors contributing to their early success include a comprehensive needs assessment, robust coalitions, the diversity of populations targeted, programs based on findings of the needs assessments, evaluations taking into consideration the effect of gender, and strong academic–community partnerships. A noteworthy impact of these programs has been their ability to shape and impact public, social, and health policies at the state and local levels. However, there have been challenges associated with the implementation of such a complex program. Lessons learned are discussed in this paper.     

Effectiveness of training to promote routine enquiry for domestic violence by midwives and nurses: A pre-post evaluation study

Background

Asking women about experiences of domestic violence in the perinatal period is accepted best practice. However, midwives and nurses may be reluctant to engage with, or effectively respond to disclosures of domestic violence due a lack of knowledge and skills.

The African Evaluation Guidelines: 2002. A checklist to assist in planning evaluations, negotiating clear contracts, reviewing progress and ensuring adequate completion of an evaluation

A review of the US ‘program evaluation standards’ (PES), undertaken in a series of workshops and meetings of networks of evaluators in Africa, resulted in modifications to those standards. The result was presented to a plenary session of the Inaugural Conference of the African Evaluation Association in September 1999, attended by over 300 evaluators from 35 countries. The AfrEA Conference decided that a systematic effort should be made to produce a list of African evaluation guidelines, similar to the PES, and that this checklist should be reviewed by national evaluation associations and networks in Africa and field tested in several countries. Ten national and regional networks and associations suggested modifications to the text and endorsed the final version of the guidelines.     

论大学英语课堂评估方式及其对教学的反拨作用

适时、适量、适度的大学英语课堂评估能有效地促进大学英语教学.大学英语课堂评估的形式可分为测试性与非测试性两类,非测试性方式有课堂观察、学习档案、日志等,在当前比较注重学生英语运用能力的教学中,非测试手段尤为重要.在测试性方式中,随堂测试、诊断测试、成绩测试等都可选用.如果进行得恰当,课堂评估对教学会产生多方面的积极反拨作用.     

A Note on the Role of the Propensity Score for Estimating Average Treatment Effects

Hahn [Hahn, J. (1998). On the role of the propensity score in efficient semiparametric estimation of average treatment effects. Econometrica 66:315-331] derived the semiparametric efficiency bounds for estimating the average treatment effect (ATE) and the average treatment effect on the treated (ATET). The variance of ATET depends on whether the propensity score is known or unknown. Hahn attributes this to “dimension reduction.” In this paper, an alternative explanation is given: Knowledge of the propensity score improves upon the estimation of the distribution of the confounding variables.     

新课程下的教育评价：趋势与走向

论文结合国内外正在进行的评价实践,提出了新课程背景下教育评价新的发展趋势和走向:在评价主体上呈现出主客体之间渗透的互动过程;在评价目标上强调鉴别性与导向性并重;在评价方法上注重质性与量化之间融合的多元化走向;在评价途径上突出目标性和过程性的结合。     

Preparing Parents for Adoption: An Agency Experience

To prepare for the complexities of family formation, 78 prospective adoptive parents participated in Pre-Adopt, a psychosocial educational orientation program offered by one private nonprofit agency. The five-session curriculum included an overview of adoption policies and procedures, discussion of the child placement process, exploration of couples' adoption concerns and expectations about child characteristics, information about adoption laws and birth-parent/child searches, and examination of anticipatory fantasies about birth parents. Program evaluation yielded statistically significant and clinically meaningful findings about changes in emotional readiness to adopt, parenting knowledge, and satisfaction with group participation, adoption policies and agency practices. Practice implications are considered.     

建立竞争机制是推进我国高等教育发展的必由之路

随着市场经济的发展 ,在高等学校办学上建立一定的竞争机制是必然的。本文认为 ,要在高校建立竞争机制 ,就必须全面推行弹性学分制度 ,推行高等教育评估制度 ,推行教师教学工作考核制度及奖励制度 ,建立以课程为中心的新的管理制度     

"君子"人格的现代文化透视

“君子”作为孔子创立“仁”学体系的物质载体 ,几千年来一直为人们所追求和崇拜 ,它广泛地渗透到人们的观念、行为、思维方式和情感状态之中 ,构成了中华民族的心理基因和性格特征。本文从传统“君子”人格的构成要素与特点 ,结合其对国民心理的影响 ,对之进行现代价值评估     

《读书人是幸福人》说课设计

说课,是检验教师教学基本功的手段之一,它不同于一般的发言稿和课堂教学,它要求说者比较系统地介绍自己的教学设计及其理论依据(包括大纲依据、课程标准依据、教学法依据、教育学和心理学依据等),而不是宣讲教案,也不是浓缩课堂。它的核心在于说理,在于说清为什么要这样教,用什么理论来支持教学,说课的重点在于教学重点和教学难点的突破上。说案不同于教案。