加强学生思政教育 做好党员发展工作

针对当前高校发展党员的现状,分析了发展党员中存在的问题和不足,从端正入党动 机、科学技术发展、高等教育跨越式发展、弘扬中华民族精神等四方面的需要提出加强学生思想 政治教育是做好党员发展工作的基本立足点,并结合工作实际从抓好理论教育、启蒙教育、理想 信念教育、党性教育等四方面提出了做好学生党员发展工作的新思路。     

当前高校学生干部管理工作刍议

搞好高校学生干部管理工作是学生思想政治工作取得成效的重要途径和手段之一。加强对学生干部在选拔、培养和管理等环节的具体办法和措施,可为进一步开创学生思想政治工作新局面奠定基础。     

对大学生进行爱情婚姻教育的理性思考

对大学生进行爱情婚姻教育是十分必要的,它们是终身教育的重要组成部分。爱情婚姻教育目的在于形成健康的爱情观、婚姻观;爱情婚姻教育的内容包括恋爱观教育、婚姻家庭观教育及现代性别观教育。     

农林院校大学生“准村官”预培养机制探讨

高等农林院校主要是培养学生掌握农业方面的理论和实用技能,大学生村官政策是基于建设社会主义新农村背景下实施的,旨在促进三农事业的发展,农林院校与大学生村官二者之间具有良好的结合点。在分析了农林院校开展大学生"准村官"培养的必要性、可行性和存在的问题,构建了以人才目标、专业、课程设置、实践锻炼和就业指导等方面为重点的培养机制。     

社会工作视角下大学生志愿服务长效机制构建

当前我国大学生志愿服务大多属于临时或短期的志愿服务活动,缺乏稳定性和持久性,严重制约了大学生志愿服务的深入及可持续发展。大学生志愿服务长效机制的建立,是保证志愿服务可持续发展的重要条件。个人、志愿服务和学校层面因素对大学生长期参与志愿服务产生着不同影响,通过社会工作视角分析发现,健全志愿者选拔与培训体系、导入社工价值理念、建立监督评估激励机制、创建社工义工联动机制等是构建大学生志愿服务长效机制的重要内容。     

Are Father’s or Mother’s Socioeconomic Characteristics More Important Influences on Student Performance? Recent International Evidence

Since the early 1970s the importance of mothers’ socioeconomic characteristics on their children’s educational and occupational attainment has been acknowledged. However, it is not clear if fathers’ characteristics have a stronger influence because men usually have stronger attachments to the labour market, or alternatively mothers’ characteristics are more important because of their greater role in children’s socialization. This study addresses this question by comparing the influence of father’s and mother’s education and occupation on student performance in literacy and numeracy using data from 30 countries. The impact of mother’s education is usually greater or comparable to that of father’s education. In contrast, substantially stronger effects for mother’s occupational status compared to father’s were rare. In most countries the impact of mother’s socioeconomic characteristics (education plus occupation) on student performance is comparable to that for father’s. Of the four indicators of socioeconomic background, father’s occupational status and mother’s educational attainment tend to have stronger effects, although many countries do not conform to this pattern. There are indications that the relative importance of mother’s characteristics have increased over time.

Alone and adrift: The association between mass school shootings,school size,and student support

Background

School shootings have approached epidemic levels in recent years. While mental illness is undoubtedly involved in nearly all cases of mass school violence, we sought to determine how environmental context may exacerbate preexisting personal factors. The present study investigated the associations between mass school shootings, school enrollment size, student–teacher ratios, and student transitions.

Virtual Worlds and Social Work Education

ABSTRACT

The introduction of computerised virtual worlds in the early twenty-first century was considered to be an innovation that would be widely used in higher education. There are a number of examples of virtual worlds used for higher education in medicine, nursing, and allied health, including examples in social work. The aim of this article is to explore the potential value of virtual-world technology to enhance the student learning experience for social work education in interpersonal communication skills in a virtual health centre. Findings of a study of Australian undergraduate social work students who engaged in a role play in a virtual health centre for skill development in interpersonal communication are presented. The study findings highlight issues for social work educators to consider when deciding whether or not to use virtual-world technology in social work education, and when designing further research on similar innovations.     

Cracking the Code—An Approach to Developing Professional Writing Skills

The development of writing skills sufficient to meet the complexities of contemporary social work practice is a growing demand from employers and practice educators. The paper explores current pedagogical debate relating to student support and the development of writing skills and relates this debate to meeting the needs of social work students engaged in practice learning and professional practice. A number of questions are raised about current social work education in England and the needs of students entering from non-traditional academic backgrounds facing the increasingly rigorous demands of professional report writing. The discussion is then grounded in a practice example of staff from a university social work course and education guidance service working together to meet student need in respect of developing writing skills. The development, implementation and evaluation of a university writing skills programme for social work students are explored. The paper concludes by setting out a range of challenges arising from experience of the programme and a consideration of theory, and points to potential ways forward based on a social practice approach to teaching writing skills.