Being Known in Undergraduate Social Work Education: The Role of Instructors in Fostering Student Engagement and Motivation

Most undergraduate students pursue a social work major because of their desire to help others. Students tend to be more interested in doing than in understanding the research and knowledge of the profession and the complexities of social work practice. Instructors are often faced with the challenge of enhancing student motivation to learn challenging course material. This study explored student perceptions of instructor influences on their motivation and engagement in learning. Through online surveys, students described their experiences of being known and how those experiences affected their participation in practice, research, and human behavior in the social environment courses. Results showed that instructor caring (providing recognition, expressing relational qualities, and responding to students) positively influences student motivation and affective learning by increasing comfort, willingness to ask questions, take risks, and overall participation. Conversely, of those who reported mixed experiences or who felt unknown, most reported a negative impact on their motivation and participation. These findings suggest that social work faculty can influence student motivation and engagement with essential social work curriculum by expressing care and helping students feel known in the classroom.     

Preparing Social Workers for Practice: Re-evaluating Student Learning Needs

Among the key developmental priorities that have been identified in the current process of reform taking place in social work in the UK is the need to improve social work students' preparedness to meet the challenges they will encounter in practice. This paper contributes to the current debate about this issue by reporting a research study that focused on final year undergraduates' experience of academic and practice learning and considered the impact of demographic factors, including age, gender, disability, previous experience and qualifications, on their perceptions of preparedness. The results indicate that students were satisfied with most aspects of preparatory teaching and learning. However, the findings also highlight areas in which students' preparation could be further enhanced, including their skills in dealing with conflict and managing risk. The results suggest that social work programmes should not overly depend on practice learning to prepare students to address the challenges presented by increasingly complex working environments and that educators need to work closely in collaboration with employing partners to ensure that the curriculum keeps up to date with the changing learning needs of practitioners.     

大学生党员继续培养教育研究

研究采用自编“大学生党员继续培养教育满意度调查问卷”,对大学生党员在继续教育满意度、教育需求和改进意见等方面内容进行调查,系统分析了不同类别的大学生党员对继续培养教育活动的满意度、对组织生活的主观印象和参与继续培养教育活动的积极性等问题,综合说明大学生党员在教育目标、教育内容、教育途径等方面的不同需求,并提出相应对策建议。     

Seeing red: Quality of an essay,color of the grading pen,and student reactions to the grading process

Undergraduates read one of the four vignettes depicting a student essay on social stratification, comments by the instructor, and a grade. In a 2 × 2 factorial design we manipulate independent variables of quality of the essay and color of the grading pen. We test hypotheses that a higher quality essay and an aqua grading pen results in higher teaching evaluations. MANOVA show no statistically significant differences on two instrumental evaluation items: instructor is knowledgeable and organized. Statistically significant differences are observed for quality of the essay and color of the grading pen on three expressive items of instructor is nice, enthusiastic, and has rapport with students. Results suggest that instructors should use a grading pen of a neutral color.     

从影响力入手培养高素质学生干部队伍

学生干部是优秀学生的代表,是学生管理的一支重要力量。学生干部队伍存在着功利思想、个人主义严重等问题。造成以上现象的原因是多样的,教师可以通过影响力教育,全面提高学生干部整体素质,培养高素质学生干部队伍。     

农村小学生发展研究

提高农村小学教育质量是实现有质量教育公平的重点和难点,促进农村小学生全面发展是提高农村小学教育质量的出发点和归宿。随着农村经济社会的发展变化和农村教育的发展变化,农村小学教育取得了重要进展,同时,农村经济社会发展变化和农村教育发展变化过程中一些新的有关农村小学生发展的问题也凸显出来,描述和分析农村小学生发展面临的最近概况和新问题,可发现许多农村小学生发展的相关对策和改进空间。     

论高校教工与学生党建的双向互动

高校党建以教工党建与学生党建的双向互动为创新思路,实现高校教工党建与学生党建的有机和谐发展。双向互动就是在一定的开放信息体之内,双方相与倾诉,相与倾听,循环交流,往复传达的境界,这种交往式的信息流动,能够达成一种良性共识,向更高的认知领域推进。高校教工党建与学生党建的双向互动是一个复合系统。高校教工党建与学生党建双向互动的现实基础在于：经济全球化浪潮,网络时代的到来,构建和谐社会。实现高校教工党建与学生党建双向互动的途径是：发挥高校里面党的领导核心作用;发挥教工基层组织的模范作用;发掘学生基层党组织的潜在活力;加强党员辅导员、班主任队伍建设;利用高校教学科研的优势资源;搭建网络世界广阔的互动平台。     

大学生创新能力培养的现状和对策思考

本文在分析大学生创新能力培养现状及存在问题的基础上,提出了构建合理课程体系、加强实践教学环节、强化教师队伍建设及营造良好校园文化环境等进一步做好大学生创新能力培养的措施。     

从大学生到人才的蜕变

几年前,＂大学生不是人才＂一语,彻底粉碎了大学生们几十年来的＂骄子＂梦,引起了社会各界不大不小的振荡。振荡之余让更多的教育工作者不断的思考怎样才能使大学生成为人才,本文就此问题作一些探讨。     

浅析大学生志愿者组织自身建设

大学生志愿者作为青年志愿者行动的主体,没有他们的参与就没有青年志愿者行动。大学生志愿者行动作为我国志愿服务事业的重要组成部分,其队伍庞大、项目众多、成效显著、影响广泛。社会和公众对志愿服务的需求愈来愈广泛,要实现我国志愿服务事业又好又快发展、可持续发展,大学生志愿者行动仍需在加强组织建设、项目建设、队伍建设、机制建设等方面深入思考和持续创新。