Factors that influence elementary school teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of visually impaired children in Turkey

There is a scarcity of research on inclusion of visually impaired children in Turkey. Specifically, a gap exists concerning the attitudes of elementary school teachers towards the inclusion of visually impaired children in mainstream schools. This article uses data from two questionnaires, leveraging the responses of 253 teachers from rural and urban areas. The results demonstrate that elementary school teachers commonly hold positive attitudes towards the inclusion of visually impaired children and that teachers’ initial and in-service training about inclusion positively influenced their attitudes. Our findings are in contrast with earlier research which argues that teachers do not hold positive attitudes to inclusion, and highlights that a key barrier to inclusion stems from elementary school teachers feeling unprepared to teach visually impaired children. We conclude that greater post-qualification training is required to enable teachers to operationalise different approaches that facilitate the inclusion of visually impaired children.     

Inflation projections for monetary policy decision making

Many central banks set inflation targets over the medium term and inflation projections are a key input for monetary policy decision making. In this paper, we present the procedures used by the Spanish Central Bank staff to project consumer price inflation. We also provide some illustrations of their policy uses, such as fan charts, deflation probabilities and the monitoring of inflation targets.     

Understanding racial literacy through acts of (un)masking: Latinx teachers in a new Latinx diaspora community

As Latinx teachers are recruited to work in U.S. schools, a continued agenda to understand their experiences is warranted. This multiple case study considers the storytelling of six Latinx teachers in a new Latinx diaspora community. It documents both their racial literacy (the ability to resolve racially stressful issues) and their experiences with (un)masking (literal and figurative ways to cover or embrace racial markers). This study reveals the tensions that arise when Latinx teachers attempt to define their identity in social spaces where their languages, bodies, and names, among other markers, are racialized when read by others. Implications for teacher education include a call to include storytelling as a pedagogical tool to develop Latinx teachers’ racial literacy skills. By experiencing storytelling in their own schooling, Latinx teachers are more likely to model such racial literacy skills in their schooling communities; thereby, empowering a generation of students to enact more humanizing behaviors.     

Reclaiming ourselves through Testimonio pedagogy: reflections on a curriculum design lab in teacher education

This article details one teacher preparation course centering Latin American Testimonio narratives of struggle/survival amid structural oppression for use in secondary curriculum. As our class of predominantly Latina/o students and two Latina instructors engaged Testimonio pedagogy, we fashioned a hopeful alternative to our own experiences of intergenerational oppression. While research indicates that the experiences and histories of pre-service Teachers of Color lend pedagogical strength and critical consciousness to teacher education, three Latina pre-service students highlight the ways in which Testimonio became more than a pedagogical approach. Testimonio’s collectivity, resistance, hope, and assertions of voice and dignity moved through them not as educators first but as (great-grand)daughters of oppressed though still-resilient People(s). Testimonio emboldened these Latina pre-service educators to recognize and validate their own inherited multiliteracies, (re)claim their connectedness to land, and articulate their visions for more equitable schooling. This work advances research into the essentiality of engaging race and ethnicity in K-12 and teacher education curriculum and pedagogy.     

教师职业倦怠的自我消解策略探究

教师的职业倦怠如果得不到缓解,不仅会对教师的身心造成巨大的伤害,也会对学生和社会产生消极影响.教师的职业倦怠现象主要是由于教师自我角色定位不当、个体心理失调及性格局限造成的.建立合理的职业期望、培养自己较强的心理承受能力、合理安排工作和生活内容是解决这一问题的根本出路.     

海南农村中学教师科研素养调查、反思与对策

近年来,国家大幅度推进的教师教育改革以及课程改革对教师科研素养的要求不断提高。"教师作为研究者"的理念也被越来越多的学者所认可。然而,海南农村中学教师仍然在科研素养方面表现出科研观消极、缺乏科研理论、科研能力的薄弱以及科研道德的虚高等问题。文化与家庭、职称评审制度以及教师培训方式等因素在很大程度上影响了农村教师科研素养的提升。欲破解现实困境,组建面向教育教学实践变革的科研团队、促进职称评审制度的变革以及注重农村教师在职培训模式的多样化是可行的改革之路。     

民族地区能源、经济与环境系统协调评价研究

随着我国民族地区经济的发展,能源和环境对经济的制约越来越强,能源—经济—环境[3E]系统协调矛盾凸显。本文旨在科学发展观的指导下,通过建立民族地区3E系统协调评价体系和评价指标,并结合实证数据,分析研究民族地区3E系统存在的主要问题,提出促进民族地区3E系统协调性发展的建议。     

两种版本《窦娥冤》之对比评析

作为关汉卿的代表作之一,《窦娥冤》自问世以来,就受到了人们的极大关注。《窦娥冤》在两个明代刊本中的差别达到了引人注目的程度。具体而言,其体现在结构、曲文、思想、语言等几个方面。《古名家》本较为质朴自然,《元曲选》本在结构安排上更为合理、完整,文辞雅化,带有较多明人的审美取向。对于两者差异的形成,流传过程中的改动固然是重要原因,另外,也可能是版本源流不同所致。     

关于青年教师执教能力的思考和体会--以数学专业的数学分析课程为例

结合数学专业的数学分析课程教学,对青年教师执教能力的问题加以思考,并从明确角色定位、注重教师专业培养、进行教学反思三个方面,谈了如何发挥主体作用、提高组织教学技能和课堂教学质量的认识和体会。     

深圳“九五”时期居民消费研究

以“九五”时期深圳居民生活消费统计数据为依据,从深圳居民的收入、支出水平入手,对深圳居民的消费水平、消费结构及变化特点进行分析,探讨“九五”时期深圳居民消费存在的主要问题。