Longitudinal predictors of reading achievement among at-risk children

Early exposure to multiple risk factors is related to an elevated risk for academic difficulty. Thus, it is important to promote academic resilience as early as possible and to identify factors that support resilience. Given the positive relation between early literacy skills and later academic outcomes, examining resilience in reading is important. This study examined, first, whether the reading gap widens or narrows for below-average and above-average, at-risk children during the first four years of school; and, second, what protective factors predict reading achievement over time from kindergarten through the end of third grade. Results indicated that as a group, low-achieving children made smaller gains in reading than high-achieving children over the first four years of school. In addition, participation in center-based prekindergarten care, plus more access to books in the home, better interpersonal skills, and fewer poor physical conditions immediately surrounding elementary schools served as protective factors for at-risk children's early literacy development.     

初中生乐观倾向的现状调查研究

目的:调查初中生的乐观倾向的现状,分析可能影响初中生乐观倾向的因素,以便为初中生的心理健康教育提供必要的参考.方法:采用乐观量表(LOT—R)对260名初中生进行调查.结果:初中生总体上乐观倾向不明显(M±SD=2.65±0.43),在性别、是否独生子女、父母婚姻状况等方面不存在明显的差异(t＝1.170,p＞0.05)；但初中生在年级和家庭氛围上都存在显著差异(F=7.456,p＜0.01；F=5.443,p＜0.001).结论:初中生的乐观倾向与年级和家庭氛围有关.     

高职院校图书馆开展社区信息服务思路初探——以广州城市职业学院图书馆为例

文章探讨了高职院校图书馆开展社区信息服务的意义,制定开展社区信息服务的策略,提出开展信息服务时应注意的问题.     

优化北京高校外国留学生教育的问题及对策

美国、日本等发达国家将外国留学生作为本国经济发展人才储备的经验,为我国制定留学生工作的相关政策提供了借鉴。北京高校留学生教育在带来直接经济收益的同时,也为经济社会的发展提供了高素质的国际化人力资源。应建立与北京国际地位相适应的留学生工作体系,多方面提升留学生的教育层次,吸收和利用国外智力为北京的经济建设服务,推进留学生工作长期可持续发展。     

Interculturalism in Italian primary schools with a high concentration of immigrant students

The present article focuses on quantitative research carried out on a statistically representative sample of Italian primary schools with a high concentration of immigrant students. Research data show that schools with a higher number of immigrant students offer a greater number and a wider variety of intercultural initiatives. The presence of immigrant students serves as an effective stimulus in enhancing intercultural approaches. Furthermore, the opinions of head teachers about the proposal of ‘separate classes’ for immigrant students and the proposed ‘limit of 30% on the presence’ of immigrant students are negative. These judgements do not change in a statistically significant manner in relation to concentration of immigrant students: in particular, higher rates of immigrant students are not related to more positive opinions. Continuing education on intercultural issues is widely adopted, mainly on behalf of teachers and less often on behalf of head teachers and other school personnel. Finally, activities by ‘linguistic facilitators’ and ‘linguistic and cultural mediators’ are not significantly related to a decrease in perceived concern regarding problematic situations.     

高校学生社团与大学毕业生就业竞争力问题的研究

大学毕业生就业问题是近几年学校和社会普遍关注的社会问题。当前在世界发生金融危机的大环境下，大学毕业生的就业更成为全社会倍加关注的热点问题。提高大学毕业生的就业竞争力是高校教育的一项重要工作，也是大学生自身发展的需要。本文试图就高校学生社团组织的建设对提升大学毕业生就业竞争力的影响问题进行深入的分析，以期在高校教育中充分发挥学生社团组织在提升大学毕业生就业竞争力方面的作用。     

电子信息化推进高校财务管理创新

电子信息技术的普及和成熟,给高校财务管理带来了新的发展机遇和挑战,有利推动高校财务的组织和运行创新,为加快财务核算、支付、服务等流程的改造和创新提供了技术设想和可行性,高校财务电子信息化创新将越来越趋重于财务信息的公开共享和信息数据的绩效评价。     

浅论吴文化资源与苏南高职院校文化建设

丰富多彩的吴文化是苏南高职院校文化建设得天独厚的宝贵资源,在苏南高职院校文化建设中处于基础性的地位,必须充分挖掘与运用.运用吴文化资源,可以发挥丰富的吴文化优势,弥补苏南高职院校文化的先天不足,培育高职院校学生吴文化品格,提升人文素养,培育新一代苏南人,苏南高职院校应成为弘扬先进地方文化的基地.     

社会转型与大学生理想信念建设

改革开放以来，中国社会发生的重大转型改变了原有的支撑理想信念建设的经济与社会基础，导致了发展中的人的价值观的重大变化。因此，对当代大学生理想信念建设的研究，必须放在中国社会转型这一重大社会背景之中。     

交际框架下大学英语视听说课的课堂教学艺术

本文从目前大学英语视听说课教学中存在的问题出发,进一步探讨了其课堂教学的艺术。