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.     

Hypothesis Testing of CNA Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Long Term Care

This commentary for the special issue on research that went wrong describes a study that explored factors that contribute to variability within Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) on organizational safety culture. We know from previous research that CNAs provide most direct care in nursing homes and that direct care workers often experience agency culture differently from agency management (Wolf et al., 2014). We were looking for factors that nursing homes could alter to improve the culture for CNAs, and thus, residents. We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected via a multi-component paper survey of CNAs employed in long term care. We used results from the Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture and primary shift, type of unit, and years as a CNA to identify modifiable characteristics that would explain variability in the perceptions of patient safety culture. The final sample included n = 106 from three nursing homes. Dimension scores were compared using bivariate tests appropriate to the scale and ordinal logistic regression. Despite support in the literature for the hypothesis, we found few significant differences on the total scale within groups. Differences in perceptions have implications for quality of care and the experiences of residents within nursing homes.     

国家创新体系视角下的国家创新能力测度述评——理论方法、数据基础及中国实践

文章从国家创新体系角度,对创新能力测度相关的理论基础、方法工具、科技统计调查及中国的研究与实践进行全面梳理和分析。国家创新能力测度的发展与实践表明:国家创新体系理论(NIS理论)以系统论为指导全面考察创新活动的发生机制,为准确测度国家创新能力提供了有力支撑;不同时期形成的创新能力测度方法与当时占主流地位的创新理论密切相关;当前占主导地位的测度方法可分为建模计量法、综合指标法和DEA效率评价法三类,都是以NIS理论为支撑的;规范的科技统计调查是准确测度创新能力的前提,OECD是这方面的典范,其经验为发展中国家提供了参考依据;中国学者在测度方法的探索上有诸多独到之处,但国内科技统计调查工作仍有待进一步规范。     

中学德育教师队伍现状调查研究报告

调查与测试显示中学德育教师整体素质较高,但师德有衰微趋向;德育教学任务能基本完成,但教育效果不佳;德育教师的政治地位和待遇与其他教师持平,与其他行业相比处于中等水平.改进中学德育工作,应深化高等师范院校的课程改革;加强中学德育教师的继续教育;强化措施,塑造德育教师的完美人格.     

Can We Compare Life Satisfaction Between Nationalities? Evaluating Actual and Imagined Situations

Do differences in reported life satisfaction between societies reflect real differences or do they reflect cultural differences in the way people rate their experiences? Study 1 showed that imagining better or worse life situations affected student respondents’ ratings of their own life satisfaction, as predicted by range–frequency theory. Study 2 investigated how German and Polish students rated their actual life satisfaction and how satisfied they would be under three imagined scenarios. Study 3 similarly compared Danish and Hungarian students. Both studies found significant differences in the rating of the hypothetical situations, and moderate correlations between ratings of satisfaction in the hypothetical situations and reality, but in neither study were national differences in actual satisfaction predicted by differences in hypothetical satisfaction. Overall, the results suggest that national differences in rated life satisfaction are real rather than reflecting differences in how satisfaction is rated.     

论胡锦涛的民族和谐思想

胡锦涛同志提出了民族和谐的思想.胡锦涛的民族和谐思想内容主要是民族和谐是社会和谐的重要组成部分,和谐是社会主义民族关系的本质,"两个共同"是民族和谐的基础,协和万邦是国际间民族关系和谐的表现.     

从十七大报告谈我国民族研究的思路——兼驳民族研究的边缘化问题

中国共产党第十七次代表大会报告时于当前中国的社会形势进行了客观的评估,确定了今后的主要任务和目标,对我国各项事业的发展指出了方向.本文通过分析十一届三中全会以来中国的社会发展和历届党的全国代表大会的报告,尤其是十七大报告,结合我国民族问题的现实和研究情况进行思考.文章强调指出:在社会主义初级阶段,无论是执政纲领还是民族研究,都必须结合国情,服务于社会主义建设主流,针对民族研究中"边缘化"的趋势提出了一些看法.     

我国“校漂族”研究现状述评

高校的不断扩招,毕业生就业双向选择,"学历社会"的逐步形成,使"校漂族"的人数日渐上升,从而引起了社会各界的广泛关注。文章以1985—2010年在中国期刊网上刊发的关于"校漂族"的所有文章为考察对象,从论文数量、论文级别及学科取向、研究方法、研究内容主题等方面评析了我国"校漂族"研究的总体状况,并指出研究中存在的问题,以期推动该领域的研究。     

浅谈职业生涯规划教育在中职学校的开展

市场经济条件下,中职生面临激烈的就业竞争,如何帮助和引导他们做出科学、合理的职业生涯规划,成为中职学校教学的重点。学生在老师的引导下通过自身评估和对环境因素的分析,结合职业理想,规划在校学习生活,可以提高综合素质和就业竞争力,为顺利就业和个人实现终身可持续发展奠定基础。     

简析职校生职业生涯规划中的常见误区

"职业教育就是就业教育"。进行职业生涯规划,就是为自己构筑人生的宏伟大厦。职校生因生源基础、生活阅历以及客观环境等局限,对自我和社会往往缺乏全面、正确的认识,不能审时度势、科学抉择,正确规划自己的职业人生,他们在生涯规划时易陷进一些误区。明确这些误区,旨在正视生涯教育,启迪职校生的心灵成长。