The politics of collective repair: examining object-relations in a postwork society

In this paper, we look at repair as an emergent focus of recent activism in affluent societies, where a number of groups are reclaiming practices of repair as a form of political and ecological action. Ranging from those that fight for legislative change to those groups who are trying to support ecological and social change through everyday life practices, repair is beginning to surface tensions in everyday life and as such poses opportunities for its transformation. We survey a few of the practices that make up this movement in its various articulations, to take stock of their current political import. While we suggest that these practices can be seen as an emergent lifestyle movement, they should not be seen as presenting a unified statement. Rather, we aim to show that they articulate a spectrum of political positions, particularly in relation to the three specific issues of property, pedagogy and sociality. These three dimensions are all facets of current internal discrepancies of repair practices and moreover express potential bifurcations as this movement evolves. Drawing on a diverse methodology that includes discourse analysis and participant observation, we suggest some of the ways in which this growing area of activity could play a significant role in resisting the commodification of the everyday and inventing postwork alternatives.     

Puke Ahu: articulating a place-based,university campus identity

Universities in Aotearoa New Zealand are public institutions established on lands purchased or acquired by government since 1869. As particular sites in the built landscape, they each carry a history and geography. A project at Massey University’s Wellington campus seeks to open-up diverse identifications with the ‘place’ of the campus and has produced resources, established fora, and built relationships that differently recognise aspects of place and identity. The Pākehā authors reflect on the theoretical frameworks that have influenced their work on the project including geography, critical pedagogy, and discourse theory. As Pākehā academics engaging with the indigenous history of the land through which they work, the authors discuss the implications of this knowledge and the difficulties and responsibilities of working in a project that seeks emancipatory outcomes.     

Making it relevant: how a black male teacher sustained professional relationships through culturally responsive discourse

What we know about the experiences of black teachers is limited, especially considering the vast amount of research conducted on and about black boys and young men. This article describes and analyzes how a black teacher at a suburban high school in the Midwestern United States negotiated professional relationships through culturally relevant discourse. Anthony Bell was the only black male teacher participating in a classroom discourse analysis study group at a diverse suburban high school. Throughout the course of the semester, Anthony’s stated objective for learning discourse analysis was to understand, structure, and facilitate more productive conversations with a struggling student teacher he was mentoring. Yet Anthony also used his discursive inquiry to “trouble the water” in his classroom and in the study group workshops. Participation in the study group provided Anthony with metalinguistic tools to critique his interactions with his students, student teacher, and professional peers. Anthony’s analyses of his own teaching, his student teacher’s work, the study group, and the school index themes in critical and critical race theory in education. As he became a teacher researcher, Anthony reported a greater sense of professional self-efficacy, eventually facilitating a successful workshop at a national teacher conference. Anthony’s case is an exemplar of the unique and critical role of black men who teach, as well as the imperative of practitioner research within the current climate in teacher education.     

20世纪五六十年代中国重型机械技术发展初探

20世纪五六十年代,中国优先发展重工业和国防工业,重型机械制造业随之成为发展迅速的新兴产业。一系列举措促使重型机械技术的发展经历了从修配、仿制、自主研发重大产品的三个阶段。苏联援助、自力更生和“三线建设”等若干因素影响重型机械的技术发展。在此期间,国家强有力的政策指向、薄弱的工业基础、较强的技术引进和消化吸收的能力,决定了中国重型机械技术发展所走的道路。     

哈尔滨军事工程学院的筹建与苏联援助(1952-1953)

20世纪50年代初,苏联援助创办了新中国第一所高等军事工程技术学院———哈尔滨军事工程学院。苏联军事教育模式对哈军工的筹建,产生了深刻影响。苏联顾问对于中国军事科技教育体系乃至中国国防正规化现代化建设,具有不可磨灭的历史功绩。     

浅论苏联三种社会主义建设方案的理论与实践问题

20世纪20-30年代,苏共党内在社会主义建设和社会主义道路的问题上发生分歧。分析斯大林方案能够获胜的原因,并在史料的基础上,将建设社会主义的重大实践,如工业化、集体化、肃反扩大化等问题重新纳入历史语境进行分析,才能去伪存真,还历史本来面目。     

系统论在化学教学论教学中的应用

系统论在化学教学论教学中的应用的基本思想方法就是把所研究和处理的对象当作一个系统,分析系统的结构和功能。化学教学系统是由化学教师、学生和化学教学媒体等诸要素组成的一种复杂的组合体。这种组合体具有不同于其各个部分（要素）的新质的整体特性。研究化学教学系统的整体特性有助于从各要素的关系和相互作用中发现系统的规律性。     

世纪之交的教育热点问题思考

文章对世纪之交我国教育研究领域的“高校扩招与教育消费”、“WTO与中国教育改革创新”、“西部开发与西部教育”、“应试教育与素质教育”等热点问题进行了综合扫描,并对其关键问题进行了较为深入的思考,以期把这些问题的研究引向深入。     

试论教师在素质教育中的主导作用

素质教育是一项非常庞大的社会系统工程,它需要社会、学校、教师、家长、学生的共同努力。笔者认为,在以上诸多因素当中,教师起着重要的主导作用。论文从三个方面论述了教师在素质教育中的主导作用:首先,素质教育的目标决定了教师的主导作用;其次,从知识、能力、素质的辩证关系看教师的主导作用;再次,新的教学模式的建立有赖于教师。因此要将师资队伍建设作为整个系统工程中极为重要的一环,只有抓好这一环,才能收到素质教育的实效。     

Unsettling Australian settler supremacy: combating resistance in university Aboriginal studies

Higher education courses designed to equip students to work effectively with Indigenous peoples by teaching about racism and inequality often encounter resistance to these concepts. In particular, students argue that individual and structural racisms, and their own white privilege, are ‘not their fault’. This article examines different forms of student resistance expressed within a number of Aboriginal Studies courses taught in a regional Australian university. This article reflects on data collected from various research initiatives with students, and personal teaching experiences over decades, and argues that although the notion of white supremacy can explicitly identify white privilege it also actively promotes even greater student resistance to learning. As such, this article argues for a consistent sequence of anti-racism approaches and suggests a number of key pedagogical strategies for anti-racism education.