In search of disability: a critical discourse analysis of a Key Stage 1 guided reading scheme

This paper employs critical discourse analysis to examine the representation of disability in the children’s Oxford Reading Tree Series Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper. The representation is found to influence self-identity and social attitudes towards disability, for it grants ‘normalcy’ a status of idolatry. Such elevation of normalcy elicits ‘normate’ culture, which, in turn, can generate ‘aesthetic nervousness’. This hegemonic tradition therefore produces a replicative process that is consequential to the production of future texts, social justice and an inclusive society.     

The energizing nature of work engagement: Toward a new need-based theory of work motivation

We present theory suggesting that experiences at work that meet employees’ expectations of need fulfillment drive work engagement. Employees have needs (e.g., a desire to be authentic) and they also have expectations for how their job or their organization will fulfill them. We argue that experiences at work that confirm employees’ need fulfillment expectations yield a positive emotional state that is energizing, and that this energy is manifested in employees’ behaviors at work. Our theorizing draws on a review of the work engagement literature, in which we identify three core characteristics of work engagement: (a) a positive emotional state that (b) yields a feeling of energy and (c) leads to positive work-oriented behaviors. These key themes provide the foundation for further theorizing suggesting that interactions at work confirm or disconfirm employees’ need fulfillment expectations, leading to different levels of engagement. We extend our theorizing to argue that confirmation, or disconfirmation, of different need expectations will yield emotional experience of varying magnitudes, with confirmation of approach-oriented need expectations exerting stronger effects than the confirmation of avoidance-oriented need expectations. We close with a review suggesting that organizational contextual features influence the expression of these needs, sustaining or undermining the positive emotional experiences that fuel work engagement.     

Increasing Client Voice within Involuntary Groups

Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS) is a client-driven outcome management system that has been proven effective with engaging voluntary mental health client populations through several randomized clinical trials. Little is known, however, about PCOMS application to clients who are court ordered or pressured to attend group programs. This study (N = 10) interviewed group facilitators who use PCOMS with involuntary groups. Participants strongly endorsed the use of the instruments to increase client voice, respond supportively to client incongruence, and focus on client responsibility for change. Guidelines for application to involuntary groups and research and practice implications are discussed.     

现代女秘书的美学修养

现代女秘书的美学修养指女秘书的心理素质、思想修养和工作能力的美的体现.加强女秘书美学修养有着积极意义一是创作良好的现代公文;二是事务管理方面收到良好的效果;三是提高秘书在协调决策中的积极影响;四是创造秘书工作的社交行为美.     

论汉代楚歌“悲怨”审美特性之成因

汉代楚歌最能激发人意的是感于哀乐、缘事而发、抒写悲怨之情的作品，这类作品在汉代楚歌中的数量最多、最具典型性。汉代楚歌“悲怨”审美特性的成因大致有三个方面：一是就渊源而论，汉代楚歌“悲怨”的审美特性要追溯到“南音”的影响；二是汉代许多楚歌的“悲怨”之声主要源于政治斗争的失败，所以，在某种意义上说，这类楚歌是政治斗争的产物；三是汉代楚歌“以悲为关”的成因与楚地巫风盛行有关。     

浅谈艺术创作中艺术家的主体性

所谓艺术家的主体性就在于：艺术家是创作艺术作品的主体;艺术家的主观因素表现在他创作的艺术作品之中,并反作用于社会。美不在于画面的图示、不在于画面的色彩与形象、美在提炼、美在概括、美在真实、美在感化、美由心生。     

On Shi Tiesheng＇s Exploration of the Road of Life

＂路＂在史铁生的人生历程中具有非常特殊的含义。由于双腿瘫痪,他无法走路;将近四十年,他不断地探寻人的生命困境的缘由与终极希望之出路。从荒诞的命运谜路走向＂爱命运＂的审美与艺术之路,他经历了漫长的求索之路;至终他坦然认同并走在仰望与奉献的爱愿之路上,完成了他的＂过程即目的＂的人生突围之路。     

云南民族剪纸的艺术造型和美学特点

云南民族剪纸是流行于云南各民族民间的手工艺品及美术品。这类艺术作品反映了云南民族的生活情趣、宗教理念、思想情感,通过这种艺术形式寄寓对美好未来的憧憬。云南民族剪纸实质就是云南的民间剪纸,它如同中国其他地区的民间剪纸一样具有民俗性、实用性以及变异性的艺术特征。     

论王国维、蔡元培美育思想中的审美与功利性

在中国,美育思想古已有之,但作为学术话语却是在近代由王国维从西方引入,蔡元培等继而进一步阐释的。在他们看来,美育具有双重功用,即集超功利(即审美)与功利于一体:前者认为美育的目的是使人放弃欲望的纠缠而获得纯粹的快乐,令人愉悦,归根结底是一种情感教育;后者以为美育的目的在于辅助德育和智育,从而帮助教育塑造完美人格。     

论新时期文艺民族化思潮的审美价值取向

中国新时期文学在经济全球化与文艺民族化的紧张关系中,由持续的现代化追求导致了文艺民族化身份模糊乃至丧失,并随之产生了民族文化身份认同的焦虑。它源自于汉语文学在"中、西结构"中的位置、在世界文学格局中的地位和在全球化与民族化张力中的特殊处境。当前中国文学现代化运动的必然结果是导致全球化语境把中国作家个体和文学写作带入了一个崭新的时空维度。这个新维度对于文学写作的根本意义在于承受、反抗一种文化的民族虚无主义,面对西方的文化霸权主义,采取平视的审美视角,以实现中国文化由"拿来"到"输出"的转化,这将成为中国后现代作家个体自我认同和文学写作的基本动机和主题。