Connecting for success: Egocentric network types among underrepresented minority students at college

This study investigates the egocentric networks of underrepresented minority students. Adjustment to college for underrepresented minority students often means balancing between the origin (i.e., low-status family) and host (i.e., academic) environments, requiring students to develop different coping strategies. The analysis included 124 Roma university students. We employed the contact diary method and the EgoNet program for mapping students’ egocentric networks. We explored classification among egocentric networks by cluster analysis based on the network proportion of the origin, fellow, and host groups. Three clusters were distinguished. The Host-based cluster proved to be the most advantageous, while the Balancing cluster appeared to be the most disadvantageous in terms of network resources, well-being, and trust. Partners’ ethnicity and educational attainment showed a strong connection with cluster membership. Our results highlight that small fellow communities can successfully interconnect the origin and host groups in students’ egocentric networks.     

新世纪高校学生干部培养

随着近年来高校招生规模的不断扩大,学生数量急剧增加,一直备受关注的学生管理工作又成为各学校瞩目的焦点,而这一焦点的着力点自然就落到了高校学生干部的培养工作上来。高校学生干部是联系学校、老师和普通学生的桥梁,是学生管理工作中的重要力量,优秀的学生干部能更好的服务于广大学生,因此学生干部的培养尤为重要。目前面对新形势高校学生干部队伍还存在一系列问题与不足,针对这些问题,高校应该加强对学生干部的教育培训、实践锻炼和学习交流,不断健全学生干部培养机制,努力培养一批高素质、高水平、高层次、高能力的高校学生干部队伍。以高校学生干部的培养为立足点,分析新形势下面对学生数量的急剧增加高校培养优秀学生干部的应对策略。     

Social Cognitive Factors,Support, and Engagement: Early Adolescents’ Math Interests as Precursors to Choice of Career

The authors examined the central hypothesis that students’ early perceptions of support and sense of engagement in math classes and math activities strongly influence the broadening or narrowing of their math interest. The focus was on the first wave of qualitative data collected from 5th‐, 7th‐, and 9th‐grade students during the 2007–2008 academic year as part of a longitudinal study. Findings indicate the importance of using group work and extrinsic motivation in middle school math classes to broaden interest; peer classroom behavior was often a detractor of math interest.     

大学生公民品质的塑造与公民教育

在现代社会,大学生应具备的公民品质包括"讲德性"、"守规则"、"有理性"以及"重参与"等四个方面的内容。目前,由于我国公民教育起步较晚,大学校园缺乏公民教育的文化氛围,大学生的公民品质还有待于进一步塑造和培养。利用公民教育塑造大学生的公民品质,需要引导大学生追求优良的公民品质;需要以思想政治理论课为重要载体,加强大学生公民教育;需要在校园生活中开发利用更多的公民教育资源;需要进一步规范和丰富大学生公民教育内容,有效开展公民教育。     

Otherness and empathy—implications of Lévinas ethics for social work education

This paper examines the concept of otherness in Lévinas’ ethics and raises related issues regarding the limits of empathy on philosophical grounds. This study also identifies and discusses a number of linguistic, social and cultural barriers that can establish such limits on practical grounds. This paper raises various considerations for social work educators teaching empathy. Such considerations suggest that social work educators could adopt a stance of ‘understanding and not understanding’ and a dialectical approach in using knowledge and skills. Furthermore, this study challenges the common assumption that empathy leads to compassionate action. Apart from empathy, moral commitment is necessary to engage in such action. This article discusses such moral commitment in relation to Lévinas’ notions of face and responsibility that place ethics before knowledge. Hence, the present study brings the attention of social work educators back to the importance of nourishing virtue and the moral character of students.     

Student and faculty perceptions about mandatory influenza vaccinations on a health sciences campus

Objective: To examine the perceptions among faculty and health professional students regarding mandatory vaccination policies on a health sciences campus. Participants: A total of 296 faculty and 244 students completed surveys during Fall 2015. Methods: The online survey administered to individuals who received the influenza vaccine during the fall 2015 influenza vaccination clinic season included five items evaluating perceptions of employer mandatory vaccination requirements. Results: Chi-square analysis indicated that although faculty and students agree mandatory vaccinations in a health care environment are appropriate, faculty are more likely than students to get vaccinated in the absence of a mandate. Additionally, a small fraction of faculty would consider employment elsewhere when facing this mandate. Conclusions: Overall, faculty and students had favorable perceptions about mandatory influenza vaccine policies. Since students were less likely to be vaccinated in the absence of a mandate, education of students should be improved to support the importance of vaccinations in a health care environment.     

大学生“四段式”科技创新能力培养模式探索与思考——以湖南农业大学东方科技学院生物类专业为例

大学生科技创新能力的培养是高校培养创新型人才的重要手段,也是提升高等学校创新能力的必然要求。通过对我国大学生科技创新现状的分析,以湖南农业大学东方科技学院生物类专业为例,提出从启蒙阶段、认知阶段、实践阶段和提升阶段四个阶段构建大学生"四段式"科技创新能力培养模式,并就大学生科技创新能力培养模式进行了思考。     

论对大学生进行财商教育的重要意义

传承传统重义轻利观念的大学教育,对学生的财富意识具有极大的压抑作用。改革开放以来,一部分人陷入拜金主义的泥潭,一部分人则保持着"饿死事小失节事大"的极端思想。调查的结果令人担忧,大学生财商整体水平较低。对大学生进行财商教育,是实现教育"使人更幸福地生活"目的之必然要求。     

大学生爱情非理性信念的探索性研究

采用自编问卷对300名大学生就爱情非理性信念进行了调查与分析。结果表明,当前大学生的爱情非理性信念主要表现在六个方面,即：＂消极评价＂、＂不合理期望＂、＂追求完美＂、＂错误动机＂、＂歪曲认知＂、＂绝对化自我要求＂。并且,不同性别、年级、学科、生源地的大学生表现出不同的爱情非理性信念特点。     

Gender,gambling settings and gambling behaviours among undergraduate poker players

A gender divide in gambling is commonly observed among college populations. This study examines whether settings where students gamble on poker mediate the relationship between gender and poker gambling behaviours. Undergraduate poker players, 126 females and 242 males, were randomly sampled from three universities in Montreal, Canada. Three outcomes measuring risky behaviours were considered: severity of gambling problems as measured by the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI), past-year poker spending and past-year poker debt. Multiple mediation analyses were conducted. The effect of gender on outcomes was analysed through three putative mediators: gambling on poker in private residences, in public locations or on the Internet. Male gender positively relates to risky gambling behaviours and occurrence of gambling in various settings. Risky gambling behaviours are positively related to gambling in various settings. Overall, the occurrence of playing poker in public locations and on the Internet emerged as significant mediators in relation to PGSI score, past-year poker spending and past-year poker debt. Given the nature of the processes by which gender is related to risky gambling behaviours among undergraduate students, gambling needs to be understood through a perspective that focuses as much on contexts as it does on individuals.