Managing diversity: academic’s perspective on culture and teaching

As UK Higher Education institutions continue to accept students from ethnically diverse backgrounds, there is now an onus and an expectation for academics to provide learning environments and experiences that are inclusive, validating and affirming. The aim of this paper is to explore, through the lens of the academic tutor, the pedagogical methods employed towards the implementation of ‘cultural branching’, which we define as helping ethnically diverse students to build bridges between their pre-existing knowledge and what they are expected to learn. To investigate this in more detail, the researchers interviewed 22 academic tutors across three UK Higher Education Institutions in the North of England. The findings suggest that current curriculum structures and pedagogical approaches favour the dominant non-ethnically diverse learner. Our research proposes that additional emphasis needs to be placed on developing a practical and functional approach which embeds cultural branching via technological platforms.     

Rendering sexism invisible in workplace narratives. A narrative analysis of female entrepreneurs’ stories of not being talked to by men

Entrepreneurism is widely regarded as being one way in which women can sidestep the sexism of male‐dominated institutionalized work environments and enter into a world in which men and women operate on a level playing field. Yet, in a corpus of stories of female entrepreneurs’ experiences, we noted that being ignored by men was a constant theme. Taking a social constructionist and narrative approach to identity, we analyse the gendered identity work that female entrepreneurs do in these stories and we seek to explicate the process through which female entrepreneurs do not evaluate being ignored by men as sexism‐in‐action. Using positioning theory as an analytical tool, we analyse these stories at three different levels: the here‐and‐now interaction between interviewer and storyteller; the there‐and‐then identity work of the characters in the storyworld; and the wider societal Discourses that the storytellers enact, and which are enacted by such identity work. Findings indicate that despite making gendered difference, inferiority and lack of agency relevant, the stories are not evaluated as sexism‐in‐action because the female entrepreneurs enact a postfeminist and neoliberal Discourse of freedom, autonomy and choice, rather than a feminist Discourse of discrimination and sexism.     

I'm Not a Bad Mother — Stories of Mothering‐on‐the‐Edge

This article is located in the field of custody and day‐to‐day care, with a focus on experiences of mothering where mothers no longer have everyday care of their children. At the time of writing, tens of thousands of mothers live separately from their children in Aotearoa, New Zealand. However, there is a general perception of rarity associated with non‐resident mothers, partly due to their reluctance to speak of loss of custody. In this article, we develop a theoretical discussion around the inside/outside relationships between non‐resident mothers and their children that informs therapeutic practice. We argue that mothers who live apart from their children are situated at the edge or periphery of their children's day‐to‐day lives and experience this as outside the lives of their children. Nevertheless, mothers' stories speak of qualities of (m)othering that have been born of and nurtured by longstanding and long‐term commitment to their children.     

德法兼治是构建社会主义和谐社会的必要条件

没有健全的法制,良好的社会道德秩序就不可能建立;而没有良好的公民道德素质,法制建设也会缺乏必要的道德基础。因此,构建社会主义和谐社会,既要有社会主义法制作为保障,也离不开良好社会道德秩序的支撑。面对带有法治经济和道德经济双重属性的社会主义市场经济体制,一方面,需要用法治维护市场经济的正常秩序,实现宏观调控;另一方面,要提高公民的道德素质,增强公民遵纪守法的自觉性。     

坚持以人为本推动思想政治工作进公寓

学生公寓是学生日常生活与学习的主要场所,是课外对学生进行思想政治工作和实施素质教育的重要领域, 因此,要建立健全大学生公寓的思想政治工作新机制,加强公寓管理的规范化、制度化,营造管理育人、服务育人的良好环境, 全面占领学生思想政治工作的新阵地。     

河流型景区经营管理改革研究——以漓江景区为例

由于旅游开发较早,跨度的行政区域较多,目前我国河流型景区在管理上普遍存在着管理效率低、市场秩序混乱、行业监管难、发展不可持续等问题。以漓江景区为例,从漓江景区的历史沿革入手分析了其在管理上存在的主要问题,进而从管理4Y~-制、旅游产品、门票机制和生态补偿机制四个方面对河流型景区管理体制改革问题进行了研究。     

构建传媒品牌的"532"法则

媒介在传媒市场上的竞争关键在于传媒品牌的构建,构建传媒品牌可以从以下几个方面进行:为受众提供有效的内容,在受众心中形成公信力,以市场为导向运用多种经营手段。     

文化体制改革困境的政治学思考

文化与政治的关联性决定了政治学是审视文化体制的一个重要视角。文化体制改革在取得进展的同时也面临重重困境。文化属性被泛政治意识形态化、政治体制改革的制约、文化权力主体职能的越位与缺位是文化体制改革困境的政治学根源。     

中国文化推广的战略定位和实施路径

中国文化推广缺乏学术研究的引领和文化产业的支撑。中国文化推广的战略定位和实施路径应环绕三个枢纽展开：中国文化推广现状,中国文化推广路径,中国文化推广体系;着力解决好四个关键：文化推广路径调研,传统文化精品尤其是哲理思想和世界性理论问题互动,（多模态）影像片创意和精美制作,发展文化产业。只有这样,中国文化推广的春天甚至是夏天才会到来。     

公路货运交易市场现代物流模式及运行机制

公路货运交易业经过10多年的发展,已经形成了具有43 600多家经营业户的业态规模,在公路运输系统中发挥着重要的运输组织、中介服务职能。通过研究货运交易业的现状与发展趋势,针对目前货运交易业存在的货运市场空间布局无序、交易分割封闭,综合物流服务能力低等方面的问题,提出了货运交易空间载体有形化、货运交易层次化、网络化阶段与货运交易服务模式物流化“三阶段”发展的模式及相应的运行机制,以突破目前分散、封闭的交易运作方式,促进公路货运交易向可持续的、网络化、物流化方向发展。