Enduring not enjoying? Emotional responses to studying abroad among Danish and Chinese students

ABSTRACT

Students’ emotions during stays abroad have mainly been treated as ”culture shock”, where difficulties are interpreted as universal ”stages” towards ”adaptation”. This paper explores how students from different cultural and educational traditions experience studying abroad differently. The study presents a qualitative study of 18 Danish and Chinese students in Chinese and Danish universities and situates itself within the literature on culture shock, student emotions and study-abroad experiences. The study exposes the students’ complex emotions throughout their studies abroad and explains how these emotions relate to processes of self-formation, professional and academic development, increase or decrease in freedom, and student agency.     

Exploring the effectiveness of methadone treatment from the perspective of drug users and their families: a qualitative study in Iran

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) from the perspective of drug users and their families. For this qualitative content analysis study, 15 participants were selected via purposive sampling. Data collection was done using deep and semi-structured interviews, which were then analyzed. The results showed that MMT can bring favorable impacts into the patients’ lives and help them with the process of treatment and rehabilitation despite the medical side effects.     

体育教师在教学评价中的心理状态与调适

采用问卷调查等方法,对山东省部分高校体育教师在教学评价中的心理状态进行研究。结果表明：教师在评价中主要有疑惧、厌烦、紧张、应付、自卫、敏感等心理表现形式;教师的心理表现因职称、学历、年龄等因素的不同其表现程度也不同;通过分析和探讨影响体育教师心理健康的因素,提出了合理调适教师心理状态的途径和方法。     

蒙台梭利儿童饮食生活教育的扎根研究

当今国内对蒙台梭利的研究更多体现在宏观层面,而专门对饮食生活教育的研究较少受到关注,特别是缺乏“深描”性质的质化研究。鉴于此,研究者以6部蒙台梭利教育论著作为“访谈”对象,采用非交互性资料收集方式,深度挖掘文献资源,通过三级编码发展出蒙氏儿童饮食生活教育的扎根理论。研究发现,蒙氏儿童饮食生活教育思想体系包括饮食营养的价值追求、食物的来源及处理、儿童饮食行为的发展、饮食生活教育过程等4个理论构念,其中包含健康功能、健康权利、健康卫生、食品制作、食物选择、饮食文化、发展需求、发展阶段、营养因素、行为练习、饮食调控、教育误区等12个触发式概念。蒙氏饮食生活教育也是一个调节儿童与食物主客交互并具有积极价值追求的实践体系,对于当今儿童健康教育现实具有极强的指导意义。     

中国地方政府创新模式的可持续研究 ——基于“中国政府创新最佳实践”案例（2011—2016）的QCA方法

基于2011—2016年三届“中国政府创新最佳实践”的30个案例,引入定性比较分析（QCA）,从中层理论的视角,分析了在不同条件组合的情形下,地方政府创新实践可持续案例的特点。研究发现,中国地方政府存在三种主要的创新模式及条件组合：一是试点型创新,对应条件组合为创新扩散、学术关注和上级推广;二是地方型创新,对应条件组合为未创新扩散、未学术关注和未技术创新;三是技术型创新,对应条件组合为创新扩散、学术关注和技术创新。     

论高校教学评估中馆藏文献资源建设的完善

在正确分析整个高校文献资源建设内外环境的基础上,根据教育部开展的高校教学评估工作特点及其对文献资源建设馆藏的要求,分别从宏观规划、文献质量、资源特色、改进采购方法、协调纸质与电子文献的采购以及资源共享方面阐述了如何优化资源、科学配置,完善馆藏文献资源建设,以使高校教学评估顺利完成。     

发电企业核心竞争力评价体系研究

本文综合国内外核心竞争力文献成果,结合中国发电企业实际情况,提出了核心竞争力评价指标的设置原则,选定八类共40项评价指标,建立了完整的发电企业核心竞争力评价指标体系,并采用全息雷达图法对核心竞争力进行了评价。     

Urban community as resource: Evaluation of the mentors in Toledo schools program

We report findings from an evaluation of the Mentors in Toledo Schools program (MITS), which pairs adult community volunteers with elementary school students in need of reading support. Begun in 2012, MITS now operates in five elementary schools in Toledo Public Schools. A quasi-experimental study of 379 students (n = 128 mentored, n = 251 comparison) tested the effectiveness of MITS, using changes (fall to spring) in students’ scores on STAR Reading. Multilevel models demonstrate students who participated in MITS made statistically significant, and educationally meaningful, reading gains compared to students who did not participate. Further, an investigation of the importance of dosage revealed that number of mentoring sessions is related to students’ outcomes; students who participated in reading mentoring at least once per week showed the most educationally meaningful improvements. We also report qualitative feedback from adult program participants, including teachers, mentors, and site coordinators, to help contextualize the STAR Reading results. These findings speak to the opportunity for community volunteers to act as low-cost and effective supports for urban elementary school students who are at-risk for reading failure.     

Towards an assessment for organizational participatory research health partnerships: A systematic mixed studies review with framework synthesis

Within the health sciences, organizational participatory research (OPR) is defined as a blend of research and action, in which academic researchers partner with health organization members. OPR is based on a sound partnership between all stakeholders to improve organizational practices. However, little research on the evaluation of OPR health partnership exists. This systematic mixed studies review sought to produce a new theoretical model that structures the evaluation of the OPR processes and related outcomes of OPR health partnerships. Six bibliographic databases were searched together with grey literature sources for OPR health partnership evaluation questionnaires. Six questionnaires were included, from which a pool of 95 OPR health partnership evaluation items were derived. The included questionnaires were appraised for the quality of their origin, development and measurement properties. A framework synthesis was performed using an existing OPR framework by organizing questionnaire items in a matrix using a hybrid thematic analysis. This led to our proposed Organizational Participatory Research Evaluation Model (OPREM) that includes three axes, Trust, Collective Learning and Sustainability (with specific dimensions) and 95 items. This model provides information to help stakeholders comprehensively structure the evaluation of their partnerships and subsequent improvement; thus, potentially helping to improve health organization practices.