Challenges in mentoring at-risk young adults: caseworkers’ perspective

ABSTRACT

This exploratory study examines the barriers, challenges and needs of 30 caseworkers who mentor at-risk young adults during the transition to adulthood. Professional mentoring relationships are an important source of support for at-risk young people. However, literature concerning the mentoring relationship from the perspective of the mentors is scarce. The theoretical thematic analysis revealed two major themes. The first theme- included challenges related to the young adults’ personal histories and characteristics. The second major theme related to the mentors’ expertise within their own services. The most dominant needs during the mentoring process were broad and current knowledge and ongoing training and support. The findings are discussed in relation to the mentoring literature and emerging adulthood theory. Implications for practice highlight the importance of the design and assimilation of programs that enable the promotion of meaningful mentoring relationships via organisational modifications.     

教师职业素养新论

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新形势下上海引进外资问题研究

基于新形势下上海引进外资出现的新情况、新问题,通过对上海投资环境、定位和区位的具体分析,建立上海吸引高端外资的系统框架,并提出上海在市场开放方面,应扩大外资进入领域,鼓励外资投向"上海制造"、"上海服务"、"上海创造"的高端产业,依次引导外资的产业结构升级;在投资环境方面,应建立统一和可预见的法制环境,完善社会信用制度,以此维护市场的竞争秩序;在市场准入方面,应放宽行业限制,不断调整和优化利用外资结构。     

“营改增”政策试点的市场初步评估

会计市场咨询表明,＂营改增＂政策是一个相当积极的信号,对于上海行业细分和服务外包的发展、尤其是总部经济的发展有重大的推动作用。但从政策实施的实际效果看：首先受益的是制造业服务业分离企业,部分服务企业实际税负尚未降低;部分中资企业对于政策的了解较为局限,不懂得如何从＂营改增＂中获益;没有完整会计账册的小微企业无法享受增值税抵扣带来的税负减轻,反而由此在同业竞争中与大中企业相比丧失了部分议价竞争能力。针对上述问题,应采取相应的对策措施逐步加以解决。     

少数民族高考加分政策的公正性探究

少数民族高考加分政策实施多年,其公正性屡遭质疑,根本原因在于对该政策的根据缺乏深入而系统的认识。事实上,理性约定和平等原则构成其法律基础,循环累积因果论和帕累托最优为其提供经济学上的理论依据,唯有从这两方面厘清该政策的正当性根据,方可消除种种分歧以及在执行和实施过程中的异化和不合理现象。     

水利水电工程移民群体性事件类型探讨——基于QW省水电移民社会稳定调查

目前,水利水电工程移民是中国社会中最不稳定的群体之一,不稳定的主要表现之一就是易发生＂群体性事件＂,对区域社会稳定构成直接威胁。政府在管理和处置水利水电工程移民群体性事件过程中,首先得认清事件的性质和机理,从而快速地找到处理问题的应对方案。而不同类型水利水电工程移民群体性事件的机理不同,其处置过程也不同。因此,要做到具体问题具体分析、具体处置,就有必要对水利水电工程移民群体性事件进行分类。为了突出当前水利水电工程移民群体性事件的主要表现形态、主要矛盾、研究和政策以及政府管理应关注的重点,结合对QW省水电移民社会稳定调查,本文按照事件规模、参与主体、性质、影响范围、引致原因等十余种基本标准,对水利水电工程移民群体性事件进行了划分。     

“异地高考”政策推进策略——基于国家—地方—个体的视角

异地高考政策实行以来,公众对其后续推进寄予了广泛关注。其未来走向不仅关涉学生异地升学、考试的权利问题,更成为城镇化健康发展、教育公共服务不断完善的重要内容。从政策推进角度,国家政策层面应当加强对异地高考价值转变的引导;地方政策层面应当加强回应型政策力度,形成梯度发展规划;同时拓宽下层公众意见表达渠道,加强政策制定的主体导向。     

Socialization into single‐parent‐by‐choice family life

This paper examines family interactions between mothers and children in single‐parent‐by‐choice (SPBC) families in Spain. The data is part of a larger multi‐sited ethnographic study focused on emergent family structures that examined families formed by women who began their family projects through adoption or assisted reproduction. Single‐mothers‐by‐choice formulate various socialization goals that are tied to the complexities of their non‐conventional family project. These goals are also realized in daily conversation, particularly when families talk about future events in their lives. Our findings expand existing family language socialization research in Western contexts, which has primarily focused on conventional two‐parent families, and invite developing a stronger dialogue between family language socialization research and current debates on changing kinship structures in post‐industrial societies. Este trabajo examina interacciones entre madres e hijos/as en familias de madres solteras por elección (MSPE) en España. Los datos provienen de una investigación etnográfica multi‐lugar más amplia centrada en modelo familiares emergentes que estudió a familias formadas por mujeres solas que han comenzado su proyecto familiar a través de la reproducción asistida o la adopción. La madres solteras por elección formulan varias metas de socialización que están ligadas a las complejidades y demandas de su proyecto familiar no convencional. Estos objetivos también se plasman en conversaciones cotidianas, especialmente cuando las familias hablan sobre eventos futuros en su vidas. Nuestros resultados amplían la investigación sobre socialización lingüística familiar en contextos occidentales, que se ha centrado principalmente en familias bi‐parentales convencionales, e invitan a desarrollar un diálogo más fructífero entre la investigación sobre socialización lingüística familiar y los debates actuales en torno a cambios en los patrones de parentesco en sociedades post‐industriales. [Spanish]     

司法实践中个人信息的保护模式及其反思——以隐私权的转型为视角

在我国司法实践中,司法机关对公民个人信息的保护持能动的态度,采取将个人信息附属于隐私权的保护方式。然而伴随着隐私权的现代性转向,司法实践中个人信息的附属保护模式却遭遇了困境。无论从权利配置还是从个人信息保护机构的运作来看,个案裁决的救济方式都无法建构完整的个人信息保护框架。通过创设以私权为核心的个人信息保护法,实现对私人信息在收录、使用、保存和管理等阶段的有效规制,并形成良性的运作机制,无疑是我国个人信息保护的应然路径。     

Father's Migration and Leaving the Parental Home in Rural Mozambique

Migration is an increasingly common global phenomenon and has important implications for the well‐being of family members left behind. Although extensive research has examined the impact of parental labor migration on school‐age children, less is known about its effect on adolescents. In this study, the authors used longitudinal survey data collected in rural Mozambique (N = 515) to assess the association between father's migration and adolescent children's leaving the parental home, an important component of the transition to adulthood. The results showed that father's migration delays home‐leaving for adolescent girls and that these effects are not mediated by school enrollment. The results for boys were inconclusive. The authors also found that remittances and longer durations of paternal migration were negatively associated with the transition out of the home. On the basis of the findings, they argue that father's migration delays girls' marriage.