“Build a friendship with them”: The discourse of “at‐risk” as a barrier to relationship building between young people who trade sex and social workers

Young people in statutory care and protection interact with social workers, who hold potential to provide a supportive adult role in their lives. Many however, run away at an early age and end up on the street trading sex for money or other favours. There is potential to improve outcomes for young people in care if the relationship between young people and their social workers is better addressed. This paper uses data from a qualitative study of 14 young people who traded sex and who had experienced interactions with social workers. A thematic analysis identified three themes: the rigidity of social work practice; contesting the family situation; and resisting the at‐risk label. We argue that to have any impact on outcomes for young people in care, social workers need to prioritise relationship‐building above the need to conform to organizational protocols and guidelines. Such guidelines assist the social worker in assessing whether family situations pose high risk for a young person, but the “at‐risk” label is contested by young people, which results in a lack of trust and a barrier to relationship building.     

Sexual activity and weekly contraceptive use among young adult women in Michigan

Past studies on the influence of sexual activity on contraceptive behaviours are inconclusive, relying heavily on cross-sectional data. We used a population-based longitudinal sample of young women in Michigan to evaluate weekly associations between sexual activity and contraceptive use at three levels of measurement: comparing between women, among individual women’s partnerships, and from week to week within partnerships. We used multinomial logistic regression accounting for correlations within partnerships and women. Relative to use of least effective methods, weekly sexual activity was significantly associated with increased use of condoms, pills, and highly effective methods. For pills and highly effective methods, partnership-, woman-, and week-level effects were similar. For condoms, there was no significant woman-level effect. Evidence of immediate effects of sexual activity on contraceptive use highlights the importance of longitudinal data. These dynamics may be diluted or missed altogether when relying on cross-sectional data approaches that compare groups of individuals.     

The quest for sustainable employment: Challenges faced by young people during the job‐search process

Young people who are unable to find and sustain employment are at risk for long‐term social and economic exclusion. Active labour market policies (ALMPs) addressing the problem of youth unemployment have focused on building the employability skills of young job seekers to expand their employment opportunities. Yet research exploring how young people navigate the job‐search process is limited. Drawing on interviews with young Australian job seekers and their employment consultants, this article addresses the questions of how young people navigate entry into employment through the job‐search process and what challenges they face. The study revealed three common frustrations experienced by the young people during their job‐search: employers' expectations of relevant work experience in the young person's preferred occupation, being required to apply for jobs not aligned with their career aspirations, and the impact of personal factors on their ability to confidently present themselves to prospective employers. The findings highlight the need for ALMPs and employers to facilitate positive employability support mechanisms that will build a stable platform from which young people can build a trajectory towards sustainable employment to reduce long‐term youth unemployment.     

‘Felons are also our family’: citizenship and solidarity in the undocumented youth movement in the United States

The undocumented youth movement began in the United States in the mid-2000s. Drawing on qualitative research with undocumented young organisers in California, this article explores how relationships between undocumented youth, the wider undocumented population, and legal citizens have been understood in narratives of citizenship in the movement over time. It is argued that, paradoxically, the movement’s retreat from prioritising a pathway to legal citizenship for the most ‘eligible’, made visible historic and contemporary ties to the United States and its peoples that are obscured in hegemonic narratives of contemporary citizenship. In becoming more inclusive of the wider undocumented population, positions of solidarity with marginalised US citizens have also emerged. In the context of attacks on some racialised and other marginalised social groups during Trump’s presidency, such solidarity is even more vital.     

论高职院校的青年教师师德建设

文章在调研的基础上,分析了高职院校青年教师师德建设的现状,针对存在的不足,提出了加强高职院校青年教师师德建设要学院党委重视,加强对青年教师的教育,建立现代师德观,加强制度建设,营造良好的校园环境,抓典型示范,把师德建设与教师的工作、生活相结合等措施。     

儿童早期STEM素养：概念内涵、结构框架与内容体系

STEM素养是STEM教育研究中的热点之一,在已有的研究中,STEM素养的目标对象主要指向年龄较大的学习者,而对低年龄学习者的关注明显不足。随着学前阶段STEM教育日益受到关注,幼儿STEM素养研究相对缺乏的问题逐渐显现。本研究基于STEM素养和学前教育相关理论,对儿童早期STEM素养的概念、结构和内容体系进行构建。结果表明,儿童早期STEM素养可以为幼儿园STEM学习提供清晰而科学的目标体系,对于提升幼儿园STEM教学活动质量,促进学前STEM教育发展具有一定的参考和借鉴价值。     

儿女柔情与英雄侠义——晚清《第一侠义奇女传》的情侠观透视

《第一侠义奇女传》是中国侠文学发展到晚清时期的新展现,是随着社会改革的深入与人文主义思潮的涌动而呈现出的侠文化新走向。不仅发展了唐以来红拂女慧眼识英雄,大胆追求幸福爱情的鲜明个性与智侠风采,而且进一步深化发展为儿女柔情与英雄侠义同在的情侠观,为20世纪以来的情侠小说开辟了道路,树立了典范的情侠品格。     

三峡库区移民的政策认知与评价:对298名青年移民的调查

在对水库移民主体性的研究中,移民的政策认知和评价是反映移民心理和谐与社会适应的重要变量,因而对移民的政策认知和评价的研究成为水库移民主体性研究的重要维度。通过对三峡库区298名青年移民的实证调查的数据分析发现：不同安置方式的青年移民对政策的认知和评价存在明显差异;＂性别＂因素是引发不同安置方式青年移民对移民政策的认知和评价差异的重要变量;青年移民对移民政策认知与评价存在明显的城乡差异。     

中小学青年教师素养问题研究:表征、成因与路径

中小学青年教师素养缺失问题是其专业发展的主要"瓶颈",它严重影响教师的身心发展和教育的整体发展。青年教师素养缺失表现为权利意识凸显、功利意识主导、反思意识薄弱等,这是由职前教师教育机构的不完善、"大班额"教学工作量大以及青年教师个体混乱的职业生涯等造成的。因此,职前教师教育机构要做到"无为而治""虚位以待";"职场"学校要做到"和而不同""因材施教";青年教师个体要做到"独善其身""敬业乐教"。     

安徽省小学青年教师心理健康状况调查研究

采用症状自评量表(SCL-90)对安徽省171名小学青年教师的心理健康状况进行评定,并与全国常模对照.结果发现安徽省小学青年教师的心理健康状况令人堪忧,受教育程度和人事编制是影响小学青年教师心理健康水平的影响因素,提出了增进小学青年教师心理健康的对策,以利于小学青年教师的心理健康.