Structuring Mental Health Within Senior Services: A Case Study of an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic Serving Latinos

The article presents a case study of an outpatient mental health clinic serving Latino older adults. The study explored staff perceptions on the clinic development and the context within an immigrant multicultural community. The study used in-depth, semistructured interviews with support staff, clinical social workers, and administrators. Interviews were analyzed using a thematic content analysis. The mental health clinic formation was perceived by staff as an ecological process stemming from the needs of the Latino immigrant senior clients. A close knit and interdependent culture allowed the clinic to adjust to diversity and changing cultural contexts.     

山东省高校田径运动队教练员素质研究

采用文献资料、访谈、问卷调查等研究方法,对山东省高校田径运动队教练员的知识素质、科研素质、执教素质进行了研究,旨在为山东省高校田径教练员队伍的建设提供参考。     

文化图式视角下跨文化交际能力的培养研究

文章以图式理论为切入点,阐释图式的内涵与特征,探讨文化图式在跨文化交际能力培养中的重要作用,并以文化图式为指导,研究切实可行的培养跨文化交际能力的途径。     

Effective design of a global leadership programme

The purpose of this paper is to report level 3 evaluation findings from a leadership development programme. This paper comprises a case study, quantitative data analysis, and results from critical incident semi-structured interviews. A unique research model was developed from a literature review. There are many problems associated with the design and delivery of leadership development programmes. Senior executive-taught workshops, 360° feedback, and action learning were deliberately employed to increase the adoption and application of specific behaviours after the programme. The results substantiate previous findings on the impact of these elements by demonstrating concrete behavioural changes rather than perceived enhancement in leadership capabilities as often cited in other studies. The model should be further tested, applied and refined as necessary.

Organizations wishing to develop leaders could be guided by the model and findings of this research. A novel and innovative design model was developed from a literature review, tested against a leadership programme in a large well-known multi-national organization, and later refined based on the empirical results. It will be of value to HRD managers and researchers.     

终极关怀、研究能力培养与知识结构的完善——关于古代文学教学的几点思考

师范生的古代文学教学需要关注学科知识的完善,文学史的通史性教学必须与专书、专题研究相结合,使常识能够具体化。阐释经典作品中对个体和社会的终极思考,使古今沟通成为可能,古代文学就直接成为建构我们心灵的资源。文学史教学还要关注研究方法的传授,以养成学生的元认知能力,能对一些问题作出基本判断。     

农业龙头企业核心竞争力评价——基于广东农业龙头企业的实证分析

许多研究人员都从企业能力的角度来评价企业核心竞争力,忽视考量企业资源对企业核心竞争力的影响。结合企业资源和能力,利用2004年广东农业龙头企业的调查数据,综合考察和评价企业核心竞争力,在此基础上分析了农业龙头企业在培育核心竞争力过程中所存在的问题。结果显示,企业规模对农业龙头企业核心竞争力培育影响较大,而创新能力对其影响较小,说明农业龙头企业的创新能力还有待提高。     

Relationships matter: the problems and prospects for social workers' relationships with young children in care

One of the key lessons learnt in the UK from the Laming Inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbié was the importance of social workers developing consistent and long-term relationships with young children in whose lives they are involved. This issue is now informing policy developments, including the proposed Social Work Practices which, based on a similar model to General Practitioner practices, aim to provide a lead professional to act as a parental figure and an advocate for every child in care. This paper begins by confirming the importance of developing relationships between social workers and young children, but questions the ability of the new policy developments to facilitate these. Drawing upon data from research involving interviews with social workers, the paper outlines the factors which hinder social workers' relationships with young children and argues that while the new proposals address some of the more surface structural and organizational factors, they do not address the deeper factors regarding attitudes, values and emotional competence which are crucial if social workers are to successfully build relationships with young children in care.     

元认知能力在英语阅读中的培养

元认知在外语阅读理解过程中有着重要的作用,但是如果教师在阅读教学过程中对它的认识不够,通常容易忽略培养学生有效使用元认知策略这个环节,因此很难从根本意义上帮助学生提高阅读效果,改善阅读教学效果。本文欲在前人研究的基础之上,试图论述元认知以及元认知在外语阅读中的作用,最后探讨英语教师在阅读课上该如何培养学习者元认知能力。     

试论企业核心竞争力的培育、维护和提升

培育和提升企业核心竞争力对于复杂环境下国内企业的生存与发展具有重大意义。本文从积极打造人才资本、创建有特色的管理模式、实施名牌战略等方面,论述了培育和提升企业核心竞争力的主要措施。     

Standards, Competence and Knowledge: Initial Teacher Training and Business

Initial teacher training in England and Wales has undergone a number of reforms which have imposed greater central control on institutions and individual programs. The culmination of this process has been the introduction of a competence based model. In this paper the authors explore the factors which have led to the adoption of a competence based approach in many sectors of education and training. They describe how a Post Graduate Certificate in Education program has been developed to enable students to achieve competence through the establishment of links between education and business. They go onto consider the wider implications of this approach for teaching and learning. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.