Evaluation of a cross-cultural training program for Pakistani educators: Lessons learned and implications for program planning

In this paper, we share the results of a summative evaluation of PEILI, a US-based adult professional development/training program for secondary school Pakistani teachers. The evaluation was guided by the theories of cultural competence (American Psychological Association, 2003, Bamberger, 1999, Wadsworth, 2001) and established frameworks for the evaluation of professional development/training and instructional design (Bennett, 1975, Guskey, 2002, King, 2014, Kirkpatrick, 1967). The explicit and implicit stakeholder assumptions about the connections between program resources, activities, outputs, and outcomes are described. Participant knowledge and skills were measured via scores on a pre/posttest of professional knowledge, and a standards-based performance assessment rubric. In addition to measuring short-term program outcomes, we also sought to incorporate theory-driven thinking into the evaluation design. Hence, we examined participant self-efficacy and access to social capital, two evidenced-based determinants or “levers” that theoretically explain the transformative space between an intervention and its outcomes (Chen, 2012). Data about program determinants were collected and analyzed through a pre/posttest of self-efficacy and social network analysis. Key evaluation findings include participant acquisition of new instructional skills, increased self-efficacy, and the formation of a nascent professional support network. Lessons learned and implications for the design and evaluation of cross-cultural teacher professional development programs are discussed.     

照护还是医疗:老年人健康支出的产出效率比较

老龄化尤其是高龄失能老人增多对我国现有的以疾病治疗为核心的健康保障体系提出了挑战。本文基于CLHLS2011年数据的结构方程模型估计结果表明,家庭的照料护理支出显著提高了老人的健康自评、健康他评、生活满意度等生活质量指标,并且还能降低老人的小病发病率、患慢性病种类数以及两年内的患重病次数;而家庭的医疗费用支出则显著降低了老人对自身健康水平和生活状况的主观评价,对降低老人患小病、重病和慢性病等也没有贡献。相比医疗支出,照护支出具有更优的健康产出效率,并且通过增进老人的身体功能和生活自理能力、提高老人主观健康评价等途径起到更积极的健康促进作用。最后建议我国应将更多的健康支出用于照料护理,建立基于家庭和社区的老人照护体系。     

高校关工委老同志参与大学生党建工作

探讨了高校关工委老同志参与大学生党建工作的优势,以及在我校党建工作中发挥的作用及效果,以进一步促进关工委参与大学生党建工作的制度化、规范化建设,提出了构建高校关工委老同志参与大学生党建工作的长效机制。     

The patterns of ‘care migrantisation’ in South Korea

Over the past couple of decades, researchers have documented a phenomenon called ‘migrantisation of care’, which is patterned by the national regimes of care and migration. By applying the ideas of social reproduction and care–migration intersections to the South Korean case, this paper investigates the interplay of care and migration policies through which migrants get involved for various care roles in different care settings. In the matrix of migration (regime) and care (regime) emerge two intersecting fields in South Korea: co-ethnic labour migrants in paid care work and marriage migrants in unpaid care work. The paper has found a growing demand for migrant care labour to address the care crisis in Korea, but the degree to which care work is migrantised varies significantly between childcare and eldercare as well as between home-based care and institution-based care. The paper not only geographically extends the care–migration intersection frame to an East Asian welfare state but widens its theoretical application to an under-explored pattern of care migrantisation, notably unpaid care provision by family migrants.     

如何在课堂上提高学生学习商务英语的兴趣

在商务英语课堂教学中,如果教师只是讲解课文,灌输理论,而学生被动听课,埋头记笔记,显然这种教学方法不适应新形势的发展需要,也无法激发学生学习商务英语的兴趣。因此本文基于笔者近几年商务英语教学改革的实践,从培养学生用所学商务知识转化为实际运用语言能力出发,探讨了如何在课堂上提高学生学习商务英语的兴趣。     

Foster Caregiver Motivation and Infant Attachment: How do Reasons for Fostering Affect Relationships?

This study reports the results of the effects of types of caregiver motivation to foster parent on the security of attachment of infants in care. Using the Motivations for Foster Parenting Inventory and the Ainsworth Strange Situation Procedure, the differences in motivation of kin and non-kin caregivers and the effects of motivation on security of attachment of 46 infants is reported. Result found that motivations to foster, such as the desire to increase family size, and social concern for the community, were significant predictors for secure attachment; while reasons for fostering such as spiritual expression, adoption, and replacement of a grown child, were predictors of insecure attachment. Research and practice implications are discussed. Susan A. Cole is an Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.     

论成套设备工程项目管理的基本模式

本文是以开发成套设备工程项目信息管理系统需求分析阶段的工作内容为背景 ,在分析项目实施的过程内容与特征要求的基础上 ,阐述了项目管理的业务要素和组织体系 ,提出了包括空间思维和时间过程两个方面的基本模式。     

福柯的生存美学的基本意义

作为概念,生存美学虽然是福柯在晚期才正式提出,但它是福柯长期进行知识考古学、权力和道德系谱学研究的必然成果,同时也是他个人生活、思想创造和著述实践的指导原则。生存美学的核心概念“关怀自身”,体现了福柯一贯的做人原则,也集中表现了审美生存的重心,在于自身不断摆脱传统主体性的约束,实现自身审美超越的愉悦快感。     

论诺曼·福斯特与高技派

文章在介绍诺曼·福斯特创作的同时,对"高技派"及中国建筑创作的方向等问题提出自己的见解,通过对福斯特的作品内涵、形式以及设计思想和相关言论的探讨,将福斯特的设计理念引申到社会、文化、生态学,甚至未来的方方面面。把福斯特仅仅理解成是在高技术领域的倡导者是不够的,在诺曼·福斯特这一代大师手里,更新、更高的技术就成为一种手段,一种更为先进的新观念,通过它们去创造和实现人类与自然和谐的生活环境,由此认为中国建筑师应开阔思路,吸取各种有益的经验。     

论艺术类师范生人文素质的提高

本文针对目前高师艺术专业学生文化素质偏低的状况 ,分析了造成这一现状的原因 ,以及艺术修养与人文修养之间的关系 ,探讨了提高艺术类师范生人文素质的途径。