Reinforcement and erosion of traditional gender roles among young people in a poor metropolitan area of Turkey

This paper aims to contribute to the existing studies on the young women’s transition to adulthood in the case of Turkish women’s exclusion from the labour market. The issue is discussed largely within the boundaries of traditional gender restrictions that keep women out of employment. Herein, we argue that the gender-based control of young women, perceived as the reason for their exclusion from the labour market, may be used by disadvantaged women as a way of avoiding difficult and unfavourable employment situations. Similarly, the gender roles imposed on men could also not be fulfilled due to the same restrictive labour market conditions. Furthermore, we suggest that the poverty simultaneously strengthens and erodes the very base of the traditional gender structure for both young women and young men, while forcing the young women out of employment and the young men to the unstable working conditions. This argument is based on a study conducted in Alt?nda?, Ankara with a sample of 279 females and 340 males aged between 15 and 24. A mixed methodology, comprising a survey questionnaire followed by 60 in-depth interviews and 4 focus group discussions, was employed for this study.     

Monitoring the coefficient of variation using a variable sample size and sampling interval control chart

This article proposes a CV chart by using the variable sample size and sampling interval (VSSI) feature to improve the performance of the basic CV chart, for detecting small and moderate shifts in the CV. The proposed VSSI CV chart is designed by allowing the sample size and the sampling interval to vary. The VSSI CV chart's statistical performance is measured by using the average time to signal (ATS) and expected average time to signal (EATS) criteria and is compared with that of existing CV charts. The Markov chain approach is employed in the design of the chart.     

A direct procedure for monitoring the coefficient of variation using a variable sample size scheme

A variable sample size (VSS) scheme directly monitoring the coefficient of variation (CV), instead of monitoring the transformed statistics, is proposed. Optimal chart parameters are computed based on two criteria: (i) minimizing the out-of-control ARL (ARL₁) and (ii) minimizing the out-of-control ASS (ASS₁). Then the performances are compared between these two criteria. The advantages of the proposed chart over the VSS chart based on the transformed statistics in the existing literature are: the former (i) provides an easier alternative as no transformation is involved and (ii) requires less number of observations to detect a shift when ASS₁ is minimized.     

Women’s experiences of,and attitudes to,maternity education across the perinatal period in Victoria,Australia: A mixed-methods approach

Background

While the provision of maternity education across the perinatal period can increase the confidence and self-efficacy in childbearing women, there is still thought to be a lack of effective educational resources for parenthood. This study, conducted in Victoria, Australia, investigated women’s experiences of, and attitudes to education communicated in maternity service provision.

Creativity in social work education and practice: reflections on a Survivor Arts Project

This article, written by survivor artists, practitioners and academics (each moving between these different identities and associated voices), will explore a creative arts approach to social work (SW) education within the context of service user and carer involvement. In addition to building upon a developing literature base, the writers will draw upon their own experience and the experience of other service user and carer contributors as well as student and practitioner feedback. In doing so, this article will seek to analyse some of the ways the creative arts can be harnessed as a tool for a more radical, creative and critical approach to professional education and how this in turn can help develop more empathic, critically self-reflective and creative (in the broadest sense of the word) practitioners. In critiquing the more traditional service user and carer involvement approach, this article will attempt to show how the more innovative approach of the Survivor Arts Project can move us beyond an arguably more limiting ‘expertise through experience’ model. In outlining an emancipatory model which recognises the relevance of lived experience and places this within the context of survivor movements, focusing also on the skills and insights survivors bring to SW education, this article will detail the ways we can work towards developing a more vibrant and dynamic learning environment which values our life stories and recognises our strengths as well as the many different and overlapping identities which place us along a continuum that connects our lives and informs our practice.     

Promoting healthy transition to college through mindfulness training with first-year college students: Pilot randomized controlled trial

Objective: Given the importance of developmental transitions on young adults' lives and the high rates of mental health issues among U.S. college students, first-year college students can be particularly vulnerable to stress and adversity. This pilot study evaluated the effectiveness and feasibility of mindfulness training aiming to promote first-year college students' health and wellbeing. Participants: 109 freshmen were recruited from residential halls (50% Caucasian, 66% female). Data collection was completed in November 2014. Methods: A randomized control trial was conducted utilizing the Learning to BREATHE (L2B) program, a universal mindfulness program adapted to match the developmental tasks of college transition. Results: Participation in the pilot intervention was associated with significant increase in students' life satisfaction, and significant decrease in depression and anxiety. Marginally significant decrease was found for sleep issues and alcohol consequences. Conclusions: Mindfulness-based programs may be an effective strategy to enhance a healthy transition into college.     

中国农产品市场开放与贸易政策——技术性贸易壁垒的视角

中国加入世界贸易组织以后,严守承诺开放农产品市场,但农产品出口正在成为中美贸易摩擦的主要根源。选取棉花、小麦、稻米和大豆等四种主要农产品,通过测算技术性贸易壁垒,考察净出口波动、产出效率和补贴政策,对中美农产品市场开放程度和贸易政策展开比较分析后发现:美国凭借其生产技术和贸易制度设计上的优势地位,实施严格的技术规制来保护本国农产品市场,向生产者提供巨额补贴以巩固市场竞争力。由于生产技术落后和贸易规则制定话语权的缺失,中国农产品市场开放有背离本国农业发展水平的趋势,产业安全正遭受巨大冲击。中国正在成为新多边贸易体制的重要力量,为打破农产品贸易被动局面,中国应将发展中国家利益纳入贸易制度设计中去,增大补贴范围和补贴力度,提高农业生产技术水平,加强对贸易壁垒的防御能力。     

社会管理创新的法治理念及机制建构

社会管理创新的重要价值目标是建设法治社会。随着中国社会的转型和发展,需要不断提高社会管理的民主化和法治化水平。应以保障人权、公平正义、民主参与和权力制约的法治理念为导引,进一步完善民生民权保障的法制;加强依法行政,完善行政法制模式;强化公众民主参与机制;加强基层民主自治,培育和发展社会主义公民社会;健全多元化的公民权利救济机制,拓展法院的司法功能。     

教育理论的分类框架与发展反思

教育理论的繁荣没有带来与之对称的教育实践改进是不争的事实,这使教育理论蕴藏信誉危机.这些事实促使我们必须对教育理论做出深刻反思.但反思必须是辩证的、精细的、建设性的.对教育理论进行合理分类,并在此基础上对各类教育理论进行反思,对教育理论发展是至关重要的.依傍科学标准与价值标准建立起来的教育理论,可以依据其成立的标准划分成四类教育理论:实然的教育理论、价值的教育理论、逻辑的教育理论和科学的教育理论.在相对精细的划分框架下对各类理论的正确评价可以促进各类教育理论的理性发展.