Character Strengths Among Youth

Four hundred and fiftynine students from 20 different high school classrooms in Michigan participated in focus group discussions about the character strengths included in the Values in Action Classification. Students were interested in the subject of good character and able to discuss with candor and sophistication instances of each strength. They were especially drawn to the positive traits of leadership, practical intelligence, wisdom, social intelligence, love of learning, spirituality, and the capacity to love and be loved. Students believed that strengths were largely acquired rather than innate and that these strengths developed through ongoing life experience as opposed to formal instruction. They cited an almost complete lack of contemporary role models exemplifying different strengths of character. Implications of these findings for the quantitative assessment of positive traits were discussed, as were implications for designing character education programs for adolescents. We suggest that peers can be an especially important force in encouraging the development and display of good character among youth.     

Natural Mentors in the Lives of African American Adolescent Mothers: Tracking Relationships Over Time

In this study, we focused on the academic attainment of African American adolescents as they made the transition from pregnancy or recent delivery to 2 years postpartum. We examined the duration, characteristics, and effects of relationships that endured over 2 years postpartum, and the role of adolescents' mentor versus maternal support. Compared to participants who did not identify mentors at either time point, participants whose mentor relationships endured over the course of the 2-year study were more likely to have remained in school or graduated. Subsequent analyses revealed that long-term mentor relationships were characterized by weekly and, in many instances, daily interactions. Additionally, participants in long-term mentor relationships reported deriving more emotional support from their mentors than from their mothers, were more satisfied with mentor support, and indicated that this support was more important to them than maternal support.     

试论道教文化对科学技术的影响与启示

道教文化在中国传统文化中占有重要地位,是中国传统文化的主流之一,具有丰富的内容。它不仅对古代科技发展有多重影响和作用,而且对现代科技创新也有重大启示和作用。     

校园伤害事故的法律思考

学校与未成年学生之间是教育与被教育、管理与被管理、保护与被保护的关系,而不是任何意义上的监护关系。在处理校园伤害事故中学校承担民事责任时,应以过错责任原则为主,以公平责任原则为补充作为归责原则。考虑到学校作为法律关系主体的特殊性,应建立与完善学校限额赔偿机制和风险分担机制。     

合作学习在高中体育教学中的实施方法

采用文献资料法和总结分析法,对合作学习及其和在高中体育教学中发挥的积极的效果进行论述,并提出合作学习在高中体育教学中的实施方法。     

Punishing coaching: bukatsudō and the normalisation of coach violence

At the beginning of 2013 two independent cases made the headlines of Japanese newspapers. The first case involved the suicide of a high school student that was allegedly triggered after he received several beatings from his basketball coach for failing to perform well enough. The second case involved fifteen female judoka, including competitors in the London Olympics, who filed a letter with the Japanese Olympic Committee complaining of violence by two coaches, including the head coach of the women's team. Both these cases caused a national debate about the practice of taibatsu (corporal punishment) in sport in Japan. This article is based on the outcomes of focus groups that were conducted with students at ten universities from across Japan in 2013. In particular, we examine the ways in which students’ normalised acts of violence from coaches, accepting them as necessary forms of discipline and, in many cases interpreting such acts as indicative of caring coaching and kindness. Further, we consider the responses of students, which suggest that these forms of corporal punishment are necessary in producing a uniquely Japanese form of identity. The complex relationship between sport and education in Japan suggests that attempts to change the ways in which bukatsudō operate, including coach/athlete relationships, is problematic and may require major reconsideration of the role of sport in education.     

The Extent,Nature, and Consequences of School Victimization: A Review of Surveys and Recent Research

ABSTRACT

The authors present a comprehensive overview of the current literature on the extent, correlates, and consequences of school-based incidents of victimization in the United States. The primary sources of data on crime and victimization in schools, including periodic, nationally representative surveys, are reviewed. These data are used to describe the scope and types of victimization most frequently encountered by students while in school, as well as historic shifts in trends. The authors also summarize the main correlates of school victimization both at the individual and school levels; describe the health, psychological, behavioral, and peer-network consequences of school victimization; and discuss the factors that can mitigate its consequences for youths. The discussion concludes by outlining future directions for this important line of research.     

人的主体性发展与中学教育

人的主体性,是人在社会实践中不断生成和发展的。充分发展以培养人的主体性为最终目的为主体性教育是时代的呼唤,也是当今学生主体性迅速发展的客观要求。作为常常被主休恶性循环研究所忽视的中学教育,必须弃教育中那种难知难智型的认识传递与智能训练的框架,遵循主体性原则,在教育目的、教育内容、教育方法、教育管理等方面进行改革,以培养自由发展的、富有创造性的主体的人。     

办好党校期刊的若干思考

党校期刊是学习、研究、宣传马克思主义的重要思想理论阵地,在理论创新、繁荣发展哲学社会科学、促进社会主义先进文化建设等方面,肩负着神圣职责和光荣使命。要办好党校期刊,必须要明确党校期刊的性质和任务,牢牢把握办刊宗旨,明确党校期刊的主攻方向;办好党校期刊,还要有一支党性修养强,政治理论素质、业务素质高的编辑队伍。