Teaching Race and Crime

Abstract

This paper examines the experiences of a select group of faculty (N = 37) from across the country who teach courses related to race and crime. Using survey methodology, the researchers solicited the faculty members' views on the course as well as their experience in teaching the course. The research was also designed to determine the receptivity of students to the course, as well as the nature of the evaluation scores of instructors who teach these courses. Most instructors reported having had a good teaching experience and felt the course should be required. Respondents also indicated that their teaching evaluation scores for race and crime courses were generally in line with their scores for other courses. The research found very minimal differences between the teaching evaluation scores of white and nonwhite race and crime instructors. Students were perceived to be generally enthusiastic about taking this course.     

《大学语文》教学中的情操陶冶论析

情操陶冶对大学生而言极为重要.<大学语文>教学在传授知识的同时,侧重于以高尚的精神塑造大学生,以优秀的作品鼓舞大学生,多方位,多角度,起到或潜移默化、或心灵震撼的作用.     

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen's contribution to development evaluation

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen's Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in development: the guardians. This finding is the result of an emergent Action Learning process that was initiated by applying Sen's principles to focus-group interviews with women who care for people affected by HIV and AIDS. One of the findings of these focus groups was that the participants valued the process because it opened a space for them to influence the work of the implementing NGO. Essentially, they could hold the implementing agency to account. Reflection on this outcome by the agency led to important shifts in processes that are more supportive of freedom.     

从法律选择方法的演变看国际私法的价值定位

国际私法的法律选择方法经历了由单边主义方法到多边主义方法，再到后来融人实体主义方法的演变过程，这一过程既反映了国际私法的价值由追求形式正义到追求实质正义的取向，也体现着对国际私法的价值的定位由以国家利益为出发点发展到以国际社会“主权共享”利益为出发点，最后回归到以私人利益为出发点和落脚点的发展过程。因此有必要对这种定位的变化及其原因和影响进行分析，以更好地指导实践。     

On the agenda: North–South research partnerships and agenda-setting processes

Co-operation between researchers in the global North and South is critical to the production of new knowledge to inform development policies. However, the agenda-setting process is a formidable obstacle in many development research partnerships. The first section of this article examines how bilateral donor strategies affect collaborative agenda-setting processes. The second section explores researchers' motivations for entering into North–South partnerships; the obstacles that Southern researchers encounter in agenda-setting processes; and the strategies that they employ to ensure that research partnerships respond to their concerns. This analysis suggests that while strong Southern research organisations are best placed to maximise the benefits of collaboration, donors and researchers alike are well advised to recognise the limitations of this approach and use it prudently, because North–South partnerships are not necessarily the best way to advance research agendas rooted in Southern priorities.     

Rethinking poverty alleviation: a ‘poverties’ approach

This article argues that the practice of poverty alleviation is greatly limited by a vision of poverty that fails to capture the locally specific causes of and solutions to the challenges that threaten human well-being. This problematic vision of poverty takes real-world form in such initiatives as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. It is a key reason why this and other contemporary poverty-alleviation efforts do not show greatly improved results compared with previous efforts. By reframing our understanding of the challenges to human well-being from poverty to ‘poverties’, however, we might envisage a new approach to policy development in relation to poverty that moves us towards a truly sustainable development.     

高校旅游电子商务课程实践教学研究

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输入和输出理论在高职英语写作教学中的应用

目前高职英语写作课多数强调应用文及应试议论文的教学,不能真正提高学生的英语表达能力。在高职英语写作教学中应用输入和输出理论,平衡输入和输出,可以打破沉闷的课堂气氛和被动的学习方式,切实增强学生的英语表达思维和语言能力。     

当前群体性事件的思考：综合治理何以可能

当前群体性事件的解决从维稳到矛盾化解思维转变,综治成为必然选择。应立足中国特色的社会控制理论,剖析预防和减少群体性事件需要破解的难题：依靠领导批示解决问题;基层信访在政绩考核中异化;法制维权在实践中被群众延宕或放弃。以有针对性地提出解决策略,探讨如何才能实现群体性事件的综合治理。     

计算机基础课程教学方法和手段改进的研究与实践

目前,计算机被广泛应用于各行各业,高职毕业生的计算机应用能力已成为了用人单位招聘的标准。为了加强高职学生的计算机实际操作能力,培养熟练操作计算机应用软件的基本能力,在计算机基础课程教学过程中,通过改进考试方式方法,不断完善教学方法和教学手段,以适应用人单位的实际需求。