Responding to academic dishonesty in universities: a restorative justice approach

The implementation of restorative approaches in schools has been commonly seen in elementary and high schools, yet the development of restorative approaches in post‐secondary institutions has not been fully explored. In respect to university education, a more restorative approach to student discipline can be a proactive educational response mediating the response of student discipline boards to instances of student wrongdoing. Existing practices are explored, and critiqued from a restorative justice perspective. The rationale behind moving to a restorative response is outlined, and the experiences of student discipline boards that currently employ restorative approaches are assessed to determine how effective this paradigm shift could be. How university responses to student misconduct might function if aspects of the academic environment were built on restorative values and principles is explored, in particular, through looking at the benefits accruing to the development of restorative practices in the classroom, in distance education and for students who experience language difficulties.     

Digitizing Peircean semiotics to analyze students’ peer-review comments: classroom use of an application in open-source R

ABSTRACT

Statistical software applications are increasingly used to measure student engagement in the classroom. However, more work remains to be done to clarify how meaning is created and measured in classroom settings. With the growing use of technology in the classroom, students’ peer review has become a standard practice to improve students’ writing skills. This article examines the use of an open-source R software application based on Peirce’s sign theory to analyze students’ peer-review comments. Peer review is the assessment of student or professional work by others. The importance of open-source R as a platform lies in the fact that users can extend its code without having to ask permission. The results suggest a new approach, based on computational and social semiotics, to the assessment of students’ peer-review comments in higher education.     

The 2000 American Presidential Election

Abstract

The 2000 Presidential election was one of the longest, most expensive and closest in American history. It was the Presidential election that exposed the flaws (or genius) of the electoral college system, demonstrated the imperfections of media dependency on exit polls and quick election calling, and showed how a third party candidate with just two percent of the popular vote could make the difference in the crucial state of Florida. Democrats lost states they should have won; Republicans lost every big city and most of their suburbs; and the Florida election came down to a five-to-four muddled decision by the Supreme Court. Americans collectively learned a great civics lesson: that even in a bitter, controversial contest, our candidates accept defeat graciously; the simple act of voting is not so simple; and that for all its shortcomings, the electoral college did work.     

当代大学生的消费与幸福观

消费文化对正在成长中的大学生的思想、行为尤其是消费观和幸福观产生了影响。当代大学生更注重生活的需要和享受,消费观、节约观与老一辈不同。总体来看,当代大学生幸福观积极向上,绝大部分大学生对幸福、金钱和消费有比较正确的认识,并关注自己的主观幸福和精神生活,但在幸福价值观和幸福行为追求上有一定的知行背离。也有少部分同学认为财富、消费代表幸福,存在非理性消费现象。应加强对大学生进行适度消费和反对消费主义教育。     

公安院校大学生警察职业认同感的现状调查与对策——以四川警察学院为例

以四川警察学院为例运用问卷法调查公安院校大学生的警察职业认同感现状,结果表明：（1）公安院校大学生职业认同感程度相对偏高,其中职业意志平均分最低;（2）公安院校大学生的警察职业认同感存在非常显著的性别差异,男生高于女生;（3）是否是独生子女不影响公安院校大学生对警察职业认同感的程度,但会影响警察职业认同感的某些维度;（4）公安院校专科大学生的警察职业认同感程度显著高于本科大学生;（5）体改生和学历生的警察职业认同感程度不存在显著的差异,但在警察职业价值因子上学历生显著高于体改生;（6）公安院校大学生的亲戚中是否有警察对警校生的职业认同感程度有一定的影响作用。（7）来自不同生源地的大学生对警察职业认同感程度没有影响作用。     

公安高校实验教学示范中心教学资源共享的探索

公安高校实验教学资源的有限性,决定了公安高校实验教学资源应当使用共享。当前这方面存在一些急须解决的问题。警务技能综合实训教学中心项目建设实践,为实施资源共享,从实验教学资源共享的规章制度和实验室管理共享平台的建设等方面入手,以实验硬件、软件资源共享为核心,资源整合为手段,对实验教学的资源进行战略重组和资源优化,以完善公安高校实验教学资源共享机制。     

新时期警察类职业院校学生管理工作方法与创新

随着高职教育改革步伐的进一步加快,警察类职业院校学生管理工作中传统的管理理念、管理方式和管理体制已越来越难以适应形势发展的需要。积极探索适应时代要求的学生管理工作模式,尝试使用柔性管理法、5S管理法、PDCA循环管理法以及SWOT分析法等现代管理方法,切实提高警察类职业院校学生管理工作质量。     

高校学生伤害事故适用公平责任原则的分析--从我国相关立法视角所作的思考

公平责任原则能否适用于高等学校学生伤害事故,一直是高等学校学生伤害事故归责原则研究和适用中争议的焦点之一。争议在理论研究、司法实践和地方立法中的对立,实际是民法学界公平责任原则存废争议的延伸,源自对《民法通则》实施以来我国立法、司法解释,特别是《侵权法》相关规定的不同解读。对此所作的分层分析表明,我国法律既没有肯定公平责任原则的法律定位,也不存在公平责任原则适用于高等学校学生伤害事故的规定。“公平责任原则”只能作为归结法律责任以外社会责任的一项损害分担规则。     

Differences in levels of deviance between Japanese and American students: the influence of peer deviance

In the current study, by drawing on the literature concerning peer deviance and criminological social learning theory, and on theory and research concerning cultural variability in uncertainty avoidance, we offer a rationale for predicting that peer deviance will be lower among Japanese than among Americans. The lower level of peer deviance among Japanese, in turn, might explain why crime and deviant behaviour are less common in Japan compared to the United States. Analyses of comparable survey data from college students in Japan and the United States (N = 1271) provide strong support for our hypothesis.     

“We All Have to Eat”: Experiential Learning in Courses on Food and Hunger

Community-based learning offers students the opportunity to understand important concepts through their own experiences. Two courses on food and hunger in society, one a first-year seminar of 12 students and one an upper-level psychology course of 20 students, made site visits to local farms, markets, and a soup kitchen while reading about the issues and discussing them in class. At the end of the semester, each student wrote a short self-evaluation in which they were invited to discuss the aspects of the course that affected them most. Student responses suggest that the experiential component of the course was disproportionately powerful, impelling many of them to make changes in their lives as a result.