Two Systems of Youth Service: Determinants of Voluntary and Required Youth Community Service

Although an increasing number of schools mandate service, this requirement is seen by some as self-contradictory, especially in contrast to voluntary service. Looking closely at the service process, we argue that the categories of required and voluntary, do not in themselves convey the nature of service students might do with implications for the benefits they may derive from service. We report data from students in 2 high schools to support our case. Both schools required service, but one integrated it into the curriculum whereas the other left choice of service to individual students. Students in the former school were more apt to do the kinds of service that engage students cognitively and emotionally and involve them in reflection on politics and morals. Apart from fulfilling their requirement, many of the students also did volunteer service of the kinds that were potentially beneficial. These students were likely to have parents and best friends who also did service and to belong to churches and civic organizations that sponsored or encouraged service as part of an ideological commitment. The data support the idea that required and volunteer service can be usefully viewed as operating according to separate regimens. Nevertheless, both have the potential for yielding benefits when service is viewed as providing youth with opportunities to learn about systems of meaning through participatory action. From the viewpoint of educational policy, schools can help students most when they organize service strategically and integrate service into the academic curriculum.     

对公安院校特色建设的思考

公安院校为提高教育教学质量需要进行特色建设,目前已形成不同于其他院校的特色,主要是:警察职业的培养目标、实行警务化管理、突出实践教学、师资队伍具有双重角色、地方和时代色彩浓厚、独特的校园警察文化。如何加强公安院校的特色建设呢?加强领导,确定特色培养目标;加强师资队伍建设,充分发挥教师特长;改革课程设置,开展学科特色建设;加强教育科研工作;从严治警,从严治校是加强公安院校特色建设的基本途径和措施。     

对民族地区党校图书馆文献信息服务的思考

信息贫困是少数民族地区发展落后的一大障碍,民族地区党校图书馆应通过文献信息服务,在少数民族地区的发展道路上发挥作用,作出贡献。     

IQ and delinquency: A test of two competing explanations

In the past, sociologists either dismissed or ignored the well-established empirical relationship between IQ and juvenile delinquency. More recently, however, they have come to accept the IQ/JD connection but now debate the most valid explanation for it. Some have advanced what we characterized as a school performance model, while others adhere to what may be called a school reaction model. The major bone of contention between the competing models is over the school variables thought to mediate the IQ/JD relationship. In this study, we specified the most dominant versions of the competing models as well as a model integrating the concepts of each. Using three waves of data from the Youth in Transition project, we first estimated parameters for each of the competing models and then parameters for the integrated model. Considered independently, each model was supported by the data. However, when each of the separate models was forced to take into account the explanatory contribution of its competitor, only the school performance model was supported. Implications of the findings for schooling and delinquency are discussed.     

科研成果进课堂 教学水平上台阶

科研是教学的基础,教学则是党校的中心工作。党校教师要提高教学水平,就必须从科研这个基础抓起。实践中,党校教师一要更新理念,树立抓科研就是抓教学的理念;二要积极实践,善于将科研成果应用于课堂教学当中;三要审慎对待,正确处理科研服务教学过程中遇到的问题。     

浅探校企合作在服装领域中的应用研究

服装业是一个瞬息万变的时尚产业，它需要快速出击、快速反应、快速调整的机制与之相适应。服装高等教育应该针对社会和企业需求，以就业为导向，培养适合服装产业发展的创新型、技术型、应用型人才。     

我国民办学校董事会制度的缺陷及完善——从中外比较的视角分析？

本文从董事会的成员构成、董事任职资格和董事义务等方面比较分析了美、日、欧洲和我国台湾等国家和地区的私立学校董事会的制度和经验,分析了我国民办学校董事会的现状及其存在的主要问题,并以此为基础,对我国民办学校董事会的人员构成、董事会会议制度和董事的义务与责任等制度的建设和完善提出了相关建议。     

Off-Campus,Harmful Online Student Speech

Abstract

This article discusses issues related to off-campus, harmful student speech on the Internet. The article explores the characteristics of this harmful speech, including (a) the speech originates off-campus. It has been created and disseminated without the use of school computers or Internet capabilities; (b) the speech has a school nexus. The speech relates to the district, the school, board members, administrators, teachers, or other students; (c) the speech is defamatory, constitutes bullying, harassment, or discrimination, discloses personal information, or contains offensive, vulgar, or derogatory comments; (d) the speech may occur in a variety of Internet locations. It may appear on a student-created Website, material posted to a Web log (“blogs”), or may be disseminated via some form of Internet communication, including e-mail, bulletin boards, chat, instant messaging and the like; and (e) the creator and disseminator of such speech is or appears to be a student.     

论学习型党校的素质强化与形象建构——学习《关于推进学习型党组织建设的意见》的若干思考

地方党校建设应该以中共中央颁布的《关于推进学习型党组织建设的意见》和《中国共产党党校工作条例》为契机,为党校的发展奠定坚实的基础,开辟广阔的空间。这是对地方党校发展的重大考验。要经受这场考验,就要在新的形势下通过加强学习,内强素质,外树形象,完善功能,提升作用,以"有为"求得"有位"。要按照《中国共产党党校工作条例》对党校所作的定位,把党校打造成合格的学习型党组织。我们要把握党校形象构建和素质强化的关系,实现学习型党校各种要素的高度统一。     

论学校体育资源的综合开发

改革开放后,学校体育资源的＂沉睡＂局面被激活,国家教育部倡导一切合理开发体育资源的方法和手段,并对资源充分地加以利用。学校体育资源是超越自然资源范畴的,本文从人力资源、体育设施资源、课程内容资源、课外和校外资源及体育信息资源等方面的开发进行研究,力求在学校体育活动中达到应用。