General population norms about child abuse and neglect and associations with childhood experiences     

Bensley L  Ruggles D  Simmons KW  Harris C  Williams K  Putvin T  Allen M 《Child abuse & neglect》2004,28(12):1321-1337

BACKGROUND: A variety of definitions of child abuse and neglect exist. However, little is known about norms in the general population as to what constitutes child abuse and neglect or how perceived norms may be related to personal experiences. METHODS: We conducted a random-digit-dialed telephone survey of 504 Washington State adults. Respondents were asked whether they believed each of 34 behaviors, identified in focus groups as possibly physically, sexually or emotionally abusive or neglectful, constituted abuse or neglect. Then, they were asked whether they had experienced 33 of the behaviors. RESULTS: Five of the six behaviors with the highest levels of consensus were for sexual abuse, whereas only one emotionally abusive behavior had a high level of consensus (95% agreement). Consensus that spanking constituted abuse increased with severity. Those respondents who reported experiencing a particular behavior were significantly less likely to believe the behavior abusive for 11 of the 33 behaviors and more likely to believe the behavior abusive for two of the behaviors. Where comparisons were possible, there was a high level of consensus that behaviors identified as abusive in Child Protective Service operational definitions constituted abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported childhood experiences were associated with perceived norms about child abuse. A better understanding of community norms about child abuse and neglect may be helpful in communicating with the public or allow for better targeting of educational messages through the media, parenting education classes, and so forth.  相似文献   

Connectivity     

Dr  Robyn Smyth 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2005,36(2):355-355

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The end of universities in Canada     

D. McCormack Smyth 《Interchange》1982,13(3):29-52

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‘Sent out’ and Stepping Back In: stories from young people ‘placed at risk’     

Janean Robinson  John Smyth 《Ethnography and Education》2016,11(2):222-236

This paper invokes the voices of young people who had been separated from mainstream schooling because they were positioned as ‘disengaged’ and ‘at risk of failing’. The authors argue that streaming students out of schooling needs serious questioning as an escalating number of young people are framed as non-performers within a globally competitive educational market. Throughout the paper we use critical ethnographic slices to expose the experiences of the 24 young people interviewed who together with mentors shared personal insights whilst attending a re-engagement programme in Australia in the year 2010. Their responses unearth a ‘wickedness’ and a preoccupation during their schooling with performance and school improvement. In response, we privilege student interpretations of their own marginalisation as an activist form of ‘speaking back’ to the social and economic conditions and limitations dominating their lives.  相似文献   

How science really works: the student experience of research-led education     

Lillian Smyth  Federico Davila  Thomas Sloan  Ellen Rykers  Sam Backwell  Stephen B. Jones 《Higher Education》2016,72(2):191-207

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Quality improvement in adult vocational education and training – By Nicky Perry & David Sherlock     

Dr  Robyn Smyth 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2009,40(3):589-590

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Child, Program, and Family Ecological Variables in Early Intervention     

Kofi Marfo  Thomas E. Dinero  Noel Browne  Don Gallant  Rosalind Smyth  Allan Corbett 《Early education and development》1992,3(1):27-44

This study is based on a conceptual framework which emphasized the importance of viewing early intervention outcomes in relation to both program and nonprogram variables. Three broad classes of independent variables were included in the framework child, program, and family ecology. The unique and combined contributions of these three sets of variables to the prediction of three indices of intervention outcome was assessed through regression techniques. As much as 68% of the variance in children's post-intervention developmental age (DA2) was explained by the combined influence of all three classes of variables. All three classes of variables again contributed uniquely to the prediction of parental satisfaction with the intervention, explaining 45% of the variance. The three classes of variables explained 36% of the variance in children's rate of development during the intervention (RDI), although the contribution of the program class was very minimal. In addition to ascertaining the contributions of sets of variables, the importance of individual variables within sets was also examined. Results from both types of analysis underscored the important role of nonprogram variables in the determination of both child and parental outcomes. The implications of these findings for the design and evaluation of early intervention are discussed.  相似文献   

Student engagement: rhetoric and reality     

Paula Baron  Lillian Corbin 《高等教育研究与发展》2012,31(6):759-772

Recently, there has been much interest in higher education literature and policy on the concepts of student engagement and disengagement. While most academic writings recognise the significance of student engagement, they have tended to concentrate on it in relation to academic activities. Increasingly, universities are ‘cascading’ down the need to improve student engagement to schools and ultimately to individual academics. This article asserts that ideas about student engagement in the university context are often fragmented, contradictory and confused. Even the meaning of the term ‘student engagement’ is uncertain. Further, while government and universities urge attention to student engagement, many of their actions, it may be argued, have contributed to greater student disengagement. Relying on the available literature, we argue that the student experience as a whole is the key to engagement and, thus, efforts to re-engage students cannot be successful until a ‘whole-of-university’ approach is adopted.  相似文献   

Stergioulas,Lampros & Drenoyianni,Helen ed (2011) Pursuing digital literacy in compulsory education Peter Lang (New York & Bern) isbn 978‐1‐4331‐0618‐7 269 pp £22 http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=63099&concordeid=310619     

Associate Professor Robyn Smyth 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2012,43(6):E181-E182

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An Investigation of the Feeding,Sleeping, Crying,and Social Behavior of Infants     

Lillian Sophia Kelting 《Journal of Experimental Education》2013,81(2):97-106

A randomized experiment was performed in seventeen junior high schools in which students in the experimental group received a special six-week library oriented treatment designed to improve students’ understanding of, attitudes toward, and use of the school library. The treatment was found to have a significant effect on library use and library/librarian attitudes but no effect on reading attitudes. Although there were large differences among the librarians, there was no significant interaction between treatments and librarians.  相似文献