Retirement lifestyle conceptualization and well-being in recent retirees     

Viera Bačová  Peter Halama 《Educational gerontology》2020,46(11):688-695

ABSTRACT

The retirement literature contains four distinct conceptualizations of retirement lifestyle. Retirement can be seen as an opportunity to make a new start, the continuation of a pre-retirement lifestyle, an unwelcome imposed disruption, and a transition to old age. This research examines the conceptualizations of retirement lifestyle and how they relate to retirement adjustment and well-being in recent retirees (N = 173). A factor analysis confirmed the existence of four factors identifying four retirement conceptualizations. Although previous studies have presented retirement conceptualizations as mutually incompatible, significant relationships were found between them in this research, indicating that recent retirees can synchronously conceptualize seemingly distinct lifestyles. The cluster analysis identified three types of retirees in the sample. These types were labeled to reflect the prevailing retirement lifestyle concepts. The first type of retiree (N = 90) is “New beginning and continuation,” the second (N = 44) is “Imposed disruption without hope,” and the third is (N = 39) “Accepted disruption and ending.” The analysis of variance revealed the three types differ significantly in the level of satisfaction in retirement, subjective happiness, and life meaningfulness – with the highest level being found in the first retiree type and the lowest level in the second retiree type. The findings suggest that conceptualizations of retirement lifestyle change over time and affect psychological well-being in the recent retiree cohort. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are outlined.  相似文献   

Education policymaking in Serbia through the eyes of teachers,counselors, and principals     

Jelena Teodorović  Dejan Stanković  Bojana Bodroža  Vladeta Milin  Ivana Đerić 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2016,28(4):347-375

Numerous educational reforms have been initiated in Serbia since 2000. The aim of this study was to examine education policymaking in Serbia in order to provide policymakers and stakeholders with recommendations on how to minimize pitfalls and increase success of future educational endeavors. In the study, we utilized the education policy cycle heuristic to analyze formation, implementation, and evaluation of three major education policies in Serbia: in-service training of teachers (INSET), school development planning (SDP), and inclusive education (IE). Examining three reforms simultaneously enabled us to identify major characteristics of Serbian policymaking, regardless of the reform content. We also relied on educational change literature, so that we could assess complex contexts of reforms. Finally, considering the importance of school staff during implementation, we examined education policymaking in Serbia through the eyes of over 1,800 teachers, counselors, and principals. The results point out to dissatisfaction of school staff with all aspects of the policymaking in Serbia and with the social and education context. Reforms appear to be undertaken in a similar pattern across different reforms. The findings imply that a thorough examination of both the policymaking in Serbia and communication, organization, and administration within the education system itself is in order.  相似文献   

Surface motion of alluvial valley in layered half-space for incident plane P-waves     

巴振宁  梁建文 《天津大学学报(英文版)》2011,17(3):157-165

The indirect boundary element method (IBEM) is used to study the surface motion of an alluvial valley in layered half-space for incident plane P-waves based on Wolf’s theory. Firstly, the free field response can be solved by the direct stiffness method, and the scattering wave response is calculated by Green’s functions of distributed loads acting on inclined lines in a layered half-space. The method is verified by comparing its results with literature and numerical analyses are performed by taking the amplification of incident plane P-waves by an alluvial valley in one soil layer resting on bedrock as an example. The results show that there exist distinct differences between the wave amplification by an alluvial valley embedded in layered half-space and that in homogeneous half-space and there is interaction between the valley and the soil layer. The amplitudes are relatively large when incident frequencies are close to the soil layer’s resonant frequencies.  相似文献   

Recommendations for effective university study based on students’ point of view     

Jana Matošková  Michaela Baňařová  Martina Polčáková 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2019,43(3):381-395

This research examined what university students recommend for effective university study and whether their recommendations differ by gender, faculty or study programme degree. The research was based on 985 questionnaires. The following words were most commonly used in advice for freshmen: Go, Lectures, Learn, Continuously, Be, Prepare, Information, Have, Do, Materials. The fundamental advice seems to be: to go to lectures, to have needed materials and information and to learn and prepare continuously. Some stated recommendations react to the development of information and communication technologies and the massive usage of the Internet (such as obtaining a laptop and a cell phone or setting up a Facebook profile). Quite a lot of advice was connected with health, such as to sleep enough, to eat regularly, to not smoke, to relax and to restrict alcohol consumption. The recommendations gained in this survey were categorised by thematic similarities to characteristics, knowledge, skills, behaviour and background. The findings highlight the fact that given recommendations for effective study differ by the respondent’s gender and faculty. Women concentrated more on recommendations on how to behave and men mentioned more often what personality characteristics are important for effective university study. Students of the Faculty of Multimedia Communications highlighted the necessity of creativity and practical experience more often than others.  相似文献   

西藏高校管理的二元权力博弈分析     

巴果 《高校教育管理》2012,6(5):55-59

随着现代大学制度的确立,西藏高校的管理也要适应时代需求和变化,不仅要在权力结构观方面树立新的理念,提高高校办学自主权,还应尝试“学术决策、行政执行”的运行管理新模式,在大学内部建立良好的权力约束机制,健全并完善学术管理体系.  相似文献   

农村牧区小学布局调整后小学生的社会支持体系评价——基于内蒙古赤峰市巴林左旗蒙古族小学的调查     

乌云高娃  白音巴图 《教育学报》2012,(3):54-61

采取参与观察、深度访谈等方法对内蒙古赤峰市巴林左旗蒙古族小学进行调查,在此基础上运用社会支持网的相关理论对农村牧区小学布局调整后小学生的社会支持网的构成及支持现状进行分析发现,小学布局的调整提高了学校的教学水平,但家庭、政府、学校、托管家庭等社会支持网的不完善引发了小学生一系列的生理、心理、生命安全问题,需要我们认真反思。解决农村牧区小学布局调整后小学生学习生活中出现的各种生理、心理、生命安全问题,必须健全和完善家庭、政府、学校、托管家庭等社会支持网的支持体系,以确保小学生保质保量地接受国家义务教育。  相似文献   

That’s Not For Our Kids: The strange death of philosophy and ethics in a low socioeconomic secondary school     

Greg Thompson  Tomaž Lašič 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2014,46(11):1225-1237

Abstract

This article reflects on the successes and failures of a new Philosophy and Ethics course in a low socioeconomic context in Perth, Western Australia, with the eventual demise of the subject in the school at the end of 2010. We frame this reflection within Deleuzian notions of geophilosophy to advocate for a Philosophy and Ethics that is informed by nomadic thought, as this offers a critical freedom for students to transform themselves and their society and suggests practical ways both of overcoming the prejudices which led to its demise and of student reluctance to engage in open discussion in class. We consider the demise of the course a ‘missed opportunity’ because it had so much potential to be transformative of student subjectivities in schools.  相似文献   

Teaching writing in grades 4–6 in urban schools in Chile: a national survey     

Bañales  Gerardo  Ahumada  Silza  Graham  Steve  Puente  Anibal  Guajardo  Marcela  Muñoz  Ignacio 《Reading and writing》2020,33(10):2661-2696

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"第八学期现象"何时了?     

巴玉玺 《高教发展与评估》2006,22(5):71-73

大学的“第八学期现象”是指在大学的第八学期时因毕业生求职而出现的一系列与正常教学、毕业实习（设计）要求相悖的现象，其主要表现为由于毕业生经常外出求职、应聘，无法保证在校的正常学习时间；另一方面又因求职竞争的压力而心神不定、焦躁不安，不能静下心来完成最后的学业。致使第八学期的课堂出勤率异常偏低、毕业实习（设计）流于形式，几十人的班级常常仅有几名学生上课，严重地影响了大学第八学期正常的教学和管理，影响了对学生的培养质量。也有人称此为“毕业年级综合症”。  相似文献   

马克思的市场经济社会发展观新解     

巴能强 《首都师范大学学报(社会科学版)》2002,46(2):43-47

马克思对市场经济社会的发展阶段及其特征的描述是建立在人的个性发展的必然性逻辑之上的 ,只要符合这一逻辑的必然性 ,社会发展的环境和历史机遇就会促成多样的发展道路。  相似文献