Child Self-protection: Concerns About Classroom Approaches     

Steve Adams 《Pastoral Care in Education》2013,31(3):3-6

Schools should never become complacent about the quality of care they offer their pupils. The situation described by Felicity Fletcher-Campbell illustrates the need for careful review of how the needs of every group of pupils in a school are met. A small minority of pupils are ‘looked after’ by the local authority. Their educational experiences are frequently as negative and traumatic as their domestic experiences. Drawing on research recently completed by the National Foundation for Educational Research, this article describes ways in which schools can support pupils who are in the care system.  相似文献   

‘Personal Effectiveness’ as a Cross-Curricular Goal: Catalysts,Barriers and Varying Perceptions     

《Pastoral Care in Education》2013,31(2):4-15

The focus of this paper is a piece of research which sought to evaluate a pack of materials designed to support the introduction of core transferable skills into the subject-based curriculum. The writers contextualize their work with a brief historical review of the development of this area over the last two decades, highlighting both the ambiguity and the continuing confusion that have surrounded the idea of generic skills. Apart from giving general support to the aims which informed the programme's development, the outcome of the investigation identifies a significant difference in the way teachers and students conceptualize the curriculum.  相似文献   

Weight changes in children in foster care for 1 year     

Janet U. Schneiderman  Caitlin Smith  Janet S. Arnold-Clark  Jorge Fuentes  Lei Duan 《Child abuse & neglect》2013

Objective

The aims of this study of predominately racial/ethnic minority children in foster care (N = 360, birth to 19 years old) in Los Angeles, CA were to examine the (1) prevalence of obesity (≥95 percentile) and overweight/obese (≥85 percentile) upon entrance to foster care (T1) and after 1 year in foster care (T2); (2) comparison of high weight categories to national statistics; (3) relationship of changes in weight status to age, reason for entry into foster care, and placement.

Methods

Chi-square test and McNemar test comparing paired proportions were used to determine whether there were significant changes in the proportion of high weight categories between T1 and T2. Chi-square test or Fisher's exact test were used to evaluate the association between age, placement, and reason for foster care with the change in weight category. Changes in weight were categorized as (1) decreased in weight, (2) remained at overweight or obese, (3) increased in weight, or (4) remained normal.

Results

The proportion of obese and obese/overweight children between ages 2 and 5 were significantly lower at T2 than T1. There were no significant changes in the prevalence of obesity for the total population at T2. Children age 6 or older had a higher prevalence of obesity and overweight/obesity compared to national statistics. Of children at all ages, 64.7% of children of all ages entered foster care with a normal weight and stayed in the normal range during their first year in foster care, 12.2% decreased their weight, 15.4% remained overweight or obese, and 7.7% increased their weight. Age and parental substance use was related to change in weight category from T1 to T2.

Conclusion

Children did not become more overweight or obese in foster care; however 28% of the children were obese or overweight upon entry into foster care. Children who are 6 years or older and obese upon entering foster care should be targeted for weight reduction. The pediatric community and child welfare system need to work together by including weight percentiles in the foster care file and training/monitoring child welfare caregivers in weight reduction interventions.  相似文献   

Severe punishment of children by staff in Romanian placement centers for school-aged children: Effects of child and institutional characteristics     

Adrian V. Rus  Ecaterina Stativa  Jacquelyn S. Pennings  David R. Cross  Naomi Ekas  Karyn B. Purvis  Sheri R. Parris 《Child abuse & neglect》2013

The objective of this study was to determine whether children's characteristics and/or institutional characteristics were predictors of severe punishments (including beatings) and/or frequency of punishments that children received from staff in Romanian institutions. The data was hierarchical with institutionalized children (N = 1391) nested within 44 institutions, and the measurement of punishments by the staff and frequency of punishments had a binary distribution. Thus, multilevel logistic regression models were used to examine the effects of individual and institutional level variables on reported punishments and to account for the clustering of the children within institutions. Two general patterns of results emerged. First, regarding individual level variables, it was found that: (1) amount of time spent by children in their current institutions had a significant effect on the probability of being punished by staff and the frequency of this punishment; (2) the probability of being punished was higher for boys than for girls; and (3) having no siblings in the institution increased the odds of being punished several times. Second, regarding institutional level variables: (4) being in placement centers for school-aged children with a traditional type of institutional organization increased the odds of severe punishment compared to a familial/mixed type. The results of the present study highlight the importance of understanding the consequences of institutionalization in a broader way, where children not only experienced early severe psychosocial deprivation as documented in other studies, but also high levels of severe punishments administered by institutional staff.  相似文献   

人文关怀视域下高校贫困生思政工作探讨     

胡华荣 《闽西职业大学学报》2013,(3):71-73

高校贫困生作为一个特殊群体有着自身的心理特点,需要思政工作者给予更多的关心和帮助。人文关怀提倡以人为本,尊重人的主体地位,促进人的全面发展等观念适用于高校贫困生思想政治教育工作。给予高校贫困生群体更多的人文关怀,对这一群体的成长成才和促进高校校园的和谐稳定具有重要意义。  相似文献   

Fetal Monitoring: Creating a Culture of Safety With Informed Choice     

Lisa Heelan 《The Journal of perinatal education》2013,22(3):156-165

The dominant culture in labor and birth is the medical model, not the midwifery model of woman-centered care. Consensus among professional and governmental groups is that, based on the evidence, intermittent auscultation is safer to use in healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies than electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). Barriers impact the laboring woman’s ability to give informed choice regarding fetal monitoring. Lack of informed choice denies a woman her right to be in control of her birth experience, and is in opposition to a woman’s right to autonomy and self-determination.  相似文献   

An exploratory study of early childhood educators' views on culture and play     

Prathyusha Sanagavarapu  Margaret Wong 《Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education》2013,34(4):303-309

Abstract

This study explored early childhood teachers’ views relating to culture and play by collecting information from them on cultural differences and parental perceptions of play, culturally appropriate play (CAP) practices and barriers in its implementation. The participants of the study were 14 early childhood educators working in long day care (LDC) or out, of, school, hours care (OOSH) settings located in Sydney, Australia. Children in the selected centers represented various cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Teachers in the present study reported noticeable differences in the play of children of diverse cultural backgrounds. However, they believed that the differences in children's play were attributable to the children's proficiency in English language and gender rather than to their culture. The teachers reported they had limited or no information on the children's cultural patterns of play at home. The lack of information on cultural patterns of play, perhaps, has led to difficulties in understanding the cultural origins of play or in accommodating cultural differences into programming. The results highlight the need for educators to have greater knowledge of the cultural bases of play to enable them to provide, in partnership with parents, culturally appropriate play experiences for children.  相似文献   

高校图书馆勤工助学学生馆员管理工作探究——以钦州学院为例     

彭春艳 《钦州学院学报》2013,(11):49-52

学生馆员是图书馆的优秀人力资源,他们的存在具有很大的价值和作用,但在管理工作中也存在学生馆员工作流动性大、工作岗位层次较低、思想认识存在偏差等问题.应从科学合理安排工作岗位、完善制度、加强培训教育、注重人文关怀等方面强化高校图书馆勤工助学学生馆员管理工作.  相似文献   

A comparative study of teaching efficacy in pre-service and in-service teachers in Korean early childhood education and care (ECEC)     

SoJung Seo 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2013,41(4):363-376

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between pre-service and in-service teachers in terms of their levels of teaching efficacy and teaching professionalism. In addition, the patterns in predictors of teachers’ teaching efficacy were compared between the two subgroups of this study. Five hundred and seventy-three teachers completed self-administered questionnaires. The in-service teachers were found to have higher efficacy than their counterparts in only one of the six subscales of teaching efficacy, the subscale “Teaching Strategies”. Additionally, the college major specialisation and some domains of professionalism were found to be predictive to both groups. Along with the main results of this study, implications for research and practice are discussed.  相似文献   

注重人文关怀和心理疏导提高思想政治工作实效     

陶泽芳 《马钢职工大学学报》2013,(3):100-102

一些基层单位传统政工方式方法已不能适应形势发展需要,注重人文关怀和一心理疏导应是开创政工新局面的着力点。本文在分析人文关怀和心理疏导的涵义后,从三个方面提出建议。一是政工干部要加强传统人文修养,学习基础心理学知识,二是建立政工培训、考核机制,三是善于营造环境,掌握若干基本方法,创造性提出建立职工人文和心理档案的设想。  相似文献