Sex and Gender Similarities and Differences in Communication Values in Same-Sex and Cross-Sex Friendships     

Amanda J. Holmstrom 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):224-238

This study extends research on sex differences and similarities in communication values by examining (a) the influence of sex of friend on ratings of functional communication skills in same-sex and cross-sex friendships, (b) the moderating role of friend's sex in sex differences in evaluations, and (c) the mediating role of psychological gender in sex differences in communication values. Participants (144 men and 148 women) rated the importance of communication skills for either same-sex or cross-sex friends. Results indicate that, although men's and women's ratings of communication skills are similar, participant sex, gender, and sex of friend do exert some influence.  相似文献   

Evidence for the Validity of a Social Connectedness Scale: Connectors Amass Bridging Social Capital Online and Offline     

Christopher J. Carpenter  Franklin J. Boster  Michael Kotowski  Jonathan P. Day 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(2):119-134

One of the key characteristics of effective opinion leaders is that they are highly connected; they know many people and have numerous weak-tie relationships. Two studies were conducted that found evidence consistent with construct validity. The first (N = 35 and N = 57) found that connectors knew more people from a randomly selected list of names. A second study, with two surveys, was created (N = 561 and N = 189) such that the connectedness scores of some of the subjects in the first survey could be linked to how many subjects knew them in the second. Results indicated that those with higher connection scores were more likely to be known by others. Moreover, in the second survey, measures of Facebook use and bridging social capital were found to be associated substantially with connector scores.  相似文献   

Students' Perceptions and Communicative Management of Instructors' Online Self–Disclosure     

Rebecca A. DiVerniero  Angela M. Hosek 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(4):428-449

Computer-mediated communication has become one of the many teaching strategies used to enhance students' cognitive and affective learning. What happens, however, when instructors use the Internet for personal purposes, such as staying in touch with friends and sharing gossip? This study investigated how college students perceive and communicatively manage their instructors' private information after viewing these profiles. An interpretive analysis of 21 interviews with college students confirmed previous research regarding student perceptions of instructors' self-disclosure, and students reported the information online impacted their communication with the instructor in various ways. Implications and future research suggestions are discussed.  相似文献   

Investigating Relations Between Facebook Use and Social Capital Among College Undergraduates     

Jennifer Stevens Aubrey  Leslie Rill 《Communication quarterly》2013,61(4):479-496

This article examines relations between Facebook® (FB) use and social capital among 530 undergraduate students. The results demonstrated that using FB habitually was associated with gains in online bridging and offline network capital. This study also examined 2 motivations for using FB: the motivation to socialize with others and the motivation to improve one's status. Results showed that using FB for sociability reasons was associated with increased online bridging and bonding. Using FB more for status than for sociability was not associated with decreased online bridging and bonding. Finally, the results provided evidence of the sociability motivation mediating the relationship between FB habit and online bridging and bonding. Theoretical implications are discussed.  相似文献   

Tutors Talking     

《Pastoral Care in Education》2013,31(4):35-37

Paul Black and Dylan William. Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment Beta Copley and Barbara Forryan. Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People M. Blamires, C. Robertson and J. Blamires. Parent–Teacher Partnership M. Flekkoy and N. Kaufman. The Participation Rights of the Child Hertfordshire County Council. Drugsense: A Multimedia Resource for Drug Education A. Faupel, E. Herrick and P. Sharp. (eds) Anger Management: A Practical Guide  相似文献   

Managing the Change From On-Site to Online: Transforming ESL courses for teachers     

Liying Cheng  Johanne Myles 《Open Learning》2013,28(1):29-38

In Canada, all regular K-12 teachers face the challenge of teaching both native and non-native English speaking students. Consequently, working with students who use English as a second language (ESL) has become everybody's business, irrespective of whether they are teaching language or mathematics, at elementary or secondary levels. As a result, it is essential for in-service teachers to gain knowledge and develop skills in working with ESL students. Teaching English as a second language (TESL) courses have been delivered traditionally at the Faculty of Education at Queen's University through on-site training and with opportunities for working with ESL students. These courses, however, are now delivered online to teachers in different locations across the province and even in other parts of the world. This paper addresses the challenges of converting the on-site courses to an online format.  相似文献   

Questioning the crisis account: a review of evidence for increasing polarization in schools     

Stephen Gorard 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2013,55(3):309-321

This paper reconsiders three sources of evidence that have been presented to suggest that polarization of pupils both between and within schools is increasing, thus creating an increasingly divided system of 'winners' and 'losers'.The project from which this paper emerges has shown, in an analysis over ten years of all schools in England and Wales, that schools are becoming more mixed in terms of their social composition in many respects. Despite this reasonably comprehensive evidence, it has been argued by others that polarization is taking place below the level of the indicators used in our analysis (polarization by stealth), or thatwhile school compositions may be converging, school outcomes are definitely diverging, both within and between schools. The primary evidence presented for these three arguments is reviewed here, and it shows that none of the objections has any serious empirical foundation as yet. Of course, evidence may emerge in the future, and so the paper concludes by suggesting a few ways in which research in this area might proceed.  相似文献   

Politics of social partnerships: a framework for theorizing     

Terri Seddon  Allie Clemans 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(2):123-142

This paper considers the politics of neo‐liberal reform of education and training in the specific context of social partnerships. Social partnerships are hybrid social spaces formed when a range of interests/partners work together for mutual benefit. Partnerships are one of a series of hybridized social spaces which have been formed as a consequence of the trend to neo‐liberal governance. The paper begins by situating the study of social partnerships in wider concerns about neo‐liberal reform and politics. It reviews literature on social partnerships as a way of identifying the different approaches to the conceptualization of conflict or practical politics. These are role conflict, interest conflict, and regime conflict. It also draws on a series of empirical research projects on social partnerships in Australia which have identified persistent points of tension within partnership formation and maintenance. Drawing these conceptualizations and persistent points of tension together provides a framework which can guide systematic inquiry of social partnerships. The paper suggests that this framework facilitates research by naming different types of political action. It encourages a multi‐dimensional analysis of partnership politics rather than presenting partnerships as either a celebratory or categorical expression of neo‐liberal political rationality.  相似文献   

Uncovering influence through Social Network Analysis: the role of schools in Education for Sustainable Development     

Nina Kolleck 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(3):308-329

Abstract

This paper examines the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Germany and explores the possibilities of Social Network Analysis (SNA) for uncovering influential actors in educational policy innovation processes. From the theoretical perspective, an actor’s influence is inferred from its relative position within issue-specific information flows and the trust placed in its capacities and expertise, instead of relying on an actor’s openly expressed role and policy preferences. Drawing on techniques from quantitative SNA enables to analyse the social interactions as well as the frequency and type of information exchange amongst actors in a particular issue area. Empirically, I focus my attention on the educational innovation of ESD, which has been initiated at the global level, but is mainly put into practice at the national or regional level. Data for the study come from mixed mode interviews with a standardised questionnaire. The interviews were conducted and analysed using egocentric and complete SNA. I find, amongst others results, that NGOs and governmental actors occupy significantly more central, prestigious and influential network positions than schools in the course of implementing ESD in Germany. Furthermore, school representatives exhibit few and weak relations, and mostly share links with other formal education actors.  相似文献   

Social Workers and the Judicial System     

《Journal of Teaching in Social Work》2013,33(1-2):65-82

Much of social work practice is affected by the law and many social workers can expect some involvement with the legal/judicial system during the course of their work. This paper reviews social workers' historical commitment to justice for their clients and in a broad societal context and examines current and evolving roles of social workers vis-ä-vis the rapidly changing judical system. Based on the increasing involvement of social workers in legal and justice-related functions, specific proposals are offered for upgrading the legal/judical content of social work education.  相似文献