新疆高校多元文化语境下外语教学中的中国文化教学现状实证研究

外语教学不仅仅是对学生外语知识和技能的传授,同时也是对学生自主学习能力和跨文化交际能力的培养,这种跨文化交际能力是双向的,意味着不仅仅是吸纳国外的文化,同时还担当着本国先进文化的传播。本文选取了新疆高校具有代表性的综合性大学———石河子大学作为调查对象,通过测试、问卷调查和访谈考察了大学生中国文化词汇、书面英语表达能力及师生对英语教学中中国文化所持的态度,证实了多元文化语境下新疆高校大学英语教学中同样存在中国文化缺失现状和中国文化缺失对英语学习和跨文化交际造成的不利影响。并根据测试结果分析对外语教学提出建议。     

提升音乐文化在高校校园文化建设中的作用

校园文化以其互动性、渗透性、传承性作为特征,凸显出其在反映学校综合实力、推动大学生德育教育、激发其创造精神并规范其行为等方面的重要功能。健康、和谐的校园文化是构建和谐社会的重要组成部分,而发展健康、和谐的文化是建设校园文化的灵魂所在。音乐教育承载着重要的文化功能,是推动校园文化建设的原动力,更是校园文化建设不可或缺的重要组成部分。     

试论英语地名在英语教与学中的重要性

地名蕴含着丰富的文化信息,是语言的文化词汇的一部分。地名几乎总是有理据的,所以它们记录了一部分民族文化。很多词典轻视地名,外语教学也常常忽视地名。本文论述名词、专有名词、地名、地名与普通词语之间的联系、英美两国的地名来源,说明地名在英语教与学中的重要性,以引起师生注意。     

THE CHANGING MEANING OF SMALL ARMS IN NUER SOCIETY

The economic value, social status and symbolic meaning of small arms are particular and temporal in nature. This is demonstra ted through a historical account of the dynamics of cultural change and adaptation in Nuer society. Specifically, the article shows how attitudes towards small arms shif ted over time from a positive valuation of guns as prestigious objects, to ambivalence between the need for protection and the experience of increased local lawlessness and violence. More generally, it demonstrates how weapon-rela ted activities can only be fully understood when seen against a specific cultural background. Even if the display, use and circulation of weapons appear to carry cross-cultural references, typically as expressions of power and masculine identity, the meaning is always primarily local. Therefore, strategies to reduce the destructive impact of small arms through demand side programs, based on voluntary participation, can only be carried out successfully if built on an in-depth understanding of a particular cultural context.     

Civil–military relations in francophone Africa and the consequences of a mistaken analysis

The Building Security Overseas Strategy is at its core an ‘Intervention to end all Interventions’ – from a Western as well as an African perspective. Two of its main pillars are security sector reform in specific countries and systematic support to the development of the African Peace and Security Architecture. This article addresses the question why such efforts have met little success in francophone Africa. It argues that the failure of Western advisers to understand the sociological dynamics of African armed forces, shaped by a political culture based on personal loyalty to the leader, is at the root of the problem. In that context, the Huntingtonian-type distinction between the civilians and the military does not apply as military and civilians act in concert within common clientelism systems. As a result of the curtailing of the state-formation experience in most African countries, the military never had to demonstrate its performance as a state builder, nor did it have to bargain its legitimacy against the support of the citizens. Partnership in that context will remain a misnomer, at least until African military can credibly demonstrate commitment to state-building grounded in a broad-based social contract.     

在现代化背景下重解“传统”

对人们思想观念中关于"传统"和"现代"的种种误区进行了分析和批评,对"传统"与"现代"的关系、传统文化的真正含义以及现代化的本质等问题予以深入的讨论,进而针对在当代中国城市和建筑发展中如何正确理解"传统"和"现代",如何正确思考和处理二者之间的关系等问题提出了见解.     

论音乐与社会文化发展的关联性

本文通过对中国当代青年文化的变迁的浅论,简单论述音乐与文化发展的关联性,使我们认识到在当今世界各种文化互动中,我们需要自重,但不封闭,需要学习,但不盲从。     

兵团文化对兵团大学生价值观的影响及对策

兵团文化是兵团精神的集中反映,是兵团在长期历史发展过程中所形成的独特、稳固、持久而强烈的兵团精神的体现。兵团大学生作为兵团年轻一代的建设者和接班人,其价值观受到兵团文化的影响,在一定程度上对兵团文化的继承和创新起着举足轻重的作用。文章旨在调查兵团文化对兵团大学生价值观的影响,并为更好地弘扬兵团文化在大学生价值观教育中的作用提出相应对策。     

论校园文化建设的思想与实践——基于华山中学校园文化建设活动的系列思考之一

本文介绍了文化概念的源起和基本内涵,提出校园文化是校园环境中所产生的特定文化,通过将华山中学校园文化建设实践经验与党的十七届六中全会"决定"内容相结合,论述了中小学校园文化建设是社会主义先进文化建设不可或缺的基础环节,只有以马克思主义文化观作为思想基础,在"兵团精神"的统领下,站在"教育兴则兵团兴,教育强则兵团强"的战略高度,把校园文化建设作为兵团基础教育的突破口,亮出品牌、凝聚人心、稳定队伍,才能更好地完成从"屯垦戍边"向"教育戍边"的转变,实现兵团跨越式发展。     

多元文化教育背景下的学校文化建设探究

发端于美国的"多元文化教育"迅速发展,影响到学校教育的各个方面。本文通过分析多元文化教育的发展历程和价值内涵,明确多元文化教育的发展对学校文化建设的影响。对多元文化教育理念和价值取向进行反思,找出建设和谐共生、多元互动的学校文化发展的实现路径。