International Journal of Social Science and Education Research
International Journal Of Social Science and Education Research (IJOSSER) is a monthly online, international, peer-reviewed journal. All articles published are rigorously and fast reviewed meeting the Journal Quality standards. IJOSSER is dedicated to publish empirical, academic, theoretical and review research articles that contribute to the practice in management, economics, education and social sciences. Scope of the journal includes: Anthropology, Communication studies, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Law, Linguistics, Political science, Psychology, Sociology, etc.
Current Status and Prospects of Research on Justice Sensitivity
Justice sensitivity is a stable personality trait that characterizes individual differences in the ease of perceiving unjust events and the intensity of reactions to them. After nearly three decades of development, this research field has formed a mature four-dimensional structure model, including the dimensions of victim, observer, beneficiary, and perpetrator, which profoundly reveals differentiated psychological and behavioral responses due to different roles individuals play in unjust events. This report systematically reviews the conceptual evolution of justice sensitivity, the theoretical logic of the four-dimensional structure, and introduces internationally mainstream and locally adapted measurement tools. The core part of the report integrates empirical findings from two levels—individual psychology and behavior, and intergroup relations—and emphasizes the "self-oriented vs. other-oriented" dimensional differentiation effect that runs through them. Based on a systematic review of existing literature, it identifies limitations in current research, including coverage of research subjects, methodological paradigms, cultural adaptation, mechanism integration, and practical application, and provides prospects for future research directions, aiming to provide solid theoretical references and forward-looking guidance for deepening and innovating domestic research in this field.
Justice sensitivity; four-dimensional structure; prosocial behavior; group attitudes; justice perception.
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Research on the Integration of Thematic Teaching of Middle School History Units and Excellent Classroom Construction
Under the background of the continuous promotion of new curriculum reform and the continuous strengthening of the core literacy of history subjects, middle school history classes are no longer satisfied with the teaching of a single knowledge point, but pay more attention to the comprehensive construction of students' historical development vein, historical interpretation methods and value judgement ability. Unit thematic teaching takes the theme as a clue, and systematically integrates the content of textbooks, historical situations, learning tasks, historical resources and evaluation activities, which helps to change the problems of fragmented content, shallow activities and scattered goals in traditional history classes. The construction of excellent classroom emphasises the high quality, high efficiency and high educational value of classroom teaching, and requires teachers to realise the unity of knowledge learning, ability improvement and literacy development in limited classroom time. The two have strong consistency in teaching philosophy, goal orientation and implementation method. Based on this, this article analyses the integration of thematic teaching of middle school history units and excellent classroom construction, and explores its inherent value, real problems and practical path, in order to provide reference for improving the quality of middle school history classes.
Middle school history; unit thematic teaching; excellent classroom; historical core literacy; classroom construction.
The Effect of Academic Burnout on AI Dependence: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy
AI tools have become part of ordinary university study. Students use them to locate material, clarify difficult ideas, prepare drafts, and work through assignments. This convenience is useful, but it also makes it easier to hand over parts of the learning process to a system. Drawing on 548 valid questionnaires, the present study examined the association between academic burnout and dependence on AI, with general self-efficacy considered as a possible mediator. Burnout was positively related to AI dependence and negatively related to self-efficacy, whereas self-efficacy was inversely related to AI dependence. The regression results showed that burnout remained a significant predictor of AI dependence after demographic variables and self-efficacy were controlled. Bootstrap analysis further identified a significant indirect effect through self-efficacy; this pathway accounted for 14.52% of the total effect, so the mediation was partial rather than complete. The findings suggest that problematic AI reliance cannot be addressed only through rules about technology use. Support for students who are exhausted by study, together with opportunities to regain confidence through successful independent work, may be equally important.
Academic Burnout; AI Dependence; Self-Efficacy; Mediating Effect; College Students.
Enhancing College English Teachers’ Instructional Adaptability through Positive Psychological Resources
In today’s college English classroom, many teachers face a familiar set of problems. Students may look at the screen but lose attention quickly. Some students avoid speaking because they are afraid of making mistakes. Others depend too much on translation apps or wait for the teacher to give the answer. These situations make teaching adjustment a real part of daily work, not just a theoretical issue. Based on positive psychology, psychological capital theory, teacher adaptability studies, and research on language teacher emotion regulation, this paper discusses how positive psychological resources may support college English teachers’ instructional adaptability. The paper focuses on hope, optimism, resilience, self-efficacy, professional meaning, and supportive relationships. It argues that these resources help teachers keep teaching goals in mind, read classroom problems more calmly, control negative emotions, and choose more suitable teaching strategies. The paper also suggests practical ways to improve classroom interaction, language scaffolding, feedback, teacher learning communities, and school-based support.
Positive psychological resources, college English, instructional adaptability, emotion regulation; teacher development.
Research on the Intervention Effect of Music Group Counseling on School Weariness Among Left-behind Children
Left-behind children constitute a special group that has emerged during China's urbanization process. The detection rate of their school weariness is as high as 21.9%, seriously affecting their academic development and mental health. Existing research indicates that self-compassion can buffer the negative impact of school weariness on problematic behaviors, while music therapy possesses unique advantages in emotional regulation and subconscious exploration. This study aims to explore the intervention effect of music group counseling on school weariness among left-behind children and examine the possible mediating role of self-compassion. Utilizing literature research, theoretical analysis, and program design methods, this study integrates self-compassion theory and music-guided imagery theory to construct a mechanism model of music group counseling and design a six-session music group counseling program. The research reveals that music group counseling can alleviate school weariness by enhancing self-compassion levels, with its mechanism including emotional expression, self-acceptance, group support, and mindfulness cultivation. This study theoretically deepens the understanding of the mechanism of self-compassion and provides a new approach for intervening in school weariness among left-behind children in practice.
Left-behind children; weariness towards learning; music group counseling; self-compassion; intervention study.
Parent-firm AI Adoption and Foreign Subsidiary Performance
This paper examines whether artificial intelligence (AI) adoption by parent firms improves the performance of foreign subsidiaries. Using a matched panel of Chinese A-share listed parent firms and overseas subsidiaries during 2018-2024, we link annual-report-based AI adoption to subsidiary return on assets. Fixed-effects estimates show a positive relationship between parent-firm AI adoption and subsidiary performance. Two instrumental-variable strategies, based on peer adoption and a shift-share design, support the main result, although the shift-share estimate is less precise. Mechanism tests suggest that AI adoption improves performance partly through stronger inventory discipline. The effect is weaker in faster-growing host economies and stronger in resource-dependent host economies.
Artificial intelligence, Foreign subsidiaries, Subsidiary performance, Knowledge transfer, Multinational enterprises.
Research and Practice on the Teaching Reform of Programming Courses Enabled by AI: --A Case Study of “Python Fundamentals and Applications”
This paper analyzes current issues in programming courses at applied undergraduate institutions. The issues mainly includes the outdated teaching content and lacking practical abilities, outdated teaching methods, over-reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) tools, lack of computational thinking and innovation ability, the assessment method is simplistic, etc. This article explores and proposes a set of innovative teaching reform plans in four aspects: the reconstruction of the teaching knowledge system, the teaching model, the teaching resources and tools, and the assessment and evaluation. All these are carried out under the empowerment of AI. Based on the AI assistant provided by the FanYa platform, a "comprehensive integration of classroom and extracurricular activities, combined with online and offline elements" interactive and exploratory blended teaching model is constructed. Through specific implementation methods such as project case-based teaching, hierarchical task design, and human-computer collaborative programming, and by adopting a multi-dimensional and full-process goal achievement assessment and evaluation system, the aim is to systematically enhance students' engineering practice and innovative collaboration abilities. This research provides a theoretical-depth and practically feasible reference model for the reform of programming courses in computer-related majors of applied-type universities.
Artificial Intelligence; Python; Blended Learning; Curriculum Reform.
Graduate Education Scale, Training Output, and Regional Innovation: An Analysis Based on Structural Effects and Market Environment
Against the background of building China into a leading country in education and pursuing innovation-driven development, the role of graduate education in regional innovation has become increasingly prominent. Based on provincial panel data for 31 Chinese provinces from 2005 to 2022, this paper uses a two-way fixed-effects model to examine the empirical relationship between graduate education scale and regional innovation, and further analyzes training output, educational structure, and differences in market environment. The results show that the direct effect of graduate education scale on regional innovation is not stable, and scale expansion alone cannot fully explain improvements in regional innovation. The number of graduate degree recipients and training efficiency have significant positive effects on basic research, indicating that training output is an important dimension for understanding how graduate education serves knowledge production. Structural variables such as the doctoral share and the doctoral-master ratio have positive effects on regional innovation, especially basic research, but scale expansion and structural optimization do not simply reinforce each other. Market heterogeneity and interaction tests show that the innovation effect of graduate education scale is more evident in low-marketization regions, with particularly significant intergroup differences in basic research. Supplementary analysis also shows that university R&D expenditure and university R&D projects mainly promote basic research output. The findings suggest that graduate education should serve regional innovation by shifting from mere scale expansion toward structural optimization, quality improvement, and stronger regional adaptation.
Graduate education; regional innovation; training output; educational structure; market heterogeneity.
Cultural Capital and Risk Perception: The Mediating Effect of Family Digital Education Strategies on Offspring Opportunities
The popularization of digital technology has not eliminated educational inequality, and families are facing a digital "risk gap". This paper integrates Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital and Beck's perspective of risk society, and proposes a "family digital risk assessment strategy" as an intermediary mechanism connecting traditional cultural capital and children's educational opportunities. Based on the analysis of 805 student and 820 parent questionnaires, it is found that families with high cultural capital tend to adopt an "actuarial navigation" strategy, converting risks into educational benefits; while families with low cultural capital are trapped in "intuitive defense" or "passive laissez-faire" strategies, restricting their children's educational opportunities. The type of strategy plays a significant mediating role between cultural capital and educational opportunities. This study provides a new explanatory path for understanding the reproduction of educational inequality in the digital age.
Cultural capital; risk society; digital divide; family education; mediating effect.
Research on the Core Difficulties in High School Physics Electromagnetism and the Suitability of One-to-One Project-Based Instruction
High school physics electromagnetism is considered one of the difficult and essential parts of the entire physics curriculum because it contains abstract concepts, a large number of calculations, and difficult experiments. All three are problems of the traditional large-class lecture mode, the project-based teaching model and individualised learning, and they cannot meet the different cognitive levels of students and fail to achieve the dual goal of cultivating core competencies. Therefore, this paper will use constructivism, pragmatism and situated learning theory as its theoretical basis to systematically study the three problems of electromagnetism. Next, it will examine the soundness of the correspondence between one-to-one project-based teaching and the teaching of electromagnetism. Next, it puts forward some specific ways to achieve this in the three areas of project design, tiered guidance and diverse assessment; finally, it hopes to offer some practical teaching ideas for front-line teachers of electromagnetism. The above methods can help to address the problems in teaching and promote all-round development of students' basic physics abilities.
High School Physics; Electromagnetism; One-to-One Instruction; Project-Based Learning; Instructional Alignment.
Research on an AI-Empowered Three-Stage Closed-Loop Teaching Model for Chemical Engineering Practical Training
To address insufficient pre-class preparation, limited individualized guidance, inadequate fault-analysis training, and delayed report feedback in higher vocational chemical engineering practice, this study develops a three-stage closed-loop teaching model consisting of intelligent pre-training, scenario-based in-class guidance, and post-training feedback and evaluation. Taking the course Pre-job Training for Chemical Process Operators as the carrier, generative artificial intelligence is used for knowledge diagnosis, process-flow recognition, scenario simulation, data checking, and personalized feedback. Equipment manuals, operating procedures, safety regulations, fault cases, and assessment rubrics form the course knowledge resources, while teacher-defined rules establish the safety boundary of AI use. The model was applied to a class of 43 students, of whom 39 had complete process records. The complete-sample mean score was 80.09, the median was 79.00, the pass rate was 100%, and 46.15% of students scored 80 or above. The model links preparation, on-site operation, and post-training reflection, offering a practical approach to differentiated guidance, process-oriented assessment, and vocational competence development.
Artificial intelligence; chemical engineering practical training; pre-job training; three-stage closed loop; process assessment.
Teaching Practice of Explainable Feedback in Programming Empowered by Large Language Models
Against the background of artificial intelligence and large language models, undergraduate natural language processing programming tasks often face delayed feedback, interrupted debugging processes, and insufficient result interpretation. This paper analyzes the scaffolding role of generative artificial intelligence in error diagnosis, step-by-step prompting, and autonomous revision, and proposes an explainable feedback approach characterized by “AI-assisted diagnosis, teacher-guided rule constraints, student-led revision, and process-based reflection”. Taking named entity recognition and sentiment analysis as practical tasks, this paper designs an AI-supported feedback process for programming ability development to improve feedback timeliness, strengthen problem-locating and debugging abilities, and enhance the problem-solving experience in complex programming tasks.
Large language models; generative artificial intelligence; programming teaching; explainable feedback; natural language processing; cognitive scaffolding.
The Effect of Home-School-Community Collaborative Support Systems on Adolescent Mental Health: A Multi-site Empirical Study
Mental health problems in young people around the world are becoming increasingly serious issues of public health, and the number of cases of anxiety, depression and other related disorders among young people aged 12-19 has been rising. How well can the Home-School-Community Collaborative Support System promote the mental health of adolescents? A quasi-experimental design was employed for the 312 students from the six high schools in the two cities. To assess the mental health of the subjects, the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Mental Health Composite Index (MHCI) were employed. Based on the above results, the score for MHCI in adolescents with high collaboration was higher than that for adolescents in the low-collaboration group (M = 76.4, SD = 8.2 vs. M = 61.3, SD = 9.7; p < 0.001). According to the results of the multiple regression analysis, family support ($\beta = 0.41$), school support ($\beta = 0.33$) and community support ($\beta = 0.27$) were all positively and significantly related to MHCI, and the model explained about 48.3% of the variation in the outcome. The negative correlation coefficient is -0.29, and this factor is still at a relatively high level. Based on the above results, it is proposed to build an organised cooperation system for the HSC examinations of secondary schools and address the problems of structural academic pressure and weak social support.
Adolescent; mental; health; home-school-community; collaboration; collaborative; support; system; psychological; well-being; quasi-experimental.
An In-depth Analysis of Lady from the Sea from the Perspective of Tourist Experience
This paper analyzes the interplay between natural landscapes, cultural heritage, and character psychology in Ibsen’s play Lady from the Sea from the perspective of tourism destinations and character psychology. It explores the literary significance of tourism destinations and how Lady from the Sea shapes the cultural image of a small Norwegian town through its depiction of natural beauty and cultural atmosphere. The paper also examines the identity transformation and psychological changes of the protagonist Ellida, and how the “tourist gaze” helps understand the characters’ inner worlds and social contexts. By analyzing Ellida’s pursuit of freedom, the paper reveals the struggle of women between tradition and modernity in the late 19th century and the impact of the tourist experience on character reconstruction. Finally, it highlights the significance of the play for contemporary tourism culture, including the shaping of cultural images of tourist destinations, emotional resonance for tourists, and the spiritual dimension of travel activities.
Tourism Destination; Character Psychology; Lady from the Sea; Henrik Ibsen; Female Roles; Tourist Gaze; Cultural Image.
Exploration on Ideological and Political Elements in the Course of Basic Principles of Steel Structure
This paper takes the core course 'Fundamentals of Steel Structures' in the Civil Engineering major as a research object, and, based on the course's own characteristics of engineering, practicality, and standardization, systematically explores the ideological and political elements contained in the course, including patriotism, craftsmanship, scientific thinking, professional quality, and engineering ethics. It analyzes the prominent problems in the current teaching of ideological and political education in the course and proposes a four-in-one deepening path of 'theoretical foundation, case empowerment, methodological innovation, and evaluation safeguarding.' Combined with teaching practice, it constructs a practical and verifiable system for ideological and political education, providing theoretical reference and practical models for the reform of ideological and political education in civil engineering courses, and contributing to the cultivation of high-quality applied engineering talents who possess both professional competence and national sentiment.
Ideological and political education in courses; Basic principles of steel structures; Civil engineering; Fostering virtue through education; Teaching reform.
Youth-Oriented Interpretation of the Holistic Approach to National Security: A Multidimensional Evaluation Study
National security is an essential prerequisite for the stable development of a country. Whether young people can accurately understand and firmly practice the holistic approach to national security is related not only to their own growth and development, but also to the future direction of the country. Based on the subject, content, methods, channels and effects of youth-oriented interpretation, this paper constructs an evaluation framework for the youth-oriented interpretation of the holistic approach to national security. It then uses this framework to examine the current status of related interpretation and communication work. The study argues that such work should be promoted through professional interpreting subjects, targeted content, diversified methods, integrated channels and practice-oriented effects, so as to enhance young people's rational understanding, emotional identification and practical commitment to safeguarding national security.
Holistic approach to national security, youth-oriented interpretation, evaluation framework, national security education, ideological and political education.
From Knowledge Transmission to Collaborative Intelligence: Reconstructing Auditing Pedagogy from a Human-AI Collaboration Perspective
Auditing as a profession has changed considerably in recent years, yet the courses that train future auditors have not kept pace. This paper reports on a curriculum reform effort at a Chinese business school that tried to close that gap by building human-AI collaboration into the center of an undergraduate Auditing course, rather than treating it as a supplementary topic. The reform was motivated by three recurring problems we observed in our own students: an inability to connect isolated auditing concepts into coherent engagements, limited exposure to the digital tools now standard in practice, and almost no experience working within a structured audit team. To address these, the course was redesigned around three coordinated changes—reorganizing content into a progressive module sequence, embedding an AI pre-screening workflow into regular instruction, and replacing end-of-term examinations with a semester-long simulation project. The underlying logic throughout was to keep AI in the role of assistant, handling data extraction and initial screening, while students retained responsibility for interpretation and judgment. For accounting educators facing similar pressures, the approach may offer a workable model.
Human-AI collaboration; auditing education; pedagogical reform; outcome-based education; digital competency.
AI and Digital Twin Technology in the Curriculum Reform of "Mechanical Processing Technology and Equipment"
The traditional teaching of the "Machining Process and Equipment" course faces constraints such as limited hands-on resources. To solve this, we propose a reform strategy leveraging AI and digital twin technology. We have developed a new instructional model characterized by virtual-physical integration, project-driven tasks, and blended online/offline delivery. With typical workpiece cases as the foundation, a "three-level progressive" curriculum framework is designed. Practical application shows that this approach notably improves students' practical engineering skills, creativity, and collaboration. Furthermore, it transforms the passive learning environment into a dynamic "teaching-learning-practice-evaluation" integrated system. This research provides a practical reference for modernizing mechanical engineering curricula in the era of AI.
Mechanical Processing Technology and Equipment; Curriculum Reform; AI; Digital Twin Technology.
A Practical Exploration of One-Stop Student Community Construction at Liuzhou Institute of Technology
The transformation of student dormitories from mere places of residence into integrated spaces for growth has become a notable direction in university student affairs in recent years. As a local, application-oriented engineering institution, Liuzhou Institute of Technology has, since its restructuring into a full undergraduate university, accumulated relatively sound physical facilities. The key to building its one-stop student community therefore lies not in constructing physical space but in enriching the community's substance, smoothing out coordination, and making good use of digital and intelligent technologies. The analytical framework of ecological systems theory shows that the community is the microsystem in which students interact most frequently in their daily lives, while the institutions and coordination that keep the community running constitute the mesosystem, and the two together determine how effectively students are supported. Current construction faces several difficulties, including a functional emphasis on outward form at the expense of substance, a structural mismatch between the services provided and what students actually need, weak coordination among the many parties involved, and digital applications that remain superficial. Grounded in the institutional positioning of an application-oriented engineering university and in an environment of industry-education integration, community construction should advance on several fronts in a coordinated way, namely systematic planning and evaluation mechanisms, the enrichment of space and community culture, the deployment of staff to the front line together with peer collaboration, the embedding of industry-education resources, and digital empowerment alongside precise services, so as to build the community into a learning-oriented, service-oriented, and growth-oriented community of daily life.
One-stop student community, application-oriented engineering institutions, ecological systems theory, industry-education integration, community governance.
AI for Campus Mental Health: From Implementation to Symbiotic Ecosystem
Due to the combined influence of multiple factors such as academic pressure and employment anxiety, mental health issues among college students have become increasingly prominent, and the demand for mental health services has risen accordingly. However, traditional mental health service models in higher education institutions—which primarily rely on in-person appointments, psychological screenings, and passive human intervention—are constrained by practical challenges such as time and location limitations, uneven resource allocation, and slow response times. As a result, these models are struggling to meet the personalized and immediate mental health needs of today’s college students. Leveraging its unique strengths in data analysis and mental state monitoring, AI technology offers new insights for the transformation and upgrading of university mental health services. Currently, AI technology in this field is at a critical juncture, transitioning from exploration to practical application; however, core challenges such as insufficient implementation and an incomplete ecosystem are gradually emerging during the rollout process. This paper focuses on the precision of technology implementation and the synergy of ecosystem collaboration. It provides an in-depth analysis of the current challenges facing AI-enabled mental health services in higher education and proposes targeted solutions. The aim is to offer practical references and feasible strategies for mental health services, thereby facilitating the deep integration of AI technology with university mental health services and fostering ecosystem synergy.
AI-enabled mental health services in higher education; technology implementation; ecosystem synergy.
Research on the Practical Challenges and Optimization Strategies of Military Training in Universities in the New Era
As a crucial component of national defense education for all citizens and a key link in fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, military training in universities holds irreplaceable strategic significance in the current new era.Building on an in-depth exploration of its importance, this paper identifies current practical challenges and systematically examines optimization pathways and innovative strategies through four dimensions: reshaping ideological frameworks, innovating training content, developing novel training models, and enhancing quality assurance mechanisms. The study aims to advance the scientific, standardized, and modern transformation of university military training, substantially improve its comprehensive educational effectiveness, and lay a solid foundation for cultivating contemporary individuals with strong national defense awareness, profound patriotic sentiments, and well-rounded competencies.
New Era; Military Training in Universities; National Defense Education.
The Impact of 0-3 Years Old Childcare Services on Infant Development and Family Well-being: An Empirical Study
With the implementation of the three-child policy in China and the increasing demand for family childcare, 0-3 years old childcare services have become a key focus of social and policy attention. This study aims to systematically explore the impact of childcare services on infant development and family well-being, and identify the core influencing path of childcare services. Based on 208 valid questionnaires collected from parents of 0-3 years old infants, this study adopts a five-level Likert scale to measure the research variables, and uses descriptive statistical analysis, reliability and validity test, correlation analysis, difference analysis and mediation effect analysis to conduct empirical research. The results show that childcare services have a significant positive impact on infants' physical, cognitive, social and self-care development, and can effectively alleviate family parenting pressure, improve family relationships and life well-being. The adaptation and habit formation of infants in childcare institutions play a partial mediating role between childcare services and infant development, with a mediating effect ratio of 53.5%. In addition, childcare services have strong universality, and there is no significant difference in the evaluation of service effects among different family types and infant age groups. This study provides empirical evidence for optimizing the supply of childcare services and improving the quality of childcare services in China.
0-3 Years Old Childcare Services; Infant Development; Family Well-being; Mediation Effect; Empirical Analysis.
John Keats was one of the representative poets of the second generation of Romanticism in England. During his lifetime, his poetic reputation was not recognized by society, and his works faced difficulties in publication, as well as frequent ridicule and reproach from critics. After his death, the poetic and theoretical value of his works was ultimately affirmed in literary history, with odes such as “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” “Ode to a Nightingale,” and “To Autumn” becoming timeless treasures in the history of poetry. Keats exerted a profound influence on the literary world, and Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate of the Victorian era, held his poetry in the highest regard. This paper will employ ecocriticism to examine four poems— “O Solitude!” “Who Has Been Long in City Pent” “On the Grasshopper and Cricket ” and “Ode to a Nightingale”. By minimizing human subjectivity and amplifying the subjectivity of others (especially creatures of nature), Keats employed narrative strategies that reflect his emphasis on the importance of nature’s value. However, Keats occasionally reverted to an ego-centered narrative perspective, which was a necessary narrative strategy to critique anthropocentrism. Through this, Keats advocated an ecological holistic view: human beings should break free from the shackles of anthropocentrism, recognize the subjectivity of nature itself, and humans and nature can integrate as a whole and co-exist harmoniously.
John Keats; ecocriticism; anthropocentrism; holistic ecological view.
Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and English Learning Achievement Among Rural Junior High School Students from a Positive Psychology Perspective
This study investigated the current status of emotional intelligence of rural junior high school students and explored the correlation between their emotional intelligence and English learning achievement. The results showed that the participants’ emotional intelligence was moderate to high. Boys were significantly higher than girls in the dimension of self-emotion managing, while girls were significantly higher than boys in the dimension of managing others’ emotions. There was no significant difference between the students of different grades in terms of total emotional intelligence score and all the four dimensions of emotional intelligence. Total emotional intelligence score and all four dimensions of emotional intelligence were significantly and positively correlated with English learning achievement.
Emotional intelligence; English learning achievement; correlation research; rural junior high school students.
Understanding Shostakovich’s preludes and fugues, Op. 87: A Pedagogical Perspective
This article examines Dmitri Shostakovich’s Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, from a pedagogical perspective. Although the cycle is closely connected with Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, it also reflects Shostakovich’s own historical position, national identity, and personal expression. The article first places Op. 87 within the cultural and political context of Soviet music, especially the tension between public expectation and individual voice. It then discusses Russian and Jewish musical elements in the cycle and considers how these elements shape musical character. Finally, the article examines the relationship between tradition and innovation, showing how Shostakovich combines Baroque contrapuntal models with twentieth-century harmonic, rhythmic, and structural ideas. By connecting historical understanding with practical interpretation, this study argues that Op. 87 can help students develop both analytical awareness and expressive performance skills.
Shostakovich; Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues; Op. 87; piano pedagogy; Soviet music; national style; Jewish musical elements; counterpoint; Bach; performance interpretation.
Research on the Improvement Path of Aesthetic Education Literacy for Science and Engineering College Students—From the Perspective of University Counselors’ Educational Field
Against the backdrop of the implementation of the educational policy of cultivating students through moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education, aesthetic education, as a crucial component to fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, is deeply integrated with ideological and political education in colleges and universities. Rooted in frontline work including daily student administration, ideological guidance and practical education, university counselors serve as vital practitioners extending classroom-based aesthetic education to extracurricular settings and remedying the deficiency in humanistic aesthetic cultivation among science and engineering students. Compared with students majoring in humanities and social sciences, students of science and engineering are dominated by rational thinking due to heavy coursework, experimental training and competitions for scientific research, commonly plagued by narrow aesthetic cognition, insufficient initiative to participate in aesthetic education, weak humanistic foundation and deficient creative capacity for aesthetics. Reliance merely on general art courses fails to accomplish all-round aesthetic education objectives. Based on grassroots educational practice of university counselors, this paper sorts out relevant national policies on contemporary aesthetic education and existing academic findings, defines the theoretical connotations of aesthetic education and aesthetic literacy, and systematically summarizes the physical and cognitive characteristics of science and engineering undergraduates. It identifies prominent obstacles hindering the implementation of aesthetic education for such students from three dimensions: individual students, counselors’ educational practice and institutional guarantee on campus. Centering on counselors’ core duties covering ideological guidance, class construction, cultural and sports event organization, social practice tutoring as well as collaborative education, targeted optimization approaches are proposed from six perspectives: educational philosophy, activity carriers, practical platforms, daily immersive cultivation, team development and institutional safeguards. The research facilitates the organic integration of ideological and political education and aesthetic education, promotes the coordinated advancement of professional proficiency, aesthetic literacy and sound personality for science and engineering students, and provides practical references for advancing grassroots aesthetic education in higher education institutions.
Science and Engineering College Students; Aesthetic Education Literacy; University Counselors; Five-aspect Comprehensive Education.
Approaches to Thesis Topic Selection for Translation Majors under Industry-Education Integration
Industry-education integration has been identified as an important element in China’s higher education reform. Unfortunately, the topic selection in translation programs often fails to integrate structural elements, such as too much academia and inadequate industry. Issues with this process tend to be homogeneity, lack of practical relevance, and lack of collaboration between schools and enterprises. Based on industry-education integration, this paper diagnoses the present condition and existing issues regarding topic selection in translation programs and further explores how to develop theoretical foundation and implementation path of reform. This research shows that industry-education integration implies the following three changes: knowledge transfer into problem solving, linguistic conversion into competence-knowledge integration, and terminal evaluation into whole-course integration. Consequently, the three-dimensional framework “industry needs–pedagogy adaptation–student development” is proposed, and reform paths at four levels are outlined: mechanisms of institutions, topic resources, process management, and competence cultivation.
Industry-education integration; translation majors; thesis topic selection.
Ecological Reshaping of Blockchain Credit Banks Grounded in Philosophy of "Society as School"
The blockchain credit bank provides an implementation foundation for the philosophy of "society as school". The distributed nature of blockchain is highly consistent with Tao Xingzhi's educational philosophy of "society as school", but there is still an imbalance between "technical instrumental rationality" and "educational humanistic value". Therefore, this article studies the philosophical coupling mechanism between Tao Xingzhi's "society as school" and the distributed characteristics of blockchain. To promote the healthy development of the credit bank, through in-depth research on indicators such as the "education Gini coefficient" and "cultural dissemination contribution index" of the blockchain credit bank, and establishes a three-dimensional evaluation system for the blockchain credit bank, encompassing "hard infrastructure (technological support) + soft infrastructure (institutional coordination) + humanistic infrastructure (humanistic care).", and a "three-vertical and four-horizontal" digital education ecosystem model characterized by vertical integration and horizontal synergy is established. The concept of "Blockchain Credit Bank Maturity Index (BMI)" is proposed to scientifically quantify the level of regional education digitalization. A digital compensation algorithm is designed to inject humanistic care into the rigid blockchain data as an "intelligent layer". An innovative "dual-chain enhanced architecture of blockchain credit bank integrating digital compensation and cultural inheritance" is designed. This architecture not only records "what you have learned", but also evaluates "under what conditions, with how much effort you have learned, and what you have inherited for society", truly building a value Internet for lifelong learning in the future.
Society as School; Blockchain; The Credit Bank System; Education Gini Coefficient; Maturity Index; Digital Compensation Algorithm.
Research on Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education
In recent years, artificial intelligence technology has developed rapidly, and generative AI technologies, led by ChatGPT, have been increasingly applied and developed in the field of education. By conducting a visual analysis of the development of generative AI technology in education, this study aims to provide references and insights for subsequent in-depth research and research trends.This study employs bibliometric methods and utilizes CiteSpace software to conduct a visual analysis of journals related to generative AI and education published on China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) from 2023 to January 2025.The results indicate that, in terms of the volume of literature, research on generative AI in education is still in its early stages. Researchers are primarily concentrated in the education sector within universities, and collaboration between researchers and research institutions remains insufficient. Regarding research hotspots, “artificial intelligence,” “higher education,” and “educational transformation” are currently prominent areas of focus. Accordingly, this paper offers further conclusions and reflections to provide guidance for in-depth research, practical exploration, and progress in the application of generative AI within the education sector.
Generative AI; ChatGPT; Education; Bibliometrics.
An Analysis of the Nineteenth- century Bildungsroman Engage with Ideas of ‘Self-help’ or ‘Self- culture’
According to Samuel Smiles mentioned in his classic work Self-Help:With illustrations of character and conduct, ‘Heaven helps those who help themselves.’ This quotation seems to clearly explain what self-help is. Smiles also interpreted it further, ‘The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and, exhibited in the lives of many, it constitutes the true source of national vigour and strength.’ This quotation recalls the title’s question I will explore in this essay that means self-help as a driving force for personal growth is the true source of a nation’s strength and prosperity. Therefore, when it comes to the connection between the ideas of ‘self-help’ or ‘self-culture’ and the nineteenth-century Bildungsroman, I hope to use two literary works as well as Samuel Smiles’s classic literary work Self-Help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct to explore this issue. Then, I will divide the structure of this essay into four parts. The literary works that I have chosen are Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations and Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure.
Bildungsroman; Self-help; Self-culture; Great Expectations; Jude the Obscure.