ACADEMIC GOALS AND MOTIVATION: A STUDY INVESTIGATING THE WELL-BEING OF HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN CHINA
The focus of this research is on the well-being of vocational college students in China, in relation to their academic goals and motivation types behind their goals. Vocational colleges in China are placed at the bottom of the educational system, accepting the students with relatively low academic outcomes (Liu and Wang, 2015; Geng Wang, 2020). The students in vocational colleges get limited attention and resources from central government compared to students in academic colleges (Wan, 2006). Studies found that vocational students are more focused on non-academic pursuits, such as playing games (Mok, 2001; Zha, 2011). Some students have been found sleeping and playing games on mobile phones all the time in class or after class, which has become a main way for vocational students to occupy their time (Woronov, 2012). The primary purpose of vocational education is to offer a chance for students to obtainprofessional skills and cultivate students with high quality to serve the country (Pun & Koo, 2019). How to make it come true, vocational education plays an important role of cultivating vocational students to be valuable people, therefore, through academic goals and motivation to enhance students’ well-being has great significance.The focus of this research is on the well-being of vocational college students in China, in relation to their academic goals and motivation types behind their goals. Vocational colleges in China are placed at the bottom of the educational system, accepting the students with relatively low academic outcomes (Liu and Wang, 2015; Geng Wang, 2020). The students in vocational colleges get limited attention and resources from central government compared to students in academic colleges (Wan, 2006). Studies found that vocational students are more focused on non-academic pursuits, such as playing games (Mok, 2001; Zha, 2011). Some students have been found sleeping and playing games on mobile phones all the time in class or after class, which has become a main way for vocational students to occupy their time (Woronov, 2012). The primary purpose of vocational education is to offer a chance for students to obtainprofessional skills and cultivate students with high quality to serve the country (Pun & Koo, 2019). How to make it come true, vocational education plays an important role of cultivating vocational students to be valuable people, therefore, through academic goals and motivation to enhance students’ well-being has great significance.
China's distinctive educational approach, particularly its emphasis on ideological and political education, has garnered considerable academic attention for its impact on shaping individual values, fostering citizenship, and maintaining social stability. Despite the Chinese government's prioritization of ideological and political education, academic research in this field appears constrained, with existing studies predominantly focusing on normative and descriptive aspects. Normative research delineates how ideological and political education should be executed, while descriptive research illustrates its practical implementation. The effectiveness of these approaches is significantly diminished if they are not adequately interconnected—when only the current reality is explained without providing tools for improvement or when prescribed steps for improvement lack a basis in specific contexts. This paper conducts a comprehensive review of research on ideological and political education using ATLAS. ti 9 for thematic analysis. The review aims to unveil the intricate landscape of current research in China and address key questions: What are the primary trends in the literature on ideological and political education between 2021 and July 2023? What challenges does ideological and political education face? Through a direct exploration of these issues, this paper seeks to optimize the ideological and political education system, elevate its adaptability and effectiveness, and open avenues for research, fostering a more dynamic, inclusive, and resilient development of ideological and political education.
X. Liu, Bo Cederwall, Chong Qi, Ramon Alexander Wyss, Özge Aktas, Aysegul Ertoprak, Wei Zhang, Ayse Ataç Nyberg, Torbjörn Bäck, M. Zielinska, et al, Zsolt Podolyak (2022)Evidence for spherical-oblate shape coexistence in Tc-87, In: Physical review. C106(3)034304
Excited states in the neutron-deficient nucleus Tc-87 have been studied via the fusion-evaporation reaction 54Fe(36Ar, 2n1p) Tc-87 at 115 MeV beam energy. The AGATA gamma-ray spectrometer coupled to the DIAMANT, NEDA, and Neutron Wall detector arrays for light-particle detection was used to measure the prompt coincidence of gamma rays and light particles. Six transitions from the deexcitation of excited states belonging to a new band in Tc-87 were identified by comparing gamma-ray intensities in the spectra gated under different reaction channel selection conditions. The constructed level structure was compared with the shell model and total Routhian surface calculations. The results indicate that the new band structure in 87Tc is built on a spherical configuration, which is different from that assigned to the previously identified oblate yrast rotational band.
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have shown rapid development recently, whereas nonideal stability remains the chief obstacle toward commercialization. Thus, it is of utmost importance to probe the degradation pathway for the entire device. Here, the extrinsic stability of inverted PSCs (IPSCs) is investigated by using standard shelf-life testing based on the International Summit on Organic Photovoltaic Stability protocols (ISOS-D-1). During the long-term assessment of 1700 h, the degraded power conversion efficiency is mainly caused by the fill factor (53% retention) and short-circuit current density (71% retention), while the open-circuit voltage still maintains 97% of the initial values. Further absorbance evolution and density functional theory calculations disclose that the perovskite rear-contact side, in particular for the perovskite/fullerene interface, is the predominant degradation pathway. This study contributes to understanding the aging mechanism and enhancing the durability of IPSCs for future applications.
