Exploring the Family Context Among Children Adopted From China: Perceptions of Pre-Adoption Factors, Post-Adoption Experiences, and the Quality of Parent-Child Relationships

Within the context of international adoption, previous research has focused on parentchild attachment relationships and various aspects of the adoption process. However, less is known about other aspects of parent-child relationships (e.g., cohesion, conflict) within internationally adoptive families. Additionally, there is a need for research that explores both parent and child perceptions of the process of adoption - including pre- and post-adoptive factors - and its connection to the quality of parent-child relationships. This research utilized a qualitatively-oriented methodology to conduct separate, in-depth interviews with 10 adoptive Canadian mothers and their adopted Chinese children (aged 9 to 11 years). Results highlight parent and child reports of mainly strong, positive relationships. Several pre-adoption experiences are examined, including institutionalization, age at the time of adoption, and parental stress/expectations. A key finding concerns the link that adoptive parents perceive between the quality of their child's pre-adoptive care (i.e., mainly early institutionalized care) and the quality of their relationship. Interestingly, this link is perceived in two different ways - either as a challenge for the parent-child relationship or as a means to strengthen it. Post-adoption experiences are also explored, including cultural socialization, creating a transracial family, discussing adoption, parental stress, and sibling involvement. A key finding involves parent and child reports that cultural socialization efforts (i.e., familiarizing children with Chinese culture) are linked to more positive parent-child relationships. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to theory and practice within the context of international adoption.

Development of a New Assessment System to Evaluate Students' English Communicative Capacities in China

The purpose of this study was to develop a new English assessment system to evaluate Chinese students' English communicative capacities. Since there is more interaction with people from English-speaking countries, Chinese people attach more importance to English oral skills, and a lot of Western English teaching methods were introduced into China to improve students' English communicative capacities. However, traditional paper-written examinations, like the English test of higher education entry examination, cannot evaluate it effectively. This study explored the perceptions of two Chinese English-language teachers and two Chinese students about English assessment system. A qualitative research method using telephone interviews was conducted in this study. The findings showed that the most possible ways to assess Chinese students' English communicative capacities were paper-written examination and person-machine conversations, although measures should be taken to improve these two models. On the other hand, the model of person-person conversation was the ideal assessment tool but was hard to achieve at the current stage.

An Ontario-Developed Online Special Education Teacher Course Model for China

This study investigated the effectiveness of an Ontario-developed online Special Education teacher training course as a model for in-service teacher professional development in China. The study employed a mixed method approach encompassing both a quantitative survey and a qualitative research component to gather perceptions of Chinese and Canadian teachers, educational administrators, and teacher-educators who have intensive experience with online education, Special Education, and teacher preparation programs both in China and Canada. The study revealed insufficient understanding of Special Education among the general Chinese population, underdevelopment of Special Education teacher preparation in China, and potential benefits of using a Canadian online teacher training course as a model for Special Education in China. Based on the literature review and the results of this study, it is concluded that online Canadian Special Education teacher in-service courses can set an example for Chinese Special Education teacher training. A caveat is that such courses would require localized modifications, support of educational authorities, and pilot testing.

An Examination of the Development of Online Higher Education in Canada and China: Keeping Pace and Making Space

This study examined the similarities and differences that currently exist between Chinese and Canadian online higher education, and explored the economic, political, and sociocultural environments that have shaped online education in these two jurisdictions. Furthermore, this paper discussed the efficacy of, and potential for, future development of online learning in higher education in both Canada and China. The research employed a collective case study design to gather information and data on the development of online higher education. The analysis on Contact North in Canada and the One-Man University in China provide a comparative perspective on the development of 2 typical online higher educational institutions in these two countries. The study revealed that the development of online higher education is influenced by the economic, political, and sociocultural factors of environment. Contact North and the One-Man University share similarities in many aspects, but are characteristically different. The Contact North can set an example for establishing and operating a self-regulated MOOCs platform. The study also generated implications for both organizations.

Receipt from John R. Monro, Tea, China, Glass and Crockery House, St. Catharines

Receipt from John R. Monro, Tea, China, Glass and Crockery House, St. Catharines for kitchen items, shoes and mustard, April 12, 1887.

Determinación de los mecanismos de filtración mediante métodos geólogo-geofísicos en la presa El Cuchillo-Solidaridad, China, Nuevo León, México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Geológicas) UANL

Estimación del impacto del bienestar de la apertura comercial en el estado de Nuevo León por Claudia Sánchez Vela

Tesis (Maestría en Economía con Especialidad en Economía Industrial) U.A.N.L.

La ilegalidad del pacto de anatocismo en el contrato de apertura de crédito [por] Vibiana Agramont Lazareno

Tesis (Maestría en Derecho Mercantil) U.A.N.L.

Estudio descriptivo de los métodos utilizados en la valuación inmobiliaria para la determinación de los factores de homologación en las investigaciones de mercado

Tesis (Maestría en Areas Específicas en Valuación Inmobiliaria) U.A.N.L.

Proceso de apertura y privatización de la industria telefónica : tarifa de interconexión

Tesis (Maestría)--Facultad de Economía, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2001.

Resúmen de investigaciones 1984-1985

UANL

La formación docente en la perspectiva del Centro de Didác tica y su proyección en el Centro de Investigaciones y Servicios (CISE) de la U.N.A.M. [por] Graciela Pérez Rivera.

UANL

Aedificare 2005 : anuario de investigaciones de la Facultad de Arquitectura

UANL

Dos combates : Batalla de Santa Isabel marzo 1º de 1866 , Los rifleros de China en el yerbaniz Santiago, Nuevo León marzo 1º de 1866

UANL

Mensage del Exmo. Sr. Presidente provisional de la República, D. Manuel de la Peña y Peña : leído en la apertura de las sesiones del Congreso de 1848.

UANL