Using Baidu Index to Understand the Public Concern of Children's Mental Health in Mainland China in the Context of COVID-19 Epidemic

This study aims to understand the temporal and spatial characteristics of public concern for "children's mental health" in China in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic. Baidu Index is a research tool to collect and analyze massive data on Chinese netizens' behaviors. Using Baidu Index as the research tool, this paper analyzes the trend and distribution of Chinese netizens' attention to "children's mental health" from December 1st, 2019 to March 20th, 2022 from three aspects of trend research, demand map, and crowd portrait. The study found that since the outbreak of COVID- 19, the search trend of "children's mental health" has shown a cyclical change, peaking in May and valley around the Spring Festival and National Day, and stable in other periods. "Mental health", "handwritten newspaper on mental health" and "youth mental health" are the most popular buzzwords among the public. The groups concerned with "children's mental health" is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, and the majority are women between 30 and 39 years old. Meanwhile, search trends for "mental health" are like that for "children's mental health." The factors influencing the search volume change of "children's mental health" include Chinese traditional holidays, Spring Festival, National Day, Chinese Mental Health Day, and policies and instructions on children's mental health issued by the PRC Ministry of Education. The public would like to know about "mental health", "handwritten newspaper on mental health" and "adolescent mental health"

Promotion Strategies of Family Education Guidance Service in Chinese Community

To carry out family education is related to the vital interests of thousands of families, and it is the top priority of the national livelihood work. It has become an international consensus to provide family education guidance services based on communities to improve the level and quality of family education. However, at present, there are still serious problems in the work of family education guidance services in Chinese communities, such as the absence of a normalized policy guarantee system, the weakening of value consensus by the game of stakeholders, and the prominent contradiction between supply and demand of high-quality resources. To this end, the following promotion strategies are proposed: improving relevant policies and regulations and ensuring the working operation mechanism; guiding residents to participate deeply and balancing the demands of stakeholders; deepening the supply-side reform of resources and promoting the quality development of education

A Normative Study on English Translation of Metro Public Signs in China under the Cognitive Translatology: A Case Study of Chengdu the Host City for the Universiade

With the acceleration of its internationalization, China is faced with epochal task of optimizing its international-standard linguistic environment, which is especially impending for Chengdu, the host city for the Universiade. The neo-analysis, at first, sorts out and analyzes different versions of official translation norms for toponyms through document research, as well as from the first-hand resources on public signs of rail transit from TFL and MTA, and then, continues the empirical case study under the theoretical guidance of Cognitive Translatology. This paper has proposed several translation principles and a new method - Conceptual Motivation Mapping - for public signs, attempting to explore the way to build up its international discourse system consistent with the status of Chengdu as a global hub

The Effect of Physical Activity on the Non-cognitive Ability of Adolescents: An Empirical Study on Big Five Personality Traits and Large Sample Data of CFPS 2020

Based on the Big Five personality trait dimensions of non-cognitive ability measures, the CFPS 2020 database was used as the basis, The self-answered questionnaires and messages were collected from the people under the age of 18. And information on physical activity were selected as the study sample from the total 28590 samples in this database, among which 1562 valid samples were used as the study subjects. And the corresponding options and answers were selected as the dependent variables related to the Big Five personality like responsibility, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism. After constructing a model with logit regression and calculating the marginal effects, it empirically demonstrated that increasing the frequency of physical exercises (frequency) had positive effects on promoting or improving adolescents' sense of responsibility, agreeableness, extraversion, and neuroticism, the frequency of physical exercise (frequency) in the past 12 months was used as the dependent variable, the effects were different between urban and rural areas, age, and gender. There were differences between urban and rural areas, age and gender

Understanding Inclusive Education in the “Front of the Class” Movie in Chinese Perspective

To explore the beliefs of Inclusive Education in the film " Front of the class ", this study uses the method of content analysis to interpret and analyze this film from the perspective of the concept of inclusive education, inclusive family, inclusive school, and inclusive society. It found that the film contains rich beliefs and concepts of inclusive education, which helps to pursue the quality of education examine educational equity and social equity, provide intellectual support for the construction of inclusive society, responding the UN's sustainable development goal 4 (SDG 4) focuses on ensuring inclusive and equitable, quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Foreign Students Stranded from Chinese Universities

The study aims to inspect the influence of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the mental health of both undergraduate and postgraduate students, who have been stranded from Chinese universities. The study used the online questionnaire, which was comprised of three scales. These are self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), the self-rating depression scale (SDS), and the scale for social avoidance and distress (SAD). A total of 159 undergraduates and 153 postgraduate students have participated in this study and it comprises both males and females. For exploring the impact of the Covid-19 on the mental health of the students, who have been stranded from Chinese universities, the study has made the use of the independent sample t-test and analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA). The findings show that Mental health of students stranded from universities negatively affected due to high level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety due to pandemic. However, the level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety has reduced to some extent as compare to earlier studies after the emergence of pandemic of COVID-19. The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected females more than males and the postgraduate students have a lower level of depression as compared to the undergraduate students because they have shown a higher level of mean and standard deviation values. Moreover, the depression level was high among the students of Natural and Applied sciences. The results also confirm that the level of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety was high in the young students as compared to the mature ones. Then, the level of anxiety and social anxiety was high in the students, who could not resume their classes and degrees. The findings of this study suggest that the mental health o undergraduate and postgraduate students should be carefully monitored after the pandemic of COVID-19 because it has left a deep mark on their mental health. Furthermore, it also calls for proper psychological counseling for addressing the issues of depression and anxiety in them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Raising interest in master of physical education during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Baidu Index data

Objective: Current evidence shows the master of physical education has attracted attention since its opening. The study aims to quantify recent trends in the public interest and related online search behavior for master of physical education, and “nowcast” future scenarios with respect to the master of physical education. Methods: Baidu Index, a database of search engines with massive information, was employed. By searching for the keyword master of physical education, and using content analysis to understand the data information related to master of physical education. It extracted the search trend data regarding Chinese interest in the master of physical education from November 21, 2016, to November 21, 2022. Finally, it compares the search trend of search interests in the master of physical education with related terms. Results: It found that the search trend of master of physical education was on the rise overall. Specifically, the peak value appeared in September 2019, the valley value appeared around the Spring Festival each year, and the search trend in other periods was stable. Conclusion: The raise in public interest in a master of physical education will likely result in an increase in the number of candidates who are going to attend the National Graduate Entrance Exam to pursue a master of physical education. In the coming months or more, the competition for the employment of sports professionals in China will become more intense. Affected by the COVID-19, more people are interested in health and physical exercise, and then pay attention to the Master of Physical Education. The Sports Law of the People's Republic of China has been revised recently, which has led to more people interested in the master of physical education

Increasing Interest in Inclusive Education in the Context of Action Plan for the Development and Enhancement of Special Education during the Fourteenth Five-Year Period in China: An Analysis of Baidu Index Data

Objective: Current evidence shows that public interest in inclusive education has been rising since the implementation of Action Plan for the development and enhancement of special education during the Fourteenth Five-Year period in China. The aim of this study was to quantify recent trends in public interest and related online search behavior for inclusive education in the context of this Action Plan. Methods: Baidu Index, a database of search engines with massive information, was employed. By searching for the keyword inclusive education, and using content analysis to understand the data information related to inclusive education. This study also extracted the search trend data of Chinese netizens on the related terms "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" from January 1, 2022 to October 27, 2022. Finally, it compares the search trend of public search interests of inclusive education with related terms. Results: The public's interest in "inclusive education" and the related terms "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" has been on the rise since the implementation of the Action Plan. The search trend reached its peak in February and May 2022, the valley in January 2022, and the search volume in other time periods tended to be stable. Conclusion: Baidu Index can understand the public's interest in inclusive education. The study shows that the rising search trend of inclusive education is closely related to the implementation of the Action Plan. The search volume of the "Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities " and "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities" is basically the same as that of "inclusive education", but the average search volume daily of "inclusive education" is slightly higher than that of "Regulation on the Education of Persons with Disabilities"

English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning and capital in rural China: a case study of a group of secondary school students

Partiendo de las teorías sobre el capital de Bourdieu, y las teorías sobre inversión e identidad de Norton, este estudio examina hasta que punto el inglés es percibido como una forma de capital cultural por un grupo de estudiantes de la China rural, como su capital social afecta el grado en que el inglés se convierte en capital cultural y la relación entre su identidad y su inversión en inglés. Partiendo de una discusión sobre la globalización en relación con el idioma inglés y sobre el desarrollo de la educación de inglés en China, se examina la relación entre el aprendizaje del inglés y el capital en el contexto estudiado. La parte empírica de la tesis incluye entrevistas con diez participantes que habían aprendido inglés como lengua extranjera en una escuela secundaria rural y en una universidad en China, y un grupo de discusión con algunos de estos aprendices, aprovechando su experiencia de aprender inglés. Se analiza como la lengua inglesa se convierte en capital cultural, su relevancia para la movilidad social de los estudiantes y la relación entre su identidad e inversión en inglés. A través del estudio de narrativas, los resultados revelaron que: (a) cuando los participantes iban a la escuela o la universidad, establecieron relaciones con el ingles según el acceso percibido al capital cultural, económico y social; (b) los posicionamientos intersubjetivos de los participantes con respecto al inglés cambiaron a través del tiempo y el espacio en diferentes grados; (c) los cambios de actitud relativos a las posibilidades de convertir el inglés en capital cultural deben entenderse en relación con el capital social de los participantes, junto con el cambio de sus identidades a través del tiempo y el espacio; (d) la inversión en los procesos de aprendizaje de la lengua inglesa por parte de los participantes está vinculada a posibles retornos imaginados o tangibles sobre su inversión.Based on Bourdieu’s capital theory and Norton’s theory of investment as well as identity, this study examines to what extent English is perceived as a form of cultural capital by a group of students from rural China, how their social capital affects the extent to which English converts into cultural capital, and the effects of their identity changing across time and space on their investment in English. Setting out from the background of globalization in relation to the English language and a discussion of the development of English education in China, I examine the relationship between English language learning and capital in the context studied. The empirical part of the thesis involves interviews with ten participants who had learned English as a foreign language in a rural secondary school and at college in China, as well a focus group with some of these participants, drawing on their experience of learning English to provide an analysis of the conversion of the English language into cultural capital, its relevance to social mobility for the students, and the relationship between their identity and investment in English. Through narrative inquiry, the results revealed: (a) when the participants were in school or college, they established relationships with English related to their perceived access to cultural, economic and social capital; (b) the participants’ intersubjective positionings in regards to English changed across time and space to different degrees; (c) the changes in attitude concerning the possibilities of converting English to cultural capital must be understood within the scope of their social capital, along with the shift of their identities across time and space; (d) investment in English language learning processes by the participants is linked to presumed or tangible possible returns on the investment

Promotion Strategies of Family Education Guidance Service in Chinese Community

To carry out family education is related to the vital interests of thousands of families, and it is the top priority of the national livelihood work. It has become an international consensus to provide family education guidance services based on communities to improve the level and quality of family education. However, at present, there are still serious problems in the work of family education guidance services in Chinese communities, such as the absence of a normalized policy guarantee system, the weakening of value consensus by the game of stakeholders, and the prominent contradiction between supply and demand of high-quality resources. To this end, the following promotion strategies are proposed: improving relevant policies and regulations and ensuring the working operation mechanism; guiding residents to participate deeply and balancing the demands of stakeholders; deepening the supply-side reform of resources and promoting the quality development of education