What About the Educators? What Provision is Provided for Art and Design Educators in Pursuit of Quality in the Tertiary Sector?–A National Survey

This article describes how a lecturer, interested in getting his students to adopt a deep approach to his subject, stumbled upon student journals as effective learning and assessment tools. The modest literature on the topic is reviewed and eight parameters of the journal method are identified and discussed as a possible framework for others who might want to use journals in their teaching. A conclusion is drawn that the relative unpopularity of the journal method with lecturers results from a general misconception of the nature of higher education.     

Using Reflective Journals to Enhance Impoverished Practicum Placements: A case in teacher education in Ethiopia

This article investigates the value of writing reflective journals for student teachers during practicum placement. The author invited 10 pre‐service education degree teachers to write a weekly reflective journal throughout their four weeks practicum teaching. Each student teacher was given the opportunity to revisit the issues in his journals through a subsequent reflective dialogue. At the end of the practicum, the student teachers were asked to complete one additional reflective journal to provide their views about how useful and challenging they found the task of writing reflective journals on their teaching experiences. The author also kept observation notes to reflect on his own experiences of involving student teachers in reflective journal writing. It was concluded that the student teachers benefited immensely from their experiences of writing reflective journals for the purpose of reflecting on their practical experiences. They reported that the activity helped them improve their teaching experiences and deepen their understanding of the complexities involved in learning to teach. The study has implications on the role of reflective journals as a means of engaging teacher candidates in reflective thinking, a recently emerging notion in the education of teachers in Ethiopia.     

Fröbels ‘Tageblätter’

The German‐born educator Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852) is well known worldwide as the founder of the kindergarten system. His writings on educational play and games as well as his main work – the Menschenerziehung (1826) – have been translated and widely read. Froebel wrote educational texts as well as more than 1700 letters and journal entries or ‘Tageblätter’. Froebel’s formal writings have been published, as have about half of his letters. But most of Froebel’s journals have not been published, even though they are very important for the understanding of his theory of education. The present report intends to fill this gap. The text will present the research problem and reconstruct the history of the research on Froebel’s journals. The structure of the archival conservation of the journals is described and, finally, some of the journals are mentioned with the focus on autobiography. These journal entries reflect Froebel’s self‐image and an extensive spectrum of formal quality. As a whole, the article provides a broad view of this third sector of Froebel’s intellectual work.     

高校学报服务本校工作的问题与对策——以《船舶职业教育》为例

高校学报是进行学术交流的载体,同时也是展示高校科研成果的窗口。作为高校的重要组成部分,学报应充分认识其在学校发展中的地位和作用,积极融入本校的学科建设和科研创新等活动,不断提高自身服务本校中心工作的能力。以《船舶职业教育》为例,查找服务本校工作的问题与不足,探究学报服务本校工作的有效途径,以期为高校学报发展提供借鉴意义。     

纯网络电子期刊的评价——以D-Lib杂志为例

纯网络电子期刊与传统纸质期刊、基于印刷期刊的网络电子期刊存在着区别,人们对纯网络电子期刊认识存在不足。可选取一套纯网络电子期刊评价指标来评价数字图书馆领域的权威纯网络杂志D-Lib杂志,提高人们对纯网络电子期刊的认识。通过对评价D-Lib杂志过程中指标的适用性及其存在的其他问题的分析,以期完善评价指标和评价方法。     

论高校学报青年编辑的学术素养——兼谈高校学报青年编辑的职业发展

学者化是学术期刊编辑成长与发展的必由之路,对于高校学报的青年编辑而言,提高学术素养很有必要,可以通过学历进修、参加学术会议、参与教学科研等方式来提升自我的学术素养。针对当下纷繁复杂的环境,一方面管理部门要重视青年编辑的培养;另一方面,编辑自身也要处理好各种关系,以求得自身发展与期刊发展的双赢。     

学术期刊与学术评价之关系探讨

学术成果最基本和主要的形式之一就是论文,学术期刊是其发表的平台。学术期刊具有学术传播和学术交流的作用,并且对学术规范和学术引领具有导向作用。目前较为直接的做法是对学术成果的评价采用以刊发论文的多少、期刊的级别来论断成果好坏的模式。学术期刊在学术评价中正在发挥主导作用。这种结果导致论文数量逐年攀升,学术期刊被动地成了学术泡沫的制造者。如何处理学术期刊与学术评价的关系,采用合理、客观、可操作的评价方式是优化学术评价功能的最好方法。     

对高校学报编辑工作的思考

高校学报编辑工作的特殊性，要求学报编辑必须具有既博且专的知识结构、责任意识、创新意识和经营意识等。针对当前学报工作中的种种不良现状，高校学报应在四个方面制定相应策略。     

影响高职院校学报影响因子的因素及应对措施——以《青岛职业技术学院学报》为例

尽管高职院校学报在办刊宗旨和服务地方经济建设上都有不同于本科院校学报之处,但是影响因子这一国际上通行的期刊评价指标仍然对提高高职院校学报质量有一定的促进作用。透视高职院校学报影响因子的影响因素,可以帮助高职院校学报在科学发展的同时据此改进工作措施,更加突出高职特色。《青岛职业技术学院学报》在改为双月刊后,顺应高校学报发展的大趋势,参照影响因子的评价指标,研究改进工作方式,在提高高职院校学报质量方面闯出了自己的特色之路,对其他高职院校学报亦有一定的参考作用。     

Professor Barry Fraser��s contributions to science education research

In this article, I endeavour to convey the depth of Barry Fraser’s contributions to science education research, including his tireless endeavours to promote and advance research, especially the field of learning environments, the realisation of his vision to create one of the largest doctoral programs in science and mathematics education in the world, his leadership capacity in terms of guiding and leading an internationally renowned centre and large-scale cross-national and cross-cultural studies, his dedication towards human capacity building in Africa, Asia and elsewhere, his capacity as a mentor and editor that have seen the publication of numerous journal articles and books and the ongoing success of science education research journals.     

21世纪的学报事业与青年编辑的修养

作为 2 1世纪学报的主人 ,青年编辑的精神面貌和修养水平将直接关系学报的未来。本文从学报的学术声誉与青年编辑的职业道德修养、学报的办刊水平与青年编辑的业务修养、学报的生存发展与青年编辑的创新意识修养等方面阐述了青年编辑的修养与 2 1世纪学报事业的关系。     

师专图书馆提高期刊利用率的思考

期刊是一种非常重要的信息载本,是开发利用价值最高的一种信息源,而我国高校图书馆含期刊在内的文献信息资源,其利用率仅为20%~30%,师专图书馆由于种种原因,期刊文献的利用率更低。为提高期刊文献的利用率,必须努力提高期刊文献的搜集质量;善于使用电子期刊;馆企合作共同开发利用期刊资源;针对师专特点积极拓宽服务领域;做好期刊的宣传工作;加强期刊馆员的管理和培训。     

2001-2010年《数学教育学报》施引期刊计量分析

2001-2010年,在CJFD数据库中,《学报》共有5449篇施引文献,来自947种施引期刊.《学报》在2001—2010年自引709次,占总被引5449次的13%左右,根据《中国科技期刊引证报告》2001—2010年的记录,《学报》影响因子的均值为0.7左右.根据上述研究结论所给出的判定标准,《学报》可视为高质量期刊.在947种施引期刊中,数学教育类专门期刊主要有27种,而且27种期刊也是国内数学教育领域的代表期刊.27种期刊10年内施引文献总计1724篇,占总施引文献数的31.6%.《学报》在数学与数学教育领域的受众面主要集中于中等数学研究群体.中国数学教育领域形成了一个联系紧密的期刊网络.位于核心位置的期刊除《学报》外,还有《数学通报》、《中学数学教学》、《高等数学研究》等期刊.     

Ring fenced research: the case of computer-assisted learning in health sciences

Interdisciplinary research is being promoted in many quarters as the way forward, but “research islands” still persist. Taking computer‐assisted learning (CAL) within health sciences as a case in point, this paper describes a detailed study of the references to source material within papers published in general medical, specific nursing and general information and communications technology journals as pointing to papers published either in the same category of journal or journals of other categories. The results show that research within this area exhibits a disquieting inbred approach. Furthermore, there is clear evidence of a tendency amongst the papers examined to cite research published in journals with broadly the same impact factors as the journal in which the papers themselves are published. A discussion of the value of journal impact factors, which are a crude but useful index of the quality of journal, and their possible effect on the future of research in CAL within health sciences is embedded in the paper.     

论高校学报特色栏目策划的意义及作用

在高等院校学报的编辑策划实践中,通过打造品牌学报来推进学术创新和哲学社会科学繁荣,日益引起广大学报工作者的高度重视和密切关注。品牌学报的创造必须以特色栏目的创设为基础和依托,这是由于特色栏目不仅是学报特色的体现,而且还是最引人注目的学术精品,是衡量一家学报办刊质量和学术水准的一项重要指标。     

Using Interactive Journal Writing as a Strategy for Professional Growth

In recent years journal writing as a tool for reflective practice has gained prominence in teacher education programs. This paper reports the investigation of journal writing as a means for student teachers and university to better understand the process of learning to teach. The aims of the study were to examine how journals are used; to explore what students learn and what university teachers learn; and to identify which strategies work best. Survey and interview data were collected from the student authors of the journals. Analysis of the data contributed to our understanding of the process of interactive journal writing and the strategies we used as university teachers. Students used the journals in a number of ways. They used the journals to get direction on practice and planning, as a tool for analysis, as an emotion release, and as a way of 'sorting things out'. Students identified a number of strategies used by the university teachers as journal respondents which contributed to students' learning about teaching. This research focused our attention on interactive journal writing as a strategy that has the potential to promote reflective practice.     

Journal Writing and Learning: Reading between the structural,holistic, and post-structural lines

This paper explores the use of journal writing for providing adults with the opportunity of reflecting on their learning. The article examines the author's own experiences teaching students on an undergraduate part-time degree evening course where journal writing was an important component. Three understandings of journal writing are compared using examples from students' journal entries. They are characterised as structural, holistic, and post-structural positions, respectively. Structural approaches to journal writing claim benefits in enabling the learner to manage her/his own subjectivity with a view to finding an “objective truth”. An holistic approach, while “useful”, attempts to synthesise multiple ways of knowing and presents a false sense of completion and inclusion. The post-structural view positions the learner intertextually in a processual learning context where the text the student writes is driven by other discourses. Here, the student/journal writer is constituted by discourse but not necessarily determined by it because the strategies of reflexivity and deconstruction are available. This last position draws on the sociology of interpretative biography and narrative theory. The implications for assessment and the ethical dimensions of privacy and disclosure of student journals are examined also.     

基于SPA高等学校自然科学学报学术质量评价初探

对于学报质量的评价,目前采用的评价方案是权重加平均,这种评价方法难免会产生一些”主观随意性”。为使评价结果更加科学,借助同异反教学评价模型,对学报质量的评价做一初探。     

谈期刊的类别、真伪与论文的级别

从期刊的类别、真伪和论文的级别三个方面介绍了论文发表时如何选刊。对非法期刊的种类、特征和辨别作了论述,有助于读者识别期刊的真伪。     

Mobile and Online Learning Journal: Effects on Apprentices’ Reflection in Vocational Education and Training

While learning journals (LJs) have been shown to support self-regulated learning strategies, reflection and learning outcomes in academic contexts, few studies have investigated their relevance in vocational education. A mobile and online learning journal (MOLJ) was developed to support reflection on workplace experiences. However, acceptance of the mobile and online learning journal by apprentices and supervisors is not trivial. This study investigated how apprentices use the mobile and online learning journal and why they use it that way. The mobile and online learning journal was developed for apprentices in the field of bakery and contains a recipe book, a smartphone app to take pictures of workplace experiences, and a learning journal for reflection. Apprentices’ workplace supervisors have access to the mobile and online learning journal to provide support and feedback. A mixed method study was conducted with 16 apprentices. Indicators of their use of the mobile and online learning journal were recorded, while reasons for use were studied by questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Four kinds of users of the mobile and online learning journal were identified: Multifunction users, picture takers, learning journal users, and overall low users. The most determining factors for the acceptance and use of the mobile and online learning journal by apprentices were their interest in the use of a smartphone at the workplace, their acceptance of reflection on workplace experiences through the mobile and online learning journal, and supervisors’ participation and provision of feedback. Promoting the use of learning journals by apprentices requires strong guidance in the design of the learning journal as well as support and feedback from supervisors. Taking pictures from the workplace proves useful for learning and sharing experience in vocational training.