Progress in education: Vietnam

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: TEACHING IN THE INNER CITY by Larry Cuban. New York: Free Press, 1970. xxii + 261 pp. $6.95.

EDUCATIONAL AUDIOLOGY FOR THE LIMITED HEARING INFANT by Doreen Pollack. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1970. xiii + 237 pp. $10.75.

STUDENTS AS LINKS BETWEEN TWO CULTURES edited by Ingrid Eide. New York: UNESCO, 1971. 243 pp. $10.00.

SHARED AUTHORITY ON CAMPUS by Morris Keeton. Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1971. 168 pp. $3.75.

THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE BLACK TEACHER by Michael John Schultz, Jr. Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press, 1970. 224 pp. $7.95.     

高职高专向职业教育方向发展的必要性

以往重理论,轻实践,是高职高专的突出特点,这与高等职业教育的培养目标相差甚远,根据社会职业岗位的实际需要,高等职业教育应该强调实用性,突出学生综合动手能力的培养,本文主要从一体化教学模式构建阐述这一观点。     

Future teacher scholarship programs for science education: Rationale for teaching in perceived high need areas

Data from Oklahoma Future Teachers Scholarship (OFTS) recipients were collected covering awards over a seven-year period. Scholarships ($1000–$1500 per year) were awarded by the State Regents for Higher Education to attract and retain potential teachers into the teaching of science. The study focused on the reasons that these teachers (N=58) went into the teaching of science. From the survey, teachers went into (in ranked order) teaching because they wanted to teach specific subject matter, they were committed to social change, they liked to work with and be a positive force in the life of children (adolescents), etc. They did not go into teaching for money, because it was easy, because they drifted into it, or because it was not their first choice. The teachers who received scholarships like teaching science, like teaching and say they are likely to stay in the field. However, the OFTS recipients indicated they would have gone into teaching anyway, 82% were not enticed into either the field or the discipline of science by their scholarships. Those who would use scholarship(s) in the $1000–$1500 per year range, as a marketing strategy, to attract students to a discipline such as science should rethink the efficacy of this approach.     

适应高等教育强国建设要求的高等学校教育理念创新

建设高等教育强国,首先面临着教育理念创新的问题.教育理念包括国家教育理念、学校教育理念、个体教育理念等诸多方面.     

利育:一个亟待开设的课题

经过二十多年的改变开放，中国社会的经济体制已由社会主义计划经济初步转变为社会主义市场经济。而市场经济的最主要的驱动机制是利益机制。为适应新的形势，推动市场经济健康发展，应将利育融入教育之中。所谓利育，就是教人对利有一个正确的认识，确立正确的谋利、分利原则，以正确处理人与人、人与社会之间的利益关系。     

How do institutional practices for course design and review address areas of need in higher education

Universities are under stress and pressures to critically evaluate and reform curriculum and the way learning and teaching are implemented. Tensions appear to exist among the external pressures, the organisational structure of universities and their daily operations that are often conflicted and appear to work against coherence and depth in courses. In this study, the course design and approval process of Regional University was examined in light of four areas of need identified in the higher education literature to determine the extent to which the organisational structures (policies, regulations and guidance to course developers) reflect these. It is argued that knowledge about such a process is of considerable value for quality institutional practice in the sector.     

在化学教学中渗透学习心理辅导

1　背景在我国逐步推进素质教育的今天 ,研究学习辅导问题 ,培养学生形成良好的个性心理品质、健全的人格 ,显得尤为迫切。面对学生复杂多样的心理问题 ,当今中学心理辅导教育一般是单列一门课 ,由于相应课程合格师资的缺乏等种种因素所限 ,在有的学校就是形同虚设或干脆就当作是上政治思想课了。而学习心理辅导是学校心理辅导的一个重要课题。据有关同志对上海市 4649名中小学生的心理现状的调查表明 ,中小学生亟须作心理辅导的心理问题居于前十位的是 :学习动机不正 ,学习习惯不良 ,学习能力不够 ,注意力障碍 ,自控力差 ,自我中心 ,耐挫力…     

Student plagiarism in higher education in Vietnam: an empirical study

This paper assesses and compares the prevalence of plagiarism across different student and assignment characteristics at a university in Vietnam, using the similarity index reported by the text-matching software Turnitin as a proxy measure of plagiarism on a sample of 681 student papers. The findings present a level of match higher than reported in earlier studies at universities outside of Vietnam, with an average similarity index of 29.06%. Controlling for the gender and major of the students, the extent of plagiarism is implied to be negatively correlated with the students’ academic performances and with the likelihood of being caught, and positively correlated with the length of the assignments. Thus, this study, relying on actual text-matching data rather than self-reported surveys, provides the first empirical test of two theoretical plagiarism models proposed in the literature. The explanatory factors confirmed by this study illustrate the potential benefits of the use of software tools to detect plagiarism and can help refine academic integrity policy formulations for universities.     

Innovations of education socialisation in Vietnam: from participation towards privatisation

Abstract

Education reforms worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, address the content of education programmes and/or changes education systems. There are different paths, and different socioeconomic contexts, for those nations which pursue education reform, and Vietnam makes for an instructive example. The country’s socioeconomic renovation, known as Doi Moi since the late 1980s, has put forward the discourse of socialisation, which generally advocates greater public participation in all areas of society. Although socialisation has been the central ideology of the Doi Moi process, there is still a dispute about its meaning and implications. This paper contributes to debates about reforms by examining the discourse of socialisation in Vietnam through analysis of government documents and public opinion in various media. These secondary documents on education socialisation in Vietnam, highlight the institutionalisation of education socialisation in an apparent movement from general public participation to a form of privatisation. This institutionalisation has dramatically transformed the conditions of people’s access to education in Vietnam.     

Renovating early childhood education pedagogy: a case study in Vietnam

Since 2003, the Vietnamese government has prioritised curriculum reform efforts and commitment to improving the quality of the national curriculum. The Vietnamese early childhood education renovation has encountered considerable changes and challenges, particularly in the area of pedagogical approaches. Many early childhood teachers continue to favour direct instruction over more appropriate teaching practices for early childhood. This paper reviews the implementation and renovation of the revised curriculum over the past 10 years in Vietnam, and examines the changing realities of early childhood teachers' work to explore ways to implement and sustain changes in pedagogy in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam. The paper explores how changing societal expectations and the changing educational philosophies and resultant pedagogy have impacted on the beliefs and practices of early childhood teachers. The teaching profession, as a whole, is facing ongoing change and challenge; not only are ongoing educational reforms redefining teachers' work, but increasing teacher attrition and turnover also creates problems for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in Lam Dong province. The paper concludes with suggestions for areas for future research in Vietnam in the field of ECEC.     

世纪之交越南高等教育的改革与发展

越南的高等教育在最近10多年取得长足的发展，并实施了越南教育发展史上深刻的变革。这一方面是由于社会经济的转轨；另一方面是因为教育系统的不断改革。它的高等教育初步形成了市场经济体制相适应的新局面，为90年代越南的经济腾飞和社会发展起了重大的推动作用。     

高等教育学费和学生资助政策

在高等教育投入的多元化趋势中,伴随着高校收费政策的实施,学生资助问题成为国家宏观教育政策关注的重点领域.本文在国际高等教育投入和学生资助模式比较分析的基础上,对我国高等教育学费和学生资助提出政策建议.争取除学费外的其他社会投入应成为中国进一步筹措高等教育经费的重点;在确定高等教育学费时应兼顾培养成本和人均收入水平;同时要建立和完善多元化的学生资助体系.     

Understandings of the higher education curriculum in Vietnam

The Vietnamese higher education context is characterised by state control, including the state's development of curriculum frameworks and materials. Institutional autonomy has been ratified by the government; however in practice, universities seem to have little control over curriculum. In order for universities to develop more ownership of curriculum, it is necessary to explore the foundational understandings of curriculum held by stakeholders. Thus, this paper explores the understandings of curriculum expressed by a group of senior staff, academics and students at a Vietnamese university. We found a diversity of understandings that tended to be product focused, teacher focused and textbook driven. We propose that our findings can be used as a starting point for developing more innovative and student-focused understandings of curriculum.     

Technology in education: Equity and theory are key

For those with access to instructional technology, teaching and learning can be far more interesting and far-reaching than ever before. We as educators can empower our students with an understanding of how to employ these resources to meet their immediate and lifelong goals. We as members of the education industry must work to assure equal access to all students.     

Searching for education for sustainable development in Vietnam

Abstract

This article discusses how the purpose of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is reflected within the perception of teachers and educational stakeholders in Vietnam and whether a difference exists between the two respondent groups’ perspectives. Biesta’s three functions of education, qualification, socialization, and subjectification, are considered to be the theoretical outline for analyzing perceptions of the respondents. The empirical material for this analysis consists of interviews in Vietnam with secondary teachers and educational stakeholders. The perspectives of the two groups regarding the purposes of ESD somewhat overlap: central interests in ESD discourse are to qualify students with knowledge, skills, and competences, and to teach them how to behave in sustainable ways. In other words, qualification and socialization, not subjectification, are major concerns of the respondents. This reflection, to some extent, reveals Vietnam’s sustainable development priorities and the role education should play.