英语专业硕士研究生学术能力培养模式改革研究与实践

学术能力是衡量英语专业研究生研究能力的一个重要指标,培养模式对研究生学术能力的培养至关重要。本文对国内现有的英语专业硕士研究生学术能力培养模式进行思考与深入研究,旨在寻找提升英语专业硕士研究生学术能力的有效途径,为英语专业研究生的培养提供可行的参考模式．     

研究生的跨学科研究兴趣及影响因素——以3所研究型高校606份问卷调查为例

鼓励研究生开展跨学科研究是提升研究生创新能力和培养质量的重要方式。文章通过对研究型大学研究生跨学科研究兴趣及其影响因素进行实证分析,研究发现：研究生开展跨学科研究的兴趣处于中上等水平,跨专业学生、博士生和持有内部动机的研究生具有更高的跨学科研究兴趣。研究生个体主动性、外部资源支持对研究生跨学科研究兴趣具有显著影响。未来研究生培养应优化生源的学科结构,重视研究生学术兴趣的考察与培养;加强跨学科课程建设,创造多学科学术交流机会;尊重学生研究兴趣,强化导师跨学科资源支持;发挥学校作用,加强跨学科学术资源投入。     

协同创新视野下导师负责制与英语专业研究生学术能力发展研究

该文把研究生、导师和培养环境三要素的研究生教育创新称为研究生教育的协同式创新。研究生培养模式直接影响着研究生教育的质量,目前导师负责制是比较适合我国英语专业研究生培养的方式,文章在阐释导师负责制和英语专业研究生学术能力的内涵的基础上,进一步探讨了在协同创新视野下,导师负责制对英语专业研究生学术能力发展的影响,希望能够对英语专业研究生的学术能力发展的进一步研究有一定的指导和借鉴意义。     

语类学视域下非英语专业研究生学术英语写作能力培养策略

研究生学术能力是建设现代大学和双一流大学及双一流学科的重要衡量方面,在我国建设双一流大学的当下,研究我国研究生学术翻译能力的特征具有明显的现实意义和理论价值。目前很多高校非英语专业研究生的英语交际能力远不能适应国际交流的需要。提高研究生英语应用能力,增强学术交流能力已逐渐成为各高校英语教学改革的热点。本研究主要对语类理论进行了概述,分析了非英语专业研究生学术英语写作及写作能力,并总结语类学视域下非英语专业研究生学术英语写作能力培养策略,以期丰富语类学研究资料,更好地指导非英语专业研究生培养以及写作教学的开展。     

前沿讲座在研究生学术成长中的作用

介绍了北京大学教育学院举办的"北大教育论坛"的情况并分析了其在研究生学术成长中的作用.文章指出:内容丰富、观点独到和深入浅出的前沿讲座提供了学术交流的平台,活跃了举办单位的学术气氛;学术前沿讲座是研究生教育中一项新的人才培养新途径,在帮助研究生了解所在学科的前沿知识、掌握研究方法、树立跨学科意识等方面具有积极的促进作用,有利于拓宽研究生的学术视野,提高人才培养质量.     

大连外国语大学2015届英语专业研究生学习需求、就业需求调查研究

本研究基于大连外国语大学2014届英语专业研究生就业质量年度报告,分析了2015届学生学习需求、就业需求,并对中国英语专业研究生教育提出几点可行性建议。基于上述发现,研究提出应为英语专业研究生继续开设口语课程、减少学术研究生学制、增加实践机会。     

硕士研究生学术英语教学内容探索——北京交通大学硕士生学术英语课程个案研究

随着研究生教育的蓬勃发展,非英语专业研究生英语教学内容引起了教育专家们的热议.本文通过对我国学术英语教学内容的回顾,及对北京交通大学非英语专业硕士研究生论文研读学术英语教学内容情况的分析,提出目前我国出版的学术英语教材内容并不能满足各方需求的现状.并通过调查问卷数据分析,试图提出适合我国非英语专业研究生学术英语教学内容.     

跨学科研究生培养模式：美国的典型案例及启示

跨学科研究生教育是培养高水平复合型人才的重要途径,也是世界研究生教育发展与改革的新方向。美国跨学科研究生教育的历史悠久、经验丰富,宾夕法尼亚大学教育研究生院人类发展跨学科研究项目就是一个典型案例。该项目已形成包括明确创新性跨学科学术人才的培养目标、开设丰富的跨学科课程、多样性的科研实践活动与多学科学习经历的师资、由研究生院主导的跨学科教育组织形式以及保障人才培养质量的考核机制等在内的较为成熟的培养模式。该项目对我国高校跨学科培养研究生的启示是：应更新培养理念,明晰培养目标;优化培养过程,完善考核评价机制;健全保障机制,推动跨学科教育发展。     

英语专业硕士研究生学术能力评估与发展模式研究

为满足社会对高层次英语人才的需求,高等院校英语专业越来越注重硕士研究生创新型和复合型学术人才的培养。本文探讨了英语专业研究生培养过程中学术能力的评估与发展模式。旨在为我国英语专业研究生的培养提供一定的启示．     

跨学科研究生课程学习成果分析研究——以W大学为例

2016年,W大学毕业硕士研究生5277人中跨学科研究生占18.4%。专业学位研究生中跨学科研究生所占比例高于学术型研究生跨学科研究生所占比例。不同学部跨学科研究生所占比例,文科类学部超过20%,理工类学部均不足5%。使用Visual Fox Pro 6.0和SPSS20软件计算出每名研究生平均学分绩点(Grade Point Average),并利用SPSS20软件进行跨学科研究生和非跨学科研究生GPA非参数检验。结果表明:总体上,跨学科研究生GPA低于非跨学科研究生GPA。建议在招生环节制定个性化培养计划,进行跨学科研究生励志教育等方面深化改革,提升跨学科研究生课程学习成绩。     

大类培养模式下大学生专业学习热情变化的发生机制——基于情感社会学视角的个案研究

大学生的专业学习热情不仅关乎个人发展,也关乎各行各业专业人才供给数量和质量。以某“双一流”建设高校工科平台本科生小鑫的专业学习热情变化故事为切入点,结合情感社会学视角和16位大类平台本科生的访谈资料,探究大类培养背景下大学生专业学习热情变化的发生机制。研究发现：大学生的专业学习热情受到其学习期望与体验一致性的直接驱动;自我核心认知与情感是影响学生期望和学习情境定义的内在动力;学习情境是激发学生学习期望和学习情境定义的外部因素;防御机制的激活状态进一步影响学生的专业学习热情。未来,可重点从重视生涯发展与规划教育、优化专业分流及配套方案、建立学生学习情绪台账等方面激发大学生专业学习热情。     

非正式学习与大学教师学术创新

非正式学习是大学教师学术创新的重要途径。它能够丰富大学教师的洞察想象能力、提高综合交叉能力、发展知识谱系能力、增强学术自主能力、促进合作分享能力、提升反思批判能力,对大学教师学术创新力的提高意义重大。为了促进大学教师更好地开展非正式学习,实现其学术创新,社会、政府和学校应该从转变学习观念、优化学习环境和提高学习能力三方面共同努力。     

Analysis of the relation between academic procrastination, academic rational/irrational beliefs, time preferences to study for exams, and academic achievement: a structural model

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between academic rational/irrational beliefs, academic procrastination, and time preferences to study for exams and academic achievement by using the structural equation model. The sample consisted of 281 undergraduate students who filled in questionnaires at the 7-week-long summer course. Students responded to questionnaires assessing their levels of (a) academic procrastination, (b) academic rational/irrational beliefs, and (c) time preferences to study for exams and demographic information sheet. In general, the results showed that rational academic beliefs have a direct impact on academic procrastination and time preferences to study for exams. Academic rational beliefs also have an impact on academic achievement indirectly by mediation of academic procrastination and time preferences to study for exams. The results also showed that academic procrastination has an impact on academic achievement both directly and by mediation of time preferences to study for exams. This study suggested that there is a relation between academic procrastination and rational academic beliefs, which should be addressed further in counseling intervention. Knowledge about the role of irrational academic beliefs and their relations with academic procrastination may assist school/ college counselors to develop interventions for students that suffer from delaying behaviors that negatively affect academic success.     

The interplay between academic emotions,psychological flexibility and self-regulation as predictors of academic achievement

Research concerning students’ emotions as well as their way of coping with their emotions in different situations has been scarce. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between self-regulated learning, academic emotions, psychological flexibility, study success and study pace during university-level studies. A total of 274 arts students participated in this study. Academic emotions were first explored with factor analyses, parallel analysis and confirmatory factor analyses. The relationship between self-regulated learning, psychological flexibility, academic emotions and study success and study pace was analysed using Pearson’s correlations and path analysis using Amos. The results revealed that there is a strong connection between self-regulated learning and academic emotions and that students’ self-regulations appear to affect students’ emotions with regard to their academic study. Furthermore, psychological flexibility appeared to be an important mediator between academic emotions and study pace. The study suggests that students’ emotions and their way of coping with these emotions should be taken into account when considering learning and teaching.     

‘What really matters to freshers?’: evaluation of first year student experience of transition into university

Measuring student experience in terms of satisfaction is a national measure used by prospective students when considering their higher education choices. Increasingly league tables are used as a means to rank universities with a limited interrogation of the reality of students’ experiences. This study explored the question ‘What really matters to freshers?’ during their transition into higher education through to completion. Students on an academic undergraduate Early Childhood Studies degree (n = 530) over a five-year period completed a Student Experience Evaluation in their first term and this data was correlated with the National Student Survey data collected about their cohorts in the final term of their degree. During the five year period, a number of interventions were undertaken by the academic staff to develop a learning community, based on the values linked to ‘being, belonging, and becoming’. The results of this study suggest that three things matter to students about their experience, that is, the academic staff they work with, the nature of their academic study and feeling like they belong. A model is proposed which aims to demonstrate the impact of academic staff, studies and the learning community that develops through social and academic experiences at University.     

An Australian view of the academic partner role in schools

The role of ‘academic partners’ working alongside teachers is an increasingly complex and sometimes controversial one. This article explores the role of academic partners in Educational Action Research, reporting on data from a larger study conducted in New South Wales, Australia. Schools involved in the study had received targeted government funding between 2006 and 2010 to conduct school-based action learning projects employing action research. As part of the funding, the schools had been provided with external support from university-based academic partners, who supported individual school teams in the completion of their projects. Here we focus specifically on the role of the ‘academic partner’. Data were obtained via semi-structured interviews with academic partners themselves, with the project’s state coordinators who oversaw the project, and with teachers who had worked with the academic partners over the course of their school-based projects. Participants in the study identified significant benefits for both teachers and academics engaging in co-inquiry, but findings also suggest that the role of academic partner is increasingly complex, multifaceted and sometimes under-supported. When there is ‘good fit’ between academic partners and schools and when structures are in place to support academic partners in their work, the academic partner role in schools can contribute to sustained educational change. In this article we discuss the crucial antecedents, enablers and constraints which ensure that academic–school partnerships enrich learning for both academics and teachers, building mutual capacity.     

中国民办高校教师学术能力发展的问题及对策

学术能力发展是民办高等学校教师发展的核心内容,民办高校教师应该具备教学、研究、应用知识、综合知识四种学术能力,其学术水平的提高需要四种学术能力的协调平衡发展。而当前中国民办高校教师学术能力的发展存在失衡的现象,表现在教师教学与科研学术能力发展不协调,应用知识与综合知识的学术能力尚为欠缺等方面。促进中国民办高校教师四种学术能力的协调发展和整体学术水平的提高是中国民办高等学校可持续发展的保障和重要任务。中国民办高校要努力营造教师学术能力发展的良好环境,改革教师评价制度,构建教师参与学校管理和社会服务的机制,中国民办高校教师也要追求自我发展,不断提高学术水平。     

Adaptability: does students’ adjustment to university predict their mid-course academic achievement and satisfaction?

ABSTRACT

Individual differences in ‘adaptability’ – cognitive, behavioural, and emotional adjustment in the face of change, novelty, and uncertainty – are theorised to influence students’ academic achievement and course satisfaction; although the literature examining these relations in tertiary education is sparse. In the present study, first-year undergraduate students were surveyed for their adaptability, academic buoyancy, and academic motivation (predictor variables) along with their mid-course academic achievement and course satisfaction (outcome variables). Correlation analyses revealed that adaptability was significantly associated with all other variables in this study. Multiple regression analyses revealed that after controlling for individual differences in academic buoyancy and academic motivation, adaptability explained unique variance in both academic achievement and course satisfaction. These findings have important implications for researchers and educators seeking to understand first-year students’ adjustment to university and the influence this may have on their educational outcomes.     

Malaysian university students' attitudes to academic dishonesty and business ethics

Academic dishonesty is believed to have predictive ability for subsequent behaviours in the workplace. This study adds to the literature by investigating Malaysian business students' attitudes to academic dishonesty and their attitudes to ethics issues in business. This study also explores the association between these two constructs. The form of academic dishonesty being investigated here is related to assignments, quizzes, and examinations. Employing data collected from 153 business students from different academic years, this exploratory study concludes that business students may have found that some level of dishonesty is acceptable in some academic settings as well as in business settings. The study's outcomes highlight the possibility of using students' attitudes to academic dishonesty to explain their attitudes to ethics in business contexts. The findings of this study, to a certain extent, indicate that years spent in business education might contribute to such unfavourable attitudes. This exploratory study also draws attention to several issues related to the teaching of ethics within business education.