Planning for student involvement in a program of supplemental instruction

Implementing a program of supplemental instruction (SI) in the present climate of transition in South Africa requires attention to involving students in planning and conducting the new program. Involved in this process are political opportunities and constraints. This paper recounts the steps (and missteps) taken in beginning an SI program in high risk courses in two academic departments at Border Technikon: Accounting and Management. It documents the steps taken to enlist support of the Student Representative Council (SRC) in setting policy, selecting tutors, and maintaining the program's funding base. We maintain that a successful SI program must draw upon the energies of tertiary level students, both in roles as learners in the high risk courses and as student leaders at an advanced level. Some students may experience both roles. For this process to be more than an imposition from the outside, the program must be a partnership with faculty and students sharing a stake in the outcomes. Both groups must see that they benefit from the smooth working of the SI system. Our results to date indicate that such a joint ownership is occurring. During 1996, he served as the Director of the Academic Development Centre at Border Technikon, East London, South Africa, under the Educators for Africa Program of the International Foundation of Education and Self-Help.     

明清侨寓徽商子弟的教育科举问题

明清时期,徽商为子弟成名计,在侨寓之地或设立专门的书院、义学,或力图使其子弟附学当地官学、书院,或争立商籍,或入籍当地,为其子弟的成材、入仕开辟道路,也为侨寓地教育文化的发展作出了贡献。明清侨寓徽商子弟教育科举也形成了自己鲜明的特色。     

Preparing academic staff to use ICTs in support of student learning

There is pressure on academic staff to respond to changes produced by the increasing globalization of education markets, and the capacities of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to transform the ways education is delivered. This presents a serious challenge for many academics whose own formative educational experiences and professional orientations were shaped under different circumstances. This paper will focus on an innovative scheme designed to support university staff in their understanding and application of ICTs in student learning. The course was delivered to a small pilot group of experienced teaching staff who wished to explore the uses of ICTs. It aimed to provide an understanding of the available technologies, and how these might be utilized in the support of teaching, learning and assessment. Throughout the course's duration, one of the authors conducted an independent evaluative programme of research involving confidential questionnaires and observation sessions. The paper's two remaining authors have made further contributions as participant and course leader. Combining these sources of data, the paper reviews the course evaluation and discusses how staff approached the development and use of ICTs with varying levels of confidence, and with different practical issues and agendas concerning the incorporation of ICTs in teaching and learning. Placing the study's major themes within the changing contexts facing university staff, it concludes with a discussion of its wider implications for all practitioners involved in staff development that is both general and ICT-specific.     

Self-confidence and the re-entry experience for North American women

Seven themes emerged in a review of the literatureregarding the experience of North American re-entrywomen. The two most salient appeared to be linked tothe concept of transitions in adulthood and issuesrelated to self-confidence. The other five themes,sex-role stereotyping, discrimination, diverse careerpatterns, multiple roles, and the search for meaning,related to issues that are important in the careerdevelopment of women. These themes are discussed interms of their potential impact on women returning towork or to school. The article concludes withsuggestions for counselling, further research, andtheory development that more accurately reflects theexperience of women.     

Preparing for the Lesson

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A marketing technique for student recruiting

This article outlines a technique for analyzing various segments of a college's market for students. Careful scrutiny of the segments in which the college has a relatively limited appeal may suggest strategies for improving the college's performance in those segments. The article further describes a pilot test of the technique using data from Shippens-burg State College. Two key results of the pilot test were: 1. The college should give strong consideration to developing programs of interest to high-ability male students, a group currently underrepresented. 2. The development of a tuition schedule based on parental income would increase the proportion of lower-income students at the college. The cost, however, would have to be borne by the state, as the college would lose upper-income students in substantial numbers.     

Portfolio assessment: An alternate strategy for placement of the RN student in a baccalaureate program

Innovative Higher Education - This article presents portfolio as one alternate approach to assessment of prior learning as a means for placement of registered nurses in a large baccalaureate...     

Preparing Practitioners for the Professoriate

ABSTRACT

All doctoral programs in social work in the United States were surveyed as to their ways, if any, of preparing their students for teaching and the faculty role. Forty five out of a possible 51 replied. Although there was no agreement as to the way to do this, all but four programs made some planned effort to help their students acquire some knowledge and/or expertise in the areas of teaching, curriculum, learning theories or some combination of these. Almost all were elective for the student.     

Assessing academic program and department effectiveness using student evaluation data

The use of aggregated student evaluations of their courses and course elements (e.g., subject functionality, affect, difficulty, graded assignments) is suggested as an efficient and useful means of obtaining program and department assessments. Given that the instruments used to collect student evaluations are valid (if they are not, they should not be used for any purpose), then averaging class data is likely to provide a valid and reliable index of program and department effectiveness as evaluated by students.Program and department assessment data are presented and discussed for a large northeastern professional school. Large and significant differences in the ratings of program elements were found. Although many of the elements designed into the program by the administration and faculty were perceived as operational by the students, some discrepancies between the design and student perceptions existed. Substantial departmental differences were also found which indicated areas of strength and weakness both within and across departments. The potential usefulness of the assessment for internal change and development is discussed.     

美国州立助学政策的目标取向

美国州立助学政策有三个目标取向：基于需要的助学计划的目标取向是确保低收入家庭学生的入学机会;基于选择的助学计划的目标取向是保证自由选择入读院校的类型;基于成绩的助学计划的目标取向是奖励和激励卓越.三种模式各有其优点和缺点.     

The “thriving quotient”: A new vision for student success

Instead of focusing on what students lack, higher education should build on what they do well. Laurie Schreiner introduces an assessment tool that measures the complex factors that affect student success and makes practical suggestions for improving students' college experience.