澳门的成人教育

随着1999年澳门回归祖国的临近,澳门的教育问题,特别是成人教育问题,己引起了人们的注意。本文拟从其概况和存在的问题两方面作以介绍。一、澳门成人教育的概况澳门的教育事业是由澳门政府管理的。全澳的学校教育,不论是官办的还是私立的,均由教育厅负责。官校由教育厅内官校教育处负责,私校由其中的私校教育辅助处负责。澳门的官办学校用葡文或中、葡两种语文授课,设幼儿园、小学、中学,还有一所商业学校和一所工业学校。在学制上,官办学校采用葡式教育制度—一小学4年、预备中学2年、中学3年、大学预科2年;私立学校主要由教会和…     

我国澳门课程改革:背景、使命与构想

回归祖国以来,澳门的社会和经济发展给学校课程提出了新的要求,教育发展模式亟待由量的扩张过渡到"质、量并重",教育制度也正在进行彻底的检讨与修整。在此背景下,澳门正着手进行新的课程改革。此次改革的主要目标是要调整课程决策的权力格局,设立本澳的课程基准,促进课程的本地化,尤其重视课程管理体制的调整、地区课程框架的设立、教科书制度的反省以及语言课程和校本课程的研究。     

我国基础教育课程政策的演进与特征分析

课程政策是由政府部门颁布并负责实施的、一定时期内关于一定教育阶段的课程目标、目的、设置、管理等方面的文件,它是协调人们在课程领域中行动的准则。建国以来,我国课程政策经历了国家对课程管理的高度集权到国家对课程管理的适当分权的演进历程。在这样的演进历程中,我国的课程政策呈现出政策变动频繁、课程管理体制采用中央控制式、教材由“国定制”变革为严格的“审定制”等特征。     

第七届两岸三地课程理论研讨会在香港举行

由香港中文大学、教育部课程教材研究所(人民教育出版社)、台北师范学院等单位共同主办的第七届两岸三地课程理论研讨会,于2005年4月22～25日在香港中文大学举行。香港中文大学副校长郑振耀教授,教育部课程教材研究所副所长、全国课程专业委员会主任吕达教授,香港中文大学课程与教学学系系主任黄显华教授,台北师范学院课程与教学研究所所长周淑卿教授与会并在开幕式上致辞。会议也邀请了澳门学者参加。     

第七届两岸三地课程理论研讨会在香港举行

由香港中文大学、教育部课程教材研究所(人民教育出版社)、台北师范学院等单位共同主办的第七届两岸三地课程理论研讨会,于2005年4月22～25日在香港中文大学举行。香港中文大学副校长郑振耀教授,教育部课程教材研究所副所长、全国课程专业委员会主任吕达教授,香港中文大学课程与教学学系系主任黄显华教授,台北师范学院课程与教学研究所所长周淑卿教授与会并在开幕式上致辞。会议也邀请了澳门学者参加。     

回归后澳门学校体育课程的改革路向

澳门于1999年回归祖国后,特区政府根据社会发展和学生的需求,在非高等教育政策上适时推出一系列的调整.体育是全面教育的重要组成部分,在教育政策推动下,体育课程改革已成为优化学校体育的核心.本文通过对202位教育工作者和560位学生进行问卷和访谈调查,探讨澳门体育课程改革的路向.     

澳门教师教育政策之考古及系谱研究

本文立足于傅柯（ Michel Foucault）的考古和系谱学方法,考掘和分析澳门教师教育政策形构的条件及论述等权力议题,借以检视现时的教师教育政策,并为未来教师教育提供发展方向的思考。分析显示,澳门教师教育的发展在澳门自身和外部的政治社会条件和脉络下形成“不连续”的发展论述,由“漂流”和“零散”状态发展为规范化和系统化的教师教育政策。《非高等教育私立学校教学人员制度框架》法律的通过是澳门教师专业的里程碑,诚然,这也间接为教师教育制定了一些参数。教师教育的双重使命在基础及高等教育改革的前提下,愈见复杂,既是基础教育的支援,也是高等教育的一部份。如何安身立命,发挥双重使命,实是各地区教师教育共同关注的议题。     

美国大学教授协会:推动大学共同治理制度的重要力量

美国大学教授协会作为一种中介组织,为大学共同治理制度的形成与发展作出了独特贡献。它是共同治理制度的发起者、重要引导者和领导者,有关共同治理制度的政策、评价标准,很多都是由它们提供或是在它们的倡导之下产生的。研究美国大学教授协会对美国共同治理制度的影响,有助于进一步改进大学治理制度,以利于大学发展。     

喜迎澳门回归 共话教育改革

１９９９年１０月２４日,在距澳门回归祖国还有５７天之际,澳门与内地的教育界同仁欢聚在广东省中山市,喜迎澳门回归,共话教育改革。 这是由《人民教育》杂志、澳门中华教育会、广东教育杂志社和中山市教育委员会共同举办的“迎澳门回归话教育改革”专题座谈会。出席会议的     

澳门旅游学院的办学特色

一、澳门旅游学院简介 澳门游学院成立于1995年，是由澳门特区政府开办的唯一一所提供旅游企业管理学士学位课程的高等教育机构，得到澳门特区政府和行业大力支持。该学院不但开设旅游服务管理学士学位课程，而且提供职业培训课程，旨在建成具有欧洲特色的国际性旅游专业高等学府。     

Towards internationalizing the curriculum in a context of globalization: comparing policy processes in two settings

The primary focus of this paper is two case study schools, one in Singapore and one in Australia, which have both been actively pursuing an agenda to build a unique internationally‐oriented curriculum, in a context of globalization, but also within the constraints set by national/State curriculum frameworks, examinations and league tables. Interviews were used to collect data in each school, and then cross‐case analysis was conducted to reveal both similarities and differences in the way the two schools are moving towards internationalizing their curriculum. Emergent meta‐level conceptual themes around policy for ‘internationalization’ of the curriculum are discussed: enablers and constraints; the issue of whether such internationalization fosters a market ideology; changing power relationships; and the relevance of distinctions between internationalization and globalization. The paper concludes by pointing to the contribution of the ‘sociology of knowledge’ and ‘critical policy analysis’ in disrupting the potentially hegemonic economic discourses associated with internationalizing the curriculum.     

South Africa: First steps in the development of an inclusive education system

In this paper we trace the development of policy and legislation since 1994, which marked the introduction of a unitary non-racial system of education and training in South Africa. Policy development in this context has been guided by the universal principles of a human right to basic education, equality and the recognition of the democratic rights of parents, teachers and all learners, including those with disabilities. A major paradigm shift in education policy has reflected a move from a dual, special and general education system towards the transformation of general education to recognise and address the diverse learning needs of all learners. There have been several government initiatives aimed at restructuring and strengthening the general curriculum. This includes the introduction of a new national curriculum to accommodate a diverse range of system and learner needs. The most recent education policy recommends a shift in thinking about 'special needs and support services' in this country towards a commitment to the development of an inclusive education and training system. The real challenge which faces this country will be in the implementation of these recommendations.     

Remaking the professional teacher: authority and curriculum reform

Globally, national curriculum policies are up for renegotiation. These negotiations are shaped by international and national top-down accountability regimes, and an increasing turn towards curriculum centralization and standardization. The new Australian Curriculum (AC) is no exception. The AC is an important educational policy event, one in which understandings about teacher professional authority is being redefined. In this paper, we examine how judgements about teachers’ professional authority are used to defend, promote and explain the AC. Drawing on an analysis of policy documents and interviews with high-level policy-makers, we argue that the AC is opening space in the policy field to reposition teachers’ work by promoting a view of teachers’ professional authority as constrained and defined through the written curriculum documentation.     

A Conceptual Evaluation of Primary Assessment Policy and the Education Policy Process in the Republic of Ireland

This paper offers a conceptual evaluation of primary assessment policy and the policy process in the Republic of Ireland. It considers, in particular, the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment's policy document, A Programme for Reform: curriculum and assessment policy towards the new century and within that, the policy statement, The Curriculum at Primary Level: programme development and pupil assessment and it also refers to the primary teachers' union stance on assessment. It critically evaluates the Irish policy position on assessment in the light of recent literature in this field. The main argument of the paper is that the proposed policy is preoccupied with measurement issues and it does not sufficiently recognise the complexity of implementing formative assessment. The paper also seeks to explain the nature of current policy in Ireland with reference to the decision-making process and comparisons with other systems outside Ireland, particularly England/Wales, are made, where appropriate.     

Education for sustainable development and the secondary curriculum in English schools: rhetoric or reality?

Can education for sustainable development (ESD) policies help to create a more sustainable society? In the article I argue that contemporary secondary school curriculum policies relating to ESD are rhetorical devices that will achieve little towards resolving global problems. I suggest that the conceptualization of SD is itself fundamentally flawed and inevitably restricts the scope of possible policy solutions. I analyse three ESD curriculum policy texts to reveal their concealments, silences and blocks to enquiry, demonstrating how their rhetorical forms make them readily assimilable into dominant economic discourse. I then introduce a recent UK Government Report explaining the failure in implementing ESD policies in the school curriculum and I expose how this analysis is a further demonstration of the problems in the prevailing policy perspective. In conclusion, I propose a new direction for progress in curriculum policy regarding sustainability.     

The role of the formal written curriculum in standards-based reform

More than 15 years after the introduction of a standards-based curriculum reform, the mathematics teachers are positive towards the reform message but have not changed their classroom practice accordingly. To improve the impact of future reforms, it is important to learn from this situation and to better understand the role of the national policy documents. The purpose of this study is therefore to examine how the standards-based reform in mathematics in Sweden was conveyed in the formal written curriculum. The research questions focus on to what extent and how clearly the national policy documents convey the message. The results show that the message is present to a large extent in the policy documents, but that it is vague and formulated with complex wording. The study gives concrete examples and shows in detail in what ways the documents are vague and complex.     

论课程改革与教师参与课程开发

本从课程改革趋势出发，分析了教师参与课程开发的必要性以及教师参与课程开发的有利条件和不利因素，在此基础上，从政策保障、教师培训与提高、学校管理等方面提出了促进教师参与课程开发的策略。     

School curriculum,globalisation and the constitution of policy problems and solutions

To varying degrees, education policy reforms around the world are driven by educational discourses relating to globalisation. At the same time, national and local histories, cultures and politics mediate the effects of globalisation discourses. This paper employs methods of analysis that draw on the concepts of ‘vernacular globalization’ and ‘policy archaeology’ in order to examine the ways in which the effects of globalisation on National Curriculum policy reform are mediated by conditions and priorities that are specific to national contexts. The enquiry focuses on three curriculum policy problems that are associated with the English school curriculum and have recently been identified as requiring reform: inappropriate curriculum knowledge, the skills deficit and the one-size-fits-all curriculum. The paper concludes by summarising the results of the analysis, identifying some curriculum issues arising from it and offering reflections on the methodological approach it has employed.     

Contesting education policy in the public sphere: media debates over policies for the Queensland school curriculum

This paper investigates the work of media discourses on education policy in public debates over the Queensland school curriculum. It draws on theories of discourse, theories that have recently influenced the field of policy sociology, to outline a conceptualization of policy and media texts as discourses in the public sphere. In so doing, it notes the significant contribution such public discourses on education make to the policy process. The paper employs critical discourse analysis to investigate the discursive constructions of curriculum during one particular policy initiative. The analysis focuses on newspaper debates over the inclusion of a subject called Health and Physical Education (HPE) in the Queensland secondary school curriculum. The paper shows how educational policy issues were discursively constituted and contested through the construction of public discourses on education policy. In particular, it demonstrates how such public discourses worked to construct authoritative voices on educational policy. The paper concludes with a call to teachers and policymakers to seek opportunities to construct an authoritative public voice on issues of education policy.     

Environment in the science curriculum: The politics of change in the Pan-Canadian science curriculum development process

This paper draws on the experience of the Pan-Canadian science curriculum development process as an instance of the more general problem of integrating science and environmental education. It problematizes the issue of incorporation of social and environmental dimensions within the science curriculum in terms of both policy and practice. The agenda of environmental education, as eco-philosophical and eco-political, provides a radically different base from which to explore the impact of change on science teachers and schools. Thus, the very idea of environmental education as an educational policy goal must be examined in light of conflicting agendas of science and environmental education. This paper argues that transforming structures and processes of school science to enable different teacher and student roles involves closing the gap between curriculum (policy) development and professional development as well as reconceptualizing science education, but from more overtly open moral value and political perspectives than have been considered in the literature of science education.