略论教育策划人才的知识素质和能力构成

作为区域教育和学校发展决策和计划的谋划者、构思者、设计者的教育策划人才,是知识创造财富、知识改变命运的知识经济时代的“智业”工作者和活用知识的“知本家”和“智本家”。其知识素质主要包括两个方面:一是按合理的知识结构储备知识。二是知识的综合化即知识的活用。其能力构成主要包括:创新能力、策划能力、方案执行能力。     

聋教育面临的新挑战

为使聋教育进一步适应经济社会的发展 ,要通过加强理论学习 ,转变教育观念 ,增强责任感 ;强化师资建设 ,提高整体素质 ,发挥创造性 ;深化教育改革 ,严格教学管理 ,实现“三优化”等措施 ,进一步办好聋校 ,使学生毕业后 ,能自食其力 ,为社会创造财富 ,为社会主义现代化建设服务     

论环境教育与可持续发展教育

环境教育和可持续发展教育究竟有怎样的关系?国内外学者看法各异。归纳起来,主要有五种:第一,环境教育与可持续发展教育是等同的;第二,可持续发展教育是环境教育的一部分;第三,环境教育是可持续发展教育的一部分;第四,可持续发展教育与环境教育互不包含,但有共同的部分;第五,可持续发展教育是环境教育发展过程中的一个高级阶段。根据相关文献分析,我们认为,环境教育是可持续发展教育的一部分,两者关系是互动的,环境教育需要面向可持续发展重新定向,可持续发展教育有着环境教育无法实现的功能。     

全民教育所面临的挑战与对策——解读联合国教科文组织第五届全民教育高层会议公报

全民教育已成为当前国际社会共同关注的事业,目前面临的挑战有：发展目标尚未完整实现；师资短缺；资金窘迫；原则有待共同遵循。公报阐述的全民教育对策主要涉及扫盲教育、农村人口教育、教育中的性别平等、全民教育与教育援助。     

远程开放教育对电大教师提出的挑战

要创建学习型社会,需要建设和完善具有开放性、自主性、适应个别化学习、终身性学习、可实时交互、有利于扩大教育规模、降低教育成本的现代远程开放教育模式。这种模式的建立,使电大教师面临多方面的挑战。怎样应对挑战已成当务之急。     

高等教育财政的课题——向保证教育质量的财政转变

日本高等教育财政正面临着新的课题,一方面,是高等教育公共支出紧缩导致的财政紧张及大学入学人口的减少;另一方面,全球化中知识社会的出现赋予高等教育艰巨的任务。本文阐述了高等教育的焦点应从量的扩大转向质的提高的论点。美国的高等教育在20世纪80年代后期进行了这样的转变,但包括日本在内的多数OECD国家,没有能够实现这样的跨越。从金融市场开拓资源或许是实现跨越的关键因素。     

渗透环保教育 提高环境道德素质

高等职业学校化学教学与环境保护教育有着密切的关系,化学教师应努力寻找高等职业学校化学教学与学生环境保护意识之间的结合点,将不同的教学方法、途径融为一体,有意识地进行环保教育。让学生在课堂中、习题中、实验中,以及课外活动、社会实践中,自觉或不自觉地接受环保知识的教育,增强环保意识,达到在化学教育中渗透环保教育的目的,使学生在就业前明白环保不仅是政府的事更是每个公民的事。     

素质教育挑战体育教师

随着我国学校教育中素质教育的不断推进,以及国际基础教育课程争体育课程的改革和发展,我国传统的体育课程将受到巨大冲击并发生较大变化,提倡素质教育、发展素质教育是教育的必然趋势.     

Basic Guidelines for Environmental Education

ABSTRACT

Interdisciplinary sustainability programs are emerging globally, but little is known about the learning in these educational contexts. This qualitative case study examined undergraduates' experience in a Sustainability Semester, using the agency/structure dialectic as a theoretical lens. Before the semester, students' models of change for sustainability focused on individual actions. After two years, students' models identified systemic and structural barriers that constrained and enabled their agency as individuals. The discussion examines the “ripple effect” model of change that emerged in early interviews and considers how educators might use the agency/structure dialectic to help undergraduates move beyond individualistic models of social change.     

New Horizons for Environmental Education

Abstract

Ecology and Our Endangered Life-Support Systems, Eugene P. Odum. Sunderland, Massachusetts: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 1989. 283 pages. Paperback, $15.95. Reviewed by Frank Knight.

Nontoxic, Natural, &; Earthwise, Debra Lynn Dadd. Los Angeles, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. 1990. 360 pages. Paperback, $12.95. Reviewed by Diane Wiessinger.

Dreamers and Defenders: American Conservationists, Douglas H. Strong. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1988. 295 pages. Paperback, $9.95. Reviewed by John F. Disinger.

Seabrook Station: Citizen Politics and Nuclear Power, Henry F. Bedford. University of Massachusetts Press, 1990. 224 pages. Hardback, $22.95. Reviewed by Margaret Millett Zemach.     

Pressures Confronting Islamic Studies Curricula in Kuwait: Perspectives of Curricula Planners on Challenges and Confrontations

This study examines challenges for Kuwaiti Islamic Studies curricula planners, investigating their perspectives regarding interventions in textbooks. It attempts to explore motivation under pressures to change textbooks in Kuwait and determining if such pressures are related to globalization or to internal or external forces. A questionnaire identified internal and external pressures, showing that 43 of 75 Islamic Studies planners and designers indicated that the curricula are subject to political and societal pressures. They noted that politicians may interfere to pursue political goals or meet social needs. Planners confirmed that they plan and design curricula carefully to avoid controversy.     

Value Education Processes for an Environmental Education Program

ABSTRACT:

Researchers and practitioners in environmental education have widely recognized the importance of facilitating the growth of positive environmental values among learners. Environmental Values Education (EVE) is included in environmental education programs, whether it is consciously planned or is an implicit part of the learner's experience. There are, however, many constraints to developing a well-planned EVE program and integrating this into the general curriculum; foremost among these is the need for teacher training in the theory and methods of EVE. Coursework and practical training for teachers is needed in several areas. When choosing appropriate strategies for teaching environmental ethics, each teacher will need to become familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, his or her own capabilities and need for further theoretical and practical training and the needs of learners and the nature of the situation at hand. Each learner's level of moral development is an especially important factor to consider when choosing and conducting EVE strategies. It is important for teachers to become familiar with school and community attitudes concerning values education, in order to implement a strong program in environmental values education while working within the existing realities of school policies and community expectations.     

教师教育的困境、挑战及机遇

教师的价值理念、目标取向和培养方式正在汇聚、融合中经历新的转型,该文通过透视教师教育研究的三种技术路向和现代化语境中教师教育的困境,剖析教师教育亟待应对的六大挑战,强调教师角色的自我转化.     

高等教育评估面临的挑战与应对

在新的时代背景下,高等教育自身及其所处的外部环境都发生了巨大的变化.世界各国,尤其是发达国家,都意识到高等教育评估要应对新形势.例如,美国高等教育认证理事会(Council for Higher Education Accreditation,CHEA)主席朱迪思·伊顿(Judith S. Eaton)详细论述了美国高等教育出现的新趋势--普及化、新商业化及国际化对认证制度提出的挑战[1].根据我国国情,本文主要从以下五个方面来探讨我国高等教育评估面临的挑战及应对措施.