中学后教育知识产业时代的大学领导与院校研究

产业是看待高等教育的新视角。高等教育产业经历了传统高等教育、大众化高等教育、中学后教育的发展阶段,正在向中学后教育知识产业阶段迈进。多样化、信息通讯革命、学术和院校质量、经济生产力、继续教育市场和全球化等挑战促成了中学后教育知识产业的发展,随之而来的是大学治理、大学领导方式的变革。院校战略规划强调实施,进而促进院校的改善,院校研究在战略规划中起着提供数据、咨询建议的作用。     

Academics’ perceptions of the challenges and barriers to implementing research-based experiences for undergraduates

How can universities ensure that strategic aims to integrate research and teaching through engaging students in research-based experiences be effectively realised within institutions? This paper reports on the findings of a qualitative study exploring academics’ perceptions of the challenges and barriers to implementing undergraduate research. Academics were asked about perceived constraints and enablements, how they defined undergraduate research, the forms of undergraduate research used, and they were encouraged to provide examples. Perceived constraints included particular institutional policies and structures, academics’ mindsets and lack of skills and questions of time and money. It was found that different definitions of undergraduate research lead to different practices and varying opportunities for further development. This paper presents different forms of engagement in undergraduate research allied to these different definitions and it draws on interviewees’ ideas about what has been enabling in their context to suggest possible strategies for institutions to move forward.     

“校长信息化领导力”现状的调查研究

本文运用调查问卷和访谈的方法,对山西、新疆、河南、浙江等部分省市的教师和校长进行了调查．．从校长信息素养与信息化意识;学校信息化愿景规划与资金和技术支持;信息化教学资源的利用与管理;信息化环境下的人际关系与沟通能力;学校信息化评估与教师专业发展五个维度对校长信息化领导力的现状进行研究．在调查数据分析的基础上,进行了问题分析和对策思考。     

诺思的制度变迁理论述评

本文对诺思的制度变迁理论作了全面解读,包括制度变迁的主体、制度变迁的动因与条件、制度变迁的方式与过程、制度变迁的特征,并对该理论进行了点评。     

Developing academics’ assessment practices in open,distance and e-learning: an institutional change agenda

Abstract

Universities across the globe are attempting to change assessment practice to address challenges in student engagement and achievement. Integral to this objective are strategies to develop academics’ assessment practice. These frequently focus on attendance at formal Continuous Professional Development events and/or implementation of institutional blueprints. This editorial article uses a case study from the Open University (UK) to explore an alternative ‘communities of practice’ approach to the improvement of assessment arguing that academics’ professional expertise is best deepened through participation in authentic activities of teaching and scholarship. The discussion identifies what is involved in such an approach including the role of an enabling principles-based framework, the constraints on implementation and the implications for HE leaders.     

我国城乡教育一体化的实现逻辑、现实冲突与未来走向

现阶段我国正以强制性制度变迁为主导来推进城乡教育一体化。强制性制度变迁存在局限性,在实践的过程中带来了如实现形式表面化、实现动力不足、实现目标简单化等一系列问题。为了改变这种状况,需要采用强制性制度变迁与诱致性制度变迁相结合的方式,激发自下而上的改革动力,保障城乡教育一体化的可持续性。     

以人为本与制度创新——人与制度关系的哲学审视

人与制度的关系问题,不仅是马克思主义哲学的基本理论问题,也是当代中国社会发展道路选择需要解决的一个重大现实问题。历史和现实告诉我们：要想高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜,不断丰富中国特色社会主义理论体系,不断开创中国特色社会主义道路,就必须处理好人、制度、社会、发展这四者的关系,而这四者的关系,归根到底是以人为本与制度创新的问题。     

论强制性制度变迁在我国落后地区政府管理中的作用——从开封在中原城市群崛起谈起

强制性制度变迁能起到降低交易费用的作用。从一则典型的案例分析出发,对制度及强制性制度变迁理论进行了评述,依据制度变迁原理,强制性制度变迁对落后地区经济发展起促进作用。     

高校科技创新中若干问题制度层面的思考及建议

高校科技创新是国家创新体系中至关重要的环节.但在整个科技创新的过程中,还存在着诸多方面的问题,包括原始性创新能力薄弱,科技资源共享不够,科技创新合作欠缺,科技创新成果转化率低,科技创新中功利目的过强,等等.文章围绕高校科技创新中存在的这些若干问题,从制度层面进行分析,指出科技创新问题的根源在于制度创新的不及时化,并针对此提出了制度建设层面的一些建议.     

Promoting the development of a supportive learning environment through action research from the ‘middle out’

This paper reports on a case study of a supportive learning environment initiative (SLEI) for students on health and social care undergraduate programmes in one English university. It involved the development of small scale support projects that are firmly grounded in the outcomes of prior research as well as the ongoing experience of students and staff at the institution. The paper begins by identifying common themes which point towards principles and strategies for educational change though a brief review of three concepts that are central to the initiative: ‘action research’, the ‘learning environment’ and ‘change management’. The account of the SLEI focuses on some of the processes of change management that were deployed and the subsequent discussion draws on the theoretical review to reflect critically on possible lessons for the promotion and management of localised change in higher education.     

审视美国院校研究及其与我国高教研究之不同

追溯美国院校研究的起源、定义、研究内容与特征,可以发现它与我国高教研究是有区别的。我国的高教研究机构若要成为本校举足轻重的部门,需向美国学习．定位院校研究。只有紧密结合本校的实际情况开展富有价值的微观应用研究,宏观理论研究挂靠在政府教育部门,才符合政府宏观指导和调控高等教育、高校拥有充分办学自主权的教育规律。     

Leading a school through change – principals’ hands-on leadership strategies in school reform

Principal’s hands-on strategies reflecting their theories of changing have a substantial effect on the development of their schools and on how the large-scale reform takes root. The study explores five comprehensive school principals’ leadership strategies during a large-scale school reform in Finland. The principals’ strategies in the middle of reform acknowledged the process nature of leading and involved coherence-making. The inclusive and learning-oriented strategies were applied quite consistently in terms of the horizontal, but not so much in the vertical coherence-making. Exclusive strategies we used to decrease teachers’ workload. Principals’ theories of changing seem to focus on creating and protecting teachers’ opportunities for meaningful learning.     

Finding (More) Fruit on the Vines: Using Higher Education Research and Institutional Research to Guide Institutional Policies and Strategies (Part II)

This article is the second of a two-part series that examines the utility of higher education research to help guide campus-based interventions to enhance institutional effectiveness. This second article outlines programmatic efforts undertaken to enhance the quality of the first-year experience for new students. It also describes the impact of these interventions on the first-year student experience. The article closes with a summary of the lessons learned from these efforts and delineates a series of recommendations for higher education administrators interested in using the research literature to enhance institutional effectiveness.