我们是唯一代表——来自英伦的北京奥运志愿者

在北京奥运会如火如荼地进行时，奥运赛场上志愿者们的微笑感动着每一个人，不仅仅是来自国内，还有更多来自世界各地，具有奉献精神的志愿者们。他们很多都是大学生，经过千挑万选、层层选拔来到中国。他们在中国的经历已经成为生命中最宝贵的回忆之一。     

英国《罗宾斯报告》的价值取向及历史地位

二战后,英国"共识政治"形成,国内经济在相对稳定的政治环境中经历了创伤性的恢复.在第三次科技革命爆发、中等教育人数不断扩充等历史背景下,《罗宾斯报告》应运而生.报告提出的高校人数扩充、高级技术学院升格、地方师范院校改革、加强大学与产业界的联系等重要建议,实则蕴含着对教育民主、教育机会均等、教育规模扩张及师资力量提升的价值追求.在报告原则和建议的影响下,"平板玻璃大学"产生,高等教育在发展理念、办学规模、制度结构等诸多方面都发生了重大变化,进而奠定了英国现代大学教育发展的基础.正因如此,20世纪60年代被认为是英国高等教育发展史上的重要分水岭,此后,英国高等教育逐渐从传统模式走向现代模式,从精英教育走向大众教育.     

英国《罗宾斯报告》的价值取向及历史地位

二战后,英国"共识政治"形成,国内经济在相对稳定的政治环境中经历了创伤性的恢复.在第三次科技革命爆发、中等教育人数不断扩充等历史背景下,《罗宾斯报告》应运而生.报告提出的高校人数扩充、高级技术学院升格、地方师范院校改革、加强大学与产业界的联系等重要建议,实则蕴含着对教育民主、教育机会均等、教育规模扩张及师资力量提升的价值追求.在报告原则和建议的影响下,"平板玻璃大学"产生,高等教育在发展理念、办学规模、制度结构等诸多方面都发生了重大变化,进而奠定了英国现代大学教育发展的基础.正因如此,20世纪60年代被认为是英国高等教育发展史上的重要分水岭,此后,英国高等教育逐渐从传统模式走向现代模式,从精英教育走向大众教育.     

Postmodernity and Historians of Education: A View from Britain

Postmodernism may be viewed as a range of intellectual and cultural initiatives which have wide‐ranging implications. In this essay an attempt is made to identify some of the key elements in Postmodern thinking and to relate these to the concerns of practis‐ ing historians of education. How far, and in what ways, historians of education could, should and are in practice responding to the challenges laid down by the phenomenon of Postmodernism are issues of considerable importance. In brief, do historians of educa‐ tion find themselves facing the challenge of a new agenda at the present time? These are the problems which are tackled in this essay.     

高等教育机会公平:英国经验的启示

如何确保高等教育机会公平,尤其是如何确保弱势群体的高等教育机会,已经成为国际化的教育和政策问题,而这个问题随着高等教育规模的扩大又进一步被放大。通过研究英国高等教育扩张中的机会公平问题,本文总结到,大量的高等教育机会不公平是隐性的,是在基础教育以及中级教育阶段就已经形成的。因此,要改善高等教育中的机会公平,不能仅限于高等教育范畴的研究和改革。     

Engineering studies in Britain for students from Commonwealth developing countries

In early 1979 an exploratory discussion meeting on “Engineering Education and Developing Countries of the Commonwealth” was hosted in the House of Commons by the Council for Education in the Commonwealth (CEC). Subsequent to the meeting, the relevant courses subcommittee of the CEC decided that the issues raised in discussion warranted closer investigation and a working group was established to consider factors affecting engineering education in and for Commonwealth developing countries. These factors include (a) existing educational provision in Britain and overseas (b) deficiencies in practical training for overseas students (c) staff development of overseas lecturers (d) engineering manpower forecasting (e) relevant financial problems. The present report, however, is only concerned with the difficulties students from Commonwealth developing countries meet in gaining admission, studying in and successfully completing engineering courses in Britain. Additionally, consideration is given to the appropriateness of the studies undertaken in Britain to future careers at home.     

Report from the war committee

BASIC SPEECH. By Jon Eisenson and Paul H. Boase. (Second edition.) New York: Macmillan, 1964; pp. xii+388. $5.95.

THE FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEAKING. By Wilbur E. Gilman, Bower Aly, and Hollis L. White. (Second edition.) New York: Macmillan, 1964; pp. vii+440. $5.95.

PRACTICAL PUBLIC SPEAKING. By Eugene E. White. (Second edition.) New York: Mac‐millan, 1964; pp. xi+402. $4.95.

THE CRAFT OF PLAY DIRECTING. By Curtis Canfield. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963; pp. xi+349. $6.00.

TELEVISION STATION MANAGEMENT: THE BUSINESS OF BROADCASTING. Edited by Yale Roe. Foreword by A. William Bluem. New York: Hastings House, 1964; pp. 251. $6.95; paper $3.95.

UNDERSTANDING TELEVISION: AN INTRODUCTION TO BROADCASTING. Edited by Robert L. Hilliard. New York: Hastings House, 1964; pp. 254 (75 illustrations). $6.95; paper $3.95.

SPEECH CORRECTION: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS. By Charles Van Riper. (Fourth edition.) Ehglewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice‐Hall, 1963; pp. x+528. $7.95.

DIAGNOSTIC METHODS IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY. By Wendell Johnson, Frederic L. Darley, and D. C. Spriesterbach. New York: Harper &; Row, 1963; pp. xv+347. $7.50.

THE RELIGIOUS SPEECHES OF BERNARD SHAW. Edited with an Introduction by Warren S. Smith. Foreword by Arthur H. Nethercot. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1963; pp. xxiii+104. $3.50.

SHAW AND THE NINETEENTH‐CENTURY THEATER. By Martin Meisel. Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press, 1963; pp. xii+477. $7.50.

THE THEATER OF PROTEST AND PARADOX: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AVANT‐GARDE DRAMA. By George E. Wellwarth. New York: New York University Press, 1964; pp. xv+315. $6.00.

THE PAPERS OF HENRY CLAY. Volume III, Presidential Candidate, 1821–1S24. Edited by James F. Hopkins and Mary M. W. Har‐greaves. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1963; pp. viii+933. 115.00.

PROLOGUE TO CONFLICT: THE CRISIS AND COMPROMISE OF 1850. By Holman Hamilton. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1964; pp. x+236. $5.00.

DEBATERS AND DYNAMITERS: THE STORY OF THE HAYWOOD TRIAL. By David H. Grover. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 1964; pp. viii+310. $6.00.

GEORGE W. NORRIS: THE MAKING OF A PROGRESSIVE, 1861–1912. By Richard Lowitt. Syracuse, N. Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1963; pp. xiv+341. $7.95.

PRAIRIE REBEL: THE PUBLIC LIFE OF WILLIAM LEMKE. By Edward C. Blackor‐by. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963; pp. xii+339. $6.50.

THE REVOLT OF THE CONSERVATIVES: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN LIBERTY LEAGUE, 1934–1940. By George Wolf‐skill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962; pp. x+303. $5.00.

VISIONS OF ORDER: THE CULTURAL CRISIS OF OUR TIME. By Richard M. Weaver. Foreword by Russell Kirk. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964; pp. ix+153. $4.50.

RHETORIC OF RACIAL REVOLT. By Roy L. Hill. Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1964; pp. 378. $5.50.

AMERICA'S NEW POLICY MAKERS: THE SCIENTISTS' RISE TO POWER. By Donald W. Cox. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1964; pp. xiv+298. $6.95.

THE PROFESSIONAL: LYNDON B. JOHNSON. By William S. White. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964; pp. 273. $5.00.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON: A BIOGRAPHY. By Harry Provence. New York: Fleet, 1964; pp. 192. $4.50.

LBJ: THE MAN FROM JOHNSON CITY. By Clarke Newlon. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1964; pp. x+213. $3.75.

A TIME FOR ACTION: A SELECTION FROM THE SPEECHES AND WRITINGS OF LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 1953–64. Introduction by Adlai E. Stevenson. New York: Atheneum, 1964; pp. xv+183. $3.95; paper $.50.

IT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE. By Sam J. Slate and Joe Cook. New York: Macmillan, 1963; pp. xliv+270. $6.95.

A GUIDE TO INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION. Edited by Robert M. Diamond. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 1964; pp. ix+304. $7.50.     

地平线研究报告及其启示

新媒体联盟(NMC:New Media Consortium)于2002年启动地平线项目,以新兴信息技术及其教育应用为核心,采用德尔菲法(Delphi)等质性研究方法开展研究评估,以年度报告的形式发布研究成果.本文概述了<地平线报告2009>的核心内容,即报告提出的六种新兴技术、五个关键趋势和五个重要挑战,综述了地平线项目实施的方法、过程、特点以及近六年来该项目发布的主要研究成果,并从提高远程教育机构的核心竞争力、促进技术的整合与教育应用、利用互联网和信息技术改进学术研究等三个方面讨论地平线项目带给我们的启示.     

英国宏观大学制度改革的经验透视及其借鉴

近代以来英国在宏观大学制度改革的历程中,大学和政府之间围绕大学自治和国家控制展开了长期的利益博弈。最终政府一步步介入大学之中,而大学在保留适度的自治权的同时,也接受了政府宏观政策和市场法则的调控。现代大学制度建设一直是高等教育改革中至关重要的一环。构建中国特色现代大学制度要坚决捍卫大学自治权;加快高等教育市场化改革;正确处理制度创新和继承传统之间的关系。