Global technologies,local practices

ABSTRACT

This special issue of Learning, Media and Technology contributes to a growing need, not only for critical accounts of digital education that resist the global, but also for a more diverse representation of the multiplicitous practices of teaching and learning with technology across the globe. It builds on important work that has examined open education initiatives in the Global South [Arinto, P. B., C. Hodgkinson-Williams, and H. Trotter. 2017. "OER and OEP in the Global South: Implications and Recommendations for Social Inclusion." Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South, 577–592] and highlighted ‘missing voices’ in educational technology development [Davis, R. 2015. The Missing Voices in EdTech: Bringing Diversity into EdTech. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press]. It is through such critical enquiry that research can continue to cut through the discursive regimes of simplistic disruption and enhancement from a pervasive education technology industry. This means aligning research in this area, less with grand narratives that portray digital education as an external and universal force capable of radical transformation, and more with accounts that acknowledge an already-present political economy of educational technology, in which specific devices and applications succumb to everyday practices of negotiation, consumption, and resistance, particular to the contexts in which they manifest.     

Mind the gap: global quality norms,national policy interpretations and local praxis in Timor-Leste

Increasingly, the imperative for improving educational quality in schooling systems throughout the developing world is harnessed to a particular set of teaching and learning practices, such as child-centred, child-friendly or learner-centred pedagogy (LCP). Such was the case in Timor-Leste where, after independence, LCP was heavily promoted as a panacea for an education system that was perceived to be irrelevant, outmoded and of poor quality. While LCP was readily adopted into policy discourse, less support and attention were given to the substantive incorporation of LCP into teacher practice. When strategically borrowed in such a fashion, the paper suggests little promise remains for LCP to meaningfully improve student learning processes or outcomes in Timorese classrooms.     

直隶地方官与清末宪政改革

直隶地方官对宪政的认知体现在许多方面,尤其在加强政治新体制的建设方面有较深刻的认识,并将地方自治和谘议局建设作为官绅相资为治之机关.直隶地方官十分注重宪政知识的宣传,并使其成为直隶宪政改革较为成功的经验之一.在直隶宪政改革中,直隶基层官员发挥着举足轻重的作用.他们一方面通过译介西方宪政书籍传播民主思想;另一方面,针对宪政实施过程中出现的问题及时寻找对策,加强了对基层改革的督导力度.     

Reflective practice: origins and interpretations

The idea of reflection is central to the theory and practice of learning – especially learning which is grounded in past or current experience. This paper proposes a working definition of reflection and reviews its origins and recent developments. The author also provides an account of ‘critical reflection’, including its rationale and characteristics, and argues for its particular suitability in the practice of action learning.     

高职技能大赛的探索与实践

以石家庄职业技术学院5年来的技能大赛实践为例,说明通过职业技能大赛的牵引,可以积极推动职业教育改革深化和职业院校技能竞赛的制度化建设,从而促进职业教育＂以服务为宗旨、以就业为导向＂办学方针的进一步落实,推动＂工学结合、校企合作、顶岗实习＂人才培养模式的不断完善。     

Global frameworks,local contingencies: policy translations and education development in India

Policies and programmes pursuing the universalisation of elementary education (UEE) in developing nations have been influenced by a set of complex forces in international, state, and local arenas. This paper explores how a large‐scale standardised assessment programme shaped by international and market‐oriented discourses has been differently re‐worked in the south Indian state of Karnataka. We draw on observation and interview data with educators and administrators to shed some light on their roles in reconstituting the meaning and practice of this programme. The intended frameworks of ‘borrowed’ education policies are not always reproduced or sustained in local contexts. Our paper shows how policies, rather than ‘borrowed’ from one context to another, undergo a process of ‘translation’ involving the contextualisation and inevitable transformation of policies.     

高等教育强国建设与我国高等教育改革的政策走向

新中国成立以来,特别是改革开放以来,我国高等教育事业取得了巨大的历史性成就,成为名副其实的高等教育大国,为高等教育强国建设奠定了坚实的基础,但是与世界高等教育强国相比仍然有较大的差距。《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010-2020年)》明确提出了建设"高等教育强国"的战略目标,实现从高等教育大国向高等教育强国的转变,将是未来很长一个时期内我国高等教育改革与发展政策的基本走向。     

从文学教育的功能与特点看文学课教学改革

文学教育的功能大致包括:净化心灵,提高人的艺术感受力和审美判断力,激发人的想象力,增强人的创造性和创造欲望;培养发现问题、分析问题、解决问题的能力,特别是历史洞察力;训练人的逻辑思维能力、理论拓展能力,培养个体开阔的理论视野,促使个体完成从工具式人才向综合性人才的提升。文学教育的特点是强调感悟的沉潜和思维的操练。欲实现上述功能,文学课需遵循文学教育特点,关注两个转向,即从开发外在感知能力转为开发内在想象能力,从探究式转向涵咏式。     

学费改革与国际流动

<正>■在可收集到数据的大多数国家中,公共教育机构在同样的教育项目中针对本国学生和留学生会有不同的学费标准。■在澳大利亚、奥地利、加拿大、新西兰和美国,留学生需要支付相当于本国学生两倍及以上的学费。■在澳大利亚和新西兰,留学生学费的预估收入占高等教育机构总经费的比例超过了四分之     

基于工作过程的网站开发课程教学改革实践

对基于工作过程的网站项目开发课程进行了分析,给出了网站项目开发的工作过程和学习任务,在此基础上对典型学习任务——商品信息列表模块进行了设计与实现.在项目开发过程中,要准确把握用户意图,着力培养学生的综合开发能力.     

WTO与中国成人教育改革

中国加入WTO确实给中国社会的各个领域带来诸多的机遇,但同时也提出了新的挑战。为此,中国成人教育应当继续完善终身教育的理念,并形成成人教育的服务观、法制观、全球观和个性化观念;调整成人教育培养目标;优化课程结构,调整课程内容;革除陈旧的办学观念,形成科学合理的管理模式。     

灵性汉字

汉字充满灵性,是很有意味的一种文字。许多汉字中蕴含着人生的哲理和警示。"人"字最简单易写,只有两笔,一撇一捺。有人说:一撇象征男人,体现阳刚之美;一捺象征女人,体现着阴柔之美。《说文解字》说:"人,天地之性最贵者也。"人之所以为"天下贵",是因为人有"灵气",是采天地日     

Global norms and local politics: uses and abuses of education gender quotas in Tajikistan

In Central Asia, the post‐Soviet transformation period has been accompanied by significant economic and social costs, including the widening of the gender gaps in politics, economy and the social sphere. Tajikistan, which receives the largest amount of international aid and has the worst record of gender inequity in Central Asia, has quickly responded to the worsening situation by introducing quotas favoring female representation in politics, labor market and education. This article examines the context within which international gender equity norms were introduced in the 1990s as well as the factors that account for the variation in implementation of these policies. By using the case study of Tajikistan, this article suggests that the introduction of policies favoring female participation in political, economic and social life has largely depended on the transfer of international discourses on gender equality, while their implementation has been halted by historical legacies, economic realities and local political factors.