论高校图书馆读者服务艺术

本文对高校图书馆读者服务建设存在的弊端进行了分析,对高校图书馆读者服务艺术的提升进行了阐述。     

和谐社会与和谐大学建设

和谐社会视野中的和谐大学建设,更加注重教育的人文性、协调性、持续性、多样性。树立以人为本理念、崇尚学术理念、服务社会理念、持续发展理念、面向世界理念、引领社会理念。坚持人的协调发展,提升全面发展的认识能力,弘扬团结合作的优秀传统文化,创造和谐稳定的校园环境。     

以服务区域社会为己任建设地方高校服务平台

地方院校根植于区域社会,应定位于服务区域社会,建设好区域社会服务平台,在人才培养、科技服务、文化引领等方面提供有用、有效和先进的服务.地方大学只有在服务区域社会中才能更好地实现自身价值.为此,地方院校应注重服务区域社会的制度建设.     

Teaching civics in a divided society: The case of Israel

Civic education teachers instruct in a field that is institutionally ill-defined and highly sensitive to the macro-political cultures of nations and the micro-political culture of schools within these nations. Teachers' performance greatly depends on both their professional qualifications and their perceptions of central social issues. The purpose of the study is to examine the professional background of upper-secondary civic education teachers in Israel, their perceptions concerning issues related to democracy in general and to existing rifts within Israeli society in particular, and their views on school climate. The study reveals differences between teachers in Arab and Hebrew religious and regular state schools on issues that are related to rifts within Israeli society. This, in turn, can create differential climates of opinion in schools that would nurture and perpetuate existing rifts.     

The tale of academic practice in a rising knowledge society: focus on a university in South Africa

Tertiary Education and Management - This paper is based on a study conducted to establish if academic practice in a university designated as Azania is aligning or diverting from the expectations of...     

The service university movement in the US: Searching for momentum

While for much of the postwar period becoming a research intensive university has been the goal of most large American universities, in recent years many are reappraising their missions. This paper focuses on two institutions, Michigan State University and the University at Buffalo, that are seeking to combine a focus on a strong research mission that creates new knowledge with new initiatives to convey the practical implications of that knowledge to local clientele. These two institutions are seeking to serve their constituencies through both knowledge extension and instructional extension. In the process they face the challenge of sustaining the commitment of leaders, of altering long-standing structures, and of reforming financial procedures. Through focusing on two cases, the study seeks to identify some of the generic problems American institutions of higher education are encountering as they strive to strengthen their service function.     

和谐社会视野中的大学德育环境建设

从人与自身、人与人、人与社会、人与自然的和谐视野去审视大学德育建设,提出应重点加强大学生心理健康教育、道德教育、思想政治教育和环境教育建设,实现和谐心灵、和谐人际、和谐校园与和谐生命的完美构建。     

Democratic environment in higher education: The case of a Turkish public university

This study describes the expectations of undergraduate students regarding the characteristics of a democratic university environment. It then goes on to explore whether there are any significant differences among the dimensions of democratic university environment, namely respect for ideas, participation in decision-making, and promotion of tolerance. Last, it examines the effects of certain variables (gender, student club attendance, newspaper reading, and home residence) on student perceptions of their university environment. The results showed that there was a significant difference among three dimensions of democratic university environment. In addition, gender, student club attendance, and home residence had significant effects on differing dependent variables.     

The education welfare service: the case for a review in England

The only major review of the education welfare service (EWS) took place in 1973 when the role and responsibilities of the service were very different from those of today. Recent legislative changes, the influence of the Children Act 2004 and revised public needs of the service, including new multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary frameworks, suggest that an up‐to‐date review would be timely. It may also help to professionalise the service in a number of different ways, something which is long overdue. This paper provides both the rationale and evidence for making the case for a major review of the EWS based on a reading of all key relevant documents and participation in a range of local and national evaluations on the role of the EWS in England and Wales. The major issues which need to be reviewed are identified and a way forward is suggested.     

Evolution of a laptop university: a case study

Technology is integral to carrying out many types of business transactions and has become entwined in the very fabric of everyday life. In the educational environment—particularly higher education—technology is underutilised as a pedagogical tool and in many cases remains largely untapped. Winona State University and its laptop programme learned some valuable lessons from the marriage between the application of the Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education and technology. The transformation into a leading laptop university was neither smooth nor easy, but it is a successful case about principle‐centred technological change and improved student learning outcomes.     

论和谐社会与和谐大学

和谐社会是人类追求的理想目标,也是中国特色社会主义的本质属性。科学发展与社会和谐是内在统一的。建设和谐大学,是构建和谐社会的重要组成部分,而且对和谐社会建设具有引领示范作用。和谐大学的理念包括以人为本的理念、崇尚学术的理念、服务社会的理念、持续发展的理念、面向世界的理念和引领社会的理念。正确处理和谐社会与和谐大学的五个关系：服务社会又引领社会发展的关系;人的全面发展与构建和谐社会的关系;文化创新与文化和谐的关系;规模与结构、质量与效益的关系;高等教育发展规律与市场经济发展规律的关系等。     

Moral education in a plural society: A singapore case study

Conclusions When one looks at the discussion of moral education issues in Singapore today, one cannot fail to be struck by the urgency and earnestness which characterize the debate. In common with many other Asian nations aiming at stability and growth without losing national character, Singapore too places great faith in the education system. Unlike other countries, however, which are fortunate in having a homogeneous cultural tradition, the complexities of managing moral education in a plural context bedevil Singapore's educators. The very richness of the cultural tradition here imposes the task of selection, and subsequent justification, of the core values to be taught; both the values and the manner of teaching, touching as the latter does upon the school's relationships with the home and, in particular, religious institutions, come under close scrutiny. In addition there is the need to win the benefits of modernization and to implant notions of loyalty and sacrifice while retaining the best virtues of the migrant mentality. The challenges, then, are formidable, but the judgement on current efforts in moral education must be that it is an inadequate response. The authorities seem unable to utilize in full measure the potential of a rich and varied cultural tradition to enrich moral education in the nation's schools. The over-riding concern to ensure political stability, and the need to be sensitive to ethnic sensibilities, have produced a cautious reliance on generalities —when the need, given the youthful nature of the population and the uncertainties of life in the latter half of the twentieth century, is surely for a more forthright acceptance of the challenge. A re-assessment of current moral education ventures is necessary but a useful one will have to await greater clarity in the analysis of Singapore culture and its goals.     

发展现代教育服务业推进学习型社会的建设

本文阐述了①构建终身学习体系和学习型社会是国家推进社会经济发展与变革和广大人民群众的需要;②针对我国教育发展现状,充分利用信息技术发展现代远程教育,已成为我国高等教育的重要组成部分,为我国建设终身学习体系开辟了一条重要途径;③发展我国现代教育服务业,建设远程教育公共服务体系,探索终身化、网络化和开放式的继续教育发展新模式为终身学习社会建设服务,已是网络教育持续发展的方向.④数字化学习港建设是推进终身学习体系建设的创新性的实践,经过一年多的研究与实践探索取得了积极效果和良好的反应.     

Admission to university in an academically non-homogeneous society

The concern with the disadvantaged student as a specific educational problem is relatively recent in South Africa. This paper deals with a proposed admission policy aimed at positive action - the removal of past discrimination without reference to race, class or creed. The proposed dual admittance system is described and compared with the New Zealand accrediting system, another dual admittance system. Results from an empirical study with regard to the proposed system, are presented. The study was conducted at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the findings indicate that the dual admission system does discern students who are talented, but disadvantaged. Finally, some advantages of the system are discussed.