ON THE ROLE OF CENTRAL AGENCIES

Central agencies of Jewish education, like any organization or institution, can benefit from a review of new conditions. This will determine whether it should carry on with established approaches or institute alterations in goals and practices. A look at central agencies is especially apt at this time because of community ferment about Jewish education.     

INSURING THE FUTURE OF CENTRAL AGENCIES

The future, like greatness, is rarely planned for. It is thrust upon us. As I write, two supplementary schools in the community have announced they are closing their doors. A bank crisis has rocked the state and the local Federation campaign is limping toward closure. The new economic realities are the first issue a central agency must grapple with.     

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE CENTRAL AGENCIES

Central agencies for Jewish education were developed along the model of the American public school system. They were to fulfill the same functions, in their unique settings, as the public schools board of education. The central agencies were assigned duties and tasks that could not be performed by single schools such as teacher certification, setting educational standards and teacher training.     

THE FUTURE OF CENTRAL AGENCIES FOR JEWISH EDUCATION

It is generally agreed that the central agencies for Jewish education (BJEs) are caught between the changes that have taken place in the Jewish educational system in the United States and the growing role of the federations in the field. The decline of supplementary schools in spread, scope, and intensity, and the rise of the day schools as the principal foci and loci of meaningful Jewish education, have left the BJEs caught in a bind.     

FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR CENTRAL AGENCIES OF JEWISH EDUCATION

There is an ancient Chinese saying: “May you live in interesting times.” While some would classify this as a blessing, others would perceive it as a curse. The topic for this morning's discussion arises from a comparable state of ambiguity in regard to Jewish education, for these are certainly the most interesting times for us. Some voices are heard decrying the sorry state of Jewish education in North America and projecting a weakening of Jewish life because of the failures of Jewish education. Others are pointing to the extraordinary potential of Jewish education in the service of Jewish continuity, if we are willing to think about Jewish education in new ways. For those of us who tend the vineyards of Jewish education and maintain the institutions which have served Jewish education, we see great opportunity and serious challenges to existing assumptions in these interesting times. It is in this context that I share some observations about the implications for the future of central agencies of Jewish education.     

同类一维基本形的射影对应为透视对应的一个充要条件

本文给出了射影对应为透视对应的一个充要条件．     

MENTAL STATUS AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE TO MEMORY TRAINING IN OLDER ADULTS

The present study assessed the association between rated mental status and response to a memory‐training program. A commonly used general measure of cognitive impairment, the Mini‐Mental State Exam (MMSE), was administered to 102 elderly participants enrolled in a 2‐week memory‐training program. The program used two visual‐imagery mnemonics (name‐face recall and list learning by the “method of loci"). The MMSE scores were positively related to improvement in recall performance. Individuals with relatively mild deficits (those scoring below 29) showed less improvement than those scoring 29 and 30. Differences in ability to benefit from training were also noted between the two mnemonic devices, suggesting a more rapid fall off in ability to benefit from training with a more complex mnemonic, the method of loci.     

矩阵可对角化的一个充要条件

本文给出矩阵可对角化的一个充要条件.     

一类分布参数系统辨识的必要条件

研究分布参数系统dudt=(A B(q) ) uu(0 ) =x　 x∈ X　关于目标泛函 J(q)≡ 12 ∫T0 ‖ Cu(t;q) -y(t)‖ 2Hdt的参数辨识问题的必要条件 ,证明了最优估计 q.由系统的状态方程、协状态方程及优化条件所组成的优化系统确定 .     

UNIVERSITIES AS CENTRES OF CULTURE: AN HISTORICAL APPROACH TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN CENTRAL ASIA

Although numerous Russian intellectuals and academics had travelled to and had settled in Central Asia and in Kazakhstan prior to 1917, institutionalized higher education came to the region only as a result of the Great Socialist October Revolution of 1917. First came the State University of Tashkent in 1924 followed by universities in other parts of Soviet Central Asia. These universities had to face a number of special problems due to the backwardness of the societies in which they were located and to the multiethnic and multilingual student populations which they served and are still serving today. They also had to give special attention to the emancipation of women in what were predominantly Moslem societies. Yet the new institutions have successfully risen to the challenge and today are contributing to the spreading of culture, creativity, and socialist development in the parts of the Soviet Union where they are situated.     

浅议新世纪教师应有的素质

高科技的发展离不开教育 ,教育则离不开教师。没有高素质教师 ,就无法培养出一批具有创新精神和创新能力的高素质人才。要实施素质教育 ,新世纪教师必须具备应有的素质 ,才能担此重任。