The 1986 Act: Opportunities Missed

The arrangements for assessing school leavers under Sections 5 and 6 of the Disabled Persons Act are 'imperfectly applied' or unknown in many areas. Phil Madden argues for the setting up of advisory groups which would improve the way the Act works. The author is director of social work for the Home Farm Trust, a national charity for adults with learning difficulties.     

Further Education and the 1988 Act

This month colleges of further education will have new governing bodies under the provisions of the Education Reform Act. Their composition and their size, combined with the effects of local financial management, may change the range and quality of courses for students with special educational needs. Derek Betts, education secretary, National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education, describes and comments on the changes taking place.     

印度女性接受高等教育的机会

经过独立后50年的努力,印度女性接受高等教育的机会有了显著增加。但是,在高等教育的层次分布、专业分布和地域分布方面仍很不合理。单独为女性设立的女子学院数量的增加,一方面表明女性教育机会的增加,但也说明世界通行的男女同样教育在印度仍有很大阻力。印度女性接受高等教育仍然存在许多制约因素。高等教育对印度的思想观念产生了一定程度的积极影响,但这些影响很容易发生逆转。     

Legislating for Special Education

Alan Hurst, senior lecturer, educational studies, Preston Polytechnic, compares special education legislation in Britain with that in the USA. On both sides of the Atlantic it has 'done little to resolve dilemmas and contradictions'     

Higher Education in Further Education: Northern Ireland

This paper reviews the provision of higher education courses in the further education sector in Northern Ireland. It charts the evolution of policy through the 1990s by examining major policy documents. It notes the chronic absence of reliable statistical and research evidence during this period. The available statistical evidence is reviewed. Key themes are identified including: localism, ‘non‐evidence based policy making’, higher education versus the demand for skills and community relations and equality. The innovative concept, now it would appear doomed, of the Springvale campus for west Belfast is examined. Finally, the paper notes that there is an urgent need to provide strategic direction to the further education sector as a whole.     

日本高等教育机会的地区差异研究

虽然在经济发展水平、高等教育制度等方面,中日两国有着很大的不同,但与我国一样,日本也存在着高等教育机会的地区差异问题.总体而言,日本中部的高等教育升学率明显高于东西两端的偏远地区.国民收入和高等教育规模上的差别虽然是造成地区差的主要原因,但实际上正是那些大城市所在地区提供的高等教育机会左右着高等教育机会地区差的基本状况.从日本的经验来看,在学生跨地区自由流动的基础上,适当地调控高等教育发达地区的高等教育规模,是缓解高等教育机会地区差问题的有效方法之一.     

African Higher Education and Training: Opportunities and Challenges

Although African countries have been continuously expanding their tertiary education systems since independence, these systems remain inadequate for fulfilling the demands being placed on them. Indeed, in many cases, the progress made has been set back by war, disease, and natural catastrophe. Various forms of non-traditional delivery are required, and several examples of distance networking are detailed, including the African Virtual University. A strategic approach to the expansion of access to and opportunities in tertiary education is required making use of assistance from the international partners of African universities.     

中国民办高等教育发展的现实基础及对策

跨入新世纪，中国民办高等教育发展十分迅速，同时在改革和发展过程中也面临着许多新问题、新情况，机遇与挑战并存。从中国民办高等教育发展的现实基础出发，分析当前民办高等教育发展所面临的困境、机遇与挑战，提出了民办高等教育发展的若干对策。     

People,Products and Raw Materials: Neglected Opportunities for Chemical Education in Higher Education

A number of strengths and weaknesses have been detected in the background knowledge and skill of chemistry teachers. Two weaknesses, knowledge of the persons of chemistry and familiarity with socially useful chemicals and their origins, have been recently identified. The trends in chemical curricula for general education are such that a remedy for these weaknesses is necessary. A number of suggestions that have been used occasionally in teaching chemistry at the universities and CAEs, are made for regular inclusion in undergraduate courses. School teaching is a major outlet for chemistry graduates and this fact should be recognised in designing these curricula in higher education.     

我国农村高等教育入学机会缺失问题分析

目前,我国农村高等教育与城市高等教育发展相比明显落后,突出表现为高等教育入学机会城乡失衡以及重点高校城乡学生比例失衡。造成这种状况的原因是多方面的,如体制原因、观念原因、政府重视程度等。要改变高等教育入学机会城乡失衡的现状,应拓宽农村高等教育筹资渠道、合理配置教育资源、进一步加强农村高等教育教师队伍建设以及开辟新的教学模式。     

面向MOOC的高职教育机遇与路径研究

简述了MOOC含义、起源与模式特征。从MOOC发展趋势、现代学习理念、高职教育信息化战略、高职教育的课程特征角度论证了高职教育引入MOOC的应然性。其引入MOOC的路径是:加强全方位研究、做好顶层设计,营造MOOC健康发展的"生态环境",实行混合式教学,稳步开展MOOC实验,对教师和学生普及在线学习理念与方法,探索"用数据说话"的教学管理模式再造。     

论高等继续教育的转型发展策略

目前我国继续教育"正处于一个难得的机遇期",也处于"一个艰难的转型时期"。高等继续教育转型,在方向上主要应把握五个问题,一是要真正转变观念,二是继续坚持办好学历教育,三是实现传统继续教育与现代远程教育的融合,四是履行高校的社会服务职能,办好非学历教育,五是走内涵发展道路,千方百计提高教育教学质量。     

Higher Education, Further Education and the English Experiment

England has a two-sector system of higher education and further education. Shaped by legislation in 1988 and 1992, the architecture of this system was intended to concentrate each type of education in separate institutions and separate sectors. In recognition of these different missions, each territory came under different funding and regulatory regimes, with little or no movement of institutions anticipated between sectors. These arrangements continue, although Government policy is now to support and expand higher education in further education colleges. This policy turnaround is part of a larger strategy or experiment to change the future pattern of demand for, and supply of, undergraduate education. However, the college contribution to this new higher education is neither co-ordinated nor protected. Rather, further education colleges compete as well as collaborate with institutions in the higher education sector, under conditions of complexity, uncertainty and dependency.     

Further Education Opportunities in Scotland for Young People with Special Needs

Abstract

In order to achieve rapid growth in student numbers, a number of Higher Education Institutions have borrowed some of the concepts of franchising from the private service sector. A franchise involves one party — the franchisor — developing a service and monitoring standards, whilst a second party — the franchisee, delivers the service in return for a share of the reward.

This article draws comparisons between private sector and higher education franchising and analyses the franchise strategies open to the HE sector. It concludes that if managed correctly, franchising will bring benefits to the higher education sector, colleges of further education and students alike. The uncertain start to higher education franchising mirrors the early days of private sector franchising, but like the latter, it has potential subsequently to achieve rapid mutually beneficial growth.     

Framework Act for Higher Education (Hochschulrahmengesetz)

In May 1969, the Federal Government was given the legislative competence to draft general provisions on the fundamental principles governing the sector of higher education.     

Pendulum Activities in the Israeli Physics Curriculum: Used and Missed Opportunities

In light of the established validity of the pendulumas a topic in physics curricula (Matthews 2000),the study looked at the place of pendulum motion inthe physics curriculum of the high school in Israel.The data is available through presenting results ofthe nationwide matriculation examination in its unitsof Mechanics and Research Laboratory for the AdvancedPlacement (several thousands students). Although the assessment questions and problems mainlytested students' performance, and less their understandingof the subject, the study, by discussing these problemsand questions, allows a perception of the extent towhich the pendulum topic is addressed in High Schoolphysics instruction. The results can support a discussionon the nature of the requirements and values encouragedby the particular educational system and the strengthsand weaknesses of the adopted educational policies.     

Globalization and Opportunities for Development in Higher Education in South East Europe

The author remarks that globalization is here to stay and that it is much more than a matter of global markets. She points out some of its beneficial aspects in South East Europe. It will, for example, allow members of diasporas from former trouble spots to keep in contact with their home countries by Internet and to assist them. Such positive developments can already be identified in some countries of the region. UNESCO is encouraging such innovations in higher education so as to enable it to benefit from the opportunities offered by new global transforma tions.     

机遇与挑战:我国高等教育信息化的探讨

信息化浪潮对我国高等教育产生了革命性的影响。本文从高等教育信息化的内涵入手,阐述了信息化给我国高等教育所带来的机遇与挑战,并提出了实施我国高等教育信息化的对策。