Adopting National Vocational Qualifications in the Offshore Industry: A Case Study

Abstract

This paper explores the feasibility of introducing National Vocational Qualifications into the Offshore industry. A case study is used to examine the changing perceptions of trainers as they work through the implications of adopting the new framework. Conceptualisations developed in the educational innovation literature are used to help understand the change process. Three areas of concern are identified which illustrate a gap between the aims and practicalities of implementing the qualifications. The conclusion differentiates four emerging research issues.     

完善国家职业资格鉴定体系 推动职业教育良性发展

德国职业教育模式是一种成功典范,其职业资格鉴定体系对职业教育的导向作用十分重要.目前,我国职业资格和技能等级鉴定存在很多不完善的地方,在一定程度上阻碍了职业教育的发展.所以,鉴德国职业资格鉴定体系的成功经验,完善我国职业资格鉴定制度,以推动职业教育发展势在必行.     

论建立统一的国家职业资格鉴定制度

职业资格证书制度既是国家劳动制度的一部分,也是教育制度的一部分.我国职业资格鉴定中所存在的"政出多门.标准不一"等现象,令高职院校无所适从,也给我国产业带来了不利影响.因此,建立统一的国家职业资格鉴定制度成了发展高职教育和培养高技能人才的当务之急.     

论建立统一的国家职业资格鉴定制度

职业资格证书制度既是国家劳动制度的一部分,也是教育制度的一部分.我国职业资格鉴定中所存在的"政出多门.标准不一"等现象,令高职院校无所适从,也给我国产业带来了不利影响.因此,建立统一的国家职业资格鉴定制度成了发展高职教育和培养高技能人才的当务之急.     

档案袋评价:关注学生学习与成长的评价

档案袋是对学生学习与成长过程的追踪记录,指的是通过对档案袋的制作过程和最终结果的分析而对学生发展状况所作出的评价.与传统评价方法相比,它对于调动学生学习的积极性,促进学生的有效学习与成长等具有重要的意义.     

政策同形:国家示范性高职院校建设政策制定的一种解释

国家示范性高职院校建设政策是我国高职教育改革发展的一项重要战略举措.研究发现,这一政策与原先实施的示范性职业技术学院建设这一高职教育内部政策在实践中并不存在联结关系,而是与高职外部的211工程政策存在一定的同形效仿关系.但外源性的政策借鉴在执行中应保持政策变迁时必要的内部连贯性和继承性,重视对政策学习借鉴中的动机与实效进行评估监控,防惠政策执行中目标与中心任务的偏离现象.     

翻译课程档案袋评价模式应用研究

传统的翻译课程评价模式注重翻译结果而非翻译过程,忽视了对学生学习主体性和主动性的培养。该文提出翻译课程应以档案袋为研究基础,全面了解学生在翻译活动的准备前期、正式翻译过程以及翻译活动结束后的各项活动,试图对其整个翻译过程进行监控,从而根据全过程对学生的翻译活动进行评价。翻译档案袋评价模式旨在改革传统的翻译课程评价体系,更加关注学生在翻译实践中的主动性和主体性,使评价更客观,也更有利于维护学生的自尊心,增强其自信心。     

政策评估、反思与重构:我国高职院校评估政策更替中的路径抉择

政策评估、反思与重构是我国教育政策运行的一般性路径抉择.在对政策评估、反思与重构等相关要素分析的基础上,通过对我国高职院校评估政策更替的历史回顾提出,评估政策目标的转向必然导致对原政策四大情结的反思.从深度访谈、评估结论、数据平台等方面进行政策重构的解读后发现,针对旧方案存在的四大情结取向,新方案一方面删除了部分过时、无效的指标,改变了过去那种以查证、审核、抽检为主要任务的专家组做法;另一方面开发并形成了以数据采集平台为主要手段的评估体系,并采用了深度访谈的专家评估方式.评估政策的重构将引领新一轮高职评估的开展.     

新加坡职业教育:精英政策的悖论与超越

新加坡职业教育在其建国后得到了快速发展,成为许多国家效仿的成功范例.新加坡一直奉行精英主义治国理念并倡导精英教育,而职业教育的目标和功能与这种精英主义和精英教育从某种意义上说存在悖论.然而,新加坡通过政策的不断调整成功地平衡了这一悖论,并实现了超越,也留下了某些难以解决的问题.     

国际组织的职业教育政策:基本范畴及其意义

国际组织的职业教育政策具有脱离国别个性经验的独特价值,应引起我们的高度关注。本文从联合国教科文组织、世界银行和国际劳工组织相关的职业教育政策文本中,在较为具体的层面上发掘出国际职业教育政策的基本范畴,即“教育与培训的分离与重合”“、不确定性与确定性”“、经济效率与社会公平的平衡”、“人的发展与劳动力市场和社会的需求”、“市场主导与国家主导的取舍”和“在劳动力与经济发展战略上的低技能平衡与高技能平衡”六个维度和六种二元对立范畴,并对此进行分析。     

Students as meaning-makers and the quest for the common school: A micro-ethnography of a US history classroom

This study examined the extent to which (a) nine US history students developed historically-grounded perspectives, and (b) the entire class engaged itself in inclusive, moral debate about historical events and issues. Inductive methods were used in this micro-ethnographic study to construct and verify its themes though interview, classroom observation and student survey. Seven students demonstrated identifiable perspectives. History was viewed by these students as personally-constructed interpretations, not as value-free chronologies. Only one student's perspective, however, was historically-grounded; other perspectives were grounded in references to contemporary issues. Evidence of moral debate was limited totwo debates observed during 24 classroom observations. These two findings seemed interconnected: students with little historical grounding to their perspectives may have little inclination toward collective, ethical critique. Moral debate consisting of student exchange of diverse historically-grounded perspectives was not the classroom norm. The debates that went into the making of American society concerned not just institutions or governing principles, but the capacity of humans to sustain those institutions. Whatever the disagreements were over other issues at the American Constitutional Convention \[in Philadelphia in 1787], the fundamental question sensed by everyone … was whether the people themselves would understand what it meant to hold the ultimate power of society, and whether they had enough sense of history and destiny to know where they had been and where they ought to be going. (Cousins; cited by Goodlad 1979: 40; emphasis added)     

论职业教育的消费价值及其政策意蕴

中国现阶段总体上已进入消费社会,消费者从聚焦消费品的使用价值转向更加注重象征价值,消费的目的由主要满足物质生活需要转向更加注重身份建构以及社会地位提升。人们接受职业教育成为一种消费行为,学生是职业教育的第一消费主体。然而中国职业教育象征价值低,吸引力欠缺,呈现出政府重视、民众轻视的不平衡状态,不能满足学生自我实现的需要。造成这种撕裂的重要原因是政策设计罔顾学生作为职业教育首要消费者的事实、权利与需求,社会大众对职业教育低等社会身份建构的固化歧视,以及学生家长对接受职业教育的负面认知等。基于此,应从消费视角对有损职业教育形象的政策制度重新检视,注重内涵建设以改善学生消费体验,优化结构并完善现代职业教育体系,以及强化媒体正面宣传,进而重振公众对职业教育的信心。     

Lifelong learning and the 'New Deal' vocationalism: Vocational Training Qualifications and the Small Business Sector

The success of the New Deal policies of the current Labour administration – particularly the Welfare to Work and University for Industry initiatives – will depend crucially on the co-operation of the vital small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector of British industry. In turn, the reaction of small employers to the new policies will be structured by the national vocational education and training (VET) efforts and the vocational qualifications system. Against the background of our recent research on SMEs in the West Midlands region, we argue that the New Deal policies will fail to engage with SME needs and interests unless the new Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) effectively abandons the old agenda of the former National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ) in its ongoing restructuring and radical review of issues and policies for VET.     

国务院关于建立健全普通本科高校、高等职业学校和中等职业学校家庭经济困难学生资助政策体系的意见

各省、自治区、直辖市人民政府,国务院各部委、各直属机构：为贯彻党的十六大和十六届三中、六中全会精神。切实解决家庭经济困难学生的就学问题,国务院决定,建立健全普通本科高校、高等职业学校和中等职业学校家庭经济困难学生资助政策体系（以下简称家庭经济困难学生资助政策体系）。现提出如下意见：     

Understanding the scope of undergraduate research: a framework for curricular and pedagogical decision-making

This article critically examines existing models and different ways of understanding undergraduate research to argue that there is a need for a coherent framework for student research that can contribute to curricular and pedagogical decision-making. A framework derived from analysing and integrating models of undergraduate research within the literature and from investigation in different countries is presented and explained. This framework graphically highlights the curricular and pedagogical choices involved where it is intended to engage students in research and inquiry. The article then indicates how it has been and can be used and discusses implications for research and practice.     

把道德建设提高到治国方略地位的重大意义

中国共产党一贯重视道德建设 ,努力提高全民族的道德素质 ,特别是青年、干部和共产党员的道德水平。远的不说 ,邓小平提出的培养社会主义“四有”新人的第二条就是“有道德”。改革开放以来 ,党中央两次作出过关于精神文明建设的决议 ,其中重要内容之一就是社会主义道德建设。江泽民同志在党的十五大报告中专门论述了有中国特色社会主义文化建设 ,道德建设也是文化建设的重要内容之一。２００１年江泽民同志提出的“以德治国”思想 ,把道德建设提到治国方略的高度 ,这在我们党的历史上还是第一次。他明确指出 :我们在建设有中国特色社会主义…     

Performance of English Language Learners as a Subgroup in Large-Scale Assessment: Interaction of Research and Policy

Factors that contribute to the performance gap between subgroups and mainstream students deserve special attention. Different subgroups are faced with different sets of challenges. To understand and control for factors leading to the performance gap between subgroups and mainstream students one must clearly understand the issues specific to each subgroup. This paper focuses on assessment and performance issues for English language learner (ELL) students as a subgroup. Identifying factors affecting the performance gap between ELL and non-ELL students may help gain insight into assessment issues for other subgroups of students as well as strengthen assessment of this group.