A HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO EDUCATION OF OLDER PERSONS

Many older adults will seek additional education during their lifetimes. Since these persons differ widely in their physical, social, intellectual, and psychological characteristics, it is important that educational programs for older people recognize the uniqueness of the learner, that these programs be humanistic in design and implementation. The perceptual‐humanistic frame of reference is used as the basis for the discussion of learning and a consideration of the qualities that determine teacher effectiveness. The desirable characteristics of educational programs for older persons are then derived in terms of the perceptual‐humanistic point of view. The need in such programs for emphasis on the fundamental and individual worthiness and capabilities of the older learner is noted.     

网络环境下的“心理健康教育”初探

网络作为一种全新的环境 ,在极短的时间内 ,以极快的速度引起了人们工作、生产、生活和学习方式的巨大变化 ,并波及教育领域 ,对学生心理健康教育的实施产生了巨大的冲击。网络环境下心理健康教育将面临新的机遇 ,学生将面临新的心理问题 ,学生心理健康教育将采取新的对策。     

A NEW PENETRATION CONTROL APPROACH FOR APPLICATION TO VARYING ROOT THICKNESS

研究了ＴＩＧ焊板厚变化对熔透的影响，并利用有限板厚焊接热过程计算公式研究了正面熔宽与背面熔宽的关系．在此基础上提出了利用正面熔宽在工件板厚变化的情况下进行熔透控制的方法．同时利用同轴视觉ＴＩＧ焊焊接系统和计算机图象处理系统测量和控制正面焊接熔宽，以实现熔透控制．试验结果表明，所提出的利用正面熔宽进行熔透控制的方法在１ｍｍ～３ｍｍ的工件变化范围内能够有效控制熔透．     

研究生教育发展规模测算方法研究

研究生招生需要依据客观规律进行。本文从我国历年普通高等学校招生规模、国家预算内教育经费、国内生产总值GDP出发,分别建立不同的研究生招生预测模型,并作了初步的比较与预测,得出了与国内同类研究不一样的结论。     

A NEW APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF CHANGING INITIAL RESPONSES TO MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

The hypothesis that it is unwise to change answers to multiple choice questions was tested using the technique of multiple regression analysis. The net number of correct answers as a result of changing responses was regressed against final grade in the course, numeric score on the exam, percent of total answers changed for all questions and for analytical questions, sex of the student, and scope of the exam.
The results show that there are gains to be made by changing responses. The variables which proved to be significant indicated that students who did well on the test changed a large percentage of answers, and that those who were taking a final exam tended to gain more. Final grades, sex of the student, and analytical questions had no significant impact on gains from changing responses. On the basis of the results gathered, the authors reject the hypothesis that changing responses is unwise.     

ROUSSEAU,HAPPINESS, AND THE ECONOMIC APPROACH TO EDUCATION

Since the 1960s, the influence of economic thought on education has been steadily increasing. Taking Jean‐Jacques Rousseau's educational thought as a point of departure, Tal Gilead critically inquires into the philosophical foundations of what can be termed the economic approach to education. Gilead's focus in this essay is on happiness and the role that education should play in promoting it. The first two parts of the essay provide an introduction to Rousseau's conception of happiness, followed by an examination of the economic approach to education and the notion of human capital. In the course of this discussion, Gilead shows that increasing happiness is one of the economic approach's major aims. In the third part of the essay, he uses Rousseau's views to interrogate significant aspects of the economic approach to education. He then continues by highlighting some of the educational implications that stem from Rousseau's critique. Gilead maintains that Rousseau's ideas can provide valuable suggestions regarding how education might contribute to the promotion of happiness. The article concludes by proposing that while Rousseau's ideas on the matter should not necessarily be embraced, contemporary policymakers can learn some important lessons from them.     

WHOSE DEVELOPMENT? SALVAGING THE CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A SOCIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION

A bstract .  The concept of development is currently under revision in education and psychology. In this essay, Eugene Matusov, Renée DePalma, and Stephanie Drye examine a traditional notion of development and provide an alternative sociocultural view. As educators working within a sociocultural approach to learning, development, and education, the authors see psychological phenomena as rooted in participation in sociocultural activities, practices, and communities. They critique how the traditional notion of development essentializes this process, assuming development to be independent of the observer. Using a case where a child of color develops a "sitting disability" within the institutional context of schooling, they illustrate the need for introducing a sociocultural notion of development, arguing that development is a social construction emerging in communities of practice and that it is necessary to consider the role of the observer in both defining and guiding this process in a professional discourse of cases.     

论基础教育新课程改革对高师教育的挑战与对策

高师教育是基础教育课程改革的支持系统。消除高师教育与基础教育的脱节现象，以教师专业化为取向改革教师角色观；完善课程结构，增强人才适应性；改革课程评价，促进学生全面发展；形成高师教育与基础教育在改革中的新型关系。时于基础教育课程改革和高师教育自身发展都具有现实意义。     

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THE DEMOCRATISATION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN FRANCE AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR: A NEO-WEBERIAN GLOCAL APPROACH TO EDUCATION REFORMS

ABSTRACT:  The structural reforms of the education system in France (1959, 1963, and 1975) were part both of a global process of democratisation of education launched after the Second World War and of a larger modernisation project in which knowledge producers (experts, scholars and consultants) played a crucial role. Instead of a national approach or a world system approach to education reforms I propose a neo-Weberian glocal perspective that focuses on knowledge producers as a status group, education discourse structuration and education global networks; this perspective integrates national contexts and their peculiarities in the analysis without losing sight of the global forces. Global education networks centered in international organisations – such as UNESCO and the OECD – in which French knowledge-producers were largely involved, adopted a discourse inspired by the American school model that was adopted by scholars in different countries. The reformist network, in which scholars, experts and policy makers participated, enhanced reformist discourse structuration in the knowledge-production institutions (universities and national institutes) around social problems such as 'technological and scientific lag', 'inequality of opportunity', and 'disenchantment from the education system', thus, fostering transformations of the French education system.     

EDUCATION OF THE CANADIAN INDIAN AND ESKIMO

The following statement was presented to the Honorable Gerard Pelletier, Secretary of State Government of Canada, by the Native Council of Canada and its associated members, June 6, 1972.     

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新修订的义务教育法的七大转变，衡量课程改革是否成功的标志,我们需要什么样的师德,禁止划分“重点”的难度，小学选修课越来越“时尚”，上海不准公立学校“选拔式”招生……     

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO WISDOM: A NEW CHALLENGE TO THE EDUCATIONAL MILIEU WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

The epistemological paradigm, known as post-modernity, challenges some of the presuppositions of educational systems in general, and of religious education in particular. One of these presuppositions is the exaggerated primacy given to knowledge attained through reason. However, the paradigm shift invites us to make a transition from knowledge to wisdom—to the integration and transformation of knowledge into human experience. This transition helps us incorporate into the learning process those particular ways of learning that are preferred by many women, bringing us to a more holistic conception of religious education. It enables us to establish a new relationship between learners and educators in the model of a learning circle.     

A NEW KIND OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

The following is the partial text of an address delivered to the annual convention of Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity at the Americana Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, August 28, 1969.