Higher education at the crossroads: Response to an Australian ministerial discussion paper

The Commonwealth Governmentshould move to the funding of undergraduate coursesfor Australian students through the studentsrather than by way of direct grants toinstitutions. An independent coordinating bodyshould be re-established to report on thehigher education sector, advise theCommonwealth and administer Commonwealth highereducation programs. Public funding ofundergraduate education and research trainingshould be decentralised through a system ofscholarships. Undergraduate scholarship holdersshould pay charges determined by universitiesunder HECS (Higher Education ContributionScheme) arrangements. HECS arrangements alsoshould apply to full fee paying undergraduatesand PELS (Postgraduate Education Loan Scheme)arrangements to full fee paying researchstudents. Institutional research fundingshould be on a disciplinary basis, takingaccount of the volume and quality ofoutputs.     

十字路口上的现代教育—教育产业的过程、现在和将来

纵观人类教育史,教育在社会经济过程中大约经历了四个阶段,其第四阶段即是自20世纪末叶随着知识经济而初见端倪的。从此,教育在其赖以存在的社会经济结构中开始越来越显现出显著的生产性。教育实际上已经既是事业,又是产业;既是文化,又是经济;既依然具有上层建筑属性,又越来越成为经济基础一部分。200多年前由德国开创的现代教育制度正在走到一个新的十字路口。传统教育经济学仅仅停留在“外部论”的水平上,因为在其教科书中基本上只把教育当作一个其中没有“经济结构的几何点”。世界各国教育市场化改革的真正问题,并不在于公私之辨,而是垄断还是竞争之争,且还是和国家相应的社会、经济和政治基础的重建联系在一起的。     

Educational equity: A democratic principle at a crossroads

This is an examination of the criteria for determining if equitable education occurs through desegregation and the effects of other educational programs on these criteria—access, participation, and outcomes. Equity in access may not provide equity in either participation or outcome. Other federal educational policies may interfere with the achievement of equitable education by all three criteria.     

Educational technology at the crossroads: New mindsets and new directions

Educational technology seems to be suffering from an identity crisis. Many exciting things are happening in the field, but increasingly we educational technologists find ourselves on the sidelines in our own ballgame. People from other disciplines are taking an interest in educational technology, but they show little interest in our knowledge base (often even little awareness that it exists!) and little interest in our professional organizations and publications. Why is this happening? What can we do about it? To what extent might our mindset be the problem? What new directions do we need to pursue to improve the health and value of our field? These are the central issues which this article discusses.     

Educational research at the crossroads? An exercise in self-criticism

President of the International Academy of Education. Former Director of the Institute of Educational Research (1971–82), Chairman of the Governing Board of the International Institute for Educational Planning (1970–80) and Chairman of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (1962–78). He is the author of some fifty books and hundreds of articles.     

Turning right at the crossroads: The Nelson Report's proposals to transform Australia's universities

During 2002, the Australian Education Ministerconducted a year-long review of tertiaryeducation under the title Higher Educationat the Crossroads. The policy statementarising from that review was released on 13 May2003. It incorporates a combination of newfinancial incentives on students anduniversities, potential expansion of full-feeplaces, and increased intrusion into universitypriority setting.The policy statement promised a $A1.5bexpansion in funding over four years, with morefully-funded university places, and an emphasison improving the quality of teaching andlearning.The strategy is market-driven and could createa `fee-culture' in Australian universities. Implementation of the new policy is not assuredas it has to pass a hostile Senate. Theimplementation process also carries risks forgovernment and universities. This paperdescribes the government's proposals andanalyses their premises and effects.     

Schooling for the future in United States of America: Educational policy at the crossroads

A purposive sample of 10 senior educational policy leaders was interviewed for this Phase 2 of the study from across the US. Interview participants argued the need for: (1) more clearly defining the purpose and value of public education to the communities served; (2) the development of new stakeholder partnerships to accomplish this end; (3) visionary leadership to bring different and sometimes polarized groups together around the need for a quality system of public education; and (4) attracting the very best college graduates to a career of teaching as a professional. If these were accomplished, then the prospects for the favored ‘re-schooling’ scenarios becoming ‘best practice’ would improve greatly.     

我国中等农业职业教育发展历程

回顾我国农业职业教育发展的历程,分为古代农业职业教育萌芽阶段、近代农业职业教育及新中国成立后农业职业教育发展阶段,总结农业职业教育的发展规律。     

中等职业教育与高等职业教育衔接模式的构建

中高职教育的衔接必须在构建完善的职教体系这个大背景下来考虑，建立以全面素质为基础，综合职业能力为主线，职业资格证书制度为依托的模式。构建与实施该模式应规范高职入口标准；按照中高职贯通的教学模块体系实施教学；以职业能力等级反映不同层次职业教育的教学要求；以选课制作为实现衔接的手段。     

The Israeli Planning and Grants Committee at the crossroads: From shock absorber to steering wheel

The Israeli Planning and Grants Committee (PGC) was established in 1974. It was modelled on the British system of the UGC. Since then, it has the most powerful and dominant organization in the governance of higher education.Both Government and universities will have to provide the essential framework of cooperation with the PGC in order to help maintain the present position of the PGC.     

中职教学有效性研究综述

以中职教学有效性为研究对象,运用文献计量分析法和内容分析法,对中国期刊全文数据库(CNKI)2005—2013年间收录的我国中职教学有效性相关研究领域的学术论文进行梳理和分析,提出在今后研究中需加强理论研究、合作研究,并强化中职特色。