Catastrophe theory in higher education research

The purpose of this research is to consider the applicability of catastrophe theory to research in higher education. The review of the literature concentrates on those efforts in which the variables and their use have an analogy to higher education. Several problems which typically appear in the literature are presented in a theoretical framework, and a catastrophe theory model is attempted for each. In this way the researchers were able to consider the fundamental assumptions about a given problem and its variables and to assess, at a theoretical level, whether catastrophe theory might be an appropriate tool for analysis.Presented at the Twenty-First Annual Forum of The Association for Institutional Research, Minneapolis, May 1981.     

略论高等教育中的问题研究

问题是现实存在与认知和理想状态之间的冲突,问题意识的形成是认识主体与外界交互建构的过程。问题研究是指基于问题解决的研究,其过程可分为提出问题、分析问题、提出问题解决方案以及追踪方案实施。增进高等教育问题研究的意识和能力,需要直面对象、确认前提和慎对常识。     

通往高等教育研究强国——我国高等教育研究的反思与建议

30多年来,我国高等教育研究在取得显著成绩的同时,仍存在学科发展薄弱、理论研究与成果应用脱节、研究规范和质量有待加强、依附与西化倾向显著、方法异化与语言魅化及研究精神失落等问题。基于此,提出坚持独立自主的发展道路、加强元高等教育学研究、重视历史与国际视角、多范式并存及加强制度化建设等建议。     

Culture and identity in higher education research

The aim of this article is to develop a cultural approach in higher education studies. It will be argued that the cultural approach is rooted mainly in two different intellectual starting points to analyze academic communities as cultural entities: studies of disciplinary cultures and institutional cultures. Notions of disciplines as cultural entities have been developed in Europe in relation to the two cultures topic and to issues developed in the sociology of knowledge. The institutional studies tradition is, in turn, rooted in the American intellectual tradition, where cultural concerns emerge from institutional level phenomena whether they concern students, faculty or higher education institutions. The article discusses the pros and cons of these traditions in order to find new avenues for future research. It will be argued that academic identity provides a seminal perspective for cultural studies in higher education.     

高等教育的多学科研究之反思

高等教育的多学科研究不同于多学科的高等教育研究,进行高等教育的多学科研究时要注意学科之间的适切性问题和非均衡问题。高等教育的多学科研究结果具有三种可能性:高等教育领地的坚守和扩张、学科分化、本质部分凸显,其研究趋势是向科际整合研究方向发展,其价值在于启迪我们要将马克思主义哲学在高等教育研究中的地位从“唯一”地位转向中心地位。     

高等教育的学科化研究与多学科研究

中国高等教育研究的认识论中存在着“学科论”与“领域论”的学科属性之争,由此导致高等教育的学科化研究和高等教育的多学科研究两种研究方法。高等教育的学科化研究直指高等教育学学科建设,而高等教育的多学科研究则被高等教育理论和实践证明是行之有效的方法,是目前高等教育研究的主流范式。两种研究方法各有其效用,但缺陷和不足也十分明显。在“学科论”和“领域论”两种观点在未来一段时间内仍将存在的情况下,如何厘清高等教育的学科化研究与多学科研究之间的关系是高等教育研究不断创新的关键所在。     

高等教育创新与高等教育科学研究创新

要推动我国高等教育创新,就必须高度重视并积极推进高等教育科学研究的创新。当前,既要克服高等教育研究脱离高等教育实践的倾向,也要克服高等教育实际工作者远离高等教育科学研究的局面。而加强院校研究是促进高等教育研究与实际有机结合的可行方法。     

试论高校体育课中的探究式教学

高校体育课实施探究式教学,其效果明显优于传统教学法。体育课探究式教学改变了传统教学法统一化和单一化的单向传习模式,其基本教学程序应为:创设情境,提出问题;搜集资料和信息;引出假设,进行实验探究,论证;整合、归纳、迁移、应用。     

河南省高等教育区域化现状研究

随着世界经济全球化与区域化时代的来临,高等教育的发展与区域发展的联系日趋紧密和直接.文章以河南省为研究对象,在一定理论基础上分析了该省高等教育区域化的现状,并综合得出了相应的初步结论.     

Criticality in international higher education research: a critical discourse analysis of higher education journals

The current study utilizes the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179–211 Ajzen 1991) to examine an instructor confirmation-interaction model in the instructional communication context to discover a means by which instructors might cultivate positive student attitudes and increase beliefs that interactions with instructors would be beneficial in the future. Specifically, the model examines how teacher confirmation (Ellis 2000) influences students’ behavioral intention to communicate with instructors. Surveys were distributed to 343 college students (41.7% male and 58.1% female) in a basic communication course. Results were primarily consistent with the proposed model; teacher confirmation was significantly related to attitudes toward communicating with an instructor, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control. Subjective norms and perceived behavioral control were also positively related to students’ behavioral intention to communicate with the instructor. However, results reveal attitudes toward communicating do not predict students’ behavioral intention to communicate with instructors. It is recommended that future models examine a more contemporary, hi-tech representation of attitude toward student-instructor interactions as it may produce a significant association with students’ behavioral intent to communicate with them. The study concludes with theoretical and practical implications to examine student classroom communication via the confirmation-interaction model and the theory of planned behavior.     

Revisiting size effects in higher education research productivity

The potential occurrence of variable returns to size in research activity is a factor to be considered in choices about the size of research organizations and also in the planning of national research assessment exercises, so as to avoid favoring those organizations that would benefit from such occurrence. The aim of the current work is to improve on weaknesses in past inquiries concerning returns to size through application of a research productivity measurement methodology that is more accurate and robust. The method involves field-standardized measurements that are free of the typical distortions of aggregate measurement by discipline or organization. The analysis is conducted for 183 hard science fields in all 77 Italian universities (time period 2004–2008) and allows detection of potential differences by field.     

教育公平视野下河南高等教育对策研究

在当今和谐社会的建设过程中,教育公平是最基本的社会公平体现,是构建和谐社会的内在需求,也是全面实现人自由发展的首要条件。随着河南省经济的飞速发展,为河南省高等教育的大力发展奠定了可靠的经济保障,因此河南高等教育也受到越来越多的关注。但是目前由于河南省自身较为局限的优质教育资源以及国家教育体制的相对欠缺,导致河南高等教育仍旧存在诸多不公平之处,这些弊端在一定程度上制约着河南省综合实力的提升。本文首先阐述了在当今我国高等教育体制下河南省高等教育的弊端与不公平,并在此基础上分析了出现这些不公平的原因,最后提出了解决河南省高等教育公平问题的建议与措施,期望能对河南教育发展起到抛砖引玉的作用。     

初探我院增设药学高职教育

根据医药行业对药学专业人才的需求状况,本文对药学高职教育的必要性加以分析,结合我院实际,特制定出对学生科学合理的培养方案。