Reactions to Bennett: Towards a more rational debate

This paper expresses a concern about the extent to which the manipulation of the language in which we are now expected to talk about education is being used to manipulate the ways in which we think about education, and the degree to which, as a result, a number of important developments in our approach to educational practice are being lost. It focuses on the features of the new discourse which has been established as part of the process of implementing new policies for education in England and Wales and argues the need for the teaching profession to reestablish its own discourse in order to resurrect a genuine debate about educational policies and practices.     

The supposed demise of bureaucracy: Implications for distance education and open learning — more on the post‐Fordism debate

This article contributes to the current controversy concerning the application of the Fordist framework to distance education and open learning by showing that bureaucratic practice can best be understood from within the Fordist framework. In addition, it draws attention to the distinction between bureaucratic and post‐bureaucratic practices, These issues are of particular significance to distance education institutions for frequently their success has been measured by the size of their student populations, and large student populations increase the prospects of bureaucratic practices being the norm.     

泰勒公式与泰勒级数的异同和典型应用

以高等数学中泰勒公式、泰勒级数为基础,探究泰勒公式与泰勒级数的区别与联系,将一元函数的泰勒公式推广到多元函数的泰勒公式,展现它们的一些应用,使泰勒公式与泰勒级数的内容系统化,以便于学员学习.     

The great debate: Then and now

In discussing Jeanne Chall’s chapter, “Are Reading Methods Changing Again?” (this volume), I compare today’s situation with that of 30 years ago as recounted by Chall in Learning to Read: The Great Debate (1967).     

Participation and Popular Control on School Governing Bodies: the case of the Taylor Report and its aftermath

This paper argues that in making sense of events leading up to and following the Taylor Report which recommended changes in school management in England and Wales, a number of principles should be borne in mind. First, that instances of policy‐change such as this can not be fully understood except in the context of contemporary economic events and social circumstances. Secondly, that it is useful to view policy‐change as the outcome of ideological struggle entered into by classes and class fractions in relative accord with one another. Thirdly, that the effects of changes in education policy are not pre‐given, but depend upon the intentions and practices of those associated with their implementation.     

教育部国家统计局财政部2005年全国教育经费执行情况统计公告

一、全国教育经费情况2005年,全国教育经费为8418.84亿元,比上年的7242.60亿元增长16.24%。其中,国家财政性教育经费(包括各级财政对教育的拨款、教育费附加、企业办中小学支出以及校办产业减免税等项)为5161.08亿元,比上年的4465.86亿元增长15.57%。     

More students and more diverse: new trends in international mobility to Portugal

Tertiary Education and Management - Growing numbers of students from non-Portuguese speaking countries, designated as ‘non-Lusophone students’, signal the diversification of the...     

Less money,more problems: How changes in disposable income affect child maltreatment

A number of research studies have documented an association between child maltreatment and family income. Yet, little is known about the specific types of economic shocks that affect child maltreatment rates. The paucity of information is troubling given that more than six million children are reported for maltreatment annually in the U.S. alone. This study examines whether an exogenous shock to families’ disposable income, a change in the price of gasoline, predicts changes in child maltreatment. The findings of a fixed-effects regression show that increases in state-level gas prices are associated with increases in state-level child maltreatment referral rates, even after controlling for demographic and other economic variables. The results are robust to the manner of estimation; random-effects and mixed-effects regressions produce similar estimates. The findings suggest that fluctuations in the price of gas may have important consequences for children.     

The funding of universities in the Netherlands: Developments and trends

Recently, the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science proposed that the funding system of Dutch universities be drastically altered by introducing a system of capacity funding. The intention is to abandon the current (direct) student dependence in funding and, instead, to offer a stable, long-term funds perspective. If this capacity funding is actually adopted, a trend break in the funding system of higher education and research in the Netherlands will occur.This article describes the developments in the funding of Dutch universities over the past decades and the (expected) developments for the future. With regard to the near future and in addition to the capacity funding intended the author will also discuss other developments anticipated by him.It will be shown that during the last forty years four generations of funding models have been used in the Netherlands. Soon the changeover to the fifth generation will possibly be made. A number of issues will be discussed, such as the introduction (and enlargement) of lump sum funding, elements of output funding (performance based funding) and competition on the basis of quality.First, some basic characteristics of funding systems in general will be presented. They will be used to analyse the relevant developments in the Dutch higher education allocation systems.     

Equity in education: The case of UNICEF and the need for participative debate

Equity is the most significant problem educators face. Very large inequities and inequalities persist in both education and society. Why? What can be done about them? While much has been written about these issues, progress is very slow and there is little agreement on why or what to do. While this article cannot resolve these questions, it raises five important issues concerning them: inter-agency contradictions concerning equity and global education policy; EFA and the MDGs; privatization and public-private partnerships; evidence-based policy; and the right to education. The article tackles the case of UNICEF, which has recently decided to focus its efforts on equity in education. In the conclusions which are drawn throughout, the article emphasizes the need for widespread, highly participative debates to answer the questions of why educators have made so little progress and what they can do to make more.     

试论中晚唐钱重物轻的原因

中晚唐钱重物轻发生以后,国家极力维持钱帛两种货币的稳定。但是本来由国家所控制的＂轻重之权＂大大削弱,很多措施皆成具文。崛起的富民阶层影响了货币的＂轻重之权＂。国家不能解决这一问题,但是财政又需要大量的货币,于是只能行使适合部分经济发达地区的税制——两税法来＂索之于下＂。是商品经济发展的表现,但因区域经济发展的不平衡,两税法加重了钱重物轻现象。     

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same? A Response to the Audit Commission's Report on Statutory Assessment and Statements of SEN

This article provides a response to some of the issues raised by Anne Pinney's summary, published in the September issue of BJSE , of the Audit Commission's report on statutory assessment and Statements of Special Educational Needs. In developing her critique, Lani Florian, lecturer in special and inclusive education at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education and Editor of the Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs , asks a series of important and challenging questions. Can the broad notion of 'special educational needs' complement ideas about 'areas of need' or 'categories of handicap' and enable young people with severe, complex or long–term disabilities to have their needs met? Is SEN funding fairly distributed, among pupils with special educational needs in particular and across the education system in general? Should the relationship between the processes of formative and statutory assessment and Statements of Special Educational Needs be reconceptualised? Can the protection offered by the Statement be maintained in association with the development of good inclusive practices? And if there is to be a move away from provision designed to address children's individual difficulties, what forms of thinking, procedure and practice will enable staff to develop new ways of meeting the needs of all learners? I hope that the questions raised by this article will stimulate other commentators to contribute to the debate about our responses to special educational needs in the pages of BJSE     

泰勒公式的应用

泰勒公式在解决数学问题方面有着十分重要的作用。本文主要介绍了泰勒公式在极限运算、中值问题、积分问题、微分方程问题、正项级数问题及行列式计算等方面的应用。     

泰勒公式的应用

泰勒公式在解决数学问题方面有着十分重要的作用。本文主要介绍了泰勒公式在极限运算、中值问题、积分问题、微分方程问题、正项级数问题及行列式计算等方面的应用。