Does educational expertise matter for PVCs education? A UK study of PVCs’ educational background and skills

Pro-Vice-Chancellors (PVCs) form the second-tier leadership of UK higher education institutions. However, their role and position remain under-theorised and under-researched. The present article explores the extent to which a PVC Education role requires core expertise in education or generic managerial skills. Using a mixed-methods approach, we first establish the disciplinary backgrounds of PVCs Education in Russell Group (RG) and post-1992 institutions. Fewer than one in five PVCs Education have a disciplinary background or additional formal training in education. Second, we conducted 24 semi-structured interviews with PVCs Education, Heads of Education Departments and Heads of Learning and Teaching units. These interviews suggest the PVC Education role requires managerial skills, usually acquired in previous headships, as well as academic credibility and knowledge of institutional processes rather than particular expertise in education. In sum, generic managerial skills rather than educational expertise are paramount for understanding the profile of PVCs Education in UK universities.     

论天津海河职教园区集团化办学模式

从天津职业教育集团化发展概况入手,分析了天津海河职教园区集团化办学的可行性,提出了天津海河职教园区集团化办学的策略:建立完善的海河教育园区职教集团管理机构;实施天津海河职教园区资源优化配置;建立海河职教园区学分转换制度;举办职业技能大赛,推进海河职教园区集团化办学进程;构建海河职教集团信息资源共享平台。     

体育教学原则的依据与体育教学规律关系的探讨

体育教学过程中究竟存在哪些规律并没有真正被揭示出来,导致体育教学原则体系混乱,难以对体育教学形成真正意义上的指导作用;体育教学规律是体育教学原则的重要依据,但不是唯一的依据.体育教学原则受诸多因素的影响和制约而发展变化,同一条原则在不同时期有着不同的指向,同一时期在不同体育项目技能的教学中也应该灵活掌控和执行.     

中高职人才培养边界及课程体系衔接研究——以湖北省中职机械加工技术、高职机械制造与自动化专业为例

在中职机械加工技术专业与高职机械制造与自动化专业的课程体系中,知识断层现象主要出现在公共课中,知识链脱节现象主要出现在专业基础课中,课程内容重复现象在专业基础课和专业课中均存在。中职主要培养学生使用和维护机械加工设备的能力,重在提高操作技能;高职主要培养学生的工艺设计与设备维修能力,重在提高智力技能。在中高职相互衔接的课程体系中,程序性知识避免重复,陈述性知识衔接提升。     

Work, skills development for employability and education for sustainable development

This article focuses on the radical changes taking place in skills development for work and life, and their implications for the content of education and schooling. It examines skills development for employability and workforce education, with particular reference to technical and vocational education and training (TVET). In turn, it is argued that the impact of these issues upon the world of work will be reflected in those education reform initiatives that will become necessary to keep pace with such institutionalized change. This was a keynote presentation by Rupert Maclean at the APERA Conference and draws heavily on the chapter by Victor Ordonez and Rupert Maclean ‘Seeking a New Education Paradigm for Teaching and Learning to Meet the Changing Needs of Education for All and skills Development for Work and Life‘ in the book ‘Learning and Teaching for the Twenty-first Century: Festschrift for Professor Phillip Hughes’, Rupert Maclean (Editor), Springer Academic Publishers (forthcoming). The authors thank UNESCO-UNVOC consultant Professor David Wilson for his valuable inputs to this paper and to the keynote presentation.     

Linking practice and theory using Engaged Scholarship

ABSTRACT

This paper reports on a study aiming to develop theory and improve practice within an Engineering Education context. The focus is on the development of students’ graduate-level work skills during Higher Education programmes and a specific practice example provided an ideal study opportunity. Engaged Scholarship, a research approach from Management Science, was selected as it provided a way to study practice that can generate both theoretical and practical knowledge. This paper summarises the philosophical underpinnings of the approach and sets out the strengths and challenges in applying it. The research design is then evaluated, concluding that the design is internally consistent and suitable for this study. The authors then reflect on implementation, provide examples of findings and discuss some of the practical challenges encountered. Practice improvements implemented to date include improvements to reflection activities and skills definition, and a theory of developing work skills in HE programmes is emerging.     

The teacher‐counselor partnership: Helping effective teachers of the gifted become more affective

A Counselor‐Teacher Education Program provides a workable model for teachers and counselors to integrate their skills and be more effective in programs for the gifted.     

USSR: UPGRADING AS A PART OF LIFELONG EDUCATION AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO DEMOCRATIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Upgrading of professional knowledge and skills is an important factor in the concept of lifelong education. The following article tells how this important component is integrated into the USSR's higher education system. The article is based on a paper presented by Professor Dimitri Vasilyev, Head of the Department of Executive Teaching and Research Personnel at the Ministry of Higher and Specialized Secondary Education of the USSR, during the Consultation for the Preparation .of a Study on Recurrent Education and its Contribution to the Democratization of Higher Education in the Context of Lifelong Education, which was held at Unesco Headquarters in Paris on 23 and 24 April 1979.     

Assessment of emotional intelligence in a sample of prospective Secondary Education Teachers

In the past few years, skills related to emotional intelligence (EI) have acquired special relevance in the educational domain. This study assesses EI in a sample of 155 students of 5 different specialities of a Master’s degree in Teacher Training for Secondary Education. Data collection was conducted through the administration of the Trait Meta Mood Scale-24 (TMMS-24) and the Mayer, Salovey & Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT). Results show adequate levels of EI, especially in the strategic area, as well as some speciality-based differences among students. There is a need to develop specific training geared towards the development of emotional skills in the Master’s in Secondary Education capacitation programmes according to the trainee’s background.     

培养高职生职业技能的探讨

本文主要探讨了基于职业岗位群开发技能教材和创新技能实践模式,培养高职生职业技能的途径。基于职业岗位群开发技能教材,其主要内容包括程序化的知识和社会实际的工作任务。创新技能实践模式包括：组建职业教育集团模式、成立产学结合指导委员会模式＂、订单式＂教育模式和发展校办产业模式。     

创建有特色的“三位一体”高职技能教学模式

教育方针是国家教育工作的根本指导思想,也是指导教育教学改革的行动指南。重庆教育学院旅游系借重庆直辖的契机,努力践行教育方针,不断改革创新,抓住“两个结合”,在岗位技能课程教学中,将高职教学要求、岗位实际需求、国家职业标准三者相衔结,形成“三位一体”的教学模式的教改实践与探索,以期揭示符合市场要求具有高职特色的高职技能教学模式。     

Makabayan Curriculum for Secondary Schools in the Philippines: The Development of Citizenship

The Department of Education in the Philippines has undertaken initiatives to restructure the curriculum for secondary schools as part of its ongoing effort to improve the quality of learning. After a decade of study, the Department produced a new basic education curriculum, as the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum. All public schools in the country were mandated to implement the curriculum at the start of 2002–2003 school year. Makabayan (nationalistic or patriotic) is one of the learning areas in the Basic Education Curriculum along with English, Filipino, Science and Mathematics. Makabayan from First to Fourth Year is designed to develop the personal, social and work special skills of learners especially their interpersonal skills, empathy with other cultures, vocational efficiency, problem-solving, and decision-making in daily life, that is, to develop socio-cultural and politico-economic literacy. This paper describes the context and content of the Makabayan curriculum and the extent to which it develops in learners a sense of citizenship, that is, a healthy personal and national self-concept. To delimit scope, this paper focuses on the study of geography only as one of the components of Araling Panlipunan (Social Studies) in the secondary school Makabayan Curriculum, using the results of a study of third year high school students' learning of geographic knowledge and skills as bases of empirical data. Key Words: citizenship, geographic literacy and competency, Makabayan curriculum, secondary education     

Skills for Independence for Children with Cerebral Palsy: a comparative longitudinal study

Thirty‐six children with cerebral palsy, aged 3.5 to 4.5 years were compared on their skills for independence. Of the 36 boys and girls, 19 children were enrolled in a Conductive Education Program in Birmingham and 17 were enrolled in British special education programs in the Greater Manchester area. Skills for independence were measured with the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales via teachers’ responses, once a year on three occasions. Parents were interviewed using the Developmental Profile 2, once a year on three occasions. The results of two‐way ANOVA with one repeated measure on both teachers’ and parents’ responses indicate that there was no significant difference between the two groups in their skills for independence. However, both groups performed significantly better as they were getting older. Despite the strong emphasis on independence in Conductive Education, the children's level of independence was no different from their counterparts. Thus, the claim for the effectiveness of Conductive Education is not supported by the study.     

朱熹通识教育思想刍议

朱熹通识教育思想的客观存在有其可能性的理论依据和逻辑前提,成人之道、君子不器、格物致知与居敬穷理学说是其实存的三表证;朱熹通识教育思想在价值目标、价值标准、教育内容和教学方法上都有独特的民族个性和东方式的智慧。     

引入法律诊所模式 改革法学专业实践环节

法律诊所教育倡导在实践中学习法律知识和法律执业技能,它正悄然改变着传统的法学教育理念和教学模式。将法律诊所模式引入成人教育法学专业社会实践环节,替代以往形式化的社会调查,符合职业教育提出的加强社会实践环节、培养成人学员执业能力的要求。     

Application of NVC to English Teaching for Preschool Education Major

In view of the present situation of college English teaching for Preschool Education Major is rather unsatisfactory, this paper briefly introduced Nonverbal Communication(NVC) and laid the emphasis on guiding college English teachers to apply useful nonverbal stimuli to inspiring Preschool Education major's English-learning interest, improving their learning results, and helping them master various preschool English teaching skills. It further proved the nonverbal means and relative training methods are helpful and practical to improve Preschool Education majors' nonverbal communicative competence and develop their preschool English teaching ability. Therefore, it will contribute to the study of English teaching for Preschool Education Major.     

职业院校语文＂职教特色＂的再认识

高职语文教师应探索并构建反映职教特色的语文体系,语文的技能训练和陶冶性教育当为这个体系的两极,二者相辅相成,达到养成学生的语文习惯的目标,实现语文能力向专业能力、职业能力的迁移。     

Managing Messes and Coping with Uncertainty: reviewing training for teachers in post‐compulsory education and training

Abstract

Post‐compulsory teacher training in England has been under review, and standards developed by the Further Education Staff Development Forum were to be launched in January 1999 as a precursor to a mandatory qualification for teachers in further education in England and Wales. Until now, many further education colleges have worked in partnership with higher education institutions to run Certificate in Education programmes, which aim to develop both practical teaching skills and critical knowledge and understanding of teaching and learning in a post‐compulsory context. A review of one such programme is outlined here. In a context where further education teachers must help to widen participation and promote lifelong learning, it is argued that any new arrangements for initial teacher training and continuing professional development need to include ‘competence’ in the practical skills involved in teaching and learning, but must also go beyond this, and aim to develop critical knowledge and understanding of the changing context in which staff work. It is argued that turning the new Further Education National Training Organisation standards for further education teachers in England and Wales into a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) is inadequate to this task. A strengthened partnership between further and higher education providers to develop more robust and coherent approaches to professional capability is advocated.     

成人教育应引入市场营销观念

目前我国的市场经济对人才的需求产生了多样化的特点 ,教育特别是成人教育为了适应市场需求 ,必须进行产业化调整。成人教育作为非义务教育应为发展经济服务 ,把成人教育办成像企业一样 ,按照市场营销规律去运行 ,这是一个值得探讨的问题。