An Epistemology of Presence and Reconceptualisation in Design Education

In this paper, the idea of coming into presence and an epistemology that recognises the agency of the learner in the construction of knowledge is developed as an organising framework for reconceptualising design education. Design is typically taught as a problem solving exercise based on a representational epistemology. A critique of the representational epistemology is presented. The idea of design as coming into presence is introduced and exemplified though considerations of implicate order, context, and closure. It is suggested that an epistemology of presence provides a better alignment between how people experience the world through design and the ways in which they engage with it both intellectually and practically.     

马克思主义中国化过程中的实用性目的及其影响

着重论述马克思主义中国化的实用性目的对中国社会的消极影响,以及消除这些影响的措施.     

‘In-between’ Asia and Australia: on the politics of teaching English as the ‘Other’

This article mobilizes story-telling to narrate my lived experience of teaching English as a minority academic in one Australian university. Positioning myself as living ‘in-between’ two cultures and as an ‘Other’, I tell my story of how I have been ‘racialized’ and ‘Othered’ because I do not look White, and my spoken English is distinctly accented; hence, my legitimacy of teaching English is held suspect. My story contributes to the theorizing of the sociology of the in-between with the argument that while living in-between culture can be a space of negativity, it can also be a space of empowerment if one exercises choice and agency by forging new spaces. I end my story-telling with a happy ending by presenting a contrasting story of how my run-away from Australia to (a new space in) Hong Kong to teach English has reaffirmed my cultural capital as I morph into a different ‘Other’.     

Experience and reality in religious education

A central task of religious education is to show how the puzzlements to human intelligence and the experiences that are associated with spirituality, are compelling in relation to our development as human beings. There are always more theories than objects or events to be explained, and while the spiritual ‘data’ that gives rise to our puzzlements and experience is elusive and meagre, the supply of literature, teaching, ritual and other forms of articulation is torrential. To understand the nature of religious education we need firstly to ask about the nature of spiritual experience itself at its broadest level and then to identify and co-ordinate the kinds of material that will sensitise pupils to this experience and help them to articulate it. This should provide a basis for evaluation of the material against the context of their own life experiences. In this respect religious education is no different in structure to other areas of the curriculum.     

Modes of governmentality in an online space: a case study of blog activities in an advanced level Japanese‐as‐a‐Foreign‐Language classroom

This article discusses the validity of the incorporation of online communication in language education classes as a practice free of power politics. By examining blog activities in an advanced‐level Japanese‐as‐a‐Foreign‐Language classroom at a university in the USA, we show that the blog’s postings and readers’ comments evoke certain modes of governmentality – practices that shape one’s conduct – and define the space of a particular blog. This article illustrates two kinds of space created in blogs: that of language education in which ‘native speakers’ dominate ‘non‐native speakers’; and that of information exchange with less fixed relations of dominance, although participants’ behavior is regulated nonetheless. We suggest involving students in analyzing blog comments so that they can understand, and respond to, how the mode of governmentality works outside the classroom and how to transform relations of dominance that manifest themselves in online spaces.     

香港的情与爱——张爱玲《倾城之恋》与王安忆《香港的情与爱》之比较

比较张爱玲的《倾城之恋》与王安忆的《香港的情与爱》,会发现情节模式与人物设置有着惊人的相似:同样述说着上海女人在香港的个人奋斗,同样是对城市女性物质性生存本质的认同与揭示,同样借助香港凸现出人物的漂泊无依感。     

叶梦得诗词风格探因

叶梦得的诗词具有婉丽、简淡、雄杰等诸多风格特点,本文主要从政治环境、作家思想、文学发展状况三方面探讨其诗词风格的成因。     

马克思美学范畴新论

马克思美学以人的感觉解放为起点，以人与他的对象在活动中生成为主线，以占有对象与失去对象为审美能否发生的基本判断，把美学与人的现实生活活动联系起来。感觉解放、活动生成、占有对象、失去对象美学等范畴具体体现了马克思美学的革命性、开放性、实践性，以及批判现实性，对当代美学发展具有重大的现实意义。     

教学本体问题研究的方法论范型

教学是一种人为的存在,这是教学本体问题研究的基本前设。作为应然存在与实然存在的统一本,教学有着四种不同的存在形式。教学本体问题研究,主要以客观教学存在为研究对象,在本体论的层面上展开,其思维方式需要经历价值判断与事实判断的对立统一与过渡转换。这样的研究,应深深植根于人与化的世界,取向于人与化的辩证同一,从而体现出对于人的化生成的终极关怀。     

The first ‘Hebrew’ teachers in Eretz Yisrael: characteristics,difficulties and coping methods (1881–1914)

The founding fathers of the new Jewish community in Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel, or Palestine) as well as many philosophers, public figures, educators and authors both in Israel and in the Diaspora were preoccupied with the image of the new Israeli Hebrew. The educational system was seen as an instrument to create the ‘new Hebrew’ (identifying with the ancient Hebrews) and to instil new values and behaviours in the young Palestinian‐born generation. During the first three decades (1981–1914) of Jewish education in Palestine, the typical teacher had neither pedagogical training nor prior experience in education, lacked the vocabulary for teaching subjects in Hebrew, and was familiar only with educational systems that differed from the one that she/he dreamed of creating. Individual teachers had no contact with one another and no institutionalised support system. They worked as ‘lone soldiers’, contending with a severe shortage of reference books, textbooks and reading material, struggling with the necessity to create a curriculum and set its priorities, and to translate and prepare material. Yet despite these tremendous difficulties, many educators did manage to realise their educational aims. What characterised these early teachers? What were the difficulties they faced? How did they manage to achieve their aims? This article attempts to answer these and other relevant questions.     

‘Working With’ Music: A Heideggerian perspective of music education

This essay considers the way and manner in which a musician and music educator approaches his or her work. It is suggested that anthropomorphic conceptions of music have endured in music education practice in the West. It is proposed that our view of the ‘processes’ of music making, music reception and music learning can be challenged and reconsidered. Heidegger's theory of art is used as a way of rethinking these processes, and of reconsidering our relational dimension with music. The unfolding of music in music‐events occurs as people ‘work‐with’ music and interact with its dimensions in a way that is culturally and dialogically vibrant. Music education can thus become more responsive to changing ‘modes of beings’ in the moment.     

从需求层次理论看外语学习需要——经典理论与本土研究的融合

玛斯洛把人的需求分为五个层次,即生理需求、安全需求、社交需求、尊重需求和自我实现的需求等。这种需求中的某些因素对外语学习动机有一定参考价值,也就是说,外语学习中的主要影响因素是情感需求和认知需求。在外语学习环境下,英语的应用相当有限,无法满足低层次的工具性需求。因此,学生学习的主要驱动力量足由内在兴趣带动的多层次求知需求,即审美需求和自我实现需求。     

PISA,policy and persuasion: translating complex conditions into education ‘best practice’

Education reform is increasingly portrayed as a means to improve a nation's global competitiveness as measured by its performance in international league tables of pupil achievement. This has created a demand for comparative research which identifies ‘what works’ in high-performing school systems. A diverse array of consultancies, thinks tanks, and entrepreneurs has emerged to satisfy that demand, portraying their approach as a pragmatic and objective form of evidence-based policy-making. However, the attempt to translate complex conditions into straightforward solutions (i.e. ‘what works’) leads researchers into a basic paradox. This paper identifies the strategies used to address this paradox and to advocate reforms. We demonstrate that, though they are persuasive, the strategies fundamentally fail to overcome the problems inherent in the enterprise.     

生成性思维视野中的教学理念与实践

由于受现成性思维方式支配,传统课堂教学过于追求确定性、预设性,而变成一种线性的僵化的流程,学生的学习主体性的发挥受到限制,教师的创造性的空间也被封闭。改变课堂教学现状需要改变思维方式。生成性思维方式视野中的生成性教学注重过程的复杂性,关注师生互动、重视利用互动中生成的新的资源,为师生自主性、创造性的发挥提供了新的空间。     

会计信息质量与上市公司治理

随着我国市场经济体制建立和完善,无论是宏观调控还是微观管理,会计信息都处于十分重要的地位和起着十分重要的作用,上市公司严重的会计信息质量问题已成为困扰我国经济改革和发展的难题,会计也成为人们非议的焦点。要确认会计在公司治理中的角色和地位,以便发挥会计在公司治理中的作用;要研究造成会计信息失真的深层原因,即我国企业缺乏健全完善的公司制结构。     

“字面”翻译——海德格尔译学关键词刍议

＂字面＂翻译,是海德格尔译学的关键词。首先,需要比较全面而客观的把握它。其次,就＂字面＂翻译的实质、得失以及可操作性,有必要结合海氏翻译实践进一步予以发掘。