International researcher mobility and knowledge transfer in the social sciences and humanities

ABSTRACT

This article explores knowledge outcomes of international researcher mobility in the social sciences and humanities. Looking in particular at international experiences of longer durations in the careers of European PhD graduates, it proposes a threefold analytical typology for understanding the links between the modes, durations, and outcomes of this mobility in terms of the exchange of codified knowledge; the sharing of more tacit knowledge practices; and the development of a cosmopolitan identity. The findings suggest that, under the right conditions, there can be an important and transformative value to longer stays, which can lead to enduring outcomes in terms of knowledge production and innovation and the spatially distributed networks that sustain it.     

理工类高校人文社会科学发展战略的思考

理工类高校要实现向综合性大学转型的目标,必须抓住当前发展人文社会科学的历史机遇,进一步转变观念,科学规划,准确定位,通过实施"机制创新,名师引领,特色集成,开放合作"等发展战略,实现人文社会科学的创新发展.     

繁荣人文社会科学事业 坚持先进文化前进方向

回顾我国人文科学事业的发展的曲折进程,总结其深刻的历史经验教训,认真贯彻和落实江泽民同志提出的“四个同等重要”、“五个高度重视”、“五点希望”是繁荣和发展我国人文社会科学事业的根本指导思想和实现途径。对此,结合我国国情实际,本文提出关于我国人文社会科学研究中的一些重大理论与实践问题,供参考与商榷。     

两年制对人文社科类硕士研究生的影响——一项基于学生与导师的调查

两年制是现行硕士研究生教育改革的趋势，也是中国市场经济发展的趋势。本文以问卷调查和访谈的方式，探讨了硕士研究生与导师对于缩短学制的原因，两年制对学生学习研究与就业的影响，以及适合于实行两年制的专业及培养模式的建议等问题的看法。     

龙岩社会科学研究工作的调查与分析

龙岩全面建成小康社会和深化改革发展对社会科学研究提出了许多重大的议题,迫切要求给予有力的回应。龙岩社会科学研究的工作基础可归纳为六大研究体系,从当前社会科学研究存在的不足入手,总结近年来的研究成果与学科范围等方面的工作成效。龙岩的社会科学研究可着重加强社科工作的组织领导,保障经费投入,加强人才工作,健全体制机制,抓好重点工作等,以提升全市社会科学研究的成效。     

The university in the global age: reconceptualising the humanities and social sciences for the twenty-first century.

Abstract

By any metric, the twentieth century university was a successful institution. However, in the twenty-first century, ongoing neoliberal educational reform has been accompanied by a growing epistemological crisis in the meaning and value of the humanities and social sciences (HaSS). Concerns have been expressed in two main forms. The governors of tertiary education systems—governments, private investors, university managers and consultancy firms—have focused on how HaSS can adapt to the perceived research needs of the 21st century. At the same time, a competing set of discourses has been generated by scholars and researchers employed within the critical HaSS themselves. This article considers what these differing perspectives mean for reconceptualising HaSS for the twenty-first century. After surveying the contemporary climate, this article examines the findings of key reports on the future of the humanities from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Alongside those of Western Europe, these university systems are arguably the key drivers for the global university system. It is argued that these reports provide an opportunity for emerging universities to reflect on their research priorities and developmental strategies. The article concludes with some reflections on the wider consequences of the globalising of the university system, the increase of China's influence in Asia, and ponders the prospect of post-human/ist futures of the humanities.     

人文学科实验室建设与复合型人才培养探析

人文学科实验室的构建,既有利于激发学生对于学习的兴趣和渴望,也为复合型人才的培养营造了良好的学习环境。该文从文科实验室的建设、复合型人才的培养和文科实验室建设对复合型人才培养的效用三方面来探析文科实验室建设与复合型人才培养之间的内部联系,提出优化校园学习环境、坚持以学生为本、强化锻炼学生的实践能力、推动校外人文学科教学基地合作等具体措施。     

哲学社会科学在理论创新中的作用

哲学社会科学在理论创新中具有不可替代的重要作用,主要表现在:一、为理论创新提供科学的理论指导;二、为理论创新提供强大的动力和源泉;三、为理论创新输送高素质的合格人才。     

社科学术期刊面临的困境及改革发展之路径选择

近年来,随着全球化进程的加快、市场经济大潮的冲击、我国加入WTO和电子网络期刊的崛起,社科学术期刊既面临发展的大好机遇,又遇到种种困惑与挑战。社科学术期刊只有与时俱进,采取多种措施。不断自我完善,抓住机遇,迎接挑战,才能真正担当起其时代使命和历史重任,实现历史性的跨越和发展。     

世界一流研究型大学中人文社会科学的作用及发展趋势

当今世界一流研究型大学的办学理念和学科门类均具有文理结合、学科齐全的显著特点。人文社会科学的地位与作用越来越重要。未来人文社会科学在研究方法、研究领域、概念理论等方面均有新的发展趋势,我国高校人文社会科学研究主题也应有所转变。     

Adoption of flipped learning in social humanities education: the FIBER experience in secondary schools

ABSTRACT

FIBER (Flipped Issue-Based Enquiry Ride) is a teacher-facilitated interactive pedagogic framework that the authors propose to integrate flipped learning into social humanities education. This paper reports a quasi-experimental study (with mixed methods) which examined the pedagogic effectiveness of FIBER in the authentic setting of formal curriculum learning and teaching. The study involved totally 611 Secondary-4 students from academically top, middle and bottom schools in Hong Kong. In comparison with the conventional issue-based enquiry learning approach, FIBER had different intensity of positive effects on the high, moderate, and low academic-achieving student participants. This paper provides researchers and educational practitioners with empirical evidence for supporting wider adoption of FIBER in social humanities education, as well as harnessing flipped learning in formal schooling. Apart from discussing the benefits, the authors also underline the challenges of FIBER and suggest future work.     

Quality criteria of research perceived by academics in social sciences at higher education

The purpose of this study is to examine the problem of research quality in social sciences at higher education. Quality of research produced at higher education started to be questioned more often as research became the major factor determining academics＇ promotion and fund allocation to universities. In the study, we aimed to reveal how academics perceive research quality and what they identify as the main problems that make it difficult to achieve quality in research. Data were collected through interviews with 25 academics from 7 disciplines （educational sciences, sociology, communicational sciences, law, history, management and political science） in 7 universities. Six of the academics interviewed were professors, 7 were associate professors, 10 were assistant professors and 2 were doctors. Interviews were carried out in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 academic years, and each lasted about one hour on average. Data collected were analyzed through content analysis. Study findings revealed that academics referred most often to methodological issues as the most important quality criterion of research, followed by issues of theoretical background and originality. Academics definitions of sub-criteria related to these were tackled in more detail in the study. As the most important hindrances that make it difficult to achieve quality in research academics mentioned lack of a long-established research culture, problems of research resources and the pressure caused by academic promotion criteria. Some recommendations related to the problems were made to develop research quality in the light of the study findings.     

The universities,the social sciences,and liberal democracy

This paper shows how a number of the social sciences — sociology, economics, and anthropology in particular — came to have their modern form in the universities of the West. It argues that although their beginnings were salutary, their present state leaves much to be desired. In particular, far from supporting a democratic order, they are just as likely to undermine it. Sociology, for example, has abandoned its claim to truth and is given over to an insidious relativism. It undermines democratic values and gives the young little reason to believe that it is a discipline that can contribute anything to the betterment of society. There is, perhaps, some hope that the university, with its commitment to truth and to freedom of thought, will ultimately transform such wayward disciplines into something worth having.     

关于增强普通高校社科学报编辑力的思考

要提高普通高校社科学报的办刊质量和水平,关键在于大力增强学报的整体编辑力。编辑力的增强可以通过检讨学报现行做法,完善和规范专家审稿制度、版面收费行规等来激活;还可以通过实施品牌建设,创新编辑模式,努力创建名刊或名栏、设立栏目主持人等来提升;也可以通过争取学校重视支持、充分发挥编辑主体性,破除高校学报的“马太效应”来检验。     

SSCI与高校人文社会科学学术评价之反思

SCI、SSCI等索引工具与高校科研工作者的关系越来越紧密,学术界对于作为索引工具的SCI、SSCI等系统成为评价指标的做法,一直持慎重的态度。本文分析了SSCI作为人文社会科学研究成果评价标准的原因,指出了其作为学术评价标准可能带来的风险,并从如何对待西方的现代知识体系、人文社会科学与自然科学的区别以及学术的目的与学术评价的目的三个维度反思了人文社会科学学术评价的基本问题,以期建立一个符合中国自身学术发展的学术评价体系和学术评价标准。     

美国著名理工大学人文社会科学特征及其启示意义

在对人文社会科学、美国著名理工大学、著名人文社会科学学科等概念界定的基础上,利用的学科排名,对美国著名理工大学的人文社会科学特征进行了定量分析,概括出美国著名理工大学人文社会科学学科优先发展序列.根据学科结构理论,借鉴美国著名理工大学的经验,联系我国实际,结合科学教育与人文教育相融合的需要,提出了我国理工大学优先发展的人文社会科学学科.     

综合国力与哲学社会科学成果

哲学社会科学成果与自然科学成果同样重要，哲学社会科学成果也是综合国力的体现，这是由哲学社会科学的地位所决定的，是由改革开放20多年坚持理论创新取得巨大成就的事实和中国历史史实所证明了的。而以美国为首的西方敌对势力推行的思想化渗透政策的巨大危害，又从反面证明了哲学社会科学成果对综合国力的影响。     

社会资本与大学生就业关系研究

社会资本对促进大学毕业生就业具有十分重要的作用。它可以弥补大学毕业生就业信息的不对称,有助于大学毕业生获取就业机会。就自主创业的大学毕业生而言,社会资本可以保证创业资金的供给。在转型时期的中国,无论是国家、高校,还是大学毕业生本人,只有不断积累社会资本,才能有效地促进大学毕业生就业。     

高校文科科研绩效评价的问题与对策

科研的灵魂是探索未知世界,造福人类社会。目前,高校文科科研绩效评价标准变成追求发表最高级别刊物的论文和申请最多的科研经费,这种异化的科研目标只能将科研引向歧途,针对目前高校文科科研绩效评价存在的问题,分析该问题的成因,并提出一些解决的对策。