Internal efficiency of Higher education system in armed conflict-affected countries-Yemen case

Yemen has witnessed decades of political unrest and the current armed conflict has significantly impacted human development. The economic activity has been severely disrupted which in turn affected the delivery of public services including the financing and operation of the higher education system (HE), where efficiency was negatively impacted.The purpose of this research is to investigate the extent of which the internal efficiency of the Yemen HE has been affected. This will be achieved through analysing the main three domains of teaching and learning activities as well as the impacts of the adopted policies by HE management. Structured interviews with standardized closed-ended and open-ended questions were conducted online with 51 academics who have been purposely selected. Despite the devastating effects of the armed conflict, the HE has continued to perform its duties, providing space for learning and contributing effectively in social cohesion. Nonetheless, the education process has been impacted quantitatively and qualitatively.Yemen has been deprived of its well-qualified human capital, and the brain-drain is still ongoing. The continuity of conflict will yield a generation who is either uneducated or poorly educated, and this will in turn continue feeding the violence and jeopardizing Yemen’s future.This paper represents a first attempt to study the effects of Yemen’s armed conflict on HE. Future research should shed light on tracing students who abandoned education as well as the level of knowledge, skills and competencies of those lately graduated. The multi-dimensional effects of brain-drain are equally important.     

Conflict,education and the global south: New critical directions

This paper seeks to provide a starting point for a broader discussion on the development of a critical research agenda in the field of ‘Education and Conflict Studies’. We begin the paper with a brief overview of the field of Education and Conflict drawing on a series of recent ‘overviews’ of the field and locate this within the context of the changing geo-political situation that emerged in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s. This is followed by explaining what we understand by a critical research agenda and why we think it necessary. Thirdly, we explore a series of potentially interesting areas of inquiry that are currently absent or undeveloped within the field and which relate particularly to its ‘global’ dimension. Finally, we conclude by making some more reflective comments on our approach, its potential for making a positive contribution to both theory and practice within the field of Education and Conflict, and the need for more critically informed, but policy relevant research in this emerging area of inquiry.     

高等教育研究与高等教育期刊的作用

本文旨在阐明高等教育期刊在传播高等教育研究成果中所起的作用。首先 ,简要介绍了高等教育研究的现状 ,主要是欧美国家有关高等教育研究的定义、性质的各种观点 ,以及欧美高等教育研究的差异。其次 ,重点介绍了欧洲主要的高等教育期刊以及其他高等教育研究出版物的情况及各自的特点。最后 ,从作者、编者、读者三个不同的角度剖析了高等教育期刊对于传播高等教育研究成果所发挥的作用     

高等教育大众化时期地方政府竞争与高等教育发展

在我国高等教育大众化过程中,地方政府竞争成为高等教育发展的重要驱动力量。本文揭示了这一时期省级政府之间在高等教育领域竞争的表现以及这种竞争给我国高等教育发展所带来的影响,进而提出了规范和引导地方政府竞争,促进高等教育科学发展的政策建议。     

Higher education journals as didactic frameworks

During the last 20 years, we have witnessed a growing interest in research in teaching, learning and educational development in higher education (HE). The result is that ‘Higher Education Didactics’ has established itself as a research field in its own right. This article explores Higher Education Didactics as a framework for academics’ professional reflection on teaching and learning, by mapping the didactic topics in all contributions in four journals in the period 2008–2015. Two of the journals are based in Scandinavia, where the European tradition of didactics (Didaktik) has been highly influential, while the others stem from the Anglo-Saxon curriculum tradition. The mapping shows that all journals are strongly occupied with teaching methods, especially methods grounded in theories of active and social learning. In contrast, didactic categories such as goal, content and assessment are rare topics. Students as participants and learners are a frequent topic in especially one journal, but receive little attention in the other journals. Also, educational technologies receive a varying degree of attention across the journals. Based on the mapping, this article discusses Higher Education Didactics as a framework for professional reflection in HE. It concludes that a broader range of research topics would be desirable and asks for future collaboration on the currently uncharted topics.     

格林斯潘经济学:当今美国高等教育危机的根源

本文详尽分析了格林斯潘经济学对美国高等教育的影响,指出在格林斯潘经济学指导下,以市场为导向的美国高等教育在缺乏国家监管的情况下,产生了学院资本主义、贷款学生和私有化进程.这一进程将使美国高等教育产生严重的危机,而这一危机的始作俑者就是格林斯潘经济学.     

阿拉伯国家高等教育的新进展

文章主要介绍了阿拉伯国家高等教育的最新进展，并就其未来发展应给予关注的问题做了初步探讨。     

Higher education provision for students with disabilities in Cyprus

Internationally, the number of students with disabilities entering higher education institutions is on the rise. Research estimates that 8–10% of students attending higher education are registered with disability, with learning difficulties being the most commonly reported disability. Widening participation in higher education has been supported by legislative changes, inclusive education practices, the use of ICT and accessible facilities and programs and, ultimately, an increasing belief among students with disabilities that higher education maximizes their opportunities for employment and independent living. Within the Cypriot context, research on disability, access and provision in higher education is limited. This study was a part of a large-scale study (PERSEAS) funded by the EU. From the original sample, 15 students attending private higher education institutions in Cyprus reported disability (i.e., sensory impairment, dyslexia, physical disabilities) and were selected for focus group discussions. Also, interviews and focus groups were conducted with the Headmasters and teachers, respectively, in 10 private higher education institutions. This study yielded interesting results regarding the current state of provision (e.g., concessions for exams and assignments, infrastructure, teaching modification, counseling services) as well as issues of social inclusion, equality of opportunity and entitlement to education.     

高职院校校园突发事件的成因探析及应对策略

高职院校学生普遍存在着“文化素养相对较低、学习能力较弱、学习压力小、学习动力不足”等特点,使高职院校突发事件有着独特的成因。笔者拟对高职院校校园突发事件的成因及对策进行论述与分析,以期为高职院校学生管理工作及突发事件的预防和应对提供帮助。     

浅析国内外高等职业教育

高等职业教育已成为中国教育体系的一个重要组成部分,经过二十年的发展,中国的高等职业教育正在迎接二十一世界的挑战。面对世界经济和教育发展的现状,我们深切感到,我们的现代化建设,不仅需要不术型、研究型人才,也需要大批应用型、高级技艺型人才。而学习和借鉴国外的先进经验,对推动我国职业教育是十分必要的。     

高职院校网络思想政治教育方法研究

随着网络技术的发展,网络已成为大学生学习、生活、娱乐、交友的重要工具。高职院校学生对网络有更浓厚的兴趣,很多同学在网络学习活动中更具特长。如何使网络成为弘扬主旋律、开展思想政治教育的重要手段,成为摆在思想政治教育工作者面前的重大课题。建立网上QQ群,拉近师生距离;建立手机飞信群,搭建沟通平台;开辟网上办公室,实现全天候办公;开辟网上心理咨询室,推进个性化服务。通过这些手段,可以发挥网络思想政治教育快捷、形象、注重交往、尊重个性、潜移默化的特点,达到其独特教育效果。     

论高等教育分流的价值目标

价值是人们对于能够满足自己某种需要的客观事物重要性的认识与评价,目标是人们在一定价值观念支配下作出的对一定对象的选择或对某种结果的追求。高等教育分流的价值目标是高等教育分流主体对有关分流活动的价值取向与目标选择,它们之间具有一定的矛盾性,需要高校主体采用"兼顾"的分流目标加以协调。     

2006年中国高等教育盘点

2006年我国高等教育领域发生了一系列具有“里程碑意义”和“预警作用”的大事。这些事件传递着一条重要的信息:2006年是中国高等教育进行重大调整的一年,其核心和焦点是提高教育质量。对高等教育质量的强调,既是高等教育自身发展的内在要求,也是高等教育适应社会发展的客观需要。同时,这也表明我国对高等教育大众化的认识正在由“目标理论”向“预警理论”回归,高等教育大众化实践则开始走向理性和相对成熟,规模、质量、结构和效益协调发展日益成为高等教育改革和治理的目标。     

基于突发事件的高校思想政治教育研究

社会在不断发展与进步,人民物质文化水平也不断提高,同时还带来了各种问题,各种矛盾交织并存,极易产生突发事件。面对因各种矛盾而产生的突发事件,大学生作为准社会主义建设者,如何更好地去解决这些矛盾而尽量杜绝一些不良事件的发生,这就成为了大学生思想政治教育亟待解决的问题。文章以此问题为出发点展开论述,以期能够找到教育学生适应变化发展环境的良方,开创学生思想政治教育新局面。     

论质量是我国高等教育发展的核心

高等教育质量不是一个单一的概念，而是一个多维的、多样化的概念。在高等教育质的发展和量的发展的对立统一中，我们必须树立强烈的质量意识，以提高我国的国民素质、科技水平和国际竞争力。这是因为，人才培养质量是高等教育与社会发展的结合点。另外，从高等教育的可持续发展来看，提高质量比发展数量更为重要。     

质量风险管理:中国高等教育何以应对?

高校作为一个相对独立的市场主体,也面临着各种各样的风险,把风险管理的理论和方法应用于教育质量风险的管理,是高等教育质量保障领域中开拓性的尝试。对我国当前的高等教育进行质量风险管理具有非常重要的现实意义和长远的战略意义。     

全球化时代的高等教育政策走向及其批判性分析

在全球化浪潮下,许多国家的高等教育政策发生了调整,体现出不同程度的市场化、民营化、分权化和问责制走向。这些政策有其共同的实践动力和理论依据,并且相互关联,各自有利有弊。对这些政策的实际效果的批判性分析表明,高等教育的基本价值观不能妥协,政府不能放弃对公共高等教育的责任,高校的办学自主权应当得到保障。     

School mining clubs in Kono,Sierra Leone: the practices and imaginaries of a pedagogy of protest against social injustice in a conflict-affected context

ABSTRACT

This paper takes as a case study the pedagogical practices emergent from the educational interventions of a civil society organisation in the conflict affected region of Kono, Sierra Leone. Using a cultural political economy approach, it highlights the possibilities of pedagogy being leveraged to protest against perceived and experienced social injustices. In so doing it contributes to understanding of a context-specific model of teacher agency, rooted in the local and global challenges faced by pupils and their communities. It thereby illuminates an alternative to the generic and decontextualized framings of pedagogy frequently offered in human rights and peace education curricula.     

重庆高等教育率先发展的基本路径探析

贯彻落实＂314＂总体部署和建设统筹城乡综合配套改革试验区等,要求重庆高等教育率先发展。经过建国60年,特别是改革开放30余年来的大发展、大积淀,重庆高等教育已经奠定了率先发展的坚实基础;只要战略明确、路径正确、措施得当,重庆高等教育将能够实现＂率先发展＂的目标,为重庆和国家经济社会发展提供强大的人才支持和智力贡献。实现率先发展需要从创新政策,优化结构,提高质量,增加投入,改革体制,促进科技创新,强化队伍建设,加强国际化、信息化和法制化等方面着力推进。     

大众化进程中的我国高等教育公平问题探析

追求高等教育公平是我国高等教育改革和发展的基本价值取向。然而，随着我国高等教育大众化发展进程的加快，高等教育不公平问题也越来越突出。这些不公平问题大都可归结为制度性不公平。因此，建立高等教育政策运行的公平机制，推进高等教育政策调整和制度变迁创新，是使我国高等教育发展不断趋近公平的基本途径。