Writing retreat as structured intervention: margin or mainstream?

Academics across the world face increasing pressure to publish. Research shows that writing retreats have helped by creating dedicated writing time and building collegiality. A new form of ‘structured’ writing retreat was created to increase its impact by taking a community of practice approach. This paper reports on an evaluation, funded by the British Academy, in which participants were interviewed one year after structured retreat. They reported many changes in their approaches to writing and in their sense of themselves as writers and some of these changes were sustained on return to campus. This paper argues that structured retreat increases learning through participation and helps academics to mainstream writing in their lives and careers. We conclude by suggesting that, since publishing is a mainstream academic activity, it makes sense to mainstream this intervention in academic careers.     

高校《应用写作》的教学改革

本文分析了高校《应用写作》教学上存在的一些问题,指出要提高《应用写作》的教学效果,必须从结合专业特点授课、培养学生实际写作能力、强化以实践为主导的训练、改变考核方式、实行多媒体教学等五个方面进行改革。     

建设和发展首都的应用型残疾人高等教育的探索

按照首都教育的特殊地位,特别是残疾人教育的需求,积极地开拓、发展首都特色的残疾人高等教育,办出高水平、高质量的残疾人高等教育院校,就必须要把建设和发展应用型残疾人高等教育作为学校的办学定位,建立适应残疾人教育的应用型专业,培养残疾大学生成为应用性人才。同时,利用首都丰富的办学资源,开展与社会和行业的合作办学;加强国际交流,促进应用型残疾人高等教育的开放办学;不断进行应用型教育的研究、实践与创新,推动应用型教育的发展。     

An international comparison of community engagement in higher education

Community engagement in higher education is a shift beyond the traditional roles of instruction and research. This paper presents a transnational view of community engagement developed from two case studies of universities in the Philippines and Australia. The study, revealed variations in the way community engagement is understood and implemented by universities across different countries. These variations are related to economic, social-cultural, political and organizational factors. The role of university leadership was found to have a critical role in embedding community engagement in the organizational identity and image.     

论实践教育

实践是人的成长与发展的重要途径。教育性实践,是学生在教师的指导下,以问题为中心,有目的地运用所学知识,在实际情境中认识与体验客观世界,并基于多样化操作性学习过程分析解决实际问题的学习活动。教育性实践是体验性实践、反思性实践、综合性实践,具有体验性、反思性等基本特点;实践教育的基本过程是情境理解、过程体验、反思感悟,其过程价值在于发展学生的问题意识、实践能力和良好的情感态度价值观。加强实践课程、注重实践学习、构建实践德育、是当前我国促进人才培养方式创新的根本要求。     

中国高等教育大众化实践的若干偏宕

高等教育大众化理论,从本质上说它是一种预警理论,是高等教育规模达到一定目标之后的一种预警。如果忽视大众化理论的预警功能,也就是忽视了高等教育规模扩张的潜在危机。我国在高等教育大众化过程中正是由于误读了大众化理论,或者说忽视了它的预警功能,结果导致大众化实践中出现了若干偏宕。     

高职日语专业毕业论文改革的实践与思考

南通职业大学日语专业从高职培养目标出发,探索了一种具有高职特色的毕业论文写作方法.实验证明,所形成的“听-译-论综合“写作方式,可以对学生的日语综合能力进行比较全面的考察,同时也起到了反省教学环节的不足、促进教学和考试改革、健康发展的作用.     

论实践教学在高职教育中的地位和作用

实践教学在高等职业教育中的地位和作用是理论教学不可替代的,没有实践教学高职教育的培养目标就无法实现。搞好实践教学基地建设,是搞好实践教学的必要条件,是打造专业品牌、突出高职特色的基础和保证。     

推进素质教育的宏观抉择

素质教育是基于受教育者的基本素质,通过最佳途径,促进其主动地在各自层面上全面发展的教育模式。实施素质教育,应加快高等教育大众化、多样化的发展进程;坚持专业教育的核心地位;找准全面发展的切入点;实行分类培养,因材施教;优化课程结构,改革教学内容和教学方法;完善检测评价激励机制。     

Development of first-year students' conceptions of essay writing

Findings are presented from a small-scalelongitudinal study of first-year psychologystudents' learning. Three developmentalhierarchies were derived in the analysis of theinterview data, which described differentaspects of the variation in students' accountsof their conceptions of essay writing. Althoughthe findings did suggest that the students madesome development in their conceptions, itseemed that by the end of the study many ofthem were still unable to describe what wasexpected for their essays in a way which fullymapped onto their tutors' accounts. Theeffects of advice given to students about theiressay writing were also investigated. Studentswere given help that seemed relevant todeveloping their conceptions, but there waslittle evidence in the interviews that thismade an impact on their learning and studentsoften described minimal engagement with adviceand feedback. Two case studies are presented togive a more holistic perspective on thestudents' accounts of their essay writing.These cases suggest the limitations of simplecategorisations, as they emphasise the complexand idiosyncratic nature of students'development.     

成人高等教育实行学分制的实践与探索

成人教育是一种层次多、方式丰富的教育类别。其教育对象、组织方式、学习方法、教学形式、开放程度均有鲜明的特点。这就要求有不同于传统教育的管理模式。学分制管理是一种必要并且可行的教育教学管理方式。实行学分制管理,有望革除积弊,提高成人教育质量。     

高职应用文写作教师“专业”三问

高职应用文写作是一门基础类课程,承担教学任务的教师自然应当有精深、系统和全面的相关知识背景和教学能力,高职应用文写作教师的“专业化”是一个常被提起又语焉不详的问题。但“专业”的内涵究竟指什么,教师如何能“达标”,本文从授课教师的“专业”入手进行探讨,认为理智地看待问题、承认现状、对症下药、综合提高既是当务之急,也是务实之举。     

大众化背景下的高等教育入学机会:问题、根源和对策

高等教育大众化促进了入学机会总量的迅速增加,但机会增多并不等于机会均等,地区、城乡、阶层和性别之间的入学机会不均依然显著存在。制度性教育的天然缺陷、城乡二元制的结构制约、考选制度的隐性不公、成本分担的制度失衡、资本存量的代际影响、基础教育的不均积续、性别偏好的消极影响等是造成我国高等教育入学机会不均的深层原因。应在稳步推进高等教育大众化的基础上,通过制度变革和政策调整来增进高等教育公平。     

教学实践与高师小学教育课程资源开发

高师小学教育专业课程开发与研究应以基础教育课程改革为立足点,确立新的课程观,保证其师范性与学术性相统一、基础性与发展性并重的本质;体现经验本位的课程价值取向及课程内容综合性,课程功能多元化的特点;课堂教学实践要与课程研究、开发相结合。