高职高专教育教学质量的过程监控研究

目前,我国高职高专院校的教育教学质量监控体系存在着诸如评价观念相对落后;目的不清;主体存在缺陷;评价尺度不够科学合理等问题。为改变这种状况,要依据高职办学规律,构建层级式具有操作性的教学环节质量标准体系;强调学生主体,构建有效的教学过程信息采集和处理系统;构建快速有效的即时反馈调控系统。     

Theoretical Perspectives on Gender in Education: The Case of Eastern and Southern Africa

In recent years, throughout Eastern and Southern Africa, there has been a proliferation of research on gender in education. It is possible to point to a wide variety of publications, courses and programmes planned and organized by universities, national governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector relating to this field. This article examines the feminist and gender theories underpinning all these endeavors. The theories are assessed for their potential capacity to assist in elucidating the complex relationship between gender and development within the region.     

The Tunisian Educational Reform: From Quantity to Quality and the Need for Monitoring and Assessment

The Tunisian education system, like that of many other Southern nations of intermediate wealth, finds itself pulled in opposing directions. While quantitative advances at different levels of instruction have been easily achieved, a reorientation towards qualitative matters is nowadays more than ever necessary. Reforms at the secondary level, and the perspectives that they open up in terms of an improvement in the quality of educational services for young people, will receive special attention in this article. Radical changes in the traditional status of school inspectors are needed. Furthermore, a new national agency for monitoring and evaluating students' outcomes and schools' performance is indispensable.     

教育质量监测试题的评价与反思

教育质量监测试题的质量关系到基础教育质量监测的科学性与权威性。评价认为,教育质量监测试题在思想与立意、目的与功能、结构与形式、指标与属性等方面具有一定优势,但也存在一致性难以兼顾、科学性论证缺位、利害性不易权衡的不足。针对其不足,提出拓展一致性分析、加强科学性论证和寻求利害性平衡的建议与策略,为我国的考试改革和教育质量监测提供重要借鉴。     

南宋浙东学派功利主义教育思想述评

南宋浙东学派的学者在教育方面提出了一系列关于教育和教学的理论和观点，形成了具有朴素唯物主义色彩的比较系统的功利主义教育思想，其中有不少精辟、独到之处，对于今天的教育实践仍具有借鉴和指导意义。     

Macroeconomics, (Adult) Education, and Poverty Eradication in Southern Africa

The Millennium Summit held in New York in September 2000 outlined the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The first of these involves the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, setting two targets: halving by 2015 the percentage of the world’s populace in 1990 with income less than US-$1 a day (i.e., cutting this percentage from 27.9 to 14%); and halving the share of people who suffer from hunger. As for education, the MDGs seek to ensure that all children can complete primary schooling by 2015. Drawing on examples from selected southern African countries, the present study examines the need to strengthen economic support for (adult) education as an instrument of poverty eradication. It argues that human capital is one of the fundamental determinants of economic growth, and that this economic resource is essentially determined in both qualitative and quantitative regards by education.     

Macroeconomics, (Adult) Education, and Poverty Eradication in Southern Africa

The Millennium Summit held in New York in September 2000 outlined the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The first of these involves the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, setting two targets: halving by 2015 the percentage of the world’s populace in 1990 with income less than US-$1 a day (i.e., cutting this percentage from 27.9 to 14%); and halving the share of people who suffer from hunger. As for education, the MDGs seek to ensure that all children can complete primary schooling by 2015. Drawing on examples from selected southern African countries, the present study examines the need to strengthen economic support for (adult) education as an instrument of poverty eradication. It argues that human capital is one of the fundamental determinants of economic growth, and that this economic resource is essentially determined in both qualitative and quantitative regards by education.     

Extra tuition in Southern and Eastern Africa: Coverage,growth, and linkages with pupil achievement

The phenomenon of extra tuition is witnessed in many countries and some educationalists have described it as a parallel education system. However, the incidence and impact of extra tuition have often not been studied systematically, especially in Africa. In this article cross-national data for six African education systems (Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zanzibar) collected by SACMEQ, the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality, have been used to assess: (a) the incidence and growth of extra tuition, (b) the characteristics of students who received extra tuition, and (c) the association between extra tuition and student achievement. The analyses presented in this paper showed that extra tuition was a widespread phenomenon in all six education systems, and that receiving extra tuition was positively associated with the socio-economic levels of students’ home backgrounds. The association between tuition and student achievement was mixed. The issues and challenges associated with tuition have been discussed and some suggestions for further research made.     

高等教育教学与学习的国际交流平台——国际教育发展联盟

国际教育发展联盟(简称ICED)作为一个国际性的教育联盟,成立的目的在于促进世界范围内高等教育教学、学术和教师的发展。成立至今,ICED通过增加世界各地成员组织的数量、举办委员会会议和国际大会等形式,不断地扩大其对世界范围内高等教育的影响,为世界高等教育发展活动提供了一个国际性的交流平台。     

构建完善的成人高等教育教学质量监控体系

成人高等教育的快速发展在一定程度上适应了社会发展对人才的需求,但同时也带来新的教育质量问题。教学质量是高等学校办学的生命线,要确保成人高等教育教学质量,必须建立健全适合本校特点的成人高等教育教学质量监控体系。该文主要从完善的成人高等教育教学质量监控体系的构建及运行这一层面进行探讨和实践。     

论教育环境对城乡学生心理素质的影响

心理素质是人才质量的关键,学生的心理是在家庭、学校和社会环境中逐渐形成和发展的,不同的环境使个体的心理发展表现出不同的特点和趋势。这里通过比较城乡学生家庭教育、基础教育和社区心理卫生服务的现状,深入分析了导致城乡学生心理差异的主要原因,为改善城乡学生心理健康状况提供了依据。     

关于加强成人高等教育教师教学质量监控体系建设的探索

目前我国高等院校的成人教育由于其自身的特殊性,其教学体系并没有纳入普通高等教育体系进行管理。因此,教学质量监控体系并不完善,普遍存在监控力度不足、监控手段单一等情况。基于教师是教学的实施者与主导者,是影响教学质量的最关键因素,本文结合现行成人教育的教学特点,从日常教学管理的层面对加强成人教育教师教学质量监控建设做一些尝试性的探索。     

教育实习质量监控：问题与反思

在影响教育实习效果的诸因素中,质量监控体系的建立无疑是一个非常重要的因素。但由于对实习过程管理重视程度不够等原因,目前高校在教育实习质量监控方面存在诸多问题。为提高人才培养质量,需要改进相关工作,包括完善制度建设,加强对教育实习工作的组织和领导;深化、密切高校与实习基地之间的合作伙伴关系;尽量增加集中实习的人数,强化监控力度;建立全程化的实习指导模式;改善评价方式,充分发挥过程性评价对学生专业发展的促进作用。     

东晋南朝时期寿春地区的水战

东晋南朝时期,淮南寿春(阳)是南北争战的热点区域之一,双方经常利用当地水文条件来克敌制胜。首先是通过河道运输部队、给养并进行水战,北伐船队主要由黄河入蒗荡渠,再分别经颍水和汝水南下入淮。北魏曾在寿春建立了船厂、港泊和一支水军,并普遍运用树栅阻止敌船的战术。南方政权至寿春的水路或是溯濡须水、淝水而上,或是经中渎水溯淮而上。双方还运用筑堤蓄水作为攻防手段,如积水灌城、开塘放水阻遏来寇,梁朝甚至修筑了规模巨大的"淮堰",企图藉此淹溺沿淮低洼区域的敌军。