Hows and whys of parental involvement in a national ‘neoliberal laboratory’: aspirations,values and beliefs in relation to children’s education among Chilean urban lower-middle-class parents

Abstract

This paper sought to shed light on the beliefs, aspirations and values in relation to education that shape parental ways of involvement among Chilean urban lower-middle-class parents. Using the capability approach as the main theoretical framework and a critical epistemology, the discussion focuses on the way in which the pre-eminence of instrumental and positional dimensions of education arguably places limitations on how education is understood and valued; sets boundaries for parental involvement and overloads families. This situation ultimately diminishes the power of education to disrupt intergenerational cycles of disadvantage among Chilean urban lower-middle-class families.     

World Bank in Nepal’s education: three decades of neoliberal reform

This paper critically analyses key educational policy documents produced by the World Bank mainly from the mid-1980s to 2010 with regard to implementing major educational projects in Nepal. Using critical policy sociology as a methodological tool, the paper explores how a small Himalayan nation with per capita income of about US$730 (2014) plunged into neoliberal world order during the early 1980s. The paper argues that Bank’s educational policy recommendations are guided by some underlying assumptions of neoliberalism mainly marketisation, privatisation, and decentralisation. The paper concludes that neoliberal orientation in education has almost no potential in addressing Nepal’s development challenges.     

西方学者对教育市场化改革的检讨

上个世纪80年代以来的英美教育市场化或民营化改革遭遇到西方学者的诸多批评,本文进行了归纳与概括。本文认为,教育市场化或民营化的根本意义或方向不应定位于突破官僚制,也不应定位于比传统公立学校更富有效率,它的意义就在于给传统政府学校教育提供一个外围构造物,即一个多元的、混合式的治理结构,一个多元的价值理念,一个多样化的选择。     

高等教育市场化:趋势、问题与前景

高等教育市场化正逐渐成为国际性的趋势,市场的力量如何改变着高等教育形态,其背景是什么,将发展到怎样的程度,结果又是什么,这些都是高等教育研究必须回答的。本文首先简要论述了高等教育发展史上国家和市场的关系,然后分类讨论了高等教育市场中的多种力量,以及随着市场化而产生的主要问题。     

坚持继续教育方向加快理科继续教育步伐

本文从分析国外理科教育改革与继续教育的状况和我国中小学理科教育与继续教育进展出发,提出我国理科继续教育的六条措施.对今后全面开展理科继续教育具有指导作用.     

我们是否迈向高等教育的自由放任主义?

多年以来,许多发展中国家对高等教育的发展漠不关心,忽视高等教育发展、缩减高等教育的公共投资,纵容自由放任主义,甚至采取了高等教育市场化的政策;结果在高等教育领域中市场变得十分活跃。然而大多数发展中国家的市场经济是“不完全”或“不完善”的,因此高等教育市场化改革的结果很不理想。事实上,市场力量在一些国家造成了灾难性的后果。这种“市场化”国家政策来自以下两个错误的假设:高等教育对社会的发展并不重要,国家可以为了市场而忽略其提供高等教育的责任。但是事实表明,我们已经为这些错误认识付出了昂贵的代价。国家在高等教育发展中的角色是至关重要、不可或缺的。     

英国继续教育督导框架与实践——以休贝尔德学院为例

教育督导是英国对继续教育质量进行监督和管理的重要手段。在继续教育督导框架的指导下,对一些提供继续教育的教学单位进行督导评估,能够帮助其全面了解自身情况,提高一些薄弱环节的质量,从而更好地满足当地学习者和雇主的需求。通过对英国继续教育督导框架和实践的总结和分析,能够帮助我们厘清国内继续教育督导工作存在的问题和不足,促进继续教育督导发挥其应有的作用。     

政府在教育治理中扮演的两个角色

市场与国家都是一种空间表象与结构模式,市场与国家在提供与生产学校教育上都有各自的缺陷.学校教育市场化改革的本质在于解决基础教育资源需求与优质教育资源需求间的冲突,但是它无法调解公平与效率的冲突.政府需要在冲突中做出治理结构上的调整,以调和冲突;但是它既需要官僚制又需要教育市场化改革,它既需要扮演掌舵者,又需要扮演划桨者两种角色.     

Soldier education in the British army, 1920–2007

This article surveys the history of compulsory education for soldiers’ career advancement in the British army. It begins with an examination of the organisational context before analysing the rationale, syllabus, teaching and assessment of soldier education. It concludes that for members of the army education organisation their self‐perception as soldiers and educators is of crucial importance; that the justifications for soldier education have been debated constantly between the ‘liberal’ and ‘utilitarian’ groupings within the organisation; and finally that significant work remains to be done in this nexus between British military and educational history.     

确立终身教育理念全面发展高职教育

终身教育思想的提出对各国继续教育影响深远。继续教育是实现终身教育思想的重要形式,是高职院校使命之一。正确理解终身教育内涵,对确立终身教育理念,全面发展我国高职教育,具有重要意义。     

Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Research on Essay Writing: No One Way

In this article the results from two studies on essay writing are contrasted. One uses a qualitative method and the other a quantitative one. The qualitative study is rich in detail but, for those of a quantitative disposition, it lacks sufficient quantitative information. We are not told, for example, what proportion of the students involved are men or women, traditional-entry or mature, and what disciplines they are studying. The quantitative study provides details of this kind, but it does, however, have problems of its own. Internal inconsistencies in the data reveal that the validity of some of the findings is questionable. The article concludes by suggesting the necessity for combining - or sequentially chaining - different methods in research of this kind.     

论新形势下会计继续教育模式的创新

传统会计继续教育模式以班级集中授课形式为主,受训人员无法获得个性化和实用性的知识和技能。借助因特网构建教学和学习的平台,可以实现会计继续教育网络化。新型的教育模式能为学习者提供符合个人需求的教育内容,提高学习者专业素质,以适应新形势发展的需要。     

论新时期成人教育的创新发展观

时代的发展和社会的进步,对成人教育的创新和发展提出了更高的要求。成人教育必须积极适应时代和社会发展的需要,树立更为先进的教育思想和观念。从办学理念、运行机制、教学管理与方法等几个方面,进行大胆的探索和创新,才能推动其现代化发展。