The benefits of overseas study for international postgraduate students in Malaysia

This paper investigates the benefits of overseas tertiary education for international postgraduate students enrolled at a research-intensive university in Malaysia, an emerging yet under-researched Asian education hub. The study is based on 55 semi-structured qualitative interviews with international students and academic and professional support staff. Our analysis identified three sets of benefits linked to specific economic, educational, social and cultural pull factors: academic success, building knowledge and skills, and contributing to home country on return. Our analysis illustrates the interplay between macro and meso-level actors and policies in shaping the micro-level experiences of international students. The paper contributes new insights into vital nuances in the nature and lived experience of the key benefits of international education relating to academic success and time, language learning and friendship, and employability and ‘giving back’.     

Meeting the evolving education needs of faculty in providing access for college students with LD

Faculty play an essential role in providing access for college students with LD. Though many recommendations exist in the literature for educating faculty about their roles regarding students with LD, it is unclear whether these strategies are actually addressing faculty needs. To examine this issue, the evolving role of faculty is discussed. Current practices in faculty education pertaining to college students with LD are reviewed. Discrepancies between the evolving faculty role and current faculty education practices are examined. Guiding questions are proposed for expanding faculty education efforts and models to keep pace with the evolving faculty role in providing access for college students with LD.     

Special needs students in higher education

The topic in this paper is how former special needs students with academic competence from upper secondary school succeed in education on a higher level. The study concentrates on students who at their start in upper secondary education were registered with problems of concentration, difficulties in reading, writing or mathematics. The main part of this paper will base on qualitative interviews with nine former special needs students. Seven out of the nine informants were registered with reading and writing difficulties. However, it is also possible to compare these informants with longitudinal data from a larger group of students who have been followed prospectively since spring 1996. Theoretically the study is based on life course research with special emphasis on social transitions. In transitional processes between different educational arenas gatekeepers＇often play important roles. This study will examine how such gatekeepers, e.g. teachers, may facilitate or obstruct these transitions for a vulnerable group like former special needs students.     

把握研究生思想状况开展研究生德育创新

随着外部环境的改变和研究生群体结构变化,近年来研究生中理想信念、责任感、诚信、心理等问题有所增加。在此情况下,清华大学进行了研究生德育工作的创新和探索,德育工作以党建为龙头,与就业引导、学风学术建设、导师教书育人、文体素质培养相结合,推动了研究生全面素质的提高。     

国外现代远程开放教育教学模式刍议

了解和研究国外远程开放教育教学模式的特点及适用背景条件,对我国远程开放教育教学模式的改革具有重要的借鉴作用和现实意义。     

西方国家留学生教育与高等教育国际化

外国留学生教育是高等教育国际化的重要内容之一,发展留学生教育是推进高等教育国际化进程的重要途径。研究西方国家发展留学生教育的主要措施,及其在本国高等教育国际化进程中的作用,认真总结其成功经验,对我国发展留学生教育,推动高等教育国际化具有积极的借鉴意义。     

导师在研究生思想政治教育中的作用探究

近年来,随着我国高等教育改革与发展的进一步深入,研究生招生数量的急剧增加和研究生自身存在的理论水平和政治修养欠缺、自我期望值过高、团队合作意识较弱、个体差异较大、发展不平衡等问题的出现,使得研究生的思想政治教育显得尤为重要,直接关系到我国科学技术水平的提高和经济的可持续发展,关系到民族的伟大复兴。而要切实有效地加强研究生的思想政治工作,提高研究生的德育工作质量,除了进一步提高研究生思想政治教育工作者的素质和能力外,要特别强调发挥导师在研究生思想政治教育工作中不可替代的作用。     

提高远程教育师生熟识度之探讨

相比于传统的课堂教学方式,远程教育中师生之间的熟悉程度大大下降,原因在于网络教育中情感关怀的缺失、远程学习者的学习动机趋向利益化、学习方式的自主化、生师比例过高,现有的考核和激励机制不够明确等等问题。要提高师生熟识度,就要强化学生对老师的印象,或以各类活动强化班主任对学生的熟识程度,制订激励机制、量化考核。     

Controversial practices in the education of students with high support needs

The use of controversial practices unsupported by research is a concern in special education, especially for students with high support needs. Internet sites of Australian schools enrolling students with moderate to severe intellectual disability (moderate to severe learning difficulties) were located and reviewed to determine the kinds of controversial practices employed and the number of schools reporting their use. Almost half the sample reported utilising at least one unsupported practice and in general there were few convincing rationales provided for the adoption of these practices. The use of unsupported practices in schools may be related to the inaccessibility of research, teacher mistrust of research, teacher reliance on more informal and personal sources of information, and teacher desire to achieve results and build positive relationships. More research is needed to understand why these practices are adopted and the ways in which they are used.     

当前研究生教育发展规模与速度的研究

研究生教育的发展一方面取决于国家经济社会发展的需要,另一方面取决于与经济发展水平相适应的综合国力支撑条件,这是由教育的社会制约性决定的。笔者以教育的社会制约性理论为基础,分析我国经济发展水平对研究生教育的制约,探讨研究生教育发展规模与速度。     

Attitudes of Alaskan distance education students toward media and instruction

Abstract

This article reports the results of a study to assess the attitudes of distance higher education students in various units of the College of Rural Alaska, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Emphasis was given to media preferences, the convenience of various media, and overall attitudes toward distance instruction. Results of a mail survey indicated acceptance of a wide variety of media as well as strong general support for distance instruction. Additionally, a large majority of respondents rated distance instruction as equal to or better than face‐to‐face instruction.     

Teacher training through distance education: IICBA's experience

Abstract

This paper describes the experiences of the International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) in running distance education programmes for teachers and education personnel in sub-Saharan Africa. The Institute, established by UNESCO in 1999 and located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is mandated to work with teacher education institutions (TEIs) in sub-Saharan Africa in the areas of curriculum development, teacher education, distance education and educational planning. The subject areas IICBA focuses on are the teaching of Science, Mathematics, languages and ICT (Information and communication technologies) through the use of modern pedagogy. The Institute implements its projects in partnership with distance education offering institutions in Africa and other parts of the world. The paper begins by providing brief remarks on IICBA and its mandate and organisation, and proceeds to explain why it focuses on the areas of teacher education, capacity building and the distance mode of delivery to offer its training programmes. At the end, it describes the kinds of programmes it has been running since its establishment and the partner distance education institutions that offered the training courses.     

The attainment and experiences of disabled students in distance education

In an earlier study of disabled graduates from campus‐based institutions in the UK, students who had previously declared that they had an unseen disability were less likely to obtain good degrees (with first‐class or upper second‐class honours). The present study investigated the role of disability as a factor in the attainment and experiences of 2351 distance‐learning students awarded first degrees by the UK’s Open University in 2002–2003. In contrast to the earlier study, students who had previously declared that they were dyslexic, were deaf or hard of hearing, or had multiple disabilities were also less likely to obtain good degrees. In a self‐report questionnaire, graduates with multiple disabilities provided lower ratings of the quality of their courses and their personal development. Nevertheless, the attainment and overall experience of graduates who reported disabilities that they had not previously declared to the University were similar to those of graduates with no disability.     

Conceptions of learning in adult students embarking on distance education

A 60-item questionnaire on conceptions of learning was mailed to students taking preparatory courses by distance learning with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Complete data were provided by 372 respondents. Their scores on six factor-based scales showed satisfactory internal consistency, cluster analysis identified five groups of students with distinct patterns of scores, and discriminant analysis identified the scales that served to distinguish among the clusters. Three groups had conceptions of learning based on critical thinking, personal development, and personal change, but the other groups had conceptions that were defined in largely negative terms. Adult learners embarking on distance education seem to hold distinctive conceptions of learning, which suggests that conceptions of learning are culturally and contextually dependent.     

远程教育学生毕业论文质量提高方法与途径研究——以内地经济欠发达地区电大为例

毕业论文写作是检验学生综合运用所学知识分析问题、解决问题能力的一个重要形式。把好毕业论文程序关,是高校教学管理部门一项十分重要的工作。针对目前欠发达地区远程教育学生毕业论文质量整体水平不高的现状,文章分别从学生、教师、学校、公众四位主体,从写作动机、引导机制、激励机制、评价机制四个层面对远程教育学生毕业论文质量进行分析和研究。     

远程教育和谐师生关系的构建

远程教育师生关系具有特殊性,在远程教育中,教师、学生和虚拟社区共同构成了学习的网上生态系统,师生之间的关系是这一生态系统下的共生的双主体关系.远程教育良性师生关系的构建过程就是教育质量的提高过程.积极、认真地开展各种活动,利用一切可以利用的途径增进师生现实交流,教师对各种活动情况进行点面结合的记载,建立学生学习过程的个人档案,是实现远程教育个性化教学的基础;个性化的指导性评价是繁荣虚拟社区,实现远程教育个性化教学,确保远程教育质量的有效途径.     

我国研究生教育评估的主要特征分析

经过二十多年的发展,我国研究生教育评估已经取得了一系列的进展,但也面临不少的难题.现阶段我国研究生教育评估,具有评估理念现代化、评估主体多元化、评估类型多样化、评估程序规范化和指标体系科学化等主要特征.     

境外职业道德教育特征及启示

不同国家的职业道德教育有着不同的形式和方法,但核心都是关注学生职业道德知识与能力的养成。总起来看,各国在职业道德课程中注重知识传授与行业要求,重视宗教的影响;在方法上注重实践性和主动性;在评价中重视多元性和"国家职业资格证书"的作用;在内容和手段上随着社会进步不断更新和发展,这些对我国的职业道德教育都有着重要的借鉴意义。