Strategic Renewal and Development Implications of Organisational Effectiveness Research in Higher Education in Australia

Higher education around the world has been undergoing a period of rapid change. In order to cope with this complexity and turbulence, corporate management practices have been embraced. In many cases the experiment has been ill-conceived, laborious and even aborted. The reasons mooted for this range from 'scant relevant literature on universities' to 'their applicability to the public sector is largely untested' (Hughes & Sohler 1992). The thesis of this paper is that organisational effectiveness (OE) research has made considerable progress in empirically deriving a systematic framework of theoretical and practical utility. This research field is briefly summarised and an Australian higher education taxonomy grounded in the competing values framework is illustrated (Lysons 1990b, 1993). The emerging inter-organisational comparisons and profiles are discussed in relation to their importance as a diagnostic tool for strategic planning, organisational renewal and development.     

休闲与体育的文化渊源及现代意义

休闲是人类文化的基础,体育是休闲行为之一;它们都是文化的结晶,是文化传承的栽体和文化创造的来源.休闲体育的本质在于培育人的理性、激情、勇敢、道德和习惯养成.其目的在于陶冶身心、练达魂魄,进而达到能言善举、能解音律、举止娴雅的境界.亦对提升国民素养、健全人格、强盛民族有重要的影响.     

Building a validity argument for the community of inquiry survey instrument

The purpose of this study was to provide empirical evidence to support the validity of the Community of Inquiry (CoI) model survey. The participants for this study were undergraduate and graduate students (n = 1173) enrolled in fully online (57%) and blended online courses (43%) offered through WebCT during the spring 2008 semester at a mid-sized western university. One half of the student responses were randomly selected for exploratory factor analysis while the remaining half was subjected to confirmatory factor analysis. Results from the exploratory analysis identified a three factor model which was tested through confirmatory factor analysis and found to be an acceptable fit to the predicted population model. Results from this study suggest that the CoI survey holds promise as a useful evaluation tool for providing formative and summative feedback about the effectiveness of online courses and programs.     

“通专结合”下设计专业通识课教学改革研究——以“设计认知与思维导入”课程为例

在"新学分"背景下对设计基础课重新定位,整合教学资源,优化课程设置,打造多专业"设计通识课程"。"设计认知与思维导入"课程针对设计类专业培养诉求,把握设计认知和思维规律的通识性,量身打造通识化的课程内容和个性化的专业接口,实现与后续课程的精准对接。在一门课程中达到"通识"与"专业"的结合。让学生初步了解创意设计的流程、方法,提升学生的创意素养,从而使学生打开思路、举一反三,培养学生的创意思维能力。     

试论文艺学人文价值论对中学语文教学改革的指向

通过对文艺学人文价值论的分析与联想和对中学语文教学改革现状之分析,试图将文艺学人文价值论应用于语文教学改革之中,使这两种同属人文学科的理论进行本质上的整合,从而使之统一到注重人的发展、注重人的素质提高这一点上,以引导中学语文教学改革向着符合素质教育要求的正确方向发展.     

多元智能教育校本课程的开发

广州市美术中学是为了适应社会经济发展对高层次美术专门人才的需求，由创办20多年并已成为全国同类美术教育学校中享有较高声誉的省级重点职中之一的广州市工艺美术职业高级中学于2005年2月改制而成的美术特色高中。美术中学在办学过程中，在全面推行素质教育和实施普通高中教育的基础上，突出向美术类高等院校输送优秀毕业生的培养目标．形成学生“全面发展、美术见长”的办学特色。学校的改制，必然引发涉及教育管理、课程设置、教学方法、师资培训、校园文化建设诸方面的改革与探索。     

试论如何提高学生钢琴公开演奏的能力

学生举行钢琴公开演奏能够提高自身的综合素质和舞台表演能力，而科学的学习方法和良好的心理准备，是培养学生钢琴公开演奏能力的有效途径。     

高等院校艺术设计专业彩画教学的定位和改革

随着教学改革的不断深入,艺术设计专业彩画教学中所面临的许多新问题有待进一步审视.本文通过对美术教育和艺术设计两个专业的不同定位,就如何建立和完善艺术设计专业"转型期"彩画教学体系提出了具有建设性的观点.