Teachers’ Role in Students’ Learning at a Project-Based STEM High School: Implications for Teacher Education

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education - This study explored how teachers engage and support students at a project-based STEM high school to identify key elements defining...     

社会嵌入视角下湖南省高职创新型教师专业化发展调查分析

教师的专业化发展是当前我国高职院校关注的重要问题.为了促进我国高职院校的教学质量以及教育水平的全面提升,从社会嵌入理论的视角下,以湖南省高职院校为调查对象,从社会嵌入视角的结构嵌入、认知嵌入以及制度嵌入三个方面入手,为提高高职院校创新型教师的专业化发展水平提出相关措施和方法.     

信息化背景下大学英语翻译教学有效方法探析

大学英语的翻译教学在外语类教学中占有十分重要的地位,翻译类人才在社会中的作用和贡献是十分巨大的.但在大学英语翻译教学的过程中,存在许多问题.探究了在信息化时代背景下改革与创新大学英语翻译教学的方法,确保学生高效地进行英语翻译学习,为其步入社会奠定良好的基础,有效地提高学生在英语翻译课堂上的学习质量,提高学生的专业素质.     

多传感器的5G共享输电杆塔倾斜监测方法

针对传统方法在5G共享输电杆塔倾斜监测应用中存在较大的监测误差,提出了多传感器的5G共享输电杆塔倾斜监测方法.以双轴倾角传感器和加速度传感为测量仪器,采集了5G共享输电杆塔姿态数据,利用Kalman滤波技术,对5G共享输电杆塔倾角数据和加速度数据进行滤波,利用建立的坐标系分析滤波后的数据,计算5G共享输电杆塔倾斜变化情况,以完成多传感器的5G共享输电杆塔倾斜监测.经实验证明,此次监测结果误差小于传统方法,可以准确地监测5G共享输电杆塔倾斜情况.     

海洋技术专业培养方案修订初探 ——以广东海洋大学为例

作为海洋科学支撑方向之一,海洋技术专业是海洋类学校必开专业.在"新工科"、工程认证教育的导向和要求下,结合广东海洋大学海洋技术专业2021年培养方案修订,分析了旧版培养方案存在的问题,初步探索了新版方案的修订,发现主要修订的部分在于对课程体系进行分方向建设和增加实践教学.     

Knowledge city research and practice under the microscope: a review of empirical findings

The changing and challenging conditions of the 21st century have been significantly impacting our economy, society and built and natural environments. Today generation of knowledge, mostly in the form of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and arts, is seen as a panacea for the adaptation to changes and management of challenges. Making space and place that concentrate on knowledge generation, exchange, and marketing has become a priority for many nations. Consequently, the concept of knowledge city is coined at the beginning of the century and since then it is widely researched and practiced. This paper aims to scrutinise and provide a clear understanding on the evolution of knowledge city research and practice. As the methodological approach, the study employs systematic review of the knowledge city empirical studies in peer-reviewed journals. The findings shed light on the emerging patterns, identify research and practice gaps, and point out research directions to advance the field.     

Spanish savings banks: a view on intangibles

We study Spanish savings banks from the point of view of their efficiency, transparency in the disclosure of financial information through the net, and the provision of electronic banking services. Performance indicators are developed using data envelopment analysis and the tools of multivariate statistical analysis. The choice of indicators is framed within the theory of intangible assets. An attempt is made rank savings banks according to their level of achievement in each indicator. Savings banks are shown to be classified into four groups according to the level of achievement in the indicators of transparency and e-service. The relationship between efficiency and profitability is also discussed.     

Critical role of leadership in nurturing a knowledge-supporting culture

This paper addresses the critical role leadership plays in the implementation and facilitation of knowledge management activities. Leadership is particularly important for organizations willing to ‘evolve’ their culture to a knowledge-supporting culture. Organizational culture has been identified as the main impediment to knowledge activities, and therefore leaders should model the proper behaviors causing culture to evolve in a way that enables and motivates knowledge workers to create, codify, transfer, and use and leverage knowledge. In the literature this leadership behavior is referred to as ‘leading through a knowledge lens’. Leading through a knowledge lens has some special characteristics since it is dealing with knowledge workers having specialized expertise. Leading them can be done only by intellectual power, conviction, persuasion, and interactive dialog. It requires skills that build confidence and engagement. Therefore, leaders should establish trust and commitment that will help the knowledge organization to achieve its knowledge and business goals.     

An interpretative model from the elasticity theory to explore knowledge integration in new product development

This paper presents a conceptual model to explore the knowledge integration (KI) practices of internal and external company actors involved in the New Product Development (NPD) process of the aerospace industry. The model is based on the linkage of elasticity principles, particularly Hooke’s Law, to Knowledge Management theory. KI practices are considered as a force pushing the NPD process and are metaphorically described as the spring addressed by Hooke’s law. The integration of the knowledge of internal and external company actors impacts NPD, reducing the dimensions of the whole process, in terms of phases, through the application of the concurrent engineering approach. The whole NPD process is improved in terms of the reduction of uncertainty and complexity, and with an ‘integrated energy’ that sustains the pressure of the fast-changing competitive environment. The model is explored to provide an interpretation of the conceptualisation phase of a new aerospace product development process. Qualitative data were collected and analysed. Insights regarding the applications of the model and the theoretical implications are also provided for applications in other industries.     

Precariousness under the new psychological contract: the effect on trust and the willingness to converse and share knowledge

This paper argues that the traditional employment relationship based on long-term commitment and reciprocity has been replaced by one which incorporates a high level of precariousness and that individuals form perceptions of the trust they have in the organisation based on their view of the psychological contract. This paper develops a model of these perceptions and develops six propositions about an individual's level of trust in the organisation, management and fellow workers and their belief that their expectations will be progressively met and that they will be compensated in the long term for their contribution. These perceptions and the six propositions developed in the paper have profound ramifications for the willingness of individuals to converse and potentially to share their knowledge with others for the benefit of the organisation, because high levels of trust will be needed before individuals will be predisposed to start to converse and exhibit a willingness to share their knowledge.