Interdisciplinarity and Systems Thinking: some implications for engineering education and education for industry

AS developments in science and technology accelerate the processes of social change, it becomes necessary to redefine educational objectives in engineering education. This paper examines some of the reasons for dissatisfaction with the limitations of single-discipline approaches to education, analysing these from a systems perspective. The paper considers the development of systems thinking in relation to engineering and raises some of the implications of systems thinking and systems methodologies for the planning of an interdisciplinary course. Finally, it refers to the course in technology and management at the University of Bradford, which is unified by a systemic philosophy and methodology, and considers the value added by such an approach, in human terms.     

论中国中央银行的独立性

货币本位制的确立和二战后各国经济的发展，使得货币政策日益显示其重要性，中央银行的独立性问题相应地也引起了广泛的争论。世界各国经济发展的实践表明，中央银行能否有效地制定和执行货币政策，保持货币稳定，在很大程度上取决于中央银行的独立性。     

高师教学模式现状调查研究

通过对中小学教师、高等师范院校的教师和学生进行的调查分析，了解当前高师教学模式的现状，讨论高师新型教学模式的框架。     

甘肃省农村中学生音乐素养调查

调查发现,甘肃省农村中学生跟全国各地中学生一样,学生中喜欢音乐的人占到了全体人群的绝大多数,这种情况其实是与音乐在人性中的重要性原则相符合的。针对甘肃省农村中学生音乐素养存在的问题,提出几点建议:(一)采取先进的教学方法,提高学生音乐学习兴趣;(二)倡导音乐课程内容多元化;(三)为学生创设交流展示的平台;(四)转变家长对学习音乐的陈旧观念。     

Devil,Deceiver, Dupe: Constructing John Dewey from the Right

The far right in the United States has gained international visibility and power by promulgating its ideas using multiple media sources. This paper considers contemporary right‐wing representations of John Dewey as found on English‐language internet websites. The author employs discourse analytic methods to address the questions—‘How is John Dewey constructed in right‐wing internet discourse?’ and ‘By what means has the Right come to construct Dewey in this way?’ Elements of the internet discourse are related to texts that helped shape it. The paper demonstrates that far right‐wing websites construct Dewey and his ideas as the antithesis of American values and as a political and existential threat of the highest order. In this discourse, Dewey is connected to Satan, communism and global conspiracy theories. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these beliefs for current educational and political philosophy and praxis.     

公司社会责任的法律思考

当前,公司的社会责任理论已经为人们所接受,但是,关于公司社会责任的法律规范并不完善,使公司的社会责任难以真正落实;西方公司社会责任理论的产生背景和当代西方主要国家的法律实践,对于我国公司的社会责任立法不无借鉴意义;从公司治理的角度通过一系列法律制度的建立,可以保障公司社会责任的实施.