论高等职业教育与县域经济的互动发展

近年来，在全面建设小康社会、加快推进农村城镇化进程的背景下，我国的县域经济正逐步由依靠传统农业向依靠现代农业、现代工业和现代服务业协调发展的方向转变。这一转变是社会经济发展的必然趋势，由此也对县域经济区内的教育，尤其是职业技术教育提出了更高的要求。高等职业教育与县域经济的互动发展势在必行。     

Technology-Enhanced Science Partnership Initiative: Impact on Secondary Science Teachers

Research in Science Education - The issue of student disengagement in school science continues to pose a threat to lifting the participation rates of students undertaking STEM courses and careers...     

Designing a humane multimedia interface for the visually impaired

Whilst graphical user interfaces (GUI) have gained much popularity in recent years, the need of the visually impaired to use applications in a non-visual environment is great. This paper promotes the provision of interfaces that allow users to access most of the functionality of existing GUIs using speech. This has been achieved by the design of a speech control tool that incorporates speech recognition and synthesis into existing packaged software, such as Teletext, the Internet or a word processor. The tool developed has taken the menu structure as a means of demonstrating what is accessible by the use of speech input and output. The tool provides the facility to dump screen text into clipboard and read it out loud. Adapting existing GUI applications in this way requires successful integration of speech, which in turn requires a profound understanding of the medium and the development of human engineering techniques.     

Voices of donors: Case reports of body donation in Hong Kong

Body donation is important for medical education and academic research. However, it is relatively rare in Hong Kong when compared with many Western countries. Comprehensive research has been performed on the motivation for body donation in Western countries; however, there is still insufficient research on body donation in Hong Kong to provide information on how to increase the body‐donation rate. To understand the factors involved in the decision to donate one's body, the authors interviewed a registered donor and the daughter of another donor in Hong Kong. The authors interpreted the information collected in light of the available published reports, which mostly focus on body donation in Western countries. Despite the consistency of some demographic factors and motivations between the participants in our study and those investigated in the published reports from Western countries, there are differences in education level and socioeconomic status between the donors in our study and those from Western studies. The authors also suggest that Confucianism and Buddhism in Chinese culture may motivate potential body donors in Hong Kong. Other important factors that influence the body‐donation decision may include family members' body donation, registration as organ donors, and good doctor–patient relationships. Although case report studies have their limitations, this study allows us to explore the complexity of events and establish the interconnectivity of factors involved in body donation, which could not be achieved in previous survey‐based studies. © 2012 American Association of Anatomists.     

Iterative method on well bore boundary in numerical modeling of variably saturated flow

An iterative method was developed for incorporating the well bore boundary into the finite difference model of water flow in variably saturated porous media. Six cases were presented involving groundwater pumping or injection to demonstrate the advantages of the iterative method over the traditional method. For the iterative method, the total flux gradually approached the well discharge and the flux profile was non-uniform. And the iterative method took into account the variation of well bore water table. Compared to the traditional method, the iterative method can simulate the variably saturated flow caused by pumping or injection more realistically.     

Internationalization of the Counseling Profession: Meaning, Scope and Concerns

The present study sought to clarify the meaning and delineate the scope of internationalization of the counseling profession. Using a qualitative approach, the study recruited a panel of eight experts to help generate a consensus statement on the meaning of internationalization to the counseling profession and to delineate a five-theme scope of internationalization. The panel further highlighted concerns about some aspects of the process of internationalization, related to promoting U.S./Euro-centrism, as well as recognizing positive progress that is culturally respectful and beneficial for the counseling profession across the world, including the United States.     

幼儿园组织创新气氛的现状

良好的幼儿园组织创新气氛是促进幼儿园教师专业发展的重要前提。本研究以长春市5所公办幼儿园的148名教师为被试对幼儿园的组织创新气氛进行问卷调查,同时从中随机抽取10位教师进行深度访谈,结果表明:幼儿园组织创新气氛的总体水平较高;影响幼儿园组织创新气氛的因素包括个体、组织和群体三个层面的因素,其中组织层面的因素起了关键作用。     

An examination of school leadership in Singapore through the lens of the Fourth Way

School leadership is an important factor in educational reform and school transformation. This article aims to examine the challenges of school leadership in Singapore through the lens of the Fourth Way. In particular, this article makes reference to three messages in the Fourth Way and examines the paradoxes and challenges faced by school leaders in Singapore associated with each message. The article argues that the government both drives and steers the education system; that democracy and professionalism, and bureaucracy and market coexist; and that educators embrace both accountability and responsibility.