Sociotechnical co-evolution of an e-Learning innovation network

This paper reports on a longitudinal study of a network of 10 special education needs schools over a span of 11 years that leveraged the opportunity offered by a government-funded e-learning pilot scheme initiative to further their efforts in providing the same educational opportunities to their students as those in mainstream schools. The trajectory of this network’s evolution shows that its robustness lies in the joint leadership network among the schools, and the insight and agency that this leadership network exhibited in the intentional exploration and crafting of a social structure and mechanism to support innovative developments in technology and pedagogical innovation, which we refer to as sociotechnical co-evolution. By adopting a sociotechnical system framework to analyse the changes at the landscape, regime and niches levels, we show that in fact landscape factors play a crucial role in shaping the innovation trajectory through its influence on the niches. Network leadership, within-school leadership and organizational infrastructures evolve and play an important role in the co-construction of the sociotechnical regimes needed to bring about deep and widespread changes in pedagogical practice.     

Legislation, education reform and social transformation: the People's Republic of China's experience

With special reference to the People's Republic of China (PRC), this paper examines relationships between law, education reform and social transformation that have been under-researched. The argument is that, despite national leaders' high expectations, the use of law to effect or consolidate educational reform in the PRC is affected by both legal and extra-legal factors such as politics, economics, and social norms and cultures. The paper first establishes a framework within which the PRC is analyzed. Secondly, the paper looks into the policy context in which the PRC adopts the strategy of using law to govern the nation and education, and examines the contrasting scenarios between promotion of governance of education with the law, and public defiance of education laws in the PRC. Thirdly, the paper analyzes the deep-seated problems behind the scenario in the wider social and political contexts that shape education and law, and examines the role of law in governance and social change.     

西方概念工具与中国传统文化资源--谈近代中国启蒙学者对民主思想的认识

中国自近代以来开始了对民主的追求,梁启超、严复等启蒙思想家向中国引入了西方的民主思想,他们提出的民权、自由、开设议院的思想具有重大的进步意义。但由于当时中国处于民族危机的关键时刻及中西政治文化上存在的巨大差异,他们无法摆脱中国传统文化资源的束缚,只能将西方的民主作为概念工具,通过与中国传统文化资源的结合,形成独特的民主思想。     

现代视野下的哲学变革

马克思主义哲学产生至今，世界形势发生了巨大的变化，哲学、科学、学艺术、价值观念、生活方式、政治格局、交往形态等等，无不日新月异。马克思主义哲学面临着空前的挑战与考验。但它以实践思维方式把握世界所引起的哲学变革，能够随时代的发展而不断前进，是任何形色各异的现代西方哲学所不能超越的．它仍是引领现时代的哲学。     

Explorations in promoting conceptual change in electrical concepts via ontological category shift

Chi (1992, 1993) Chi et al. (1994) suggests that many of the difficulties encountered by students in learning Physics concepts arise because they attribute the ontology of material substances to these concepts. These concepts are actually a special type of process - 'Constraint-Based Interactions' (CBI). Slotta and Chi (1996) reported on a study where a group of students explicitly trained in the CBI ontology showed significant gains over a control group in problem solving performance in eight simple electric circuit problems. This paper reports on a series of four studies which explore the usefulness of the ontological categorization framework in investigating students' alternative conceptions of electric circuits and in developing a teaching strategy for promoting conceptual change in the learning of basic electric circuitry concepts.     

从中国留学生在英国的学习表现看我国教育存在的问题及对策

近年来,越来越多的中国学生选择在国外高校学习深造,中国学生在国际化教育背景下的表现彰显了现阶段我国教育中存在的问题。借鉴国外院校优秀的教育理念和模式,结合我国教育自身的特点,寻找解决教育问题的对策,是当前提高我国教学质量、加强学生素质培养的有效途径。     

学习科学与教育政策——2011计算机支持的协作学习国际会议回顾

2011计算机支持的协作学习国际会议于2011年7月在香港举行。此次会议的主题是计算机支持协作学习的研究与教育政策和实践的链接,旨在促进CSCL研究对各级正规和非正规教育领域的政策和实践带来新启示。会议集中了全球学习科学、教育技术与协作学习领域的前沿科学家,是一次有关学习科学的盛会。除了在香港的研讨会,本次会议还增设了在广州、上海和北京的连锁会,因此在大陆也吸引了不少学者参与。作为2011CSCL会议的前奏,主办方在香港举行了一个小型的全球教育政策论坛,20位成员之中,一半是前沿的学习科学研究人员,另一半则是各国际机构的教育政策领军人物,他们就教育的微观与宏观研究,做了别开生面的对话。我们相信,有关学习科学的研究,必将成为教育领域的基础研究。     

毛泽东义利观的理论特征

本文试从义利观的角度来阐述毛泽东的伦理思想,主要是抓住毛泽东关于人生观、价值标准和价值原则三个方面来展示毛泽东义利观的不同前人的理论特色,进而为当前社会主义精神文明建设提供直接的借鉴意义。     

高等法律职业教育改革发展之对策

面对新的挑战,高等法律职业教育应当坚持三个面向,肩负起两个使命,努力开辟出一条具有国际视野和中国特色的改革发展之路.形成目标明确、理念先进、制度完善、运行有序、效果明显的高等法律职业教育新格局.