With the eyes of others: an ethnography of an academic office

The author raises questions about ethnographic methodology through exploring the implications of using observations produced by his colleagues about his office as data for his research. This process blurred the boundaries between researcher, method and the object and subject of research. It meets some criteria for ethnography and not others, and does not evidence clear definitional boundaries for any sub-genre such as autoethnography or collaborative authoethnography. Besides raising definitional challenges and the blurring of roles in research, the study also illustrates how the methodology revealed tensions over collegial trust, boundaries and privacy. The author's colleagues exposed aspects of the author's identity that were opaque and even invisible to the author. The author accordingly raises questions about the locus of ethical concern. Thus, issues of roles, definition, trust, boundaries, privacy and method were entwined.     

楞次定律CAI课件的设计

在当前的素质教育中，多媒体CAI辅助教学运用日趋广泛，并在教学中起着重要的作用。但作为多媒体CAI的开发者，必须考虑多媒体CAI的设计原则以及哪些内容需要用课件来表达。不应盲目去追求多媒体CAI课件，而是要结合课堂教学的需要，有选择的进行此项工作。本文结合楞次定律课件的设计加以分析。     

认知性辞格与表达性辞格

本主要为研究因认知关系改变而形成的辞格提供语言学的方法。首先在语义分析的基础上提出必有特征、可能特征和不可能特征三个概念，并分析了它们之间的关系和表现形式。然后进一步论证所有因认知关系改变而形成的辞格在语言层面上的表面都是为了接纳一个不可能特征，并且分析了“零距／有距”、“隐含／显现”、“直接／间接”、“正向／负向”四种接纳的语义方式。最后，从辞格的两种不同处理方式出发评论了修辞研究中割裂装饰与本体的传统观念与“功能即形式”的新观念。     

Agile administrative choreographies for multimode education at the University of Pretoria

This paper responds in part to a special edition of this journal (39/2) on dual-mode provision. We were concerned that contact providers might drift into distance education provision through extending campus-based online learning without first thinking through the underpinning implications of its administrative systems, an issue that was not addressed in the special edition. Proceeding from a pragmatic and constructivist perspective, while adopting a transactional orientation drawing on systems theory and hermeneutics, this paper focuses on the challenge for administrative staff and systems of the changing nature of provision in terms of both the underpinning learning and business models. Based on experience and reflection, we conclude that the move into dual- and multimode provision is inevitable and that this requires agility on the part of both administrative staff and systems that is often overlooked in planning and review processes.     

Innovative moments and narrative change in career counselling: a case study

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance - This case study of an undecided university student has two aims: to assess the effect of life design career counselling on...     

Curiosity, interest and engagement in technology-pervasive learning environments: a new research agenda

This paper identifies the need for developing new ways to study curiosity in the context of today’s pervasive technologies and unprecedented information access. Curiosity is defined in this paper in a way which incorporates the concomitant constructs of interest and engagement. A theoretical model for curiosity, interest and engagement in new media technology-pervasive learning environments is advanced, taking into consideration personal, situational and contextual factors as influencing variables. While the path associated with curiosity, interest, and engagement during learning and research has remained essentially the same, how individuals tackle research and information-seeking tasks and factors which sustain such efforts have changed. Learning modalities for promoting this theoretical model are discussed leading to a series of recommendations for future research. This article offers a multi-lens perspective on curiosity and suggests a multi-method research agenda for validating such a perspective.     

广告英语的特点

广告是以最简单的语言表达最复杂的意义，语言的魅力在广告语言中得以最充分的展示。本文从词汇，句法及修辞方面阐述了广告英语的特点。