Computer-Based Accountability: Implications for Training

Since the call for professional accountability in the early 1970s, counselors and counselor educators have attempted to assess counseling effectiveness, to upgrade programs as a result of assessments, and to communicate results of program assessment and change to their publics. Until recently, their efforts have been impeded by the interpersonal nature of counseling, insufficient training in research and evaluation, and available low-cost computer technology. This article addresses each of the impediments with the focus on how present computer technology, specifically computer-assisted systems, can be used to help counselors and counselor educators ethically input, store, and retrieve pertinent client and program data—data that can be used to achieve program evaluation and lead to accountable program development. The Counselor Accountability System is presented as an example of an easy-to-use computer program designed to facilitate counselor accountability.     

The appropriation of ‘enlightenment’ in modern Korea and Japan: Competing ideas of the enlightenment and the loss of the individual subject

Abstract

In recent decades in Korea, many significant changes in political, social and cultural dimensions have been held by the citizen’s initiative, where the revitalization of citizenship and strong civic unity have played a role. Yet, in regard to the characteristic of Korean citizenship, it seems that the aspect of individual subject has not been fully matured or issued; that is, there is a dissymmetry between the strong civic unity and a weak individual subject. This paper attempts to explore a possible historical account of why this has been the case by examining the historical development of the concept of enlightenment in modern Korea and Japan. ‘Enlightenment’, as a modern concept in Korea, was imported via Japan in the period from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century as in many other new concepts such as ‘democracy’ or ‘nation’. However, by comparison to the Western idea of the Enlightenment, its modern concept, Korean or Japanese, developed a different meaning in each own context, while lacking its original meaning essential to the creation of the ‘modern individual subject’ as a ‘citizen’. Hence, in modern Korea and Japan, the word ‘enlightenment’ is regarded as a historical concept with no contemporary relevance.     

Five Decades of ACES: Service to Members

This article presents a glimpse at some influential professionals who assisted in the creation of what stands for ACES during the past 50 years (1940–1990).     

Moving Away from a Culture of Blame to that of Support-Based Approaches to Bullying in Schools

This paper considers the value of a specific non-punitive approach to dealing with bullying. It is based upon an exploratory project undertaken in a Year 3 class in a primary school which has not been identified by name. The project involved working with pupils involved in bullying using the stages and principles of the Support Group Method (SGM) and collecting data for analysis through interviews, observations and field notes. The paper concludes with professional implications and an endorsement of support-based approaches to managing bullying.     

Counselor Training for Facultative Human Relationships

This study evaluated the effects of the first stage (prepracticum) of a three-stage counselor training practicum designed to merge cognitive and experiential learning in a systematic manner using professional trainers. Results indicated positive changes in counselors in training who exhibited increases in facultative behaviors associated with positive client outcomes.     

韩国高等教育国际化指标体系评述

当前,高等教育国际化已成为世界教育发展的主流,建立科学有效的高等教育国际化指标体系可以为高校的国际化发展起到引领作用。2009年,韩国教育开发院研究制定了一套旨在对大学国际化发展程度进行测量的指标体系,该体系涵盖目标战略、组织与预算、基础设施、教学、人员构成以及科研等核心项目,在权重分配方面兼顾了教学型和科研型两类学校。考察分析韩国高等教育国际化指标体系的制定过程与内容,对促进高等学校的国际化水平与质量有一定参考意义。     

Performance of LIDAR- and radar-based turbulence intensity measurement in comparison with anemometer-based turbulence intensity estimation based on aircraft data for a typical case of terrain-induced turbulence in association with a typhoon

The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) provides low-level turbulence alerting service for the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) through the windshear and turbulence warning system (WTWS). In the WTWS, turbulence intensities along the flight paths of the airport are estimated based upon correlation equations established between the surface anemometer data and the turbulence data from research aircraft before the opening of the airport. The research aircraft data are not available on day-to-day basis. The remote sensing meteorological instruments, such as the Doppler light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and radar, may be used to provide direct measurements of turbulence intensities over the runway corridors. The performances of LIDAR- and radar-based turbulence intensity data are studied in this paper based on actual turbulence intensity measurements made on 423 commercial jets for a typical case of terrain-induced turbulence in association with a typhoon. It turns out that, with the tuning of the relative operating characteristic (ROC) curve between hit rate and false alarm rate, the LIDAR-based turbulence intensity measurement performs better than the anemometer-based estimation of WTWS for turbulence intensity at moderate level or above. On the other hand, the radar-based measurement does not perform as well when compared with WTWS. By combining LIDAR- and radar-based measurements, the performance is slightly better than WTWS, mainly as a result of contribution from LIDAR-based measurement. As a result, the LIDAR-based turbulence intensity measurement could be used to replace anemometer-based estimate for non-rainy weather conditions. Further enhancements of radar-based turbulence intensity measurement in rain would be necessary.     

当代女性主义理论和行动:六个全球性问题

21世纪女性主义者将面对许多与上个世纪全然不同的理论问题。这对女性主义理论家们构成了挑战,需要她们进行深入地反思、在全球化语境下,谁已经被解放了;这到底意味着什么;什么和谁被牺牲了;我们在哪儿失败了,又打败了谁;谁被包括在这个"我们"中;还应该再做点什么。现实状况意味着人们在观念上仍然存在着束缚,并与信息技术革命一道使问题变得格外复杂。女性主义理论不仅仅涉及女性本身,还为人们应对当前许多全球性问题提供了一个独特的视角。     

高职会计专业实践课程体系的构建

本文分析了现有高职会计专业实践课程体系存在的问题,提出了以培养生产、建设、服务、管理第一线的高端技能型会计专门人才为主要任务,以服务为宗旨、以就业为导向,以提高质量为核心,以增强特色为重点,以合作办学、合作育人、合作就业、合作发展为主线,探讨高职会计专业实践课程体系的设计,构建了四环相扣的高职会计专业实践课程体系。