General University Requirements at Hong Kong Polytechnic University: evaluation findings based on student focus groups

Under the new four-year undergraduate programme, a general education framework titled ‘General University Requirements’ (GUR) has been developed and implemented since 2012/2013 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). To evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the GUR in its first year, focus group interviews with students were carried out. In 13 focus groups, 62 first-year students from eight faculties/schools who took GUR subjects in 2012/2013 academic year were interviewed by trained researchers. Results showed that students generally had good perceptions of the GUR in terms of the subject content, teaching methods and the overall effectiveness of the subjects. The interactive teaching and learning initiatives adopted in GUR subjects were particularly appreciated, although students expressed minor concerns on the administration of GUR subjects. The results suggest that the first-year implementation of the GUR at PolyU was generally smooth and successful from the perspectives of the students.     

College education and attitudes toward democracy in China: an empirical study

The modernization theory contends that there is a link between education and democracy. Yet few empirical studies have been done to investigate the role of higher education on promoting democratic values in the Chinese context. Using China General Social Survey 2006, this paper generates several findings which are not completely consistent with the existing theoretical explanations on political development. Specifically, the college-educated Chinese citizens not only agree that there is need to improve democracy, but support various types of political participation and resist the government-oriented petitioning. However, though entrepreneurial elites (private business owners) and political elites (Chinese communist party members) demonstrate preference to democracy in principle, empirical evidence suggests that they are much less likely to support political participation that challenges the authoritarian regime in China compared to knowledge-based elites (college-educated adults).     

《孔雀东南飞》的悲剧性审美内涵探微——基于亚里士多德《诗学》的悲剧理论

《孔雀东南飞》的悲剧性可以在亚里士多德的《诗学》中得到同质性因素对等适应的阐释,我们可以提取亚里士多德在《诗学》中讨论的性格、情节与悲剧的作用这些具有真理普适性的理论来看待《孔雀东南飞》的悲剧审美内涵。     

任务型教学模式下大学英语教学改革的现状与内容研究

针对大学英语以基础知识传授为核心、以等级考试成绩论成败的现状,本文旨在深刻剖析当今大学英语教学存在的问题,探讨在构建任务型教学模式过程中课堂主体角色转换的问题,强调学生是课堂教学的中心,教师是引导者,帮助者。因此,在大学英语教学改革的过程中,任务型教学模式不仅帮助学生提高了语言综合应用能力,而且有效提高了教学质量,提升了教师的业务水平。     

多模态语篇分析的实例分析

多模态语篇分析是把所有交际模态都看成是意义生成资源来进行研究的一种语篇分析视角。在这种宏大背景下,语篇分析和理解过程中必然包含“作品人”与“读者”间的双向互动作用,即主体间性,对于外语教学有着深刻的指导意义。     

A Study on the Translator’s Subjectivity of Wolf Totem

The translator, as the main body of a translation, has been in an invisible and ignored state for a long time. The position of the translator has been improved and the role of the translator has begun to be recognized since the field of translation studies multifaceted and deepened. In order to analyze the translator’s subjectivity better, the thesis states comprehensive definitions of the translator’s subjectivity and uses Wolf Totem as a case study, whose author is Jiang Rong and the translator is Howard Goldblatt, to show that how the translator Howard Goldblatt utilizes his subjectivity in the translation process.     

3D技术教育应用创新透视

3D技术是虚拟现实、实时仿真和交互三维设计结合产生的关键技术,包括3D显示技术、3D虚拟现实技术和3D打印技术。目前3D技术已成为桌面技术(3D显示技术和3D虚拟现实技术为桌面显示技术,3D打印技术为桌面制造技术),正逐渐在知识创新、深度学习、虚拟实验、技能训练等方面彰显优势,为教育应用创新提供新环境、新平台、新资源、新工具和新范式。然而由于产品价格较为昂贵,后续的保养、管理及维修等费用也较高,3D技术教育应用在顶层设计、技术支持、教育资源、测评标准、应用领域、人才培养等方面仍面临较多困难。3D技术教育应用是一个教育生态系统,是依托3D技术、资源、工具、平台、产品、人才和课程,构建教学资源、教学媒体和教学产品的设计、开发、运用、管理和评价的教育系统,需要进行理论、技术与应用的协同推进,从生态发展、产业推进、深度融合视角开展研究。在落实《教育信息化十年发展规划(2011-2020年)》之际,应将"3D技术教育应用创新"作为技术与教育"深度融合"的重要途径,构建3D教育应用生态系统环境,促进教学方式与学习方式变革,以此应对第三次工业革命带来的机遇和挑战。     

高职院校市场营销专业实践教学体系建设研究

近年来,学校与企业对市场营销人才的供求出现了矛盾,一个很重要的原因便是高校还未深入调查、了解企业对营销人才的需求是什么,以致培养出来的学生实践能力严重不足。基于此,笔者在文献查阅和实地调研基础上,展开构建高职院校市场营销专业实践教学体系创新模式的实证研究。     

Extraterrestrial artificial photosynthetic materials for in-situ resource utilization

Aerospace milestones in human history, including returning to the moon and manned Martian missions, have been implemented in recent years. Space exploration has become one of the global common goals, and to ensure the survival and development of human beings in the extraterrestrial extreme environment has been becoming the basic ability and technology of manned space exploration. For the purpose of fulfilling the goal of extraterrestrial survival, researchers in Nanjing University and the China Academy of Space Technology proposed extraterrestrial artificial photosynthesis (EAP) technology. By simulating the natural photosynthesis of green plants on the Earth, EAP converts CO₂/H₂O into fuel and O₂ in an in-situ, accelerated and controllable manner by using waste CO₂ in the confined space of spacecraft, or abundant CO₂ resources in extraterrestrial celestial environments, e.g. Mars. Thus, the material loading of manned spacecraft can be greatly reduced to support affordable and sustainable deep space exploration. In this paper, EAP technology is compared with existing methods of converting CO₂/H₂O into fuel and O₂ in the aerospace field, especially the Sabatier method and Bosch reduction method. The research progress of possible EAP materials for in-situ utilization of extraterrestrial resources are also discussed in depth. Finally, this review lists the challenges that the EAP process may encounter, which need to be focused on for future implementation and application. We expect to deepen the understanding of artificial photosynthetic materials and technologies, and aim to strongly support the development of manned spaceflight.