Understanding value in the student experience through student–staff partnerships

ABSTRACT

Questions such as ‘what is value in the student experience?’ and ‘how do we measure or assess value in higher education?’ remain an under-researched area. However, in the context of marketisation and competitive forces in higher education, there is a need to unpack what is value in the student experience. In this article, a conceptualisation of value that can be applied in higher education (known as value-in-use) is introduced and applied to a specific and increasingly important aspect of the student experience – student–staff partnerships. Qualitative survey data (n?=?97) and interviews (n?=?35) from ten cases of various manifestations of student–staff partnerships in the Australasian context is presented and assessed in relation to value. The findings highlight that student–staff partnerships may enhance value in the student experience and that value-in-use may be an appropriate lens through which to continue to explore how value is created and measured in the student experience.     

Social media use in the career development of graduate students: the mediating role of internship effectiveness and the moderating role of Zhongyong

This paper proves that social media use can contribute in important ways to employability outcomes. Specifically, results from a survey of 196 recent graduate students in China indicate that social media use is positively related to employability skills. Internship effectiveness serve as a mediating mechanism through which social media use affects employability skills. Zhongyong has a moderating effect on the social media use-internship effectiveness relationship. In addition to the direct moderating effect, Zhongyong is found to moderate the indirect relationship between social media use and employability skills. We discuss implications of these results for research and practice.     

基于网络课件的标准应用及界定研究

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开放中文专业实践环节的思考

建设中文实践基地并发挥其作用，是面临的新课题。将课程、作业与实践基地三者融合成一个完整的教学过程，即把实践基地的使用，跟一门具体课程(《专题写作》)及整个专业课、该课平时作业捆绑在一起操作。这样做既避免了以往那种实践与具体教学脱离、单纯走形式的错误，又使得实践有目标，课程有延伸，作业有约束。     

西欧社会福利国家制度的危机及对策

所谓福利国家制度,就是由国家立法而建立起来的比较完善的社会保障制度,是资本主义发展到一定阶段的产物。随着全球化的日益加深和资本的全球扩张,西欧社会福利国家出现了深重的危机,尽管西欧各国政府对于传统福利国家制度不断进行调整,以增强其适应现代社会的能力,但是西欧的工人也在努力维护自己的利益,使西欧社会福利国家制度面临着严峻的挑战。     

我国城市化进程与高等教育发展

城市的教育发展与整个国家或地区的教育发展具有“同构性”。高等教育发展与城市化和城市现代化互为前提、互相推动。现在 ,我国城市化建设取得了新的成就 ,有了新起点、新走向 ,这就对高等教育发展提出了新的需求 ,要求高等教育加快发展 ,为城市现代化创造良好的基础条件 ,提供有力的创新举措。     

Serious leisure: the sport of target shooting and leisure satisfaction

This study is designed to identify the underlying satisfaction dimensions gained through engagement in target shooting as a serious leisure pastime. The instrument design was based on the Leisure Satisfaction Scale. A total of 5502 useable surveys were collected through the Internet and a website related to target shooting and gun ownership. The results revealed eight dimensions: self-actualization, social interaction, location aesthetic, respite, physical benefit, connection and hedonic pleasure, which supplied the primary satisfiers of engaging in target shooting as a serious leisure activity. The demographic profile and dimensions of satisfaction may serve to dispel commonly held stereotypes of shooting hobbyists and those involved in gun ownership. The findings have important implications for leisure researchers and practitioners, to industry, both leisure and firearm related, and the target shooting community at large. This study adds to the literature of both target shooting and serious leisure.