Students’ Views Regarding their Participation in University Governance: Implications for Distributed Leadership in Higher Education

The paper examines the views of students regarding the extent of their participation in the management of their university and their satisfaction with the degree of this participation. After an examination of the literature on student participation in university governance, the author presents the results of a survey based on data collected from 135 students of the University of Cyprus in 2002. According to the findings, respondents believed that their involvement in the management of their institution was very limited. This applied to both high and low levels of decision making, even though respondents recognised that their input was greater in less important decisions. The perceived limited involvement resulted in feelings of frustration and dissatisfaction among students, with the majority of respondents demanding a higher level of participation for all three decision making situations considered in the study. The paper discusses the implications of the findings for the practice of distributed leadership at contemporary universities, with emphasis on the need to abandon outdated leadership models. Specifically, it proposes measures for increasing student participation in university governance in the framework of a distributed leadership approach designed to empower the key stakeholders of higher education.     

Connectedness among taiwanese middle school students: a validation study of the hemingway measure of adolescent connectedness

Theories of adolescent connectedness suggest that adolescents strive to become connected by engaging with and valuing the people, activities, and worlds in their social ecology. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a measure designed to assess these worlds of connectedness among 320 junior high school students in Taiwan. The subscales and composite scales evidenced satisfactory reliability and concurrent validity. A hypothesized three-factor, higher order structural model of connectedness was cross-validated. Girls were generally more connected than boys. Both connectedness to school and to friends explained more variance in connectedness to self than did family connectedness. There was mixed support for separation-individuation processes. The measure appears promising in terms of future research on adolescent social development in the Asia Pacific.     

The Effect Teaching Experience Has on Perceived Effectiveness of Interactive Television as a Distance Education Model for Elementary School Science Teacher’s Professional Development: Another Digital Divide?

The first year of a 5 year professional development project for elementary teachers in two mid-western states integrated a bridge of two distinctly different distance education networks (T-1 and fiber optics) to provide science professional development for elementary school teachers in rural communities. Interactive television (ITV), the title given to the distance component, consisted of a series of twenty-four, 2 h presentations by scientists and content specialists. It provided expansion to the science pedagogical content knowledge of the elementary teachers involved. Eighty-five teachers in 38 school districts from the two states completed individual surveys following the final ITV session. Analysis of variance of participants post-session survey scores yielded differences (p < 0.05) on the subscales measuring perceived effectiveness of using distance education for professional development purposes and years of teaching experience. Teachers with over 20 years of classroom experience perceived the use of distance education technologies for science professional development to be more effective than teachers with 16–20 years of classroom experience. These results might suggest another digital divide.     

求解化学反应动力学参数的一种方法

反应级数的确定在化学动力学研究中非常重要,现给出了利用计算机和用微分法确定反应级数的方法.为了使编程的程序简短、高效,采用MATLAB语言作为编程语言.     

英国高等教育发展考察与启示

英国高等教育不仅学术水平高、质量控制严 ,而且已经形成了能够实现高校教学、科研与服务社会三大目的的运行机制与管理体制。高校管理中政府与学校责权明确 ,大大促进了高校办出特色和有序竞争 ;不同时期高校发展规划的制定 ,明确了学校的合理定位 ,促进了学校的可持续发展 ;高教质量保证体系的实施 ,充分体现了学校的神圣责任和以学生为本的办学思想 ;全面认识高校的第三使命 ,加强高校发展的贡献难以估量。为此 ,借鉴英国高等教育发展的经验与教训 ,应加强我国高校管理团队的建设、明确各类高校的战略地位、进一步理顺政府与高校的关系、加快研究型大学的建设步伐、加强高校文化设施的建设、进一步完善高教质量评估机制、规范高教宏观管理     

Fiber optic biosensor of immobilized firefly luciferase

Luciferase from firefly lantern extract was immobilized on CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. The kinetic properties of immobilized luciferase were extensively studied. TheK _m′ for D-luciferin is 11.9 μmol/L, the optimum pH and temperature for Sepharose-bound enzyme were 7.8 and 25°C respectively. A luminescence fiber optic biosensor, making use of immobilized crude luciferase, was developed for assay of ATP. The peak light intensity was linear with respect to ATP concentration in range of 10⁻⁹–10⁻⁵ mol/L. A biological application was also demonstrated with the determination of serum ATP from rats bred in low versus normal oxygen environments.     

关于高校维修工程质量与管理的几点认识和思考

随着全国高校后勤改革的发展进程,高校维修工程的质量与管理也必须改变过去的传统思想,制定出合理的计划,加强对各项维修工程的审计工作,深挖潜力,节资增效,更好地为学校和教职工服务.     

试析网络时代的学校德育

人类已进入信息网络时代 ,上网成了青年学生的一项重要活动和爱好 ,也给学校德育带来了新的机遇和挑战 ,网络德育已成为学校德育工作者的新课题。