Amplifying organisational discourses to the public: Media narratives of Teach For Australia, 2008–2020

Alternative teacher education programmes have emerged in many countries as a new approach to recruiting, educating and placing teachers in underperforming schools. The media plays an important role in framing perceptions of these programmes and their teachers, including in Australia, but this has not been the subject of significant research to date. This study examines how one alternative teacher education programme—Teach For Australia (TFAus)—has been positioned and framed within the news media since its inception. It critically analyses the portrayal of TFAus and concomitant educational discourses to explore their connection to larger issues surrounding teacher education and teaching quality. Drawing on an analysis of 122 print/online media articles, we identify narratives related to prestige, benevolence and the ‘alternative’ nature of the programme, alongside a narrative critical of TFAus. Despite this critical narrative, in investigating and opening up a dialogue on the perceptions and depictions of TFAus, we posit that the programme—although controversial in nature—has generally benefited from print media coverage, advancing its reputation as a major contributor to education reform and champion of educational equity.     

A Two-Stage Approach to Synthesizing Covariance Matrices in Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling

A great obstacle for wider use of structural equation modeling (SEM) has been the difficulty in handling categorical variables. Two data sets with known structure between 2 related binary outcomes and 4 independent binary variables were generated. Four SEM strategies and resulting apparent validity were tested: robust maximum likelihood (ML), tetrachoric correlation matrix input followed by SEM ML analysis, SEM ML estimation for the sum of squares and cross-products (SSCP) matrix input obtained by the log-linear model that treated all variables as dependent, and asymptotic distribution-free (ADF) SEM estimation. SEM based on the SSCP matrix obtained by the log-linear model and SEM using robust ML estimation correctly identified the structural relation between the variables. SEM using ADF added an extra parameter. SEM based on tetrachoric correlation input did not specify the data generating process correctly. Apparent validity was similar for all models presented. Data transformation used in log-linear modeling can serve as an input for SEM.     

创业团队的认知锁定对创业团队稳定性的影响——基于创业团队的多案例研究

 由于创业活动充满不确定性,创业团队的稳定性对新企业的生存和发展十分重要。目前针对创业团队的研究多从团队的异质性出发,其可能导致的不稳定性问题的研究相对匮乏。本文从创业团队认知的角度出发,通过对国内4个创业活跃程度不同地区的15个创业团队进行案例研究,分析创业团队内部的认知锁定形成及其对创业团队稳定性的影响。研究结果显示：（1）交互记忆系统对认知锁定的形成具有促进作用。高度发展交互记忆系统的创业团队最终形成创业团队内部成员间的认知锁定。（2）已形成认知锁定的创业团队倾向于利用团队内部的先前经验积累或搜索内部知识解决意外事件。（3）认知锁定可以促进创业团队的稳定性。（4）认知锁定阻碍创业团队决策模式的创新,不利于创业企业长期绩效的提升。     

Education and competitive economy: how do cultural dimensions fit in?

Globalization has changed the way people behave in different aspects of life. One of the significant differences is that people are now competing with everyone around the world, not just people within or near their own regions. A good way of remaining competitive is to provide quality education that can help students meet the needs of the competitive economy. However, not all nations are responding in the same way. Using a quantitative approach, this explorative study seeks to discover if, and how, cultural dimensions fit into the process of meeting the demands of the competitive economy by means of education across regions. Forty-three regions with different ratings on the Power Distance Index (PDI), Individualism (IDV), Masculinity (MAS), and the Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) are included in this study. The results show that UAI, PDI and IDV are significant factors relating to this issue.     

中职旅游服务与管理专业工学结合精品课程开发研究

随着我国工学结合课程改革的不断深入,在旅游教学活动中,必须真正的关注学生,以促进学生的发展为本。对教学内容,教师要进行反复研究和筛选,使教学内容更适合学生,让学生学得会,用得上。精品课的开发旨在使学生在专业学习和实际工作中不光"知道",而且"会做"。     

Technology-Enhanced Physics Programme for Community-Based Science Learning: Innovative Design and Programme Evaluation in a Theme Park

Journal of Science Education and Technology - In this study, a new physics education programme is specifically developed for a famous theme park in Hong Kong to provide community-based science...     

BGP路由摆动抑制机制与路径探索

路由摆动抑制是普遍用于网络路由协议的一种机制。其目的在于通过暂时抑制那些短期内发生快速变化的路由，而限制不稳定路由的全局影响。普遍认为这一抑制机制有助于Internet全局路由的稳定性，但研究表明BGP的路径探索可能错误地引发抑制，甚至仅仅一次路由摆动都可能导致路由收敛时间的大大增加。     

发展特殊教育多媒体教学资源的实践经验

面对信息科技教育的挑战,特殊教育教师已广泛应用计算机教导残疾儿童.然而,适合残疾儿童使用或学习的计算机多媒体资源,极为匮乏.本文旨在阐释发展特殊教育多媒体资源的策略,包括成立教学资源小组、建立软件库、构建网页、制作学习软件及调适性配件.结论指出计划成果丰富,有助推动特殊教育教学.     

新手教师实践性知识生成机制研究——以"多对多"师徒结对为分析对象

如何充分发挥师徒结对在新手教师实践性知识生成中的作用是本研究关注的焦点问题.本研究采取质化研究中的个案研究取向,对这一焦点问题进行了考察.个案显示,受惠于"多对多"师徒结对这一媒介,将新手教师所遭遇的问题变成研究的课题,通过师徒共同体一起探索,逐步解决问题,最终形成了追求契合学生心理特征的课堂管理的实践性知识.基于研究可知,实践性知识是在具体的教育教学情境中,通过不断建构、不断应用和不断改进而动态生成的.呈现出螺旋上升的样态;师徒结对是促进教师实践性知识生成的重要途径,"多对多"师徒结对作为师徒结对的创新形式,不但给新手教师提供了更多交流与沟通的机会,尤其是非正式的交流与沟通机会,还天然具备了相互学习、互相借鉴的机制,在很多方面更有助于新手教师实践性知识生成.需要注意的是,在"多对多"师徒结对的具体落实过程中,尤为需要统筹"多对多"师徒结对中师傅之间的指导节奏,并关照"多对多"师徒结对中不同新手教师特定的发展需求.