“Commenting on your work is a waste of time only!”: An appraisal-based study of evaluative language in supervisory feedback

Research on supervisory feedback on master’s theses, especially attitudinal stances conveyed in such feedback, is thin on the ground. Students’ construal of their supervisors’ attitudes, however, can have a profound impact on their engagement with supervisory feedback. Drawing on the appraisal framework, which characterizes attitudinal meanings in terms of affect (i.e., emotional responses), judgement (i.e., normative evaluation of human behaviors) and appreciation (i.e., aesthetically-/socially-based evaluation of objects and products), this study examined Nepalese supervisors’ attitudinal stances communicated in written comments on master’s thesis drafts (n = 76) submitted by English-as-a-foreign-language students and oral feedback on proposal and thesis defences (n = 89). Quantitative analyses revealed that while instances of appreciation dominated in the supervisors’ use of evaluative language, judgements were also frequent, with affective responses trailing far behind. In both the oral feedback and written comments, significant disciplinary variations were observed for certain types of judgment and appreciation. These findings are discussed in terms of disciplinary culture and the potential impact of the attitudinal stances on students’ learning. Implications are derived for the productive framing of supervisory feedback to facilitate students’ feedback uptake.     

论中原经济区的生态文明建设

本文分别从三方面来分析马克思主义生态哲学思想,即从联系发展的观点;社会存在决定社会意识：社会实践来论述人与自然的关系、以马恩的生态思想为理论指导中原经济区生态文明建设。对中原地区目前的生态环境问题现状的论述,提出中原经济区生态文明建设科学合理的对策,保证经济与生态环境平衡协调的发展的前提下,尽快实现中原经济区总体的发展目标。     

论自我调适型教师专业成长观

教师教育是专业教育,促使教师专业成长是教师教育系统的核心使命,其终极目的是练就教师的专业技艺。教师专业成长是作为实践者的教师在应对教育实践问题中重构专业自我的过程。自我调适型专业成长观是继知能增长观与指导力训练观之后的第三种教师专业成长观,教育情境、实践环流、实践性理论构成了该专业成长观的三个支撑点,关注实践逻辑是其重要特征。     

论保持高校党的先进性长效机制

党的建设历来是我们党高度重视并被摆在突出位置来抓的重要方面。党的先进性建设是党建的根本任务,高校肩负着培养社会主义合格建设者和可靠接班人的崇高任务,高校党的先进性建设是保证这个任务完成的关键。保持高校党的先进性要靠长效机制,长效机制包括思想教育、考核评估、奖惩激励、监督管理和沟通协调机制。同时,构建保持党的先进性长效机制是一项系统工程,从机制本身的构建还是构建后的完善和推动,都需要依托于相应的保障措施来确保运行,确保工作落到实处。     

Assessment feedback in examiner reports on master’s dissertations in translation studies

Assessment is a crucial part of degree programmes in higher education. While previous research has been primarily concerned with PhD thesis assessment practice in western countries, this article considers the focus and assessment criteria of 40 examiner reports on master’s dissertations in translation studies at a Chinese university. The results indicate that these examiners structured their reports in four rhetorical moves: ‘preparing the candidate for a decision’, ‘expressing an evaluation’, ‘conveying the decision’, and ‘making recommendations’. These examiners appeared to place more emphasis on the expression of ideas, rather than on the accuracy and originality of those ideas. They apparently adopted flexible working criteria, assessing the dissertations based on institutional requirements and on their own experience. This article concludes with a discussion of implications for dissertation writing.     

案例教学法在高校“业绩管理”(F5)课程教学中的应用研究

\"业绩管理\"(F5)课程涵括成本核算与管理、预算编制与控制、管理决策制定以及业绩评价等内容,要求学生具备一定的综合应用能力,需要学生根据不同商业情景选择适当的分析工具,做出正确的评估。但是在校本科学生缺乏实际工作经验,对外部商业环境知之甚少,这就迫切需要教师在该课程教学中引入案例教学,因为案例教学可深化学生对外部商业环境的了解,而且在常规化观点碰撞和交流中,学生的主观能动性和综合应用能力潜力都会得到充分的刺激和发挥。\"业绩管理\"(F5)课程的特点要求案例选择和设计时要国际化和本土化并举,要具有针对性和层次性,同时还要与课后习题挂钩。好的案例教学模式既有利于学生发散思维,累积能力,也有助于教师在案例教学准备、实施和总结过程中因材施教,教学相长。     

高职院校就业评估实效性的危机视角与路径选择

高职院校毕业生就业评估工作,面临着由于评估主体、方式非理性带来的效应危机,监督缺位导致的诚信危机,评估价值导向错位引发的发展危机,评估缺乏后续环节造成的质量危机.在坚持普遍性与特殊性统一兼顾,就业过程与就业质量相统一,规范性和导向性相结合,定性分析和定量评价相结合,稳定性与开放性相结合等原则下,教育管理层面应制定科学的评估决策,学校层面应正确理解、把握和执行评估决策,社会层面应加强对就业评估工作的监督与引导.