Creating research culture in Caribbean universities

Recent expansion of tertiary education in the Caribbean via the creation of two new universities invites reflection on what impedes the creation of research culture, and what enables it. We contend that research culture in the Caribbean comes up against the strictures of post-colonial dependence, university education in the region being largely a one-way traffic of ideas from metropolitan centers to island peripheries. To offset this, we call for change both in the external environments in which the universities are set, and their internal environments, within which the ethos of inquiry must become commonplace. Demand for research knowledge has to be cultivated throughout the Caribbean. Accordingly, we call for collaborative approaches between university communities and the various publics they serve, to find and solve problems that can lead to the improvement of well being.     

教育技术的技术化倾向

当前我国教育技术领域存在着许多技术化问题,如软硬件建设不同步、管理体系欠完善、重视设备管理轻视教学等,这些问题已经影响到我国教育技术的发展。分析了产生这些问题的原因,提出了克服教育技术技术化倾向的实践策略。     

湖北省高校乒乓球健身运动开展现状的调查研究

文章通过文献资料法、问卷调查法、实地考察法、访谈法对随机抽取的湖北省11所高校乒乓球运动的场地器材、课程开设、师资配备、社团和俱乐部建设、比赛的开展以及组织机构和规章制度建设等方面的现状进行调查研究。旨在了解湖北省普通高校乒乓球健身运动的开展情况,进一步发挥乒乓球运动在湖北省普通高校阳光体育运动中的价值与作用。     

《朝野佥载》中的品评用语研究

品评用语是汉语言词汇中最具特色的用语之一.本文对<朝野佥载>中的品评用语进行了详细的研究,以求有助于深入发掘和探讨汉语的用词特点.     

青岛市经济技术开发区环境伦理现状、主要问题及对策

在环境伦理和环境法律价值的交叉视野观照下，青岛经济开发区政府、企业、公民这三大主体的环境伦理观及其环保法律价值的互动与互构基本反映了青岛开发区的环境伦理现状。由于三大主体在组合结构、经济基础、关注层面、社会功能等许多方面均有区别，所以三大主体的环境伦理以及环保法律价值存在着相当程度的差异。青岛市开发区政府的示范作用，对政府、企业、公民三大主体的环保法律价值之积极的层面的促进作用比较大。但三大主体在上述层面中存在一定程度的不平衡，也说明青岛开发区环境伦理水平仍需提升与完善。     

Higher education funding reform and university–industry links in developing countries: The case of Thailand

Most investigations into the effects of funding changes on higher education systems have been carried out in developed economies. This article focuses on the Thai higher education system, applying theoretical arguments and empirical analyses to the case of a newly industrialising country. One goal of the Thai higher education funding reform is to cut public spending and to stimulate university–industry cooperation as a means to obtain additional university income. This article presents empirical data based on an investigation into the cooperation activities of five Thai universities. The results show that both individuals and organisations react to changes in university funding: university–industry relations are becoming more frequent and are promoted by university administrations. The financial benefits for the universities as well as the technological benefits for the cooperating companies are, however, both very limited.     

化学多媒体CAI的兴起、现状、发展趋势与研究前沿

通过对化学多媒体发展过程的回顾 ,对其发展趋势作了估计 ,并提出 13个研究前沿课题     

发展中国家的图书馆政策及其借鉴

以印度、韩国、南非、巴西等国为代表的主要发展中国家,在图书馆政策的制定方面都有自己的特色,值得我国学习和借鉴。文章对这些国家图书馆政策的制定主体、图书馆政策形式、政策涉及的重点领域等方面进行了较为系统的分析,并对制定和完善我国的图书馆政策提出了若干建议。参考文献26。     

Education,development and poverty reduction: A literature critique

The concept of development has evolved from an exclusive focus on economic growth towards an interrelated, even integrated approach involving progress across a range of disciplines such as health, education, economics and agriculture. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are rooted in this evolved conception of development. A concerted global effort embracing multiple disciplines in the formal and informal sectors is now essential for their achievement. This paper traces the changing meaning of development, while at the same time tracing the benefits of investing in education for poverty reduction, and the conditions that facilitate and/or hamper education's contribution to poverty reduction.     

“浙江模式”独立学院的优势、困境与出路

浙江省是我国独立学院创办的先发地。独立学院“浙江模式”对我国独立学院办学影响较大。这一办学模式较好地坚持了独立学院办学公益性原则,办学质量有保证,办学规模扩张速度快,对母体高校的回报大,是当前我国独立学院主要的一种办学模式。但面对独立学院在新时期的发展,这一办学模式也同样暴露出办学条件不足、办学投入不足、办学体制不顺、办学特色缺乏、产权过户困难、发展空间堪忧、独立依附两难的问题,亟待寻找新的出路,促进其健康可持续发展。