An account of practice: employing drawings and stories to enable reflective learning

Facilitating reflection for personal growth in a business context requires careful thought and planning. As a learning process, Business-Driven Action Learning (BDAL) has two points of focus. It aims to firstly identify and make recommendations regarding a business challenge, whist secondly facilitating potentially significant individual personal learning and growth. The research reported in this account of practice focused on personal learning by exploring the potential for individuals to experience transformative learning during a BDAL process. During the research I used a number of methods including hand-drawn images and in-depth interviews to enable the writing of interpretive stories. Findings revealed that participants found reflection during and after the BDAL beneficial. They gained insights into what they learnt, what changed since the BDAL experience and also what they still need to focus on. The findings have practical implications for the action learning facilitator of BDAL during management development programmes. One of the ways action learning facilitators can initiate the reflection process of new participants is to share the experience of previous participants. ‘Sandy’s interpretive story’, contained in this article, is such an example and includes hand-drawn images of her learning journey. I argue that the use of interpretative stories helps new participants understand programme challenges and stimulates their individual learning journey.     

第四轮学科评估指标体系的变化、问题及启示

学科评估对促进学科发展和学科建设具有重要的作用。由教育部学位与研究生教育发展中心组织的全国第四轮学科评估于2016 年4 月启动,2017 年2 月公布评估结果。对第四轮学科评估的指标体系进行分析后发现,对比上一轮学科评估指标体系,第四轮学科评估指标体系在关注人才培养质量、凸显学科特色等诸多方面有显著进步,但同时也存在一些问题。在未来的学科评估中,应当及时公布下一轮评估指标体系并做出详细说明,制定合理的中文期刊指标,合理分配“归属度”权重,对开设数量较少的学科给予特殊支持,评估结果要慎重与政府拨款挂钩。     

我国女性科技人才高端缺失原因分析

从女性科技人才在不同学科领域分布差异、性别歧视和传统文化等三个方面研究对女性科技人才发展的影响,通过数据分析、调查问卷和博弈分析等方法和手段,发现女性在数学能力的天然劣势和传统文化对女性角色定位等影响女性科技人才的发展。     

对完善我国鉴定人制度的思考

鉴定人在诉讼中的法律性质即鉴定人在诉讼中的地位,是鉴定人制度中的核心问题.在大陆法系国家,缺乏一种充分的交叉询问机制对鉴定结论的真实性、客观性进行质证;而英美法系国家鏊定人的中立性和客观性有所丧失,鉴定结论也沦为控辩双方胜诉的有利手段,其真实性大打折扣.我国的民事鉴定制度已确立"以职权主义为基础,以当事人主义为补充"的目标模式,应吸收英美法系专家证人制度中的一些具体做法加以完善,要强调鉴定人应具备专业特长和实践经验,解决"隐性鉴定人"问题,完善质证认证程序和鉴定人责任机制,同时逐步建立鉴定人的执业保险制度.     

农村教师教育技术能力培训方式的行动研究

依据《中小学教学人员(初级)教育技术能力培训大纲》,文章对比分析教育技术能力培训与以往培训的区别,根据农村中小学教学实际和教师的基础,用行动研究法总结探究出我县中小学教师教育技术能力的培训方式:培训人员以教研员为主技术人员为辅,按学科组班,集中连续培训。     

Why Don't More Students Major in IS?

The large increases in the number of information systems (IS) majors about 10 years ago have been matched by equally large decreases in IS enrollments over the last few years. This article addresses the question of why students choose any major in general, and why students no longer choose to become an IS major in particular. We used a validated survey instrument and the responses from 163 students to examine this question in detail. Not surprisingly, we found that "genuine interest" in the subject was the most salient factor affecting the decision to major in IS. More surprising were what factors did not appear to influence this decision—for example, the promise of good job salaries, job security, the advice of others, or even the image of those who become IS professionals. Students seem aware that information technology employment opportunities exist; if job and salary issues contribute to choosing majors  other than IS , it is due to the perception of an unfavorable work/salary ratio for our field rather than one of job security or availability. That is, the amount of work to get an IS degree (the perception of harder-than-average courses) combined with (for many students) the perception of an undesirable amount of continuous training to keep an IS career just do not seem to balance with salary levels. These findings have important implications for the recruiting efforts of IS faculty seeking to attract more IS majors.     

传播学基础研究和学科生命力

基础研究是传播学学科发展的前提,是学科生命力的重要保证。我国传播学研究目前存在的主要问题恰恰是基础研究的薄弱,一些急功近利的、为学术行政服务的选题成为本学科的主体,而属于传播学本体的基础研究被严重忽视了。独立的学术精神缺失所导致的学术研究的实用化和功利化影响了传播学在学术研究领域的地位和影响力。     

How to capture growth? – Video narratives as an instrument for assessment in teacher education

Portfolios are widely used as instruments for assessment in initial teacher education courses. They are claimed to present a comprehensive picture of student teachers' knowledge and performance. But what type of evidence is needed to safely say that an aspiring teacher has not only grasped essential notions and concepts from the teacher education course, but is also able to implement them in real world classroom situations? This paper reports on the design process of one portfolio assignment that has been developed specifically to capture students' classroom performance and development in their portfolio. Data from the portfolio entries of one student from a small-scale pilot conducted with the assignment are analyzed in detail followed by a discussion of the implications of the case study.     

“Street Love”: How Street Life Oriented U. S. Born African Men Frame Giving Back to One Another and the Local Community

This Participatory Action Research (PAR) project worked with four active street life oriented U. S. Born African men, to document how a community sample of street life oriented U. S. Born African men between the ages of 16–65, frame and use “street life” as a Site of Resiliency (Payne, Dissertation, 2005; Journal of Black Psychology 34(1):3–31, 2008). Qualitative data was collected in the form of 20 individual and two group interviews. These data reveal an inter-generational, conceptualization and use, of the term “street love” in street life oriented U. S. born African men. Also, these data reveal that notions of “street love” extend out a critique of community professionals (e.g., community researchers/interventionists, social workers, etc.) as being unable and unwilling to produce “real help” in the local community. Examples of street love, revealed in the study, include the men offering advice/counsel, money or “free turkeys” during Thanksgiving to one another as well as other members of the local community. Results support Payne’s (2005) three-dimension conceptualization of “street love”: (1) individual, (2) group and (3) communal level expressions of “street love”.

中国科技期刊国际影响力提升计划实施效果与分析

【目的】 通过大量数据和实例总结分析中国科技期刊国际影响力提升计划第一期和第二期项目所取得的资助成效,为科学启动第三期及未来相关期刊资助项目提供参考。【方法】 采用2012—2017年《期刊引证报告》和《中国学术期刊国际引证年报》的指标数据,较系统地探讨了一期和二期项目资助的科技期刊的学术影响力变化情况,并在深入比较的基础上总结分析变动原因和期刊指标增幅平均值提升情况。【结果】 经过6年的实施,入选两期项目的大部分期刊学术水平均有不同程度提升,影响因子和总被引频次的增幅平均值分别为66.71%和51%,国际影响力和显示度明显改善。【结论】 我国高水平英文科技期刊基本进入支持范围,两期项目总体成效初显,对我国英文科技期刊国际影响力的提升具有重要推动作用。希望国家有关部门进一步优化资助机制,不断完善资助效果,为打造更多国际一流科技期刊提供有力支持。