Using Contests to Provide Business Students Project‐Based Learning in Humanitarian Logistics: PSAid Example

Business students appreciate working on classroom projects that are both enjoyable and useful in preparing them for future careers. Promoting competition among project teams is also used as a method to motivate students. The Humanitarian Logistics Project (HLP) teaches undergraduate students the logistical implications of unsolicited material donations in disaster relief. To encourage competition, students are organized into teams of three and tasked with designing humanitarian public service announcements (PSAs) that improve their understanding of humanitarian issues in the general public. These announcements are then submitted to the national PSAid (Public Service Announcements for International Disasters) contest for American college students. The exercise is rigorous because it requires students to collect logistical data and use it to communicate the principle of smart compassion to the public in a creative fashion. Moreover, not only do students learn about topics related to humanitarian logistics by competing with other college students nation‐wide, but also do they make a socially responsible contribution to the public. Analysis of survey data shows that students’ learning outcomes from the HLP are significantly greater than those for other supply chain topics covered in class, and that student satisfaction with the HLP is high.     

国考背景下的教师教育专业发展路径思考

我国教师教育已进入一个从数量满足向质量提升转变的关键时期。为了提高教师教育质量,国家教育部颁布了教师教育标准,并且以实行教师资格统考为制度保障。然而教师教育的现状与标准的要求有一定差距。因此,教师教育专业需要拓展发展路径。路径可以从师资、课程、教学和评估等方面找到切入点。     

论商品房预售的若干法律问题

自商品房预售制度施行以来,对该制度的市场价值优劣就倍受争议。商品房预售制度的运行,可以有效为房地产企业起到市场融资、转移风险的作用。同时也为商品房消费者以分期付款的形式,使商品房交易预先成立,起到预定商品、规避市场价格风险的作用。但此外来引进制度在内地的施行,因对之缺少法律层面的理性分析,出现了很多弊端,本文从商品房预售合同的法律属性、特征为切入点,对商品房预售及其相关的法律问题作一简单的分析。     

有效合作学习的教学策略研究

合作学习正在被中小学教师在教学实践工作中广泛使用,但从当前课堂教学的情况来看,合作学习的使用中还存在着许多问题,主要表现在合作学习的要素不明确、合作学习的形式比较单一、合作学习的具体方法没有被教师和学生所掌握等。有效合作学习的教学就是在教师指导下,学生掌握合作学习的方法与过程,进而在单位时间内有效地完成学习任务的教学。有效合作学习的主要教学策略包括选择合作伙伴与明确责任分工、采用多样化的合作学习形式、进行合作学习方法的有效指导等。     

新社会阶层有序参与民主政治建设的主要成就

随着社会主义市场经济与非公有制经济的发展,我国社会的阶级阶层结构发生了新的变化,形成了新的社会阶层;总的来说,改革开放以来我国新社会阶层有序参与民主政治建设取得了巨大的成就,主要体现为合法基础不断夯实、前进方向日益明确、管理体制逐渐形成、整合力度不断提高以及方式途径不断拓展等方面。     

Perceptions of academic quality and approaches to studying among technology students in distance education

Primary objective. To examine perceptions of academic quality and approaches to studying in students taking six technology courses by distance education.

Research design. Students taking four courses received an end-of-course questionnaire. The following year, students taking all six courses received a mid-course questionnaire.

Method. The Course Experience Questionnaire and the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory were administered in a postal survey to 3539 students of the UK Open University.

Outcomes and results. Across successive levels of study, students were progressively less likely to adopt a deep approach, were more likely to adopt a surface approach and rated their courses less favourably, especially with regard to the workload and materials. Between the middle and end of a course, students were more likely to adopt a deep approach and gave more positive ratings with regard to the materials and amount of choice.

Conclusions. The survey instruments can be recommended as useful tools for monitoring the experiences of engineering and technology students.     

Understanding Bottlenecks: An Operations Management Experiential Learning Exercise

Understanding bottlenecks is an in‐class experiential learning exercise designed to improve students’ understanding of production system capacity issues. After an introductory teaching session on capacity and constraint management, students are formed into groups of six to assume the roles of one raw material handler, four production workers, and one finished goods receiver and are asked to produce 20 units of product beta. Prior to the start of the exercise, the students are asked to predict the completion time of the 1st, 10th, and 20th units of product beta. When all 20 betas are completed, students compare their predicted completion times to the actual completion times. The results of the game show that while students can easily identify the system's bottleneck, they often have difficulties distinguishing the practical implications of the process time of the system versus the process cycle time; thus, their predicted completion times of the 10th and 20th units are typically overinflated compared to actual completion times. A debrief session is then used to solidify students’ understanding of the relationship between bottlenecks and capacity. The exercise is well‐received and highly rated by students; furthermore, it is not resource‐intensive, requiring 40‐45 minutes of classroom time, 20‐25 strips of paper per group, and a visible stopwatch.     

对高职学院排球选项课培养学生排球意识的研究

运用文献资料、问卷调查、访谈、观察与分析等研究方法,从学生的实际出发,结合排球选项课的实践,阐述了排球意识的实质,提出了教学中培养学生排球意识的主要途径与方法。旨在探索、提高选项课教学的实效性,切实使排球选项课教学在“健康第一”和全民健身中发挥积极作用。