Social studies teacher candidates' views on the controversial issues incorporated into their courses in Turkey

Incorporating controversial issues into pre-service teacher education provides teacher candidates with opportunities not only to gain effective civic competence but also to develop skills and experience in their teaching of controversial issues. The purpose of this study was to ascertain social studies teacher candidates' views on the controversial issues involved in their courses in Turkey. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with 15 teacher candidates. It was found that controversial issues were not sufficiently included in teacher candidates' courses and that teacher candidates have difficulty in discussing critical issues in class. This study also introduced the idea that teacher candidates experiencing controversial issues in pre-service teacher education can gain positive attitudes towards teaching such issues in their professional lives and can form their own teaching strategies. Teacher candidates came to believe that good teachers should include controversial issues related to the course content and both teachers and teacher candidates should prepare for their discussion phase.     

Patenting and US academic research in the 20th century: The world before and after Bayh-Dole

The dramatic growth of patenting and licensing of publicly funded research by American research universities in the closing quarter of the 20th century has stimulated some of the highest-profile debates in science and technology policy today. The issue of what aspects of academic research should be public - and what private - lies at the heart of each of these debates. The movement of academic scientists into commercialisation of discoveries and inventions has been extolled by some as a new model of academic research, one which facilitates economic and social returns from universities. At the same time, this trend has been criticised by others as representing a socially inefficient ‘privatisation’ of academic research and as a threat to the ethos of science itself. This paper places these debates in historical context, with a review of changes in American universities’ patenting policies, procedures and practices throughout the 20th century, an assessment of the logic underlying the passage of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, and an overview of its effects on economic returns from university research.     

计算机专业校内实训基地建设的研究

校内实训基地是从大学课堂到工作岗位之间的桥梁,是实现由理论知识教学到实际社会需求无缝过度的有效途径。为了提高学生的就业能力,探索了一种以社会需求为导向的计算机专业校内实训基地的建设方案。该方案以项目驱动的教学模式和考核方法为基础,采用多目标的实践教学手段,并辅以实训项目的动态更新机制。事实证明,该实训方案有效地提高了计算机软件实训的质量,在提高学生专业技能、团队意识、竞争意识方面发挥了重要作用,进而增强了学生的就业能力。     

基于目标管理的高职院校教师绩效考核初探

当前高职院校在教师绩效考核方面存在一些问题,严重地影响到教师绩效管理的水平。为了提高教师绩效考核的实效性,高职院校应当吸纳教师一起参与制定目标,将\"自我管理、自我控制\"的目标管理理念导入到高职院校教师绩效考核中去,这对于实现考核与激励的良性循环发展及教师绩效管理水平的提高都具有重要的意义。     

企业商务网站评价体系的理论研究

本文讨论了企业商务网站建设评价的目标,构建网站评价体系的功能、原则、难点。以及评价指标的具体选择等方面问题,并建立了三层企业商务网站指标体系。     

Career guidance in the Middle East and North Africa

The results are presented of a policy-focused review of career guidance services in 10 Middle East and North African countries. A range of economic, political, socio-cultural and educational factors which seem likely to have constrained the development of such services, and to have influenced the forms they have taken, are discussed. A number of drivers for change are outlined, the nature of the main current services is described, and a number of common issues are explored. Six broad themes are identified for the future development of career guidance services within the region.