美国高等教育中多元理念及其实践——基于俄亥俄州立大学的课程观察与思考

美国正迎来非同寻常的"后千禧一代":族裔最为多元化,受教育程度创历史最高。高等教育如何形塑新一代大学生的价值观,关乎整个社会的走向与未来。俄亥俄州立大学的课程设置和教育理念是对全球化与多元化社会的积极回应:人文通识课程教导学生审思国家特性,形塑学生的身份认同,正视"政治正确"与多元理念之间的困惑;系统研习移民社会史,使学生理解文化多元与社会融入议题;以"全球学习项目"构建学生的世界知识谱系,培养跨文化沟通与全球合作能力。美国高等教育面临的挑战实质上是主张多元文化思潮与捍卫西方正统文明之间的论争,认知并承认世界的多元性,才能建立一个有尊严而包容的社会。     

论高校资产公司的组织形式及相关法律问题

高校资产公司是一种特殊类型的公司形态,在组织形式上表现为一人公司。一人公司的独立人格和有限责任制保证了高校资产与高校资产公司资产的分离,阻隔了高校与公司之间的法律风险。但一人公司本身的特点,也决定了高校仍有可能为高校资产公司承担连带责任。因此,在组建和运营高校资产公司时,应当保证高校资产与公司资产的分离以及人员、机构的独立。     

走向学校本位的教师专业发展：问题与思路

新一轮以提高教育质量为核心的教育改革促使人们越来越关注教师专业发展问题，为此，世界各国政府和教师组织进行了大量的探索实践。但随着研究的深入，人们认识到，除了依靠政府的力量促进教师专业发展之外，教师任职的学校应该承担更重要的职责，学校应当成为教师专业发展的基地。本文认为，从学校管理的角度，立足学校促进教师专业发展的实践思路有：形成共同的价值观念体系；通过制度规范改变教师行为；形成促使教师自我发展的习俗。     

关于中共“一大”代表王尽美四个历史问题的考证

通过进一步研究发现,王尽美共接受11年学校教育,先读了4年私塾,又插班读完初等小学,接着又读了2年高等小学,接受了3年师范教育,并没有取得山东第一师范学校的中师毕业文凭,所以,王尽美是高小毕业;1923年前后,王尽美离开山东与尹宽、陈独秀没有任何关系;王尽美病故前对同事是有交待的,对此还需进一步挖掘。     

唐山环城水系建设的调研与探究

唐山环城水系的建设,对改善唐山市整体生态环境和推动城市改造、发展经济具有重大意义。通过问卷调查、统计分析的方法就唐山市环城水系建设中出现的相关问题、应该遵循的原则和思路以及进一步发展的方向和对策展开探讨,以期为唐山环城水系的建设工作提供建议和参考。     

为"三农"服务:远程教育的新使命

为“三农”服务，是教育为全面建设小康社会服务的战略重点，是江苏实现“两个率先”对教育的现实要求，是现代远程教育担负的新使命，也是广播电视大学创新发展的战略机遇。远程教育服务“三农”，既是一项创新工程，也是一个重大的实践课题，存在许多新的困难和问题，需要有新的措施和对策加以解决。     

西部地区社会主义新农村建设的战略思考

社会主义新农村建设是当前和今后我国农业和农村经济发展的基本战略，是提高农业比较效益、增加农民收入、全面激活农村经济的现实选择。我国西部新农村建设，重点要发展农村生产力，拓宽农民增收渠道；逐步提高社会发育水平，完善农村社会保障体系；努力提高农民文化素质和组织化程度，增强抗御市场风险的能力；着力构建农业科技新体系，提高农业抵御自然灾害能力。     

Asking the ‘Right’ Questions. Identifying Issues in Developing a Technological Solution

It is well established that technological education is not just about the development of technical expertise. A socially constructed view of technology aims to recognise the culture of technology. Technology education as expressed in the New Zealand curriculum provides an opportunity for societal issues to have equal space with technological capability and technological knowledge. However, when technological activities focus on solutions it is all too easy for stakeholders' positions to be ignored. There is a need for a teaching approach to engage in a liberating technological literacy discourse where values and beliefs of all participants directly and indirectly involved in the activity, are examined. This research monitored a professional development programme where identification of the values represented in a familiar object provided a model for discussion and the development of a teaching environment that promoted consideration of values during problem-solving. The data have been collected from primary school teachers who developed teaching programmes for Years 1 to 8 (5–12 years).     

21世纪初国际高等教育研究发展的动态及趋势

作者采用实证分析的方法研究了21世纪初国际高等教育研究的主题、研究的方法、分析层次、学术刊物以及作者分布,并简要分析了它们的特征.     

Distributing and Showing Farmer Learning Videos in Bangladesh

Purpose: To describe the results of showing farmer learning videos through different types of volunteers.

Design/Methodology/Approach: Semi-structured interviews with volunteers from different occupational groups in Bangladesh, and a phone survey with 227 respondents.

Findings: Each occupational group acted differently. Shop keepers, tillage service providers, agricultural input and machine dealers reached fairly small audiences. Tea stall owners had large, male audiences. Non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations, reached more women. The cable TV (dish-line) operators showed the videos on local TV, but some were reluctant to do so again. The Union Information Service Centres showed the videos and reached women viewers. Half of the official government extension agents surveyed also showed the videos publically.

Practical Implication: This video featured maize, wheat and rice seeding machinery. Because the machinery is complex and requires hands-on training, this first video aimed to expose tillage and sowing service providers and farmers to the machinery, without trying to teach them how to use it. But some farmers were so interested that they watched the video many times to learn more about the equipment. Before farmers and service providers decide to buy machinery for direct seeding, they still want to see and learn from demonstration plantings, to examine first-hand how the crop behaves when planted with the new equipment.

Originality/Value: Video can be an effective way of sharing high-quality information with a large audience, if properly distributed.