Teachers' Pedagogical Competence as a Prerequisite for Entering the Profession

Since 1980, the recruitment of teachers in many countries has followed a systematic certification procedure, i.e. a selection procedure according to criteria set by the State which are considered the minimum qualification for entrance into the profession. The term used in the last few years to define the desired level of qualification of teachers is competence. The purpose of this article is two-fold: a) to review the relevant literature and research in order to record those qualifications that ensure teachers' pedagogical competence at international level, and b) to present the Greek case — a State that evaluates teachers' pedagogical competence before they become a part of the teaching profession — in order to reveal the strengths and limitations of this evaluation process. In brief, assessing teachers' pedagogical competence is a difficult and complex procedure, as competence is ensured through the acquisition of multiple — in terms of amplitude and content — qualifications. Assessing the acquisition of these qualifications is based, to a great extent, on the procedures followed and the practices of evaluation adopted. Given that contemporary research has triggered a relevant discussion in a context of pedagogical knowledge that secures pedagogical competence, assessing the acquisition of this knowledge is, to a certain degree, possible. The evaluation of pedagogical and teaching skills and opinions is more difficult, and the monitoring of viewpoints, attitudes and beliefs, as well as capabilities, is even more difficult.     

澳大利亚资格框架改革探究

资格证书作为一种评价和认证手段对教育质量的保障起着关键作用。澳大利亚的资格框架在2009年就证书分类、证书结构和框架内容等进行了比较大的调整,以加强对资格证书的质量保障。其改革举措对我国职业资格证书制度的改革和完善不乏借鉴意义。     

香港教育“立交桥”:资历架构的新进展——学分累积与转移(CAT)政策和原则分析

香港地区的资历架构历经十余年的建设已经逐渐走向成熟,2014年7月又正式推出了《香港资历架构学分累积与转移:政策及原则》文件,文件阐明香港高校建立的学分转移制度及程序应有透明度、公平和灵活易用,学分转移的决定应有学术依据,以学习成果为基础等基本原则。制定学分转移政策,具有可以减少重复学习及促进学习者在不同行业、资历级别和类别之间的流动为目标的基本价值。资历架构下的认可资历有级别、资历名衔及学分的特点。资历学分认定主体为高校、培训机构和非本地教育提供者。各类学分认定主体分别采用"固定比率"和按照"学习成果"的算法等评定办法。香港资历架构新进展的政策,对国家开放大学"学分银行"建设的启示:香港资历构架建设可作为内地"学分银行"建设的路线图加以参考,香港资历架构学分累积与转移政策可为解决内地"学分银行"实施在技术性和操作性上的问题提供帮助。     

欧洲资历框架发展的历程、成就与挑战

欧洲资历框架(EQF)是一项联结欧洲各个国家资格体系,促使资格在欧洲不同国家和体系之间互认的共同参考框架和转换器.EQF经过十年多的发展与持续改进,在促进各国交流、建立终身学习型社会、加强各类教育与培训体系之间的联系以及推动劳动力市场发展等方面产生重要影响.同时,EQF在发展过程中也不可避免地面临着诸多挑战,如在质量保障、与其他框架协调、利益相关者参与、等级维度划分、发展更新、术语描述等方面,需要在问题反思的基础上进一步发展和完善,通过建立贯通全过程、连接全要素的质量保障体系,加强与各类教育及其资历框架间的兼容性,提高利益相关者参与程度,多角度、深层次规范框架横纵结构划分以夯实基础,及时发展更新各类要素以提高适应性,统一能力维度的核心要义,从而为发展终身学习型社会与增进国际理解与流动作出更大的贡献.     

课程信息化的系统观

本文在课程信息化的理念框架下,分别从人才需求规格、课程目标、课程知识和信息技术观四个纬度来诠释课程信息化,以便全面、系统地把握.最终形成课程信息化的系统观.     

‘What’s the sign for “Catch 22”?’: barriers to professional formation for deaf teachers of British Sign Language in the Further Education sector

In 2007, Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills standards (QTLS) were introduced for all teachers working in UK further education institutions, with the expressed aim of improving professional standards within the sector. British Sign Language (BSL) teaching is largely delivered by deaf native signers through evening classes at local FE colleges, but the majority hold no formal teaching qualifications. Therefore this initiative provided BSL teachers with an opportunity to enhance their skills and practice, but also presented a formidable barrier to achieving Qualified Teacher status. Two research projects undertaken by the University of Central Lancashire in 2009 and 2010 assessed the suitability of training courses designed to help FE teachers achieve these new qualifications, with particular emphasis on whether these courses meet the specific pedagogic needs of deaf learners. The shortcomings in training provision that were found illustrate the invidious position deaf learners find themselves in, on the one hand wanting to enhance their skills and qualifications whilst at the same time being effectively barred from doing so by a lack of adequate and appropriate training opportunities. This article highlights some of the experiences of deaf BSL teachers seeking to gain these awards and illustrates the ways in which the delivery of training courses fails on virtually every level to respond to the different learning requirements of sign language users.     

Developing policy instruments for education in the EU: the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning

The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning has been characterized as a policy instrument with a number of contested ideas, raising questions about the process through which such instruments are developed at European level. The introduction of the EQF is in this article examined through variations of neo-institutional theory: historical contingency perspective, rational perspective, normative perspective and a process of chance. The EQF is examined as a case, using documents and expert interviews as empirical sources. The article highlights the complex interplay between various historical processes that enabled the introduction of the EQF and how problems and solutions can drive the process forward in a dialectic manner. Furthermore, while the impact of the EQF on national level remains to be seen at this point, the analysis uncovers increased space for introducing new instruments on EU level.     

现代青年编辑多源化知识的探讨

21世纪现代科学技术迅速发展，出版业也随着发生了巨大变化，青年编辑应具备怎样的知识，已成为编辑者深思的问题。适应现代社会所需的编辑的知识结构，决不是单纯的语言学知识，或是某一专业知识，现代青年编辑应具备“复合型”知识结构，成为一名知识“复合体”的人才。     

对高职院校物业管理专业人才培养的思考

目前很多高职院校开设了物业管理专业。文章对高职物业管理专业人才培养的定位以及如何培养高职院校物业管理专业学生的综合素质与职业能力进行了探讨。     

论家长的教育资格与孩子的成长 --亲子教育(二)

从认识论的角度出发，针对当前家庭教育中存在的问题，阐述家庭教育是生命的教育，家长进行的应是超越成功的教育。