Educational Research for Policy and Practice in Japan – With Particular Reference to Youth Education

Based upon the Fundamental Law of Education, Japanese school education system has long been a source of pride for the country as a result of the high school participation rate, the homogeneity of compulsory education throughout the country. However, the confidence of the people in its schools is now showing severe signs of strain and fatigue. In recent years, there have been many reports about the growing seriousness of a number of educational problems having to do with young people in their childhood and adolescence. Since the mid-1970s, a number of problems have been highlighted. They include violent behavior, juvenile crimes, bullying, refusal to attend school, dropping out at secondary level of education, and corporal punishment. Against the above background, based on recommendations from such advisory bodies as the Central Council for Education and the National Commission on Education Reform, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has adopted a range of policies and launched a series of educational reform programmes. For instance, what is called “Rainbow Plan”, based on the final report submitted by the National Commission on Education Reform, provides the country with basic guidelines for the educational reform in the near future. Roles of educational research for making policies have been of significance. Research initiated by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) and the National Federation of Educational Policy Research Institutes (NFERI) is an example of contributions to the development of educational qualities in the country. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

高校科技产业的发展模式研究

笔从我国高校发展高科技产业的内外因分析入手，说明了高校立足自身的条件和优势，自主创办科技企业的历史必然性及其实质意义。并透过对该平台 功能与发展模式的比较分析，阐述了现阶段高校科技企业功能与模式创新， 对于加快大学科技成果转化进程，实现高校科技企业超常规发展所产生的重大影响与作用。在此基础上，进一步提出了我校科技产业的发展模式与产业方向，论述了其集团化运作模式及管理上的特点。     

全面促进我省"农民工经济"可持续发展对策研究

“农民工经济”,已成为贵州一个新的经济增长点,应将其上升到“战略高度”来加以认识,作为战略性产业来抓。因此,贵州应当发挥政府作用,建立一套完整的劳务输出机制;制订科学合理的农村劳务输出政策,对农村劳动力转移就业的服务应到位。     

西方经济正义思想的历史脉动

论文从思想史的角度系统的考察和梳理了西方经济正义思想的历史嬗变,阐述了古希腊的经济正义思想、中世纪的经济正义思想、近代西方的经济正义思想和当代西方的经济正义思想。中国社会主义市场经济也正面临着“正义”的现实问题,研究西方经济正义思想,目的是为建构具有当代中国特色的经济正义理念和价值原则提供广阔的理论视阈和思想支援。     

高校贯彻落实科学发展观的思考

科学发展观是我们党在发展理论上的重大创新,对高等教育发展具有重要的指导作用。在高校贯彻落实科学发展观,第一要义是发展,同时要把握好发展节奏,坚持学校以育人为本,以学生为主体,以教师为主体,充分体现发展的全面性、协调性和可持续性,使科学发展观落实到学校发展和发展的各项工作中去。     

高职数学教材开发与创新构想

高职数学教材建设的现状与高职教育培养目标的要求存在着较大的差距,必须进行开发和创新。首先应意识到开发与创新的紧迫性,并树立正确的指导思想,然后从实际调查入手,掌握第一手资料,并上升到理论高度进行研究。     

浅论美术教学中的智力开发

美术教学不只是专业知识与技能的传授和训练，其教学过程中对学生智力的开发是相当重要的。正确运用美术教学的特性和方法，引导学生通过对社会及事物的感性及理性的认识，把创作设计的潜能释放出来，这正是在美术教学中开发学生智力的教学目标。     

基于SWOT分析的禄劝轿子山旅游资源开发对策探讨

风景区经营管理成败的关键在于如何把潜在的资源优势转化为现实的市场优势。禄劝轿子山是距昆明市区最近的季节性雪山,良好的区位条件,独特的资源优势,使得这里有较高的市场开发价值。文章通过对轿子山旅游资源的SWOT分析,从而提出轿子山未来旅游发展的可行性对策。     

"学会生存"和"学会关心":教师专业发展的两种互补状态

从“学会生存”到“学会关心”是终身教育理念的进一步深化，也是社会发展在教育领域的反映。还是教师专业化发展的内在要求。“学会生存”更多的是从教师自我教育、自我提高的角度出发：而“学会关心”则从更深层次对教师教育发展提出的要求。但是，事实上，“学会生存”和“学会关心”已是推动教师教育发展的两种互补状态。     

Models and Paradigms in Kuhn and Halloun

In Modeling Theory in Science Education, Halloun (2004) adopts the word ‘paradigm’, but his use of the term is radically different from that of Kuhn. In this paper, I explore some of the differences between Kuhn’s paradigms and Halloun’s paradigms. Where Kuhn’s paradigms are public, community-defining exemplars of practice, Halloun’s paradigms are private, individualized ways of thinking. Where Kuhn writes of the paradigm shift as a revolutionary, vision-altering conversion experience, Halloun writes of a gradual evolution from one way of thinking to another and an easy back-and-forth switch between paradigms. Since Kuhn’s paradigms are self-enclosed and incommensurable, there is no objective standard by which one paradigm can be shown to be superior to the other. But Halloun uses ‘viability’ as a standard for paradigm choice. Underlying all of this is the more basic question of whether the history of science is an appropriate metaphor for student progress in the classroom. I conclude with some brief thoughts on this question.