国家助学贷款政策的制度性缺陷及其改进

我国国家助学贷款风险大、执行难的根本原因在于现行助学贷款政策未能建立有效的目标导向机制及合理的风险分担机制。有效的目标导向机制应有助于银行商业目标的实现和各种金融手段的充分利用；合理的风险分担机制要求按照“谁受益谁付费”原则，由助学贷款相关各方共同承担责任，合力规避贷款风险。     

Too Much,Too Young? An Analysis of the Key Stage 3 National Literacy Strategy in Practice

This article was first drafted after I worked for 14 weeks last year in a school that was piloting the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 3. I now work in another school delivering the full published Strategy to Year 7. In this article, I explore the contradictions inherent in the Strategy in attempting to develop the English and literacy skills of Key Stage 3 pupils. Ultimately, my argument is that the educational benefits of this teaching to objectives is at odds with some of the deeper aims of the Strategy and of English teaching, and that the constant assessment involved puts too much pressure on our youngsters at an age when they should be concentrating on social development as people.     

xAPI与基于Moodle的在线学习经历数据获取

在线学习的发展离不开规范的技术标准,但是早期的SCORM(Sharable Content Object Reference Model,可共享内容对象参考模型)技术标准已经不能适应目前的学习需求,而x API(Experience Application Programming Interface,经验应用程序编程接口)的出现为在线教育带来了新的发展机遇。文章介绍了x API的基本功能、x API的核心Statement(声明)及x API的存储机制LRS(Learning Record Store,学习记录存储),并通过Moodle平台详细介绍了基于x API的在线学习经历数据的获取过程。文章指出,x API能更好地支持学习生态系统的建设、完善评价机制、促进个性化学习的实现,对在线教育具有积极意义。     

A National Curriculum for Wales: A Case Study of Education Policy-Making in the Era of Administrative Devolution

The 1988 Education Reform Act legislated for a statutory curriculum in state-funded schools in England and Wales. This study explores how, out of a common curriculum framework for both countries, there emerged a school curriculum that was adapted to the distinctiveness of the linguistic and cultural context in Wales. The roles of those most closely involved in policy development in Wales are examined as is the relationship between the 'national' and 'territorial' arenas of policy-making in the months leading up to publication of the Education Reform Bill in November 1987. It is argued that a pragmatic approach to policy development in Wales during that period laid the foundations both for a reworking of the 1988 curriculum framework during the 1990s and for potentially more radical change following the 2002 Education Act.     

Exercising a bounded autonomy: novice and experienced teachers’ adaptations to curriculum materials in an age of accountability

This study explores teachers’ first enactments of a set of theory-based curriculum materials designed to support academic language instruction. Specifically, this multiple case study looks at how six middle school English teachers in three US schools adapted the materials; each case includes a pair of teachers, one novice and one more experienced. All schools were located in the same district where a school performance measurement system was being used to publicly rank schools’ academic performance and growth. Multiple measures were used to look for evidence of adaptations and why teachers made adaptations. We found that all teachers adapted the curriculum, most often in response to either perceived student needs or district reform pressures. In two cases, patterns of adaptation differed by teacher experience; experienced teachers appeared better able to adapt curriculum materials to meet instructional goals. This pattern did not hold up at the third school, where teachers faced greater reform pressures. Taken together, these findings suggest that researchers should pay more attention to the role of school and district policy on teachers’ enactments of theory-based reforms. We conclude with guidance to researchers, instructional leaders and others interested in the potential of theory-based curricula as a lever for improving classroom instruction.     

Does prior mathematics knowledge really lead to variation in elementary statistics performance? Evidence from a developing country

A model incorporating prerequisite mathematics performance and other variables deemed to be associated with learning elementary statistics (ES) is developed. The relationship between ES performance and the explanatory variables is well represented by the logistics form. Aptitude, effort and motivation are the only significant explanatory variables of ES performance. Since prerequisite mathematics is not significant, statistical thinking at the tertiary level may be mostly intuitive and non-mathematical. Students with low aptitude experience increasing returns to effort over the first half of the feasible effort interval, while high-aptitude students experience diminishing returns at all levels of effort. The levels of effort required to achieve a minimum pass are interpreted.     

贵州省苗族地区中小学民族文化课程开发的个案研究

通过对贵州省苗族地区中小学民族文化课程开发现状的个案调查，发现民族地区民族文化课程开发还停留在浅层面，学校课程尚未成为民族文化传承的主渠道，地方课程资源开发不力，致使学生对民族义化疏于了解。就此认为民族地区基础教育民族文化课程的开发应从观念层面、政策层面、支持系统及实践层面等方面进行，以推进民族文化课程的实施。     

《英语课程标准》的理论基础

就语言的本质而言,《英语课程标准》体现了工具性与人文性高度统一的语言观;就语言学习的意义而言,《标准》所体现的基本理念是,学习语言既有利于促进个人的全面发展,也有利于个人参与社会活动。《标准》所体现的语言学习观是,学生不是被动地从书本或教师那里接受知识,而是在语言实践活动中建构知识、发展语言能力。《标准》体现的语言教学观主要表现在三个"相结合":知识与技能相结合,语言目标与非语言目标相结合,过程与结果相结合。     

三个代表"重要思想:马克思主义理论发展的新境界

"三个代表"重要思想以高度浓缩的形式体现着唯物主义历史观和科学社会主义的基本原理,蕴含着马克思主义关于共产主义社会经济、政治和文化基本特征的规定,包含着毛泽东、邓小平的一系列重要思想,因而是马克思主义本质的体现,与马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论一脉相承。同时,"三个代表"重要思想又是对新的历史条件、新的历史任务和党的建设面临的新问题的新概括,它本身就是一个理论整体,体现了卓越的理论创造性,并以一系列新思想、新观点和新论断发展了马克思主义。"三个代表"重要思想本身就是发展着的马克思主义,是党在新世纪的新的理论武装。     

国家审计与社会审计相互关系问题的思考

从国家审计和社会审计在审计的监管权限等实践操作中看,存在许多方面的不足.如何协调二者的关系,解决审计过程中的矛盾,以及探索其未来关系的走向,是本文试图浅谈的目的所在.