高等教育评价的教育性视角

高等教育评价应包括对高等教育作为价值客体和价值主体两方面的价值关系的评价。现在的研究往往重视前者而忽视后者,必须倡导从教育性视角(即把高等教育作为价值主体)来认识高等教育的价值评价。教育性视角的高等教育评价具有科学性、深刻性和反思性。     

1949-1956年中国民族资产阶级心理之变迁

1949至1956年,随着中国社会的剧烈变动,中国民族资产阶级心理也发生着变化:从新中国成立初期的疑惧,到了解党的政策后的兴奋;从"五反"开始后的恐慌,到"五反"结束后对共产党的服从;从过渡时期总路线公布后的犹豫彷徨,到最后接受社会主义改造,走上社会主义道路.     

学习邓小平反腐思想,把反腐败斗争进行到底

邓小平反腐思想是我党反腐倡廉工作的指南.反腐败斗争要从源头抓起,一反到底,决不能手软;要从领导干部抓起,教育、制度与监督并重.     

新时代应用型高校党建工作责任制研究

高校党建是新时代党的建设伟大工程的重要组成部分,是推进全面从严治党向纵深发展的重要领域。按照新时代党的建设要求,紧扣应用型高校的特点,以目标和问题为导向,研究应用型高校党建工作责任制的主体内容及其运行机制,从而构建“全面从严治党视域下应用型高校党建工作责任制”,旨在创新高校党建工作,夯实应用型高校党建工作基础,提升基层组织力,以党建引领推动应用型高校内涵式建设,提高应用型人才培养质量。     

Fractional order sliding mode control of a pneumatic position servo system

Gas flow has fractional order dynamics; therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the pneumatic systems with a proportional valve to regulate gas flow have fractional order dynamics as well. There is a hypothesis that the fractional order control has better control performance for this inherent fractional order system, although the model used for fractional controller design is integer order. To test this hypothesis, a fractional order sliding mode controller is proposed to control the pneumatic position servo system, which is based on the exponential reaching law. In this method, the fractional order derivative is introduced into the sliding mode surface. The stability of the controller is proven using Lyapunov theorem. Since the pressure sensor is not required, the control system configuration is simple and inexpensive. The experimental results presented indicate the proposed method has better control performance than the fractional order proportional integral derivative (FPID) controller and some conventional integral order control methods. Points to be noticed here are that the fractional order sliding mode control is superior to the integral order sliding mode counterpart, and the FPID is superior to the corresponding integral order PID, both with optimal parameters. Among all the methods compared, the proposed method achieves the highest tracking accuracy. Moreover, the proposed controller has less chattering in the manipulated variable, the energy consumption of the controller is therefore substantially reduced.     

Networked H∞ filtering for Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems under multi-output multi-rate sampling

This paper studies networked H_∞ filtering for Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems with multi-output multi-sensor asynchronous sampling. Different output variables in a dynamic system are sampled by multiple sensors with different sampling rates. To estimate the signals of such a system, a continuous multi-rate sampled-data fusion method is proposed to design a novel networked filter. By considering a class of decentralized event-triggered transmission schemes, multi-channel network-induced delays, and the updating modes of the MOMR sampled-data, a networked jumping fuzzy filter is proposed to estimate system signals based on the transmitted multi-rate sampled-data of fuzzy system and the multi-rate sampled states of filter, and the jumping among filter modes is governed by a Markov process which depends on the arrival times of sampled output sub-vectors. To deal with asynchronous membership functions, the networked fuzzy filtering system is modeled as an uncertain fuzzy stochastic system with membership function deviation bounds. Based on stability and H_∞ performance analysis, several membership-function-dependent conditions are presented to co-design the event-triggered transmission schemes and the fuzzy filter such that the filtering error system is robustly mean-square exponentially stable with a prescribed H_∞ attenuation level. Finally, the improvement in estimation performance and comparison with the existing filtering methods are discussed through simulation examples.     

Efficacy of using non-linear pedagogy to support attacking players’ individual learning objectives in elite-youth football: A randomised cross-over trial

ABSTRACT

The present study examined the efficacy of a coaching curriculum, based on non-linear pedagogy, on improving attacking players’ individual learning objectives (ILOs) in elite-youth football. Participants included 22 attacking players (i.e., centre-forwards, wide-players and attacking midfield players) from a professional football academy in England. The players were randomly appointed to both control (CON) and intervention (INT) periods following baseline measures. The INT (non-linear) and CON (linear) periods were both designed to support the ILOs provided to each player as part of the elite player performance plan. The study adopted a randomised cross-over design and ILOs considered important for attacking players (i.e., strong foot finishing, weak foot finishing, 1-v-1 and decision-making) were evaluated using the Loughborough Shooting Skill Test. The results showed significant differences for INT in 1-v-1 (P< 0.02) and decision-making (P< 0.01). However, there were no significant differences for strong foot finishing, weak foot finishing or time taken. These results support non-linear pedagogy in developing 1-v-1 game play and decision-making but not for technical shooting proficiency.     

Teachers’ epistemic cognition in situ: Evidence from classroom assessment

Assessment tasks require the coordination of multiple knowledge-related goals for various audiences, and therefore provide an authentic context to observe teachers’ epistemic cognition in practice. In this instrumental case study, we investigated seven, fifth grade English Language Arts teachers’ epistemic cognition as they evaluated students’ classroom assessments. Our analyses revealed that the components of epistemic cognition identified in the literature emerged in these teachers’ assessment processes. Moreover, we found evidence that teachers’ epistemic cognition was iterative and nuanced, and required shifts in aims and reliable processes. This resulted in teachers forming new kinds of “epistemic matters” and questions beyond those ideas noted in existing models of epistemic cognition. Significance and implications are discussed.     

Social media and students’ behavioral intentions to enroll in postgraduate studies in Kenya: a moderated mediation model of brand personality and attitude

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Using cross-sectional data from 504 students from four Kenyan universities, this study evaluates the indirect effect of brand personality on the relationship between social media and students’ behavioral intentions to enroll in postgraduate studies. Additionally, the study examines the moderating effect of attitude on the relationship between social media and brand personality, social media and students’ behavioral intentions, brand personality and students’ behavioral intentions. Finally, it investigates the moderating effect of attitude on the indirect process of brand personality on the relationship between social media and students’ behavioral intentions. The study is guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior, Technology Acceptance Model and Self Congruity Theory. Process Macro is used to analyze data. Results indicate that social media significantly predicts students’ behavioral intentions and this relationship is partially mediated by brand personality. Besides, attitude moderates the relationship between social media and students’ behavioral intentions and also the relationship between brand personality and students’ behavioral intentions. Finally, attitude has a conditional effect on the indirect relationship between social media and student’s behavioral intentions via brand personality and this effect is much stronger with a higher level of attitude. These findings contribute new knowledge to literature and theory.     

Where are we now? A review of research on the history of women's soccer in Ireland

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It is a common fact that women's sport and leisure history, especially in male dominated spheres, and more specifically football, have been ignored by many academics. However, in recent years there have been major developments in digital technology that have changed the nature of the type of research that can be done. Access to tools to facilitate field research are relatively cheap and with the high volume of digitisation projects that have taken place over the last few years as well as the increasing number of born digital resources that have been published, there are new opportunities. In relation to women's soccer in Ireland, this paper asks the question – where are we now? The argument will review the current literature on this subject and outline potential approaches for future research.