Six into One: The Contradictory Art School Curriculum and how it Came About

This article reports historical research which sought to understand the present‐day post‐secondary art curriculum through analysing its history in terms of changes in conceptions of art. It found that there have been six distinctive curricula: Apprentice, Academic, Formalist, Expressive, Conceptual and Professional. As a new curriculum has been introduced, it has co‐existed with much contained in a previous one. Most of the curriculum changes have taken place in the past 65 years. During this time, there has been a massive expansion in the education of artists and at the same time art schools accommodated first modernism and then post‐Duchampian aesthetics. A conclusion is that this has made for a very crowded curriculum. Moreover, despite there being an ever increasing choice of things a student might learn, it appears that there is nothing which all students have to learn. It can be problematic that one part of the curriculum is in contradiction to another part, and moreover this lack of a core raises fundamental, ontological questions about what art as a discipline is.     

广告创作论

为适应广告业的需求,也为广告创作能成为一门独立的系统学科,特作本稿,论及广告类型、特点、创作法则及创作技法诸问题。     

Parent and teacher satisfaction with school‐based psychological reports

School psychologists spend a great deal of time translating assessment results into a psychoeducational report. The importance of creating reports that are both useful and understandable to the readers of the report while also being efficient for the school psychologist cannot be overstated. This study examines parent and teacher perceptions regarding the quality, understandability, and usefulness of school‐based psychological reports. Results of the surveys indicate that both parents and teachers perceive psychological reports as focusing more on tests and test scores as opposed to information that helps to understand the child or assists with intervention development. Strategies for upgrading reports to better meet the needs of parent and teacher readers are discussed.     

The effect of inquiry‐based learning on the achievement goal‐orientation of grade 10 physical sciences learners at township schools in South Africa

Due to apartheid policies, Black African learners in South Africa have been severely disadvantaged in school science. Despite policy changes to redress these historical imbalances, Black African learners continue to underperform in science. Previous research has identified motivation as a key factor that impacts performance. Achievement goal orientation is a construct of motivation that explains learning behaviour. In an attempt to address the problem of learner motivation, this study investigated the effect of inquiry‐based learning on the achievement goal‐orientation of grade 10 physical sciences learners at historically disadvantaged township schools in South Africa. In South Africa, the term “township” usually refers to under‐developed urban areas that were historically created for “non‐whites” during the apartheid era. The findings showed that the experiment group of learners who experienced inquiry‐based learning significantly gained in mastery goal orientation, while the control that were taught through a traditional direct didactic approach had an insignificant change in their mastery goal orientation. From these results, it can be concluded that inquiry‐based learning does support a mastery goal orientation in learners. This orientation is regarded as desirable because mastery approach goals could support positive outcomes in conceptual learning, leading to an improvement in science achievement of learners.     

浅谈“体验阅读”活动环境创设的策略

阅读环境以潜移默化的方式影响着阅读效果,"体验阅读"活动需要通过积极构建多元化的阅读环境、鼓励读者积极参与阅读环境的创设来营造良好的阅读环境,从而激发读者的阅读兴趣,增强阅读效果。     

企业间合作知识创造的结构化演变机理研究

深入理解合作知识创造机理有助于构建有效的合作知识创造管理模式,促进企业间的合作知识创造进程。可是,由于合作企业在战略规划、利益机制、企业文化和管理模式等方面存在差异,合作知识创造的机理非常复杂。在阐明结构化理论和合作知识创造理论一致性的基础上,应用结构二重性原理,从合作博弈、表意结构、支配结构和合法化结构四个维度对企业间合作知识创造的结构化演变机理进行了剖析,并构建了基于结构化模态的合作知识创造管理模式,以有效提高企业间合作知识创造绩效。     

创设数学教学情境的体会

本文从趣味问题、生活实例、数学史料等六个方面,浅谈了在课堂教学中创设数学教学情境的体会。实践表明,在数学教学中,创设良好的教学情境,能激发学生学习数学的兴趣,有效地提高数学教学质量。     

哲学视阈中的企业技术创新

企业技术创新是企业持续增强自身竞争力的关键因素,从哲学高度审视企业技术创新,有利于拓展企业技术创新思路.哲学视阈中的企业技术创新包括三层含义:企业技术创新是技术路径依赖与技术路径创造相统一的过程;企业技术创新是技术社会化与社会技术化相统一的过程;企业技术创新过程是技术创新认知与技术创新实践相统一的过程.     

An empirical investigation of knowledge management and innovative performance: The case of alliances

This paper examines firm-level performance implications of strategic alliances by employing knowledge management practices as intermediaries. Unlike previous research which focuses on partner firm factors, this study investigates how alliance characteristics (i.e., alliance scope and governance) affect interfirm knowledge sharing and creation, and how these two practices and their interaction in turn affect innovative performance. These questions are examined in a sample of 127 German partnering firms. Results show that joint ventures as opposed to contractual alliances are more effective and influential in facilitating knowledge sharing and creation. In contrast, the scope of alliance activities, while positively associated with knowledge sharing, has no direct relationship with knowledge creation. In addition to these results, the study also finds that knowledge sharing, knowledge creation and their interaction significantly contribute to partner firms’ innovative performance.     

The social as the heart of social innovation and social entrepreneurship: An emerging area or an old crossroads?

This paper aims to contribute to the conceptual debate on the connection between social innovation and social entrepreneurship, considering the role of the ‘social’ within this connection. Supported by a systematic literature review (SLR) with an in-depth analysis of 34 articles from Scopus-indexed and Web of Science databases journals, this paper identifies, analyzes and describes the difficulties and opportunities in the social innovation and social entrepreneurship literature. Little is known about the link between both concepts and the influence of the ‘social’ in their development and implementation. This SLR was conducted to identify and describe definitions and patterns. Results show that the connection between social innovation and social entrepreneurship is in its take-off phase, but it still is a fragmented field with a huge lack of consensus. Thus, it will be important to see where the field will head, as this paper aims to be a first step in the understanding of social innovation and social entrepreneurship through a collective and integrated perspective, providing an elucidation of the different perspectives of the literature.