The role of further government intervention in Australian international education

Trade in Australian education services has expanded rapidly over recent years. The sector is the third largest exporter of Australian services. In 2001–2002, exports of education were about $A 4.2 billion. Government assistance to the sector includes export market development, regulation of education standards, and funding education activities; university research and development, for example. This paper examines the case for further government intervention in the export of education, and the appropriate forms of assistance if further government intervention is justified. The paper predominately focuses on assisting higher education exports because this activity dominates education exports.     

新疆财政收入与经济增长相关关系分析

财政收入与经济增长密切相关。文章利用回归分析和因素分析两种方法,对经济增长与财政收入之间的关系做了一些探讨,并对新疆财政收入与经济增长的现状做了分析,指出新疆经济发展中存在的不足以及今后增加财政收入的途径。     

论民国时期“政府主导、服务型”乡村改造模式——以民国江西农村服务为中心

1934年国民党在江西开展了农村服务运动。当时的民国江西农村工作者,从管教养卫四个方面开展农村服务工作,探索出了一套以政府主导、服务农村为特点的传统乡村社会改造模式,力图从多方面推动江西农村社会的现代化。尽管这种模式有其难以解开的死结,但仍是值得今天借鉴的农村改造模式之一。     

安徽省税收负担与经济增长协调性的实证研究(1978-2006)

通过计量经济学的多元回归模型、协整检验和格兰杰因果关系检验对1978—2006年安徽省的税收负担和税收弹性等问题进行定量分析,结果表明经济总量和财政收入之间存在一种长期的均衡关系,但财政收入变动对GDP变动没有显著影响;财政收入变动是财政支出变动的原因,而财政支出变动不是财政收入变动的原因,说明安徽省财政收支总体上还是一种"量入为出",而非"量出为入"的结构。     

A Process Approach to Community-Based Education: The People’s Free University of Saskatchewan

On the basis of insights provided by Whitehead and John Cobb, I show how the People’s Free University of Saskatchewan (PFU) is a working model of free, open, community-based education that embodies several characteristics of Whitehead’s philosophy of education. Formed in opposition to the growing commercialization at the original “people’s university,” (the University of Saskatchewan) the PFU has spawned distinctive ideals of its own. The PFU reflects Whitehead’s belief in the importance of shared knowledge fostered by community-based education, the value of abstract and practical knowledge, and the power of the imagination to establish a community of learners capable of acting freely together.     

The Impact of an SES-Based Model on a College's Undergraduate Admissions Outcomes

In Grutter vs. Bollinger, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the use of race as one factor, among many in admissions decisions is constitutional. It is not known, however, whether future legal opinions will continue to uphold the use of affirmative action policies. Some have argued that class-based preferences can achieve many of the same goals as in affirmative action while being more likely to withstand legal challenges. To date, no empirical studies have been conducted on the potential impact of a class-based admissions policy if implemented at an undergraduate institution. This paper reports on a study at a selective public college and compares a number of outcomes under three admissions models: the original admissions decisions, a purely academic model, and an socio-economic status (SES)-based model. The findings showed that use of the SES-based model would have led to a more academically qualified class than in the original admitted class while maintaining substantially greater student diversity that was found under the academic model. An admissions policy based on preferences for socio-economically disadvantaged applicants appears to hold promise for other colleges and universities with similar institutional and applicant characteristics. The ideas and research design reported in this paper are based on the doctoral dissertation study of the second author, Undergraduate Admissions Models Incorporating Socioeconomic Factors (Johnson, 2000).     

清教思想在白兰和珠儿关系上的体现

纳撒尼尔·霍桑的著名小说《红字》自 185 0年问世以来 ,无疑取得了很大成功。霍桑生活的时代 ,正值美国历史上清教主义盛行的时代 ,因而清教主义思想在这一小说中有所体现。本文旨在分析清教思想在白兰和珠儿关系上的体现 ,提出白兰和珠儿是一个紧密联系的整体 ,白兰的道德升华过程就是对珠儿的抚养过程。白兰正是在对珠儿的抚养过程中 ,实现了自己从“通奸”向“天使”的转变。与此同时 ,珠儿的象征意义在这一过程中是变化的 ,这变化是同白兰的道德升华过程紧密联系的     

稀土元素对黄粉虫生长繁殖的影响

用含不同剂量稀土的饲料喂养黄粉虫，发现在每公斤饲料中添加100mg氧化镧可使黄粉虫的一些重要的生理指标发生明显的变化：①在生长力方面，幼虫的生长速度显著加快，幼虫的存活率有所提高；②在繁殖力方面，雌虫提前两天产卵，雌虫的产卵期缩短了5天，雌虫的产卵量显著提高，实验结果还表明稀土在黄粉虫体内的蓄积量很低，稀土处理50天的幼虫主要营养成分含量无显著变化．     

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.     

除虫菊细胞悬浮培养3种方法的比较

利用克氏瓶法、琼脂增稠法、纱布球法3种方法研究除虫菊细胞生长速率的变化。比较3种方法得出克氏瓶法悬浮培养细胞的生长速率最快,达0. 083g干重/(L·d),第12d为最佳收获时期,最大收获量为0. 996g干重/L。