进入大学城后高校图书馆管理改革的若干思考

进入大学城后，高校图书馆必须积极探索和改革新的管理理念、管理体制和管理方法，才能适应新形势下的信息服务需求。     

从文献计量分析看我国高新技术产业发展理论研究的现状

高新技术产业理论研究在国内还是一个比较新的领域。本文通过对 2 0世纪 90年代以来国内高新技术产业发展理论研究的总体规模、研究成果的增长态势、主要期刊、关注程度、主要研究机构、热点问题等进行统计分析 ,指出关于高新技术产业发展理论研究的重要性     

谁来评价高中综合素质?——基于利益相关者的分析

从利益相关者的视角来看,综合素质评价结果一旦与学生、教师和高中学校的利益高度相关,那么由这些利益高度相关的主体来进行评价时,由于受到"理性经济人"自利性的制约,利益高相关主体极有可能因自身利益的最大化并最终导致评价结果的失真。评价结果的客观性取决于"评价什么",更取决于"谁来评价",甚至可以说,"谁来评价"会直接影响着"评价什么"。而就综合素质评价的实施来看,学生更多的是综合素质评价材料的记录主体,高中学校(包括行政管理人员和教师等)更多的是综合素质评价材料真实性的监督主体,而高校才是最终、最佳的综合素质评价主体。     

高等院校分层发展刍议

当前在我国高等院校分层发展中凸现出不少问题,主要原因在于我国尚无公认合理的高校分层标准。从宏观层面分析,分层标准制定中有以下不可或缺的因素:师资水平和生源质量是高校分层的人力依据,教育设施、设备的优劣是高校分层的物力依据,教学、科研经费的多寡是高校分层的财力依据。在高校分层过程中,要强化社会评价体系和评价机制在高校分层中的角色扮演,淡化政府主管部门的地位和作用,注重高校自主定位的科学性。     

Overcoming Obstacles to Preventive Conservation Projects in Italy: With a Case Study of the Savoy Carriage Collection of the Presidency of the Republic

ABSTRACT

Working on preventive conservation in Italy is difficult but not impossible. After small successes and setbacks convincing museums to adopt elements of preventive conservation in the 1990s, the first author (Rossi Doria) was contracted for 15 years to preserve the historic carriages and associated objects of the Presidency of the Republic of Italy. This required patience to overcome or circumvent obstacles such as an inflexible bureaucracy and the absence of any formal recognition of preventive conservation within the educational and contractual systems for heritage conservation. The key factors in his success were the support of the curators, the financial and planning autonomy of the Presidency, and the obvious need for conservation and preservation of these elegant and complex objects. The program began in 2001 with the recovery of the forgotten collection from inappropriate storage in several locations. The entire collection was surveyed and recorded, not only the carriages but also thousands of harnesses, saddles, clothing, fabrics, weapons and memorabilia. Multiple preventive and interventive actions were undertaken, such as pest eradication for all sensitive materials, environmental surveys, and everyday maintenance, as well as complex treatments for the ornate carriages. Analysis by country of published articles on preventive conservation and of IIC membership both confirm that the topic is not as well established in Italy as in many other countries. Some reasons and solutions are proposed.     

Evaluation of Internet Information Sources by High School Students in Ghana

The Internet clearly presents the opportunity for students to expand their knowledge at a fast pace, since they are able to access enormous amount of information. However, accessing the Internet also has its downside since not all information is of good quality. The study explored how 12th grade students at a high school in Ghana evaluated online information sources. These students and the head of the Information Communication Technology department respond to self-administered questionnaires and a semi-structured interview, respectively. The study found that most of the high school students did some kind of an evaluation of online information sources, however, they were not applying the right criteria. The study further revealed that students were not introduced to evaluation criteria at school and this had contributed to the gap in their evaluation competencies.     

Exploring data use practices around Europe: Identifying enablers and barriers

In this article we explore what data-based decision making use looks like in schools in five different countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and the Netherlands). We explore for what purposes data are used in these countries and what the enablers and barriers to data use are. The case study results show that schools in all five countries use data for school development, accountability, and instructional improvement. Also, the schools in the five countries struggle with the same type of problems: e.g. lack of access to high quality data, lack of professional development in using data, and a lack of collaboration around the use of data. Finally, we discuss how some enablers can turn into barriers for effective data use.     

Expanding opportunities to learn to support inclusive education through drama‐enhanced literacy practices

This study examines how the Early Years Educators at Play (EYEPlay) professional development (PD) programme supported inclusive learning settings for all children, including English language learners and students with disabilities. The EYEPlay PD model is a year‐long programme that integrates drama strategies into literacy practices within real‐classroom contexts. Inclusive education refers to ensuring equal opportunities to access and participation in learning activities for all students. Cultural‐historical activity theory was used to understand and unpack the drama practices. Twelve semi‐structured focus group interviews were conducted with 19 preschool teachers. The data were analysed via constant‐comparative and interpretive methods. The study findings showed that EYEPlay PD practices enhanced inclusive learning settings for diverse groups of students by increasing access and expanding opportunities to learn, and supporting a positive learning environment.     

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.