全球化和信息化背景下高校思想政治理论课的教学困埔与教改策略

在全球化和信息化的时代背景下，我国大学生群体出现了政治信仰迷茫、理想信念模糊、价值取向扭曲、社会责任感缺乏等一系列不容忽视的问题，高校思想政治理论课教学正面临着严峻挑战。因此，研究高校思想政治理论课教学困境的成因，并寻求教改策略，是当前摆在广大思想政治理论课教师面前的一项重要课题。     

Correlates of staff motivation,satisfaction, and job performance of library staff in selected Nigerian University libraries

Abstract

This study examined staff motivation, satisfaction, and job performance among the librarians and library staff in six selected university libraries in Nigeria. The target population for the study includes the professionals and nonprofessional library staff. A total enumeration sampling technique was used to select 180 respondents, which represent the sample for the study. Data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire titled “Staff Motivation, Satisfaction and Job Performance Questionnaire” (SMSJPQ). Six research questions were developed and answered by the study. The results indicate that librarian and library staff are highly motivated with regular pay while the least motivational factor is frequent interaction with their friends. Library staff are primarily satisfied with their jobs when they are in constant link with their friends. Professional library staff significantly experience better work motivation than their nonprofessional counterparts. Significant correlation exists between staff motivation and job performance and between job satisfaction and job performance. In addition, the two factors (motivation and satisfaction) exert significant contribution to the determinant of librarians and library staff job performance. Based on the findings, the study recommended improvement in the level of motivation of nonprofessionals so that the significant difference with the professional counterpart would not be so much pronounced.     

现代大学制度重构:公共性、公益性、私益性的冲突与整合

现代社会知识已经渗透到社会生产和生活的各个方面,作为知识生产、传播和应用的高等教育,已经从社会边缘进入社会中心,使得高等教育的公共性、公益性与私益性发生了新的变化,这些变化反过来又影响高到等教育的发展:公共性的增强提升了高等教育的地位和影响力,挑战着大学的传统与精神;公益性的增强使得社会更为关注高等教育公平;而私益性的增强则使高等教育成本分担日趋复杂化。现代大学制度重构需要从高等教育社会产品的生产、分配与消费去思考大学制度的逻辑框架。     

Blended learning in higher education: professional development in a Hong Kong university

ABSTRACT

Online learning has become a ubiquitous part of the educational landscape and how teachers are supported in developing approaches to teaching online is a fundamental aspect of the students’ learning experience. Based on the implementation of a professional development course on becoming an online teacher offered in a blended learning mode at one university in Hong Kong, this article proposes that offering this type of professional development in a blended mode is very effective in facilitating enhanced usage of the university’s learning management system. In a blended mode, teachers are actively engaged with blended learning and were found to make more extensive use of features/tools in Blackboard after they attended the professional development course. Results support that offering professional development in a blended mode provides teachers with an authentic student perspective, at the same time as they take guided steps in the teacher’s role in blended learning.     

高校学生党支部工作的几点思考

随着经济的发展和改革的不断深化,高校学生参与政治的热情有淡化的趋势。高校学生党支部面临着一系列新的挑战。必须加强党支部的培训和发展工作,改变工作方法,增强党支部的吸引力和凝聚力。     

创造良好育人环境,关注90后大学生心理健康

大学生心理健康是政府关心、学校担心、家长揪心的一个非常重要的问题。现在刚入学的大学生绝大部分是90后,由于他们生活、成长的家庭、社会、教育环境不同,与以往大学生存在一些差异,必须引起我们教育工作者的重视和思考。     

陶孟和与中国近代大学教育的改革和发展

陶孟和是我国近现代史上著名的社会学家和教育学家，十分重视教育与社会之间相互影响的关系。陶孟和对中国近代大学教育的认识和改革建议是从社会学的角度出发，以社会情形变化为基础，以适应社会需求为核心，从而形成他颇具特色且比较系统的大学教育思想。     

河南地方本科院校英语专业人才培养模式刍议

摘要：全球化和中原崛起的战略使河南地方本科院校面临新的机遇和挑战。这些地方院校原有的教育模式已无法满足新时代的要求。河南地方本科院校必须积极有效地探索适合自身发展的外语专业人才培养模式。     

解读西南联大:大学校长的视角

西南联大已是历史名词,然而其业绩依然光辉。以大学校长为视角,为解读西南联大提供了新的视角。联大的成功与该校校长的治校有方紧紧相连,其先进的办学理念,科学的管理模式以及个人的人格修养都促成了联大的向前发展。而这些都值得今天的大学校长们去感悟和借鉴,从而更好地引领大学的发展和建设。     

谈专升本高校图书馆的建设

我国高等教育发展迅速，一大批专科院校升格为本科，图书馆工作人员素质、馆藏图书量等方面都存在着不相适应的问题，应根据本科学校建立现代网络化、数字化、开放化图书馆的要求，采取相应对策，搞好这类高校的图书馆建设。