Disaster preparedness,adaptive politics and lifelong learning: a case of Japan

Preparedness for disaster scenarios is progressively becoming an educational agenda for governments because of diversifying risks and threats worldwide. In disaster-prone Japan, disaster preparedness has been a prioritised national agenda, and preparedness education has been undertaken in both formal schooling and lifelong learning settings. This article examines the politics behind one prevailing policy discourse in the field of disaster preparedness referred to as ‘the four forms of aid’ – ‘kojo [public aid]’, ‘jijo [self-help]’, ‘gojo/kyojo [mutual aid]’. The study looks at the Japanese case, however, the significance is global, given that neo-liberal governments are increasingly having to deal with a range of disaster situations whether floods or terrorism, while implementing austerity measures. Drawing on the theory of the adaptiveness of neo-liberalism, the article sheds light on the hybridity of the current Abe government’s politics: a ‘dominant’ neo-liberal economic approach – public aid and self-help – and a ‘subordinate’ moral conservative agenda – mutual aid. It is argued that the four forms of aid are an effective ‘balancing act’, and that kyojo in particular is a powerful legitimator in the hybrid politics. The article concludes that a lifelong and life-wide preparedness model could be developed in Japan which has taken a social approach to lifelong learning.     

"科教兴延"战略问题的几点思考

“科教兴延”是延安市委、市政府确定的宏伟的战略部署，实施“科教兴延”战略，要充分解释“科学技术是第一生产力”，努力提高主导产业和资源开发的科技含量，切实把教育摆在优先发展的战略地位，深入挖掘人才资源，勇于探索，敢于实践，建立延安的科教创新体系，真正把措施落到实处。     

谈协同学习理论在高职教育中的应用

协同学习是一种有利于培养学生社会合作能力 ,发挥学生的主观能动性及参与意识 ,适合信息社会需求的教学形式。这种教学形式在高等职业教育人才培养中 ,具有独特的教学功能。将协同学习的概念及其理论用于高职教学中 ,对创新学习方法 ,具有实际意义     

英国教师职前培养、入职培训和在职进修的一体化及其特征

本文探讨了英国教师职前培养、入职培训和在职进修的一体化及其基本特征 ,以期对我国当前建立教师职前培养、入职辅导和职后培训一体化的师资培养体系提供参考与借鉴。     

研究生教育发展规模测算方法研究

研究生招生需要依据客观规律进行。本文从我国历年普通高等学校招生规模、国家预算内教育经费、国内生产总值GDP出发,分别建立不同的研究生招生预测模型,并作了初步的比较与预测,得出了与国内同类研究不一样的结论。     

我国社区教育人本价值取向及其实施

以人为本是当代社会最大的本质和核心,也是中国社区教育发展的动力和方向。社区教育要树立以人为本的服务意识;要面向全体民众;要促进公民的全面发展;要满足社区不同群体的个性化发展需求。     

Assessing ethics education through national tests—an advantage or not?

The purpose of this study is to describe, critically analyse and discuss the Swedish system of assessing ethics education in compulsory school through national tests. The publicly available tests from 2013 for grades six and nine have been studied as have the assessment instructions for teachers. Staff responsible for the test construction have been interviewed. The aims, core content and knowledge requirements of the curriculum were also studied. The concept ‘ethical competence’ was used as an analytical tool in the qualitative content analyses. Through the design of this study, the actual test, its process of construction and the curriculum were examined. The results suggest that ethics education, given (a) the curricular construction of what ability to assess, (b) complexities of test construction in ethics and (c) possible teach-to-the-test effects, runs the risk of being limited to an argumentative, conceptual competence, with ethics education being emptied of crucial content. However, being included in national testing can strengthen the position of a school subject. Is it then an advantage for ethics education to be tested in this way? The critical problems the study raises make the author conclude it to be a disadvantage for ethics education to be tested through national tests.     

我国贫困地区普及义务教育制的可行性分析

我国普及义务教育工作取得了很大成绩,但尚未实现全国普及。目前普及义务教育的重点是农村,农村的难点是贫困地区。本文着重分析了制约贫困地区义务教育普及率不高的各种因素,同时提出从经济、法制方面如何解决义务教育全面普及的思路,从而肯定我国贫困地区全面实现义务教育的可行性。     

略论现代远程教育在社区高职教育中的运用

实现高等教育大众化是我国高等教育的发展目标，高等职业教育作为高等教育的一个类型，在实现高等教育大众化的进程中起着举足轻重的作用。社区教育是高职教育触角的延伸，运用多种现代教育技术手段发展社区教育，是其发展之必然。以网络为主流现代远程教育是社区高职教育的重要组成部分，在今后的发展中具有很大的优势。     

以远程教育推进职业教育的均衡发展

在中央提出建设和谐社会的宏观背景下，教育均衡发展，越来越引起社会各界的高度关注。本文认为我国教育发展不均衡的主要特征是城乡教育的二元结构，即城乡教育差距大，它是制约拳国教育发展和实现代化的瓶颈，依托广播电视大学办学系统发展远程教育是实现我国教育均衡发展的战略选择，并切实提出了以远程教育推进我国教育均衡发展的思路。