Job satisfaction of University academics: Perspectives from Uganda

Although several studies in the affluent world have examined the job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of lecturers in higher education, little is known about academic job satisfaction in the low-resource countries. This study probes those factors contributing to academic satisfaction and dissatisfaction in higher education in the developing world. Using a sample of 182 respondents drawn from two universities in Uganda, this analysis reports that the factors most prevalent in the prediction of dons’ satisfaction relate to co-worker behaviour, supervision and intrinsic facets of teaching. Analogously, the stimuli that create academic dissatisfaction are largely extrinsic (contextual) factors with respect to facets of remuneration, governance, research, promotion, and working environment. This article discusses these findings in the light of Herzberg’s dichotomy and concludes that any given factor be it intrinsic or extrinsic can either evoke academic satisfaction or induce dissatisfaction. The present analysis finds that while age, rank, and tenure significantly predict academic job satisfaction, no evidence is adduced to support a gender influence on dons’ job satisfaction. Implications for Ugandan academics’ job satisfaction are formulated, recommendations made, and a further research agenda proposed.     

可持续发展的公平性原则初探

中西传统伦理学中有着丰富的公平理论资源,生态伦理学作为一门新兴学科,进一步拓展了人类对于公平理论的理解和视野。从生态伦理的角度论述可持续发展的公平性原则的内容和本质特征,从而从宏观、中观、微观三个层面探讨出遵循公平性原则的必要性及现实意义。     

基于欧洲各国不同行业就业率情况的因子分析和聚类分析

经济是一个国家发展的命脉,而经济的健康高速发展离不开良好的经济产业布局。文章对与中国目前三产业结构相似的1979年的欧洲就业比例进行因子分析和聚类分析,分析表明地理位置和政治体系是影响不同国家经济布局的主要因素,同时发现,虽然地理位置和政治体系会影响不同国家的经济结构,但是所有的国家在矿产业和电力供应方面的分布基本上一致。通过对欧洲国家经济布局的分析,对各个国家的经济结构提出建议。     

Parental expectation of early childhood education: comparison between China, Japan, and Korea

This study investigates 727 parents from China, Japan, and Korea by a self-devised scale and compares the differences in their expectation of early childhood education in cross-cultural backgrounds. The result shows that parents from the three countries have a positive attitude toward their children's development. The main effect of nations on such factors as individual development, close attention to diet, willpower training, moral judgment, and emotional exchange with adults is significant, while the two-way interaction between nations and child gender, nations and child age, and the three-way interaction between nations, child gender, and child age are not significant. Translated from Xueqian Jiaoyu Yanjiu 学前教育研究 (Studies in Preschool Education), 2006, (4): 60–62     

Challenging ideological environments: international teachers’ experiences in an outside-of-country teacher training programme

Teacher training for developing nation contexts is often conducted in short, intensive inside and outside-of-country programmes. Concerns have been raised in relation to the uncritical take-up of the western-centric material provided by these programmes, which are usually funded by national and international government organizations. This paper explores an approach used in an outside-of-country teacher training programme funded by an Australian government grant. The research focused on teacher trainers from the Monastic education system and their reflections on whether critical literacy approaches could be incorporated into curriculum in Myanmar. It used a Bakhtinian framework to analyse the teacher trainers’ ideological environments and their hybridizations of critical literacy discourses for their own contexts. It was found that while the teacher trainers were passionate about the worth of developing critical literacy skills for their teachers and pupils, they struggled with a range of constraints that existed for them within their country. The research illustrated the importance of providing spaces for participants in programmes such as these to critically reflect on the relevance of non-government organization (NGO) and international non-government organization (INGO) training programmes, especially in light of the multiple challenges that are a part of their everyday lives.     

冷战期间东盟国家与中国关系回眸

冷战期间,受两极对抗格局、东南亚地区形势及多种双边因素的影响和制约,东盟国家与中国的关系经历了从敌视对抗到缓和合作的曲折历程。本文试对这一时期双方关系进行较为全面系统的回顾梳理,并对影响双方关系的相关因素作一简要分析。     

伊利里亚人与外部世界的关系

伊利里亚人在古代巴尔干地区的历史上一度留有显著的印痕,并与当时的周边世界始终保持着多方面的交往.在与外部世界主要民族、尤其是希腊、罗马古典文明的持续接触和影响下,形成了独特的伊利里亚民族文化与个性,同时正是通过这种交流和吸纳,伊利里亚人的民族发展过程也在寻求着新的方向.     

中国古代中央客馆述论

自先秦始,中国各代王朝在京城均建有馆待蕃客(包括边疆及外国民族)的场所,如汉代的蛮夷邸;魏晋的客馆;北魏的四夷馆;隋唐时期的四方馆和鸿胪客馆,宋代的都亭驿、都亭西驿、礼宾院、怀远驿、同文馆;元明时期的会同馆,清代的会同四译馆等.通过对中国历代中央客馆建制的论述,可从一个侧面反映出中国古代对人京蕃客的接待与管理制度.     

世界一流大学建设中的政府角色研究:以日本和韩国为例

本文从历史的视角,探讨了日本和韩国在建设世界一流大学进程中的政府角色问题。文章认为日本和韩国政府对建设世界一流大学的作用主要体现在通过立法来保障研究型大学在国内高等教育体系中的特殊地位,通过高等教育改革来主导、促进研究型大学的组织创新和学科发展,通过高度重视和财政的倾斜来确保研究型大学的迅速发展,通过赋予研究型大学的特殊使命来主宰研究型大学的发展方向等方面。这种作用从整体来看是正面的,但也存在负面影响,这正是政府要努力规避的。建设世界一流大学的进程中,政府扮演主要角色在东亚国家是一个普遍现象,这与东亚国家的政治背景和文化背景是密不可分的。从日本和韩国建设世界一流大学的经验来看,建设世界一流大学需要政府和学校的通力合作,更需要政府的长期支持和重视,绝不是一个短期努力就可以达到目标的进程。     

从唐代边塞诗看唐蕃关系的发展变化--唐代边塞诗系列研究之三

唐代边塞诗生动反映了唐蕃之间复杂多变的民族关系，和平亲善、和同一家使汉蕃两族和亲通婚、互派使，沟通情感，加强联络，使双方的经济化得以交流融合，但围绕着河湟、西域之争，唐蕃之间又纷争不休，战事不断，但无论怎样。汉蕃两族自古以来的血肉联系是无法割断的。