New rules of the game: youth training in Brazil and Finland as examples of the new global network governance

Young people labelled ‘disadvantaged’ or ‘at risk of social exclusion’ are increasingly directed into publicly funded or NGO-based, partly privately financed projects in order to secure their desired integration into society through work or further education. In this article, we carry out a comparative analysis of youth training programmes in Brazil and Finland based on empirical fieldwork undertaken in two separate research projects. The research data consist of qualitative interviews of the projects’ participants and management. The focus of the analysis is on youth employment projects as discursive practices, that is, on the ways that knowledge on employment and employment-related responsibilities is produced in the discourses and practices of the projects. Despite the different contexts, the analysis shows that the youth training projects share a number of commonalities with regards to the shaping of the self as entrepreneurial and self-regulated. This is linked to the global dominance of a new form of governance, which relies on and actively promotes the individualisation of responsibility and obscures the structural and societal forces that lie behind youth unemployment and exclusion. We suggest that engaging young people in critical discourses about the sources of inequality would be the key to more equitable forms of development.     

Educational Reform at MIT: Advancing and Evaluating Technology-Based Projects On- and Off-Campus

This issue is the first of two special issues that present a diverse collection of studies which describe and discuss innovative approaches to science and technology teaching and learning at MIT. This issue focuses on advancing and evaluating technology-based projects on-campus, while the second one will focus mainly on off-campus technology-based projects.     

ISO9001在开放教育试点项目中的应用

“中央广播电视大学人才培养模式改革和开放教育试点”项目(本以下简称“试点项目”)是在计算机网络技术环境下以学生自主学习为中心实施的现代远程教育。这种分散式的教育输送模式，决定了教育活动具有一些工业活动的主要特征，能够借鉴ISO9000族标准控制教学质量。本探讨了ISO900l质量保证标准的应用价值及借鉴ISO9000管理思想的重要性，并参照ISO900l质量保证标准，提出了试点项目教学质量评估的理论模型。     

关于政府投资项目成功标准的研究

确定政府投资项目成功的标准,对项目进行有效的实施是至关重要。在文献梳理和政府投资项目承担功能分析的基础上提出了20个标准进行问卷实证。这些标准被高度认可,占75%的均值在5以上。最受看重的前5个标准依次为项目要按期完成、项目符合设计要求、项目实施不出事故、运用建筑材料环保、不破坏周围环境。因子分析后提出评价政府投资项目成功标准的四个维度:公司收益、群众受益、长远利益及资金效益。     

论高校科研项目申报的策略与技术

提高科研项目的申报质量是高校科研管理部门的目标之一,而提高质量的关键在于掌握项目申报的策略和技术。本文首先就科研项目申报前期的管理策略作了概括;然后探讨了项目申报的操作技术。     

小学数学新教材"实践与综合应用"实验调查分析

“实践与综合应用”实验效果好;对教师和学生的发展都有良好的促进作用;在农村和城市的实验效果无显著差异;新老实验教师对“实践与综合应用”反应差异显著;分散安排与集中安排的“实践与综合应用”可操作性差异显著.     

Undergraduate teaching of ideal and real fluid flows: the value of real-world experimental projects

This paper describes the pedagogical impact of real-world experimental projects undertaken as part of an advanced undergraduate fluid mechanics subject at an Australian university. The projects have been organized to complement traditional lectures and introduce students to the challenges of professional design, physical modelling, data collection and analysis. An overview of two projects is presented: wind tunnel testing of buildings and wave loading on piles. Both studies are undertaken as group work within the undergraduate subject. The pedagogy of the projects is discussed in terms of the classical educational psychology literature concerning project-based learning, collaborative and guided learning and reflection. In terms of learning outcomes, the primary aim is to enable students to deliver a professional report as the final product, where physical model data are compared to ideal-fluid flow calculations and real-fluid flow analyses. Thus the students are exposed to a professional design approach involving a high level of expertise in fluid mechanics, with sufficient academic guidance to achieve carefully defined learning goals, while retaining sufficient flexibility for students to construct their own learning goals. The overall pedagogy is a blend of problem-based and project-based learning, which reflects academic research and professional practice. The assessment is a mix of peer-assessed oral presentations and written reports that aims to maximize student reflection and development. Student feedback indicated a strong motivation for courses that include a well-designed project component.     

中职计算机课合作项目教学法初探

合作项目教学法是笔者在中职计算机教学实践中总结出来的,模仿IT企业工作方式的教学方法．该教学法有利于培养学生的团队协作精神,使中职计算机专业的学生在将来的工作中能更快、更好地适应IT企业的工作方式．     

重点大学建设的行政学分析——以"985工程"为例

“985工程”是我国面向21世纪教育振兴的重大举措,也是新时期我国创新型国家建设的关键环节.从行政学的视角,在借鉴发达国家经验的基础上,尝试着从行政主体、行政客体、行政途径、行政手段四方面分析重点大学建设的过程,以期为我国以“985工程”为主题的重点大学建设提出一些针对性建议.     

科技期刊论文信息不端变更的表现与防范措施

为了更好地应对科技期刊论文信息的不端变更,分析信息不端变更的具体表现,包括署名的不端变更,第一单位的不端变更,基金项目的不端变更,内容的不端变更,并提出相应的防范措施:加强审核,坚持以质量用文的办刊原则,督促所有作者诚实守信。