Making on the Move: Mobility,Makerspaces, and Art Education

Combining the excitement from the maker movement and the novel creation of deployable makerspaces, we review the development of the Mobile Atelier for Kinaesthetic Education (MAKE) 3D. MAKE 3D is a mobile makerspace platform that can be deployed anywhere there is electricity to create a curricular spectacle of digital fabrication in particular additive manufacturing or what is more commonly referred to as 3D printing. Our project combines this notion of curricular spectacle and a mobile makerspace platform, to develop strategies in how to meet the novice user almost anywhere and to entice them into a series of hands‐on activities that would give them a range of knowledge and aptitude for additive techniques in digital fabrication. We review the component parts of our Material to Form curriculum and explore thematic connections between the maker movement and art education including STEAM and interdisciplinarity; design thinking and kinaesthetic learning; and place‐based education and the mobile platform. Informal practices in art education and the mobile makerspace advances forms of place and kinaesthetic learning. Similar curricular setups are therefore encouraged to reinforce and expand prior knowledge, broaden participation and provide an adaptable learning space for STEAM initiatives.     

社会流动趋势下的“职商”培养

在社会流动过程中,拥有较高人力资本的知识分子频繁地跳槽经历显示出其流动的自主性,但职商低下却导致众多跳槽者职场的不如意。作为承载职业教育与培训的职业学校,为使学生日后更好地适应社会流动的趋势,具备职场生存力与竞争力,应注重培养学生的“职商”。     

美、德高校教师流动机制比较研究

美、德两国高校教师的流动机制主要有四种:晋升机制、招聘机制、任期机制与兼职机制。这四种机制体现了主动流动与被动流动、近亲繁殖与学术交流、学术压力与学术自由及层次结构与教师流动之间的关系。     

浅析社会流动与教育选择

教育选择对社会流动起了一定的作用，英美学者对此做了阐述。教育选择在某种程度上也就是人才选择，教育对人的发展具有选择与培养功能。要重视教育的两种功能的统一，完善教育选择的手段以及搞好教育分流工作。     

Meritocracy through education and social mobility in post‐war Britain: a critical examination

After the Second World War, education in advanced capitalist societies has been perceived as the main ‘saviour’ of the meritocratic ideal. In this paper I will investigate some of the implications of the lasting emphasis that has been placed upon education in Britain, in the pursuit of a more just and equal society. Initially, I will present two main strands of thought vis‐à‐vis meritocracy. I will then show how these different approaches have shaped the pertinent debate. The main line of reasoning will be that the ‘meritocracy through education’ discourse can potentially conceal inequalities and injustices in contemporary market‐driven British society. This contention will be supported by evidence from social mobility research, which clearly indicates that the expansion of educational provision and the increase in educational qualifications of the past 60 years has done little to eliminate social class differences and associated privileges.     

阶层结构性封闭与中国中产阶层的发展

该文从提出纵向社会流动的两种障碍--制度设置型障碍与市场强化型障碍--分析工具入手,认为中国自改革开放以来快速、大量的上升流动主要是制度设置型流动障碍减弱(政策调控)的结果,而目前中国社会再利用新制度设置调整阶层结构的空间极其有限,阶层间纵向流动的速度大大减缓,阶层间的封闭性程度将越来越高,快速形成一个稳定的中产阶层主导的社会阶层结构只是一个不现实的乌托邦.     

社会分层、文化传统与高考制度改革

我国的普通高等学校招生考试制度是由国家权力部门组织实施的国家制度体系的重要组成部分,其属性已经不是一般意义上的教育考试评价方式,而是国家实施社会选择、维护社会公平、实现社会阶层流动的重要机制。高考制度改革并非单纯的教育改革问题,而是社会整体改革的一个重要组成部分。思考高考制度改革的问题不能从单一的立场出发,而要从经济、社会、政治、文化等多个维度进行综合分析。     

借鉴美国高校教师管理制度创新教育学院师资建设工作

办好一所高校的关键是建设一支高水平的教师队伍,中外大学概莫能外。北京教育学院作为一所培训中小学校长教师的专门学院,如何建设一支高素质的教师队伍,不仅关系到学院自身发展,也影响着全市基础教育整体质量。学习借鉴中外高校,特别是美国高校教师的聘用、晋升、流动制度的经验,加快教师管理体制的创新,是学院发展中必须予以高度关注的一项紧迫而又任重道远的战略任务。     

MATLAB仿真软件在现代控制理论课程教学中的应用

以实例介绍了MATLAB仿真软件在现代控制理论课程教学中的应用。为适应新形势下现代控制理论课程的教学。尝试将MATLAB仿真软件中的SIMULINK工具引入现代控制理论的课堂教学中,借助于SIMULINK可视化的编程和仿真演示,将抽象的理论和概念变得更为通俗易懂,加深了学生对基础理论的认识和理解,也培养了学生系统综合分析设计的能力,并且为学生今后使用MATLAB进行控制系统设计打下了基础。     

Compelled to Compete: Chinese graduates on employment and social mobility after international and domestic study

The article offers unique insights into international and domestic graduates’ career progression and social mobility experiences in China. Drawing on in-depth interview data with master-level graduates, the analytical results reveal that the majority of the participants (both domestic and international) perceive that international graduates have more opportunities and better career progression, but the analytical results show that both domestic and international graduates secured positive employment outcomes. Significant gender disparities exist, as women, both international and domestic graduates, are still disadvantaged in terms of occupational attainment and career prospects and report lower employment satisfaction. All domestic graduates reported not only positive employment outcomes in the labour market but upward social mobility. In contrast, the majority of international graduates reported not having achieved the same level of social status as their parents. Graduates’ differentiated relations to China’s state institutions of Bianzhi, Danwei and Hukou and social connections (Guanxi) heavily influenced their employment trajectories and social mobility. We argue that the participants’ conflicting perceptions are linked to the intense labour market competition encouraged by the sustained expansion of domestic higher education enrolment and amplified by the increasing number of international graduates. The societal institutions defuse to some extent conflicts over economic interests arising from the marketisation of social life.