论波特《失窃》中的叙述视角

凯瑟琳·安·波特是美国公认的文体家。作为现代派小说的杰出代表。波特敢于打破叙述者对人的内部和外部只能做同步描述的传统全知叙事模式,另辟蹊径,运用独特的叙事策略,尤其是叙事视角的选择和视角越界的运用使她的短篇小说具有了前所未有的立体表现效果。短篇小说《失窃》虽然情节简单却蕴涵了丰富的意义空间。分析《失窃》的叙述视角有助于读者更准确的理解叙事者无言“展示”背后的深层含意。     

Teaching Classic Probability Problems with Modern Digital Tools

This article is written to share teaching ideas about using commonly available computer applications—a spreadsheet, The Geometer's Sketchpad, and Wolfram Alpha—to explore three classic and historically significant problems from the probability theory. These ideas stem from the authors’ work with prospective economists, mathematicians, and teachers. The historical contexts include the problem of the division of stakes (14^th century), the problem of the Grand Duke of Tuscany (17^th century), and the problem of co-primality of two natural numbers chosen at random (19^th century). The suggested use of computers can be extended to other probability contexts to achieve at least two goals: to make complex mathematical ideas more accessible and to emphasize the importance of experimental evidence as a means of conceptual development in mathematics for all student populations.     

Standardised module evaluation surveys in UK higher education: Establishing students’ perspectives

Standardised module evaluation surveys have recently been implemented or extensively redesigned at many different HEIs across the UK in response to an evolving national context, notwithstanding a body of scholarship that has called student evaluation of teaching (SET) into question. Through a focussed single-institution study, this mixed-methods research fills a notable gap in the current literature in establishing students’ perspectives on standardised module evaluation by means of a paper-based questionnaire. Its participants (N=40) recognised some general advantages of a university-wide system, such as facilitating comparison between different modules; but they also acknowledged several shortcomings relating to its lack of sensitivity to individual module contexts and schedules, yielding the overall view that standardised surveys are only partially effective as a means of teaching evaluation. The conclusion considers the wider implications of these distinctive findings, and suggests that the perceived limitations of SET point to the need to triangulate its results with data obtained through alternative evaluation mechanisms.     

多维视角下的译者主体性

近年来,随着译者的能动性和创造性在整个翻译活动过程中的彰显,译者的主体地位越来越受到肯定,因此对于译者主体性的研究也日益成为译界研究的一个热门话题。国内外各翻译理论流派纷呈,对译者主体性的研究呈现出多维视角,本文旨在总结、分析和反思多个视角下译者主体性研究的基础上,探索各翻译理论视角研究下的切入点、侧重点及其局限性,为译者主体性全面而系统的研究以及多维视角的构建提供参考。     

政策研究视野下的高等教育改革——《政策的观点》解读

作为一种应用性研究,政策研究因其科学性与实践性强的特征正日益成为高等教育研究的重要研究方向。《政策的观点》（《高等教育新论》第八章）正是高等教育政策研究的一篇力作。作者通过对8个个案进行分析之后认为,影响高等教育改革实施的基本政策因素有政策目标、政策评价、组织支持、经济环境和政治体制,高等教育改革可以划分为八种类型,高等教育改革主导者需要对改革目标制订与实施采取审慎的态度。     

论科学发展观指导下的高等教育质量观

高等教育质量是高等教育活动满足社会需要的程度。高等教育质量观是人们在特定社会历史条件下的高等教育价值选择,是对于高等教育质量高低、优劣的系统看法。随着社会进步、高等教育发展和人们认识的变化,高等教育质量观也在发展变化。根据科学发展观对高等教育的新要求,应树立科学的高等教育质量观。科学的高等教育质量观具有促进人的全面发展、满足社会需要、符合办学定位、相对性等内涵。     

试论英语谚语的对称问题

文章利用普罗泰戈拉提出的＂针对一切事物都存在着两种相反又都讲得通的说法＂这一西方修辞基本原则和策略,结合表与里、始与终、因与果以及遗传性等方面探讨分析英语谚语的对称问题。目的在于通过对英语谚语对称问题的分析,进一步接近英语语言使用者的视角,更深入地了解英语的语言和文化,从而使跨文化交流活动更加顺畅高效。     

Large-scale implementation of formative assessment practices in an examination-oriented culture

Singapore’s education system has often been characterised as exam-oriented. This paper describes efforts (‘windmills’) made by the Government to constructively respond to the ‘winds of change’ in the education system. A committee called the Primary Education Review and Implementation (PERI) Committee was appointed to study and recommend the priorities, programmes and resources needed to revise primary education in Singapore. The Committee recommended that a balanced school-based assessment system that provides constructive feedback, enabling more meaningful learning in support of both academic and non-academic aspects of a pupil’s development, be carried out under the label of ‘Holistic Assessment’. This paper is an attempt at surfacing the challenges (‘walls’) in implementing ‘Holistic Assessment’ on a large scale, highlighting in particular, the tensions perceived by stakeholders concerning the interaction between formative assessment and accountability systems. It documents how stakeholders, namely teachers and parents, perceive and typify the concept of ‘Holistic Assessment’. The findings provide insights into the consequent realities of a nationwide shift in assessment purpose and discourse on teachers and parents.     

“后现代课程观”的反思与新解

现有后现代课程观的研究成果,体现了目标向过程的转向、多尔课程观的实践价值及在课程要素中的体现。分析当下社会、文化、科技的发展对课程的影响,对反思的再反思以及学习理论的发展,展开对后现代课程观的反思,从基于课程开发过程的维度转向基于课程传播方式的维度,试图提出后现代课程观的新解,即新的学习方式,如学习共同体学习模式;新的学习环境变革,如在线课程的来袭等;新的文化危机,如对“课程消费文化”的抵御等。     

Quality assurance and its impact from higher education institutions’ perspectives: methodological approaches,experiences and expectations

This paper reports on methodological approaches, experiences and expectations referring to impact analysis of quality assurance from the perspective of three higher education institutions (students, teaching staff, quality managers) from Germany, Finland and Romania. The presentations of the three sample institutions focus on discussing the core characteristics of quality assurance procedures applied and their expected and observed impacts, and how intended and non-intended undesirable ones are measured. It turns out that all sample institutions have already some instruments and sub-procedures in place for impact analysis of quality assurance and all of them are striving for further improvement by applying internal and external quality assurance procedures and impact analyses. Finally, a closer look at the recently revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area shows that the European sample institutions are on their way towards coherent quality assurance policies, while there is also room left for further improvement and investigation (for example, in implementing systematic methodologies of impact evaluation and quality policies in general).