Expectations versus reality: the case of Liberal Studies in Hong Kong’s new senior secondary reforms

This article reports the findings of a five-year longitudinal study investigating the introduction of Liberal Studies in the context of Hong Kong’s new senior secondary educational reforms. The aim of this empirical research, which adopted diachronic analysis to allow comparisons over time, was to compare teachers’ and students’ perceptions of the Liberal Studies curriculum before and after its introduction. Methodologically speaking, the study was informed by documentary inquiry, with approximately 560 newspaper articles and government reports collected to identify the issues surrounding the curriculum debate. Questionnaire-based surveys conducted in the pre- and post-reform periods revealed a sharp contrast between expectations and reality for both participant groups following the curriculum’s introduction. Whilst the students demonstrated favourable attitudes towards Liberal Studies before studying the subject, a certain degree of disappointment was expressed after the new curriculum came into effect. In follow-up interviews with teachers, they expressed a lack of confidence in teaching such a multi-disciplinary subject and criticised the overly ambitious nature of the curriculum. Liberal Studies, as currently taught, runs the risk of falling out of favour with Hong Kong secondary school teachers, and the question of whether it will play an increasingly important role in promoting patriotic education after the demise of Moral and National Education is deserving of research attention.     

Cognitive Development in Gifted Children: Toward a More Precise Understanding of Emerging Differences in Intelligence

To truly understand gifted performance, it is necessary to merge research on giftedness with current thinking in cognitive development and intelligence. This article presents traditional research on gifted children's cognitive development then considers how the application of newer models and theories from the field of cognitive development can be combined with research on giftedness to change the way people think about gifted performance. First four factors that have often been associated with giftedness are discussed from the perspectives of cognitive developmental psychology and gifted education. Next, emphasis is placed on investigating the strategic development of gifted children. Specifically, R. S. Siegler's (Emerging Minds: The Process of Change in Children's Thinking, Oxford University Press, New York, 1996) model of strategy development is addressed in terms of what it may contribute to understanding gifted cognition. Finally, future lines of research using models from cognitive development and complex systems models of development are recommended.     

创造学的学科结构和科学定位

创造学作为以创造力、创造活动为研究对象的学科，20世纪30至40年代萌生于美国，60至70年代兴盛于日本，80年代被引人中国并获得重要发展。创造学已经初步建立起来和尚处在孕育、萌生过程的数十门分支学科、边缘分支学科，可以相对地区分为普通创造学、理论创造学科、边缘创造学科、应用创造学科、分域创造学科、隶属创造学科等六个学科群组。创造学应当整体性地归类于介于哲学、社会科学、思维科学与数学、自然科学、系统科学之间的交叉科学。     

战略生态学:战略理论发展的新方向

在分析国内外有关生态学在经济管理领域中的应用现状的基础上 ,结合战略管理理论缺陷和企业战略环境具有的生态特性 ,提出了架构“战略生态学”这一学科的思想 ,并着重就战略生态学这一学科的概念、研究对象、研究内容、研究特点、研究方法、以及研究的基本原则进行了初步探讨。     

以资源为基础的企业战略理论及其发展趋势

企业资源基础理论是战略管理理论的最新发展。本文首先总结了战略管理的各发展阶段，指出资源基础理论标志着战略管理领域正日益关注企业的内部资源。然后，本文介绍了资源基础理论这一战略管理新视角的理论框架。最后，在综述研究现状的基础上，对该理论的发展趋势作了预计。     

面向智库服务的情报研究

在国家智库发展战略中,情报学应考虑在其中如何发挥作用,服务于智库建设过程中,这也是情报学社会实践和应用发展的平台和契机。本文以智库活动与情报研究在内部上的真正融合为目标,构建了支持智库活动的情报流程和协助智库产品生产的情报体系,提出了助推智库影响力提升的情报流控制策略,使情报研究不仅回应智库的需求,而且在此过程中得到进一步发展。     

美国哥伦比亚大学图书馆的“战略方向”

美国哥伦比亚大学图书馆2015年秋开始实施"战略方向"流程,以阐明愿景,"战略方向"确定为"致力于包容、提升知识、激发探索、促进发现、塑造话语和赋予员工权利"。文章概述北美大学图书馆的战略规划趋势,分析哥伦比亚大学图书馆"战略方向"的制定过程及其评估。     

量化数字人文综述

数字人文对多样化研究内容、语言和学者的包容性,使其在近20年得到突飞猛进的壮大,并逐渐涉及人文学、社会学、计算机科学等多个领域。然而,包容的“大帐篷”不仅在一定程度上限制了对数字人文具体学科内容、科研范畴、学者群体和学科历史的理解,也使得学科成长和拓展缺少客观数据和理论的支持,从而无法健康且可持续地发展。文章回顾前人对数字人文所做的学科研究,重点集中在使用计量和统计等方法来揭示数字人文的知识结构、内容演变、合作模式和学者背景等工作上,以期帮助学界从量化的角度认识数字人文的形成、发展和前景。     

学科化服务在科研机构决策中发挥咨询作用的思考

科学、快速的科研决策是机构健康、科学发展的前提。如何有效地面向科研机构开展科技决策咨询,构建面向科研单元的科技咨询,是我国学科化服务当前重要发展方向。本文总结国内外科研决策咨询服务发展现状,揭示限制我国当前科研机构战略决策信息服务发展的各种问题,结合我国学科化服务现状,提出了面向科研机构开展科技战略决策服务的几点建议。