从“择校热”透视义务教育资源均衡发展的必要性

择校是我国20世纪90年代后义务教育阶段改革的焦点问题。尤其是学术界对此展开了激烈的讨论,但仍处于仁者见仁、智者见智的局面。由于历史的原因,我国义务教育资源分布极其不均衡,这是不争的事实。教育资源的分布不均衡与人们接受优质教育的意识不断增强,导致了我国目前择校风盛行。试从分析＂择校热＂现象产生的原因入手,提出＂择校热＂与教育公平之间的关系,进而提出缓解＂择校热＂,实现教育公平的根本出路在于教育资源均衡发展的问题。     

促进教育公平与卓越：澳大利亚全国教师专业标准述评

为了促进教育的公平与卓越,建设世界级的教育体系,澳大利亚政府从提高教师质量入手,2011年颁布了新的全国教师专业标准。新标准围绕三项专业要素——专业知识、专业实践和专业发展,把教师的专业发展划分为四个连续的哜段。标准最大的特点是强调教师的关键性作用,为澳大利亚青年提供优质的教育,注重社会各界人士的合作。     

立足教育公平 平衡城乡教育——推进“区域教育高位、优质、均衡”的实践与思考

义务教育取得重大发展的同时,城乡教育差距依然存在,影响了教育公平。教育是否公平是区域教育发展的症结所在。这不仅关系到农村是否能缩小与城市学校之间的办学条件差距,从而实施高水平、高质量的普及九年义务教育,也关系到社会主义新农村建设的基础和全局。本文介绍了吴江教育在平衡城乡教育、加快区域教育发展方面的做法以及取得的实绩,同时提出推进教育公平需要系统思维,需要通过教育内外部协调性的制度建设实施稳步推进,这不仅是教育系统的期待,也是全社会的期待。     

新“长期股权投资准则”相关问题研究

2014年3月财政部颁布了新修订的《长期股权投资准则第2号———长期股股权投资》,本文在对新准则与原准则及相关解释深入比较的基础上,通过案例分析,阐明了在执行新的长期股权投资准则时有关的会计核算,并提出了对该准则进一步完善的思考和建议。     

教育公平视域下南非成人学习政策探究

在学习是每一个人基本权利的理念指导下,南非政府致力于从政策的理念设计、发展规划、实施部门和质量框架等方面入手,构建了较为完善的成人学习政策体系。在相关政策的推动下,南非在成人基础教育与培训、继续教育与培训以及工作场所学习领域得到了一定发展。以教育公平为核心的南非成人学习政策体现了对学习权力的尊重、对部门合作的重视及对多样化学习方式的关注,有效推动了南非学习型社会的建设。     

Indigenous students' persistence in higher education in Australia: contextualising models of change from psychology to understand and aid students' practices at a cultural interface

The need to address the substantial inequities that exist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in higher education is widely recognised. Those factors that affect the performance of Indigenous students in tertiary education have been reasonably well documented across different institutions, disciplines, and programme levels but there has, to date, been less consideration of the processes by which Indigenous students either persist or desist in higher education. This paper aims to present a conceptual understanding of academic persistence that can inform the delivery of tailored academic support interventions to Indigenous students who are at high risk of leaving higher education.     

Inequality in Ethiopian higher education: reframing the problem as capability deprivation

The revitalization of Ethiopian higher education (HE) has been underway since the early 2000s. As well as the economic optimism evident in the ‘knowledge-driven poverty reduction’ discourse, social equity goals underscore the reform and expansion of the system. Notwithstanding the widening participation and the equity policy provisions put in place, the problem of inequality has persisted along the lines of ethnicity, gender, rurality and socio-economic background. This paper reviews major equity policy instruments and highlights the enduring inequalities in Ethiopian HE. It argues that this persistence is related in part to the ways in which the problem is represented in policy, and that redressing the problem necessitates framing inequality as capability deprivation rather than as issues of access and disparities in enrolment.