Investigating the enactment of social presence in blended adult education

ABSTRACT

Background

While open-cohort blended education programmes allow for accessible and flexible study trajectories, they may present social challenges to learners. Social presence is a possible a way of enhancing adult learners’ success. It can lead to an increased perception of community, which may result in lower rates of dropping out.     

An assessment of the academic and social integration as perceived by the students in the University of Papua New Guinea

This study assesses the current and ideal levelsof academic and social integration within the University of PapuaNew Guinea as perceived by the students. In order to reducestudent attrition through developing an appropriate attritionpolicy and improving services, a comprehensive picture of thecurrent and ideal academic and social integration climate in theUniversity of Papua New Guinea was necessary. Previousattrition/retention research has not adequately described thevarying degrees of group differences in students' integrationprocess. Using the Tinto model and research instruments thatoperationalised the model, an institutional academic and socialintegration assessment instrument was developed for measuring theperceived current and ideal integration climate. Respondent'sperceived ideal ratings for 24 items representing five dimensionsof academic and social integration were higher than for thecurrent ratings. Significant differences were found between thecurrent and ideal perceptions of student groups in respect of a)students' informal contact with faculty; b) faculty concern forstudents' development and teaching and c) extra curricularactivities. Differences were found between the perceived ratingsof student groups on the basis of year of studies. Implicationsfor policy directives and discriminatory service delivery arealso discussed.     

我国西部边远山区女童失学原因调查与对策

女童失学问题已成为扫盲教育、义务教育中要解决的焦点问题，众多的研究表明：越是贫困的地区，女童入学率越低，辍学率越高，我们对西部地区八个边远地区县的女童父母进行了调查，发现了六种不利于女童求学的父母态度及垫抉择、较低的父母文化素质、不发达的地区经济的是造成西部女童失学的主要原因，优化西部女童教育的家庭环境，社会环境和学校环境是解决上述问题的主要对策。     

1998—2018年国内辍学研究前沿热点及其动态演化

运用文献计量可视化软件CiteSpace 5.3R4,绘制中国知网数据库近20年文献的共被引网络图谱,结果显示近20年国内辍学研究文献数量呈现波浪式发展趋势,辍学研究论文产出机构相对分散,而产出论文相对集中在少数机构,学科分布以教育学为基础;辍学研究作者分布表明我国辍学研究领域已经形成具有一定学术规模及学院传承的研究体系;根据辍学研究的关键词在时间脉络中的演进图谱,自1998年开始辍学研究前沿热点的演进轨迹经历了萌芽、发展与深化三个阶段;国内辍学研究的热点主题聚焦于有关农村辍学的研究、远程教育辍学、普九与辍学研究、国外辍学的研究、关于隐性辍学和自愿性辍学的研究等五个方面。     

辍学现象与控辍保学思考

辍学是一个历史现象,更是全社会关注的焦点问题。在精准扶贫战略背景下,要有效解决辍学问题,必须深入到辍学现象的内部,厘清概念、透析本质,深刻、全面认识“辍”的发生机理,寻找到“控”的切入点。同时,要以客观、冷静的态度和方式,充分考虑客观实际,认识控辍保学工作的艰巨性、复杂性、长期性和有限性,从目标确立、实施步骤、巩固措施等方面做好工作。     

Teaching geographical databases at the engineering master level: learner-centred approach vs. teacher-centred approach

This paper reports numbers about the author’s experience, spanning over 13 academic years, of teaching an introductory course about geographical databases to students of the Master degree in Information Engineering at L’Aquila University (Italy). The first eight editions of the course were delivered according to the teacher-centred approach, while the successive five editions have been delivered according to the student-centred approach. The large student engagement which characterised the last five editions of the course was vital in enhancing the student experience and encouraging deeper learning. Two preconditions that explain the results achieved in terms of classroom attendance and students’ performance.     

电大现代远程教育辍学模型及降低辍学率对策

中国现代远程教育自1999年以来得到迅速发展．电大开放教育是中国远程教育的主要组成部分．但远程教育的高辍学问题并没有引起社会足够的重视。本文分析了影响远程学习过程的多个变量：学习者特征变量、环境变量、教育机构变量，指出辍学现象的发生是这些变量交互作用的结果，提出了远程教育的辍学模型和降低辍学发生率的对策。     

甘孜州牧区小学生的辍学原因及对策——基于甘孜州理塘县某小学的调查

辍学问题是我国基础教育领域长期存在的一个问题,但导致辍学的原因各有其特殊性。对甘孜州牧区辍学生及其家长,原班主任、任课教师、校长进行访谈发现,导致甘孜州牧区小学生辍学的原因很多,其中经济发展落后是表层原因,学校教育中的不足是中层原因,学生特殊的教育需求是内层原因,基于此,要进一步强化政府的职能和加强学校教育教学改革。