论环境权的宪法基础

人类环境的日益恶化引发了公民的环境权问题。作为法治田家的基本要求，环境权的产生应当具有宪法的基础。传统宪法虽未明确规定环境权，但并不意味着否定环境权，通过对宪法的解释可以发现环境权就跨含其中，这种解释的必要性与可能性来源于社会事实的进化与法律的进步。而当代环境权宪法化的事实更使环境权具备了坚实的宪法基础。     

为民营经济发展创造公平的融资环境

民营经济作为我国国民经济的重要组成部分，不仅承担着发展经济、解决就业的重任，而且肩负着制度创新和管理创新的历史使命。但是，民营经济在金融市场却承受着诸多不公平的待遇，这既不利于民营经济的进一步发展，也对市场经济体制的完善十分有害。因此，金融监管部门要积极引导金融机构深化改革，为民营经济的发展提供公平的融资环境。     

绿色建筑材料与人居环境质量

随着当今人类社会越来越重视建筑的健康和环保特性,对建筑材料也提出了越来越高的要求。本文对绿色节能建筑材料进行了分析和研究,指出发展绿色节能建材的意义及提高人居环境质量的重要性。     

论信息时代公共图书馆服务环境的设计

服务环境是图书馆服务的重要组成部分。公共图书馆的服务环境设计和营造应当坚持以人为本、功能第一、灵活、注重回归自然这四项原则,并根据公共图书馆的特点,对图书馆的室外环境及室内环境中的声、光、通风、温度、湿度等各个环境要素进行科学的设计和合理的布局,同时还要重视图书馆良好心理环境的营造。     

网络环境下图书馆信息服务的走向

网络环境下图书馆信息服务呈现出市场化与社会化，精品化与多样化，集成化与高效化，立体化与科学化，网络化与共享化的特点。图书馆信息服务应从服务理念到服务模式，实现新的突破。     

网络环境下的图书馆服务

网络环境下信息交流呈现出开放性和广泛性、分散性和共享性、交互性和实时性特点,决定了图书馆的服务将 发生质的变化,图书馆服务范围更加社会化、服务对象更加个性化、服务内容更加精品化。     

PhD students’ work conditions and study environment in university- and industry-based PhD programmes

During the last 10 years, new models of funding and training PhD students have been established in Denmark in order to integrate industry into the entire PhD education. Several programmes have been conducted where it is possible to co-finance PhD scholarships or to become an employee as an industrial PhD in a company. An important question is what impact these new conditions will have on the PhD students’ training, work conditions and study environment. In this article, the new type of programmes will be presented together with data analysis of PhD students’ work conditions and study environment in various programmes mainly based on a research project from 2006. The results of this study show no significant difference between PhD students in a traditional university PhD programme and PhD students in an industrial programme concerning working environment. However, the study shows significant differences in the intercultural dimension, where foreign PhD students are significantly more satisfied with their study environment compared with Danish PhD students. In general the workload is very high and the environment is stressful for all PhD students.     

Using student perceptions to compare actual and preferred classroom environment in Queensland schools

Students’ perceptions of actual and preferred classroom environment were investigated using the What is happening in this class? questionnaire (WIHIC). The WIHIC assesses seven classroom environment dimensions: student cohesiveness, teacher support, involvement, task orientation, investigation, cooperation and equity. A sample of 978 secondary school students from 63 classes in Queensland responded to the WIHIC. For each item on the WIHIC, students recorded their perceptions of the actual (or real) and preferred (or ideal) classroom environment. Results revealed that statistically significant differences between actual and preferred environments, and that the gap between actual and preferred environment was smaller for more positive classroom environments.     

The problems of the beginning teacher in the Arab schools in Israel

This article focuses on the problems of beginning teachers in the Arab sector in Israel. The participants were 146 beginning teachers, 5 mentors, and 5 advisors. The research measurements included an open-ended question and a semi-structured interview. Our research revealed many different cultural aspects related to most of the problems of the beginning teachers. These problems are accompanied by difficult conflicts within the beginning Arab teachers who are exposed to western democratic educational models which are partially rejected by traditional Arab culture and society. The expectations of the teacher to become an agent of change in Arab society are not fulfilled in the first year, in which he/she tries to fit into the school, as well as the culture from which she/he comes and to which he returns. The problems which the beginning teachers report are related to didactic and disciplinary knowledge, adjustment to the organizational climate and culture of the school, problems of work overload, and individual differences among the pupils.     

Perceived Utility of Methods and Instructional Strategies Used in Online and Face-to-face Teaching Environments

The purposes of this study were to compare the instructional methods and strategies identified as useful in online teaching environments with those used in a face-to-face teaching environment, to investigate relationships between the perceived usefulness of instructional strategies and methods used by higher education faculty in both teaching environments, and to identify instructional methods transferred from an online to a face-to-face teaching environment. The following instructional methods were found to have a significant relationship with the instructional environment: student collaborative projects, student-to-student electronic discussions, lecture (direct instruction), questioning and feedback to students, and e-mail communication with the instructor. Both authors are at Drake University. Peggy Steinbronn. Ed.D., Drake University, is the Instructional Technology Manager. Special interests include technology integration, faculty professional development, and online instruction. Eunice Merideth, Ph.D., Iowa State University, is the Associate Dean of the Drake School of Education. Her special interests include technology integration, social justice, and distance learning. Contact the authors at peggy.steinbronn@drake.edu and eunice.merideth@drake.edu