The Decline and Revival of Liberal Learning at Duke: The Focus and Gerst Programs

Small programs can make a big difference on college campuses. At Duke University, a few dedicated people, with the support of college administrators, exploited the all-too-evident liabilities of curriculum fragmentation, political correctness, and the lack of direction felt by undergraduate students to create intellectually valuable and stimulating new offerings. Russell Nieli tells how the Gerst and Focus programs have influenced that university and others across America.

国际创业教育研究前沿的可视化分析

本文立足于Web of Science中的SCI-E、SSCI数据库,以1945年至2010年间国际创业教育领域的2000篇文献为研究对象和计量单元,将定量分析和定性研究相结合,运用国际新兴的CiteSpace软件和可视化方法进行知识计量和知识谱图绘制。在可视化图谱定量分析的基础上进行国际创业教育的研究前沿方面的定性研究,从而为国际创业教育领域的研究开拓了全新的视角和平台。     

论汉维语语序功能变式中的焦点变式

焦点变式是指由于句中强调点改变而产生的语序功能变式。论文试图通过对汉维语焦点变式的分析,探讨焦点移位对语序的影响,从而发现汉维语两种语言在凸显句子焦点和配置句中语序上的差异。     

焦点理论与梯级模型视野下的“除非”句研究

在语言学史上关于＂除非＂所表的语法意义有五种观点,实际上从形式角度及事件框架角度分析＂除非＂只表示两种语法意义：必备条件和排除条件。根据焦点理论＂除非＂句可分为＂唯一条件句＂和＂非唯一条件句＂,运用梯级模型理论,并根据焦点域中各成员间能否建立梯级模型,＂非唯一条件句＂还可分为＂平行式＂和＂递进式＂。     

Bureaucracies in Schools—Approaches to Support Measures in Swedish Schools Seen in the Light of Skrtic’s Theories

In Sweden, policy changes for provision of special support have been introduced, implying that teachers are obliged to provide and evaluate extra adaptations in regular classrooms prior to referring pupils to special support. The policy changes raise questions about school staffs’ views of support measures and of necessary professional competence for provision of the support measures. We conducted focus group interviews with 60 school staff representatives—headmasters, general education teachers, and special educators/school welfare teams—about their understandings of the new policy. The data were analyzed qualitatively, with the objective to explore school staffs’ approaches to the policy changes. Two main “ideal type approaches” were discerned, using Skrtic’s theories, viz. the bureaucracy approach and adhocracy approach. In the light of Skrtic’s theory, professionals’ reasoning about the new policy may reflect difficulties that are encountered in the process of implementing the policy in bureaucracy-steered schools.     

Re-viewing quality of research on initial teacher education in Australia and New Zealand: a systematic review

For over three decades, the discourse of quality has permeated the field of research, and there has been increasing policy interest for research assessment. In light of three conceptual perspectives and relying on a systematic literature review, this paper explores four non-traditional dimensions of criteria for assessing the quality of research on initial teacher education (ITE). The four dimensions are: innovative research questions; use for practice; research capacity building; and contribution to platforms and protocols. Covering empirical ITE research articles of Australia and New Zealand from January 2005 to October 2017, the review reveals that the majority of the articles meet most of the new criteria, which shows a different picture to that viewed through the traditional lens of research quality. The review is not intended to provide a ready-to-use framework for quality assessment of research on ITE but to exemplify the possibility that a long-contemplated, unconventional perspective on quality of research on ITE can be operationalised.     

语用学研究现状及应用

语用学是近些年来比较热门的一个研究领域。文章对语用学的研究进行较系统的梳理,旨在将其理论运用到实践中以更好地指导实践;同时对语用学与英语教学以及翻译进行了探讨。     

图书馆学基础理论发展的研究与探讨

图书馆学基础理论研究的对象是各项内容认识的前提和基础,体系结构又是研究对象的具体表现和集中反映,研究方法既是认识活动规律的概括也是规律的总结,它能更有力地推进学科的发展。图书馆研究领域应重视学科体系的完善与建设,加强与现代技术信息网络化紧密有机结合,实现图书馆学基础理论研究的全面协调发展。     

清代山东丧俗及其音乐研究——以清代山东地方志为例

根据方志记载,清代山东丧俗活动中,主要采用了鼓吹、百戏、梨园、杂剧等音乐表现形式,当事人通过这些音乐形式,表达悲伤、哀怨、激奋等情绪。丧俗音乐在实际应用中,具有传递信息、强化气氛、稳定规范、调节生活、传承教化、情感寄托等功能,而这些功能的背后则隐藏着人们的审美情趣、价值取向和人生追求,可以起到稳定社会的作用。     

Academics’ conceptualisations of the research-teaching nexus in a research-intensive Irish university: A dynamic framework for growth & development

The interdependent relationship between research and teaching is at the heart of research-intensive universities. In the present study, an initial electronic quantitative survey was undertaken following which, we performed 28 in-depth, semi-structured interviews amongst a cross-section of faculty in a research intensive Irish university to capture how faculty conceptualise the relationship between research and teaching. Our qualitative analysis revealed a dynamic framework with three interacting phases: 1) teaching is enhanced by research 2) learning research skills and competencies; and 3) student engagement with research practice. These themes contribute to the development of the student as a researcher and the implicit vision of the research-intensive university as a ‘community of scholars’ where teaching enhances research and research enhances teaching. The perceived benefits of teaching on research provides a new insight into the research and teaching nexus from which the opportunity exists to foster these approaches and develop institutional policy to grow and sustain the research-teaching interactions.