Transnational academic capitalism in the Arab Gulf: balancing global and local,and public and private,capitals

This article contributes to the emerging theoretical construct of what has been called ‘transnational academic capitalism’, characterised by the blurring of traditional boundaries between public, private, local, regional and international, and between market-driven and critically transformative higher education visions. Here we examine how these issues are reflected in higher education policy in the Arab Gulf, asking: what kinds of capital are being constructed and traded? By and for whom? What is the relationship between higher education competition, governance and the public good? We find contradictory trends, which we see as strategic ambivalence pointing to country-specific readings of similar regional markets and attempts to hedge bets between rival forms of apparent capital. The exploration offers a counterpoint to more widely cited examples, hereby helping to shape new paradigmatic ‘glocalised’ understandings of this field.     

论《傲慢与偏见》的戏剧性特色

《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯丁的代表作 ,小说以其独特的艺术魅力吸引了一代又一代的读者。《傲慢与偏见》在布局结构、人物对话及反讽艺术几个方面体现了它的戏剧性特色     

Hijab and principalship: the interplay between belief systems,educational management and gender among Arab Muslim women in Israel

This paper discusses the decision of Muslim female principals in Israel to don the hijab following their appointment to school principalship. This research employed narrative life-story interviews to understand the women's decision to alter their appearance and how this transition is connected to their role as female school principals in the indigenous Muslim community in Israel and the reaction they faced both in personal and professional spheres. The principals' narratives elucidate that transition to wearing the hijab was a matter of choice and collective belonging; it empowers them and affected their leadership style, although it also provokes others' resistance and reactions. Findings clarify the social and personal identity of Arab Muslim women school principals in Israel, and point to the need for consideration of traditional cultural contexts, to enrich managerial theory. This understanding also supports the argument that governmental and organizational policies and initiatives should recognize the diversity in Muslim women's backgrounds and the dangers of privileging mainstream women's perspectives.     

The ‘right’ education in Israel: segregation,religious ethnonationalism,and depoliticized professionalism

This paper underlines three foundations upon which the current condition of the Israeli education system is predicated. These are: (a) the separation between Palestinians and Jews in the Israeli education system and isolating both from any significant contact; (b) endorsing a strong ethno-religious ethos and narratives that widen the chasm between the Jewish ‘us’ and the Palestinian ‘them’; and (c) shaping education for the Palestinians in Israel as a highly standardized and de-contextualized endeavor that excludes ideology and politics, which are seen as irrelevant to good professionalism, while substantiating and thickening the ideological education in the Jewish education system in line with the right political agenda . In doing so, this paper contextualizes these foundations in the recent developments of Israeli politics. Particularly, the paper associates these foundations with the rise of the extreme right politics in Israel, arguing that these, taken together, serve the state’s efforts to continue preserving its excluding ethnocentric political regime and controlling the Arab Palestinian education in Israel under conditions of subordination and inequality.     

方鸿渐阿Q及其他——《围城》人物塑造中的鲁迅因子

钱钟书的《围城》塑造了以方鸿渐为代表的三四十年代中国知识分子的精神典型。在他们身上,笔者发现鲁迅笔下的阿Q精神再次复活,所不同的是,他们对于自身的劣根性有着清醒的认知,但却依然安于此道,是一种"明知故犯"的阿Q精神。本文旨在通过分析《围城》中的人物,对阿Q基因的继承和变异,进而开掘其与阿Q存在的相同与不同的文化根源,进行文化反思。其次,从艺术手法角度来看,笔者发现鲁迅、钱钟书都是运用了模糊小说情节、抽象凸现人物精神气质的手法,为我们奉献了阿Q、方鸿渐两个精神典型。再有,作为讽刺幽默的两位大师,鲁迅更侧重于社会批判的姿态,对与实际的现世生活格格不入的荒诞的人和事进行尖锐的讽刺,钱钟书则是以学者的睿智"过滤"出平凡生活中的喜剧和哲理。     

《傲慢与偏见》的结构主义阐释

从法国叙事学家格雷马斯的结构主义符号学的观点出发,运用其叙事语法的主要理论来分析筒·奥斯丁的著名小说<傲慢与偏见>,可以展现其深层结构和意蕴,从而拓展这一经典文本的内在价值.     

从《傲慢与偏见》解读奥斯汀的女性视角

简·奥斯丁是享誉世界的英国现实主义女性小说家,本文以《傲慢与偏见》为例,解读其文本中具有前瞻性意义的女性叙述视角,以期挖掘蕴含的深刻意义。     

Convergence Between Platforms in the Newsroom

Through ethnographic observation and content analysis, this study aims to classify the Al-Jazeera Mubasher (AJM) newsroom according to the Schantin model of newsrooms, describe the network’s convergence level based on the Dailey, Demo, and Spillman Dynamic Scale Model, and present a unique model elucidating how, specifically, convergence works at AJM. Based on the Schantin model of newsrooms, AJM can be classified as a second-generation newsroom, a “cross-media platforms newsroom.” Convergence among the different platforms of AJM is considerable, but still below full convergence level. Accordingly, the AJM newsroom can be classified into the fourth level of the Dailey et al. Dynamic Scale Model — “content sharing.” The unique AJM-specific model presented near the end of this paper depicts the ways in which different AJM platforms function and interact inside the newsroom, explains the degree of convergence between platforms, and classifies the newsroom in terms of its convergence level.     

The Implementation of School Inclusion Practices for Students with Special Needs in Israel: Teachers’ Perceptions

The research examined how school inclusion practices for students with special needs in Israel are perceived by teachers. Participating in the study were 121 elementary and secondary teachers in 10 schools around the country. The instrument was the 50-item ‘Implementation of inclusion practices in schools for students with special needs’ questionnaire, developed by the author together with seminar students. The findings indicate that inclusion practice as a whole was perceived to be implemented in the schools to a moderate degree. When testing the five components of inclusion separately, moral obligation was perceived to be implemented to a significantly greater degree and the knowledge component to a significantly lesser degree than the others. Inclusion practice was found to be implemented more in schools with medium-high socio-economic-level students than in those with low socio-economic-level students, and to a greater degree in the Jewish sector than in the Arab.     

后疫情时代阿拉伯国家高等教育国际化的政策走向

新冠疫情的暴发与蔓延,在阿拉伯世界催生了新的高等教育需求,并且导致阿拉伯国家通过提升人力资源带动经济结构调整、通过提升软实力拓展地缘政治影响的需求变得空前迫切。在此背景下,尽管疫情给跨国人员交流带来巨大的阻碍,阿拉伯各国并未放慢高等教育的国际化进程,而是通过调整留学生政策、促进合作办学与联合科研、改革教育体系等方式,加大力度推动本地教育的对外开放。不过,该地区高等教育的发展尚面临办学质量难以提升、教育结构失衡加剧、本地保护主义抬头等难题,致使该地区利用疫情契机提升本地高等教育国际竞争力的道路依然充满挑战。