Developing a virtual engineering management community

The paper reviews the lessons of planning and running an Engineering Management practitioner development programme in a partnership between BP and the University of Manchester. This distance-learning programme is for professional engineers in mid-career experienced in the engineering and support activities for delivering safe, compliant and reliable projects and operations worldwide. The programme concentrates on the why and how of leadership and judgement in managing the engineering of large and small projects and operational support. Two intensive residential weeks are combined with a virtual learning environment over one year. Assessed assignments between and after the residential weeks provide opportunities for individual reflective learning for each delegate through applying concepts and the lessons of case studies to their experience, current challenges and expected responsibilities. This successful partnership between a major global company and a university rich in research and teaching required a significant dedication of intellectual and leadership effort by all concerned. The rewards for both parties and most importantly for the engineers themselves are extensive.     

浅议加强高职院校档案管理

加强档案管理对提升高职学院整体办学管理水平，为教育教学和学院的建设发展服务具有十分重要的意义。高职院校的档案管理存在一些不容忽视的问题，应从加强领导、提高人员素质，稳定队伍、实行现代化以及健全制度等方面进一步加强高职院校档案管理。     

中小学教师职业道德失范行为透析及控制对策

经过调查研究，概括了中小学教师职业道德在热爱学生、尊重家长、依法执教、廉洁从教等方面失范行为的突出表现，讨论了中小学教师职业道德失范行为的主观原因和社会原因，提出了控制中小学教师职业道德失范的对策。     

论高职院校的职业资格证书制度建设

高等职业教育与普通高等教育的专业建设有着很大的区别,高职教育的专业不是普通高等教育意义上的“学科专业,”而主要是“技术专业;”因此,高职院校推行职业资格证书制度也就显得尤为重要。就高职院校的职业资格证书制度建设的意义、发展现状及发展方向,结合国外职业资格制度发展经验,我国高职院校的职业资格证书制度建设势在必行。     

The Effect Teaching Experience Has on Perceived Effectiveness of Interactive Television as a Distance Education Model for Elementary School Science Teacher’s Professional Development: Another Digital Divide?

The first year of a 5 year professional development project for elementary teachers in two mid-western states integrated a bridge of two distinctly different distance education networks (T-1 and fiber optics) to provide science professional development for elementary school teachers in rural communities. Interactive television (ITV), the title given to the distance component, consisted of a series of twenty-four, 2 h presentations by scientists and content specialists. It provided expansion to the science pedagogical content knowledge of the elementary teachers involved. Eighty-five teachers in 38 school districts from the two states completed individual surveys following the final ITV session. Analysis of variance of participants post-session survey scores yielded differences (p < 0.05) on the subscales measuring perceived effectiveness of using distance education for professional development purposes and years of teaching experience. Teachers with over 20 years of classroom experience perceived the use of distance education technologies for science professional development to be more effective than teachers with 16–20 years of classroom experience. These results might suggest another digital divide.     

Science and Mathematics Mentees and Mentors: Who Benefits the Most?

The purpose of our study was to determine the extent to which differences in a mentor model for science and mathematics teachers accounted for variances in mentoring effectiveness and persistence rates of teachers. School district designee, mentor, and teacher perceptions of mentoring support were collected through the use of interviews and surveys and analyzed using the grounded theory approach and open coding. Findings revealed that teachers and mentors recommended that future mentor models provide strong support and more face-to-face meetings. The most common change mentors made was that they incorporated new strategies into their teaching. Findings offer insight for structuring mentor models to increase effectiveness and persistence of teachers and build the capacity of mentors.     

农林院校园林专业“色彩”课程教学改革方法与模式探索

“色彩”课程是园林专业教学中一门重要的专业基础课程。本文对课程教学中的内容设置、教学方法、教材选用、学生生源的现状进行了分析;从调整完善教学大纲、创新教学模式、细化考核方式、完善临本资料库建设等几个方面对教学模式的改革提出具体的改进措施,从而探讨新的教学途径。     

职业道德教育的中外比较研究及启示

本文从职业道德的含义和职业道德的指导思想、教学形式、课堂内容等方面对中外职业道德教育进行了比较研究,并以案例的形式强调了中外职业道德教育内容的差异。通过比较研究,提出当前我国职业道德教育亟待解决两个问题:选择恰当的方式对学生进行职业道德灌输,培养学生的职业道德价值观和职业道德推理能力。     

Can a systematic assessment moderation process assure the quality and integrity of assessment practice while supporting the professional development of casual academics?

There has been a threefold increase in the employment of casual academics in Australian universities within the last 20 years, to the extent that most teaching and marking is now undertaken by casual academics, also known as sessional staff. Yet, casualised teaching and assessment has been considered a risk to student engagement and success, and casual academics report a lack of professional development and increased feelings of marginalisation within the academy. Concurrently, the quality assurance of teaching and assessment in higher education has become a central focus of the government-funded regulatory organisation, the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). Situated within this context, we report on an assessment moderation process that could support casual academics’ contextualised professional development, generate a sense of connectedness and collegiality and fulfil the requirements of TEQSA. Such processes may ensure that workforce growth in the higher education system supports a robust quality assurance and regulatory framework.     

论教师专业发展阶段中的职业倦怠与组织应对

教师是职业倦怠的高发人群,且因职业特殊性其消极影响更为突出。教师职业倦怠可分为职前教育、引导、能力建立、热心和成长、生涯挫折、稳定和停滞、生涯低落和生涯退出八个阶段。