Internationalization of universities: A university culture-based framework

This paper employs Sporn's(1996) organizational culture typology indeveloping a framework to assist in theunderstanding of the process ofinternationalization of universities. Both thecollegial process and executive authority areacknowledged as necessary to position theuniversity to bring about substantive,integrated, university-wideinternationalization in response to pervasiveand rapidly changing global environmentaldemands. Internationalization, viewed as anorganizational adaptation, requires itsarticulation by the leadership whilesimultaneously institutionalizing a strategicplanning process that is representative andparticipative in that it recognizes andutilizes the power of the culture within whichit occurs. The orientation and strength of theuniversity culture and the functioningstructure can be inhibiting or facilitating ofthe strategies employed to advanceinternationalization. Two examples arejuxtaposed to illustrate the range ofcircumstances confronting universities in acomplex and dynamic external environment andtheir responses with respect tointernationalization. Drawing from theseexamples, discussion centers on the alignmentof internal culture with theinternationalization objectives and strategiesselected by the institution in order to enhanceeffectiveness of outcomes. It is concludedthat the framework provided helps to understandthe different approaches tointernationalization and may be helpful fromboth a managerial and research perspective.     

试论数学理解的两种类型——从R.斯根普的工作谈起

数学学习中，理解无疑是首要的，学习在学习数学知识的过程中通常有2种含义迥然不同的数学理解模式。工具性理解和关系性理解。我们在教学实践中常常关注的是工具性理解，但我们希望学生获得的却是关系性理解，这是为什么？有益于促进学生真正理解数学的教学可以是什么样的？     

对高职师资队伍建设现状的认识和思考

对当前我国高职师资队伍建设的现状和存在问题进行分析,提出高职师资队伍建设的建议,科学、合理地调整高职教师的学历、知识、能力结构,构建高职教师可持续发展的质量保障体系。     

论道德法律化的可能性和必要性

道德法律化是在当前社会转型时期道德水平不容乐观的现实情况下提出的。正是道德具有向法律转化的可能性,这一主张才能在现实中得以实施。但道德向法律的转化过程绝不是任意的,是有条件的。如何把握法律化的道德是一个不容忽视的问题。     

谬托知己者的讹言--脂批三辩

谬托雪芹知己的脂砚斋及其批语,充斥着相互抵牾的内在矛盾,不能盲目信从。     

Quality Learning of Physics: Conceptions Held by High School and University Teachers

This paper reports an exploration of the conceptions of quality learning held by two samples of physics teachers – final year, high school physics teachers and academics teaching first year university physics. We begin by outlining our view of quality learning, that is a view of learning in which learners take control of their own learning and engage with active construction and reconstruction of their own meanings for concepts and phenomena. This view of quality learning recognises the crucial role of the affective dimension of learning on the extent to which students engage with and maintain such constructivist and metacognitive approaches to learning. The study explored the qualitatively different ways in which individuals conceptualise quality learning in physics, using semi structured interviews that explored aspects of learning that the respondents regarded as worth fostering in their classrooms. The interview approach was a modification of the Interview-About-Instances approach that allowed the possibility of interviewees suggesting instances of particular relevance to their view of quality learning. This process resulted in a considerable quantity of rich and complex data related to a large range of aspects of physics learning. These data are summarised here, and the qualitatively different conceptions of the respondents with respect to four significant aspects of physics learning are discussed. These aspects are: doing experimental work; linking physics to the real world; students taking responsibility for their own learning and being confident/feeling proud of what you can do.     

Forms of support and challenges to developing international-mindedness: a comparative case study within a national and an international school in Turkey

ABSTRACT

This paper uses mixed methods to explore perceptions of international-mindedness within two case study schools in Istanbul, Turkey: a national school with mostly Turkish students and an international school with students from many nationalities. Using a conceptual framework developed by an international education programme, the authors critically analyse pillars of international-mindedness: multilingualism, intercultural understanding, and global engagement. Findings reveal that the national school was striving to overcome limitations of homogeneity, while the international school struggled to address its assumptions that a heterogeneous population alone would be enough to encourage intercultural understanding. Neither school had developed clear conceptual links among multilingualism, intercultural understanding, and global engagement. Thus, deliberate efforts are needed to provide students with experiences that foster international-mindedness. Other researchers and educators can use this framework and associated methods to examine how international-mindedness is implemented in different schools in other regions of the world.     

理解与教育:班级活动的价值取向

班级活动的根本目的是“真正意义上的人”的发展，这种发展虽然依赖于学生个体知识的掌握、能力的发展和道德品质的提高，但又绝不仅仅是这些，而是超越于这几之上的、且涵括了这些方面的更高层次的发展，即个体人性的全面发展，其内涵甚为广泛，最为重要的应该是个体道德的发展。理解与教育，应该成为当前班级活动的价值取向，管理和灌输已经不能适应当前学生道德发展过程的需要，不能促进道德主体的完整发展。     

言语理解的文化制约

对于言语的理解，熟悉该语言所影显的文化比掌握该语言的句法规则更为重要，因为词语只有在其作用的文化背景中才有意义。换方之，言语理解中文化的制约随处可见。     

高教国际化必须重视国际理解教育

国际理解教育倡导于20世纪40年代，于50年代获得初步实施。国际理解教育是面向21世纪的新的教育理念，是促进世界和平的重要内容。本文探讨当前国际理解教育所处的发展阶段和主要内容，并通过分析美、日两国开展国际理解教育的具体措施，以使我们获得有益的启示和借鉴。