关于青年科学基金的作用及优化资助政策的思考

青年科学基金是国家自然科学基金会专门设立的,用于资助35岁以下的青年科研人员独立开展科学研究。从青年科学基金的设立、实施近20年的绩效出发,初步探讨了青年科学基金的作用、存在的问题,提出了今后青年科学基金改进资助方式、提高资助效率的政策建议。     

创新管理,建设创新型高校

建设创新型国家是中央做出的国家未来发展的重大战略决定。建设创新型国家需要大量不同层次的创新型人才作为支撑。高等院校作为培养具有创新精神、创新意识和创新能力高素质人才的主阵地,是国家创新体系的重要组成部分,承担着科教兴国和人才强国的双重使命,在建设创新型国家中具有不可替代的重要作用。高等院校进行教育创新、科技创新,首先应当进行管理创新。     

基层电大远程开放教育环境下必要的学习支持服务

随着远程开放教育的发展，如何为学习提供完善的学习支持服务已成为教育机构着手研究的重要课题。本在基层电大实践的基础上就此提出了自己的一些看法。     

Educational Research for Policy and Practice in Japan – With Particular Reference to Youth Education

Based upon the Fundamental Law of Education, Japanese school education system has long been a source of pride for the country as a result of the high school participation rate, the homogeneity of compulsory education throughout the country. However, the confidence of the people in its schools is now showing severe signs of strain and fatigue. In recent years, there have been many reports about the growing seriousness of a number of educational problems having to do with young people in their childhood and adolescence. Since the mid-1970s, a number of problems have been highlighted. They include violent behavior, juvenile crimes, bullying, refusal to attend school, dropping out at secondary level of education, and corporal punishment. Against the above background, based on recommendations from such advisory bodies as the Central Council for Education and the National Commission on Education Reform, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) has adopted a range of policies and launched a series of educational reform programmes. For instance, what is called “Rainbow Plan”, based on the final report submitted by the National Commission on Education Reform, provides the country with basic guidelines for the educational reform in the near future. Roles of educational research for making policies have been of significance. Research initiated by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) and the National Federation of Educational Policy Research Institutes (NFERI) is an example of contributions to the development of educational qualities in the country. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Models and Paradigms in Kuhn and Halloun

In Modeling Theory in Science Education, Halloun (2004) adopts the word ‘paradigm’, but his use of the term is radically different from that of Kuhn. In this paper, I explore some of the differences between Kuhn’s paradigms and Halloun’s paradigms. Where Kuhn’s paradigms are public, community-defining exemplars of practice, Halloun’s paradigms are private, individualized ways of thinking. Where Kuhn writes of the paradigm shift as a revolutionary, vision-altering conversion experience, Halloun writes of a gradual evolution from one way of thinking to another and an easy back-and-forth switch between paradigms. Since Kuhn’s paradigms are self-enclosed and incommensurable, there is no objective standard by which one paradigm can be shown to be superior to the other. But Halloun uses ‘viability’ as a standard for paradigm choice. Underlying all of this is the more basic question of whether the history of science is an appropriate metaphor for student progress in the classroom. I conclude with some brief thoughts on this question.     

对李约瑟<中国科学技术史》若干问题的消解

已故英国名科学史家李约瑟博士对中国科学技术史进行了深入探讨，其所的《中国科学技术史》对中国古代科学技术作出了实事求是的总结与概括，并提出了一些极有启发性的独创见解，对世界了解中国，消除误解与偏见作了极好的宣传。他对中国科学技术史的研究不存在“拔高”或“说好话”的倾向。他的《中国科学与明》被译成《中国科学技术史》并无不妥。否定“李约瑟难题”缺乏理论根据。     

《孙子兵法》的美学价值

兵法是艺术。《孙子兵法》作为兵法经典,也是兵法艺术美的代表,对中国古典美学具有突出的贡献。从兵法是艺术、孙武的诗人气质、孙武的审美理想、读《孙子兵法》是审美享受等四个方面,第一次对《孙子兵法》的美学价值作了有益探讨。     

留洋学者与南雍学术

在南京高等师范学校、东南大学时期,学校的学术研究极为活跃。究其原因,主要是占全校师资三分之二的留洋学者发挥了中坚作用。南高、东大作为“中国科学社的大本营”,“展开了中国科学的奠基工作,成为中国科学发展的一个主要基地”。以留洋学者为骨干的“学衡派”主张“昌明国粹,融化新知”;参与创办《新教育》,为中国教育界开辟了一条研究、借鉴西方教育的重要渠道;竺可桢、熊庆来、秉志、茅以升、胡刚复等一批科学大师将西方现代科学引进国内。     

论邓小平发展观中的"科技"思想

邓小平的发展观是邓小平理论的重要组成部分，是涵盖了建设有中国特色社会主义的发展道路、发展动力、发展关键、发展模式、发展目标、发展战略、发展的依靠力量等各个方面比较完备的理论体系。邓小平的科技思想在这个理论体系中得到了充分的体现。笔者就发展的关键——科学技术是第一生产力，发展的目标和战略——科学技术的现代化，发展的模式——科学技术的自主创新，发展的依靠力量——科技人才等四个方面进行了粗浅的论述。邓小平发展观中的科技思想，对于当前和今后的社会主义现代化建设，具有十分重要的指导意义。     

Institution initiatives and support related to faculty development of open educational resources and alternative textbooks

ABSTRACT

Evidence exists that American institutions of higher education are well-entrenched in the consideration of mechanisms for supporting the implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) and alternative textbooks. Literature reveals that developing and implementing OER is a significant undertaking in terms of time and human resources. This study deploys content analysis of a sample of United States regionally based higher education institutional websites to determine the current state of institutional support mechanisms to implementers just embarking on the OER journey. Findings reveal that institutions have made strides in the development of faculty mini-grants and stipends with guidelines, proposal checklists, and weighting mechanisms to inform decision making. However, due to widespread language across the stratified sample emphasising award pool and individual limits, it is clear that OER funding is still seeking wider support as a permanent funded resource. Sponsorship of institutional OER initiatives seems split between institutional library functions and teaching and learning centres. Other issues, such as ownership and licensing, are significantly underdeveloped in field implementation or fall in a large continuum of practices. Recommendations of shared responsibility and use of data driven initiatives are provided that may improve institutional support of faculty OER adoption, adaption and creation.