Analyzing Food Science Research for Publishing Characteristics as a Model for Understanding the Needs of Researchers

Abstract

This paper provides a methodology to study the characteristics of the research output from a university department. The faculty publications and their cited references over a 10-year period were used as the basis for this study to identify their publishing patterns and the types of material they are publishing; a core set of journals and other resources they are publishing in and citing over this period; the characteristics of the journals in which they publish and cite; the degree of openness of their publications and their citation advantage; and the age of resources that are referenced.     

高职院校ESP师资队伍建设探究

ESP(应用英语)教学需要既具有扎实的专业知识,又精通英语的复合型教师。本文在调查分析高职ESP师资现状的基础上,从跨专业、校企合作教学、ESP虚拟教学团队和学校政策支持几个方面探讨适合地方普通高职院校ESP师资队伍建设的策略,以期对相关院校ESP师资队伍建设有所启示。     

论高校教师的隐性流失

高校教师隐性流失是指高校教师人事隶属关系与其精力分配发生错位,教师将主要精力和注意力转移到兼职上,弱化本职工作效率的一种行为。隐性流失较之于显性流失更具有隐秘性和不可控性,所以它不仅会影响教学质量而且还会降低学校凝聚力。为此,采取有效措施防止教师隐性流失,提高教学质量,应是现代大学制度建设的一个重要议题,教师团队建设对我国高等教育的可持续发展具有重要意义。     

我国高等法学教育存在的问题及对策分析

我国高等法学教育现在的问题主要表现为:法学院校遍地开花;政法学院进退维谷;教研室体制割裂了法学各个学科间的有机联系;教学形式死板僵硬。针对这些问题,我们应当整合法学院校,取消现在的政法学院,打破教研室体制的限制,教学形式灵活多样化。     

成人高等教育师资队伍建设问题研究

当前,我国成人高等教育师资队伍中存在诸多问题,严重阻碍成人高等教育发展,本文对存在的主要问题进行了梳理,并提出了相应建议对策。合理解决这些问题,对于加强师资队伍建设从而有效提高成人高等教育质量、提升管理水平能够起到积极的作用。     

Assessing mentor academy program effectiveness using mixed methods

The purpose of our study was to assess how an academic health center (AHC) mentor academy program affected mentor competence and optimized the mentor–mentee relationship. Mixed methods were used to assess the effectiveness of an AHC mentor program at a clinical translational science institute (CTSI). Twenty biomedical research faculty mentors took a validated survey and submitted reflective writings to discover if they corroborated or refuted statistically significant survey results. There was a significant improvement in participants’ confidence of mentor skills, integral mentoring quality, and the extent to which they fulfill mentees’ expectations. Males provided constructive feedback and helped mentees develop goal strategies more often compared to females. Reflective writings supported these findings yet refuted two survey findings. The use of a mixed methods approach offers novel insight into how mentoring programs benefit translational research mentoring capacity building and raises questions about the sole use of surveys as evidence of program effectiveness.     

Using methodological triangulation to examine the effectiveness of a mentoring program for online instructors

In this quasi-experimental mixed methods study, we examined the effectiveness of a faculty-to-faculty mentoring program to increase student success rates in online courses at an American university. Over one semester, 24 faculty mentees worked with 6 faculty mentors on improving course organization and implementing student engagement techniques. Using methodological triangulation, we found positive results for two of our effectiveness measures (i.e., mentor and mentee feedback and mentors’ ratings of mentees’ courses). However, in terms of our third measure (i.e., student learning data), although institutional data showed that there was a 4.1% aggregate increase in online student success after the intervention, the intervention group made no significantly greater gains than two control groups. Our findings highlight some benefits and shortcomings of these types of university initiatives and also emphasize the importance of using triangulation to integrate participant feedback with formal measures of student success.     

中国高校女教师队伍发展的现状分析

本文从社会性别和国际比较的视角对我国高校女教师队伍的发展现状进行了分析。论文以1994至2004年为研究范围,首先对我国高校女教职工队伍的基本构成及变化趋势进行分析,在此基础上,从性别视角对高校专任教师队伍的职称结构、学位结构和年龄结构进行量化研究,并进一步从女教授占教授总数比例的角度将我国女教师队伍置于国际视野之下进行比较,从而较为全面地对我国女教师队伍的发展状况在国际坐标中作出清晰的定位,最后,论文分析了女性在高级职称中占比例低的机构制度原因,同时指出高校女教师发展的现实策略。     

康奈尔大学章程对我国大学章程建设的启示

大学章程是由大学权利机构制定的治校总纲领,它作为国家高等教育立法体系以外的且与高等学校内部管理密切相关的制度规则,事关高等学校权力配置、发展目标、师生权利义务实现、社会资助与回馈等重大问题,在大学发展中起着重要作用。通过对康奈尔大学的大学章程文本的整理,对其大学章程中的大学使命、办学理念、大学事务管理体制、董事会制度、教授治校、章程的制定与修改等方面的分析,建议中国大学章程要彰显有特色的办学理念,要有可操作性,减少抽象性表述,应对"教授参与管理"有明确的规定,应完善大学章程的制定、修改程序。     

小学师资培养中的语文教学法课程改革试探

小学师资培养逐渐进入高等师范教育体系。初等教育专业建设和课程结构的探讨已引起了越来越多的人的重视。本立足于初等教育专业建设的高度。针对小学语教学法课程的陈旧和不足。从课程结构和编写体例两个方面提出了大胆的构想和改革思路。