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Mary Khakoni Walingo 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2006,52(3-4):287-304
Agricultural development projects have been promoted in many places as a feature of poverty-reduction strategies. Such projects have often been implemented without a strong in-built education component, and hence have had little success. Agricultural projects seek to improve food security by diversifying a household’s resource base and facilitating the social and economic empowerment of women. The present study presents a survey designed to assess the relationship between education level and ability to benefit from dairy-development projects in Kenya. Results reveal higher occupation and employment levels among beneficiary than non-beneficiary households. On the other hand, beneficiaries of poverty-reduction schemes require specialized training. Apart from project-specific training, the level of general education alone cannot predict the attainment of project objectives. 相似文献
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Reforms in engineering education have caused a shift from the traditional stand-alone course in technical communication for Engineering students towards communication training integrated in courses and design projects that allows students to develop four layers of competence. This shift creates opportunities for realistic and situated learning, but offers challenges for assessment of communication competence at student, course and program levels. On the basis of a detailed definition of communicative competence, three formats for integrated communication training are described: Linked to design projects, integrated in design projects and integrated at program level. Assessment of communication competence in these formats is constrained by their characteristics with regard to student motivation, individual and group work, and situated learning. 相似文献
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《Technical Communication Quarterly》2013,22(1):67-81
Reforms in engineering education have caused a shift from the traditional stand-alone course in technical communication for Engineering students towards communication training integrated in courses and design projects that allows students to develop four layers of competence. This shift creates opportunities for realistic and situated learning, but offers challenges for assessment of communication competence at student, course and program levels. On the basis of a detailed definition of communicative competence, three formats for integrated communication training are described: Linked to design projects, integrated in design projects and integrated at program level. Assessment of communication competence in these formats is constrained by their characteristics with regard to student motivation, individual and group work, and situated learning. 相似文献
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Kaminieli Tagica 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1993,39(1-2):124-133
Population education in the Pacific region is summarized in terms of awareness and commitment, curriculum and instructional materials development, integration into the school curricula, training programs, and evaluation research. Several population education issues of current concern relate to the increase in chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension that are associated with life styles and diet, and the rising incidence of AIDS and teenage pregnancy. In the Pacific region, many countries have advanced population programs and policies, while some still do not even have a population policy. The issue of balancing population and resources is a topic that has not been sufficiently addressed in resource-poor countries. There is wide variance in awareness and commitment to population education in the Pacific region. Commitment and continuous support are crucial to population education projects. Lack of support is sometimes due to changing government personnel and lack of awareness of policy makers. Population education is not the same as family planning or sex education, and traditionally is spread through seminars and workshops by part time project personnel unconnected to the entire educational apparatus. Presently, only 8 population projects are functioning in the region, with 2-3 in the planning stages. Materials development in the Pacific region has been devoted to the secondary school level, yet awareness is increasing that sexuality, family health, and the environment should be introduced at the primary level. A popular strategy is to integrate population issues into the existing curriculum, such as in Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Kiribati, which also have teacher training curriculum. In most countries sex education is still a controversial topic, and materials are developed by teacher committees working after school rather in a curriculum development unit. AIDS has pushed this topic into the public sector. A chart is provided for each country and curriculum with population education and the level of schooling for formal and informal education. Training programs tend to be orientation workshops, materials development workshops, or teacher training workshops. Evaluation research in population education has been weak, due to an emphasis on program implementation, curriculum development, and limited resources and expertise. 相似文献
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Robert Agunga 《The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension》2013,19(5):509-524
Abstract Purpose: Communication for Development (C4D) is a new academic discipline and profession for addressing human dimension concerns in development, such as local participation, integration and capacity building, which are the main issues limiting aid effectiveness. However, my experience in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa and where a multitude of international development experts attempt to bring about change have, perhaps, never heard about C4D. When the concept was explained, these officials felt C4D was precisely what Malawi and developing countries, need. It left me feeling that the success rate of poverty-reduction programming could be greater if C4D education was provided for development decision-makers and field staff, especially agricultural extension workers. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a critical review of the literature on the role of agricultural extension education in development, focusing on how C4D can strengthen extension performance. Findings: The study found that development policymakers in Malawi, governmental, nongovernmental, bilateral and multilateral, support the C4D idea once they become knowledgeable about it. Practical implications: Therefore, the practical implication is that educating policymakers about C4D will increase donor investments in pilot C4D projects, a strengthening of agricultural extension systems, and success of poverty-reduction programs. Originality/value: It is hoped that readers will find the C4D strategy stimulating, the author's experience enlightening, and the C4D proposal an innovative way of improving aid effectiveness. 相似文献
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Nageen Mustafa Anna Tsaroucha Nick Le Mesurier Paul Kingston 《Educational gerontology》2013,39(6):398-412
Educating and training the dementia workforce is a global challenge, given the expected increasing number of people living with dementia across the world as the population ages. Two projects from the UK (one regionally and one locality based) investigated courses available to the workforce and mapped the content of identified courses against a locally developed dementia care pathway. The locality project included a survey of what percentage of staff time was spent with people living with dementia, and what percentage of staff caseloads were devoted to people living with dementia. There was a great variation in the extent of education and training available, with some stages of the dementia care pathway poorly addressed. An educational strategy for the dementia workforce in the UK might include four categories of education and training: basic dementia awareness, intermediate level, advanced level, and dementia awareness for managers. Staff requiring education and training might be divided into three groups: those employed to work specifically with people living with dementia and their families; those working with people who have other conditions but some of whom will have a coincidental dementia; those working with other conditions but in settings where a high proportion of their patients have a comorbid dementia. To improve workforce skills in dementia care will require actions across the whole of education and training for professionals and untrained workers who provide services to this group. 相似文献
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分析了成人高等教育的特点,解析了成人高等教育教学质量保障体系的要素,并结合青岛农业大学的具体做法,提出了完善人才培养课程体系、明确各主要教学环节的质量标准、加强师资队伍建设、加强教学研究、完善教学质量监控和评估体系等五条关键控制措施,完善成人高等教育教学质量保障体系。 相似文献
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Abstract Agricultural education in England is at a crossroads. In line with Government policy to make public-sector service provision more responsive to market forces, the county agricultural colleges were made independent corporations on April 1st 1993. This change in status has coincided with substantial changes in the market that they have traditionally served - the school-leaver seeking to make a career in farming or horticulture. This article describes these changes and considers the main strategic options open to the agricultural colleges at this time in the light of results from a recently-completed survey exploring the use of vocational education/training provision by the rural population as a whole. It concludes that there is scope for the transformation of some agricultural colleges into Rural Business Centres providing vocational education, training and a range of related services to rural business and the rural population as a whole. 相似文献
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This paper analyzes China's new approaches of education aid to Africa through a case study of Cameroon. China's cooperation has been characterized by different discourses and different historic relationships with recipient countries than those of traditional donors. Sino-African policies have gone through different stages, each connected to wider political and economic realities. Currently, a broadening of China's engagement with Africa can be noticed through increasing aid packages and the inclusion of African countries other than those that had traditionally been close to China. Cameroon has been one of the countries that have had a relatively extended cooperation with China. Four types of Chinese education aid to Africa are illustrated by this paper: (i) Confucius Institutes, which are providing language and culture-related training in host countries; (ii) longer term scholarships and short-term training for Africans in China; (iii) school construction; and (iv) stand-alone education projects. By analyzing how these three different types of aid are taking place in Cameroon, various and apparently contradictory strategies and discourses materialize. 相似文献
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Rosa-Maria Bottino Giancarlo Chiappini Paola Forcheri Enrica Lemut Maria-Teresa Molfino 《Education and Information Technologies》1999,4(3):279-293
We propose using activity theory as a basis for designing and reporting on research projects that focus on information and communication technology (ICT) as a means to support educational processes. Adopting the theory, we describe teaching/learning activities mediated by ICT using a three level analysis: epistemological, methodological, social assistance. The analysis has been applied to the design and reporting of projects in both mathematics education at primary school level and training in technical innovation in commercial enterprises. 相似文献
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Jean Berbaum 《欧洲师范教育杂志》1985,8(3):265-272
In 1979, the system of Primary school teacher training, which had been introduced shortly after the events of 1968, was drastically changed. The main features of the new system were the extension of the course from two to three years, and the introduction of a university component. As from 1979 prospective school teachers had to follow a General University Diploma course (DEUG) for Primary school teachers, in addition to the courses given by the teacher training colleges. This new situation raised a number of questions for both university and teacher training college instructors. Two years later changes were introduced in response to criticism about the lack of co‐ordination between courses, and the proliferation of checks. Questions regarding the content and objectives of university training were also raised. A balance had to be found between vocational training and general education, between information and personal development. University training, it was thought, should shift its emphasis from facts to methodology, and from didactic to epistemological data. It should encourage intellectual curiosity by means of a more accurate observation of the classroom situation; it should also encourage people to work together, e.g. on the development of teaching projects.
The training of Primary school teachers in France has undergone a number of drastic changes in recent years: the course has been extended from two to three years, and university‐level courses have been introduced. An assessment of the effects of these changes could be a useful starting point for studying the introduction of a similar type of training in a different context. 相似文献
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广东石油化工学院油气储运工程专业积极开展双体系人才培养模式改革建设,旨在提升学生的培养质量、提高毕业生的综合素质.在课程教育体系建设方面,充分贯彻双体系人才培养方案的理念,对课程教育体系进行深度改革,提高学生的人文素养、丰富学生的理论知识、增强学生的应用能力及工程实践能力.在素拓教育体系建设方面,共制定了16个素拓项目,其中包含12个必修素拓项目、4个选修素拓项目,每个素拓项目均制定了详细的执行方案.通过双体系培养方案的建设,为本专业培养高素质应用型工程技术人才打下坚实基础. 相似文献
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2005年以来,北京市教委以“中央财政支持的职业教育实训基地建设项目”资金为引导,加强实训基地建设,提升实训基地水平,探索出实训基地投入的五种方式,创新出实训基地建设的六个模式,发挥了实训基地的辐射作用,扩大了实训基地的社会影响,促进了北京高等职业教育改革不断深入,使高职实训基地成为北京市高等职业教育改革与发展中的一大亮点。 相似文献
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民族预科生的文化素质培养应立足本校的实际状况与生源实际,既要优化第一课堂的课程体系建设,又要结合校园文化、社会实践等第二课堂,构建立体交叉的文化素质教育载体。 相似文献
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The research presented in this article concerns la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation—AECI) and its growing presence in Latin America since the late 1990s. The aim is to evaluate the transformative potential that bilateral funding can have on educational reform in the region. The article starts with a brief history of Spain’s past and present strategies for educational initiatives in Latin America, and then it focuses on three of AECI’s successful projects: basic and adult literacy; gender mainstreaming in development projects; and multicultural and bilingual education. The article explains the effectiveness of Spanish-sponsored projects in Latin America and compares their strategies with those of other bilateral and multilateral donors, such as PREAL. The article concludes by analysing multi-sectoral development efforts that are the foundation of educational strategies sponsored with Spanish funds, based on the grounds that elimination of poverty will not result from projects that focus exclusively on the individual or the family, but rather from those at the community level. AECI’s efforts are directed at cultivating internal capacities already present in the communities through training human resources and deploying financial resources. 相似文献
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东盟经济的繁荣发展与社会不公平现象相伴而生。正规、非正规和非正式职业教育具有促进弱势群体发展与维护社会公平的功能。东盟职业教育系统存在职业教育参与程度不高,女性群体接受职业教育机会偏少;职业教育经费投入不足,正规职业教育入学率相对较低;职业教育管理体制欠妥,职业教育质量有待进一步提升等问题,这些限制了其促进社会公平功能的发挥。越南、菲律宾、新加坡分别在弱势青年群体技术技能培训项目、女性群体创新创业教育项目、劳动力继续教育与培训在线项目上进行了有益探索,并取得了令人瞩目的成效。 相似文献
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《Chinese Education & Society》2013,46(2):90-91
Promoting adult education is a human resources development with short cycles and quick effects and that calls for a certain amount of funds and investment. Starting this year, adult education will be included in the state budget for revenues and expenditures as an additional item. When making arrangement for education expenditures, local financial departments should also incorporate funds needed for adult education in their budgets and allow the funds to increase as the economy moves forward and regular revenues grow. Enterprises should disburse funds needed for employee education according to a prescribed ratio. In addition, shortfalls can be made up in the following ways: Expenses for technological training involving the development of new technology or research on new products may be disbursed directly as a part of the production cost; expenses for staff training may be disbursed from the retained percentage of profit, surplus from block-grant expenditures, and after-tax profit; training expenses for projects of technological development, introduction of foreign technology, and technological innovation, or projects of optimizing the service of certain products (including expenses for sending employees abroad for advanced training) may be disbursed from the project funding itself. Funds for staff education in enterprises should be handled and disposed of by its educational division under the supervision of financial departments. If there is surplus in the funding that cannot be spent in the same year, the surplus can be carried over to the next year. For small-sized enterprises that cannot afford to offer staff education on their own and enterprises that do not run staff education programs efficiently, the departments in charge can set up concentrated staff education facilities and support such facilities with funds taken from respective staff education expenditures. When planning for either urban community construction or newly built enterprises in the future, we should, at the same time, plan for the construction of basic facilities for adult education and incorporate such projects in the investment plan for infrastructure investment projects. The various ministries and regions should set up a few key adult education bases that are better equipped and of a higher quality. In the area of peasant education, expenses that involve eliminating illiteracy, training of teachers, compiling of textbooks, exchange of experience, activities, and so forth, should all be disbursed from educational expenditures by education departments at different levels. Funds for county-run peasants' secondary specialized schools and peasants technical schools of different specialties and types should be raised by the county people's governments under unified arrangements and according to their respective financial strengths. The departments concerned, however, should lend the local governments certain financial aid. Funds for peasants' cultural and technical schools run by townships (towns) can be drawn as a certain percentage from the rural education surcharge, pooling funds from the people, collecting tuition fees, or launching work-study programs. 相似文献
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SYB模式是国际创业培训的重要项目之一。近年来,一些高校以此为依据开展创业教育培训。试以SYB指标内涵和标准为视角,审视我国的大学生教育培训活动在人才培养目标、课程体系、师资队伍、实践训练等方面的诸多问题,并提出改进的措施。 相似文献
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RUHI SHARIF 《European Journal of Engineering Education》1991,16(2):177-180
Response to the needs of society and industry is rather slow, and efforts are being made to strengthen relations with industry through visits, training of students in industry, joint committees, conferences etc. Aims for engineering students have been given including concentration on practical applications, linking study with practical life, choosing graduation projects that solve real problems, realizing early contacts with private and public sector, working as a team etc. Recommendations for the introduction of training courses in engineering schools have been given including the following: designing of courses jointly by school and users; recruiting lecturers from both industry and school; making training and applications at laboratories of both school and industry; asking for feedback and comments from participants; paying visits to industrial projects; encouraging professors to visit industry and spend their sabbatical leave there. Joint coordinating committees from industrial decision makers and schools of engineering should be established in order to set up programs. 相似文献
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国际化是全球一体化背景下高等职业教育发展的必然要求。新加坡始终把国际化作为发展高等职业教育的引导思想,通过教育主体的双向国际流动、课程内容和设置国际化、将国际先进的办学理念和管理方法本土化、聘用外籍教师和教师海外培训、与国际企业保持双向合作、开展跨国培训项目等策略,形成了别具一格的新加坡高等职业教育国际化模式。借鉴新加坡经验,我国可以通过国家层面健全高等职业教育国际化相关政策法规、落实各地区发展自主权、兼顾全日制留学生和外籍员工在职培训、推动我国高等职业教育国际化师资队伍的建设等方式促进高等职业教育的国际化发展。 相似文献