Funding,evaluation, and the performance of national research systems     

Ulf Sandström  Peter Van den Besselaar 《Journal of Informetrics》2018,12(1):365-384

Understanding the quality of science systems requires international comparative studies, which are difficult because of the lack of comparable data especially about inputs in research. In this study, we deploy an approach based on change instead of on levels of inputs and outputs: an approach that to a large extent eliminates the problem of measurement differences between countries. We firstly show that there are large differences in efficiency between national science systems, defined as the increase in output (highly cited papers) per percentage increase in input (funding). We then discuss our findings using popular explanations of performance differences: differences in funding systems (performance related or not), differences in the level of competition, differences in the level of university autonomy, and differences in the level of academic freedom. Interestingly, the available data do not support these common explanations. What the data suggest is that efficient systems are characterized by a well-developed ex post evaluation system combined with considerably high institutional funding and relatively low university autonomy (meaning a high autonomy of professionals). On the other hand, the less efficient systems have a strong ex ante control, either through a high level of so-called competitive project funding, or through strong power of the university management. Another conclusion is that more and better data are needed.  相似文献   

Nostalgia and shrinkage: Philosophy and culture under post-postmodern conditions     

Peter Strandbrink 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2018,50(14):1408-1409

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“Children of Eyam”: The Dramatization of History     

Peter Hollindale 《Children‘s Literature in Education》1997,28(4):205-218

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Lifelong education for teachers: A valuable strategy for developed and underdeveloped countries?     

Peter Sachsenmeier 《欧洲师范教育杂志》1978,1(4):241-256

Lifelong education is getting more and more into the centre of general interest. Small wonder that lifelong education for teachers is a widely discussed subject in circles of teacher education, like the ATEE. By taking up this issue from a somewhat more global point of view Peter Sachsenmeier gives a valuable contribution to those discussions, which seem to form the means by which we–teacher educators–realise our own lifelong education.  相似文献   

The impact of a chief planning officer on the administrative environment for planning     

Peter J. Hurst  Marvin W. Peterson 《Research in higher education》1992,33(1):1-17

Institution-wide planning, to be effective, must have the support of key administrators. Presidents, vice-presidents, deans, and directors must feel that sufficient consensus can be reached on explicit goals to make comprehensive planning possible and worthwhile. While much has been written about the importance of CEO leadership in gaining broad support for planning, little has been said about the role of the chief planning officer in this regard. This paper, based on a national survey of administrators' views of planning, studies the relationship between having a chief planning officer and administrators' perceptions of campus planning. Its intended audience includes all those interested in institutional planning.Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Forum of the Association for Institutional Research, San Francisco, May 26–29, 1991.  相似文献   

The Five Swans: Educational and Vocational Guidance in the Nordic Countries     

Plant  Peter 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2003,3(2):85-100

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland: these are the Nordic countries, the Five Swans. This article covers main Nordic guidance issues with characteristic examples from the various countries under the headings of Professionalisation, Guidance Policies, Activities, Staff and professional background, Linkages, and Materials and ICT. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Imprinting in older ducklings: Some tests of a reinforcement model     

Stephen J. Gaioni  Howard S. Hoffman  Peter DePaulo  Valerie Newby Stratton 《Learning & behavior》1978,6(1):19-26

Ducklings (Anas Platyrhynchos domesticus) older than the so-called critical period (Days 1 and 2 posthatch) were exposed to an imprinting stimulus after various experimental histories. The first study found that in previously isolated 10-day-old subjects the stimulus exhibited the same capacity to reinforce an operant response and to generate a burst-like pattern of responding as in ducklings imprinted to it on Day 1. In Experiment 2, an imprinting stimulas exhibited reinforcing capacities in 5 to 10-day-old ducklings that had previously been imprinted to a different stimulus. Most of these ducklings came to prefer the second imprinting stimulus over the first. Experiment 3 revealed that in 5-day-old ducklings with a prior history of imprinting to a different stimulus, the otherwise neutral features of a new imprinting stimulus acquired the same kind of persistent control over distress vocalization that they acquire in younger, naive subjects. In all these studies, the only difference between imprinting in older vs. younger subjects was that in older subjects a novel imprinting stimulus initially evoked fear reactions rather than filial behavior. These findings contradict the traditional view of imprinting as an irreversible process that occurs only during a brief critical period, but are entirely consistent with a reinforcement model of imprinting.  相似文献   

Applying Developmental Psychology     

Peter Mittler 《教育心理学》1982,2(1):5-19

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Faculty and Instructor Perceptions of Open Educational Resources in Engineering     

Talea Anderson  Annie Gaines  Chelsea Leachman  Evan Peter Williamson 《The Reference Librarian》2017,58(4):257-277

As open education initiatives aiming to lower the cost of course materials appeared at two universities, librarians became involved in identifying open educational resources (OERs) for university courses. However, when considering a number of subject areas—particularly in colleges focused on upper-division instruction—librarians encountered problems related to the availability of resources and materials selection processes. For this project, librarians selected one prominent subject area at their respective institutions—engineering—and worked to identify best practices for introducing OERs into courses. They surveyed engineering faculty and instructors to better understand their perceptions and needs related to OERs and, based on this work, they suggest best practices for liaison librarians in specialized fields who wish to incorporate OERs into their outreach work with a focus on upper-division courses.  相似文献   

Describing Music Materials: A Manual for Resource Description of Printed and Recorded Music and Music Videos     

Peter H. Lisius 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2017,55(6):418-419

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