Digital Library Consortia in the 21st Century     

《资料收集管理》2013,38(3-4):13-27

Abstract

The article outlines the initiatives of the local consortia of the eight academic institutions funded by the University Grants Committee (UGC) of the Hong Kong SAR Government. The role and services that this consortium provides for its members, especially with respect to consortial electronic purchasing agreements and joint licensing, are examined. The paper addresses many of the problems, difficulties, and challenges within consortia when coping with their internal needs, facing the need to both cooperate and compete with other consortial members, and making individual and consortial decisions in an environment of increasing budgetary constraints and technological advances. Case studies are used to illustrate each of the challenges mentioned above.  相似文献   

Understanding the Language Demands on Science Students from an Integrated Science and Language Perspective     

Lay Hoon Seah  David John Clarke  Christina Eugene Hart 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(6):952-973

This case study of a science lesson, on the topic thermal expansion, examines the language demands on students from an integrated science and language perspective. The data were generated during a sequence of 9 lessons on the topic of ‘States of Matter’ in a Grade 7 classroom (12–13 years old students). We identify the language demands by comparing students' writings with the scientific account of expansion that the teacher intended the students to learn. The comparison involved both content analysis and lexicogrammatical (LG) analysis. The framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics was adopted for the LG analysis. Our analysis reveals differences in the meaning and the way LG resources were employed between the students' writings and the scientific account. From these differences, we found the notion of condition-of-use for LG resources to be a significant aspect of the language that students need to appropriate in order to employ the language of school science appropriately. This notion potentially provides a means by which teachers could concurrently address the conceptual and representational demands of science learning. Finally, we reflect on how the complementary use of content analysis and LG analysis provides a way for integrating the science and language perspectives in order to understand the demands of learning science through language.  相似文献   

A Case Study of Giftedness and Specific Learning Disabilities: Bridging the Two Exceptionalities     

Sandra N. Kaplan 《Roeper Review》2013,35(3):124-125

Despite being unable to dress himself, sit still on a chair, or write a legible sentence, Scott was, from a very early age, able to build whole cities from construction blocks, able to complete complex puzzles, and verbally precocious. Even with his disabilities and their contrast with his academic talent, he completed K–12 school and went on to excel at university. This case study represents the challenges many parents experience with identifying their children’s disability and giftedness and ensuring that both exceptionalities are optimally developed. Through this case study, the roles an education system and the parents of such a child must assume if this development is going to happen are highlighted. Recommendations for identification, service provision, professional development for teachers, and collaboration among all parties connected with such students are made.  相似文献   

Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation in Millennial Students: A New Generation,a New Approach     

Joydeep Dutta Chaudhuri 《Anatomical sciences education》2020,13(2):250-271

There has been a fundamental change in health care pedagogy to address the demands and challenges posed by the present generation of millennial students. There is also a growing recognition of the role of intrinsic motivation as a catalyst in a positive learning experience. The term intrinsic motivation refers to energizing behavior that comes from within an individual and develops due to an inherent interest in the activity at hand. However, stimulating intrinsic motivation in the present generation of millennial health care students is a daunting task, considering their diverse and disparate nature. In addition, the inherent generational differences between educators and students, and an increasing emphasis on technological tools have resulted in a dichotomy in the educational environment leading to the development of a greater incidence of burnouts among students. Hence, numerous innovative techniques have been introduced in health care education to enhance the levels of intrinsic motivation in these students. Unfortunately, most of these approaches have only been moderately successful due to their limited ability to address the unique educational expectations of millennial students. The cumulative evidence suggests that specific approaches to stimulate intrinsic motivation should aim at nurturing the learning efforts of students, bridging the generational barriers between educators and students, and ameliorating the stress associated with health care education. Hence, the specific aim of this narrative review is to suggest empirically proven curricular strategies and institutional reforms to enhance intrinsic motivation in health care students belonging to the Millennial Generation.  相似文献   

Acculturative challenges among Pakistani secondary school students in Hong Kong     

《Int J Intercult Relat》2021

Scholars have extensively studied acculturation from different theoretical perspectives among immigrants across the societies of settlement. However, there is a dearth of knowledge about acculturation from a culture learning approach in Hong Kong. This article reports the acculturative challenges among sixteen (16) Pakistani students from six different secondary schools in Hong Kong. The phenomenographic data analysis of semi-structured interviews revealed four categories of everyday experiences in schools that hinder their acculturation. These are mainly related to inter-ethnic interactions, sensitivity towards diverse learning and sociocultural needs, and the Chinese language teaching curriculum for non-Chinese speaking students. Although the study reports Pakistani students' experiences, the findings may also translate the acculturative challenges among students with an immigrant or ethnic minority background in settlement societies. The article also discusses both the theoretical and practical implications for studying and helping immigrant young people in multicultural contexts.  相似文献   

The Battle of 42nd Street     

Scott Sherman 《Public Library Quarterly》2017,36(1):10-25

This essay discusses the New York Public Library’s (NYPL)’s unique importance and chronicles the history and execution of the NYPL plan to remodel the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street (also known as the Central Library). The plan would have sent millions of books to a storage facility in New Jersey and resulted in the sale of several NYPL branches to finance the remodeling of the building on 42nd Street. Not surprisingly these plans were greeted with alarm and galvanized efforts of librarians, citizens, bookworms, activists, and writers to halt the Central Library Plan. The essay concludes with some thoughts about the importance of transparency in the public library milieu.  相似文献   

试论研究生价值观教育     

李小芳  谢嘉梁 《湘潭师范学院学报(社会科学版)》2002,24(4):129-132

研究生是社会的精英阶层，他们的价值观如何，将直接关系研究生对社会影响的性质和程度。然而当前的研究生价值观面临着多方面的挑战。针对挑战，必须采取相应对策，以加强对研究生价值观的教育，使研究生确立正确的价值观。  相似文献   

美国地区性高等教育认证的现状与挑战   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

李晓娟 《世界教育信息》2007,(11):25-26

随着美国高等教育改革的不断深化，地区性高等教育认证也处于不断的变革中。文章阐述了美国地区性高等教育认证的现状，分析了其面临的挑战。  相似文献   

新形势下新建本科院校面临的机遇与挑战     

张丰娟 《船舶职业教育》2019,7(4):86-88

新建本科院校,即新建本科高校,是指2000年以后教育部新批准的普通本科院校。在我国高等教育进入大众化阶段的背景下,新建本科院校在扩大招生人数、助力区域发展、办学形式多样化等方面发挥的作用日益明显。与此同时,新建本科院校在国家政策支持、区域优势、“双一流”建设背景等方面具有前所未有的优势,但同时在经费、学校之间竞争、内部转型发展等方面也面临着巨大的挑战。  相似文献   

“后疫情时代”高等教育教学模式的 挑战与创新 ——访世界知名高等教育研究专家乌尔里希·泰希勒教授     

潘秋静  胡永红  阙明坤 《复旦教育论坛》2020,18(6):10-16

2020年新冠肺炎疫情在全世界肆虐与蔓延，常规教学模式被迫集体转向应急性在线教学。世界知名高等教育研究专家乌尔里希·泰希勒（Ulrich Teichler）教授认为：后疫情时代，全球高等教育机构可尝试以此为契机构建更具创造性的、线上线下有机融合的混合式教学；教学与研究均衡型的大学教师更容易适应在线教学对能力提升的要求；与学术型大学相比，应用型高等教育机构受到的冲击更显著，其人才培养的应用性与实践性决定了其依然要坚持面授教学为主、在线教学为辅；应用型高校的发展要坚持四个原则，分别是培养学生适应巨变的素养、注重双师型教师的培养与发展、确保学习科目的高度应用性和市场对应性、保障学生的校内外实践机会，同时离不开政府提供的政策与资金支持。  相似文献