The External Pressures on the Internal Governance of Universities     

Brian Salter  & Ted Tapper 《Higher Education Quarterly》2002,56(3):245-256

Governance is a means for realising institutional goals and in an ideal world should enable the institution to respond to the demands of the political environment by regulating its internal affairs accordingly. In the case of universities, not only is that environment increasingly differentiated but so also is the ability of universities to access it. Changes in state funding arrangements, accountability mechanisms, the contribution of the private sector, and the public definition of university education have placed numerous and varied pressures on institutions. Yet there is a studied reluctance by institutions to accept that their ability to respond to these pressures is equally variable, that they should tailor their ambitions to their capacities, and that their internal governance should be adapted using the principle of fitness for purpose. In the main, this is because the dominant ideological themes of higher education do not support the idea of distinct university functions of equal status. Rather, they encourage the erroneous belief that all universities are homogeneous in their functions – or, at least, that all have the potential to be homogeneous.  相似文献   

"We Learned What Democracy Really Meant": The Berlin Student Parliament and Postwar School Reform in the 1950s     

Brian M. Puaca 《History of education quarterly》2005,45(4):615-624

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"The New Generation": Mental Hygiene and the Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1946–1967     

Brian J. Low 《History of education quarterly》2003,43(4):540-570

That is the achievement of the psychologists. In our own society they are very kind, and do everything for our own good. The tales of what they do elsewhere are rather terrifying. —Hilda Neatby So Little for the Mind (1953)  相似文献   

New Approaches to Assessing Opinion: The Prospects for Electronic Mail Surveys   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Best  Samuel J.; Krueger  Brian 《Int. Journal of Public Opinion Research》2002,14(1):73-92

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No one will ever know... well, maybe not     

Nick Eastmond  Brian Astorga 《TechTrends》2001,45(4):8-9

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Parties,Lads, Friends,Love and Newcastle United: A study of young people's values     

Rachel D. Bromnick  Brian L. Swallow 《Educational studies》2001,27(2):143-158

Traditional research into values has tended to dichotomise young people into categories of self and other orientations. In the present study values were explored within a contemporary context and analysed into more complex value sets. The sample comprised of 111 girls and 133 boys, aged 11-16 (mean = 13.2, SD = 1.14), who responded to four open-ended sentences designed to tap philosophies of life, fears and underlying values. The pleasures in life for girls tended to centre on relationships with family, friends and boys, whereas boys enjoyed activities such as sport. Many desired to win the National Lottery, although they also concurrently held humanistic values. The potential impact of these value sets on development during adolescence is discussed. For these young people, the best things in life are free but, like many adults, they dream of fame and fortune.  相似文献   

美国高校图书馆的麦当劳化   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

布赖恩·奎因  肖永英 《大学图书馆学报》2001,19(3):12-18,8

美国社会学家乔治·里茨尔在其撰写的一部有关麦当劳化的力作中指出 快餐行业的方方面面正在逐渐渗透到社会的其它领域。本文旨在探讨里茨尔先生的观点是否适用于高校图书馆部门，并着重分析高校图书馆向麦当化方向发展的程度、以及社会麦当劳化对于高校图书馆的影响。此外，作者还分析了与麦当劳化相对应的其它可能做法及其对高校图书馆的影响。  相似文献   

Group Work with Multimedia in Mathematics: The Role of the Technology and of the Teacher     

Brian Hudson 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》1997,28(4):257-270

This paper reports on a study involving the evaluation and use of the National Curriculum Council sponsored multimedia package World of Number. The project was carried out in a South Yorkshire comprehensive school during the Spring Term of 1994. The intended mode of use of the package was unclear from the initial evaluation and also from initial teacher feedback. In addition little attention seemed to have been given to the role of the teacher. Examples of episodes of classroom interaction between the teacher/researcher and a small group of pupils working at the multimedia system are presented and an interpretation, which takes account of the role of the technology and of the teacher from a Vygotskian perspective, is offered.  相似文献   

Research apprenticeships: A report on a model graduate programme in instructional systems     

Alison A. Carr-Chellman  Husra Gursoy  Luis Almeida  Brian Beabout 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2007,38(4):637-655

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Fostering Teacher Development to a Tetrahedral Orientation in the Teaching of Chemistry     

Brian Lewthwaite  Rick Wiebe 《Research in Science Education》2011,41(5):667-689

This paper reports on the initial outcomes from the end of the fourth year of a 5 year research and professional development project to improve chemistry teaching among three cohorts of chemistry teachers in Manitoba, Canada. The project responds to a new curriculum introduction advocating a tetrahedral orientation (Mahaffy, Journal of Chemical Education 83(1), 49–55, 2006) to the teaching of chemistry. The project in its entirety is based upon several theoretical models in fostering chemistry teacher development (in particular Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model). These models are described, as is the progress made by teachers based upon the use of a Chemistry Teacher Inventory and associated teacher responses. Overall, statistical analysis of perceptions of their own teaching and comments made by teachers suggests they are showing limited development towards a tetrahedral orientation, albeit in a manner consistent with the curriculum. Ongoing research-based activities in this project are also described.  相似文献