Which future,university or bureaucracy?     

Jim Binder 《Innovative Higher Education》1983,8(1):29-37

This article is critical of major institutions of higher education because they often establish criteria for rewarding professors and organizational processes that have little to do with developing a real university. The author argues for the reconstruction of universities based on values of freedom and responsibility. A model based on such values, a creative university is developed and contrasted with educational bureaucracies. Arguments are given to favor the creative university as our best hope for the future.  相似文献   

Do the effects of computer-assisted practice differ for children with reading disabilities with and without IQ-achievement discrepancy?     

Jiménez JE  del Rosario Ortiz M  Rodrigo M  Hernández-Valle I  Ramírez G  Estévez A  O'Shanahan I  de la Luz Trabaue M 《Journal of learning disabilities》2003,36(1):34-47

This study was designed to assess whether the effects of computer-assisted practice on visual word recognition differed for children with reading disabilities (RD) with or without aptitude-achievement discrepancy. A sample of 73 Spanish children with low reading performance was selected using the discrepancy method, based on a standard score comparison (i.e., the difference between IQ and achievement standard scores). The sample was classified into three groups: (1) a group of 14 children with dyslexia (age M = 103.85 months; SD = 8.45) who received computer-based reading practice; (2) a group of 31 "garden-variety" (GV) poor readers (age M = 107.06 months; SD = 6.75) who received the same type of instruction; and (3) a group of 28 children with low reading performance (age M = 103.33 months; SD = 9.04) who did not receive computer-assisted practice. Children were pre- and posttested in word recognition, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, and visual and phonological tasks. The results indicated that both computer-assisted intervention groups showed improved word recognition compared to the control group. Nevertheless, children with dyslexia had more difficulties than GV poor readers during computer-based word reading under conditions that required extensive phonological computation, because their performance was more affected by low-frequency words and long words. In conclusion, we did not find empirical evidence in favor of the IQ-achievement discrepancy definition of reading disability, because IQ did not differentially predict treatment outcomes.  相似文献   

Teachers’ Perceptions of Factors Influencing the Curriculum     

Jim Doherty  Margaret Travers 《Educational studies》1984,10(3):195-208

This paper describes a two‐part investigation into how teachers perceive the curriculum. In the primary stage, teachers were asked to assess how much freedom they felt they should have to determine the content of what they taught in their own classrooms, and how much freedom they fell they actually had, in this respect. A sample of 196 teachers, from varied schools and teaching backgrounds, took part. It was found that there was a very definite tendency to take a ‘middle way’ between total freedom and total constraint, in both cases. By and large, these teachers seemed to feel that they should have some freedom to determine what they taught in their own classrooms, but that there should be restraints as well. The general lack of discrepancy between what the teachers wanted, and what they felt they had, seemed to indicate that the great majority of the teachers were happy with the situation as they perceived it.

The same sample of 196 teachers was then asked to assess thirty varied potential influences, in terms of their power to shape the content of what they themselves taught in their own classroom. These potential influences included LEA advisers, parents, school governors, national educational associations etc. A factor analysis of the ratings made by the respondents showed that they regarded EXTERNAL‐PROFESSIONAL influences as the most important of all. This category included such influences as local colleges, and universities, national reports (such as the Warnock Report), professional journals and articles, local teachers’ centres, LEA advisory personnel, H.M. Inspectorate, etc. Four other types of influence were seen as important, but the EXTERNAL‐PROFESSIONAL category was seen as the most important by far. It was concluded that teachers’ perceptions of the influences which they felt shaped their curricula were positive and optimistic.  相似文献   

Primary pupils' and teachers' use of computers at home and school     

Colette Murphy  Jim Beggs 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2003,34(1):79-83

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VOICES OF DISAFFECTED PUPILS: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE   总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3  

Kathryn Riley  Jim Docking 《British Journal of Educational Studies》2004,52(2):166-179

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The Role of Co‐Ordinator of School‐Focused In‐Service Education     

Jim Cumming 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》1985,13(1):1-10

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PROPHETIC EPIDEICTIC RHETORIC: POETIC EDUCATION BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL     

Jim Garrison 《Educational theory》2003,53(2):221-241

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The 1989 Research Selectivity Exercise: A Statistical Analysis of Differences in Research Rating between Universities at the Cost Centre Level   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Jill Johnes  Jim Taylor 《Higher Education Quarterly》1992,46(1):67-87

This paper reviews the outcomes of the 1988/9 UFC research selectivity exercise and uses these as a basis for recommendations to those undertaking the 1992/3 exercise. Attention is drawn to disparities between subjects which may result in inefficient allocations at institutional level. Of eight factors incorporated into a statistical model only size of cost centre is consistently associated with research selectively score. The only other variable that influences an individual cost centre's score in the majority of subject areas is that institution's score in other subjects - thus suggesting a 'halo' effect. Surprisingly, research expenditure per member of staff is not strongly associated with reseach selectively rating.  相似文献   

A new path to literature     

Agee  Jim 《TechTrends》2003,47(4):5-8

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A Reply on Behalf of the Relativist to Mark Mason's Justification of Universal Ethical Principles     

Jim  Mackenzie 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2007,39(6):657-675

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