Quality enhancement for accountability and transformation: A framework for the future     

Robin Middlehurst 《Tertiary Education and Management》2013,19(1):15-24

This paper examines the performance of Thai public universities in terms of efficiency, using a non‐parametric approach called data envelopment analysis. Two efficiency models, the teaching efficiency model and the research efficiency model, are developed and the analysis is conducted at the faculty level. Further statistical analyses are also performed to examine the difference in performance between two types of public universities, namely the government universities and the autonomous universities. Then, the differences in efficiency between university locations and types of faculties are examined. The results indicate that the autonomous universities outperform the government universities in terms of research efficiency. In addition, the universities in provincial areas and the faculties in the health science group are efficient in terms of teaching. Recommendations are also provided for the university administrators to improve the performance of public universities in Thailand.  相似文献   

The electronic mirror and emotional growth     

Robin Luth 《Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties》2013,18(4):251-264

Abstract

The article examines the use of information and communication technology to enhance the educational achievement of a group of students evidencing a variety of EBD in a mainstream school setting. It is believed that ICT will have just as important a part to play in the education of students with EBD as it will with other sensory or physical special educational needs. The article examines within-child factors which make a cognitive-behavioural approach potentially powerful. It suggests that ICT can enhance the educational experience of EBD pupils if careful attention is paid to the creation of a therapeutic teaching environment and the interaction of the student/curriculum and teacher/student interfaces. The article discusses the implementation of an integrated learning system in an inner London comprehensive school and its effects on those pupils presenting with emotionally disordered learning difficulties.  相似文献   

A case for ubiquitous,integrated computing in teacher education     

Robin H. Kay  Liesel Knaack 《Technology, Pedagogy and Education》2013,22(3):391-412

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an integrated, laptop-based approach on pre-service teachers' computer attitudes, ability and use. Pre-post program analysis revealed significant differences in behavioural attitudes and perceived control (self-efficacy), but not in affective and cognitive attitudes. In addition, there was a significant improvement in all 10 computer ability areas (operating systems, communication, World Wide Web, word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics, multimedia, web page design, and programming). Finally, pre-service teachers used laptop computers significantly more in a university setting than in their field placements  相似文献   

Teaching at the border of despair and hope: supporting the education of non‐traditional working class student teachers     

Robin Mello 《International Journal of Research & Method in Education》2013,36(2):263-285

This study focuses on a group of working class adult students' experiences and reactions to their encounters during a foundational series of university courses required of all preprofessional education students. It finds that sharing stressful events and personal information during analytical discussions led to the development of a collegial learning community and added to participants' respect for difference and diversity. The study also finds that these non‐traditional undergraduates viewed their own academic learning experience, as well as their role as college students, through a standpoint of struggle and distress. However, their future professional goal, being a teacher, was defined from an opposite point of view. Education and learning as a profession was viewed as a liberating experience, a way out of poverty and other stressful conditions. The dissonance between these two perspectives is explored from a variety of theoretical perspectives and the discussion ends with a call for more inclusive and flexible university programs that support working class and non‐traditional students' perspectives and needs.  相似文献   

Hazard and Outrage: Developing a Psychometric Instrument in the Aftermath of Katrina     

Kenneth A. Lachlan  Patric R. Spence 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(1):109-123

This article details the development of a psychometric instrument measuring the constructs of hazard and outrage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The study focused on the interplay of perceived hazard and outrage in relation to evacuation from the New Orleans area, with specific attention to demographic differences. Perceptions of hazard and outrage during Katrina served to illustrate the utility of the scale in examining these responses across different demographic groups. Possible ways that this information can be used to design messages that alert audiences to hazards, yet successfully address the need for outrage, emerged from the study.  相似文献   

Narrative approaches to raising consciousness about sexual harassment: From research to pedagogy and back again     

Robin Patric Clair  Pamela A. Chapman  Adrianne W. Kunkel 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(4):241-259

In this paper we discuss narrative from both a theoretical and pedagogical perspective. After briefly reviewing the theoretical possibilities of narrative for addressing the problem of sexual harassment, we discuss how feminist pedagogy both draws from and advances our notions of narrative. We then focus on three forms of narrative as they are used to raise consciousness concerning the issue of sexual harassment. The three specific approaches include: (1) the personal narrative, (2) the case study, and (3) the interactive narrative or collective story. After providing illustrations of these three approaches as they are used in academic settings, we explore the possibility that utilizing these approaches might provide heuristic tools for the classroom instructor, useful strategies for the workplace practitioner, and insight into the theoretical exploration of sexual harassment.  相似文献   

Data Mashups as Collection Management Tools     

Robin Paynter 《资料收集管理》2013,38(1):68-72

Mashups in end-user library applications are burgeoning, while staff-side applications are just beginning to come into their own. Collection management mashups are discussed here, with special emphasis on the development of the new mashup version of the Core Psychology Journals list.  相似文献   

Emerging Issues in Academic Library Cataloging & Technical Services     

Kevin Clair 《Cataloging & classification quarterly》2013,51(4):428-430

This article responds to Jonathan Tuttle's article “The Aphasia of Modern Subject Access” in which Roman Jakobson's semiology of “shared codes” consisting of preexisting signs is offered as the explanation for two redundant linguistic tools associated with cataloging: LCSH and LCC. The article criticizes Tuttle's terminology, his semiology, and his argument that selection and combination are both necessary for the operation of language but each are associated with only one of these tools.

“The Aphasia of Modern Subject Access” by Jonathan Tuttle appears in Cataloging &; Classification Quarterly, Vol. 50, Issue 4, 2012, pp. 263—275. doi: 10.1080/01639374.2011.641199. Jonathan Tuttle's “Jakobsonian Library Science? A Response to David Bade” appears in Cataloging &; Classification Quarterly, Vol. 51, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 439—440. doi: 10.1080/01639374.2013.763321.  相似文献   

The Million Book Project in Relation to Google     

Gloriana St. Clair 《图书馆管理杂志》2013,53(1-2):151-163

ABSTRACT

This paper updates three ongoing book scanning projects (Google Book Search, the Million Book Project, and the Open Content Alliance), discusses the changing paradigm for authority in scholarly work, and reflects on the barrier of copyright and how it might be overcome.  相似文献   

Repositioning Reference: New Methods and New Services for a New Age,by Laura Saunders,Lillian Rozaklis,and Eileen G. Abels     

Robin Sabo 《Medical reference services quarterly》2013,32(4):469-470

  相似文献