Widening participation on early childhood studies and early years education degrees     

《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2012,36(2):207-217

This paper describes an evaluation of a joint project in 2001 between Sheffield Hallam University, regional further education (FE) colleges and the Building Pathways team. The project's purpose was to develop clear progression routes into higher education (HE) for FE students studying on Advanced Diploma, Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma courses in childcare and education. The work reported here represents the first part of the evaluation and seeks to illuminate some of the key factors involved in translating principles and objectives associated with widening participation into reality. The main aims of this evaluation were to review the process by which a set of widening participation agreements were reached, to identify key factors for success and to ascertain any issues arising from and during the process itself. The evaluation also sought to elicit information from respondents concerning possible future strategies to further develop the agreed progression routes. The second phase of the evaluation (2002–2003) will focus on the student experience and seek to understand factors that enable or hinder the success of those students who take advantage of these routes. The paper is set in the context of national widening participation policy developments since 1997, with FE and university responses to these developments relating to early childhood studies and early years education degrees. The paper discusses factors, identified by participants in the project, that facilitated or hindered attempts to widen and improve access for regional FE students onto the HE early years provision at Sheffield Hallam University.  相似文献   

The Perceived Role of Diploma Examinations in Alberta,Canada     

《The Journal of educational research》2012,105(1):21-36

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived uses of diploma examination results by Alberta, Canada, high school teachers and to replicate and extend D. Loerke's (1993) study. Classroom teachers and school-based administrators (N = 414) across Alberta took part in the research questionnaire developed to measure the variables under study. Findings indicate that classroom instruction has improved as a result of the reimplementation of diploma examinations, concerns about the reduction of teacher autonomy as a result of diploma examinations persist, study participants lacked the professional training necessary to make the most of the available student assessment information, and the perceived uses of diploma examination results have changed since the Loerke study. These findings have the potential to contribute to changes in teacher assessment practices in Alberta regarding appropriate use of standardized test results as a measure of student learning.  相似文献   

成人高等教育“学历+技能”人才培养模式研究     

郑珊飞 《宁波大学学报(教育科学版)》2012,(2):113-115

成人高等教育人才培养是其改革的突破口,培养适合社会需要的"知识能力型"人才是成人高等教育改革的目的追求。本文分析我国成人高等教育体制、教育对象和教育资源,论述了成人高等教育"学历+技能"人才培养的背景、具体内容,重点就创新专业(课程)体系、创建"双师型"教师队伍、创设数字化教育平台,提出了实现成人高等教育"学历+技能"人才培养的具体路径。  相似文献   

高职院校“双证”互通课程模式现状浅析(一)——以泉州经贸职业技术学院为例     

郭宇立 《佳木斯教育学院学报》2012,(1):158-158

培养高等职业技术应用型人才是高职院校人才培养的最终目标,但是我国很多高职院校的发展现状却背离了这一目标,成为了"专科教育的翻版、本科教育的压缩"①。高职院校要突出自己的特色,就必须对课程模式进行改革和创新。"双证"互通课程模式是高职院校实现其职业技术应用型人才培养模式的有效途径之一,本文以泉州经贸职业技术学院为研究对象,实际考察"双证"互通课程模式在我国高职院校的实行现状及存在问题,并尝试提出对策与建议。  相似文献   

顺德职业技术学院“专升本”考生考试动机调查与思考——以2012年“专插本”考生为例     

罗丹  黄少平 《顺德职业技术学院学报》2012,10(2):42-46,53

对顺德职业技术学院2012年"专插本"考生考试动机的调查显示,综合素质提升而非学历提升是考生报考"专插本"的主要目的;考生们的学习动机强度一般;过于强调"专插本"考试对学生现阶段的学习和学校教育可能产生一定的负面影响;时间成本和经济费用是影响学生继续"专插本"学习的主要因素。这些意味着,要妥善利用"专插本"形式培养社会急需的高级技术应用型人才,需要科学合理地设计升本后的人才培养方案,同时更好地激发学生接受职业技术教育的兴趣和积极性。此外,从长远来看,"专插本"教育应突破分段式,走向一贯制,方可更有利于高级技术应用型人才的培养。  相似文献   

基于“BEC”的教学改革研究——以浙江工贸职业技术学院为例     

乔宝玲 《浙江工贸职业技术学院学报》2012,12(1):18-20

在“以用为本”的人才培养思想指导下,服务并支撑“一本多证”规格的教学改革日渐成为高职教育的关注重点。本文结合商务英语资格考试（“BEC”）,就如何融入课程和教学进行了系列改革实验,佐证了“证”“课”结合的必要性和可行性。  相似文献   

成人高等教育学籍学历电子注册的实践与完善措施探讨——以无锡商业职业技术学院实施情况为例     

朱丹霞 《职业技术》2012,(4):123-124

学籍学历电子注册工作是成人高等教育学籍管理工作的重要内容。本文详细叙述了学籍电子注册在成人高等教育学籍管理中的重要意义,在此基础上,根据无锡商业职业技术学院对在校成人教育学生学籍异动管理和学历即时电子注册工作的实践经验,提出了完善成人高等教育学籍学历电子注册工作的措施,以提高学籍管理工作效率,更好地提升社会服务功能,服务于成人教育的学生。  相似文献   

关于战士学员本科学历教育的几点思考     

孔令兰  李斌 《高等教育研究学报》2012,(2):18-20

战士学员相比青年学员部队经验比较丰富、军事素质较好,但文化基础相对较差、自主学习能力较低、学习心态错综复杂,导致其教育引导任务加重、公共课程教学压力增大、专业课程教学要求更高。从招生源头上把好质量,优化课程体系结构,调整实践教学比重,强化奖惩激励机制,有利于进一步提高战士学员本科学习教育质量。  相似文献   

基于双向安全认证的银企互联系统     

林祝春 《南通职业大学学报》2012,26(3):97-100

银企互联系统为企业财务决策提供了准确、实时和全面的信息支持,而来自互联网的信息安全威胁是银企互联系统中要解决的关键问题。文章通过对身份认证、数字签名、数字摘要以及加密技术的研究,着重阐述了银企互联系统中双向安全认证的一种解决方案,以保证银企交互数据的安全性。  相似文献   

打造成人学历教育高效课堂的探索     

常双 《大连教育学院学报》2012,(2):57-58

成人学历教育是顺应社会在职人员继续教育的需要而产生的教育形式,由于多方面的客观因素影响,成人学历教育的教学效果普遍偏低。针对这种情况,应深入研究收效明显的授课方式,以提高成人学历教育的专业质量与水平。  相似文献