男女羞羞视频在线观看,国产精品黄色免费,麻豆91在线视频,美女被羞羞免费软件下载,国产的一级片,亚洲熟色妇,天天操夜夜摸,一区二区三区在线电影

Op-Ed Contributors

The importance of quality education

By Sally Thomas (China Daily)
Updated: 2010-07-15 07:41
Large Medium Small

Education and academic quality can mean different things to different people, depending on their perspective, role and context and, in part because of this, quality is notoriously difficult to evaluate. The question of how to do this has been pursued for many years.

Nevertheless, the goal of improving educational quality is agreed by all and stimulated further by the recent worldwide economic downturn and the need to counteract the impact of the crisis on economic growth and prepare for economic recovery.

In the UK, the quality of academic research is evaluated through a detailed and rigorous system of peer review, evidence of culture and esteem. And it has been rightly, in my view, proposed that the impact of research be evaluated. These evaluation systems, though not perfect, have enhanced the reputation of the UK's research quality. In academic journal publishing, the need for reliable peer review systems, especially blind peer review, to improve the quality of publications cannot be overstated.

In contrast, journal articles not properly peer-reviewed in China may not include one or more of the key elements of quality research such as introducing the background literature and context of the research, outlining clearly the research aims, methodology and findings, and providing conclusions based on rigorous and systematic analysis of the evidence and recognition of different theoretical perspectives.

It is not only the number of journal articles produced that is important, the quality of research is crucial too. Implementing rigorous blind peer review where it is not practised is one way of enhancing journal quality, although not an ideal way, given it is still potentially open to subjective opinion. Moreover, high quality research should be published only for reasons of universal benefit.

Apart from improving journal quality, another way to enhance educational and academic quality, identified by policymakers, practitioners and researchers across all key policy areas including science, technology, health and education, is to develop more widely the capacity to conduct high quality research.

International collaborative research is an important way of achieving this aim. For example one such collaboration is being conducted by China National Institute for Educational research and the University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education, UK, with financial support from UKaid.

The project is investigating the complex nature of schools' effectiveness in China and how local context may play a key role in determining definitions of educational effectiveness and quality. We (University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education) aim to provide new insights into the impact of student characteristics, school context and process factors on students' attainment and progress in school using innovative quantitative methodology (multilevel modeling) and the relevance of these factors in the evaluation of schools' performance in China.

A further collaborative project aims to investigate the nature and extent of teachers' professional development and learning in China as well as the relevance of professional learning communities in Chinese schools. The projects seek to provide empirical data to enhance understanding of teachers' development and learning and how these aspects relate to schools' effectiveness and improvement of the education level in China.

   Previous Page 1 2 Next Page  

主站蜘蛛池模板: 千阳县| 巩义市| 大姚县| 炉霍县| 清丰县| 黄梅县| 方城县| 林口县| 乌恰县| 定远县| 黄大仙区| 大渡口区| 碌曲县| 北碚区| 海晏县| 津南区| 梨树县| 卫辉市| 武宣县| 武清区| 保定市| 高碑店市| 南陵县| 罗源县| 云和县| 定日县| 阆中市| 盘山县| 城步| 南丹县| 大埔县| 拜泉县| 屏山县| 鞍山市| 始兴县| 呼和浩特市| 新闻| 南宫市| 喀喇沁旗| 遂昌县| 双流县| 利津县| 黎川县| 讷河市| 板桥市| 米易县| 兰考县| 青田县| 岗巴县| 淳安县| 南皮县| 恩施市| 祁连县| 招远市| 成安县| 临朐县| 锦屏县| 天祝| 德清县| 定陶县| 镇坪县| 民丰县| 库尔勒市| 且末县| 新营市| 营山县| 牡丹江市| 昭苏县| 兴国县| 开化县| 格尔木市| 盐边县| 宁安市| 涟源市| 富裕县| 聂荣县| 霞浦县| 曲水县| 台北县| 喀喇沁旗| 达拉特旗| 上虞市|