TEACHING SCIENCE IN HOME ECONOMICS: CAN SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH HELP?

In 1979 the first students were enrolled in the B.Sc. degree course in Home Economics at Newcastle Polytechnic. The development of the Year I course in chemistry is outlined and the reasons for the use of a modified Keller Plan approach to teaching the 1982 intake are explained. The implementation of the revised approach is described, and its effectiveness discussed.     

A REPORT ON THE INTEGRATION OF A UNIT OF DESIGN STUDIES INTO ADVANCED COURSES IN HOME ECONOMICS.

The content of a unit of Design Studies which has been produced for a degree course in Home Economics is outlined and an exercise in three dimensional problem solving is described. The potential of the contribution of Design Education to the development of the modern home economist and consumer is discussed, and the case for an integrated and central role for design studies in Home Economics Courses is presented.     

HOME MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE COURSES IN THE U.S.

The formats and learning experiences employed in home management experience courses in U.S. colleges and universities have increased greatly in diversity in the past decade. Many resident courses have been terminated and replaced with nonresident courses, while others continue to be taught in non-traditional formats. The overall objective of this study is the assessment of home management experience course formats and learning activities in 1979–80. Other aspects of experience courses such as types of residences used, instructors, and majors for whom the courses are required, are also described. Current questions regarding the choice of experience course format and objectives are discussed.     

Learning Community or Community-Minded Learning Group? A Case Study of an Online Course

ABSTRACT

This paper looks at the notion of community within online teaching and learning, in particular within that of online discussion. It offers a review of conceptions of community across different settings and considers that an online learning community should show spirit, trust, interaction, and learning. The notion of community is then explored within a case study of a Masters level online course on action research taught at a distance from a public University in USA. This course encouraged practitioners with different roles in education to begin action research projects to develop their professional practice. A multimethod approach was taken to explore the actions and perceptions of course participants. Findings are organised around the four elements of spirit, trust, interaction, and learning with each element described and elaborated in the context of the study. It is suggested that there were elements of community within the course but interaction was limited by time and course requirements. It is further suggested that the course better illustrates the idea of a community-minded practitioner learning group, rather than a community, and the strengths and weaknesses of this characterisation are set out.     

A Team-Taught Course in Business Ethics & its Synthesizing Capstone Assignment

This article describes a course in Business Ethics, team-taught by a professor of philosophy and a professor of business administration. Written by the philosopher, it focuses on the philosophical materials of the course. It details the use of primary sources, but with a very practical aim: the extraction of a Moral Decision-Procedure, a step-by-step way of applying abstract philosophy to ethical issues in business. Three philosophical assignments are described, leading to the capstone assignment, which is designed to integrate the philosophical material of the course with the practice of business. The capstone assignment has the format of business problem analysis. Ethical issues are raised, and addressed, in language appropriate to business. However, in a series of footnotes keyed to those discussions, the ethical issues are examined more fully, with heavy reliance upon primary sources in philosophy.     

B2C环境下网上沟通过程中卖方对顾客感知价值的影响——以网购手机为例

近年来关于顾客感知价值的研究越来越多,网购顾客感知价值研究成为新热点。学者们对B2C环境下顾客感知价值结构维度进行了很多有意义的研究,但是鲜有学者从卖方影响的角度来研究顾客感知价值。本文结合B2C环境下网上的沟通过程,以网购手机为例,提出直接顾客感知价值和间接顾客感知价值这一对定义,在途径一目的理论框架下,应用二阶验证性因子分析对间接顾客感知价值的结构维度进行了验证,得出结论认为间接顾客感知价值由质量维度、情绪维度、价格维度、社会维度四个维度构成。最后提出卖方应在沟通过程中可以着重从质量维度、情绪维度、价格维度来影响顾客,以实现提升顾客感知价值的建议。     

The Influence of Business Ethics Education on Moral Efficacy,Moral Meaningfulness,and Moral Courage: A Quasi-experimental Study

The research described here contributes to the extant empirical research on business ethics education by examining outcomes drawn from the literature on positive organizational scholarship (POS). The general research question explored is whether a course on ethical decision-making in business could positively influence students’ confidence in their abilities to handle ethical problems at work (i.e., moral efficacy), boost the relative importance of ethics in their work lives (i.e., moral meaningfulness), and encourage them to be more courageous in raising ethical problems at work even if it is unpopular (i.e., moral courage). Specifically, the study used a rigorous quasi-experimental pretest–posttest research design with a treatment (N = 30) and control group (N = 30) to investigate whether a graduate-level course in business ethics could influence students’ levels of moral efficacy, meaningfulness, and courage. Findings revealed that participants in the business ethics treatment course experienced significant positive increases in each of the three outcome variables as compared to the control group. The largest increase was in moral efficacy, followed by moral courage, and finally, moral meaningfulness. These findings are discussed in the context of the current research on business ethics education and POS. Implications for future research are discussed.     

Teaching information technology alongside business analytics: Case study

Business analytics can be described as the statistical analysis of data to make decisions and meaningful conclusions. As the demand to advance the curriculum of undergraduate business education increases, courses in business analytics aim to provide students with fundamental skills in critical thinking. Educators have found that spreadsheet applications that include statistical features are easy to use and facilitate student learning. The authors analyzed student performance in an introductory business analytics course that used Microsoft Excel as a statistical tool by comparing scores from this introductory course with those from an information technology course in which only Excel skills were learned.     

直升机载雷达侦察系统目标定位精度分析

本文介绍了直升机载侦察雷达对目标的定位原理和定位过程,分析了定位过程中载机自身定位的方法和坐标转换的过程,并在此基础上给出了影响直升机载侦察雷达对目标定位误差的因素及误差组成。     

PROCESSED FOODS IN PERSPECTIVE: I.

This paper briefly discusses the history of preservation and processing and the author considers the need for preservation. The uses and properties of additives are described and the legal and economic considerations are discussed.     

Multiple student learning objectives in basic business statistics: Strategies,assessment, and recommendations

The basic business statistics course is ideal for incorporating multiple objectives related to program learning goals common at most business schools. Along with quantitative reasoning skills, activities are described that allow the measurement of student outcomes related to oral communication and ethics. Strategies include the hidden curriculum approach, term projects involving real data, class presentations, and an emphasis on the ethical use of statistics. These approaches are implemented across multiple sections over multiple semesters, illustrating the untapped potential of this course for achieving multiple learning goals as well as how results can be used to refine assessment methods and improve instruction.     

国有商业银行改革的当务之急

当前国有独资商业银行改制的关键所在是如何将国有独资商业银行建成“真正”的商业银行 ,而要成为“真正”的商业银行就要进行一系列的改造。本文通过探讨银行改革问题解决的可行对策 ,指出国有商业银行的改革当务之急是要处置不良资产、扩大经营范围 ,从而提高经济效益 ,迎接挑战。     

煤间接液化技术现状及其经济性分析

煤间接液化技术比较成熟并已得到大规模商业化运营。介绍了煤间接液化技术发展历程，详细论述了Sasol、Mobil MTG、Shell SMDS三种典型间接液化工艺，概述了反应器研究进展，对煤间接液化的技术经济性进行了分析，提出了我国煤间接液化技术发展建议。     

浅析基于工作过程为导向的室内人体工程学课程开发与实践

文章分析了改革中职学校家具专业室内人体工程学课程的必要性，阐述了课程培养目标和课程设计的基本思路。从课程的内容设计，课程的教学组织和课程考核方案等方面阐述了课程开发和实践的具体做法和思路，以便进一步提高教学效率，增强教学效果，使教学内容、方法、手段也能与时俱进。     

IMPLEMENTING A PROFESSIONAL ON-CAMPUS WORK EXPERIENCE FOR CLOTHING AND TEXTILE STUDENTS

A Clothing and Textile course is described which provided a transition from classroom education to the world of work, improved students’ interpersonal skills and assisted in helping women students establish identities as professional people. In addition, the experience described demonstrates how concepts and skills from a large number of other courses are integrated when a specific real-life clothing problem must be solved. Through an on-campus experience, twenty-eight jackets for the Washington State University Men's Ski Team were designed and produced. Students were organized into a design team and a management team. The design team designed the jacket to meet the requirements of the ski team, made the the patterns, fitted the basic shells, reworked the pattern, wrote the assembly instructions and determined the most efficient layout. The management team investigated and purchased the materials and equipment needed, including a Babylock serger, determined jacket cost, organized and conducted meetings with the clients, and wrote the contract. All students participated in the construction of the jackets, a process organized as a factory assembly line. Students were enthusiastic about this practical opportunity to apply design and management principles and the chance to work with others towards a common goal. The approach used with this class is applicable to numerous functional clothing design problems.     

MODIFIED STARCHES IN FOODS

The properties and uses of modified starches are reviewed and preparative methods outlined. Legislation covering the use of modified starches in foods is briefly discussed together with the toxicity and digestibility of these starches. Some analytical techniques used for modified starches are described. Although modified starches have been in use in the food industry for some time and this use is increasing with increase in convenience foods, information about these compounds in food science textbooks is limited and more detailed material is dispersed throughout technical reviews and research papers. This paper attempts to summarize the information available.     

临近空间飞行器自动防撞技术探讨

在分析机载平台空中防撞系统的发展历程和技术特点的基础上，提出了在临近空间飞行器上采用自动防撞技术。对所提出的自动防撞技术的基本功能、主要技术特点以及自动防撞技术的基本工作原理进行了描述，同时，阐述了临近空间飞行器自动防撞技术研究中几个需要解决的关键技术。     

Business Marketing Education: A Distinctive Role in the Undergraduate Curriculum

ABSTRACT

By extending their knowledge of markets beyond the consumer-goods domain, by deepening their understanding of how organizations make buying decisions, by strengthening their grasp of cross-functional processes, and by providing them with decision-making skills in this important area of marketing, the business marketing course makes a special contribution to undergraduates and the undergraduate marketing curriculum. Moreover, the content and focus of the business marketing course are closely tied to important themes that are transforming business practice. This article isolates the distinct contribution of business marketing education and examines important trends that are reshaping this domain. The central knowledge areas that comprise the undergraduate business marketing course are detailed and linked to specific course design strategies that can be pursued to strengthen the skill set of marketing students and respond to the needs of important constituents.     

Teaching Business Strategy for an Emerging Economy

Abstract

An Internet-based simulation about a business in an emerging economy is presented and described as a crucial ingredient for a business strategy course dealing with emerging economies. The development of the course took place in three separate classes where experiments were conducted regarding the key ingredients necessary for a course designed to teach Business Strategies for an Emerging Economy. The simulation, when coupled with today's dominant strategy paradigm, the Resource Based View, appears to yield a course design that attracts students while emphasizing the actual substance which is crucial in such a course.     

A STATE‐CONSTRAINED DIFFERENTIAL GAME ARISING IN OPTIMAL PORTFOLIO LIQUIDATION

We consider n risk‐averse agents who compete for liquidity in an Almgren–Chriss market impact model. Mathematically, this situation can be described by a Nash equilibrium for a certain linear quadratic differential game with state constraints. The state constraints enter the problem as terminal boundary conditions for finite and infinite time horizons. We prove existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibria and give closed‐form solutions in some special cases. We also analyze qualitative properties of the equilibrium strategies and provide corresponding financial interpretations.