The Black Enterprise Magazine Ranking of Colleges for African Americans: A Structural Analysis

This paper assesses the Black Enterprise Magazine (BE) ranking of the “top 50 colleges for African Americans,” which it publishes biennially. Its principal objective is to evaluate the statistical consistency in the ranking over the distribution of institutions that compose it. The paper attempts to address two-related questions. Does the BE report provide an unbiased and consistent assessment of the educational value associated with the institutions included in their listing? Is the ranking method internally consistent? Two experiments were used to evaluate the consistency of the BE ranking. First, structural difference in the model used to rank the institutions in the upper and lower half of the distribution is tested. Second, structural difference in the model used to rank HBCU and non-HBCU institutions included in the BE listed ranking is tested. In both cases the null hypothesis of the same structure is rejected.     

Can Findings of Qualitative Research in Education be Generalized?

Most qualitative researchers do not recommend generalization from qualitative studies, as this research is not based on random samples and statistical controls. The objective of this study is to explore the degree to which in-service teachers understand the controversial aspects of generalization in both qualitative and quantitative educational research and as to how this can facilitate problems faced by the teachers in the classroom. The study is based on 83 participants who had registered for a 10-week course on ‘Methodology of Investigation in Education’ as part of their Master’s degree program. The course is based on 11 readings drawing on a philosophy of science perspective (positivism, constructivism, Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos). Course activities included written reports, class room discussions based on participants’ presentations, and written exams. Based on the results obtained it is concluded: (1) almost 91% of the teachers agreed that external generalization in a different social context is feasible; (2) almost 63% of the participants used a fairly inconsistent approach, that is in a theoretical context agreed that qualitative research cannot be generalized and still when asked with respect to the experience of two particular teachers, agreed that generalization was possible; (3) almost 28% of the participants used a consistent approach. Some of the reasons provided by the participants as to why generalization was feasible are discussed. An analogy is drawn with respect to Piaget’s methodology, viz., it was not based on random samples or statistical treatments and still his oeuvre has been generalized (criticisms not withstanding) in both the psychology and educational literature.     

从草根版《学生教育惩戒法》解析教师惩戒权

一部草根版《学生教育惩戒法》反映了当前教师惩戒现状,进而解析教师惩戒权逐步消解的原因,探讨如何正视、解决教师惩戒的两难局面,以有效规避教育中惩戒过度与惩戒消解现象。     

教育理论视域下学前教育专业女生特点及管理策略初探——以高端技术技能人才贯通培养试验项目为例

学前教育专业班级是高端技术技能人才贯通培养试验项目基础教育阶段中一个普通又特殊的存在。作为班级成员几乎全是女生的群体,其在心理、学习和人际关系上有着与其他班级不同的特点。结合实际教学及班主任工作经验,对学前教育专业女生特点进行详细分析,以诺丁斯"关怀教育"理论、自我效能理论和马斯洛需求层次理论为支柱,结合具体实例对女生班级管理策略进行探讨,以期提高学前教育专业女生的综合能力和个人素养,营造良好的班级氛围,打造和谐有爱的班级队伍。     

Gender wage inequality and labour mobility in the hospitality sector

The main aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly we analyse the effects of educational mismatch on workers’ occupational mobility and secondly, we quantify the contribution of educational mismatch and labour mobility on gender wage inequality. The decomposition of the gender wage gap was controlled by different types of gender segregation. We use matched employer-employee data from 302 hotels in Andalusia. The evidence suggests that not only is external mobility far higher than internal mobility in this sector, but also that it is the main cause of wage inequality. The reason for this is the existence of labour discrimination against women, which manifests as a lack of access to labour improvements under the same conditions as men. Educational mismatch has a limited effect on internal and external mobility. Finally, gender discrimination is the overall cause of gender wage inequality and is mainly due to horizontal segregation and external mobility.     

学前教育经费投入水平的地区差异与成因——基于省级数据的实证分析

利用2002~2011年31个省、市、自治区的面板数据测算我国学前教育生均经费地区差异的基尼系数,并对其进行静态和动态分解。结果表明,学前教育三年行动计划的实施对促进学前教育的公平发展起到了一定的作用,但地区差异仍十分突显。根据地区学前教育投入水平差异的形成原因,应加大政府投入,强化教育公平,支持民间投资,完善贫困资助制度。     

Vocational skills in the accounting professional profile: the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) employers' opinion

The increasingly dynamic environment in which accountants work has necessitated a reorientation of accounting education. In some countries this issue has raised great interest amongst accounting educators and practitioners. The ongoing debate has already resulted in the publication of several statements and research papers that have raised the question of the relevance of the role of vocational skills in accounting education. Examples of these vocational skills are communication skills, interpersonal skills, and problem-solving skills. This paper reports on the importance that the employers of management accountants gave to a specified set of vocational skills and capabilities and the level of ability of these skills exhibited by students. In order to prioritize future developments an integrated analysis of the two attributes, importance and exhibited level, is enabled by the use of strategic mapping. The results of this study suggest that the employers perceive deficiencies in several capabilities that they have identified as being quite important. These deficiencies exist, in the employers' opinion, both prior to recruitment and on professional qualification. The research also indicates that, in the opinion of these employers, the development of these skills should be a central concern for universities and professional bodies. The employers also indicated that vocational skills should be attained in an integrated way.     

政府教育支出效益的有限性分析及模型

我国政府教育支出与国民经济发展的速度不相适应 ,应该继续加大对教育的支出 ,改善支出结构。政府教育支出效率要受到政府财力、公共支出政策及国家教育政策目标的约束 ,但无论政府教育支出的效率如何 ,都会产生对社会公共教育需求和社会发展的积极影响。本文在确定政府教育支出所产生效益的指标后 ,用模型分析了政府增加教育支出的效益 ,并进行评价 ,认为当前我国政府应该调整教育政策目标 ,减少高等教育支出比例。     

Which school systems sort weaker students into smaller classes? International evidence

We examine whether the sorting of high- and low-achieving students into classes of different sizes results in a regressive or compensatory pattern of class sizes for 18 national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by subtracting the causal effect of class size on performance from their total correlation. Our empirical results reveal strongly compensatory patterns of sorting within and especially between schools in many countries. Only the United States, which has a decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory where administrators rather than teachers assign students to classrooms.