Incentives and teacher effort

Few would contest that teachers are a very important determinant of how much students learn in school, and how to improve teacher performance has been the focus of lively policy debate in both rich and poor countries. This paper examines how teacher incentives, both pecuniary and non‐pecuniary, correlate with teacher effort. Using school survey data from Lao PDR, we estimate measures of teacher effort, including the number of hours that teachers spend preparing for classes and teacher provision of private tutoring outside of class hours, which are not the typical measures used in previous research. Estimation results fit well under the standard labour supply framework and indicate that greater teacher effort is associated with non‐pecuniary incentives such as more teacher autonomy over teaching materials and monitoring as measured by the existence of an active parent – teacher association and the ability of school principals to dismiss teachers. Methodologically, this paper provides a detailed derivation of a simultaneous OLS‐probit model with school random effects that can jointly estimate teacher work hours and tutoring provision.     

基于认识论的案例教学法——美国商学院的经验

案例教学是美国商学院重要的教学手段,以建构主义认识论为理论基础。本文以此认识论为基础,致力于探讨美国商学院案例教学中教师与学生的不同角色定位,倡导商学院教育应注重传授缄默知识,并具体分析了美国商学院案例教学对我国的借鉴意义。     

省级节能发电调度试点实践及推广建议

实施节能发电调度是电力行业落实科学发展观的重要举措。介绍了河南、四川两省3年来开展节能发电调度试点工作的情况,总结了开展“上大压小”和节能发电调度在优化电源结构、降低煤耗水平及污染物排放方面取得的显著成果,针对试点中反映出来的问题,对今后进一步开展节能发电调度、推广试点经验,就市场机制建设、可再生能源项目建设、经济补偿政策和电网建设等方面提出了建议。     

物流工程专业条码与自动识别技术CDIO实践教学探讨

《条码与自动识别技术》是物流工程专业涉及数据采集技术的核心课程之一。文中基于CDIO工程教育理念,以工程项目为导向,以行业应用和人才培养为目标,重构《条码与自动识别技术》课程实践教学内容,同时注重理论和实践结合,充分利用特色实践教学拓展学生视野,加强知识实际运用与工程项目实施训练,培养学生工程应用与创新能力。     

检验解放思想的标准是什么——一个基于多学科（主要是经济学）视角的分析

实践是检验解放思想的首要标准,但非唯一标准,首要性是由实践的性质决定的。非唯一性则是由实践标准的高成本和长时滞决定的。检验解放思想的其他标准不仅符合马克思主义的要求．而且能作为实践标准的有益补充,加快检验进程,降低实践标准的成本。     

Disciplining: A question of ethics?

The importance of evaluating a discipline system from an ethical perspective is considered. Disciplinary practices in contemporary organizations are frequently characterized by managers having to choose from among alternative courses of corrective action. Since the selected alternative may have serious consequences for the individuals involved, its rightness or wrongness is of concern. The pattern of these choices reflects the overall disciplinary practice of the organization, and is an issue that warrants attention from an ethical perspective. Basic schools of thought that influence contemporary discipline practices are discussed and suggestions are made for conducting an evaluation of the ethical nature of a discipline system.     

高职高专《信息检索》课教学改革探讨

《信息检索》课是培养学生信息意识和信息获取能力的一门学科。当前,在高职高专教学中,《信息检索》课程存在地位不高,教学方式单一;教学大纲更新慢;教材的学科专业特长不突出,以及课时、课程安排不当等问题。《信息检索》课的教学改革,应从优化教学环境、制定新大纲、编写新教材、改革教学方式等方面进行实施。     

不发达地区新本信息类院系为当地服务问题探索与实践——以三明学院信息工程学院为地方服务为例

本文以三明学院信息工程学院为地方服务为例,较全面地阐述了地处经济不发达地区,地方本科院校信息类二级学院如何面临当地经济不发达,IT产业发展滞后的困难,解放思想,突破专业禁锢,走校企合作、政产学研一体化推进的道路,推进两化融合,为当地服务探索和实践过程和体会。     

高校体育运动环境与氛围建设的构思理念

高校体育运动环境的好坏直接影响到在校学生对体育运动参加的热情和积极性,良好的体育运动环境能够为广大学生营造良好的学校体育氛围,对培养学生对体育的认识以及对终身体育意识的形成非常有利。根据高校体育运动环境与氛围的建设,有助于高校学生更多地参与到体育运动中去。     

新时期高职思想政治理论课教学改革探析

高职院校思想政治理论课教学应根据学科本身的属性,从所任教专业入手,深入社会与企业调研,探讨多学科知识教学方法以解读思政课的理论,把思政课内容与专业学科知识有机整合,予以思政课教学方法定位,侧重培养高职学生的职业技能道德素质和培育对社会秩序、人心秩序的认知理性,坚定社会主义价值信仰。科学构建多学科视角下的高职院校思政课教学方法机制。