Kernel estimation of a distribution function

A distribution function is estimated by a kernel method with

a poinrwise mean squared error criterion at a point x. Relation- ships between the mean squared error, the point x, the sample size and the required kernel smoothing parazeter are investigated for several distributions treated by Azzaiini (1981). In particular it is noted that at a centre of symmetry or near a mode of the distribution the kernei method breaks down. Point- wise estimation of a distribution function is motivated as a more useful technique than a reference range for preliminary medical diagnosis.     

‘Trapped between two worlds’ – Muslim Palestinian women from Israel in Jordanian universities: new identity and the price it demands

Interviews were held with 12 Muslim Palestinian women from Israel, presently studying in Jordan (6) or who had completed their higher education in Jordan (6). They explained the factors that pushed or pulled them to study in Jordan, the independence that they experienced there, the empowerment they achieved, and the price they paid when they returned to Arab society in Israel. The Arab cultural space in Jordan is defined as both foreign and close, due to its geographical and cultural proximity, and yet its distance from home and patriarchal supervision. The research findings indicate that this situation influences the formation of these women's gender identity and their empowerment but also creates much pain and conflict. The Palestinian women's new identity, formed during their studies, assists them in their efforts to reintegrate and establish their status when they return from their academic studies abroad to their society of origin, Muslim Arab society in Israel.     

Personal identity versus national identity among Hong Kong youths – personal and social education reform after reunification

This paper examines the use of Chinese traditions for the formation of a felt Hong Kong identity and a national identity among students in the personal and social education curriculum before and after reunification with China in 1997. This paper argues that the addition of China elements to the curriculum after reunification contributes to the continuous ambiguous identity of students, which is consistent with the results of various poll surveys about the civic identity of Hong Kong people in a larger context. This is because the personal and social education reform after reunification assumed a simple correlation between the patriotic feelings of students and their knowledge of China. It does not question how the promotion of an intensely unifying ‘cultural identity’ as political commitment is differentiated from the day-to-day ‘cultural experiences’ of students.     

高等教育投资回报率估算：基于西部三个城市的微观数据

本文基于中国西部三个城市,7949个住户的微观数据,利用内生的处理效应模型测算了城市家庭20-35岁青年的高等教育投资回报率。经验研究的结果显示：1. 现阶段青年人的高等教育投资内部报酬率大致在7%左右;按照30年工作时间计算的收入增加现值大约在8万元上下,高等教育使得月收入期望值平均增加80%。高等教育还能够使青年就业的可能性增加8%左右;2. 从性别的视角观察,高等教育对于女性的回报率高于男性,女青年内部报酬率大约在8.3%（男青年7.6%）;就业概率增加15.9%（男青年4%）,每月工资期望值增加122%（男青年67.5%）;3. 如果高等教育的全部花费增加到平均6万元,则从单纯的现金流意义上说,高等教育没有增加收入的价值了。     

论我国高等教育运行机制的过渡与转换

本文认为,我国现阶段的高教运行机制正处于过渡与转换的初始阶段,机制转换的完成需要经历一个较长的过渡时期.为了顺利平稳地完成机制转换,必须构建相应的过渡性目标模式,以此作为从适应产品经济到适应有计划的商品经济的高教运行机制模式转换的中介。因此,今后—个时期高教改革的基本思路就不应只朝一个方向努力,而应以国家职能转变为契机,在国家、社会和学校三方面同时展开,并辅之于教育市场的不断培育和竞争机制的逐步加强。     

大学生厌学现象新探

高校实行扩招以来,我国的高等教育发展很快,大学生在校人数迅速增加,我国的高等教育正处于前所未有的发展势头。但是,高校扩招带来的一个负效应,就是当前在大学生中存在着严重的厌学流行病,它正在严重地影响着高等学校的教学质量,甚至直接影响着我国高素质人才的培养。因此,深刻认识当代大学生厌学现象的严重性和危害性,客观分析当代大学生厌学的种种新诱因,提出解决当代大学生厌学的新对策是当务之急。     

高校“课程思政”研究与实践的四维综述

全国思想政治工作会议以来,理论界对高校“课程思政”的关注度不断提升,并进行了广泛深入的探索,拓展了高校课程 育人的理论与实践研究。对近年来高校“课程思政”的相关文献进行了较为系统的梳理,认为高校“课程思政”已经从注重“思 政课程”建设转变为凸显“课程育人”体系的协同创新,主要从认识论角度分析“课程思政”的内涵本质,从价值论角度阐明“课 程思政”的价值意蕴,从实践论的角度探讨“课程思政”的特色实践,从系统论的角度梳理“课程思政”的多维理路,以期为推进 高校“课程思政”改革提供理论依据和经验借鉴。     

创新教育之我见

当今世界 ,日趋激烈的综合国力的竞争实质上就是民族素质和国民创新能力的竞争 ,而创新教育正是解决该问题的根本途径。本文通过中美教育方式的对比剖析了创新教育的实质——创造性思维 ,并结合实际与个人体会提出了一些创新教育的建议     

试论美术教育对人的素质培养

美术教育不是一门单纯的绘画技能课,而是一门素质教育课。美术教育对学生遭德品格的完善,个性的健康发展,创新精神的培养,有着十分重要的作用。     

高等教育可持续发展的几个问题

可持续发展战略包括社会的全面进步和可持续发展, 教育是实现可持续发展的关键,同时其本身也必须得到可持续发展。本文引入教育生态学的观点,关注高等教育的可持续发展问题,认为教育的生态平衡是高教可持续发展的最关键思想