Risk,trust and knowledge networks in farmers’ learning

This study reports on New Zealand dairy farmers’ access to and use of information as mediated through conditions of risk and trust within the context of their interpersonal social networks. We located participants’ reports of their information use within their perceived environments of trust and risk, following Giddens's [1990. The consequences of modernity. Polity Press, Stanford, CA] typology of trust and risk in pre-modernity and modernity. The research participants were constant users of interpersonal and print information from numerous sources, and monitored their incoming data in the light of strategic needs, reflecting their roles as both farming practitioners and business owners. Socio-spatial knowledge networks (SSKNs) combine individuals’ explanatory cognitive models of information acquisition and use with a micro-geographical analysis of their interpersonal networks. The participants showed characteristics of pre-modern, modern and even post-modern society in respect of their use of complex interactional forms, as well as a blending of individualistic and communitarian practices and concerns in their professional and personal lives.     

民俗传统的认同与复归--对当前"民俗热"的思考

民俗热与我国申奥成功、加入WTO以及经济建设取得空前成就有关.国人的凝聚力增强了,引起了传统文化的缅怀.全球经济一体化,必然带来文化的整合,民俗热正是对异化的抗争.弘扬传统文化不能急功近利,要调整理念,关注民生,深入田野,创建中国民俗学派.     

《读书人是幸福人》说课设计

说课,是检验教师教学基本功的手段之一,它不同于一般的发言稿和课堂教学,它要求说者比较系统地介绍自己的教学设计及其理论依据(包括大纲依据、课程标准依据、教学法依据、教育学和心理学依据等),而不是宣讲教案,也不是浓缩课堂。它的核心在于说理,在于说清为什么要这样教,用什么理论来支持教学,说课的重点在于教学重点和教学难点的突破上。说案不同于教案。     

深圳经济发展的战略分析

本文对深圳经济后１５年发展具有长远意义的战略因素和战略措施进行分析和评论，并就经济发展的指导思想定位作了简要探讨。     

网络时代高校“两课”教学模式的变革

随着互联网的出现,传统的高校“两课”教学模式受到了挑战,教学环境从单一到多样,教学过程从机械、被动到灵活、主动,教学组织形式从封闭到开放。“两课”教师应与时俱进,适应新的变革。     

区域经济理论与青海经济协调发展

区域经济理论是一种新兴的经济理论,它通过区域经济的协调发展推动整个经济的腾飞,缩小地区间的发展差异,达到共同富裕的目标。文章以区域经济理论为指导,对青海经济的发展问题作了阐释,并提出了具体的对策。     

大力发展职业教育 促进地方经济发展

当前,我市正处于由农业主导型经济向工业主导型经济的转型期,各行各业对专业技术人才特别是高层次技能型人才的需求越来越大。我市高等职业教育的任务艰巨,前景广阔。大力发展高等职业教育成为促进地方经济发展的关键。     

An alternative to farmer age as an indicator of life-cycle stage: The case for a farm family age index

In studies of farming, the age of the principal decision-maker (PDM) has been associated with numerous farm structural and managerial features and has been widely accepted as a good indicator of the influence of life-cycle factors on decision-making. As such, it has become an important aspect of many quantitative studies of agricultural change. However, contemporary studies of family farming demonstrate that the concept of a single PDM in family farms is becoming an anachronism as alternative enterprises, pluriactivity and the scale of family farms force more diffuse management/operating systems. This raises questions concerning whether the age of the PDM can still be taken as representative of farm structure, strategy or life-cycle stage? Using a study conducted in the Grampian Mountains region of Scotland in 2003 this note investigates the impact of using an alternative index—compiled by averaging the age of family members working on the farm. It suggests that PDM age is a relatively poor indicator of farm structural and managerial features compared to a family age index and calls for researchers to think about alternative approaches to measuring ‘age’ as an indicator.     

Inside two commercially available statistical expert systems

A decade of research into the applications of artificial intelligence in statistics has finally resulted in the appearance of commercially available statistical expert systems. This paper takes a closer look at two of these systems, which are now commercially available on microcomputers, and shows what knowledge they actually contain and how they operate. It is concluded that although the technology and concepts that drive these systems could still benefit from further improvement, the real challenge lies in defining and constructing the statistical knowledge and strategy that should be incorporated and in presenting the results to the user's full advantage.     

渝西经济走廊县域产业结构:一些发现及解释

应用对应分析方法对渝西经济走廊各区市县的三次产业结构进行了实证研究,分析了该经济区产业结构及发展水平的县域差异,同时发现该经济区三次产业结构总体上呈"三足鼎立"的均衡格局,据此提出了调整产业结构、促进工业化与城镇化协同发展的四大策略:结构趋异、产业集群、人口聚集和商贸拓展。