Speed Mentoring in Teaching and Learning: Young people with experience of the care system mentor social work students

The value of listening and talking to young people with experience of the care system has been recognised as a vital and positive contribution to social work students' learning. A model of co-production was used to develop a series of speed mentoring events whereby social work students placed in local authority children and family settings were mentored by young people with experience of the care system. This tentative review of this small-scale project shares the authors' critical reflections on the value and reliability of this model, for evaluating the outcomes of co-productive mentoring relationships between young people and social work students. The reversal of the power dynamic between student and service user contributed to the unsettling of assumptions about each other and empathy for each other's role. The student authors reflect on learning about the child's experience that has influenced their practice. The mentor authors welcomed the opportunity to participate in the development of ‘young people friendly’ social workers. Suggestions are made as to how this model could be developed to contribute to a more systematic approach to the role of service users in mentoring, advising and contributing to the supervision process of students and social workers.     

论刘光蕡的“因时变学”思想

刘光蕡直面近代中国的现状,在深刻的国情认识、强烈的爱国情感和深远的民族忧患意识的促使下,比照西学,对儒学进行了深刻的反思,发现儒学尤其是宋明以来的儒学自身存在务虚的不足,从而提出了“因时变学”的儒学改造主张。他提出的“因时变学”命题有具体的内涵和形成过程,并有其形成的理论依据和现实根据。     

A Statistical Framework for Hypothesis Testing in Real Data Comparison Studies

In computational sciences, including computational statistics, machine learning, and bioinformatics, it is often claimed in articles presenting new supervised learning methods that the new method performs better than existing methods on real data, for instance in terms of error rate. However, these claims are often not based on proper statistical tests and, even if such tests are performed, the tested hypothesis is not clearly defined and poor attention is devoted to the Type I and Type II errors. In the present article, we aim to fill this gap by providing a proper statistical framework for hypothesis tests that compare the performances of supervised learning methods based on several real datasets with unknown underlying distributions. After giving a statistical interpretation of ad hoc tests commonly performed by computational researchers, we devote special attention to power issues and outline a simple method of determining the number of datasets to be included in a comparison study to reach an adequate power. These methods are illustrated through three comparison studies from the literature and an exemplary benchmarking study using gene expression microarray data. All our results can be reproduced using R codes and datasets available from the companion website http://www.ibe.med.uni-muenchen.de/organisation/mitarbeiter/020_professuren/boulesteix/compstud2013.     

The Challenges in Developing an Online Applied Statistics Program: Lessons Learned at Penn State University

Numerous professional fields have an increasing need for individuals trained in statistics and other quantitative analysis techniques. Today there exists great potential to fulfill this need by providing opportunities through online learning. However, to provide a high-quality education for returning adult professionals seeking advanced degrees in applied statistics online, many challenges need to be overcome. Based on our experience developing Penn State University’s online program in applied statistics, we discuss the evolution of the program’s curriculum, recruitment and development of online faculty, and meeting the requirements of students as important areas that require consideration in the development of an online program. We also highlight program evaluation strategies employed to ensure innovation and improvement in online education as cornerstones to a program’s success.     

大学英语教学中的合作学习

本文指出在大学英语教学中应采取切实措施,提高学生合作学习的有效性。     

试论高等学校的创业教育

创业教育是一种新的素质教育理念 ,在高校开展创业教育不仅是知识经济时代对高等教育发展的必然要求 ,而且也有助于推进高等教育的改革和解决社会就业问题。高等学校的创业教育应从转变教育观念、创新人才培养模式、强化实践环节及营造校园文化氛围等方面入手 ,才能达到预期的效果     

创建学习型政府组织的困境与挑战

根据学习型组织的基本要求,考虑政府组织的特性和现实状况,提出了政府组织在创建学习型政府组织的过程中面临的六项具体困境与挑战,以期引起有关政府组织的重视,促进学习型政府组织创建活动的顺利进行。     

论基于内在结构整合的企业核心竞争力培育机理

企业核心竞争力是由企业文化力、学习力、创新力三者有机结合形成的竞争优势的能量源。核心竞争力的层级结构、核心竞争力层级的核化结构、核心竞争力结构的整合,是核心竞争力培育思想的依据。企业可以通过两个培育阶段的闭合循环即基础循环和提升循环,使核心竞争力的三个层级———企业文化力、企业学习力、企业创新力得到动态培育,同时,企业还要将三个层级及其内部要素进行整合。     

新形势下坚持党的先进性的科学抉择

在新时期 ,我们应正确认识无产阶级政党的先进性与党员成份之间的科学关系 ;明确吸收新的社会阶层中的优秀分子入党是建设有中国特色社会主义伟大事业的必然要求 ;有利于进一步巩固党的工人阶级先锋队性质。