Enacting reflective and deliberative practices in action research

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We consider action research as a form of deliberative policy analysis. This analysis explores a “reconstruction clinic” in which stakeholders and public officials engaged memories, hopes and obligations as they sought to resolve controversies over details of policy implementation. We ask how institutional design shaped participants’ reflective and deliberative progress. Reflection in action can prompt not only changes in cognitive frames, but new behavioural capacities for action. Deliberative practices can shape new relationships between parties through the work of apology, recognition, appreciation, and emergent collaboration.     

A qualitative study on participants’ perceptions of child development accounts in Korea

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In 2007, Korea implemented Child Development Accounts (CDAs) for institutionalised children in child welfare systems. Since then, the target group and a matching cap of CDAs in Korea have evolved. The target group expanded to include poor children receiving welfare, whereas the matching cap increased from KRW 30,000 (US$26.53) to KRW 40,000 (US$35.38), which is matched at a 1:1 rate. Despite the expansion, there is little empirical evidence examining the extent to which CDAs have influenced the life of participants. Using a content analysis method with a sample (N = 22), this study examines how CDAs have changed children’s mindsets, saving habits, education, future planning and sponsorship. The findings suggest that CDAs have multiple positive influences on children. This study concludes with policy implications for the inclusive and progressive development of CDAs in Korea.     

Policy Space: What,for What,and Where?

This article examines how developing countries can use, and enlarge, existing policy space, without opting out of international commitments. It argues that: (i) a meaningful context for policy space must extend beyond trade policy and include macroeconomic and exchange‐rate policies that will achieve developmental goals more effectively; (ii) policy space depends not only on international rules but also on the impact of international market conditions and policy decisions taken in other countries on the effectiveness of national policy instruments; and (iii) international integration affects policy space through several factors that pull in opposite directions; whether it increases or reduces policy space differs by country and type of integration.     

论美国高等教育评价的由来与发展

美国高等教育评价源远流长，大致经历了七个时期。研究美国高等教育评价的发展过程及其每个时期各自的特点，对于发展我国高等教育评价的理论与实践有重要的借鉴意义。     

换个视角看庄子人生观的积极一面

庄子的人生观是中国古代人生观的一个重要组成部分,从古至今影响了很多人,包括那些对中国的历史和文化作出过重大贡献的人.尽管如此,人们总是认为庄子的人生观是消极的.作者从人生观几个主要方面的问题着手,对庄子的人生观进行了一定的研究,认为庄子重视人在宇宙中的地位,具有人生的理想和目标,并提出了达到其理想和目标的方法,要求人们努力去实行.所以,庄子的人生观并非只是消极.     

略论中等职业教育数学教学改革

中职数学课程采用的是以前中专数学教材，其教学内容已不适应当前中职的人才培养目标，迫切需要我们进行教学内容和教学方法的改革，以构建体现中职教育特点的数学课程新体系．     

论国民文明行为的缺失及对策

提高国民的文明行为水平是提高国民素质、建设社会主义精神文明的基础,是落实科学发展观、构建和谐社会的重要保证。影响国民文明行为的原因是多方面的,要改变这一现状必须结合中国现代化建设的实际情况,采取有效的方法、措施,进一步引导国民形成良好的文明行为习惯,为构建和谐社会铺平道路。     

毛泽东社会主义发展观述评

建国后毛泽东对我国采取什么样的社会主义发展观进行了长期不懈的探索和大量的研究论证,突出表现在对发展目标、发展模式、发展阶段、发展速度、发展动力六个方面的探索和论证。探索和论证期间虽然经历了许多挫折甚至是错误,但这些探索对我国的社会主义建设起到巨大的指导作用和实际意义,吾试图对此进行细致的梳理和辩证的述评,以其为当今我国努力践行科学发展观提供一个必要的历史依据。     

世界农业发展的主要模式、路径及其启示

对比世界不同国家的农业政策,结合不断改变的各种客观因素,对世界农业主要发展模式做了总结和归类;在此基础上,从中国农业发展的现状着手,提出了转变农业发展观念,实现我国农业和新农村发展的多种模式等提高我国农业发展能力的建议。     

农业产业化龙头企业可持续发展战略研究——基于郑州市农业龙头企业发展的分析

农业产业化龙头企业发展到现在,迫切需要建立起自己的发展战略体系,以指导企业未来的经营与发展,使企业更好地适应越来越严峻的竞争形势。通过对郑州市农业龙头企业可持续发展问题的分析,提出我国农业产业化龙头企业可持续发展的战略。