The Advantages and Disadvantages of Assessment in Higher Vocational Education

Assessment is always considered to be an important component in the field of higher vocational education.It serves the purpose of evaluating students’achievement and supporting learning and teaching.Assessment plays a key role by relating the in structional activities to increase students’capabilities.The purpose aims to consider the notion of assessment as a prerequisite and will attempt to explore certain strengths and weaknesses of assessment associated with higher vocational education.Some different types and techniques of assessment in higher vocational education alongside their advantages and disadvantages will also be ex plored.

Cloud Computing at a Cross Road: Quality and Risks in Higher Education

The key determinants of cloud computing provide a convincing argument for HEIs and its stakeholders to adopt the innovation. These benefits reflect the essential quality characteristics of the cloud, such as Broad network Access;Measured Service;On-demand Self-Service;Rapid Elasticity;and Resource Pooling. However, there are also risks associated with the cloud, leading to non-adoption, such as Confidence, Privacy, Security, Surety and Trust. Understanding the impact of these factors can support multiple stakeholders, such as students, lecturers, senior managers and admins in their adoptive decision of CC in their respected institutions. Using the Multiview 3 (MV3) methodology, a research model was proposed to explore the key qualities and risks that determine the adoption or non-adoption of CC by UK HEIs from multiple perspectives. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted on 32 University stakeholders across 2 UK Universities. The findings suggest that security, privacy and trust are the key determinants to non-adoption as participants felt that the cloud cannot fully guarantee the safeguarding of sensitive information. Determinants to cloud adoption include improving relationships between students and teachers via collaborative tools, in addition to proposing cloud apps for mobile devices for accessing virtual learning materials and email securely off-campus. In conclusion, University stakeholders are still at a cross-road when it comes to cloud adoption, but future advances of the cloud may help to steer their decision to adopt this innovative technology given its overwhelming potential.

Preventing Behavioral-Risks Incidence among School Children: The Role of School-Based Health Promotion Program

This article addresses the important role school health education program can play in reducing youth risky behaviors that lead to incarceration, diseases and fatalities or that impact their academic performance in school. Children growing up are at risks of exposure to different behaviors and common social influences which if unchecked result in unexpected health consequences common among youth in America today. According to US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the six leading behaviors that cause death, disability, and social problems among American children are: unintentional injuries and violence, alcohol and drug use, tobacco use, unhealthy diets, inadequate physical activities, and sexual behaviors and diseases. This article shows that school health program: 1) can provide the foundation for children to learn desired healthy behaviors in order to preserve life, 2) protects the future of children and that of the nation, 3) can teach students skills to recognize risky behaviors and resist them, 4) can boost community efforts to achieve desired health behaviors, 5) closes socio-economic gaps that interfere with basic nurturing of children, and 6) finally links local stakeholders as partners in promoting community safety. Through review of literature, the authors found that it costs ($588) daily or (214,620) annually to incarcerate a juvenile and only $75 daily for the cost of individualized community-based services. The cost to New York is over $900,000, yet does not address the causative issues. The authors recommend that schools teach comprehensive school health from kindergarten to grade 12 and employ health educators to support teachers teach health promotion and education.

Operations of school health program assessment at selected secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area,Benin City,Nigeria

Background:School health program(SHP)is the most cost-effective investment a nation can make to simultaneously improve education and health conditions of her citizen.In spite of this,the adoption of SHP in developing countries is still below set standard.Therefore,this study assesses the operations of SHP in secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area(LGA),Benin City,Nigeria.Materials and Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted with accidental sampling method to select 56 school health teachers from secondary schools in Egor LGA.A self-structured instrument was used to collect data based on the research objectives.Data collected were analyzed using percentages,means,and standard deviation.Results:This study showed that despite high level of the program awareness,the actualization of its objective was found to be poor,and this was found to be related with the lack of government support,lack of needed personnel and materials,lack of effective supervision of the program and inappropriate funding.Conclusion:In-service training on SHP should be provided to enhance the skills needed for implementation of SHP.The government should provide needed materials and equipment and employ competent health personnel to take charge of the school health services,and other policymakers should mobilize and strengthen SHP and education activities at the state.

Problems and Countermeasures of Education Management in Changzhou Liuguojun Higher Vocational and Technical College from the Perspective of Motivation Theory

At present,higher vocational education is facing various problems and deficiencies.One of the most significant problems is that the learning motivation of higher vocational school students is lacking,and they are uncertain about personal life choices and career planning,which leads to a gap in the relationship between learning and personal development as well as a lack of motivation in their learning behavior.As a result,the quality of higher vocational education is affected.The application of motivation theory in higher vocational education management can solve these issues.This study mainly analyzes and investigates the connotation and function of motivation theory,the significance of applying motivation theory in higher vocational education management,the existing challenges,and the implementation path,in hope to explore a new path for the application of motivation theory in higher vocational education management.

A Meta-Analysis on Higher-Risk Sexual Behavior of Women in 28 Third World Countries

Background: Previous reports on sexual behaviours and risks of HIV infection in relation to socioeconomic status of women were contradictory. The purpose of this study was to determine the consistency of risky sexual behaviour among women with regard to their age, residence, educational level and wealth index. Methods: Subgroup and pooled meta-analysis was done on risky sexual behaviour and HIV prevalence of women aged 15 - 49 years using the recent Demographic and Health Surveys data (DHS 2003-2009) from 28 countries in and outside Africa. Pooled and individual countries odds ratios were calculated using Mantel-Haenszel (M-H) statistical method. Random effect analytic model was applied since there was significant heterogeneity among surveys (I2 > 50%). Sensitivity analysis was also done to examine the effect of outliers. Results: Out of 207,776 women reported to have sex within 12 months prior to the respective surveys, 36,530 (17.6%) were practicing higher-risk sex. Risky sexual behavior was found to have statistically significant association with women living in urban areas, attained secondary and above education and owned middle to highest wealth index. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated the stability of the pooled odds ratios for outliers. Better education attainment, high wealth index and being employed were also associated with high HIV prevalence. Conclusion: This analysis has shown the high prevalence of higher-risk sexual behaviour and high HIV infection among wealthier and better educated women regardless of geographic location of the selected low to middle income countries. Further study is required to establish how and why being good in socioeconomic status associated with risky sexual behaviour.

Risk factors in dropping out of nursing studies

School failure is a worrying phenomenon of the educational system that affects most sectors of the education regarding parents, teachers and students and covers education at all levels, from basic education levels to higher levels. One of the levels where there is a high incidence of this problem is in university education, where dropout rates at university are between 25% and 50% in the early formative years. Therefore, it is considered that this phenomenon of school failure and dropout must be addressed and treated from all support systems and services that merge at school, because there are many interests involved not only in the student who fails himself, but also in society in general. The objective of this survey is finding out the effects of anxiety and personal problems in ULPGC nursing students and the consequences that can bring in their academic performance. The results obtained show direct influence of variables such as attendance, studies organization, disappointment feelings, approaching dropout and others, however the hypotheses that were not met differentially, offer us relevant information, for better understanding and making decisions to prevent school failure at university.

From Students and Lecturers’Perspectives of New On-Line Web-Based Simulation Tools as Power Electronics Facilities Launching Surveys for Assessment Stage

The forthcoming European Higher Education Area has implied an important change in the teaching/learning process:it is necessary to get students more involved as well as to promote their independence and active participation.Furthermore,Information and Communication Technology is progressively including greater spaces in human beings’life,as economics,arts,engineering and education,among others fields.Therefore,a web tool,based on a content management system,has been developed to teach the Power Electronics subject.Moreover,the use of these multimedia tools makes it possible to encourage students’independence.This developed educational software is necessary as an important resource in the students’teaching/learning process.Therefore,the importance of evaluation models increases in as much as the application of these instruments allows its effective evaluation.It offers a greater guarantee of its use in these environments from the students’point of view.An evaluation process,by means of several surveys for students and lecturers,is used in order to evaluate the quality of these multimedia interactive tools.The results demonstrate that the use of this web tool increases students’motivation significantly.

Application of Diagnostic and Formative Assessment in College English Teaching

This report attempts to look into assessment in higher education in the UK and in Chi- na.The focus of analysis is comparison of the current state of diagnostic and formative assess- ment in the UK and in China.Also the report discusses how diagnostic and formative assessment policy or practice in the UK can be applied to China in English teaching in higher education.Fi- nally,a plan of action for 12 months about the application of diagnostic and formative assessment in College English teaching is made.

科教融汇视域下高职教育校企协同创新治理的逻辑与路径研究

教育、科技、人才“三位一体”重要论述为科教融汇视域下高职教育校企协同创新治理提供了政策基础与现实依据。高职教育校企协同创新实践中呈现出校企主体功能效益差异、管理权力运行向度单一、利益平衡机制缺失等问题表征,实际上是由于协同创新价值认同缺失、权力分配失衡、利益共享不均衡等治理不足所致。外溢性的公共价值达成、异质性的多元主体协同及柔性的网络化秩序建立共同构成了高职教育校企协同创新治理的逻辑。结合实践案例分析,校企协同创新治理现代化应通过建立“产科教”融合的治理价值理念、保障协同创新治理主体话语权、建立协同创新治理机制、构建基于自组织的协同创新场域等路径推进。

高职创新创业学院的结构定位与功能实现

依据结构功能主义理论,创新创业学院作为高职院校内部的一个基层组织结构,兼具二级学院和行政管理部门的双重结构身份,兼具创新创业教育和创新创业管理的双重基本功能。创新创业教育功能主要表现为会同相关职能部门和二级学院开展创新创业课程教学、创新创业培训、创新创业教育实践和创新创业教育研究。创新创业管理功能主要表现为整体规划和设计创新创业教育、统筹管理和整合创新创业教育资源、组织创新创业竞赛和孵化管理创新创业项目。为实现双重基本功能,应积极完善创新创业教育和管理的结构架构,全面整合创新创业教育资源,大力推进创新创业教育模式改革创新,建立健全创新创业教育生态链。

我国高中教师评价素养现状调查研究

评价素养是教师专业能力的重要组成部分。本研究构建了涵盖评价理念、评价知识和评价技能三个一级指标的教师评价素养框架,依据框架制定了《高中教师评价素养调查问卷》,开展全国性调查并收集有效问卷7213份。调查数据分析结果显示:当前我国高中教师评价素养整体表现较好,评价理念显著优于评价技能,评价知识相对薄弱,三者之间存在显著正相关;教师对自身的评价素养有较强的发展需求;影响高中教师评价素养水平的主要因素有评价素养价值认同、性别、地区、学校层次等。研究还提出了相关建议以期推动高中教师评价素养稳步提升。

真实问题导向下高校教学科研服务一体化办学机制研究——基于系统耦合理论的视角

在教育领域综合改革不断深化的背景下,如何充分履行人才培养、科学研究、社会服务的三大重要职能,打造三者深度融合、协同联动、集约高效的办学机制,以此提升高校办学水平,是高校面临的重要问题,也是难题。文章以辽宁大学实施的社会现实场景真实问题贯通的人才培养、科学研究、社会服务一体化办学机制为研究案例,运用系统论和系统耦合理论,遵循“要素-结构-功能”的逻辑,从理论与实践两个层面对大学这一系统进行分析,揭示出真实问题导向下高校办学机制的价值意蕴、内涵要义、运行机理及实践逻辑,为高校办学特别是国家教育科技人才“三位一体”发展提供理论支撑与实践借鉴。

阿联酋高等教育在地国际化研究

高等教育在地国际化是全球化时代各国培养国际人才的创新性实践模式。处于经济转型期的阿联酋,为满足大量外籍人员接受高等教育的需求、促进高等教育机会性别平等、打造技术劳动力型区域教育枢纽,积极推进高等教育在地国际化。阿联酋通过吸引世界知名大学设立分校,引进国外优质教育资源,促进了其高等教育质量和国际知名度的提高,也提升了学生的国际化水平,推动了经济的发展及转型,但也存在着境外分校对阿联酋本土文化形成冲击、对境外分校的质量监管不到位等问题。借鉴其经验,我国中外合作办学的优化和在地国际化的推进,需要进一步完善对中外合作大学的质量监管体系、正确处理好国际化与本土化之间的关系。