GIS certification has been a contentious issue amongst geo-technology professionals for years. Many arguments have been advanced for it, the chief one being that certification is the only way through which a true GIS ...GIS certification has been a contentious issue amongst geo-technology professionals for years. Many arguments have been advanced for it, the chief one being that certification is the only way through which a true GIS professional can be defined for the consumer public. There have been counter arguments, for example that certification will limit the widespread adoption of GIS technology, which is just a tool that anybody should be free to apply, or that it will only add another layer of regulation in a global political environment that favours increased de-regulation. The objective of this paper is to create greater awareness about GIS certification, which doesn’t exist yet in many countries, including some developed ones. Such increased awareness may encourage the standardization of GIS personnel qualifications, which could underpin a better, more dependable growth of the GIS industry, especially in the developing countries. Through analysis of key existing literature on the subject, plus the author’s own professional experiences, the paper explores the issues around GIS certification, looks at global trends on the issue and discusses the situation in the Kenyan GIS industry in respect of certification. The paper finds that there is a global move towards certification, and the relevant work of ISO has given the issue international attention. However, the paper also finds that the presence of a strong GIS professional association greatly assists in the development of a program for such certification, and that the lack of such an association makes it difficult to succeed.展开更多
Professional certification for students of educational majors provides a crucial guideline for the cultivation of teachers.The cornerstone of development for local normal universities is to uphold the characteristics ...Professional certification for students of educational majors provides a crucial guideline for the cultivation of teachers.The cornerstone of development for local normal universities is to uphold the characteristics of teacher education and highlight the history and tradition of teacher education,because the level of teacher vocational skills of students in normal universities has a direct impact on faculty strength of basic education.Consequently,based on an analysis of necessity and feasibility of teacher vocational skill training for students in normal universities amid the professional certification for students of educational majors in a new era,four approaches are proposed in this article as follows:(1)upholding the characteristics of cultivation of students of educational majors while optimizing curriculum planning;(2)innovating training methods for better guiding capacity;(3)coordinating training management for guaranteed education quality;(4)improving performance evaluation mechanism for a training path towards an assessment system.展开更多
Professional certification is an important way to promote professional construction and the quality of personnel training.Undergraduate thesis is an important part of comprehensive training for agricultural students,a...Professional certification is an important way to promote professional construction and the quality of personnel training.Undergraduate thesis is an important part of comprehensive training for agricultural students,and it is also one of the"prescribed actions"of professional certification examination.Based on the perspective of professional certification,taking the graduation thesis of Agronomy Major of Southwest University in recent five years as an example,this paper analyzes the reasons for the gap between the quality of graduation thesis and professional certification standards,and puts forward six paths to improve the quality of graduation thesis of agricultural undergraduates,such as more independent topic selection,more diversified forms,multilink submission materials online,relaxed time,and adding graduation thesis index We should guide the project,link up the construction of professional core courses,build a"learning community between teachers and students".展开更多
This article discusses the connotation of the evaluation of educational literacy of physics students in normal universities,provides the evaluation criteria for students’teaching ability,improves the evaluation compo...This article discusses the connotation of the evaluation of educational literacy of physics students in normal universities,provides the evaluation criteria for students’teaching ability,improves the evaluation composition of educational literacy of physics students in normal universities,and provides the score distribution of the 10 items in educational literacy,in hope to improve the training quality of university students.展开更多
文摘GIS certification has been a contentious issue amongst geo-technology professionals for years. Many arguments have been advanced for it, the chief one being that certification is the only way through which a true GIS professional can be defined for the consumer public. There have been counter arguments, for example that certification will limit the widespread adoption of GIS technology, which is just a tool that anybody should be free to apply, or that it will only add another layer of regulation in a global political environment that favours increased de-regulation. The objective of this paper is to create greater awareness about GIS certification, which doesn’t exist yet in many countries, including some developed ones. Such increased awareness may encourage the standardization of GIS personnel qualifications, which could underpin a better, more dependable growth of the GIS industry, especially in the developing countries. Through analysis of key existing literature on the subject, plus the author’s own professional experiences, the paper explores the issues around GIS certification, looks at global trends on the issue and discusses the situation in the Kenyan GIS industry in respect of certification. The paper finds that there is a global move towards certification, and the relevant work of ISO has given the issue international attention. However, the paper also finds that the presence of a strong GIS professional association greatly assists in the development of a program for such certification, and that the lack of such an association makes it difficult to succeed.
基金This paper is sponsored by Jiangxi Provincial Research Project for Teaching Reform of Higher-educational Institutions:A Research on Vocational Criteria,Training and Assessment for Students of educational majors against a Backdrop of Professional Certification forStudents of educational majors—A Case Study of Nanchang Normal University(project number:JXJG-18-23-7)Jiangxi Provincial Research Projects for Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher-educational Institutions:A Research on the training path towards the cultivation of undergraduates of educational majors—A Case Study of Nanchang Normal University(project number:JY18231).
文摘Professional certification for students of educational majors provides a crucial guideline for the cultivation of teachers.The cornerstone of development for local normal universities is to uphold the characteristics of teacher education and highlight the history and tradition of teacher education,because the level of teacher vocational skills of students in normal universities has a direct impact on faculty strength of basic education.Consequently,based on an analysis of necessity and feasibility of teacher vocational skill training for students in normal universities amid the professional certification for students of educational majors in a new era,four approaches are proposed in this article as follows:(1)upholding the characteristics of cultivation of students of educational majors while optimizing curriculum planning;(2)innovating training methods for better guiding capacity;(3)coordinating training management for guaranteed education quality;(4)improving performance evaluation mechanism for a training path towards an assessment system.
基金This paper is the research results of the key project of education and teaching reform of Southwest University(Project No.:2020jy050),the research project of Chongqing higher education and teaching reform in 2019(193033),and the first batch of major special projects of Southwest University(2019zdjy001)。
文摘Professional certification is an important way to promote professional construction and the quality of personnel training.Undergraduate thesis is an important part of comprehensive training for agricultural students,and it is also one of the"prescribed actions"of professional certification examination.Based on the perspective of professional certification,taking the graduation thesis of Agronomy Major of Southwest University in recent five years as an example,this paper analyzes the reasons for the gap between the quality of graduation thesis and professional certification standards,and puts forward six paths to improve the quality of graduation thesis of agricultural undergraduates,such as more independent topic selection,more diversified forms,multilink submission materials online,relaxed time,and adding graduation thesis index We should guide the project,link up the construction of professional core courses,build a"learning community between teachers and students".
基金The Research Project of“Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Mode of Science and Engineering College Students”(Project Number:XJYT201703).
文摘This article discusses the connotation of the evaluation of educational literacy of physics students in normal universities,provides the evaluation criteria for students’teaching ability,improves the evaluation composition of educational literacy of physics students in normal universities,and provides the score distribution of the 10 items in educational literacy,in hope to improve the training quality of university students.
