Life at a Teaching University

Many new political science faculty at teaching universities are recent PhD recipients, and are coming to these institutions from research-oriented universities. There are considerable differences between the training for graduate students received at research universities and the expectations for faculty at teaching universities. This essay reflects on the author’s first year at a teaching university and offers six themes that may assist other new faculty in the transition from life as a graduate student at a research institution to life as an assistant professor at a teaching university.     

也谈大学生的就业教育

始自1999年的高校扩招,历经近十年的高速增长,我国的高等教育逐渐显露出“就业危机”。面对严峻的就业形势,加强高校的就业教育,使学生主动适应社会需求和就业环境,是高等教育的一个重要组成部分。     

Teaching Party Systems: A Culinary Demonstration

Abstract

Duverger’s Law—the principle that first-past-the-post systems tend to promote two major political parties while proportional representation systems tend to promote multipartism—is a commonly taught topic in introductory and some upper-level political science courses across subfields. However, it also contains concepts that are difficult for undergraduate students to grasp, particularly those who are unfamiliar with other electoral systems. In partial response to these concerns, this article introduces a memorable in-class demonstration that utilizes food items to illustrate the logic behind Duverger’s Law. The demonstration serves as a flexible blend between lecture-oriented and active learning techniques, and can be adapted to teach other topics—such as directional and proximity models of voting, the Median Voter Theorem, and other topics in rational choice theory. Preliminary evidence presented suggests that students enjoy the demonstration, remember the concepts, and perform better on assessments related to the topic. The article concludes by challenging political science educators to develop and share more demonstration-type activities, which are commonly used in STEM and other fields.     

我国大学生体育权利保障浅析

我国大学生体育权利,在实现过程中存在诸多制约因素,主要有来自学校方面的如设施不足、重视不够、没有有效的权利保障申诉机制和来自社会的支持不够等因素,也受学生自身因素如体育权利意识淡薄、参与效度不高及经济条件欠佳的制约。维护好大学生正当合理的体育权利,需要合理配置体育活动场地与器材,努力增强学生行使体育权利的观念与能力,并建立健全学生体育权利的保障与申诉机制。     

Building Political Participation: The Role of Family Policy and Political Science Courses

This mixed-methods study examined the long-term associations between two kinds of politics courses—required political science courses and required family policy courses—and the political participation, knowledge, skill, efficacy, and politically engaged identity of child and family studies alumni. Two special cases were examined: those who remembered their required political science and policy courses compared with the other groups. Additionally, open-ended responses were coded and analyzed. Together, the quantitative and qualitative data suggest that college courses impacted alumni political awareness in college but political awareness did not translate as strongly into later political participation as previous literature has assumed. Findings highlight the importance of postcollege personal connections and work experience in shaping political participation. Educators and researchers should consider this complex relationship between what students learn in college and what they may later experience in adulthood when developing curriculum for students who are not political science majors.     

法学本科实践教学的反思与深化路径

传统的法学本科教学模式在教学目录中列有实践教学课程,但是,来自于司法实务界和社会实践的反馈表明,法学本科重理论说教、轻实践操作运用的教学模式培养出的法学本科生大多都难以适应国家法治建设和经济建设发展的需要。面对新世纪国家法治建设和经济全球化的现实,本文认为,高等学校法学院应当转变传统的教学模式,进一步深化和完善法学本科实践教学机制,以培养符合时代需求的应用型法律人才。     

论大学生信息素质教育

本文提出大学生信息素质教育的主要内容是信息意识教育和信息能力教育,作者认为大学生信息素质教育是高校素质教育的有机组成部分,应纳入到学校的教育规划当中。     

地方本科院校通识教育课程建设几点思考

通识教育着眼于培养全面发展的人,而当前通识教育中,存在着课程目标定位不明确、思想认识不到位、课程质量不高,开设不平衡、师资力量薄弱、课程研究不足等问题。针对上述问题,积极推进通识教育改革,期待逐步建立起具有可操作性的通识教育体系,并且能为其他院校提供必要的参考。     

本科物流应用型人才培养的校企联合模式研究

本科物流应用型人才的培养需要兼顾理论教学和实践，形成有别于专科和研究生层面的体系。单纯的理论教学、实践。及二者的简单综合均无法适应本科物流应用型人才培养要求。校企联合是满足本科物流应用型人才培养的有效模式。     

应用型本科院校的误读与重构

进入新世纪以来,大学生创新精神与实践能力受到社会的广泛关注,本科高校不断加大应用型人才培养力度,但本科应用型人才培养研究还处于探索阶段,应用型本科院校存在着观念误读与理论缺失,需要转换思路,通过着力打造应用型专业,增加应用型人才供给。