摘要:

The assignment offered to the author in 1972 (under the auspices of the UK Ministry for Overseas Development 1972—73) was stated quite simply — “adapt the concept and philosophy of UK sandwich/co-op courses to fit into the structure and organisation of a university in Venezuela.” The work was to be based on the proposals contained in a feasibility study (under the auspices of Unesco February to April 1970) undertaken by him in 1970. The location for the courses was to be Universidad Simon Bolivar, which is situated on 380 hectares in the Valle de Sartenejas some 15 km south of the centre of Caracas, the capital.

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547802

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor

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In the seventeen years since the establishment of New China, the education of engineering universities has been greatly developed. Before the liberation, there were only eighteen engineering colleges in the whole country. Up to 1966, there were 127 established engineering colleges or departments with 315 specialities. There were 240,000 college students, and several thousand graduate students completed their studies. The academic standard of education was close or equal to that of developed countries in the world. At present, these students have become the scientific and technological backbone of production, research and education branches. During the cultural revolution, the education of engineering universities suffered serious damage. The academic standard of education and the level of scientific research dropped sharply. The gap between China and the advanced world level was widened. After the downfall of the Gang of Four, the education at engineering universities gradually recovered. At present, it is undergoing adjustment and consolidation. Based upon the new conditions and the new task of socialist modernization and construction of our country, the education of engineering universities will be reformed steadily on the foundation of the seventeen years practical experience before the cultural revolution, and with reference to the successful experience of foreign engineering education. We should work hard to raise the standard of training of qualified engineers to serve the modernization of agriculture, industry, defence and science and technology.

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547803

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor

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History shows that in the past human learning has been largely successful. Throughout its cultural evolution, humanity has adapted to its environment — successfully if often unconsciously — shaping its surroundings in ways that ensured survival of the species and that gradually increased the well-being of larger and larger numbers of its kind. Some societies thrived by developing their human learning potential, compensating for inhospitable climate, poor geographic location, or a lack of natural resources. Others, even some with great wealth and power, were too slow to learn: unresponsive to impending changes, they disappeared. But on balance, human learning processes viewed at an aggregate global level have been adequate to meet the challenges as they presented themselves.

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547804

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor

摘要:

During the twentieth century, the refounding of mathematics and its establishment as an intellectual entity of high interest [1], as well as the formulation of the theory of relativity and quantum theory, contributed significantly to the revision or discarding of many traditional scientific concepts, methods, and activities. The resulting upheaval has indicated that such a process was not a minor crisis in science, but rather a scientific revolution. The radical transformation of the relevant intellectual configurations, along with other social transformations, contributed to the acceptance, today, of a multi-approach mode — to understand the reality as well as to accept the continuous experimentation with new patterns of thought (paradigms).

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547805

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547806

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0304-3797    

DOI:10.1080/03043798108547807

出版商:Taylor & Francis Group    

年代:1981

数据来源: Taylor