提高物理教学质量培养高级技能人才

为培养高技能、创新型人才,提高物理教学质量,需要教师在教学思想、教学方法、教学手段、考试导向等各个方面进行必要的改革。     

Development of Undergraduate Students’ Professional Skills

The development of engineering students’ professional skills has gained considerable national attention from Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the National Academy of Engineering, ASCE, and other constituents. There is little debate that these professional skills are necessary. Engineering programs have tried many approaches to develop these skills in the undergraduate programs. Colorado State University (CSU) has developed a new approach modeled on the type of professional development that occurs in the professional environment. This new Professional Learning Institute (PLI) provides students with a broad array of workshops, presentations, and experiential opportunities addressing the areas of cross cultural communication and teamwork, innovation, leadership, ethics, and public service. This program introduces students to the concept of professional development through required extracurricular activities, includes minimum requirements along with requirements to earn certificates in specialty areas for motivated students. The majority of offerings in the PLI are presented by leaders from the engineering profession who have teamed with CSU to provide high quality programs for our students.     

Evaluation of curriculum to improve health professionals’ ability to manage age-related driving impairments

As our elderly population increases in proportion with respect to the rest of society, age-related driving impairments are increasing in importance as a public health concern. In this context, health professionals play an important role in identifying impaired drivers. This situation is complicated for two reasons: discussion of driving cessation is a sensitive topic for both health professionals and the elderly, and physicians have limited familiarity with the current American Medical Association (AMA) screening guidelines or mandated reporting laws.     

全球化趋势下我国建筑师职业实践所面临的挑战——国际建协职业实践委员会发展历史沿革及建筑实践职业主义推荐国际标准

本文介绍了国际建协（UIA）职业实践委员会（UIA-PPC）的发展历史沿革，并对建筑实践的职业主义推荐国际标准的主要内容及各版本修订要点进行了比较研究。作者以国际建协职业实践委员会（UIA-PPC）联席主席的视角，介绍了委员会的工作动向，并结合目前国际建筑职业实践的发展对我国建筑职业实践的现状及全球化趋势下我国建筑师职业实践所面临挑战的关键点进行了论述。     

关于职校生职业生涯设计教育的实践与研究

职业生涯是一个人一生的职业经历和发展道路。职业生涯设计是根据经济社会发展和个人发展需要,结合外部环境和本人实际,制定未来职业生涯的发展规划。本文探讨了如何对职校生进行职业生涯设计教育,给出了方法和结论。     

地方高校建筑学专业教育教学改革的探索

该文从高等教育发展方向着手,分析目前建筑教育存在的问题,根据社会对建筑学人才的需求,并有针对性地对建筑学专业的教育模式、教学理念、课程设置、教学方法等方面进行改革,紧跟国际先进高等教育的思想,不断探索,以适应社会的需求。     

The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) in the era of evidence-based practice.

Professional psychology has increasingly moved toward evidence-based practice. However, instruments used to assess psychologists seeking licensure, such as the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP), have received relatively little empirical scrutiny. Therefore, the authors evaluated the available evidence in support of the EPPP’s validity and current use as a core component of professional licensure. Although the EPPP has in many ways been extensively evaluated, there is a paucity of criterion, predictive, and incremental validity evidence available. Further, several aspects of the content validation studies were examined, and the authors question whether the EPPP, as currently constructed, can meet its stated goals. Given that the EPPP is a high-stakes examination and given the authors’ best estimate (based on a sample of 16 states) that 35% of applicants fail the examination, it is recommended that the EPPP be more extensively evaluated. An outline of major decision points in this proposed evaluation process is provided, several suggestions for further research are proposed, and the field is encouraged to discuss these issues further. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

城市笔记之九：夜谭录

本文是针对加拿大著名建筑师谭秉荣建筑作品及立场的一篇颇为个人化综述。文章通过介绍谭秉荣建筑师事务所的几个小故事凸现了谭秉荣先生对”建筑师”这个职业的诠释和拓展。     

The awareness and practice of value management by South African consulting engineers: Preliminary research survey findings

The awareness of value management (VM) and the nature and extent of its practice by professional civil, electrical and mechanical engineers in the South African construction industry are investigated using a web-based, online questionnaire survey as the first part of a more extensive investigation. A primary objective of the early study is to test the UK-based assertion of Kelly et al. [Kelly, J., Male, S., Graham, D., 2004. Value Management of Construction Projects. Blackwell, Oxford] that VM is an established service with commonly understood tools, techniques and styles. The survey findings suggest that, while awareness of VM is reasonably prevalent among South African engineers, its practice is considerably less extensive. Where VM is undertaken, almost no attempt is made to benchmark VM activities against international standards nor does its use appear to conform to any standard methodology. Engineers prefer other ways of delivering value to projects, and do not generally employ VM to facilitate the client briefing process. The findings are important given the increasing globalization of construction services, especially given the international ties between designers, project managers and other professionals. Professional engineering associations in South Africa should adopt a proactive role in promoting the use of VM by engineers, possibly through continuing professional development programmes.     

Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice.

The Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice is intended to recognize outstanding independent practitioners in psychology. Nominations are considered for psychologists working in any area of clinical specialization, health services provision, or consulting, for services provided to any patient population or professional clientele in an independent setting. Services provided to diverse client groups or patient populations, including but not limited to children/adolescents/adults/older adults, urban/rural/frontier populations, minority populations, and persons with serious mental illness, are considered. The 2009 recipient of the award is Jeffrey E. Barnett. Included here are a citation, biography, and selected bibliography of Barnett's works, along with his paper, entitled "The complete practitioner: Still a work in progress," a version of which was presented at the American Psychological Association's annual convention. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)