「民工子弟学校」 ――上海における「民工」子女教育問題

出稼ぎ農民が多く集まる中国の大都市で、1990年代半ばごろから「民工子弟学校」と呼ばれる小学校が出現している。農民の都市での出稼ぎが長期化する中、家族を呼び寄せて長期的に都市に滞在する出稼ぎ労働者が増えてきたことによる。既存の教育制度の下では戸籍地を離れた学齢児童・生徒は実質的に義務教育を受ける機会を保障されない。「民工子弟学校」はそうした子供たちに教育を受けさせるための、児童の保護者や地方の教員による自発的な取り組みであり、その後地方政府のちに中央政府によって制度化され始めている。論文では筆者のフィールドワークを元に学校の創設から制度化の過程を、中国の二元社会構造を揺るがす変化として考察する。

Changing local elite selection in Thailand : emergence of new local government presidents after direct elections and their capabilities

Before rural local government units were established in Thailand, reform debates within the country faced a crucial issue: Candidates at the rural sub-district levels might adopt electioneering methods such as vote buying and the patronage system of the local political and economic elite, the methods that had been used in the national elections. In fact, the results of the 2006 survey in this paper, which followed the introduction of direct elections in rural local government units in 2003, contrast with the result anticipated during the debates on political reform. The preliminary data of the survey shows that the decentralization process and the introduction of the direct election system in the rural areas had some effect in changing the selection process of the local elite in Thailand.

SAP-Related Education - Status-Quo and Experience

Integrating Enterprise Systems solutions in the curriculum of not only universities but all types of institutes of higher learning has been a major challenge for nearly ten years. Enterprise Systems education is surprisingly well documented in a number of papers on Information Systems education. However, most publications in this area report on the individual experiences of an institution or an academic. This paper focuses on the most popular Enterprise System - SAP - and summarizes the outcomes of a global survey on the status quo of SAP-related education. Based on feedback of 305 lecturers and more than 700 students, it reports on the main factors of Enterprise Systems education including, critical success factors, alternative hosting models, and students’ perceptions. The results show among others an overall increasing interest in advanced SAP solutions and international collaboration, and a high satisfaction with the concept of using Application Hosting Centers.