A Research Into The Optimization And Efficiency Evaluation Of Development Of Teaching Materials Or Agricultural Higher Education

Modern agriculture is technology-dependent and technology-intensive in nature. The process of development for modern agriculture is in essence one of wide-spread application of advanced technology in the field of agriculture as well as one of transforming agriculture with modern technology with the continuous development of new technological inputs. The development of agriculture and agricultural society is an important strategical issue, and it is the central task of agricultural higher education to deliver talents for agricultural development, to end up with significant academic achievement and to provide service. That makes material development the major tache of the improvement of agriculture education. The great value of material development and reformation is vital to striving to develop agricultural higher education and cultivating high-caliber innovative talents specialized in agricultural technology. In light of this, this dissertation selected the topic of"A Research into the Optimization and Efficiency Evaluation of Development of teaching Materials for Agricultural Higher Education"as the object of research, striving to integrate relevant issues on the development of agricultural higher education into a whole with special emphasis on the establishment of the system of teaching materials for agricultural higher education on the macro-level and such aspects as the teaching material development mechanisms and institutional choices for the institutions of higher learning on the micro-level.The previous studies were mainly discussing the universal rules about the contents development and management of regular material, and there is not enough research in agricultural higher education. Based on that, the dissertation endeavor to enrich the theoretical basis for agricultural higher education in China, to explore and form a material development practical application results system which reflects its own characteristics of agricultural education. By giving full play to the foundation station of material development in cultivation of talents, we concentrate on cultivating High-caliber talents.The dissertation begins with a qualitative analysis of the basic concepts and historical evolution of the development of teaching materials for agricultural higher education. At the same time, On the basis of historical retrospect, the dissertation sorts out, summarizes and analyzes the accomplishments, experiences, innovation and drawbacks in the field of teaching material development in different phases. Following that, the dissertation analyses the current situation of the teaching material development for agricultural higher education, with the view that there are still some outstanding problems in this field.The author believes the underlying reason for such problems lies in two aspects: the evaluation method for the development of teaching materials as well as the self-improvement of teaching materials. The dissertation researchs and writes from two aspects: the first is to optimize the system of teaching material quality evaluation, and the second is to employ economic theories of resource allocation and empirical methods to prove the extremely important role of the situation of teaching material development plays in the efficiency of education, and the empirical analysis results of the dissertation and the relevant theories of teaching material development point out the paths of research for the existing problems. At last, the dissertation offer suggestions about the establishment of the system of teaching materials for agricultural higher education on the macro-level and such aspects as the teaching material development mechanisms and institutional choices for the institutions of higher learning on the micro-level.Applying study research method, questionnaire method, comparison method, measurement method, systematically analysis method, philosophical analysis method, and the economic theories of resource allocation and empirical methods. The author combines study research and field research, develops theoretical research and empirical research simultaneously, intergrates qualitative research and quantitative research, collaborates macro research, medium research and micro research, coordinates longitudinal research and cross-sectional research during the research procedure.On the basis of sorting out the past researches and theories on the development of teaching materials for agricultural higher education domestically and internationally, the dissertation begins with a qualitative analysis of the basic concepts and historical evolution of the development of teaching materials for agricultural higher education. It then fully recalls and introduced the history of the development of teaching materials for agricultural higher education since the founding of the People's Republic. Thirdly, the dissertation analyses the current situation of the teaching material development for agricultural higher education, analysing the factors affecting the material development in agricultural higher education. Fourthly, the dissertation optimizes and rebuilds a whole system of quality evaluation indicators for teaching materials for agricultural higher education in close combination with the objectives for cultivating talents and the relevant educational evaluation theories for agricultural higher education in China. Fifthly, the dissertation employs economic theories, and then uses the relevant data from the current situation surveys built on the basis of the emerging system of teaching material quality evaluation indicators to verify empirically the factors affecting the efficiency of resource allocation in the institutions of higher learning by adopting the Tobit regression method. Meanwhile, it finalizes targeted measures by analysing the problems. Lastly, the dissertation proposes solutions to the outstanding problems in material development.The possible innovations are: first, the dissertation states for the first time to divide the process of agricultural higher education into five stages, filling the gap in this field in China. On the basis of historical retrospect, the dissertation sorts out, summarizes and analyzes the accomplishments, experiences, innovation and drawbacks in the field of teaching material development in different phases, leaving important referrence for future material development and scientific research of agricultural higher education. Second, the dissertation optimizes the system of teaching material quality evaluation roundly and systematically, making the dimension definition clearer, clarifying the connotation, and strengthening in the operability. Third, the dissertation analyses and calculates the resource allocation efficiency of agricultural institution college including the material development, using the economic empirical analysis for the first time. For the first time, the dissertation takes the material development as one of the explanatory variables, verifying empirically the factors affecting the efficiency of resource allocation in the institutions of higher learning. Fourth, about the management, formulation, publishing and selecting mechanisms for teaching materials development, the dissertation proceed a dimensional theoretical study and practical exploration, forming a whole suggestion system of theory-supportive, practice-basic, advanced-idea, operable, targeted, scientific, systematic, complete material development system design, establishment of mechanisms and mechanisms innovation.