Research on the design and application of ideological and political education platform in colleges and universities based on Moodle

Ideological and political education in Colleges and universities is an important feature and political advantage of China’s higher education. For a long time, ideological and political education in Colleges and universities has provided a strong spiritual power and political guarantee for the implementation of the party’s educational policy and the training of qualified socialist builders and successors. However, with the emergence of new situations, such as multi-polarization of world politics, economic globalization, cultural diversity, information networking, diversification of the social organization forms and lifestyles, and diversification of employment positions and forms of employment, the ideological and political education in Colleges and universities is facing severe challenges. Based on the analysis of the feasibility of Moodle, this paper uses the open-source Moodle technology to design ideological and political education platform in Colleges and universities, which has important research significance.

Awareness of Career Prospects in Librarianship and Students’ Preparedness in Library Schools in South-East Nigeria

The paper focused on Awareness of Career Prospects in librarianship and students‟ preparedness in library schools, South- East Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design method was adopted in this study. A total population of 552 respondents covering only final year students of the Library and Information Science Department of library schools in South-East was used for this study, to which 112 were randomly selected. Data was collected by means of a questionnaire and handbook for undergraduate programmes from 2012 to 2019 in each university where Library and Information Science is offered. Findings showed that information networking, software package, and library automation are taught by ESUT, IMSU, NAU, and ABSU only. While literature searching skills is not taught by any of the universities understudied, Introduction to ICT & Internet in Library and information services courses are taught by ESUT, IMSU and NAU. In addition, Electronic publishing and IT tools and computer application are taught only in MOUAU. It was also revealed that students are aware of the following information outlets: libraries, schools, archives, banks, media houses, museums, education and training institutions for information personnel, among others. Results indicated that SIWES and school coursework were the major events put in place in preparing students for a career in librarianship. Recommendations were made based on the findings. Keywords: Awareness, Career prospects, Librarianship, Library schools

Women's Leadership in Local Government

In the last two decades the number of women involved in politics locally and nationally has increased.  Nevertheless, there is limited empirical work investigating the increase in the number of female candidates for the position of mayor. To fill this gap in the literature, we conducted interviews with 57 of the 72 female candidates for mayor in Israel before the October 2018 elections, and 37 of the 72 female candidates for mayor after the election. In addition, we interviewed 11 male candidates and men elected as mayors after the election, as well. On the individual level with regard to political ambition, we found that there are four components whose synergy results in more women being encouraged to run for mayor: mentoring, information, networking for women and training. We called this model the MINT model, which has emerged from the interviews conducted with the candidates. On the societal level, it is important to increase public awareness of the importance of gender representation and hence, voting for women to be mayors.