In der vorliegenden Publikation wird die Entstehung der leistungsbezogenen Hochschulfinanzierung im englischen Universitätssektor untersucht. Leistungsbezogene Hochschulfinanzierung wird in vielen Ländern als geeigneter Lösungsansatz für das Problem der gerechten Verteilung von staatlichen Finanzmitteln an individuelle Hochschulen diskutiert. Das englische Beispiel zeigt sich als sehr lehrreich für die Diskussion um die Umsetzung und die Konsequenzen eines solchen Lösungsansatzes. Der größte Teil der staatlichen Finanzmittel wurde den Universitäten seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts als globale Zuweisung zugeteilt. Die Entscheidung über die Höhe der Summe dieses Geldes wurde ursprünglich von einem nicht-amtlichen Organ, dessen Mitglieder mehrheitlich Akademiker waren, bestimmt. Veränderungen der Mitgliedschaft und Verfahren dieses Organs und dessen Nachfolger-Organe haben wesentliche indirekte Implikationen und direkte Folgen für die Universitäten in England hervorgebracht. Die Verfahren zur Bewertung der Qualität der Leistung einer Universität sowie zur Verteilung von Finanzmitteln entsprechend dieser Leistung stellen das Instrumentarium für einen neuen steuernden Einfluss des Staates dar. Da die Höhe der staatlichen Finanzmittel für die Universitäten indessen seit Anfang der 80er Jahre stark abgenommen hat, müssen die Universitäten sich gleichzeitig erfolgreich auf dem Markt behaupten können. Die Universitäten müssen also innerhalb eines gestalterischen Raumes agieren, der zwischen Markt und Staat -- als die wesentlichen Einflussgrößen -- aufgespannt ist. Das Grundverhältnis zwischen dem Staat und den Universitäten zeigt sich entsprechend als höchst komplex. Dabei müssen die Universitäten eine Managementkompetenz entwickeln, die eine Maximierung an Finanzierung verspricht, während sie gleichzeitig die Grundaufgaben der Lehre und Forschung vor allzu negativen Konsequenzen dieser Wirtschaftsorientierung bewahren soll. Die Publikation belegt anhand einer Fallstudie, dass nicht alle Universitäten hierzu in der Lage sind und, dass die Implikationen und Folgen des sogenannten "Finanzierungsregimes" für deren Aufgabenerfüllung nachteilig sein können. Es wird deutlich, dass die konkreten Verfahren der Hochschulfinanzierung und, hier insbesondere, leistungsbezogene Ansätze nicht allein als technische Lösungen betrachtet werden können, sondern sie sollen nur im Zusammenhang mit einer Vorstellung von der idealen Universität gesehen werden, denn diese Verfahren beeinflussen die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten einer Universität in direkter und indirekter Weise. / This publication investigates the emergence of performance-based funding in the English university sector. Performance-based funding of higher education institutions is discussed in many countries as an appropriate solution to the problem of distributing public funding to individual universities in a fair manner. The English example proves to be very instructive to the discussion with regards to the implementation, and then the implications, of such a proposal. From the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of public funding was distributed as a lump sum to individual universities in England. Decisions on the amount of funding were originally determined by a non-governmental body, whose members were mainly academics. Changes to this membership and to the procedures of this body have had a number of indirect implications for and direct effects on universities in England. Procedures for assessing the qualitative performance of universities, together with procedures which distribute funding according to this assessment provide the instruments of a new steering-influence utilised by the State, a new form of Public Management. As the amount of public state funding for universities has been reduced drastically since the beginning of the 1980's, universities have had to strive concurrently for funds on the open market. Universities are thus being forced to act within an area defined by the market and the State - the two strongest influences on the university sector. The fundamental relationship between the State and its universities has accordingly become highly complex. Universities, for their part, must develop management competencies, which promise a maximisation of funding, whilst at the same time aiming to protect a university's vital tasks of teaching and research from the more negative consequences of business-orientation. In a concluding case study, some evidence is provided which shows that not all universities are in a position to do this and that the implications and effects of the so-called "funding regime" are disadvantageous, in such cases, for their fulfilment of this entrepreneurial challenge. It becomes clear that the concrete procedures for funding higher education institutions and, in particular, performance-based models cannot been seen solely as technical solutions, but must instead be seen in combination with an idea of the ideal university, since these procedures influence the strategic options of a university both directly and indirectly.

Background: Patients diagnosed with melanoma frequently search the internet for treatment information, including novel and complex immunotherapy. However, health literacy is limited among half of the German population, and no assessment of websites on melanoma treatment has been performed so far. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and assess the most visible websites in German language on melanoma immunotherapy. Methods: In accordance with the common Web-based information-seeking behavior of patients with cancer, the first 20 hits on Google, Yahoo, and Bing were searched for combinations of German synonyms for “melanoma” and “immunotherapy” in July 2017. Websites that met our predefined eligibility criteria were considered for assessment. Three reviewers independently assessed their quality by using the established DISCERN tool and by checking the presence of quality certification. Usability and reliability were evaluated by the LIDA tool and understandability by the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT). The Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES) was calculated to estimate the readability. The ALEXA and SISTRIX tools were used to investigate the websites’ popularity and visibility. The interrater agreement was determined by calculating Cronbach alpha. Subgroup differences were identified by t test, U test, or one-way analysis of variance. Results: Of 480 hits, 45 single websites from 30 domains were assessed. Only 2 website domains displayed a German quality certification. The average assessment scores, mean (SD), were as follows: DISCERN, 48 (7.6); LIDA (usability), 40 (2.0); LIDA (reliability), 10 (1.6); PEMAT, 69% (16%); and FRES, 17 (14), indicating mediocre quality, good usability, and understandability but low reliability and an even very low readability of the included individual websites. SISTRIX scores ranged from 0 to 6872 and ALEXA scores ranged from 17 to 192,675, indicating heterogeneity of the visibility and popularity of German website domains providing information on melanoma immunotherapy. Conclusions: Optimization of the most accessible German websites on melanoma immunotherapy is desirable. Especially, simplification of the readability of information and further adaption to reliability criteria are required to support the education of patients with melanoma and laypersons, and to enhance transparency.

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问责已经成为教育改革与研究的关键词。无论是西方还是中国，都把建立问责机制视作提高教育质量的重要举措。从教育问责的社会基础出发，国家是公共教育的主要资助者或协调者，他们通过教育视导来保证公共教育质量。但是教育视导人员在当下教育质量保障系统中发挥何种作用，其能动性与职业承诺如何，尚未有充分的研究。中国大陆的教研室作为地方教学质量保障机制，表现出双栖性的职能：教育问责和教师发展。身处其中的教研员如何诠释角色？他们与政府的关系如何，在多大程度上能致力于教师发展？身份建构理论有助于回答上述问题。故本研究以形态衍生理论为视角，选取H市教研员为个案，探讨其在教育质量保障体系中的角色、身份与能动性。 / 本项质性研究主要通过访谈、观察和文件收集获取资料。共计访谈教研员30名，教育行政领导3名，教师9人。研究者还参与了教研员的集体会议、听评课、教研组展示等活动，观察、记录了教研员的日常工作；并收集了教研员的工作计划，工作简报，教研室内部杂志等文献资料。在转录完所有资料后，利用Nvivo8软件进行编码、解码，建立群组、抽取概念，最终形成论文。研究发现如下： / 首先，监督、管理、指导、研究是教研员角色的主要组成部分。在公共教育发展的不同阶段，他们的角色应行政之要求会进行重新排列、组合，内涵也所有发展。其中，来源于优秀教师的教学质量保障人员最先发展起来的是指导职能，因其依附在教育视导系统内部，遂产生了行政权威。1949年之后，这类人员从教育视导系统中独立出来，被称之为教研员，享有行政编制；1990年之后，教研员逐渐从行政编制中退出，教学管理职能未褪，故行政权威犹存。课改背景之下，H市教研员的“研究、“评价职能被强调。但是通过对教研员的工作节奏、角色比喻的分析，发现结构并没有为发展教研员的“教学研究能力提供支持性条件。故行政干预成为教研员角色异化的重要原因。 / 其次，在课程改革背景下，教研员的社会身份表现出问责导向的特征。因个人关注的介入，在个体层面，教研员的身份建构可进一步区分为四种类型。身份建构表现为结构关注的教研员，实践中以完成各类“课题研究和“项目研究为重任，并从中获得价值认可，对自我的判断是“做研究的人。身份建构表现为结构关注为主，个人关注为辅的教研员，认为最重要的工作应该是教材分析，但实践中花费其时间最多的却实命题工作。他对自己的比喻是“尴尬的“稻草人。身份建构表现为个人关注为辅，结构关注为主的教研员一方面能在实践中坚持自己对教师的指导，一方面明晰问责导向的工作逻辑，并达到两者的融洽。对自我的评价是“一个风风火火的闯将。身份建构表现为个人关注的教研员应付问责导向的工作，并花费额外的时间从事教师指导。从教师的认可中获得职业的成就感。对自我的判断是职场“菜鸟。 / 再次，不同学科教研员受考试、经验的影响，表现出不同程度的能动作用。高利益考试蕴含的控制性并不能直接决定教研员的能动性，但是教研员的知能水平，及其结构的支持程度，对教研员的能动性和承诺有直接的影响。教研员要致力于教师发展，需兼顾结构的需求，并从中获得个人的成长或者结构的奖励，方能形成稳定的职业承诺。 / 论文弥补了现有教育质量保障人员研究的不足。从结构与能动者互动的理论视角，分析教研员何以呈现如此的身份建构，对Archer的形态衍生理论做了本土的探索，对西方教育领导理论有所回应。并对教研员的定位与发展提出了政策建议。 / Accountability has become the key word in educational reform and educational studies. In western countries as well as China, establishing accountability mechanisms is regarded as an important strategy for the improvement of educational quality. The state, which is the main sponsor and coordinator of public education, attempts to ensure educational quality with varying degrees of supervision. However empirical studies on the role, functions and performance of those who are in charge of supervision, agency in and commitment to quality assurance system are also nebulous. Teaching-research office, a local quality assurance mechanism for teaching and learning in Mainland China, plays a dual role in education accountability and teacher development. How do teaching-research officers elaborate their prescribed roles? What is the relationship between the government and the teaching-research officers? To what extent are they committed to teacher development? Identity construction theory is helpful to addressing the above questions. Therefore, from the perspective of morphogenesis, this study chooses teaching-research officers of H city as a case of investigation by exploring their roles, identities and agency in the educational quality assurance system. / The data of this qualitative research were collected through the adoption of three research methods. First, interviews were conducted with 30 teaching-research officers, 9 teachers and 3 educational administrators. Second, with permission, teaching-research officers’ meetings, as well as class observation and demonstration conducted by teaching-research officers were observed first hand. Third, relevant documents including official newsletters and work plans, internal journals of teaching research offices were collected. Nvivo 8 was adopted to analyze the interview transcripts, field notes of observation, and relevant documents collected for research purposes. / This study has three major findings. First, teacher-research officers played four principals roles: supervisor, administrator, director and researcher. These roles, however, varied in accordance with the governmental requirements and needs in different historical periods. Before 1949, the teaching-research officers were supervisors for educational quality. They were excellent teachers that were recruited by educational supervision institutions, and thus were given with administrative authority. Between 1949 and 1990, these teacher-supervisors were classified as professional teaching-research officers who were in charge of teaching administration and teacher development. Although they were no longer conaidned educational administrators since 1990, the teaching-research officers still maintained a certain degree of administrative authority and exercised influence in educational administration. Since the launch of the 8th curriculum reform in China at the advent of the 21st century, the role teaching-research officers as researchers have been greatly emphasized. Nevertheless, an analysis of teaching-research officers’ working rhythm and role metaphor indicates that the quality assurance system has fallen short of providing support to develop the research competence of teaching-research officers. Consequently, state intervention remains the key factor in defining the role of teaching-research officers. / Second, the social identities of teaching-research officers demonstrate accountability-oriented characteristics in the context of curriculum reform. Personal concerns enable teaching-researcher officers to construct four types of identities at the individual level. Structure-concerns lead certain officer to treat project research as top priority in their practice and allow them to obtain value recognition during research. This type of officers regards themselves as researchers. For those officers who mainly focus on structural concerns, but supplemented their work with individual concerns, analysis of teaching materials one considered the most important aspect of their work while the refinement of test construction consumes most of their times. An awkward “scarecrow is used as their role metaphor. For those officers who mainly focus on individual concerns, but supplemented their work with structural concerns, insist on guiding teacher practice on the one hand, and accept the working logic of the accountability-oriented approach, on the other. Their perpetual task is to maintain harmony between the two. A pathbreaker in haste is the role metaphor adopted. Officers who are individual-concern persons attempt to deal with accountability-oriented work, and spend extra time mentoring teachers. Career fulfillment comes from appreciation of teachers. A rookie is the role metaphor adopted. / Third, the degree of agency and commitment of teaching-research officers varied with their views on public examinations, personal experience, and structural support. It is not public examinations but personal experience that had direct an impact on the agency of the teaching-research officers. Specifically, the knowledge and ability of teaching-research officers, as well as the degree of structural support that they receive, have a direct effect on their agency and commitment. Teaching-research officers who have make a steady commitment to teacher development, have to give consideration to quality structural concerns, and in addressing these concerns, gain personal growth or structural rewards. / This study contributes to filling the void in current research that neglete to the investigation into the educational quality assurance, staff who work for. The perspective of structure-agent interaction is used to analyze how teaching-research officers construct their identities in Chinese educational reform context. It is a local exploration of Margaret Archer’s morphogenesis theory. It enriches western educational leadership theory, and provides policy suggestion on the orientation and development of teaching-research officer. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 沈伟. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 367-388). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Shen Wei. / Chapter 第一章 --- 导论 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一节 --- 研究背景 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 实践背景：新的教育质量内涵需要新的质量保障机制 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 理论背景：教育问责背景下的能动者 --- p.7 / Chapter 第二节 --- 研究目的与问题提出 --- p.12 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究目的 --- p.12 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究问题 --- p.13 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文献综述 --- p.15 / Chapter 第一节 --- 教育质量保障概念解析 --- p.15 / Chapter 一、 --- 教育质量与教育质量保障 --- p.15 / Chapter 二、 --- 教育质量控制与教育质量保障 --- p.20 / Chapter 三、 --- 教育问责与教育质量保障 --- p.23 / Chapter 第二节 --- 教育质量保障：实践模式与存在理据 --- p.25 / Chapter 一、 --- 实践模式 --- p.25 / Chapter 二、 --- 教育视导的影响：基于实证研究的发现和分析 --- p.35 / Chapter 三、 --- 存在理据 --- p.38 / Chapter 第三节 --- 教育质量保障系统中的地方教育领导 --- p.41 / Chapter 一、 --- 作为教学领导 --- p.43 / Chapter 二、 --- 作为合作领导 --- p.48 / Chapter 三、 --- 作为系统领导 --- p.52 / Chapter 第四节 --- 中国教育质量保障中的教研员 --- p.56 / Chapter 一、 --- 当代政策文本中的教研员角色 --- p.56 / Chapter 二、 --- 教育理论研究中的教研员角色 --- p.59 / Chapter 三、 --- 教研员对其角色的理解 --- p.60 / Chapter 第五节 --- 教育变革能动者的身份与能动作用 --- p.62 / Chapter 一、 --- 角色、 --- p.62 / Chapter 二、 --- 身份建构的途径 --- p.66 / Chapter （一） --- “自上而下的身份建构 --- p.67 / Chapter （二） --- “自下而上的身份建构 --- p.68 / Chapter （三） --- 融合主义的身份建构 --- p.70 / Chapter （四） --- 形态衍生理论视野的身份建构 --- p.73 / Chapter 第六节 --- 理论框架的提出 --- p.75 / Chapter 一、 --- 身份建构的理论框架 --- p.75 / Chapter 二、 --- 从形态衍生理论研究教研员身份建构的可行性 --- p.79 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究方法与研究设计 --- p.82 / Chapter 第一节 --- 研究问题与分析路径 --- p.82 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究问题 --- p.82 / Chapter 二、 --- 分析路径 --- p.84 / Chapter 第二节 --- 研究方法 --- p.86 / Chapter 一、 --- 质的研究取向 --- p.86 / Chapter 二、 --- 个案研究为主，历史分析为辅 --- p.87 / Chapter 第三节 --- 个案研究 --- p.89 / Chapter 二、 --- 资料的收集 --- p.93 / Chapter 三、 --- 资料分析 --- p.100 / Chapter 第四节 --- 研究可靠性与研究伦理 --- p.102 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究可靠性 --- p.103 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究伦理 --- p.105 / Chapter 第四章 --- 教育质量保障系统中的教研员角色变迁 --- p.106 / Chapter 第一节 --- 中国教育质量保障系统的发展：从晚清到现在 --- p.106 / Chapter 一、 --- 晚清政府：以教育外在事项为主的质量保证体系 --- p.107 / Chapter 二、 --- 民国国民政府：以教育内部事项为主的质量保证体系 --- p.109 / Chapter 三、 --- 老解放区：资源匮乏情形下形成的教育质量保证应对之策 --- p.113 / Chapter 四、 --- 1949年后：日趋系统化的教育质量保证体系 --- p.116 / Chapter 第二节 --- 教育质量保障人员的角色变化与特征：历史的视角 --- p.119 / Chapter 一、 --- 晚清政府的视学与劝学员：监督、 --- p.119 / Chapter 二、 --- 民国国民政府的视学与辅导员：管理、 --- p.121 / Chapter 三、 --- 老解放区的教育巡视员与辅导员：报告、 --- p.126 / Chapter 四、 --- 1949年后的督导、 --- p.128 / Chapter 第三节 --- 课程改革背景下H市教研员的角色发展：结构的新期待 --- p.131 / Chapter 一、 --- 教研制度的正式确立及教研员的角色定位 --- p.131 / Chapter 二、 --- H市教研室职能的发展 --- p.136 / Chapter 三、 --- H市教研员的角色：群内分工不同 --- p.145 / Chapter 第四节 --- 本章结语 --- p.152 / Chapter 第五章 --- 教研员的社会身份建构 --- p.156 / Chapter 第一节 --- 日常工作中呈现的群体共性 --- p.156 / Chapter 一、 --- 以课为载体的教研活动 --- p.156 / Chapter 二、 --- 由调研与视导构成的多维评估 --- p.170 / Chapter 三、 --- 自上而下的课题研究与教学研究 --- p.178 / Chapter 第二节 --- 与群外人员的差别 --- p.184 / Chapter 一、 --- “我们眼中的他人 --- p.185 / Chapter 二、 --- 他人眼中的“我们 --- p.196 / Chapter 第三节 --- 从群体到个体：角色认知与事项排列 --- p.205 / Chapter 一、 --- 职能排序 --- p.205 / Chapter 二、 --- 工作节奏与事项排列 --- p.216 / Chapter 第四节 --- 本章结语 --- p.221 / Chapter 第六章 --- 实践：社会身份与个人身份的对话 --- p.224 / Chapter 第一节 --- 结构关注：“做研究的人 --- p.224 / Chapter 一、 --- 重要任务：提高区域教育质量 --- p.224 / Chapter 二、 --- “最高境界与“最重要任务的冲突 --- p.228 / Chapter 三、 --- 基于学科属性、 --- p.230 / Chapter 四、 --- 不被理解的痛苦与研究的快乐 --- p.232 / Chapter 第二节 --- 结构关注为主，个人关注为辅： --- p.236 / Chapter 一、 --- 进入市教材编写队伍 --- p.236 / Chapter 二、 --- 教师培养：“守正出新 --- p.238 / Chapter 三、 --- 职业生命何在？ --- p.243 / Chapter 四、 --- 最有压力的是考试 --- p.245 / Chapter 第三节 --- 个人关注为主，结构关注为辅： --- p.248 / Chapter 一、 --- 从实践教学开始 --- p.248 / Chapter 二、 --- 对课程、 --- p.251 / Chapter 三、 --- 教师队伍建设 --- p.255 / Chapter 四、 --- 研究真问题 --- p.260 / Chapter 第四节 --- 个人关注：职场“菜鸟 --- p.264 / Chapter 一、 --- 从专业角度来选择 --- p.264 / Chapter 二、 --- “不听课不能指导 --- p.267 / Chapter 三、 --- 不找校长，不听推门课，不申请课题研究 --- p.270 / Chapter 四、 --- “合格就是老师对你的认可 --- p.273 / Chapter 第五节 --- 本章结语 --- p.275 / Chapter 第七章 --- 承诺是否可能 --- p.280 / Chapter 第一节 --- 考试影响下的学科教研工作 --- p.280 / Chapter 一、 --- 考试之于语文、 --- p.281 / Chapter 二、 --- 考试之于科学教研员 --- p.288 / Chapter 三、 --- 考试之于音乐、 --- p.295 / Chapter 四、 --- 考试之于拓展、 --- p.303 / Chapter 第二节 --- “经验影响下的教研工作 --- p.310 / Chapter 一、 --- 为什么选择教研员 --- p.311 / Chapter 二、 --- 入职时面临的挑战及应对措施 --- p.318 / Chapter 第三节 --- 承诺：从结构能动者互动的视角 --- p.327 / Chapter 一、 --- 强控制下的能动作用与承诺 --- p.328 / Chapter 二、 --- 弱控制下的能动作用与承诺 --- p.329 / Chapter 三、 --- 能动作用的强弱：结构与个人关注的融洽度 --- p.330 / Chapter 四、 --- 承诺的“源泉：结构支持或个人收获 --- p.332 / Chapter 第四节 --- 本章结语 --- p.333 / Chapter 第八章 --- 结论：教研员的角色、 --- p.338 / Chapter 第一节 --- 研究结论 --- p.338 / Chapter 一、 --- 研究发现 --- p.339 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究结论 --- p.346 / Chapter 第二节 --- 研究贡献 --- p.352 / Chapter 一、 --- 理论贡献 --- p.352 / Chapter 二、 --- 政策实践的启示 --- p.359 / Chapter 第三节 --- 研究局限 --- p.362 / Chapter 第四节 --- 后续研究建议 --- p.364 / p.367 / p.389

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Research of the relationship between human capital and economic growth has been significantly developing since 1960s'. This thesis aims to contribute to the topic of human capital, map its importance in the theoretical and empirical economics and examine the influence on macroeconomic growth. In most of the countries human capital and education are budgeted mainly from the public resources thus is the human capital theory important for the public sector as well. First part of the thesis presents the main growth models and its evolution concerning also the human capital. In the second part there is a summary of the most important empirical literature. In the third part I present and comment the results of the empirical analyses. The benchmark data panel covers 92 countries within years 1960-2005. The method of analyses is panel data regression. The primary finding of the thesis is confirmation of the positive influence that human capital has on the economic growth. Third part also tests the most adequate proxy of the human capital. The quality of the human capital as well as the link between quantity and quality are also reflected in the regression analyses.