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Marianna Szczygielska 《Parallax》2015,21(4):462-465
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Marianna Papadopoulou 《Educational Action Research》2020,28(4):686-699
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the aims, rationale and aspects of a new Action Research (AR) module developed for level 6, Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) students. The aims of the module are three-fold: First, to support learners in developing the research and academic skills needed to investigate their own practices, generate knowledge and engage in critical reflection. Second, to assist students to be active agents in questioning and designing changes to improve their practice. Third, to support them in disseminating their work in the public sphere and thus take an active part in discussions about their field of practice. Drawing on the processes of ongoing reflection and collaborative enquiry, our vision is to emancipate our students; support them in repositioning themselves as powerful agents with significant insights and the power to make a difference to their practice. However, facilitating emancipatory AR can pose several challenges, on individual, institutional and political levels. The aim of this paper is to reaffirm the rationale for AR as an epistemological, methodological and political tool that can support the professional identities of our learners; also, to address some of the anticipated complexities and tensions of employing emancipatory AR in an academic environment. 相似文献
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Yiasemina Karagiorgi Thekla Afantiti-Lamprianou Vassiliki Alexandrou-Leonidou Marianna Karamanou Loizos Symeou 《Educational Action Research》2018,26(2):239-257
The contribution of Action Research (AR) to school improvement is well-documented. This study records the accounts of two primary school leaders, involved in AR projects that focused on the development of students’ oral communication skills. Drawing data from diaries with fieldnotes and systematic reflections, the study presents leaders’ experiences, as they translated feedback into modifications and redefinitions to bring about change. Despite difficulties encountered, the leaders acknowledged the value of collaborative school-based enquiry for teachers, students and themselves, mainly reflecting notions of catalytic and democratic validity. The paper highlights that AR as a tool for individual and school improvement, can enhance understandings of school performance and empower participants to focus on school outcomes in an educational context that does not implement accountability measures. AR can certainly help principals in Cyprus reconceptualise and rediscover their pedagogical role as instructional leaders to improve teaching and learning. Yet, to address outcome and process validity, the paper argues about the need for evaluative tools. 相似文献
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Purpose – This paper aims to explore the role of internal and external knowledge-based linkages across the supply chain in achieving better operational performance. It investigates how knowledge is accumulated, shared, and applied to create organization-specific knowledge resources that increase and sustain the organization’s competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a single case study with multiple, embedded units of analysis, and the social network analysis (SNA) to demonstrate the impact of internal and external knowledge-based linkages across multiple tiers in the supply chain on the organizational operational performance. The focal company of the case study is an Italian manufacturer supplying rubber components to European automotive enterprises. Findings – With the aid of the SNA, the internal knowledge-based linkages can be mapped and visualized. We found that the most central nodes having the most connections with other nodes in the linkages are the most crucial members in terms of knowledge exploration and exploitation within the organization. We also revealed that the effective management of external knowledge-based linkages, such as buyer company, competitors, university, suppliers, and subcontractors, can help improve the operational performance. Research limitations/implications – First, our hypothesis was tested on a single case. The analysis of multiple case studies using SNA would provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between the knowledge-based linkages at all levels of the supply chain and the integration of knowledge. Second, the static nature of knowledge flows was studied in this research. Future research could also consider ongoing monitoring of dynamic linkages and the dynamic characteristic of knowledge flows. Originality/value – To the best of our knowledge, the phrase ‘knowledge-based linkages’ has not been used in the literature and there is lack of investigation on the relationship between the management of internal and external knowledge-based linkages and the operational performance. To bridge the knowledge gap, this paper will show the importance of understanding the composition and characteristics of knowledge-based linkages and their knowledge nodes. In addition, this paper will show that effective management of knowledge-based linkages leads to the creation of new knowledge and improves organizations’ operational performance. 相似文献
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Critical Thinking Beyond Skill 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
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Research lauds the benefits of parent involvement in the schools, yet many schools and communities have not achieved desired
levels of involvement. Underlying expectations and methods soliciting parent involvement may be rooted in cultural misperceptions.
This study, based on Epstein’s (1987) Overlapping Spheres of Influence model, explored the ways and extent that community
members, school staff, and Samoan families interact regarding a public middle school. Qualitative research methods (interviews
and observations) involved parents, teachers, administrators, and community agency members and officials in participatory
action research. Findings displayed a base of cultural differences regarding parent involvement: Samoan parents were expected
to participate in school events and assist children with homework, yet Samoan culture has historically divided the parents’
responsibilities from the teachers’ responsibilities. Parents identified their responsibilities for children’s spirituality
and discipline and viewed academic matters as solely the responsibility of teachers. The school’s new activities, parents’
shifting focus, and community members’ diverse actions are demonstrating a start of change. This research supports the need
for school personnel to understand the cultural roots of minority families’ parent involvement practices.
Marianna F. Valdez is a Ph.D. Candidate in Community and Cultural Psychology. She completed her M.A. degree at the University
of Hawaii and B.A. degree at Tulane University. Her research interests involve the development, implementation, and evaluation
of culturally appropriate community programs, especially related to the public school setting. She is most interested in understanding
and representing emic perspectives to drive action research, informed by culturalist approaches and mixed methods.
Peter W. Dowrick is Professor of Disability Studies and affiliate graduate faculty in Psychology at the University of Hawaii.
He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Auckland, ATCL at Trinity College London, M.Sc. at the University of Auckland,
and B.Sc. at the Victoria University of Wellington. He has wide experience working with people marginalized by culture, disability,
mental health, and other considerations. His consultation on prevention and intervention extends to 31 states and 21 countries.
His overarching contribution has been in the concepts of feedforward and creating futures, applied in situations of personal
safety, serious mental illness, social behavior, sports and recreation, daily living, literacy, academic skills, health, housing,
management, and jobs, among others.
Ashley E. Maynard is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii. She completed her Ph.D.
at the University of California, Los Angeles, M.A. at the University of California, Los Angeles, and B.A. at the University
of Virginia. She studies the interrelationships of culture, contexts of child development, and healthy cognitive and social
development of children. Based on a socio-cultural paradigm, the theoretical question that lies at the heart of her research
program is the ways in which a variety of culturally based activity settings influence adaptive pathways of development for
children and families. She teaches courses in Developmental Psychology and Culture and Human Development. 相似文献
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