The Principal's Apprentice: Mentoring aspiring school administrators through relevant preparation     

Carol A. Mullen  S. Sonja Cairns 《Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning》2013,21(2):125-152

This emergent case study explores a special case of mentoring about the value and relevance of graduate administration programmes for professionals aiming to lead schools. It describes a questionnaire that was piloted with a graduate education group and then completed by beginning school administrators who were also interviewed. A graduate professor and student in a leadership programme collaborated on this study in order to more fully represent crucial perspectives. Their analysis of the questionnaire data suggests that some administrative tasks and duties (e.g., mediating school conflicts) are considered of the utmost importance for new school leaders to know. Topics covered by this emergent analysis of administrator preparation and related reform issues include a veteran teacher's story, major climate issues, literature on school administrator preparation that elucidates mentoring themes, insights from new school administrators, and examples of graduate programmes that include relevant education internships. Discussion focuses on concepts and examples of educational internship solutions and initiatives. The authors conclude with a call for programmatic improvement from the perspective of challenges that will need to be addressed to ensure change.  相似文献   

The Violence of the Fantasy     

Slavoj Žižek 《The Communication Review》2013,16(4):275-287

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Libraries and Financial Literacy: Perspectives From Emerging Markets     

Sonja Špiranec  Mihaela Banek Zorica  Gordana Stokić Simončić 《Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship》2013,18(3):262-278

The article uses conceptual correlations between information literacy and financial literacy as a basis for arguing that financial literacy services have a place in library settings. The article discusses the general requirements, profile of services, and various challenges related to the introduction of financial literacy programmes in public libraries. An intensified interest in financial literacy matters may be assigned to the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2009. The interdependencies between financial crisis, financial literacy, and the potential of public libraries is illustrated by the example of one South-Eastern European country whose economic transformations and developments reflect the importance of financial literacy.  相似文献   

Young Children’s Education and Identity: A response to the European refugee crisis     

Sonja Arndt 《Educational Philosophy and Theory》2013,45(13-14):1377-1378

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Conditions for collaborative learning and constructive competition in school     

Pia Williams  Sonja Sheridan 《Educational research; a review for teachers and all concerned with progress in education》2013,55(4):335-350

Background:?Teacher-organised group work, in which pupils work together in groups or pairs, is one of many learning situations pupils may encounter at school. Research (Williams, P. and Sheridan, S., Collaboration as one aspect of quality: a perspective of collaboration and pedagogical quality in educational settings. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 50, no. 1: 89–93, 2006) shows that even though pupils are aware of the benefits that working in groups can generate, they tend to avoid structured group work at school.

Purpose:?The aim of this study is to gain knowledge about necessary conditions for collaborative learning and constructive competition to develop among pupils at school. What conditions are necessary for collaboration and constructive competition to develop in learning situations among pupils at school?

Sample:?The study was carried out in Sweden and involved a total of 66 children, 6–18 years of age, and 25 teachers. Both sexes were equally represented among the pupils. The participating schools and teachers were selected by means of a stratified sample involving different geographical and socioeconomic areas and different educational programmes. Twelve children were selected from each of school grades 1, 5 and 9, whilst a total of 30 students were selected from five different upper secondary school programmes.

Design and methods:?To study the conditions under which constructive competition could develop in school, the methodology used involved individual interviews. The analysis was qualitative and focused on the phenomenon of constructive competition and situations in which pupils and teachers compete. The process of analysis was interplay between empirical data and interactionistic theory, an analytical process of abduction, which consists of interpreting data and devising a theory to explain them. The intentions were to highlight perspectives of constructive competition in a variety of ways. The analyses converge, as well as generating information and knowledge about how pupils and teachers understand constructive competition.

Conclusions:?Several factors emerged as important for collaboration and constructive competition to develop among pupils in school. These were categorised into three conditions: attitudes, organisation and the meaning of learning. Competition between pupils and teachers does occur in school but it is not often explicitly articulated. The ways in which competition develops, either in destructive or constructive directions, becomes more a question of chance or coincidence than as evolving out of a conscious choice. To compete constructively in a conscious manner requires knowledge of how to be able to control the situation in a positive manner, about the characteristics of this kind of competition and of how – that is to say under what kind of conditions – it will develop constructively between people in school contexts. Content and conditions are thus seen as inseparable in the development of constructive competition.  相似文献   

Gender justice/gender through the eyes of children: a Photovoice project with elementary school gender expansive and LGBTQ-parented children and their allies     

Sonja Mackenzie  Ashleigh Talbott 《Sex education》2018,18(6):655-671

How do children experience gender? What are the roles of schools, adults and allies in supporting gender inclusion in a world of gendered categories? Despite a growing public discourse on gender and shifts toward fluid understandings of gender in US popular culture and educational institutions, the voices of transgender and gender expansive children remain on the margins. In Spring 2017, fourteen elementary school children in a school in Northern California, USA, who are gender expansive, transgender and in LGBTQ parented families and their allies documented their understandings and experiences of gender in their lives and in the school using Photovoice methodology. Visual and narrative findings traced three related themes of gendered meanings, gendered spaces and gendered allies. This paper asks how we can build more inclusive school environments in which children can come into their fully gendered selves. By documenting meanings and experiences of gender, children illustrate the infinite possibilities of gender and create pathways to institutional and social change for inclusive educational environments. The paper addresses the role of gender justice in light of persistent injustices rendered in and through gendered states to support movements for educational and social change.  相似文献   

Interpretative comments - need for harmonization? Results of the Croatian survey by the Working Group for Post-analytics     

Vladimira Rimac  Sonja Podolar  Anja Jokic  Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic  Lorena Honovic  Jasna Lenicek Krleza 《Biochemia medica : ?asopis Hrvatskoga dru?tva medicinskih biokemi?ara / HDMB》2022,32(1)

IntroductionInterpretation of laboratory test results is a complex post-analytical activity that requires not only understanding of the clinical significance of laboratory results but also the analytical phase of laboratory work. The aims of this study were to determine: 1) the general opinion of Croatian medical biochemistry laboratories (MBLs) about the importance of interpretative comments on laboratory test reports, and 2) to find out whether harmonization of interpretative comments is needed.Materials and methodsThis retrospective study was designed as a survey by the Working Group for Post-analytics as part of national External Quality Assessment (EQA) program. All 195 MBLs participating in the national EQA scheme, were invited to participate in the survey. Results are reported as percentages of the total number of survey participants.ResultsOut of 195 MBLs, 162 participated in the survey (83%). Among them 59% MBLs implemented test result comments in routine according to national recommendations. The majority of laboratories (92%) state that interpretative comments added value to the laboratory reports, and a substantial part (72%) does not have feedback from physicians on their significance. Although physicians and patients ask for expert opinion, participants stated that the lack of interest of physicians (64%) as well as the inability to access patient’s medical record (62%) affects the quality of expert opinion.ConclusionAlthough most participants state that they use interpretative comments and provide expert opinions regarding test results, results of the present study indicate that harmonization for interpretative comments is needed.  相似文献   

Ressourcenorientierung als Paradigma sportwissenschaftlicher Forschung     

Sonja Kalinowski Dipl.-Sportwiss.  Ines Wulff  Dagmar Dräger 《Sportwissenschaft》2010,40(3):163-173

A variety of causes are responsible for a lack in promoting movement in German nursing homes. In this regard, research on resources holds the promise of a lasting capacity to act and should therefore be understood as a paradigm of gerontology of sports. The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to theoretically and conceptually based approaches for operationalizing resources that promote motor abilities. Methodologically, different instruments are demonstrated that are able to assess the theoretical constructs “movement acitivity” and “influencing factors” as a basis for the subsequent analysis. Finally, a model that identifies resources is presented. It focuses on different personal and environmental factors as well as their interdependencies influencing the movement activity. The model analyzes resources and barriers to everyday movements. In this way, fundamental theoretical points of reference for research activity are shown.  相似文献   

An integrated diagnostic approach for the assessment of historic masonry structures     

Vlatko Bosiljkov  Mojmir Uranjek  Roko Žarnić  Violeta Bokan-Bosiljkov 《Journal of Cultural Heritage》2010,11(3):239-249

Knowledge of the structural behaviour of existing masonry requires a multi-level approach, with the proper application of diagnostic and assessment methodologies. The structural performance of masonry wall structures can be understood provided that the history of their construction, their geometry, the characteristics of their masonry texture, and the characteristics of the masonry as a composite material are known. In order to obtain all these data, an effective on-site testing program, which can involve the application of different test methodologies as a combination of destructive tests (DT), minor destructive tests (MDT) and non-destructive tests (NDT), needs to be performed. Furthermore, the effectiveness of applied methodologies for the assessment of historical masonry structures strongly depends on the type of investigated structure, as well as on the appropriate numerical model for the analysis. However, the unclear aspects of any testing programme remain the same – how efficient is a particular testing technique, and how can it be assessed? Following the results of recently carried out EU and national research projects, a comprehensive set of data regarding the effectiveness of different testing methods, depending on the type of problem, have been collected and analyzed. Within this framework, several masonry heritage structures from Slovenia, which differ both from the historical and structural point of view (Pi?ece Castle, the Carthusian Monastery at ?i?e, and a typical stone-masonry house from the So?a Valley region), have been investigated by means of different techniques, and numerically analyzed. For this purpose, two different models were used: a push-over model based, on the structural element method, and FEM analysis. It was concluded that the effectiveness of any particular diagnostic technique for the investigation of masonry structures, and for the planning of their restoration, depends on numerous factors. An attempt to determine which of the techniques could be appropriate, depending on the problem, was made. No single test is self-sufficient for the solving of a particular problem, so a combination of different NDT, MDT and DT should be performed. Summarizing all the results, it can be said that, in the process of assessing the state of a structure, even a simple investigation technique is better than none. The effort will always be repaid - if not already in the planning stage of the restoration and retrofitting actions, then certainly in the execution stage of the revitalization works, on site.  相似文献   

Moving on—reflections about changing entrepreneurial endeavors     

Sonja A. Irlbeck 《Performance Improvement》1988,27(7):23-25

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