Developing a model for e‐prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education     

Alma Swan  Paul Needham  Steve Probets  Adrienne Muir  Charles Oppenheim  Ann O'Brien  Rachel Hardy  Fytton Rowland  Sheridan Brown 《Learned Publishing》2005,18(1):25-40

A study carried out for the UK Joint Information Systems Committee examined models for the provision of access to material in institutional and subject‐based archives and in open access journals. Their relative merits were considered, addressing not only technical concerns but also how e‐print provision (by authors) can be achieved – an essential factor for an effective e‐print delivery service (for users). A ‘harvesting’ model is recommended, where the metadata of articles deposited in distributed archives are harvested, stored and enhanced by a national service. This model has major advantages over the alternatives of a national centralized service or a completely decentralized one. Options for the implementation of a service based on the harvesting model are presented.  相似文献   

The impact of task-based professional development on teachers’ practices and beliefs: a design research study     

Malcolm Swan 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2007,10(4-6):217-237

The paper describes a design research study with experienced mathematics teachers of post-16 low-attaining students. The study explored the use of generic collaborative mathematics tasks in promoting professional development. I describe the theoretical basis for the design of the tasks, the tasks themselves and a professional development programme in which they were used by teachers drawn from 44 colleges. Teachers that used many of the tasks reported profound changes to their practices and this was confirmed student reports and classroom observation. Teachers’ beliefs about mathematics, teaching and learning both constrained the ways the tasks were implemented and were challenged by the affective and cognitive outcomes. The variation in these outcomes are examined and explained from the evidence.  相似文献   

Teaching Grammar     

Michael Swan 《通化师范学院学报》2008,(4)

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Frameworks for change: four recurrent themes for quality in early childhood curriculum initiatives     

Jennifer Burgess  Alma Fleet 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2009,37(1):45-61

This paper reports on the first phase of a case study that investigated how early childhood teachers experience organisational change. As one of three levels of quality improvement, State government‐funded curriculum initiatives were developed with an aim to promote change. Three curriculum documents, one each focusing on literacy, pedagogy and health, were released in a short time frame. Analysis of the content of these documents reveals four themes of change that reflected the theories underpinning the waves of change flowing across New South Wales, Australia, in the years 2001–02.  相似文献   

More than a shortage of early childhood teachers: looking beyond the recruitment of university qualified teachers to promote quality early childhood education and care   总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0  

Marianne Fenech  Manjula Waniganayake  Alma Fleet 《Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education》2009,37(2):199-213

In Australia and internationally, government policies aim to increase the supply of early childhood teachers and thus improve the quality of early childhood education and care services. In this paper, we suggest that such a policy-quality trajectory in Australia is not as straightforward as policy discourses suggest. From industrial relations and broader policy contexts, we argue that the early childhood profession is a profession on the margins and that this marginalisation complicates efforts to enhance numbers of early childhood teachers. Mindful of this marginalisation, we draw upon preliminary findings from a study exploring the motivations, beliefs and expectations of mature age postgraduate students to highlight practical issues pertaining to students and early childhood teacher education programs that further complicate policy drives to increase the supply of early childhood teachers. We propose that the success of such policy drives is dependent on a comprehensive addressing of the complexities raised in this paper.  相似文献   

Transcending widgets: the nature of technical services     

Janet Swan Hill   《Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services》2004,27(4):377-391

This paper was presented as the keynote address at the Ohio Library Council, Technical Services Division conference,“Technical Services, 2003: Inspiration, Example, Synthesis” at Mohican State Park, Ohio, May 7, 2003. The keynote was to fill the role of “inspiration.” The author considers why technical services personnel may feel isolated, misunderstood, or dispensable; why technical services personnel may be misunderstood or underappreciated by others; the nature and mission of librarianship and how technical services relates to them; the consequences of having a bad image and a bad self-image; and how harmful opinions and actions might be countered.  相似文献   

The Development of Writing     

Andrew Wilkinson  Gillian Barnsley  Peter Hanna  Margaret Swan 《English in Education》1980,14(3):1-12

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Creating a mission statement for your work group: A guide for managers and supervisors     

Kimberly C. Ishoy  Paul D. Swan 《Performance Improvement》1992,31(10):11-15

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Instructor's plan: A computer-based system for designing effective learning sequences     

Paul Swan 《Performance Improvement》1993,32(10):46-47

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