Leading in context: putting international comparisons into perspective     

Alma Harris  Michelle Jones 《School Leadership & Management》2017,37(5):431-433

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Evaluating Enterprise in Higher Education: the practical,methodological and ideological issues     

Alma Harris 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》1993,18(3):167-175

This article explores the practical, methodological and ideological issues stemming from the evaluation of two enterprise initiatives in higher education. It considers the evaluation strategies adopted by the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative (EHE) and the Enterprise Awareness in Teacher Education programme (EATE). A comparative analysis of their approaches to evaluating enterprise is offered along with a critical analysis of the evaluative approaches adopted. Some of the more general difficulties of evaluating enterprise are highlighted and the paper concludes with a consideration of the effect of political tensions upon the evaluations of programmes such as the enterprise programmes.  相似文献   

Why context matters: a comparative perspective on education reform and policy implementation     

Alma Harris  Michelle Jones 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2018,17(3):195-207

This article explores the significance of context within the process of contemporary education reform and policy-making. It draws upon evidence from a comparative study of educational change and transformation in seven education systems: Australia, England, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Russia, and Singapore. The article focuses on school leadership preparation, training, and development, which has become a policy priority and central improvement strategy in many education systems. The article explores how seven education systems are using this strategy to promote school and system improvement. The article reflects upon the centrality of context in the process of policy implementation and in the broader pursuit of system transformation. The article concludes that more contextually appropriate approaches to educational policy selection are needed and that borrowing approaches from other countries many bring unintended consequences and unfortunate side effects. Further, the article concludes that the process of policy implementation, in context, requires far more attention, if the intended outcomes are to be achieved.  相似文献   

Behind the Classroom Door: The Challenge of Organisational and Pedagogical Change     

Alma Harris 《Journal of Educational Change》2003,4(4):369-382

In many school systems the inabilityof system wide reform to significantly enhancestudent learning is clearly evident. There is agrowing recognition among policy makers of theneed to locate improvement efforts closer tothe classroom and to support schools inbuilding the internal capacity for change. Thisarticle compares three school improvementprojects that have been successful in achievingorganisational and pedagogical change. Thiscomparative analysis highlights the importanceof building the capacity for change anddevelopment at both the school and classroomlevel. It also emphasises the need to generateprofessional learning communities withinschools if improvement is to be sustained.  相似文献   

Leading schools as learning organizations     

Alma Harris 《School Leadership & Management》2018,38(4):351-354

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Leading for equity: a moral imperative     

Alma Harris  Michelle Jones 《School Leadership & Management》2018,38(3):239-241

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Reflection: can we assess it? Should we assess it?     

Jennifer Sumsion  Alma Fleet 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》1996,21(2):121-130

This paper reports on a study undertaken by two university‐based teacher educators into an aspect of professional practice. The feasibility and desirability of assessing reflection demonstrated by student teachers studying early childhood literacy was investigated. While reaffirming the importance of developing reflective practitioners, the study highlighted the difficulties of equitably or meaningfully assessing reflection. Use of alternative methodologies was called for in future research into reflection  相似文献   

‘What authors want’     

Alma Swan  Sheridan Brown 《Learned Publishing》1999,12(2):74-74

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Middle leaders matter: reflections,recognition, and renaissance     

Alma Harris 《School Leadership & Management》2017,37(3):213-216

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Teachers' Perspectives on Effective School Leadership     

Alma Harris  Christopher Day  Mark Hadfield 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(1):67-77

This paper considers teachers' perspectives on effective school leadership. It draws upon the findings from a study of effective leadership conducted by a research team from the University of Nottingham [1]. This research study considered effective leadership from the perspectives of different stakeholders within the English schooling system. This provided an opportunity to analyse leadership in a holistic way and to consider leadership from a variety of different perspectives.  相似文献