Changing curriculum policy into practice: the case of physical education in Hong Kong     

David P. Johns 《Curriculum Journal》2013,24(3):361-385

This article examines the differences between the formally stated aims of education and the implementation of the school curriculum in order to show the divergence between what is initiated and what emerges as school practice. This implementation problem is examined from the policy-makers' and teachers' perspectives, with specific reference to physical education as a school subject in Hong Kong. First, it examines the existence and intention of educational policy towards curriculum as established by policy-makers. Second, the implementation process is evaluated from the teachers' perspective by employing a framework adopted by Cuban (1998) that utilized effectiveness, popularity, fidelity, adaptability and longevity. The data are derived from a case-study of a physical education programme that included document analysis, and interviews with teachers, parents and students. The case-study provided a subjective perspective of teachers and their work, while the framework assisted in demonstrating the absence of cohesion between the various government agencies. The resulting fragmentation of ideas leading to confusion and frustration for teachers also indicates that longevity and adaptability are likely to be the most constructive criteria for the assessment of curriculum change.  相似文献   

Global discourses and national reconstruction: the impact of globalization on curriculum policy     

Mark Priestley 《Curriculum Journal》2013,24(1):121-138

Globalization has been widely discussed and much contested. It has been claimed that the process of globalization has impacted greatly on the capacity of the nation-state to formulate policy (e.g. Reich, 1992). Moreover, globalization has been accompanied by, or at least runs parallel to, a seemingly endless process of change within education. This process has assumed a worldwide character,as policies have migrated around the world; thus there have existed many similarities in terms of, for instance, curriculum provision, or school governance, between New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and the USA. This article examines the nature and extent of education change in general terms, and the concept of globalization, before analysing the links between globalization and the process of change in one area of education, that is, the development of national frameworks for curriculum and assessment within anglophone nations.  相似文献   

One Brief,Shining Moment? The Impact of Neo‐liberalism on Science Curriculum in the Compulsory Years of Schooling     

Dorothy Veronica Smith 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(9):1273-1288

The past 20 years or so have seen ongoing concern for the nature of science education in the Anglophone developed world. A particular focus of this concern has been the need to find new ways to frame science curricula that will engage students, yet it is proving difficult to achieve this goal. In this article I argue that the impact on science curriculum of a societal shift to neo‐liberalism and an attendant policy shift to outcomes‐based education should be explicitly acknowledged; further, that the forms of curriculum that emerge from neo‐liberalism are unlikely to provide the engaging and inclusive science education needed today. To illustrate the impact of the neo‐liberal societal shift on science curriculum I compare an exemplary, inclusive and innovative science curriculum document from the 1980s with its outcomes‐based successor from the 1990s. I show that in this case the shift to the outcomes‐based form significantly restricted the possibilities for framing science education to respond to the local community, restricting a vision of science as a social institution; further, it framed each learner as an individual to the exclusion of community while reducing options for framing learning to meet individual needs. I argue that it is important for the future disciplinary well‐being of science, and for the well‐being of society on the whole, that both science and its scientists be seen as socially located. Science curriculum documents must initiate and support this perspective.  相似文献   

Multiple Aims in the Development of a Major Reform of the National Curriculum for Science in England     

Jim Ryder  Indira Banner 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(5):709-725

In the context of a major reform of the school science curriculum for 14–16‐year‐olds in England, we examine the aims ascribed to the reform, the stakeholders involved, and the roles of differing values and authority in its development. This reform includes an emphasis on socioscientific issues and the nature of science; curriculum trends of international relevance. Our analysis identifies largely ‘instrumental’ aims, with little emphasis on ‘intrinsic’ aims and associated values. We identify five broad categories of stakeholders focusing on different aims with, for example, a social, individual, political, or economic emphasis. We suggest that curriculum development projects reflecting largely social and individual aims were appropriated by other stakeholders to serve political and economic aims. We argue that a curriculum reform body representing all stakeholder interests is needed to ensure that multiple aims are considered throughout the curriculum reform process. Within such a body, the differentiated character of the science teaching community would need to be represented.  相似文献   

1977年以来我国高校图书馆事业政策发展阶段性特征述评(上)     

范兴坤 《大学图书馆学报》2010,28(6):16-20

1977年后,我国的高等教育进入了快速发展时期,大量与高校图书馆建设直接或间接相关的国家高等教育政策规范着高校图书馆的发展。该文在对这些政策进行溯源和归类的基础上,总结了我国高等教育四个发展阶段中高校图书馆发展的不同特征。  相似文献   

我国当代图书馆事业政策建设及研究述评     

范兴坤  郑建明 《中国图书馆学报》2010,36(2)

从政策学角度加强图书馆事业政策的研究具有较大的现实意义和理论价值.为进一步了解政策对我国图书馆事业发展具有的特殊意义,文章借鉴现代政策科学的理论和研究方法,揭示了我国当代图书馆事业政策建设的状况及不足,总结并述评了我国图书馆事业政策研究的特点及存在的问题,在此基础上指出提高我国图书馆事业政策建设及研究水平的关键点.  相似文献   

免费师范生价值观学习生活现状调查研究——以西南地区某大学为个案   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

王婷  覃学健  王德清 《贵州教育学院学报》2009,25(7):13-16

于对西南地区某大学免费师范生价值观、生活状况、学习状况等方面的问卷调查、个案访谈和座谈会,剖析了当前免费师范生的现状与问题,从免费师范生视角提出当前国家和学校应给予免费师范生更多的“关爱”,探讨了免费师范生回原籍所在地任教的合理年限,提出应建立相关心理咨询服务,以及形成一套有效的竞争激励机制,为师范生免费教育政策在西南地区的有效实施提供依据和建议。  相似文献   

改革开放以来农村基础教育政策的分析与思考     

郎君立 《贵州教育学院学报》2009,25(2):4-6

改革开放以来农村基础教育政策不断完善和创新,教育观念逐渐彰显平等化,管理体制逐渐统筹化,投入体制逐渐福利化,办学形式逐渐多样化。这些政策的应用促进了农村基础教育的很大发展,但也存在一定的不足,所以要继续更新观念,完善新机制,实施弱势补偿,实行依法治教,推动农村基础教育的长足发展。  相似文献   

信息资源管理政策执行力影响因素研究——以《关于加强信息资源开发利用工作的若干意见》为例          下载免费PDF全文

马海群  冯畅 《中国图书馆学报》2020,46(2):56-74

本文以《关于加强信息资源开发利用工作的若干意见》为样本,研究影响信息资源管理政策执行力的相关因素,以期提高信息资源管理政策执行效率,更好地指导和规范新的政策的出台和实施。基于信息资源管理政策执行力影响因素的特点,运用系统动力学原理,通过建模和仿真对政府信息公开的程度、执行人员的素质与能力、目标群体的结构与信息素质、配套政策的协同性、信息资源管理政策的明晰性和前瞻性这五个因素进行灵敏度分析,对比各系统参数值的改变对信息资源管理政策执行力的影响程度。研究结果表明,政府信息公开的程度对信息资源管理政策执行力的影响最显著,目标群体的结构与信息素质对信息资源管理政策执行力的影响较小且有限,其余三个因素均对信息资源管理政策执行力产生不同程度的影响。结合大数据时代的发展需求,对《关于加强信息资源开发利用工作的若干意见》的修订提出建议:推进政府数据开放,建立健全配套政策协同机制,完善政策规范和体系。提出信息资源管理政策执行力的提升路径:提高政府信息公开和数据开放的程度,加强执行主体协同与信息资源开发利用活动的评估工作,增强政策制定过程的科学性,提升执行人员的素质与能力。  相似文献   

Why did people become secondary-school English as a foreign language teachers in China? An examination of the pathways, motivations and policy through a life-history narrative approach     

Hongqin Zhao 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2008,7(3):183-195

Teacher motivation has been found to be a critical predictor of teachers’ work commitment, identity and performance, yet has received insufficient attention in educational policymaking. In this article the reasons for people becoming teachers of English as a foreign language in China, reflect both social and psychological factors. This motivational aspect of becoming and being a teacher, in particular a teacher of English, provides an avenue for capturing teachers’ meaning and understanding of teaching in their context through the narratives of their experience of why and how they teach English. To develop a policy aimed at sustaining the intrinsic motivation of teachers, it is crucial to analyze the issues that affect a teacher’s commitment and identity.  相似文献