Interrogating conceptions of leadership: school principals,policy and paradox     

Karen E. Starr 《School Leadership & Management》2014,34(3):224-236

Currently educational research literature demonstrates wide discussion and endorsement of ‘distributed’ leadership while concurrently traditional, hegemonic forms prevail in practice. This article investigates understandings about educational leadership held by Australian school principals. The article describes the contradictory conceptions about educational leadership currently in circulation. It interrogates underlying assumptions and questions how both hegemonic and newer leadership conceptions and assumptions serve educational leaders. Data from principals around the country and across education systems reinforced the predominance of un-theorised or under-theorised notions about leadership, with similar assumptions found in important policy artefacts and practices. This article emerges from interviews with 100 principals focusing on their professional learning needs, which revealed interesting ideas, issues and dilemmas concerning ‘leadership’. It fills a gap in research on distributed leadership by exploring contradictions inherent in policy, practice and understandings in this area. The article is structured into four sections. First, extant literature on this topic and the research are explained. Second, the article focuses on principals' conceptions about leadership and those inherent within important policy and practical artefacts. A discussion of the findings focuses on the discrepancy between theory and policy endorsement and the views of practitioners. Finally, the article canvasses the implications of the research.  相似文献   

Neoliberalism,education and the integration of ICT in schools. A critical reading     

Oscar Moltó Egea 《Technology, Pedagogy and Education》2014,23(2):267-283

This article explores a contemporary perspective of education that aims to radically re-construct schools through the integration of information and communication technologies (ICT). Through the analysis of key texts produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, leading ICT industries, and international educational researchers, the article looks at the apparently neutral and desirable regime of truth surrounding education, where concrete problems are created and certain solutions provided. The findings discuss how the integration of ICT in schools is embedded in a perspective of education based on: new modalities of soft government, the centrality of a self-regulated and entrepreneur learner, and the representation of schools as flexible, autonomous and non-hierarchical environments organised around non-standardised modalities of public ‘accountability’.  相似文献   

Researching the influence of teaching assistants on the learning of pupils identified with special educational needs in mainstream primary schools: exploring social inclusion     

Helen Saddler 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2014,14(3):145-152

As a result of their high contact time with children, particularly children identified with special educational needs, it is widely acknowledged that teaching assistants (TAs) have great influence on pupils' education (Balshaw). However, recent research into the impact of TAs on pupils' learning has questioned TAs' usefulness in improving pupils' learning (Blatchford, Bassett and Brown; Higgins). This paper argues that TAs' influence on pupils' education has not yet been researched effectively. Previous research has primarily focused on determining TAs' influence on pupils' achievement in terms of academic outcomes and has neglected to explore social outcomes. Two interconnected literature bases are reviewed in this paper; the current research exploring TAs' role and influence on pupils' learning is first explored, followed by a critical discussion of the literature regarding the process of social inclusion in mainstream primary schools. This paper concludes that for TAs' influence on pupils' learning to be effectively researched, TAs' influence on the process of social inclusion must be researched within mainstream primary schools.  相似文献   

从中西文化比较中追求社会变革--从郭嵩焘到梁启超     

许彬  付来侠 《内江师范学院学报》2014,(11):115-119

晚清时期,随着西学东渐的不断深入,郭嵩焘和梁启超都在寻求救亡图存的时代主题下,进行了中西文化的比较和融通。二人虽处于不同的年代,但在中西政治思想、教育思想和国人道德整肃的比较等方面,都提出了许多近似的观点,这推进了中西文化比较和社会变革的进程。他们的中西文化比较就内容而言,呈现出由浅入深的趋势;就比较方法而言,呈现了由简到丰的特征。这反映出了近代中西文化比较和社会变革逐步深入演变的轨迹。  相似文献   

走向实践教育哲学     

陈理宣  黄英杰 《内江师范学院学报》2014,(3):102-107

基于马克思的实践观以及杜威和陶行知对“做”的教育理论探索,结合对中国社会和教育实践变革的反思,本文对话双方提出了实践教育哲学这一饱含鲜明时代精神的新教育哲学形态。在实践教育哲学看来,实践不仅是教育的现实品格,还是人的教育和生成的本质要求。离开了实践活动,不惟没有本真的教育,人和社会也会处于一种异化状态。实践教育哲学观照下的知识教学追求人的培养目的与手段,教育内容的感性活动基础与理性认识,科学真理与生产劳动之间的统一,旨在实现教育实践本身之理性自我澄明、人性无限完满和教育价值创造这三者之间的有效整合,通达万物一体之审美人格这一实践教育哲学的至高境界。  相似文献   

师范生教育实习效果的影响因素及提升策略——基于X大学物理学专业实习生的反思材料分析     

张正严  王治春 《内江师范学院学报》2014,(4):74-78

通过对某大学16份实习生的实习材料进行定性分析,研究了影响实习生教育实习效果的影响因素.研究表明：影响实习生教学能力发展的因素有实习生自身的努力,实习生的教学反思等.据此提出的建议是：编写符合实情的实习指南;以QQ群为基础搭建实习生集体交流平台;要求实习生拟写教学反思;高校指导教师定期检查、点评;以实习生所在实习年级为小组,建立实习共同体;实习结束之前,组内举行汇报性质的讲课比赛,中学指导教师当评委,以提高师范生实习的效果.  相似文献   

海南省旅游业碳排放的测算分析     

何彪  马勇  朱连心  郭强 《昆明大学学报》2014,(3):65-70

随着旅游业的发展,旅游业对气候与环境的影响日益得到社会的广泛关注。旅游业的碳排放问题逐渐成为旅游学术研究的又一热点。海南省的旅游业发展一直凭借其优美的环境而著称,旅游业也是海南省的重要支柱产业,研究其碳排放对环境的影响更有积极的意义。旅游业的碳排放测度一直是一个尚未完全解决的难题。通过对文献的研究,借鉴“自下而上”的测算方法,结合调研数据,对海南省旅游业的能源消耗和二氧化碳排放进行了初步测算。结果表明,旅游业是一种低碳产业,可以积极应对气候环境变化与节能减排,可以成为海南省低碳经济发展的重要方面;海南省旅游业的碳排放结构与全国相比有一定的不同,这是由海南省的旅游目的地类型和产业结构特征导致的。  相似文献   

双模式高考对高职教育的影响与对策     

王继辉 《衡水学院学报》2014,(4):85-87

双模式高考制度的探索对于发展高职教育具有重要而特殊的意义.双模式高考对高职院校的影响主要表现为人才观念的转变、生源素质的竞争和人才培养水平方面.国家应加强政策引导和教育宣传,转变国人传统观念,做好高考框架设计,确保教育的公平和效率,高职院校应积极创造条件,提升人才培养水平,积极应对双模式高考制度给职业教育带来的挑战.  相似文献   

加快教育信息化建设,促进高校教育教学改革     

刘辉  周艳玲  许弥韬 《衡阳师范学院学报》2014,(3):146-148

高校进行教育信息化建设,既是高校教育教学改革发展的必然趋势,同时也是一个挑战。该文首先从提高认识、更新观念上入手,对高校进行教育信息化建设的措施进行了详细分析,包括软、硬件平台和网络设施的改造和数字化校园的建设等,最后着重分析了网络学习空间教学的来源、内容和组成。教育信息化不仅能有效激发教师的积极性和创造性,而且能有效地增强学生的学习兴趣和自主学习能力。  相似文献   

教育学教学中的问题与对策研究———以凯里学院为例简     

邵忠祥  吴永忠 《凯里学院学报》2014,(1):165-168

教育学是高师院校的一门必修课,它的质量在一定程度上决定了我国师范生的教育理论水平.课题组在充分调研的基础上,发现当前师范生较为认同教育学这门课程,但是对它的认识存在一定的误区,且发现教育学在实施的过程中存在一些问题,根据调查的结果,提出了有针对性的解决策略.  相似文献