Promoting quality education in Chile: the politics of reforming teacher careers     

Alejandra Mizala 《教育政策杂志》2020,35(4):529-555

ABSTRACT

Reformers in developing countries increasingly seek to raise education quality. Yet we know little about the politics of improving education. One significant and instructive case of reforms designed to boost education quality comes from Chile, where in 2016 the government enacted a sweeping reform of teaching careers. This paper first uses a quantitative analysis of appearances in the news to identify key stakeholders and then turns to process tracing to analyze how and when these stakeholders influenced reform dynamics. Comparatively, the Chilean case differs from similar reforms elsewhere in Latin America due to the absence of business, the strong role of policy networks, and the final negotiated settlement with the teacher union. Theoretically, the analysis confirms general theories that emphasize the roles of distributive politics and policy networks.  相似文献   

Subjective well-being in cultural advocacy: a politics of research between the market and the academy     

Susan Oman  Mark Taylor 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2018,11(3):225-243

This paper responds to a trend of contracting out subjective well-being econometrics to demonstrate social return on investment (SROI) for evidence-based policy-making. We discuss an evolving ecology of ‘external’ research taking place ‘between’ the academy and commercial consultancy. We then contextualise this as waves of research methodologies and consultancy for the cultural sector. The new model of ‘external between’ consultancy research for policy is not only placed between the University and the market, but also facilitates discourse between policy sectors, government, the media and the academy. Specifically, it enables seductive but selective arguments for advocacy that claim authority through academic affiliation, yet are not evaluated for robustness. To critically engage with an emergent form of what Stone calls ‘causal stories’, we replicate a publicly funded externally commissioned SROI model that argues for the value of cultural activities to well-being. We find that the author’s operationalisation of participation and well-being are crucial, yet their representation of the relationship problematic, and their estimates questionable. This case study ‘re-performs’ econometric modelling national-level survey data for the cultural sector to reveal practices that create norms of expertise for policy-making that are not rigorous. We conclude that fluid claims to authority allow experimental econometric models and measures to perform across the cultural economy as if ratified. This new model of advocacy research requires closer academic consideration given the changing research funding structures and recent attention to expertise and the contracting out of public services.  相似文献   

A Ṭā’ifa in Exile: Sayf al-Dawla and the Survival of the Banū Hūd     

Anthony Minnema 《Al-Masaq: Islam & the Medieval Mediterranean》2019,31(1):1-19

In 1145–1146, Sayf al-Dawla returned to al-Andalus to create an independent kingdom and return the Banū Hūd of Zaragoza to prominence. His task was a difficult one, not least because he’d spent a decade serving the Christian king Alfonso VII. After a year of campaigning, Sayf al-Dawla secured a base of support in Murcia. However, he died shortly after his coronation in a battle with Christian allies who were allegedly sent by Alfonso to help him. In addition to providing an explanation for the battle and his death, the article examines how Sayf al-Dawla promoted the legitimacy of his state through his coinage, adherence to Andalusī traditions, and a network of fellow exiles. It interprets the Zaragozan ?ā’ifa as a moveable faction rather than a fixed geographical entity and connects Sayf al-Dawla’s kingdom to later movements to demonstrate how his actions preserved the Banū Hūd’s prestige in Andalusī imaginations.  相似文献   

Analytical attractions and the techno-continuum: Conceptualising data obsessions and consequences in elite sport     

Geoffery Z. Kohe  Laura G. Purdy 《Sport, Education and Society》2019,24(7):742-755

The proliferation of sports science and technological innovation within performance settings has precipitated the generation of increasing volumes of data to aid athletes. Copious data production has also perpetuated the privileging of scientific information, and a ‘thirst’ for ‘more data’ as an unproblematic ‘truth’. Of significance is not merely the use of technology for the production of data-for-data's sake, or the utility of data for a greater cause (e.g. the good of the team), but the quest for personalised data for individual athletes to be analysed, and reflected upon ad nauseam. Furthering scholarship on disciplining bodies, we argue that increased technological consumption, and the related excessive quantification of athletes’ bodies via data production, adds further insecurity into performance sports work. Finally, attention is given to the cultural step-change new techno-dispositions may now present.  相似文献   

Between business and morality: cultural politics in independent bookshops in China     

Zheng Liu 《Journal of Cultural Economy》2020,13(4):461-474

ABSTRACT

This article investigates how cultural businesses may facilitate contentious political activity in authoritarian contexts. Existing research in Western liberal democracies has shown the widespread political activism of actors in the cultural and creative industries. Whether such activism exists in authoritarian society, how it may differ in character and form, and what implications this will have for our understanding of relations between business, politics, and culture in authoritarian countries remain to be addressed. Drawing on data collected from 55 ‘independent bookshops’ in China, I illustrate how these organisations perform ‘cultural politics,’ a type of political participation in which actors employ mainly symbolic means to express social and political concerns. The organisations’ economic relations and conditions facilitate their efforts to create spaces in which contentious questions can be raised, sensitive topics explored, and alternative ideas expressed, despite the Chinese state’s political regulation of the cultural sphere. The finding of the economic embeddedness of cultural politics sheds new light on our understanding of the political economy of cultural businesses in contemporary China.  相似文献   

Instructional design for single information literacy sessions     

Elizabeth L. Black 《Public Services Quarterly》2020,16(3):161-171

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Understanding by Design instructional design framework can be applied to design high-quality single-session information literacy instruction. The author describes the Understanding by Design process in detail, noting modifications for single instructional session design with examples from the application of this instructional design process to design co-curricular instruction sessions for undergraduates.  相似文献   

纪昀的社会整合思想探析     

张国立 《邵阳学院学报(社会科学版)》2011,10(2):20-23

乾隆晚期,清朝从康乾盛世的繁华中衰败下来,整个社会朝政失措,纲常大坏。纪昀担心"积百年冤愤之气,而发之一朝",希望通过神道设教,依托自己的鬼神思想,宣传儒家传统之礼,以修整日渐腐化的社会,恢复和谐、稳定、平衡的社会秩序。  相似文献   

校企共建特色课程和教材的探讨与实践     

吴金娇  刘树青 《中国现代教育装备》2011,(9):102-103

针对校企共建在应用型本科高校中的巨大作用,指出校企共建特色课程和教材建设是深化校企合作共建的有效措施,介绍了海德汉数控系统操作与编程加工特色课程和教材建设的实例。  相似文献   

“以说促学”在高职高专公共英语课堂教学的尝试     

李华 《广东轻工职业技术学院学报》2011,10(3):47-51

基于＂以说促学＂教学改革试验,课堂观察、数据记录及调查表明：通过此项试验,学生参与课堂英语活动的次数和人数提高了,学习英语的信心提高了,英语水平也得到相应的提高。  相似文献   

检察机关参与社会管理创新的方法与途径     

尤晓燕  胡彬华 《江苏经贸职业技术学院学报》2011,(2):39-42

推进社会管理创新,是适应我国社会结构和利益格局的发展变化,加强和改进社会管理的必然要求。强化和完善法治建设是我国社会管理发展的必然方向。因此,检察机关参与社会管理创新具有重要意义:一方面,可以为社会管理提供强有力的司法保障,大力推动创新制度的执行和落实;另一方面,社会管理创新也同步推动了检察机关执法理念的转变与执法方式的改革。检察机关参与社会管理创新应当着重于自身职能的行使,进行司法监督和职务犯罪监督,通过办案,纠正违法行为,捍卫法律的尊严,维护社会的公平和正义。  相似文献