Elaborating a model of teacher professional growth

This paper details a model of teacher professional growth and relates the model to the research data on which the model is empirically founded. A key feature of the model is its inclusion of four analytic domains in close correspondence to those employed by Guskey (Educational Researcher 15(5), 1986) and others, but the model proposed in this paper identifies the specific mechanisms by which change in one domain is associated with change in another. The interconnected, non-linear structure of the model enabled the identification of particular “change sequences” and “growth networks”, giving recognition to the idiosyncratic and individual nature of teacher professional growth. One major value of a change model grounded in empirical data lies in its capacity to stimulate speculation, research and development regarding possible change mechanisms as yet unexplored and unexploited. In its current form, this model offers a powerful framework to support the analyses of those studying teacher change (or growth) and the planning of those responsible for teacher professional development.     

Fostering wise judgement: professional decisions in development programmes for early career engineers

This paper reviews literature that explores the role of judgement in professional practice. It discusses how workplace decisions, work activities and reflection on these activities may contribute to the development of wise judgements, or ‘wisdom’, and how workplaces can leverage these activities for induction and transition to work programmes. This review of the literature is prompted by survey results inviting engineering graduates and professionals to identify the capabilities they believe are most significant to success in the engineering workplace. The requirement for sound professional judgement resonates in participant responses. The paper summarises views of expertise, the relationship between experience and the development of professional judgement and the broader contribution of expansive and participatory learning environments to developing professional judgement. It concludes that the organisation of work and job design can facilitate the articulation of new engineers to professional practice, and that organisational learning programmes can leverage workplace activities to foster wise judgement in graduate engineers.     

What about choice for a change?

Through the lens of exile, this conceptual study explores the complex associations of choice and change, and their implications for education, in a range of areas from sociology through psychology and physiology. In bringing together and synthesising diverse thoughts about choice and change, it inquires into how educators and their professional practices can support the choices of young people in creating significant change and the hopeful future through knowledge economies. It concludes that, if the moral purposes of change are to be social and communal development, mental models should be chosen and knowledge created to accomplish those purposes. At stake is the legacy of today’s choices for young people’s futures. Dedicated to my Dad, Pieter, 19 April 1922–18 April 2004, ‘Recte faciendo neminem timeas’.     

论"读图时代"编辑职能的转变

“读图时代”的产生有其必然的原因,图文书与以文字为主的传统书籍相比,表现出自己的优势,也显示了自身的不足,从而对编辑职能的拓展、延伸和转变提出了新的要求。     

‘Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble’: What are the Conjunctural Effects on English Teacher Professional Memories,Identities and Narratives?

This article explores how circumstances in different conjunctures influence the types of narrative, working practice and ‘Professional Memory’ that English teachers construct. It is argued that the circumstances in which teachers begin their careers help to formulate attitudes, values and missions that remain potent over long periods. Examining these phenomena from a collectivist perspective makes it possible to uncover the valued ways of working and conceptions of ‘English’ that different generations hold through professional memory. These memories can provide much needed, alternative accounts of the subject that are both informative and instructive. Here, I concentrate on the professional memory of one generation of English teachers who began in a distinctive conjuncture: 1965–1975.     

如何做好高校毕业生的就业工作

高校毕业生就业工作任务艰巨,我们必须认清形势,加强领导,做好职业指导,拓宽就业渠道,争取更大的政策支持,同时做好服务工作,各级领导和各级部门共同努力,在全社会营造有利于毕业生就业的良好氛围,高校毕业生就业工作一定会取得实效.     

Understanding the link between professional learning communities and teacher collective efficacy

Research suggests effective professional learning communities (PLCs) enhance teacher collaboration and student achievement. Some studies indicate that these communities also predict greater collective efficacy, while others suggest teacher efficacy is predictive of teachers working together. Although studies have identified effective, research-based PLC practices, how these specific practices effect collective efficacy has not been thoroughly studied. This study, using structural equation modeling (SEM), investigated the relationship between PLCs and teachers’ collective efficacy drawing on 310 surveys from 16 schools in 1 district that had systematically implemented PLCs. Our findings showed that higher functioning PLCs predict higher levels of teacher collective efficacy (TCE). This suggests that engaging and supporting teachers in PLC work, as this district did, can lead to enhanced collective efficacy, which in turn can contribute to improved student achievement.     

论编辑服务理念的培养

编辑工作的各个环节中都需要树立正确的服务理念。对编辑来说，读者决不仅仅是普通意义上的消费者，因为出版物是提升人们精神生活质量的特殊商品。这就要求作为生产者的编辑从策划选题开始，到组稿、制作加工，一直到后期的宣传销售和读者反馈调查，都应当从读者的角度出发进行思考。     

我国高校学报的改革与发展

本论述了中国高校学报刊物多、高水平的少，综合性的多、专业性的少，编辑水平低等现象，并指出了今后改革的方向。     

浅谈高职院校财会专业人才能力培养

社会经济发展的各行各业为财会人才提供了广阔的就业场所和发展空间,就财会人才能力而言,社会的需求与学校的培养之间存在一定的矛盾。本文从培养的基本目标定位入手,在分析财会人才的运用经济法规、会计业务处理、财务管理、审计等四个方面的能力要求的基础上,提出相应的培养途径。