‘I do not like what I am becoming but…’: transforming the identity of head teachers in Catalonia

The aim of this article is to elucidate how a new system of school and teacher assessment in Catalonia is transforming the conceptions, practices and identity of head teachers, especially younger ones. It begins by considering the impact of global neoliberal policies on educational practices, highlighting their Foucauldian productive nature. It then examines the educational context of Catalonia during the last 30 years, emphasising the changing role of head teachers and the impact of neoliberal governance. This is followed by an account and analysis of in-depth interviews with four head teachers, focusing especially on how the head teacher’s objectives, practices and identities are being transformed, or produced, as a result of the new neoliberal ‘assessment regime’. It ends with a discussion on the importance of refusal and resistance to this process and the need to reconsider basic educational and social questions.     

Inclusive financial literacy education for inspiring a critical financial consciousness: an experiment in partnership with marginalised youth

In the absence of critical inquiry, traditional financial literacy education risks socialising economically marginalised groups into an acceptance of the very power structures that created their marginalisation in the first place. The instructor-facilitator seeking to confront the challenge of promoting critical thinking about a subject widely accepted to be factual and esoteric faces considerable obstacles. Adoption of inclusive pedagogies in the design and delivery of financial literacy workshops offers a means of challenging positivist notions of ‘authentic knowledge’ in finance. This paper brings the socially constructed nature of finance to the forefront and offers reflections on our experience with a series of student-led workshops intended to advance financial literacy and a critical financial consciousness in economically marginalised youth, some of whom have been marginalised by the formal education system as well.     

Delivering an MBA Management Consulting Experience

This article reports on an innovative MBA elective consulting course that attempts to address how to better prepare inexperienced MBA students for a competitive job market. This article is a best practice paper designed to provide insights and encouragement to educators.     

Caregiver perceptions of sexual abuse and its effect on management after a disclosure

Objective

The aim of the study was to examine caregiver management strategies for child sexual abuse (CSA) when presented with hypothetical scenarios that vary in physical invasiveness.

Methods

One hundred fifty three caregivers were given 3 scenarios of CSA with 7 management strategies presented in the 21-item Taking Action Strategies (TAS) scale. Caregivers were asked to rate strategies according to their willingness to carry out each action with rating of 5 = greater likelihood of carrying out the action specified while a rating of 1 = a lower likelihood of carrying out that action. CSA scenarios included exposure to pornography/masturbation, fondling, and penetration while management strategies including fighting the accused, blaming the child, and outreaching to the authorities. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare mean TAS scores for the management strategies across CSA scenarios.

Results

The difference between TAS scores across the abuse scenarios was statistically significant (p < .001). Mean TAS scores reflected greater preference for taking action if the abusive act was perceived as more physically intrusive (exposure to pornography/masturbation-TAS 3.5, fondling-TAS 3.7, penetration-TAS 3.8). Caregivers reported being less willing to handle a disclosure of CSA without outreach (TAS 2.5 and 2.0 for fighting and blaming the child, respectively) and more willing to manage a disclosure with outreach to authorities (TAS 3.8, 4.5, and 4.7 for outreaching to Child Protective Services [CPS], to the child's healthcare provider and police, respectively). A predictor of caregiver outreach to authorities identified was the caregiver having past interactions with CPS.

Conclusion

Perception of the physical invasiveness of CSA and demographic factors can impact caregiver management strategies after a disclosure.

Practice implications

Results suggest that several factors influence caregiver management of sexual abuse. These factors warrant further study, as they are potential contributors to declining trends in CSA cases observed. Other implications include the need for educational efforts targeting caregivers. These interventions should focus on dispelling myths about the perceived physical invasiveness of CSA. These perceptions should not mitigate a caregiver's decision to involve the authorities in their management after a disclosure. Lastly, despite criticisms of the child protective systems, caregivers with past encounters with CPS view these related agencies as valuable resources.     

户外拓展训练在提升企业核心竞争力中的作用研究

文章分析了拓展训练的内涵,探讨了拓展训练对于提高企业员工和企业管理者的身体、心理、创新、人文等素质和综合能力,以及打造企业文化和提高企业组织效能的作用;提高这种培训手段的实效性,需要将培训的效果加以有效的延伸,使其内化成企业的组织文化和行为文化,同时还需要有关部门规范培训机构的市场行为,提高拓展师队伍的业务素质,改善训练条件,创新训练的内容与方法手段,提高拓展训练的针对性和实效性.     

高职院校团队管理课程实践性教学研究

基于团队理论视角下开设好团队管理课程,并有效组织好实践性教学,是提升高职院校课程教学品牌的一个重要着力点。高职院校团队管理课程实践性教学的特点是实际操作性和应用性,要"以项目促训练,在实践中提升"的讲练结合的课程实践性教学为主旨观点,同时,应注意培养持续积累职业发展能力、坚持针对性等问题。     

高校临海管理专业英语翻译特色课程体系创新研究

临海专业英语翻译特色课程体系教学创新研究首先应该围绕制定以培养临海专业应用型翻译人才为目标,不同知识结构相互融合与渗透,具有内部连贯性的课程体系而展开。该课程体系只有以临海"专业化翻译"课程为特色,才能培养出高素质的临海专业翻译人才,满足日益增长的社会需求。     

适应社会发展需要完善人力资源会计

文章分析目前人力资源会计方面存在的问题,并从人力资本、人力资源价值纳入财务会计核算体系和人力资源会计制度的建立等方面进行了分析.     

Invisible barriers: the career progress of women secondary school principals in Greece

This paper examines the career progress of female principals in Greek secondary schools and the under‐representation of women in management positions. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with six women principals in Athens, the paper considers the factors affecting women's participation in school management. The findings demonstrate that women are greatly under‐represented in secondary school management positions. The main reasons for this disadvantage are personal factors, covert discrimination, gender stereotypes and constraints experienced through their socially defined roles.     

人工智能赋能背景下中外档案管理创新比较与启示

为了解人工智能赋能背景下档案管理工作的基本现状和存在问题,发挥人工智能技术对档案管理工作的积极影响,文章采用比较研究法,分别从档案管理理论创新、档案管理实践创新、档案管理人员角色转变三个方面,分析人工智能赋能背景下我国和澳大利亚、美国等国在档案管理工作中存在的异同,总结国外利用人工智能赋能档案管理工作的一些经验,为我国档案管理工作应用人工智能提供借鉴。