浅议工程机械维修

工程机械管理与维修的目标就是要不断改善和提高设备管理与维修的水平,以最经济合理的寿命周期费用使设备维持良好的性能,保证工程施工的需要。从而促进施工企业提高生产效率和经济效益     

论制度建设与人的全面发展——兼评"制度万能论"思想

制度建设在社会主义现代化建设中起着极其巨大的作用,但片面理解“关键在制度”思想,无限夸大制度的社会作用,必然导致“制度万能论”思想。任何制度建设都离不开人和人的全面发展,二者相辅相成、相得益彰。     

TPR体系用于专业英语基础课教学之依据

纯理论学究式的教学方法,由于教学过程过于生硬和抽象,无法满足英语语言基础课教学内容的需求。与之相比TPR教学体系有直观生动、快速理解、长效记忆、最低压力以及师生同乐自然的优势,对其有机地使用,更有利于教学效率的提高。     

接轨“新课改”：地方高师院校英语教学法课程的改革探索

随着《义务教育英语课程标准（2011版）》的出台,各地掀起解读课标的热潮,迎来了新一轮中学英语课程改革。而作为培养基础教育英语教师核心课程的高师英语教学法课程改革效果却不理想。文章从教学内容选择、教师教法和考核方式三方面综合探讨,整体改革,进而解决该课程中理论与实践脱节的问题。     

Quality Control in Education: — The Span of Control Controversy ‐Some Practical Considerations

This article gives the background to the introduction of a statutory system of staff appraisal in schools in England. It explains and provides insights into the various stages of the appraisal process from a management perspective. It begins from the premise that a manager is responsible for the performance of staff which he or she manages. Finally, it discusses a number of issues which are problematic and which need to be resolved if a staff appraisal scheme is to be successful from both the individual's and the school's viewpoints.     

School Governors: An LEA Perspective

The article relates the experiences of one large comprehensive school in its first year as a member of a pilot Local Resource Management (LRM) scheme. It considers some of the difficulties, the training implications and some of the advantages and disadvantages which have already come to light. Some advice is also given to other schools which are likely to be involved in such schemes as soon as the ‘Baker Bill’ becomes law.     

The efficacy of small internal networks for improving schools

Through two school case studies in Cyprus, in this paper I explore the role of small internal collaborative networks in promoting school improvement. The analysis of the two cases revealed a series of interrelated themes which indicated issues related to school improvement, and actually, it provided evidence that small internal collaborative networks could contribute to school improvement. This contribution was related to the development of interest in the learning of children coming from vulnerable groups, to the creation of conditions for more effective leadership and management within the schools, and to changes in the culture of the schools.     

Staff Development: Theory and Practice

The importance of strategic planning in education has been increasingly recognised but observations of school principals have shown that little time is apparently devoted to reflective planning. This case study of a secondary college principal, aimed to discover if the reflective practitioner exists by extending non‐participant observation to include the content and timing of a principal's thinking periods. The evidence from observation was also used to find out if planned strategies were translated into actions.     

The Purpose and Functions of Budgets – Some Theoretical Perspectives for Education Managers

While educational leadership and management has experienced impressive development over the last three decades the fact that a robust comparative branch of the field has failed to emerge is equally conspicuous. This article builds a case for comparative and international educational leadership and management, arguing that the development of conceptual frameworks and instrumentation are imperative if the field is to keep abreast of globalisation of policy and practice. Accordingly, a conceptual framework is described and justified based on a cultural and cross-cultural approach focusing on the school level as the baseline unit for analysis. Specifically, the proposed framework is architectured around the interrelationship between two levels of culture, societal and organisational, and four elements comprising schooling and school-based management, namely, organisational structures, leadership and management processes, curriculum, and teaching and learning. Finally, limitations and implications of the model are discussed, including the need for the framework to be operationalised by developing appropriate research instruments.     

Teacher Appraisal,Professional Development and School Improvement: a case study

The paper argues that in respect of the day‐to‐day work activities required in being a headteacher, and in the work relationships involved in running schools, the occupational culture of headship has changed fundamentally. Using the accounts of 20 headteachers, interviewed in respect of their career histories in 1990 and followed up by means of a postal questionnaire in 1992, the paper illustrates the changes experienced and identified by this group of heads. It is argued that a new headteacher is required; that aspects of educational leadership have diminished dramatically in the work culture of headship.