浅谈系统领导方法在现代领导活动中的运用

在社会发展趋向高度分化又高度综合的现代社会,领导活动日益体现为一个繁冗复杂的有机动态的大系统。在这种背景下,如何明确系统领导方法的内涵和原则,从整体上把握领导活动的系统规律性,掌握系统领导方法的正确实施路径,是广大领导者迫切需要解决的课题。     

论韩非之“道”

＂道＂是韩非治国思想中一个带有核心性的理念,在他的治国思想中占有极其重要的位置。韩非所说的＂道＂取自老子的＂道＂而又不同于老子的＂道＂。老子的道有多层含义,而韩非则把道解释为自然世界运动发展的必然即规律。以此为基础,韩非把道引入人类社会国家治理的图式中,不仅把法理解为治理国家的道,而且还把治臣之术升华为道的高度。认识韩非关于道的理念,对于认识韩非的思想具有重要意义和价值。     

现当代管理心理学领导行为与领导风格研究成果综述

通过对现代管理心理学中领导行为和领导风格研究成果的综述认为,西方管理心理学研究的结论在中国的推广存在严重的文化障碍,必须逐步本土化才能用来指导中国的党政管理和企业管理.20世纪的中国管理心理学关于领导行为和领导作风的研究,要么停留在西方管理心理学的介绍和跨文化验证方面,要么以西方文化为背景,批评中国企业家没有现代管理的心理素质,对中国古代儒家道家文化背景下形成的治国治家思想和以党的执政理论为框架的领导科学视而不见.西方的管理心理学和中国的领导科学就象两条铁轨,难以相交,主要的障碍在于话语的转换困难.心理学的本土化道路仍然很漫长.     

Innovation and Enterprise in Singapore Schools

Schools in Singapore are now tasked to develop the spirit of innovation and enterprise in their students. This is in line with the national vision of ‘Thinking Schools, Learning Nation’. This policy initiative, which began in 2004, is set to change the fundamental nature of education in Singapore. This article discusses the innovation and enterprise (I&E) initiative, its major implications for schools in Singapore and the areas still to be addressed in the implementation of the policy. In particular, the article discusses the issues of teachers and school leaders as role models of I&E, I&E as an organic part of school business, the influence of the wider societal culture and values system, and the measurement of success of I&E. The challenge for schools is to go beyond the form of the initiative to bring real substantial and sustainable change through this movement.     

Heraclitean Thinking: Implications for Philosophy of Education

Heraclitus was the first presocratic Ionian thinker to describe the underlying nature of reality as a set of processes in flux and to affirm the constantly changing nature of the cosmos. In this essay, I discuss four major doctrines of his thought which constitute the crux of the Heraclitean worldview. I then expound some thoughts on the relevance and implications of Heraclitean thinking for philosophy of education.     

Perceptions of educational leaders regarding contemporary reform initiatives in Egypt

ABSTRACT

Many educational reform initiatives worldwide do not result in deep and sustainable change. Limited studies have looked at reform initiatives in countries like Egypt. The purpose of this mixed methods study is to examine educational reform initiatives in Egypt throughout modern history using a transformative leadership lens, and to explore the perceptions of educational leaders regarding the more contemporary reform initiatives. The findings show that historically, large-scale reform initiatives in Egypt, which had transformative and sustainable results, were typically associated with a more comprehensive ideological inclination. More contemporary educational reform attempts were not transformative because these were perceived to be top-down reforms that were driven by foreign-aid agencies, and had no support from stakeholders.     

论发展党的领导

新世纪，我国随着社会主义市场经济体制的发展和依法治国基本方略的实施．对党的领导提出了新的更高的要求。本文阐述了面临国际国内复杂多变的新环境，发展党的领导的现实必然性,并对在建设中国特色的社会主义实际中怎样发展党的领导作出了有益的探讨。     

Teacher evaluation policy as perceived by school principals: the case of Flanders (Belgium)

In Flanders (Belgium), a new teacher evaluation policy was issued which placed a lot of autonomy with school principals to develop and implement a new teacher evaluation system. In this study, we explore how Flemish principals perceive the new teacher evaluation policy and what influences their perception. Results demonstrate that principals perceive the policy as clear, but they are rather negative about the need, practicality, and complexity of the summative teacher evaluation. This perception is influenced by policy, context, and individual factors as is demonstrated in our qualitative analyses.     

Distributed leadership for personalized learning

Abstract

Personalized learning refers to a collection of practices designed to place student interests and needs at the heart of schooling. Schools that implement personalized learning need leaders that support educators and students in redesigning the core practices of teaching and learning in K-12 schools. To answer the question of how leaders support this redesign, we use distributed leadership theory to focus on the macrotasks and microtasks that leaders enact to create the conditions for personalized learning practices. Drawing on a five-year, qualitative study of 11 personalized learning programs in the Midwest, we identify three macrotasks supporting personalized learning: reorganizing learning environments to support student voice and choice, assembling idiosyncratic technology ecosystems to distribute teaching and learning tasks, and redesigning instructional time to prioritize student’s interests, agency, and learning relationships. After we describe a number of microtasks associated with each macrotask, we discuss how a consideration of these kinds of leadership tasks can open the contemporary discussion of personalized learning from a narrow focus on learning technologies to an expansive vision of student-centered school reform.