School‐Focused INSET Evaluation

Henderson, Euan S.

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“…Recent work has explored approaches to and evaluation of in-service provision in general, and the 'teacher as researcher' concept in particular (Evans, 1980(Evans, , 1981Nixon, 1981;Alexander, 1980;McCabe, 1980;Henderson, 1978Henderson, , 1979Bolam, 1979;Topping and Brindle, 1979;Rudduck, 1981;Burgess, 1978;Bailey and Braithwaite, 1980;Ingvarson, 1979;T. P. Olsen, 1982;Keast and Carr, 1979;Pyle and Sayers, 1980;Baker, 1979;Bridges and Lah, 1982).…”

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2 Changing teachers’ practice: innovation and ideology in a part‐time B.Ed, course

Hargreaves

Grey²

1983

Journal of Education for Teaching

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Section: Background To the Investigation And Methods Usedmentioning

confidence: 98%

2 Changing teachers’ practice: innovation and ideology in a part‐time B.Ed, course

Hargreaves

Grey²

1983

Journal of Education for Teaching

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“…Products were classified as stars, cash cows, question marks or dogs. The analysis guided organisations to allocate most funds to developing their stars, maintaining investment in their cash cows, allocating some venture capital to the question marks and divesting themselves of their dogs (Mintzberg, Ahlstrand & Lampel 2005;Henderson 1979). …”

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The rise and fall of project management: are we observing the birth of a new discipline?

Young

2012

PPPM

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This conceptual paper examines the state of the project, program and project portfolio management literature and highlights the divergent views of strategy that exist between project managers and top managers. Project management concepts are shown to be based on approaches to planning that top managers had rejected after thirty years of unsuccessful experience with strategic planning. Persistently high project failure rates and recent developments at the board level suggest that we might have reached the limits of our current approaches, and the question is asked whether project management is destined to follow the rise and fall of strategic planning.Alternatives to the traditional linear mechanistic approaches are explored and it is suggested that the project management field would need to embrace the delivery of strategy as the common ground to engage top managers. Approaches would need to be developed that are consistent with how strategy emerges in turbulent environments. Program and portfolio concepts are found to have the most potential to contribute to the emerging field of strategy implementation.Keywords: rethinking project management; new project management approach; top management; project strategy Introduction Strategy is derived from the Greek word strategos. It is an ancient concept first expounded in a military context and refers to a plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal (Ghemawat 2002). Modern corporate strategy was created after the writings of Clausewitz, Sun Tzu and other military strategists were applied to the business domain in the mid-20th century. However, the application has not been consistent and there are different understandings of strategy. In particular, there is a different level of focus between top managers and project managers. The need for research into the overlap between strategy in the management literature and projects to implement strategy has been noted but never fully explored (Okumus 2003).

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“…Finally, there are dangers intrinsic to the exclusive use of any one system for development, for it runs the risk of being limited to either the confirmation of existing prejudices, the sharing of ignorance or discipleship of some charismatic, influential individual. If we rely only on our own perceptions of need, relevance and worth, without taking into account the limitations of our own perceptions and socialisation (what Skilbeck calls 'localism, parochialism and conservatism' (Skilbeck, 1984), then SBCD may become predictable, parochial (Henderson, 1979) and inbred. Without cross-fertilization with teachers in other schools, and without access to new ideas or 'critical friends' from outside as well as inside the school, there may be insufficient ideas of quality and impact.…”

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Reconceptualizing School-Based Curriculum Development

Court¹,

Marsh²,

Day³

et al. 1992

Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation

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Over recent years a number of educators have contributed to the literature on school-based curriculum development (SBCD) providing conceptual frameworks for studying the myriad of actions and decisions that occur daily in school classrooms. In this chapter, the concept and practices of SBCD are systematically analyzed. After categorizing various types, SI3CD is reconceptualized in terms of several key variables and a set of developmental stages. To pinpoint issues for those undertaking SBCD activities, attention is given to ideal conditions and to recurring problems. Finally, special consideration is given to ways of evaluating SBCD projects, partly because of its valuable feedback to participants, but also because it is a means of demonstrating the viability of SBCD to policy-makers concerned about matters of accountability. 65 194 201 Chapter 8 Current and Future Issues The overwhelming feature of schooling over recent decades has been its politicization. Political activity occurs at all levels from politicians and bureaucrats to community and parent groups, to teachers and students. Each interest group endeavours to use its power to achieve certain ends. In this chapter general political issues with regard to education are examined in Australia. Canada, the UK and the USA fifflowed bv a more detailed analysis of specific, current issues such as the role of parents and students in decision-making, initiatives for teacher appraisal and school evaluation and professional development needs.

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School‐Focused INSET Evaluation

Cited by 12 publications

References 5 publications

2 Changing teachers’ practice: innovation and ideology in a part‐time B.Ed, course

2 Changing teachers’ practice: innovation and ideology in a part‐time B.Ed, course

The rise and fall of project management: are we observing the birth of a new discipline?

Reconceptualizing School-Based Curriculum Development

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