Why context matters: a comparative perspective on education reform and policy implementation     

Alma Harris  Michelle Jones 《Educational Research for Policy and Practice》2018,17(3):195-207

This article explores the significance of context within the process of contemporary education reform and policy-making. It draws upon evidence from a comparative study of educational change and transformation in seven education systems: Australia, England, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Russia, and Singapore. The article focuses on school leadership preparation, training, and development, which has become a policy priority and central improvement strategy in many education systems. The article explores how seven education systems are using this strategy to promote school and system improvement. The article reflects upon the centrality of context in the process of policy implementation and in the broader pursuit of system transformation. The article concludes that more contextually appropriate approaches to educational policy selection are needed and that borrowing approaches from other countries many bring unintended consequences and unfortunate side effects. Further, the article concludes that the process of policy implementation, in context, requires far more attention, if the intended outcomes are to be achieved.  相似文献   

Behind the Classroom Door: The Challenge of Organisational and Pedagogical Change     

Alma Harris 《Journal of Educational Change》2003,4(4):369-382

In many school systems the inabilityof system wide reform to significantly enhancestudent learning is clearly evident. There is agrowing recognition among policy makers of theneed to locate improvement efforts closer tothe classroom and to support schools inbuilding the internal capacity for change. Thisarticle compares three school improvementprojects that have been successful in achievingorganisational and pedagogical change. Thiscomparative analysis highlights the importanceof building the capacity for change anddevelopment at both the school and classroomlevel. It also emphasises the need to generateprofessional learning communities withinschools if improvement is to be sustained.  相似文献   

Leading schools as learning organizations     

Alma Harris 《School Leadership & Management》2018,38(4):351-354

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Leading for equity: a moral imperative     

Alma Harris  Michelle Jones 《School Leadership & Management》2018,38(3):239-241

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Reflection: can we assess it? Should we assess it?     

Jennifer Sumsion  Alma Fleet 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》1996,21(2):121-130

This paper reports on a study undertaken by two university‐based teacher educators into an aspect of professional practice. The feasibility and desirability of assessing reflection demonstrated by student teachers studying early childhood literacy was investigated. While reaffirming the importance of developing reflective practitioners, the study highlighted the difficulties of equitably or meaningfully assessing reflection. Use of alternative methodologies was called for in future research into reflection  相似文献   

Discrete-time recurrent high order neural networks for nonlinear identification     

Alma Y. Alanis  Edgar N. Sanchez  Esteban A. Hernandez 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2010,347(7):1253-1265

This paper focuses on the problem of discrete-time nonlinear system identification via recurrent high order neural networks. It includes the respective stability analysis on the basis of the Lyapunov approach for the NN training algorithm. Applicability of the proposed scheme is illustrated via simulation for a discrete-time nonlinear model of an electric induction motor.  相似文献   

‘What authors want’     

Alma Swan  Sheridan Brown 《Learned Publishing》1999,12(2):74-74

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Middle leaders matter: reflections,recognition, and renaissance     

Alma Harris 《School Leadership & Management》2017,37(3):213-216

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Inverse optimal neural control of blood glucose level for type 1 diabetes mellitus patients     

Blanca S. Leon  Alma Y. Alanis  Edgar N. Sanchez  Fernando Ornelas-Tellez  Eduardo Ruiz-Velazquez 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2012,349(5):1851-1870

In this paper, inverse optimal neural control for trajectory tracking is applied to glycemic control of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. The proposed control law calculates the adequate insulin delivery rate in order to prevent hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia levels in T1DM patients. Two models are used: (1) a nonlinear compartmental model in order to obtain type 1 diabetes mellitus virtual patient behavior, and (2) a neural model obtained from an on-line neural identifier, which uses a recurrent neural network, trained with the extended Kalman filter (EKF); the last one allows the applicability of an inverse optimal neural controller. The proposed algorithm is tuned to track a desired trajectory; this trajectory reproduces the glucose absorption of a healthy person. The applicability of the proposed control scheme is illustrated via simulations.  相似文献   

Leading professional learning: putting teachers at the centre     

Alma Harris 《School Leadership & Management》2017,37(4):331-333

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