Validating the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS) in child welfare organizations     

《Child abuse & neglect》2016

There is increasing emphasis on the use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in child welfare settings and growing recognition of the importance of the organizational environment, and the organization's climate in particular, for how employees perceive and support EBP implementation. Recently, Ehrhart, Aarons, and Farahnak (2014) reported on the development and validation of a measure of EBP implementation climate, the Implementation Climate Scale (ICS), in a sample of mental health clinicians. The ICS consists of 18 items and measures six critical dimensions of implementation climate: focus on EBP, educational support for EBP, recognition for EBP, rewards for EBP, selection or EBP, and selection for openness. The goal of the current study is to extend this work by providing evidence for the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the ICS in a sample of child welfare service providers. Survey data were collected from 215 child welfare providers across three states, 12 organizations, and 43 teams. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated good fit to the six-factor model and the alpha reliabilities for the overall measure and its subscales was acceptable. In addition, there was general support for the invariance of the factor structure across the child welfare and mental health sectors. In conclusion, this study provides evidence for the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the ICS measure for use in child welfare service organizations.  相似文献   

Factors that influence evidence-based program sustainment for family support providers in child protection services in disadvantaged communities     

《Child abuse & neglect》2017

This paper evaluates program, workplace and process factors associated with implementation and sustainment of an evidence-based parenting support program (EBP) in disadvantaged communities. Correlation analyses and binary logistic regressions were used to assess the associations between key implementation support factors and program implementation (at 18 months) and sustainment (at 36 months) post training with (N = 35) Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family support providers using the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program in Indigenous child protection agencies. This study demonstrated that for implementation at 18 months, there was a trend for implementing providers to report higher levels of partnership support, perceived program benefit, workplace support and workplace cohesion. However, the only significant relationship was with partnership support (r = .31 p < 0.05), and regression analysis indicated that none of the variables were significant predictors of program implementation. For sustained implementation at 36 months, no relationship was found between sustainment and program characteristics, workplace characteristics, supervision and peer support or sustainability planning. Supportive coaching was the only significant correlate (r = 0.46, p < 0.01) and predictor [OR = 15.63, 95% CI (1.98–123.68), p = 0.009] in the program sustainment model. Overall, these findings suggest the need for further exploration of program and workplace variables and provide evidence to consider incorporating partnership support and supportive coaching in real world implementation models to improve the likelihood of EBP implementation and sustainment in Indigenous communities.  相似文献   

Explaining the Effectiveness of the Integrated Model of Advice-Giving in Supportive Interactions: The Mediating Roles of Politeness and Normativeness     

Bo Feng  Joo Young Jang  Ildo Kim  Bingqing Wang 《Communication quarterly》2017,65(4):402-418

The current study examined the effect of the Integrated Model of Advice-giving (Emotional Support—Problem Inquiry and Analysis—Advice) on recipients’ responses to advice, exploring the mediating roles of perceived regard for face and normativeness. Participants read and responded to a conversation in which they received advice from a friend regarding a problematic situation. Results indicated that perceived regard for positive face mediated the relationship between the sequential placement of emotional support and recipients’ responses to advice. Neither perceived regard for face nor normativeness mediated the relationship between the sequential placement of problem inquiry and analysis and recipients’ responses to advice. Findings of this study suggest that the provision of emotional support has a primary role in IMA and is effective in addressing the positive face needs of advice recipient.  相似文献   

Implementing and sustaining educational reforms: the case for little “r”     

Don Adams 《Prospects》2007,37(4):385-401

The increasing importance of schools and learning in the changing patterns of work and society is widely recognized. However, implementing and sustaining educational reforms pose major problems in all countries. This paper briefly: (1) summarizes conceptual trends in implementing educational change, (2) reviews the complexities of educational policy and the changing patterns of educational governance and management common to many countries, (3) discusses the evolving roles of researchers in this shifting environment, and (4) makes an argument for the utility of certain kinds of research and evaluation or what the author calls ‘little r,’ with particular attention directed toward the contribution of little r in developing schools as learning organizations.

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Don Adams   has held academic and administrative positions in a number of universities and research institutes. These include: Professor of Education, University of Pittsburgh, and Chairperson, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh. His international experience is most extensive in Asia and the professional focus of his work has been in educational planning and policy, implementation, monitoring and evaluation systems, and sector assessments. He has written several books and over 100 articles, book chapters, monographs and reports related to international education. He is an advisory editor for The Asian Pacific Educational Review and the Korean Journal of Educational Policy. He is past president and Honorary Fellow of the Comparative and International Education Society.  相似文献   

论语文教学内容的确立和实施     

苟明勇 《贵州教育学院学报》2007,23(1):93-97

如何确立和实施最有价值的语文教学内容,是语文课程建设尚待完善的今天,每一个语文教师面临的现实问题.以学生的年龄心理特点、地域文化特点和最近发展区作为确立语文教学内容的外部原则,以积累语文知识、培养语文能力、提高语文素养作为确立语文教学内容的内部根据,通过对"定篇"、"样本"、"例文"、"用件"四种"选文功能"的理论界定,再结合具体的语文教学实践加以运用,有针对性地提高学生的语文素养,培养学生读写听说的能力,是改善语文教学的一种可靠选择.  相似文献   

CMM2配置管理实施指南设计探讨     

查方能  潘春红 《黄冈职业技术学院学报》2011,13(2):91-94

从实践的角度,设计了配置管理活动、工作流程、指南清单及清单内容。力图为软件企业从事配置管理活动提供一个实施指南范本,以供借鉴。  相似文献   

小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源设计及应用研究     

陈晓慧  吴靖  张煜锟 《中国电化教育》2015,(1)

该文在大量课程资源研究的基础之上,设计和开发了小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源,并对其“晶体”课程资源的实施方法进行研究。该文主要从三个方面展开论述,首先,阐述“晶体”课程资源的含义及其意义。其次,论述小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源的开发和设计。在“晶体”课程资源的开发中,提出了小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源的设计理念和设计标准,并在此基础上开发了小学媒介素养“课程资源包”和“教材资源”的具体内容,“课程资源包”和“教材资源”二者同时构成了小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源的有机部分。最后,在小学媒介素养“晶体”课程资源的实施方法上,分别从课程物理环境和课程心理环境两个层面给予探讨并提出新的要求。  相似文献   

科研项目实施过程的质量控制研究     

张宝生  吕宏迪 《未来与发展》2013,(7):13-17

科研项目的不确定性和作为管理对象的特殊性决定了科研项目实施过程的质量控制的特殊性和复杂性,其管理决策是一个复杂的系统管理过程。本文在分析了科研项目实施过程管理的特殊性的基础上,讨论了科研项目质量管理的组织形式和沟通机制,提出了科研项目实施过程的质量管理模式。讨论了科研项目质量、成本和进度等实施要素的控制协调,最后提出了提高科研项目实施过程质量管理效果的建议。  相似文献   

高中新课程实施中的问题及思考     

聂剑军  顾小英 《宜春学院学报》2010,32(1):57-60

提出了高中新课程实施过程中遇到的与新课程理念相违背的、现实中普遍存在的问题,从新课程理念的先进性、新课程高考、教师角色转变、落实新课程理念的策略等方面阐述了解决问题的途径和方法.  相似文献   

国外关于概念检索实现方法的研究综述     

刘佳 《新世纪图书馆》2010,(1):89-93

论文将国外关于概念检索的实现方法进行归类,主要介绍了基于规则的计算机信息检索及其改良方法、构建背景环境、结合推理假设、形式概念分析、概率扩展查询模型、基于概念的相关反馈、合作网以及其他一些相关方法。  相似文献