Learning From Failures: Lessons From Unsuccessful Grading Reform Initiatives

2021 ◽  
pp. 019263652110293
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Guskey
Keyword(s):  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Reform Initiative ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
New Directions

This article describes accounts of grading reform initiatives that while well-intentioned, met with staunch opposition and eventually were abandoned. The implementation strategies employed by the leaders of these reform initiative are explored, along with reasons these strategies failed to result in meaningful and enduring change. Alternative grading reform strategies with supporting evidence are offered, justification for their use explained, and new directions for grading reform initiatives recommended.

Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Athletes: Basic Mechanisms and New Directions

Physiology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 314-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia D’Souza ◽  
Tariq Trussell ◽  
Gwilym M. Morris ◽  
Halina Dobrzynski ◽  
Mark R. Boyett
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Animal Models ◽  
Heart Block ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Sinus Bradycardia ◽  
Vagal Tone ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Supraventricular Arrhythmias ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
New Directions

Athletes are prone to supraventricular rhythm disturbances including sinus bradycardia, heart block, and atrial fibrillation. Mechanistically, this is attributed to high vagal tone and cardiac electrical and structural remodeling. Here, we consider the supporting evidence for these three pro-arrhythmic mechanisms in athletic human cohorts and animal models, featuring current controversies, emerging data, and future directions of relevance to the translational research agenda.

Redesigning Teacher Education in the Context of Multiple Reform Initiatives

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica DeMink-Carthew ◽  
Maria E Hyler ◽  
Linda Valli
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Local Teacher

Numerous teacher educators are revising their programs by focusing on high-leverage practices (HLPs). Concurrently, edTPA has been adopted by a number of states as a way to assess teacher candidates' readiness to teach. There is considerable conceptual congruence in these reform strategies. Both are practice-based, focusing on the authentic work of teaching. Nonetheless, the origins of these strategies, language, and materials are not seamless. HLPs, and ways of teaching them, are generated by local teacher educators themselves; edTPA was developed on a national scale with one purpose being to provide a common assessment of readiness to teach. This chapter illustrates the collective efforts of one teacher education program to productively handle the challenges that emerge in this dual reform climate while simultaneously meeting accreditation association requirements, including a conceptual framework for educator preparation programs. A model is subsequently presented for meaningful integration of edTPA, HLPs, and institutional conceptual frameworks.

Rapid Response Logistics

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 73-88
Author(s):  
Amandeep Dhaliwal ◽  
Shilpa Arora
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chains ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Rapid Response ◽  
Real Potential ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Rapid Response Systems ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Response Systems

Greater internet penetration and ecommerce has led to demand for personalized product development and faster fulfilment. This has increased global competition wherein the manufacturer and retailers not only have to deal with an unprecedented number and variety of products but also makes forecasting and scheduling difficult. To address these problems, rapid response logistics has become a necessity. The current study discusses the role of such rapid response systems and various implementation strategies in both the demand and supply side of supply chains that can be the solutions to the dynamic business environment. It discusses the information sharing technologies based on different level of sophistication which are used by the different echeloned supply chains. The paper reviews the important literature in these aspects and brings forth the challenges of the rapid response systems and the new directions of research which needs to be undertaken to gauge the real potential of rapid response systems.

Redesigning Teacher Education in the Context of Multiple Reform Initiatives

2018 ◽  
pp. 153-169
Author(s):  
Jessica DeMink-Carthew ◽  
Maria E Hyler ◽  
Linda Valli
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Local Teacher

Numerous teacher educators are revising their programs by focusing on high-leverage practices (HLPs). Concurrently, edTPA has been adopted by a number of states as a way to assess teacher candidates' readiness to teach. There is considerable conceptual congruence in these reform strategies. Both are practice-based, focusing on the authentic work of teaching. Nonetheless, the origins of these strategies, language, and materials are not seamless. HLPs, and ways of teaching them, are generated by local teacher educators themselves; edTPA was developed on a national scale with one purpose being to provide a common assessment of readiness to teach. This chapter illustrates the collective efforts of one teacher education program to productively handle the challenges that emerge in this dual reform climate while simultaneously meeting accreditation association requirements, including a conceptual framework for educator preparation programs. A model is subsequently presented for meaningful integration of edTPA, HLPs, and institutional conceptual frameworks.

Redesigning Teacher Education in the Context of Multiple Reform Initiatives

2016 ◽  
pp. 491-507
Author(s):  
Jessica DeMink-Carthew ◽  
Maria E Hyler ◽  
Linda Valli
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Local Teacher

Numerous teacher educators are revising their programs by focusing on high-leverage practices (HLPs). Concurrently, edTPA has been adopted by a number of states as a way to assess teacher candidates' readiness to teach. There is considerable conceptual congruence in these reform strategies. Both are practice-based, focusing on the authentic work of teaching. Nonetheless, the origins of these strategies, language, and materials are not seamless. HLPs, and ways of teaching them, are generated by local teacher educators themselves; edTPA was developed on a national scale with one purpose being to provide a common assessment of readiness to teach. This chapter illustrates the collective efforts of one teacher education program to productively handle the challenges that emerge in this dual reform climate while simultaneously meeting accreditation association requirements, including a conceptual framework for educator preparation programs. A model is subsequently presented for meaningful integration of edTPA, HLPs, and institutional conceptual frameworks.

scholarly journals The Influence of Government Priorities on Public-Administration Reforms in Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Vitalis Nakrošis
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Potential Candidate ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
Reform Initiatives ◽  
Reform Implementation ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Public Administration Reform ◽  
European Public

Abstract3 The article assesses how and the extent to which political or policy priorities of European governments condition reform processes and their results in times of crisis. This research is based on desk research and statistical analysis of the 2013 EUPAN survey data on public-administration reform initiatives in Europe. The article finds that the place of public-administration reforms on the governmental agenda partially explains the process of public-administration reforms, but it cannot account for the variation in the (perceived) reform results. Also, the results of this research confirm that EU-13 and (potential) candidate countries face more difficulties in reform implementation due to a combination of comprehensive reform strategies and weak administrative capacities. If the quantitative analysis was able to uncover some broad trends common to European public administrations, more qualitative approaches (causal process-tracing and case studies) are needed to capture specific contexts and changing processes in different European public administrations on which delivery progress is inevitably contingent. In order to explain why some windows of opportunities are seized while others are missed during the process of public-administration reforms, it is important to undertake process-tracing in within-case and between-case analysis and focus on causal configurations in the study of particular reform cases.

Anti-Carceral Feminism: The Contradictions of Progress and the Possibilities of Counter-Hegemonic Struggle

Affilia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimi E. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Social Movement ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
Transformative Justice ◽  
Movement Trajectories ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Carceral Feminism ◽  
The Right

History reveals that the pathway toward carceral feminism was fraught with contradictions. Feminist reform strategies that appeared progressive devolved into mandates contributing to the policies of mass incarceration; frameworks meant to disavow racist myths of violence inherent to communities of color fueled color-blind narratives that cloaked white, middle-class-defined social movement priorities; safety strategies protecting survivors of violence entrapped them into set options violating the right to self-determination. Today’s account of carceral feminism reveals well-intentioned choices leading to often ill-fated outcomes. As the critique of carceral feminism seeps into the discourse of the feminist anti-violence movement, a shift toward new values, policies, and practices holds the possibility of radical new directions. However, there is no reason to assume that this new pathway will be so straightforward. This article centers the dynamic of contradiction to synthesize insights of post-Marxist thought in application to contemporary anti-carceral feminist trends represented by transformative justice options. It also reflects on the recent ascendance of restorative justice and a renewed potential for carceral co-optation. The aim is to illuminate troubled areas of revision and radical alternatives and better navigate inevitable ethical and pragmatic tensions that may define future social movement trajectories.

Mobilizing Smart Coalitions and Negotiating Global Governance Reform

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Buitelaar ◽  
Richard Ponzio
Keyword(s):  
Global Governance ◽  
International Criminal Court ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
Mutual Recognition ◽  
Implementation Strategies ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Governance Reform ◽  
Reform Strategies ◽  
High Level

This chapter examines global governance reform strategies based on “smart coalitions” that include all parties with relevant assets to contribute. It analyzes and draws lessons from historical reform efforts, first, those undertaken by three international commissions: the Commission on Global Governance (1995), the International Commission for Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001), and the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change (2004). It then scrutinizes the factors contributing to the success of two recent global governance reform coalitions: the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997) and the International Criminal Court (1998). Analysis shows that reform strategies based on mutual recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of the various partners involved, and with active and sustained implementation strategies, have had the greatest success.

Sociocultural memory development research drives new directions in gadgetry science

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Van Bergen ◽  
John Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Episodic Memory ◽  
Autobiographical Memory ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Memory Development ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Sociocultural developmental psychology can drive new directions in gadgetry science. We use autobiographical memory, a compound capacity incorporating episodic memory, as a case study. Autobiographical memory emerges late in development, supported by interactions with parents. Intervention research highlights the causal influence of these interactions, whereas cross-cultural research demonstrates culturally determined diversity. Different patterns of inheritance are discussed.

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