scholarly journals Teacher professionality at a time of mobility:

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Åsa Wedin
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Upper Secondary ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds ◽  
Conflicting Discourses ◽  
Local Levels

This study aims to investigate how the educational and linguistic backgrounds of teachers affect how they are positioned and how they position themselves in relation to their profession in a language introduction programme at upper secondary school in Sweden. Material from two years of study at one school was used to conduct a nexus analysis. The material comprised policy documents at the national and local levels; interviews with principals and teachers; and classroom and school environment observations. Conflicting discourses appear in the analysis in terms of teacher competence and teacher roles. Those teachers who had the relevant professional competence, as according to national documents, felt that their knowledge was not acknowledged and that they were not listened to. Official documents state that principals are responsible for fulfilling stipulated demands; however, they do not always have the necessary knowledge as this is not a requirement for their position. Thus, an ambiguous picture appears where teachers who are positioned as competent at the national level are positioned only to teach their own subject and are not given voice on issues relating to general teacher competence and organisation of education at the local level. This article highlights the importance of knowledge and understanding relating to L2 student learning at the management level.

scholarly journals Refugees’ Access to Housing and Residency in German Cities: Internal Border Regimes and Their Local Variations

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nihad El-Kayed ◽  
Ulrike Hamann
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Federal State ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Nation States ◽  
State And Local ◽  
German Cities ◽  
Local Levels

This article examines how state regulations, market barriers, racist discrimination as well as NGOs interact and create internal border regimes by enabling, as well as restricting, access to social and civil rights connected to housing and the freedom of movement and settlement for refugees. Our contribution builds on an analysis of federal and state regulations on housing for refugees who are either in the process of seeking asylum or have completed the process and have been granted an asylum status in Germany. The analysis aims to dissect the workings of these regulations in order to develop a detailed understanding of how these internal border regimes define barriers and access to social and civil rights. In addition to legal and regulatory barriers at the federal, state, and local levels, we identify several other barriers that affect if, how, and when refugees are able to enter local housing markets. We will examine these barriers based on an exemplary analysis of the situation in the cities of Berlin and Dresden, whereby we will apply concepts from border as well as citizenship studies to obtain a deeper understanding of the processes at hand. While contributions to the realm of border studies have so far mostly concentrated on national or EU borders, our approach follows recent literature that emphasises the need to analyse the workings of borders <em>internal to</em> nation-states but has so far not addressed local variations of the ways in which refugees are able to access their right to housing. In taking up this approach, we also stress the need to look at local dimensions of an increasing civic stratification of refugee rights, which past research has also conceptualised primarily on the national level. In both cities, we have collected administrative documents and conducted interviews with refugees, NGOs, and representatives from the local administration. Based on this material, we analyse the workings of administrative barriers at the state and local levels along with market barriers and discriminatory practices employed by landlords and housing companies at the local level. In most cases, these conditions restrict refugees’ access to housing. We will contrast these obstacles with insight into the strategies pursued by refugees and volunteers in their efforts to find a place to live in the city.

scholarly journals Party system nationalization in Estonia

Baltic Region ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Dmitry A. Lanko ◽  
Irina S. Lantsova
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Political Party System ◽  
Integration Project ◽  
Local Levels

This article explores the Estonian ‘integration’ project, which was launched in the early 1990s to bridge the differences between ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians by assimilating the latter with the former. Since the project will soon turn thirty, it is timely to ask whether it has been a success. This article employs Grigorii Golosov’s index of political party nationalization to understand whether the ‘integration’ project has helped to narrow the ideological divide between ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians. In other words, the study asks whether ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians vote for the same political parties in comparable proportions or there are ‘Estonian’ and ‘Russian’ parties in the country. The analysis of the outcomes of four local and four parliamentary elections that took place in Estonia in 2005—2019 shows that by the mid-2000s Estonia achieved a considerable level of political party system nationalization at both national and local levels. At the national level, political party system nationalization remained high in 2007—2019 despite significant changes in the country’s political party system. At the local level, however, political party system nationalization has been diminishing since 2013, leading one to conclude that the Estonian ‘integration’ project has failed to close the ideological divide between ethnic Estonians and ethnic Russians.

Local E-Government in Brazil

2009 ◽  
pp. 863-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Rodrigues Filho ◽  
João Rodrigues dos Santos Junior
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Municipal Government ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Political Structures ◽  
Local Levels ◽  
Successes And Failures

E-government has the potential to enhance democracy and transparency, increasing opportunities for citizen interaction. Literature has given many examples of successes and failures in its implementation, especially at the national level. Now, there are claims that the greatest opportunities for e-government are at the local level, because local governments have more contact with citizens. However, little attention has been paid to the highly bureaucratic and paternalistic government structures at local levels, and to how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may affect interaction and participation. Most of the literature fails to cover this relationship, and most of the time tries to emphasize just the technical obstacles instead of obstacles of a non-technical nature, such as political and bureaucratic barriers. In this study, an attempt is made to show that ICTs in municipal government in Brazil are designed in such a way that they resemble the traditional political structures, maintaining politics as usual and avoiding new forms of interaction and participation.

Political Dynasticism: Networks, Trust, Risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arild Engelsen Ruud ◽  
Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Use Case ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Local Levels

Political dynasticism is a persuasive phenomenon in South Asia. Yet, while political dynasticism has received ample attention at the national level, it has been almost systematically overlooked at the regional and local levels. In this article, we argue that political dynasticism at the local level is driven by conditions that are in crucial ways different from those that animate national politics. We use case studies and insights from the available literature both within and beyond South Asia to argue that, in a comparative light, three main elements stand out: reciprocity, trust, and failure. By zooming in on these elements we seek to explain political dynasticism as a political phenomenon that is enabled by particular conditions in the polity, and especially the nature of the state. These, we argue, help foment a dynamic within which political dynasticism is an understandable outcome.

scholarly journals Language distribution in Nepal and question on unit of additional official language

Gipan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 117-141
Author(s):  
Bhim Narayan Regmi
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Province Level ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Local Levels

Nepal has 123 languages within six families of spoken languages and a sign language. She has federal administrative structure and three levels of government. There is no majority language at national level. Nepali is the only majority language at province level with majority in 4 among the 7 provinces, and 21 majority languages at local level. The distribution of languages in terms of mother tongue speakers varies considerably among the different levels – national, province and local – as well as among the different units of the same level – among the provinces and among the local levels. According to the provision in the prevalent constitution, one or more majority language(s) spoken as mother tongue in a province can be additional official language of the province provided by the particular province through province law. This paper looks at the language data at different levels and concludes that the province is not the appropriate unit for use of additional official language in terms of cost effectiveness and inclusiveness, instead local level is the appropriate unit. Thus it suggests to consider local level as the unit of implementation and include the languages above 25% mother tongue speakers in the local level for the additional official language.

scholarly journals Manajemen Kepala Madrasah dalam Meningkatkan Kompetensi Profesional Guru Pendidikan Agama Islam

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-82
Author(s):  
Husni Tamrin ◽  
Nuzuar Nuzuar ◽  
Syahrial Dedi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Teacher Participation ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to determine the management of madrasa principals in improving the professional competence of Islamic religious education teachers. In this study, the authors used a type of qualitative research with a descriptive approach that is research that describes or illustrates the state or status of phenomena. The results of the study, several things that need to be done by the madrasa head include: 1) Knowing the condition / condition of the teacher in the background of environmental, social and economic life, 2) stimulating the teacher's work spirit in various ways, 3) maintaining the availability of facilities needed to develop the ability teacher, 4) increasing teacher participation in the school environment, 5) fostering a sense of family within the school environment, 6) strengthening the relationship of the school with the community, committee and student guardians. Conclusions, the management of madrasas in improving the professional competence of Islamic religious education teachers (PAI) are: 1) involving teachers in training activities, 2) promoting discipline, 3) motivating teachers, 4) supervision. Conclusion, The application of the management of the madrasa head at the MA Al-Manshuriyah Sungai Baung has already been implemented, the professional competence of PAI teachers at the Al-Manshuriyah MA has been very good Keywords: Principal Management, PAI Teacher Competence

Local Policy for a Protected Environmental Area Management: The Case of Limiting Motorized Vehicles in Park of Canigou in Pyrenées Orientales

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Activities ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Individual Action ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Motorized Vehicles ◽  
Local Levels

“We regard the recent science –based consensual reports that climate change is, to a large extend, caused by human activities that emit green houses as tenable, Such activities range from air traffic, with a global reach over industrial belts and urban conglomerations to local small, scale energy use for heating homes and mowing lawns. This means that effective climate strategies inevitably also require action all the way from global to local levels. Since the majority of those activities originate at the local level and involve individual action, however, climate strategies must literally begin at home to hit home.”

Implementation of Competence Framework to Evaluate Middle Managers: DOJI Gemstone Jewelry Group Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Vu Phuong Anh
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Middle Management ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Executive Management ◽  
Management Level ◽  
Leadership Competence ◽  
Competence Framework

This research presents the results of applying the theory of competence framework to evaluate the current competence of middle management in enterprises, in the case study of DOJI Gemstone Jewelry Group (DOJI Group). By using in-depth interviews and survey through questionnaires, the research results show that the middle management level at DOJI Group has satisfied relatively well the most competencies of the professional competence group, executive management competence as well as personal development competence. However, some of the competencies that need to be further improved include time management, training and leadership competence, innovation and learning competence. The solutions given are for reference by DOJI Group and other private enterprises in Vietnam in the assessment and development of middle management level.

scholarly journals Students’ Perceived Mathematics Teacher Competence: Longitudinal Associations with Learning Outcomes and Choice of College Major

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Dongjo Shin ◽  
Jaekwoun Shim
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
College Major ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Achievement In Mathematics

The quality of teaching and teacher plays a significant role in enhancing students’ cognitive and motivational development. The purpose of this study was to identify longitudinal trajectories of student perceptions of mathematics teachers’ professional competence, and to examine how these trajectories were related to students’ engagement and achievement in mathematics and their choice of college major. The data used for analysis were obtained from the Seoul Education Longitudinal Study, a study of 2714 secondary students who were followed up for five successive years. Results showed four heterogeneous trajectories of students’ perceptions of teacher competence, and these trajectories were associated with students’ engagement and achievement in mathematics. In addition, those who consistently perceived their mathematics teachers to be highly competent and whose perceptions of their teachers’ competence became more positive over time were more likely than other students to choose math-intensive majors. These findings imply longitudinal links between mathematics teachers’ professional competence as perceived by their students and students’ choice of college major as well as their engagement and achievement in mathematics.

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