Development of an Information-Based Leadership Evaluation Index System for School Management Teams:A Comprehensive Approach

In the context of educational informatization reform,there are many uncertain factors in the process of education development.To optimize the educational environment so that it can be effectively combined with information technology,teachers need to change their teaching ideas,strengthen the school’s own adaptability to informatization,and promote the development of informatization construction in schools.As a branch of information leadership,the management team should establish an evaluation index system for information leadership in order to ensure the construction of school informatization,so as to provide a boost for the integration of school resources and information technology.Based on the overview and connotation of information-based leadership of the management team,this paper explores the construction of an evaluation index system of information-based leadership of the school management team,aiming to provide references for the research of relevant personnel in the future.

Application of ICT in Schools

The rhythm and lifestyle of the twenty-first century are closely connected to information and communication technology （ICT） which is essential for further development of the economy and society. In the world of globalization and rapid changes, the application of ICT in schools has become a significant factor of social development. Classic methods of teaching as well as managing a school interweave with the modern ones. Lifelong learning has become a necessity. The extent of ICT application is demonstrated in this paper.

The Impact of Leadership on the Growth of ICT Companies

Nowadays,one of the major purposes of any company is to survive in the competitive business markets.This purpose would be achievable through improving and developing growth in most cases.Prior studies suggest that leadership is a vitally important factor in achieving growth in any company.Some researchers studied leadership topics as one of the significant motivations for developing and improving the growth of a company and agreed that understanding the role of leadership and its effect on the growth of the company is influential.In all countries,Information Communication Technology(ICT)companies are recognized as significant growth drivers by leaving considerable impacts on that.According to the literature,growth is a determining factor for the productivity of any company.Based on the literature of the ICTs,weak and insufficient leadership skills are considered as the main factors that cause failure in achieving the planned growth and development of ICT.Consequently,the goal of this study is to clarify how leadership affects the development of ICT enterprises.

Research on the Leadership of School Managers under Collectivization

In order to realize the high-quality and balanced development of the obligation education,school of collectivization has become an important measure.It promotes the fairness of education by expanding the coverage of high-quality education resources and sharing experience of education management.Its essence is the process of combining multiple individual schools in the region to form an organic organization of education group.In this process,school managers are faced with many problems such as remote management,increased difficulty in management,and increased cost of management.How to improve their leadership under collectivization has become a key issue of research.This study takes Jing'an District of Shanghai as an example,pays attention to the leadership of school managers under collectivization,in order to provide targeted suggestions for improving the leadership of school managers.This study analyzes the concept of school management leadership,and investigates the performance of three education groups and eight school managers in the aspects of structural leadership,teaching leadership,curriculum leadership and cultural value leadership.The study finds that school managers think that the main challenge after collectivization is the increase of management difficulty,followed by the expansion of school scale,insufficient policy support and insufficient resource allocation.In a word,these problems greatly affect the leadership level of school managers under collectivization.It thinks that school managers should optimize the organizational structure,build a modern school system,improve the professional level,promote the common development of teachers,build school culture and create a good organizational atmosphere to continuously improve their leadership.

An Analysis of the Development of Middle Leaders in Chinese Secondary Schools:The Role of the Principal

Numerous studies conducted on educational leadership have generally emphasized the role of principal,whereas,research on middle leadership remains limited[1].The purpose of this paper is to explore and investigate the development of middle leadership and seeks to fill in the gap by providing the analysis from a Chinese context.The author found that middle leaders are positioning at a challenging role,in which they are required to take charge of responsibilities of both a leader and a teacher,and in the meantime,they also need to negotiate between the senior leader,the colleagues.and subordinates.Furthermore,personal factors such as self-awareness and resilience are discovered to be pivotal for middle-leadership development.Apart from that,the principal plays a critical role in establishing collaborative school culture that facilitates the development of middle leaders based on the influences from the school’s history,culture,and policies.

Intension, Current Implementation and Improvement Path of Instructional Leadership: A school Case of Hong Kong

This paper aims to analyze the implementation status of instructional leadership of a HK primary school that benefits in mid-ranking and mainly uses instructional leadership to develop their curriculums.Instructional leadership is the result of introducing leadership concepts into the teaching field,and it reflects the changing trend of school management to a certain extent.At present,the research on instructional leadership is limited to the principal's leadership,which limits the overall function of instructional leadership.By investigating the actuality of school and the implementation of school policies and programs,the paper deeply analyzes the existed problems in a Hong Kong school and offers optimization suggestions:strengthen the school distributive leadership construction,promote the professional development of teachers and curriculums,establish a diversified evaluation system,develop an organizational culture of democratic cooperation and improve the curriculum leadership of principals.

The Innovative Application of Principal's Leadership Art and Leadership in International School Management

At present,most schools adopt the principal management system.In the International Campus,the principal's leadership has a great impact on the quality of school operation.Headmasters must combine the actual situation and use of international schools,and lead in an innovative way to better promote the development of international schools.Therefore,this paper analyzes the current situation and importance of principal leadership and leadership art in international school management,and discusses the innovative application strategies of principal leadership art and leadership in international school management.

Developments of Professional Learning Communities and Challenges for Principals in Chinese Urban Middle Schools

Professional learning communities(PLCs)have seen a rapid spread all around the world over the past 30 years.Since then it has been proved that they can improve teaching quality and thereby the achievement of students,and so PLCs have attracted increasing attention especially from education systems.In China,PLCs have been developed vigorously within schools since the implementation of the‘New Curriculum Reform’in 2000.However,the west has paid scant attention to and were not familiar with them since most research in this field in China was published in Chinese.Furthermore,PLCs are influenced by contextual and cultural factors,and therefore PLCs in Chinese education systems are different from those in Anglo-American settings due to long-standing cultural differences,which require consideration.Therefore,this research will investigate the PLCs in China that may be of interest.Many recent studies have shown that,although PLCs have made significant progress in Chinese urban middle schools through the enthusiastic efforts of educators and scholars,there are still several barriers.The primary purpose of this research is to review the development of PLCs and additionally to analyse the challenges faced by the principals.

Evaluation of Technical Education by Using a Modern Structured MOODLE Laboratory Course, in Relation to Recent Data

E-learning platforms support education systems worldwide, transferring theoretical knowledge as well as soft skills. In the present study high-school pupils’, and adult students’ opinions were evaluated through a modern structured MOODLE interactive course, designed for the needs of the laboratory course “Automotive Systems”. The study concerns Greek secondary vocational education pupils aged 18 and vocational training adult students aged 20 to 50 years. The multistage, equal size simple random cluster sample was used as a sampling method. Pupils and adult students of each cluster completed structured 10-question questionnaires both before and after attending the course. A total of 120 questionnaires were collected. In general, our findings disclosed that the majority of pupils and adult students had significantly improved their knowledge and skills from using MOODLE. They reported strengthening conventional teaching, using the new MOODLE technology. The satisfaction indices improved quite, with the differences in their mean values being statistically significant.

英国2008-2011学校ICT投资规划与指导分析

英国政府一直高度重视国内教育信息化发展规划与投资,多年来形成了一整套较为科学完善的投资发展体系。该文对通过对英国政府2008-2011年度的ICT投资资金从种类划分、项目设计到指导规划所作的分析与介绍,旨在为我国教育指导部门后期的教育技术投资在目标规划、项目设计、指导利用等方面带来一定程度的参考或启示。

基于华为ICT学院的通信技术专业校企多维度合作的研究与实践

校企合作育人是职业教育人才培养的重要途径,也是高职教育改革的重点。以华为ICT学院为平台,阐述校企多维度合作举措,共建课证融通课程体系,打造双师素质教师,引入ICT学堂,合作开发在线开放课程,校企联合试点多元化复合型人才培养模式,共同培养高素质、高技能的ICT杰出型用人才。

5G背景下ICT行业优质校企合作育人模式的探索

5G背景下,ICT行业转型升级加速,培养适合当下ICT行业需求的高技能人才迫在眉睫。从高技能人才的内涵和成长规律出发,校企合作育人是培养ICT行业高技能人才的重要途径。文章归纳总结了江苏高职院校在ICT行业主要的校企合作育人模式,分析了其不足之处;取长补短、结合实际,探索了ICT行业优质校企合作育人模式。

5G背景下ICT行业校企合作测评体系构建

基于5G技术、立足ICT行业,结合政策、现存问题、行业新特征及利益相关者的利益诉求,设计了ICT行业校企合作测评体系及数字化信息平台,以期促进ICT行业校企合作向深层次合作、优质合作迈进,从而培养出符合ICT行业需求的高规格技术技能型人才,促使ICT行业向上向好蓬勃发展,实现科技兴国、人才兴国的愿景。

校企共建ICT类专业在线开放课程群的探索与思考

根据教育部《关于加强高等学校在线开放课程建设应用与管理的意见》(教高[2015]3号)文件精神,要求建设一批以大规模在线开放课程为代表、课程应用与教学服务相融通的优质在线开放课程。推动信息技术与教育教学深度融合,促进优质教育资源应用与共享,全面提高教育教学质量。

基于调查数据的ICT行业校企合作影响因素研究

5G的商用加速了ICT行业与传统行业的融合,人才需求数量和质量都有较大的提升,给高职教育带来巨大挑战。调研了江苏省内27个ICT行业校企合作项目,并发放了调查问卷。基于调查数据,采用多元线性回归分析方法,得出教师能力、平台建设、学生留用率、办学时间、产业适配度与体制机制是ICT行业校企合作水平的六个主要影响因素,且以这些因素组成的回归方程显著地预测“校企合作水平”这一结论,对高职院校开展深层次校企合作项目具有较好的参考意义。

中小学教师ICT能力标准的制定与实施——基于五个发达国家的异同比较

中小学教师信息和通讯技术(Information and Communication Technology,ICT)能力是影响基础教育信息化顺利开展的一个重要因素,受到了各国的高度重视。为此,文章选取五个发达国家——澳大利亚、韩国、日本、新西兰、新加坡的中小学教师ICT能力标准,使用联合国教科文组织发布的国家教师ICT能力标准分析框架,从六个维度对其制定与实施情况进行了描述,并比较了其异同。在此基础上,文章详细分析了五个发达国家中小学教师ICT能力标准的制定与实施对我国的启示。中小教师ICT能力标准的制定与实施,对于信息时代教师的专业发展和基础教育信息化的顺利推进至关重要。

多元协同:日本中小学教师ICT应用指导力提升策略及启示

在教育信息化进程中,日本尤为重视教师ICT应用指导力的发展,并实行以多元协同共育为鲜明特征的提升策略。文部科学省采用政策引领,以更新标准促进目标明确化、以提供范式促进路径清晰化;高校、地方教委及中小学开展多样探索,以加强体制建设与行政合作完善制度保障、以改革教师研修完善质量保障;协会组织通过开展调研支持行政决策、以资格认定提高学校热情;企业通过派遣ICT支援员进驻学校,协助整合资源并提供智力及数据支持。借鉴日本,我国应明确责任共担、利益共享的协同理念,构建紧密联系、分工明确的协同体系,兼重知识技能与道德伦理的协同内容,落脚实践、注重评价协同过程。

云计算和大数据环境下高职院校ICT人才培养体系研究

云计算和大数据技术的快速发展与应用,一方面,在社会经济生活中发挥着越来越重要的作用,另一方面,对新型互联网通信技术人才的需求也不断扩大。可以说,云计算大数据正在重塑当前的ICT(Information Communication Technology,即信息、通信、技术,简称ICT)产业,并带来大量创新机遇。在这种环境下,培养高素质的ICT人才显得更加重要。高职院校作为应用技术型人才培养的重要基地,在ICT人才培养过程中,应当认清当前的人才市场需求环境,不断探索创新,构建科学合理的ICT人才培养体系,为社会各界提供更多高水平的ICT专业人才。

Leadership Qualities for Successful School Change and Improvement

It is well acknowledged that school leadership plays a vital role in the management and development of a school. While what is good leadership? Based on the previous findings, this essay aims at probing into the possible qualities which can make sound school leadership.

校企合作科技创新人才培养——ICT行业校企合作案例

作为高职院校探索产学研模式的产物,校企合作模式是为社会、企业输送高质量的创新、创业人才重要手段,对提升科技创新人才培养水平具有关键作用。本文以安徽职业技术学院与中兴通信股份有限公司合作为案例,讨论了校企合作背景下ICT行业科技创新人才培养现状,并进一步提出目前校企合作下科技创新人才培养面临的困境。指出化解融通创新存在阻梗、双方发展动力不足、缺乏有效沟通机制、人才培养方案不全问题,需要学校、企业共同发力,通过构建产教融合创新实践基地、构设科技创新人才培养方案、打造多重结网的沟通机制、完善人才培养多元育人环境,实现校企深度融合。