Teacher evaluation as a wicked policy problem

Dual-Use Research as a Wicked Problem

The challenge of dual-use research in the life sciences emerged vividly in 2011 as scientists and policy-makers debated what to do about article manuscripts that described how to modify the H5N1 avian influenza virus so that it could spread between mammals (1, 2). Since H5N1 emerged in Southeast Asia in 2003, it has sickened 667 people and caused 393 human deaths, as well as the deaths of milli...

teacher educator evaluation model

اگرکیفیت معلم کلاس برای بهبودیادگیری دانش آموزحیاتی است،پس کیفیت اساتیددانشجو-معلمان، یابه عبارتی معلمین معلمان نیزبرای پیشرفت آموزش بسیارمهم واساسی است.ناگفته پیداست که یک سیستم مناسب آموزش معلمان ،معلمین با کیفیتی را تربیت خواهدکرد.که این کار منجربه داشتن مدارس خوب، ودرنتیجه نیروی کارماهرتروشهروندبهتربرای جامعه خواهدشد. اساتیددانشجو-معلمان نقشی بسیارمهم را در سیستم اموزش معلمان درسراسرجهان ای...

Wicked Problems in Public Policy

101 * This paper is a revised version of a presentation to the Australian Public Policy Network conference, 29–30 January 2008. The author thanks many colleagues who have helped in the further clarification of these ideas, including John Alford, Alan Fenna, Patrick Weller, Andrew Podger, and the anonymous referees for this journal — none of whom bears any responsibility for errors. © 2008 Curti...

Framing the UK’s counter-terrorism policy within the context of a wicked problem

Teacher Training as Collaborative Problem Solving

A problem solving protocol is described and then applied to a teacher training problematic situation in science and technology education. The problem consists of improving a learning community involved in education research, development and communication. Some remarks concerning the strengths and limitations of using the protocol are made in connection with action learning and collaborative work.