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Perform or Else: The Performative Enhancement of Teacher Professionalism
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Liew, Warren Mark – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
The Singapore Ministry of Education's Enhanced Performance Management System (EPMS) was instituted in 2005 as a system of professional accountability to enhance the standards and stakes of teacher professionalism in schools. This essay explores how the EPMS, with its underlying paradigm of performance management, functions as a "technology of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Standards, Performance Technology, Management Systems
Community in a Hurry: Social Contracts and Social Covenants in Short-Term ESL Courses
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Martinsen, Rob A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
Like many adult ESL instructors, the author has felt firsthand the challenges of creating community in short-term courses. Through his experience, he has noticed that in order to successfully build community in short-term ESL courses, teachers need to lay a foundation for social contracts and social covenants from the first day of the course and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Educational Practices
Government Letter of Expectations between the Minister of Advanced Education (as Representative of the Government of British Columbia) and the Chair of the University College of the Fraser Valley. April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Government Letter of Expectations between the Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (as Representative of the Government of British Columbia) and the Chair of the University of Victoria. April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Government Letter of Expectations between the Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (as Representative of the Government of British Columbia) and the Chair of the University of Northern British Columbia. April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Government Letter of Expectations between the Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (as Representative of the Government of British Columbia) and the Chair of the University of British Columbia. April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts, Management by Objectives
Government Letter of Expectations between the Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development (as Representative of the Government of British Columbia) and the Chair of Thompson Rivers University, April 1, 2008-March 31, 2009
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Government Role, Institutional Role, Articulation (Education)