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    Clinical Practice in Education: Towards a Conceptual Framework
    Kriewaldt, J ; McLean Davies, L ; Rice, S ; Rickards, F ; Acquaro, D ; Peters, MA ; Cowie, B ; Menter, I (Springer, 2017)
    Clinical practice has recently emerged as a promising approach that is being applied to teaching and teacher education. Despite this growing interest, however, conceptual and practical ambiguities continue to surround the term. This chapter provides a critical and comprehensive review of how clinical practice is being conceptualised in education by: (a) identifying the core components that characterise clinical practice in education; and (b) discussing the complexities and possibilities of clinical practice in theory and practice. The chapter begins by forging a conceptual framework for understanding clinical practice by identifying three core components that are central to characterising teaching as a clinical practice profession: (1) a focus on student learning and development; (2) evidence-informed practice; and (3) processes of reasoning that lead to decision-making. In summary, we argue that clinical practice offers important possibilities for deepening the theoretical and practical aspects of teaching and teacher education, but that several cautions need to be born in mind in order for it to continue to develop into a meaningful and sustainable concept. While adapting a medical model to teaching should be done with caution and a number of caveats, on balance it offers an approach that has the capacity to strengthen teaching and teacher education.
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    La experiencia australiana en las reformas del sector público
    O'Flynn, J ; Aninat, I ; Razmilic, S (Centro de Estudios Públicos, 2018)
    El propósito de este artículo es entregar un resumen de las principales etapas de las reformas al sector público en Australia y rescatar lecciones de tal experiencia. El texto explora cuatro fases en mayor detalle: gerencialismo, mercantilización, gobernanza colaborativa y gobierno de alto rendimiento. Al movernos por estas cuatro fases se narra una historia de fracasos y éxitos relativos en el corto plazo. Sin embargo, al reflexionar sobre el largo plazo vemos que Australia ha sido una reformadora constante, siempre buscando modos de mejorar y mostrando una voluntad de experimentar con ideas nuevas o reciclar ideas viejas si es necesario. Las reformas en la experiencia australiana rara vez han sido repentinas o transformativas; más bien han sido graduales y pragmáticas. En general, han sido más exitosas aquellas que han contado con apoyo bipartidista, mientras que las de un solo partido han tendido a fallar. Agendas bipartidistas graduales y enfocadas en mejoras continuas, han permitido que Australia desarrolle su administración pública y que la modernice a través del tiempo.
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    PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: CREATING HIGH PERFORMANCE, NOT HIGH ANXIETY
    Blackman, D ; West, D ; O'Flynn, J ; Buick, F ; O'Donnell, M ; Wanna, J ; Lee, HA ; Yates, S (AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, 2015)