Leadership styles of principals and school climate are two factors that vary greatly in different private secondary schools in Mauritius. They also contribute immensely in the making of a school a peaceful and happy work place for both staff and students. This study first presented a literature review on leadership styles of principals and school climate. References were made from many sources in order to have a clear overview on these two factors. A qualitative research based on interviews and observations was conducted on teachers and principals from nine private secondary schools in order to fulfill three aims of the study. Firstly, the types of leadership styles adopted by principals in private secondary schools in Mauritius were assessed. Secondly the types of school climate that prevailed in these private secondary schools were evaluated. Lastly, the relationship between the leadership styles of principals and school climate in the private secondary schools was investigated. The results revealed that when the democratic style of the `power' concept of leadership was used alone or with other styles but was more prevalent, the principals of these schools scored `high' in both the initiating structure and consideration items of the `relational' concept of leadership and, the climate of these schools was classified in the category of `others' but was more `open' than `closed'. However, when the authoritarian style of the `power' concept of leadership was used with other styles but was more prevalent, the principals either scored `low' in both the initiating structure and the consideration items or `low' in the consideration items only of the `relational' concept of leadership and the climate was more `closed' than `open'. / Educational Studies / M. Ed. (Education Management)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:46:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3675.pdf: 741363 bytes, checksum: 36bf8662a333a597bd5b856f89b4d79c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-25 / Educative Social Skills (ESS) is an integral concept of the field of Social Skills. The ESS are defined as those intentionally aimed at promoting development and learning of the interlocutor in the formal or informal situations. A repertoire drawn from ESS allows the teacher to use teaching strategies that facilitate interaction between learners, and it carries out activities that identify the expression of emotions and appropriate models of social behaviors, besides having the opportunity to build more adaptive behaviors of students as take initiative, cooperate with colleagues, giving feedback, fight for your rights, express feelings, to deny requests, empathize and others. The objective of this research was to determine which importance is given by teachers for social skills for working with students without or with special educational needs. The study gathered 60 teachers of Primary I and II of private schools in the state of Sao Paulo who answered a protocol for characterization and a questionnaire on Educative Social Skills in which to assess your grade on a scale of one to ten, assessing the importance they attach to each of the subclasses of ESS for their performance at work with students with or without special needs. All teachers considered the Class Monitor Positively as the most important of all. When teachers were divided into two groups: one that has or has had students with special educational needs and one that did not, those students with special needs consider Classes Set boundaries and Discipline more important than those without special educational needs pupils. And in this class, the subclasses Describe/justify undesirable behaviors and Behavior changes were considered more important for these teachers. For teachers who have students with special needs, the subclasses were evaluated as less important: Arrange the physical environment, Paraphrasing, Summarizing conduct issued; Stop behavior, Request information and express agreement. Since the subclasses that these teachers were considered more important: Arrange materials; Mediate interactions; Present goals, Establish relationships between antecedent and consequent behavior; Call to preestablished norms; Commend and encourage. This research has allowed the identification of key special educational needs reported that teachers reported are the most important for working with students without or with special educational needs. The high degree of importance that teachers attributed to the special educational needs suggests that the group participating in this research is sensitive to uncertainties in educational falling pupils with special needs and importance of the ESS for their performance in everyday situations at school. The identification of this information will enable future studies broaden this analysis to correlate teacher reports with the observations of their performance in the classroom. / Habilidades Sociais Educativas (HSE) é um conceito integrante do campo das Habilidades Sociais. As HSE são definidas como aquelas intencionalmente voltadas para a promoção do desenvolvimento e da aprendizagem do interlocutor, em situação formal ou informal. Um repertório elaborado de HSE permite que o professor utilize estratégias pedagógicas que facilitem a interação entre os educandos, e ele realize atividades que identifiquem a expressão de emoções e modelos adequados de comportamentos sociais, além de ter a oportunidade de valorizar comportamentos mais adaptativos dos alunos como, tomar iniciativa, cooperar com colegas, dar feedback, lutar pelos próprios direitos, expressar sentimentos, negar pedidos, ter empatia entre outros. O objetivo desta pesquisa foi verificar qual é a importância atribuída pelos professores às Habilidades Sociais Educativas para o trabalho com alunos sem ou com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais. Participaram desta pesquisa 60 professores do Ensino Fundamental I e II de escolas particulares do interior do estado de São Paulo que responderam um protocolo de caracterização e um questionário sobre Habilidades Sociais Educativas no qual aferiam sua nota, numa escala de um a dez, avaliando a importância que atribuem a cada uma das Subclasses de HSE para o seu desempenho na atuação junto a alunos sem ou com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais. Todos os professores consideraram a Classe Monitorar Positivamente como sendo a mais importante dentre todas. Quando os professores foram subdivididos em dois grupos: um que tem ou já teve alunos com Necessidades Educacionais Especiais e outro que não teve, os que têm alunos com NEE consideraram a Classes Estabelecer limites e disciplina mais importante do que os sem alunos com NEE. E nesta Classe, as Subclasses Descrever/justiticar comportamentos indesejáveis e Pedir mudança de comportamento foram consideradas mais importantes para estes professores. Para os professores que possuem alunos com NEE, as Subclasses avaliadas como menos importantes foram: Arranjar ambiente físico; Parafrasear; Resumir comportamentos emitidos; Interromper comportamento; Solicitar informações e Expressar concordância. Já as Subclasses que estes professores consideraram mais importantes foram: Organizar materiais; Mediar interações; Apresentar objetivos; Estabelecer relações entre antecedente, comportamento e consequente; Chamar a atenção para normas préestabelecidas; Elogiar e incentivar. Esta pesquisa permitiu que fossem identificadas as principais HSE que os professores relataram serem as mais importantes para o trabalho com alunos sem ou com NEE. O alto grau de importância que os professores atribuíram às HSE sugere que o grupo participante desta pesquisa se mostra sensível às contingências educacionais em que se inserem alunos com NEE e à importância das HSE para seu desempenho em situações do cotidiano escolar. A identificação destas informações permite que futuros estudos aprofundem esta análise no sentido de correlacionar os relatos de professores com observações de seu desempenho em sala de aula.

Submitted by Bruno Elias Pires (elias.bruno@gmail.com) on 2013-07-10T14:48:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Viabilidade PPP EB.pdf: 1882934 bytes, checksum: 52a5fb5a33523cd9293ac5dc9bc62bbe (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vitor Souza (vitor.souza@fgv.br) on 2013-07-18T14:58:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Viabilidade PPP EB.pdf: 1882934 bytes, checksum: 52a5fb5a33523cd9293ac5dc9bc62bbe (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-07-19T13:07:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Viabilidade PPP EB.pdf: 1882934 bytes, checksum: 52a5fb5a33523cd9293ac5dc9bc62bbe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-05-27 / This study attempts to propose a viable model of pu blic-private partnership for Basic Education in Brazil, in order to improve access and quality of education in the country. Makes an approach to the current situation of the sector in Brazil and shows the difference between the results obtained by publ ic and private schools, suggesting the superiority of the latter. Makes a numerical an alysis comparing public spending per student in Basic Education, more specifically i n the Elementary and Middle segments, to spending in private schools, taking as a basis Rio de Janeiro, and, thereafter, proposes a model feasible that can enab le improvement in the quality of education at lower costs, which is accretive not on ly to the government, but also to private schools. It also discusses the internationa l experience of countries like Colombia, Chile and the U.S., which have adopted po licies on education in partnership with the private sector. / O trabalho avalia a viabilidade de utilizar-se da rede privada de escolas para oferecer educação básica aos alunos da rede pública, através do preenchimento da ociosidade existente nos colégios privados.

M. Ed. (Educational Psychology) / This study explores the experiences that multiple stakeholders have of learner participation in an independent school in Johannesburg. The school’s policy documents were reviewed, both in order to establish the school’s suitability for the study, and in order to provide some context for understanding. The participants were selected by both their involvement in learner participation bodies at the school in question, and their willingness to participate in the study. To this end, the school’s principal, educational psychologist and two learner leaders agreed to be interviewed in order to try and describe their experiences. It was hoped that the exploring, and rich describing, of the participants’ experiences would be helpful in terms of finding solutions or providing recommendations for the school itself when facing challenges, and for any other school that may benefit from the findings of the study. The researcher embarked on a process of Content Analysis of the transcribed interviews and relevant policy documents to uncover primary themes of experience as described by the participants. It was found that the participants’ experiences could be categorised into themes of difficulty with training; support; feedback; and clarity of roles. Recommendations were made regarding the facilitation of learner participation at both the participating school and other schools in general. These recommendations included: i) Schools communicate clearly the purposes of training programmes and initiatives to learners; ii) Schools utilise multiple training programmes, which are relevant to their own school context; iii) A staff member is formally available as support for each learner participation body in a school; iv) All meetings be scheduled suitably in advance; v) Learner participation bodies schedule regular meetings with their constituencies for feedback purposes - regardless of the length of the agenda; vi) Measures be instituted to hold staff accountable to their commitments without learner initiation; vii) All people who are affected by policies should play a role in their construction (UNCRC, 1990; SASA, 1996); viii) Policy review be seen as a continuous process, including legislated periods of review. Furthermore, conceptual inconsistencies in the design of the Representative Council of Learners (RCL) were suggested - specifically conflicting mandates in terms of representing learner voice and implementing teacher directives - resulting in a suggestion of legislation review.

This thesis is a response to current education reform in the Czech Republic. EU objective and their long-term goals will be defined in the introduction. The main objective of the thesis is comparison of two different educational systems, both of which are under control of the European Union. There are two countries selected for this paper, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Not only the educational systems, but also the method of financing is compared. The Czech educational system is entirely dependent on public funding for their educational system, while in Netherlands a significant part of the finances going to the educational system is covered by students themselves. Besides other things current issues in educational sector, which are faced by selected countries, will be discussed in the thesis as well. Two private schools were chosen for comparison to illustrate the situation of private education in the Czech Republic, University of Finances and Administration and The European Polytechnic Institute in Kunovice.

M.Ed. / The world is currently in the grip of educational dilemmas of massive proportions. As a result of these various educational reform initiatives have been launched all seeking to remedy the ills in international public school systems. One of the reforms of this century is the establishment of evangelically Christian private schools. The research eminates from the confusion which is prevalent in South Africa with regards to what "Christian" education really is. White public schools are legislated to provide so-called "Christian" education; whilst evangelically Christian private schools claim they provide truly Christian education. There exists a need to distinguish between these two types of educational provision. This can only be done successfully, if the nature of each is scrutinised: it should provide the clue as to the reason why evangelically Christian private schools have increased with such urgency over the past few years. The primary purpose of this research is to discuss education from both a biblical and state perspective. In doing this the factors 'determining the founding of evangelically Christian private schools will be determined. Three fundamental structural elements of a Christian educational philosophy have been isolated into a model: these are the metaphysical, axiological and epistemological perspectives. The metaphysical foundation demands that education in order to be truly Christian, must be Christ-centred, evangelical and meta-cultural.

Dissertation aims to analyze educational practices and the history of the College "Jackson de Figueiredo." Private school, non-confessional, which operated in the city of Aracaju - Sergipe (1938-1980). The temporal boundaries of this study considered two key moments of the institution - the year it opened in 1938 until the year in that it operated as a private school, 1980. Besides the educational concept of non-denominational private school, aimed to identify the flows of social representations, as well as the intention of the educational process of the school. Thus, this research is embedded in the subject field of the History of Education, particularly in the area of history of educational institutions. The analysis of the elements of education from this college was done using various sources such as set of Laws, Decrees, Ordinances, Regulations, Memoranda, Government posts, reports the State Department of Education, Inventory and Management of Public Instruction, minutes and Motions of the State Board of Education and the School Inspection, newspapers, magazines, textbooks, manuals, history books of Sergipe, Statistical Yearbooks, indexed journals, dissertations and oral testimony, elements that were important methodological resources for completion of this research. To understand the process of experienced training in daily college was used as the main analysis categories: school culture (JULIA, 2001); school material culture (SOUZA, 2007; FELGUEIRAS, 2010), the discipline (FOUCAULT, 1987); practices, representations and appropriations (CHARTIER, 1990) and the history from the institutional school (MAGALHÃES, 2004). Study that is supported by the Cultural History, in which we sought, with search results, contributing to investigations of Sergipe educational historiography based in relation to the history of the institution "Jackson de Figueiredo." / Dissertação que tem como objetivo analisar as práticas educativas e a história do Colégio Jackson de Figueiredo . Escola particular, não confessional, que funcionou no município de Aracaju - Sergipe (1938 a 1980). A delimitação temporal deste estudo considerou dois momentos fundamentais da instituição o ano em que foi inaugurada, em 1938, até o ano em que funcionou como escola particular, 1980. Além da concepção educacional de escola particular não confessional, pretendeu-se identificar os fluxos de representações sociais, bem como a intencionalidade do processo educativo desta escola. Assim, essa pesquisa está inserida no campo temático da História da Educação, particularmente, na área da História das Instituições Educacionais. A análise dos elementos do ensino, a partir deste colégio, foi realizada através de diversas fontes como: conjunto de Leis, Decretos, Portarias, Regulamentos, Memorandos, Mensagens Governamentais, Relatórios da Direção da Instrução Pública e da Secretaria Estadual de Educação, Inventários, Atas e Moções do Conselho Estadual de Educação e da Inspeção Escolar, jornais, revistas, compêndios, manuais, livros de História de Sergipe, Anuários Estatísticos, periódicos indexados, dissertações e depoimentos orais, elementos que foram importantes recursos metodológicos para conclusão desta pesquisa. Para compreender o processo de formação vivenciado no cotidiano do colégio utilizou-se como principais categorias de análise: cultura escolar (JULIA, 2001); cultura material escolar (SOUZA, 2007; FELGUEIRAS, 2010); a questão da disciplina, (FOUCAULT, 1987); as práticas, representações e apropriações (CHARTIER, 1990); além da História das Instituições Escolares. (MAGALHÃES, 2004). Estudo que está amparado pela História Cultural, na qual, buscou-se, com os resultados da pesquisa, contribuir para as investigações da historiografia educacional sergipana no que se refere à história da instituição Jackson de Figueiredo .

Cette thèse se propose d’étudier les choix d’éducation en adoptant une approche originale intégrant la notion de qualité de l’enseignement. Cette étude se concentre sur deux pays : l’Indonésie et le Pakistan. Dans un premier temps, nous montrons que la scolarisation obligatoire a eu des effets sur les taux de scolarisation qui se sont répercutés sur les comportements de fécondité. Ces effets ne sont cependant pas automatiques et peuvent cacher une grande hétérogénéité. Nous nous intéressons ensuite au concept de qualité de l’éducation, une notion qui a de multiples facettes. Si on l’appréhende par le prisme des résultats scolaires, les enseignants semblent jouer un rôle majeur. Cependant, cette définition n’est pas entièrement satisfaisante quand on s’intéresse aux choix de scolarisation. En effet, les performances académiques des écoles ne reflètent qu’une partie de l’opinion des parents. Les parents semblent également rationaliser leurs choix a posteriori et considèrent que les écoles privées sont meilleures. Une approche qui considère la qualité subjective de l’éducation (perçue par les parents) permet de mieux comprendre leurs choix en termes d’éducation. Les parents non satisfaits par l’enseignement public ont tendance à s’orienter vers le privé, ce qui peut expliquer l'expansion de ce secteur dans de nombreux pays en développement. Le développement des écoles privées pourrait néanmoins accroître les inégalités car certaines franges de la population n’y ont pas accès. / This thesis aims at better understanding the multiple aspects of education in developing countries with a focus on Indonesia and Pakistan. First, we show that compulsory education could positively impact educational attainment and change fertility behaviours, even though these effects can be heterogeneous. Then, we consider the multifaceted notion of quality of education. If we consider that the quality of education encompasses only learning outcomes, teachers play a central role in knowledge acquisition. However, this measure is unsatisfactory when trying to understand schooling behaviours. Indeed, student achievement only partly explains parents' opinions. Parents also tend to be subject to an ex-post rationalization bias and to value private schools more. The subjective dimension of the quality of education helps to understand school choice. Parents' dissatisfaction with public schools partly explains why they send their children to private establishments. Nevertheless, the expansion of the private education sector could increase gender and socio-economic inequalities.

This diploma thesis deals with the situation of emerging private elementary schools in the Czech Republic. As this is a new phenomenon, only recognised in the past few years, there is little detailed evidence that would provide the necessary information about these schools; such as what kind of schools are registered and why they were created. This paper aim is to identify and describe the main types of these schools and understand their functions. The first part is to comprehend the shift in education and stress out the influence and role of new actors. This is achieved through providing the different perspectives on education and through description of supply and demand for education. This new phenomenon is also supported by the Theory of Exit, Voice & Loyalty which explains behaviour of private school's initiators and founders. The thesis also examines different authors' and publications' views on alternative and traditional schooling, private, public and non-public schools and the difficulties in comparison across different educational systems. The practical part and its research offers systematic and objective evaluation of the new schools being established and how they work. It also presents possible reasons for the rise in the number of new schools and, what implications this phenomenon can...

[pt] A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar as influências das famílias sobre as práticas pedagógicas nas escolas privadas de Belford Roxo, procurando identificar se há divergência entre as concepções dos professores e das famílias. A pesquisa se desenvolveu em três escolas privadas, de pequeno e médio porte, autônomas e de prestígio, que atendem, em sua maioria, a classe popular do município de Belford Roxo. A metodologia adotada para a produção de dados foi a de caráter qualitativo, composta em duas etapas: realização de entrevista semiestruturada, com duas professoras e uma coordenadora do Ensino Fundamental I de cada uma das três instituições escolares investigadas, totalizando nove entrevistas; aplicação de questionários para as famílias dos alunos, com perguntas abertas e fechadas, totalizando vinte e um respondentes. Além disso, utilizou-se a página do Facebook de cada instituição, para uma análise documental, em busca de compreender como a comunidade escolar, a família e os professores apresentam suas concepções sobre a lógica de funcionamento da escola. A análise dos dados das entrevistas contou com o método de análise temática. Constatou-se que são escolas privadas que vêm crescendo, em comparação com as da rede pública da região, mas com poucos parâmetros das autoridades governamentais, principalmente no que tange à ausência de dados sobre o desempenho educacional dos alunos. Essas escolas destacam-se como escolas de prestígio para as famílias por oferecerem uma educação de qualidade, de modelo conteudista e tradicional, baseadas no uso de livro didático, cujo foco central da aprendizagem está na memorização, repetição e nos resultados das avaliações. Evidenciou-se que esse formato de ensino possui influências das famílias que pagam a escola e, por isso, acreditam que esse é o melhor ensino para seus filhos. A maioria dos professores possui baixos níveis de formação acadêmica, e não há nenhuma organização por meio da escola para promover um aperfeiçoamento profissional através de formação continuada. Conclui-se que a prática pedagógica é submetida a uma lógica de ensino regulador, acumulativo e tradicional, que inibe a autoria e a criatividade docente, justificada por essas escolas se submeterem às influências do mercado e das próprias famílias. Evidenciou-se que não há grandes desencontros entre as concepções das escolas, das famílias e dos professores no que tange ao processo de ensino- aprendizagem. Esse cenário perpetua-se como um ciclo vicioso de repetição das práticas-pedagógicas tradicionais, com poucos avanços, mantidos, principalmente, pelos limites da formação dos professores, seja inicial e continuada, pela constante influência das famílias, juntamente com a falta de regulação dos governos. Aposta-se na necessidade de novos estudos para a compreensão de como se efetiva o processo de aprendizagem dos alunos no cotidiano da sala de aula, a fim de aprofundar as questões evidenciadas nesta pesquisa. / [en] The present research aims to investigate the influences of families on pedagogical practices in private schools in Belford-Roxo, seeking to identify whether there is divergence between the conceptions of teachers and families. The research was carried out in three small and medium-sized autonomous and prestigious private schools, which attend, in general, to the popular classes in the city of Belford Roxo. The methodology adopted for the production of data was of a qualitative nature, composed of two stages: semi-structured interviews with two teachers and a coordinator of Elementary I, of each of the three school institutions investigated, totaling nine interviews; application of questionnaires to the students families with open and closed questions, totaling twenty one respondents. In addition, the Facebook page of each institution was used for documentary analysis in order to understand how the school community, family and teachers present their conceptions about the logic of how the schools function. The data from the interviews were analyzed using the thematic analysis method. It was found that these are private schools that have been growing in comparison with the public network in the region, but with few parameters from the government authorities, especially regarding the absence of data on the educational performance of students. These schools stand out as prestigious schools for families because they offer quality education with a content-based and traditional model, based on the textbook, the central focus of learning of which is on memorization, repetition and the results of evaluations. It was evident that this educational format is influenced by the families who pay for the school and believe that this is the best education for their children. Most teachers have low levels of academic training and the schools do not offer to promote professional improvement through continuing education. The conclusion is that the pedagogical practice is submitted to a regulatory, accumulative and traditional teaching logic that inhibits the teachers authorship and creativity, justified by the fact that these schools submit themselves to the influences of the market and of the families themselves. It is evident that there is not much disagreement between the conceptions of schools, families and teachers in relation to the teaching-learning process. This scenario is perpetuated as a vicious cycle of repetition of traditional pedagogical practices with little progress, maintained mainly by the limits of teacher training, both initial and continuing, and by the constant influence of families, along with the lack of government regulation. We believe that new studies are needed to understand how the learning process of students takes place in the classroom, in order to deepen the issues highlighted in this research.