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The study sought to investigate factors influencing curriculum management in Bizana schools. A survey design which used mainly qualitative aspects of research was used in the study. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect data. Participants (N=60) were made up of 10 learners,10 teachers, 10 School Management Team members ( SMTs), 10 parents and 20 district officials. The teachers, learners, parents and SMTs including principals were selected from 3 schools being a Primary School, a Junior Secondary School and a Senior Secondary School. Frequency tables were used to present quantitative data while verbal quotes were presented in support of themes that emerged from the qualitative data. The findings of the study revealed that the following factors were regarded as the causes of poor curriculum management; lack of training and skills on the part of curriculum managers, un-availability of resources in schools, the level of parental involvement in curriculum and regular systemic changes. It was recommended that the Department of Education should ensure that all curriculum managers are being trained to provide them with enough skills. The Department of Education should also supply schools with adequate resources. Parents should also be trained on curriculum issues. Too many changes in the system within a short space of time should be avoided.

The purpose of this research is to investigate strategies and outcomes of school-based curriculum management in elementary schools of Kaohsiung City. This research is designed with different personal background and school circumstance variables. It also provides suggestions for Education Bureau, Kaohsiung Government while managing local school curriculum. Moreover, the researcher discussed the behavior and meaning of school-based curriculum management and its specific effects and strategies to build an efficacious interactive model for curriculum. Method for collecting data in this research is mainly through questionnaires. Questionnaires were sent to 8 people per elementary school in Kaohsiung, including Principlals, Directors of Academic Studies, Managers of Teaching Branch or Research and Development Branch, and 5 members from Curriculum Development Committee. Questions about strategies of curriculum management (curriculum leading, member communication, learning group organization, potential encouragement, and facilities support) and outcomes of curriculum management (curriculum organization, curriculum design, curriculum evaluation, curriculum knowledge and curriculum resources combination) are both involved in the questionnaire. 456 questionnaires were sent and 432 valid questionnaires are collected. Data are analyzed quantitatively by mean, standard deviation, T-test, one-way ANOVA and Pearson Product-moment Correlation etc. Based on the statistics and analyses, conclusions are as followed: 1. Different personal background variables lead significant diversity on strategies of curriculum management. 2. Different school circumstance variables lead unsignificant diversity on strategies of curriculum management. 3. Different personal background variables lead significant diversity on outcomes of curriculum management. 4. Different school circumstance variables lead unsignificant diversity on outcomes of curriculum management. 5. Strategies of curriculum management is significant diversity to outcomes of curriculum management. 6. Strategies of curriculum management is significant correlateion to outcomes of curriculum management. According to the conclusions, the researcher also addressed advice for local educational institution, school administrators and further research.

A study on school-based curriculum management in elementary schools of Kaohsiung County. Abstract The first purpose of this study is to investigate the viewpoints and needs of school-based curriculum management ¡]SBCM¡^. The second is to investigate the educators as a practitioner of SBCM in elementary schools of Kaohsiung County. Finally, based on research findings, some proposals for improving the management of school-based curriculum are presented. To accomplish these purposes, through the result of literary review, the investigator has concluded with 7 viewpoints and 5 needs of SBCM, and then according to its contents to compile ¡§A questionnaire to survey the viewpoints and needs of school-based curriculum management in the elementary schools¡¨ to study the current situation for practicing SBCM. The objects of this study are the school staffs of public elementary schools in Kaohsiung County. The total of 120 schools and 519 effective samples were acquired. And these data were analyzed by using the method of statistics, including mean and standard deviation, percentage analysis, AVOVA, Scheffe method- post hoc comparison and product- moment correlation . From the data of literary reviews and the questionnaire, the conclusions are as follows: 1. SBCM is one of the main purposes on ¡§Grade 1-9 curriculum Guidelines¡¨ to put the curriculum reform into practice. The curriculum focuses not only on the core of the educational rationale but also on the students¡¦ learning activities. The curriculum rationale is close to the postmodern period which paid close attention to the interaction between teachers and students with positive dialogues to develop their curriculum. The curriculum encourages students to understand knowledge better, that allows the whole curriculum more flexible and adjustable. The supports of the communities and positive criticisms will help the whole curriculum well-developed. 2. According to the questionnaire, the viewpoints of the educators about SBCM reveal that during the seven factors, those ¡§male¡¨, ¡§age above 51¡¨ , ¡§higher seniority¡¨, ¡§status as a principal¡¨, ¡§forty-credit program¡¨ are closer to ¡§fit in with¡¨ or ¡§much fit in with¡¨ the viewpoints. As to the school districts and scales, the schools with less than 12 classes are closer to the viewpoints on the factors of ¡§curriculum goal ¡§, ¡§curriculum plan¡¨, ¡§curriculum implementation¡¨, ¡§curriculum evaluation¡¨ and ¡§curriculum leadership¡¨. 3. As to the needs of SBCM, the data analysis reveals that those ¡§female¡¨, or ¡§status as a teacher¡¨ were less-needed on ¡§Expense¡¨; those ¡§male¡¨, ¡§age above 51¡¨, ¡§higher seniority¡¨, ¡§status as a principal¡¨, ¡§Master Degree¡¨ are closer to ¡§fit in with¡¨ or ¡§much fit in with¡¨ the needs. 4. Educators from different educational backgrounds will cause the differences on the viewpoints and needs of CBCM. With the factors of ¡§professional development ¡§and ¡§related arrangements¡¨, reveals that those who are qualified with either ¡§Master Degree¡¨ or ¡§higher seniority¡¨ are more eligible than the others. 5.Within the viewpoints and needs of CBCM, there are middle-low proof of positive correlation on them, and also reach .01 significant level. Among the factors, there are one pair ¡]£q1¡B£b1¡^reach middle correlation, especially the coefficient between ¡§£q1¡¨ and ¡§organizational operation¡¨ is the highest, but the coefficient between ¡§£b1¡¨ and ¡§Expense¡¨ is the lowest. According to the data of literary review and the questionnaire, the conclusions are as follows: 1. The experiences on SBM in other countries can be referred by our domestic schools. Then, we can establish a better and competent curriculum for Taiwan education. 2. SBCM should emphasize (on) working on the theories and practice of personnel administration, expense and curriculum management. 3. Use various resources to improve the educators on their professional development. 4.To encourage the educators ,who are ¡§young¡¨¡]less than 30 years old¡^, ¡§female¡¨, ¡§less-seniority¡¨ and ¡§Bachelor Degree¡¨, enthusiastically participate in the SBCM affairs. 5. To study relevant laws and Acts to promote practical SBCM affairs. 6. To emphasize the importance of school-based curriculum leadership. 7. To establish the workable management measure of SBCM. 8. To establish a wholesome evaluation measure of SBCM.

Published Article / The central theme of this article is to investigate the potential advantages to school management and teacher training in South Africa of an aesthetic approach or arts-based staff development. It is argued that the field of education with its specific body of professional and scientific knowledge seems unable to offer satisfying solutions to pressing problems in post-apartheid South African schools. It is suggested that the arts should be explored for answers and solutions. The opinions and attitudes of school management teams from some of the poorest schools in the Free State Province of South Africa were analysed in order to gauge whether any positive change had occurred in their professional knowledge, confidence and self awareness after the said teams had been exposed to arts-based staff training and learning workshops. The positive change that was detected may be ascribable to the application of an aesthetic approach being followed during in-service workshops. Statistical analysis of the pre- and post-unit responses of 117 attendants of management training workshops indicated that there had indeed been some statistically significant improvements in their professional knowledge, in their confidence as managers and in their perception of themselves as educational artists. Most appear to have been quite prepared to see themselves as educational artists. The positive changes could provide some encouragement and a kind of quantitative basis for the advocates of aesthetic education.

The purpose of this study was to determine teachers’ perceptions of the relationship of the Katy Management of Automated Curriculum (KMAC) system developed by Katy ISD in Katy, Texas, on planning for learning, delivery of instruction and evaluation of student learning in the classroom. KMAC is a customized, proprietary networked technology curriculum management system created for online access to curriculum and the creation and sharing of lesson plans. Data was collected from 635 teachers district-wide through an online survey. This data was used to determine whether there were differences between/among teachers and teacher leaders and between/among elementary, junior high and high school teachers in their perceived impact of the KMAC on planning for learning, delivery of instruction and evaluation of student learning. Regarding planning for learning, teachers were found to have a moderately positive perception of KMAC with teacher leaders being slightly more positive. In addition, statistically significant differences were found between grade levels with elementary teachers more positive than secondary teachers. Regarding delivery of instruction, teacher leaders again perceived a more positive relationship with KMAC than the teacher non-leaders. Statistically significant differences were also found between elementary and junior high, elementary and high school and between junior high and high school teachers, with elementary teachers being the most positive. Teachers were the least positive toward KMAC and the evaluation of student learning. While a statistically significant relationship was found in relationship to the grade level taught and evaluation, this area was admittedly weaker than the other two areas in district development and teachers’ perceptions. While the position of teacher leader seemed to impact the results in all categories, the grade level taught was found to have the greatest statistical impact on the teacher perceptions.

For large organizations, updating instructional programs presents a challenge to keep abreast of constantly changing business processes and policies. Each time a process or policy changes, significant resources are required to locate and modify the training materials that convey the new content. Moreover, without the ability to track learning objects to processes and policies, training managers cannot conduct an effective training gap analysis in these areas. As a result, the corporate training picture is unclear and instructional needs cannot be accurately determined. The research addressed these problems by recognizing the need for linkages between an organization's business processes, its policies, and the learning objects that package the corresponding training content and deliver it to the workforce. The overall investigation was completed in three parts. In the first study, a thorough examination of the literature was conducted to determine the extent of the research problem and to provide a theoretical foundation for a solution. In the second study an expert panel was used to elicit user needs for a knowledge management system that addresses training management shortcomings in a large law enforcement agency. Another expert panel from that agency validated and prioritized the user needs during the third study. Through a combination of research-based elicitation and validation techniques, an accurate list of natural language software requirements emerged to represent the collective needs of the law enforcement training experts. The software requirements may now serve to analyze the capabilities of existing information technology systems or to form the basis for a request for proposal (RFP) to build the envisioned knowledge management system.

The research dissects how to construct the setup of school-based curriculum management and to carry the plan into execution through studying a junior high school. The research helps the teachers grow in professional knowledge, encourages them to have professional teamwork and makes them innovate their teaching, so that they can elevate the quality of school teaching. The purposes of the research are as followed: 1. To dissect the theory of school-based curriculum management in junior high school, which can be the basis of constructing the school-based curriculum management. 2. To dissect how to construct the setup of school-based curriculum management in junior high school through action research. 3. To dissect the difficulties and stratagem of solving problems which the junior high school encounters in constructing school-based curriculum management. 4. According to the research result and practical experience, the research brings up conclusions and suggestions, which can be the reference of enforcing school-based curriculum management while junior high school puts nine-year curriculum into practice. In order to achieve the purposes of research, I take the ways of action research, literature reviews, participatory observation, individual interview, documentary analysis and so on. As to the ways of collecting information, I take notes, record in the interview, take notes in the meetings, and keep research diaries and keep analyzing information in all aspects. Through the continuous comparison, the research results show: 1. The process of action research is filled with uncertainties, which is a matter of deep concern to the success and failure of research, because the researchers can¡¦t have the chances of penetrating, communicating and coordinating about the uncertainties. 2. Action researchers should take the serious attitude towards researching ethical issues. 3. Such elements as the principle¡¦s philosophy of curriculum-based coordination, macroscopic ability of organizing and interacting the school administration, and the level of teacher¡¦s autonomy have great influence on the research results. 4. Administration¡X the professional teaching teamwork and team spirit have a lot to do with the success and failure of conducting school-based curriculum management. 5. Constructing the setup of school-based curriculum management in Chuan-Yang junior high school includes the setup of dispensing curriculum affairs, the setup of evaluating curriculums and teaching, the setup of evaluating school curriculum management and so on. 6. School teaching administration should hold ¡§the spirit of school-based curriculum management, ¡¨ so that school can enforce the affairs of school-based curriculum management effectively and specifically. 7. The group, which enforces curriculum management, not only accumulates practical experience and constructs systematic knowledge, but also encounters lots of difficulties and obstacles. Because the problems appear, the group keeps studying the solution of project and improving the problems. The procedure of solving problems is as followed: finding problems

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Education in partial fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Education in the Department Educational Planning & Administration at the University of Zululand, 2017 / This investigation studied the challenges faced by the School Management Teams in promoting quality teaching and learning. The outcry of unsatisfied and demotivated educators and the poor academic performance of learners that is experienced as a result of challenges faced by SMTs in their daily function of school management, administration and leadership prompted me to conduct this investigation. Most South African schools, particularly the state schools perform poorly. It is believed that this study will alert the stakeholders in the education fraternity about challenges encountered and contributions each stakeholder has to make to help remedy the situation. The interpretive paradigm was used and the research design was qualitative. I generated data by means of literature reviewed and empirical research. The multi-case or multiple collective case study method was used for data collection. Data gathering techniques used were the semi-structured interviews for both individuals (school principals) and Focus Groups (all other SMTs excluding the principal), observation, documents and artefacts. Three data gathering techniques were used in order to ascertain credibility and trustworthiness of the results. The tools used were the Interview Schedule, Observation Checklist, Field Notes Pads, and the Voice Recorder. The research covers areas which include problems encountered by SMTs that result in poor academic performance, the role of the SMTs in promoting quality teaching and learning, and measures to employ in solving problems encountered. The findings indicated that some practices and policies of the department of education, uncommitted employees and the lack of full involvement of stakeholders, particularly parents and learners, affect academic results. Urban, township and rural schools are all challenged, but the complexity of problems encountered varied, as did the performance standard. Recommendations made include reviewing departmental policies and practices, giving incentives to hardworking employees, and the need for stakeholders to join hands in supporting teaching and learning in South Africa.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T18:49:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MARGARET_DISSERTACAO_28_09_2012.pdf: 996138 bytes, checksum: 696ee751d102788829f668208ec82282 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-30 / This study was carried out to ponder on the Coordinating Teachers everyday actions within their school contexts. The main aim of our work was to analyze which are the difficulties and possibilities faced by them in their everyday life, investigating work conditions, taking into account their importance as managers of the curriculum within the context of two state public schools in São Paulo State. The methodology used here focused on the qualitative approach, whose procedures of data collection and analysis were biographical research and case study. The information was collected with four coordinating teachers who work in state public schools (at grade, junior and senior high school levels). To collect the data, one used two procedures: a questionnaire with closed questions and an interview with open questions. One managed to find out that such PCs presented features which may interfere in the conduction of the pedagogical work, taking on both a positive character in their function, admitting possibilities for work satisfaction and accomplishment in the management of their everyday work and a negative one, such as deviations from their function, bureaucratization, social rules, indiscipline. One believes that such a function is marked by changes occurred in educational reforms carried out in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, which, up to the present day, interfere in its significance. / O presente estudo teve a finalidade de refletir sobre as ações cotidianas do Professor Coordenador (PC) em seu contexto escolar. O objetivo central do trabalho foi analisar quais as dificuldades e quais as possibilidades do PC no seu cotidiano, investigando suas condições de trabalho, considerando sua importância enquanto gestor do currículo no contexto de duas escolas estaduais do Estado de São Paulo. A metodologia utilizada centrou-se na abordagem qualitativa, cujo procedimento de coleta e análise documental constituiu-se de pesquisa bibliográfica e estudo de caso. As informações foram colhidas junto a quatro professores coordenadores que atuam em escolas da rede estadual de ensino (ensino fundamental e médio). Para a coleta de dados, foram adotados dois procedimentos: um questionário com questões fechadas e uma entrevista com questões abertas. Observou-se que os PCs apresentaram aspectos que podem interferir na condução do trabalho pedagógico, de caráter tanto positivo ligados à sua função, revelando possibilidades de satisfação e realização de trabalho engrandecedor na gestão de seu cotidiano; quanto negativo, tais como: desvios de função, burocratização, regulações sociais, indisciplina. Acredita-se que esta função esteja marcada por mudanças ocorridas nas reformas educacionais dos anos de 1970, 1980, 1990 e 2000, as quais interferem, até hoje, em sua significação.