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This qualitative exploratory case study focused on understanding how democracy and human rights education is carried out in a public elementary school in Turkey. A preliminary research was done in the USA in order to provide insight and experience into the study. An elementary school was chosen as a single case in Ankara. The study examined the perceptions of the school community (teachers, students, administrator and parents) related to democracy and human rights education through interviews. The participation to the study was completely based on voluntary action. Six teachers, 38 students, 16 parents and an administrator were interviewed. Observations and document analyses also enabled the researcher to find out the current instructional process concerning democracy and human rights education in different grade levels at elementary education. Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Research results revealed that democracy is not only a goal to be reached, and not just a form of government but also a concept experienced in all stages of schools. The major finding of the study was that there is a gap between what the school teaches as theory and the reality experienced in school and at home. All participants agreed that democracy and human rights education should start at early grades, preferably in kindergarten through establishing authentic learning environments where a variety of instructional methods, techniques, materials, textbooks and technology are employed. Besides, the school community indicated the importance of character education, school culture and values that are reflected through the hidden curriculum in schools for effective democracy and human rights education.

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 2016-04-27T16:32:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Juliana Hojas da Silva.pdf: 714513 bytes, checksum: 2cc9d4cef8881af942292a260cb369a7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-17 / This research has selected as its main issues the relationship between the school and the cultural institution, and also the role that the school plays in forming the cultural habits of the individuals. Based on the programme known as Culture is Curriculum (Cultura é Currículo) of the Secretary of Education of the State of São Paulo, which proposes to articulate the curricular contents of primary and secondary education with cultural productions. There was the analysis of the segment of the Cultura é Currículo known as Places to Learn: The School Leaves the School (Lugares de Aprender: a escola sai da escola). The Lugares de Aprender programme promotes the access of students and teachers of Brazilian state schools to museums, centres, art institutes, culture in general and parks. The main problem of the research is established thus: are the fundamental principles and educational actions, as proposed by the Lugares de Aprender programme, guaranteed in the documents of the Ministry of Education (MEC) and the Secretariat for Education of the State of São Paulo (SEEP), and do they meet the needs for expansion of culture? The main aim of this research study is to check how the Lugares de aprender programme expresses (if this is indeed stated) the concept of culture as found in curriculum documents. The specific aims are those of identifying what pedagogical proposals are incorporated into the text of the programme, and what issues are valued, and then analyse and compare the documentation produced by the Lugares de aprender: a escola sai da escola programme with the parameters, proposals and curricular guidance for secondary education. The analysis was carried out based on the core concepts of cultural capital, culture and curriculum, through the works of Bourdieu, Eagleton and Sacristán. The comparison between the curricular documents selected and the proposal made by the Lugares de Aprender programme show differences in the role that the teacher should perform and also the principle of autonomy as present in the Brazilian General Education Law (LDB). The proposal made by the Lugares de Aprender programme presents a structure that does not allow the schools or the teachers to have an active participation in the Lugares de Aprender programme, restricting their own functions and also those of the executors of this proposal / Esta pesquisa elege como tema a relação escola , instituição cultural e o papel que a escola exerce na formação de hábitos culturais dos indivíduos. A partir do programa Cultura é Currículo da Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo nos propomos verificar a relação entre a proposta e os conteúdos curriculares do Ensino Médio. Analisou-se o segmento do Cultura é Currículo denominado Lugares de Aprender: a escola sai da escola. O programa Lugares de Aprender promove o acesso de alunos e professores da rede estadual de ensino a museus, centros, institutos de arte, cultura e parques. Estabelece-se como problema de pesquisa: os fundamentos e ações educativas propostos pelo programa Lugares de Aprender estão garantidos pelos documentos do Ministério da Educação (MEC) e da Secretaria de Educação do Estado de São Paulo (SEESP) atendendo as necessidades de ampliação da cultura? O objetivo geral da pesquisa é verificar de que forma o programa Lugares de aprender expressa (se estiver expresso) a concepção de cultura encontrada nos documentos curriculares. Os objetivos específicos são: identificar quais propostas pedagógicas estão incorporadas no texto do programa e quais os temas valorizados; analisar e confrontar a documentação produzida pelo programa Lugares de aprender: a escola sai da escola com os Parâmetros, Propostas e Orientações Curriculares do Ensino Médio. A análise foi realizada com base nos conceitos de capital cultural, cultura e currículo através das obras de Bourdieu, Eagleton e Sacristán. A pesquisa é de natureza empírica construída a partir da análise qualitativa dos documentos. A comparação entre os documentos curriculares selecionados e a proposta do programa Lugares de Aprender indicaram diferenças com relação ao papel que o professor deve desempenhar e ao princípio de autonomia presente na LDB. A proposta do programa Lugares de Aprender apresenta uma estrutura que não permite as escolas e aos professores participarem ativamente do programa Lugares de Aprender restringindo sua função a de executores desta proposta