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A philosophical study of structural and conceptual trends underlying the development of outcomes-based educationFakier, M (Mursheed) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MEd) -- University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study looks at the structural and conceptual trends underlying the development of
outcomes-based education.
Part of the democratisation process of South African education involves the introduction of a
system of outcomes-based education (OBE) in South African schools. Proponents of OBE
claim that it constitutes a radical break from the previous apartheid education system. For this
reason OBE is viewed as a transformational perspective on the curriculum. Viewed against
this backdrop OBE strives to guarantee success for all learners; to empower learners in a
learner-centred environment thus creating a critical, investigative, creative, problem-solving,
communicative future-orientated citizen (Department of Education 1997:10).
However, after doing an analysis and an interpretation of the White Paper on Education and
Training (1996), it appears as if OBE with its "fixed" outcomes has a tendency to manipulate
and control learners. The analysis shows that OBE stifles learners' critical, investigative,
creative and problem-solving ability.
The study also reveals that as a result of globalisation there is a global discourse on
knowledge production which assumes that unless our system of education conforms with this
global reality, our education could be considered as being of an inferior quality.
The findings of the research suggest that OBE with its fixed outcomes cannot engender
transformation on its own. Rational reflection, creativity and imagination need to be
imbedded in practices of teaching and learning. By doing this, OBE could offer
transformative opportunities for school communities at large. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie poog om die strukturele en konseptuele tendens onderliggend aan die
ontwikkeling van UGO (Uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys) te ondersoek.
Die bekendstelling van 'n UGO model in skole word gesien as deel van die demokratiseringsproses
wat binne die Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysstelsel plaasvind. Ondersteuners van UGO is
dit eens dat UGO radikaal wegbeweeg van die apartheidsonderwysstelsel. Om hierdie rede
word UGO dus gesien as 'n transformatoriese perspektieftot die kurikulum.
Teen hierdie agtergrond streef UGO daama om sukses te waarborg vir alle leerders in 'n
leerlinggesentreerde omgewing. Op die manier wil UGO 'n kritiese, ondersoekende,
skeppende, probleemoplossende, kommunikatiewe en toekomsgerigte landsburger skep.
Nadat daar egter 'n analitiese studie van die Witskrif vir Onderwys en Opleiding (1996)
gedoen is wil dit tog voorkom asofUGO eerder daarop gemik is om leerders te manipuleer en
te beheer. Trouens, die huidige diskoers oor kennisproduksie aanvaar dat indien 'n land se
opvoeding nie die realiteit van globalisasie in ag neem nie word dit as minderwaardig beskou.
Die bevindinge van die navorsmg stel voor dat UGO, met sy vaste uitkomste, wemige
verandering alleen kan meebring. Daar word dus aan die hand gedoen dat indien rasionaliteit,
kreatiwiteit en verbeeldingrykheid deel sou vorm van onderwys en leer dit op so 'n manier
uitkomste kan komplementeer en sodoende betekenisvolle transformasie in die onderwys kan
bewerkstellig.
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Has educational transformation deepened democracy in public high schools?Damons, Yolande L. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The process of educational transformation in South Africa was characterised by
the creation of a coherent policy and legislative framework (e.g. Constitution;
South African Schools Act, 1996) that would form the basis for systematic
changes. My concern is if or to what extend the transformational goals of
access, redress, equality, quality, freedom and participation manifest itself in
public high schools, particularly those schools from historically disadvantaged
communities.
Engaging in an interpretive and critical analysis of data (South African Schools
Act, 1996 and diverse educator voices), I explore the conceptual and pragmatic
links between different nuances of democracy in schools. There seem to be
huge gaps between policy and practice. As the transformation of the education
system is inseparable from the total transformation of our nation, I contend that
the education landscape needs to be reviewed. A rigorous multi-facetted
approach by all role players is necessary in order to meet the complexity of
challenges to the process of transforming the education system of South Africa,
in order to bring about a deep democracy.
KEY WORDS: Education, transformation, democracy, participation, equality
and quality. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die proses van onderwys-transformasie in Suid-Afrika is gekenmerk deur die
daarstelling van 'n koherente beleids-en wetgewende raamwerk (o.a.
Konstitusie; Suid-Afrikaanse Skolewet, 1996), wat die grondslag van
sistematiese veranderinge sou vorm. My besorgdheid is of, en tot watter mate
die transformasie-doelwitte van toeganklikheid, regstelling, gelykheid, kwaliteit,
vryheid en deelname in publieke hoërskole gemanifesteer word - veral dié
skole in histories benadeelde samelewings.
Verbind tot 'n interpretatiewe- en kritiese data-analise van die Suid-Afrikaanse
Skolewet en menings van diverse onderwyslui, ondersoek ek die konseptueie
en pragmatiese skakeling tussen verskillende nuanses aangaande demokrasie
in skole. Daar blyk groot gapings tussen beleid en praktyk te wees. Omdat die
transformasie van die onderwysstelselonlosmaaklik deel vorm van die totale
transformasie van ons nasie, voer ek aan dat die opvoedkundige landskap
dringend in heroënskou geneem moet word. 'n Daadwerklike, multi-fassettige
benadering deur alle rolspelers is nodig ten einde die komplekse uitdagings ten
opsigte van die transformasie van die Suid-Afrikaanse onderwys die hoof te
bied, en sodoende 'n diep demokrasie tot stand te bring.
SLEUTELWOORDE: Onderwys, transforrnasie, demokrasie, deelname,
gelykheid en kwaliteit.
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Managing change - how educational leaders manage transformational change within a framework of control and constraintsSchlebusch, Juliet Claire 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There are many new developments in the field of schooling. Some of these
developments - school based management, new curriculum developments and
devolution of control to the school level have brought with it policy changes.
Many educational leaders are struggling to keep pace with these changes that
are taking place in the management of education. Others are struggling against
the changes, while possibly not fully understanding the dynamics of these
changes.
In a time of rapid political and social change, the need for spelling out the
concomitants of educational leadership has become both necessary and
essential. Planned quality intervention by the state has completely
underestimated the lack of managerial competencies among educational
leaders. Quality in leadership is not a luxury item in educational
transformation, changes in leadership are in fact central to instilling the
democratic values and principles which underpin the new educational policies.
There must also be a comprehensive strategy which addresses educational
leadership as a school-wide intervention. There needs to be a more coordinated
effort between provincial education departments and schools to bring
their collective resources to bear on school quality change; but the process
must be prioritised and co-ordinated by the state.
This assignment seeks to establish what challenges and constraints educational
leaders face in their attempts to effect transformation in South Africa. It details
the daily strategies and plans used by educational leaders as they go about
running their schools. Strategic opportunities in the policy field should be
harnessed to drive education quality improvements. It is vital to link in-service
development to policy implementation.
Ultimately the monitoring and evaluation system in place must track the impact
of the changes more carefully. This would allow departments to define future
poiicies and programmes based on informed choices about which quality
interventions make a difference. This is critical since the evidence shows that
most changes have not always resulted in the planned leadership
improvements. There is no reason for this trend to continue as this research
shows that many schools have considerable advantages working in their
favour: a relatively stable schooling infrastructure, a growing corps of qualified
educational leaders and a policy environment in which there is optimism about
change and transformation in the school sector. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is huidiglik vele nuwe ontwikkelinge in die onderwysstelsel. Sommige van
die ontwikkelinge: skool - gebaseerde bestuur, nuwe kurrikulum ontwikkelinge
en die afwenteling van bestuur na skoolvlak, het verskeie beleidsveranderinge
meegebring. Vele onderwysleiers vind dit problematies om tred te hou met die
veranderinge in die bestuur van opvoeding. Ander weer, toon 'n weerstand teen
die veranderinge, moontlik omdat hulle nie die dinamika van die verandering
verstaan nie.
In 'n tyd van politieke en sosiale veranderinge, is dit belangrik en noodsaaklik om
gepaardgaande verskynsels van onderwysleierskap na vore te bring. Beplande
bevoegde toetredings van die staat het die tekorte aan bestuursbekwaamheid van
onderwysleiers heeltemalonderskat. Bevoegdheid in leierskap kan nie geag word
as 'n luukse item in onderwystransformasie nie. Veranderinge in leierskap is
inderdaad sentraal tot die vaslegging van die demokratiese waardes en beginsels
wat die nuwe onderwysbeleidsverklaringe ondersteun.
Daar moet 'n allesomvattende strategie en -toetreding wees, wat onderwys
leierskap as 'n skool aangeleentheid aanspreek. Daar word 'n skool
gekoordineerde poging tussen provinsiale onderwysdepartemente en skole
benodig om hulle kollektiewe hulpbronne toe te wy aan
skoolkwaliteitsveranderinge, maar die proses moet deur die staat gekoordineer en
goedgekeur word.
Hierdie werkstuk poog om te bepaal watter uitdagings en beperkinge
opvoedkundige leiers in die gesig staar in hul pogings om by te dra tot
tranformasie in Suid-Afrika. Die strategieë en metodes wat deur opvoedkundige
leiers gebruik, word in die daaglikse bestuur van instellings, word gespesifiseer.
Dit is belangrik om onderwysontwikkeling aan beleidsimplementering te koppel.
Die monitering en evalueringstelsels wat in plek is, moet noodwendig tred hou
met die gevolge van die veranderinge. Dit sal toelaat dat departemente hul
toekomstige beleide en programme, op ingeligte en kwaliteitstoetredings baseer,
wat 'n verskil maak. Dit is krities, want bewyse dui aan dat veranderinge nie
altyd in die beplande leierskapverbeteringe eindig nie. Daar is geen rede vir die
veloop van gebeurtenisse nie, want die studie wys dat die skole aansienlike
voordele in hul guns het: 'n betreklike stabiele skoolinfrastruktuur; 'n groeiende
komponent van onderwysleiers, en 'n beleidsomgewing waarin daar optimisme
oor veranderinge en transformasie in die opvoedingssektor is.
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Leerkragte se belewing van bemagtiging en die implikasies daarvan vir die skoolkultuur en -klimaat : 'n ondersoek aan 'n hoërskool in die Suid-KaapJoubert, Francois 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the light of the emphasis on the decentralization of school management in South
Africa, the empowerment of all role players to be involved in decision-making has
became crucial.
My concern is with the experience of the process of empowerment by leaders in
education.
The implications of empowerment or the lack there-off for the school culture and
climate, as well as the underlying role played by the leadership approach of
educational leaders, are examined.
By engaging in an interpretative analysis of data (questionnaires which contains the
views of various role players) I examined the relationship between empowerment,
school culture and climate, as well as transformational leadership.
Empowerment is not a simplistic concept which is clear from the mutual coherence
between the school culture and climate and the particular role assumed by the
transformational approach. The particular interaction between transformational
leadership, empowerment and the school culture and climate implies greater clarity
from all role players about the impact of empowerment.
In this way participative management can realise in a spontaneous manner and can
change be seen as a unique opportunity to improve teaching and learning.
KEY WORDS Empowerment, school culture and climate and transformational
leadership. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die lig van die klem op die desentralisasie van skoolbestuur in Suid-Afrika is die
bemagtiging van alle rolspelers tot effektiewe deelname in besluitneming
onontbeerlik. My besorgdheid is met die belewing van die proses van bemagtiging
deur onderwysleiers. Die implikasies van bemagtiging of die gebrek daaraan vir die
skoolkultuur en -klimaat, asook die onderliggende rol wat die leierskapbenadering van
die onderwysleiers in die verband speel, is ook ondersoek.
Verbind tot 'n interpretatiewe data-analise (vraelyste met die menings van verskeie
rolspelers daarin vervat) het ek die verband tussen bemagtiging, skoolkultuur en
-klimaat en transformatiewe leierskap ondersoek.
Bemagtiging is nie 'n simplistiese begrip nie dit blyk onder meer uit die onderlinge
samehang daarvan met skoolkultuur en -klimaat en die besondere rol wat die
transformatiewe leierskapbenadering veronderstel. Die besondere wisselwerking
tussen transformatiewe leierskap, bemagtiging en skoolkultuur en -klimaat vereis 'n
groter duidelikheid by alle rolspelers oor die impak van bemagtiging. Sodoende
realiseer deelnemende bestuur spontaan en word verandering as 'n besondere
geleentheid beskou om onderrig en leer voortdurend te verbeter.
SLEUTELWOORDE Bemagtiging, skoolkultuur en -klimaat en transformatiewe
leierskap
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The control of education: a multilevel analysis of continuity and change in two districts of Kerala, IndiaMullikottu Veettil, Mukundan. January 2003 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Education / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy
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Exploring innovative pedagogical practices and school disposition to changeIp, Pui-shum., 葉沛森. January 2004 (has links)
published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education
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'O' and 'A' Level examinations in history : a content analysis, its implications for teaching and for the reform of the G.C.E. syllabusInglis, William F. J. January 1978 (has links)
The InterdIsciplInary and exploratory nature of thIs thesis has made It difficult to write. The thesIs is InterdIscIplinary in the sense that it touches on a number of broad areas of study. The methodology which was adopted, In partIcular the use of content analysis and of certaIn statIstical processes rests on a knowledge of psychology. The category system which is made up of a number of types of hIstory could only be constructed after an extensIve consideration of the nature of history. The discussIon of the case for and agaInst the current syllabus,and the proposal for a new alternative syllabus at '0' and 'A' level (see Chapters 13 and 14), draws mainly on an understanding of the theoretical debates about the teaching of history which have occurred since the Second World War. FInally throughout the thesis references are made to the evidence and Ideas put forward by historians about particular periods of history. The thesis Is also exploratory.· The findings which are reported arise from the use of a category system drawing on the different types of history developed by hIstorians. No other researchuhas attempted to create such a broad category system, to assess Its valIdIty and reliability and then to employ It to code material dealinq with extensive periods of British and European history. At the same time the arguments, whIch are employed to defend and to attack the existinq syllabus (see Chapter 13), and to construct the outlines of a new syllabus (see Chapter 14), had to be created almost ab initio, since the dominance of particular types of history. both at university and school level. has not been debated extensively. either by historians. or by those writers. who discuss the teaching o f h·I story. These two asoects of the thesis have had a number of reoercussions. First of all vast topics have had to be discussed in a cursory fashion. For example all the arguments for the inclusion or exclusion of oartlcular types of history in the category system had to be reviewed in one chapter. a few pages being devoted to each of the types of history. Secondly maior themes and arguments relating to the nature of history. and to history teachinQ. have had to be exemplified with disturbing brevity. Thus the debate over the impact of oarticular types of history on the community(l) had to be illustrated by a small number of examples when the whole thesis could have been devoted to the discussion. Thirdly. and finally. the wide ranging nature of the thesis has made it impossible to conduct the exhaustive study of every aspect of the subject which would have been appropriate had the topic been more narrowly defined. However. despite these disadvantages. it is to be hoped that this interdisciplinary and exploratory study will throw light on a vital area of the history syllabus in schools.
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The Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP) as educational policy.Easton, Lois Brown. January 1991 (has links)
The Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP) is a major piece of legislation for Arizona, reducing norm-referenced standardized testing, providing performance-based assessments matching curriculum, requiring district articulation with state curriculum frameworks and assessments, collecting contextual information from districts, and producing complete profiles of schools, districts and the state. In its first year of implementation, the ASAP is appropriately examined through policy analysis rather than through an evaluation study. Six criteria for educational policy analysis developed by Mitchell (1986) were validated and used as interview questions with seven interviewees knowledgeable about the ASAP. Results of the interviews suggest the degree to which the ASAP is good educational policy and likely to make a difference in Arizona. Interviewees indicated that the ASAP is democratic, providing for both the needs of legitimate stakeholders and the general public interest. It recognizes and supports the organizational integrity of schools only if schools have begun to make some reform efforts of their own in the direction of the ASAP. The ASAP provides adequate means-end linkage for the first two years of implementation, including through school, district, and state profiles, but may need to provide additional help to districts during the first two years; furthermore, relief incentives may be needed, rather than sanctions or disincentives, to encourage continued implementation. The ASAP may not be integrated into overall state educational policy, primarily because there has been no unifying state policy until the ASAP. The ASAP may emerge as a force to reorient current and unify future policy. The ASAP will be expensive, but the interviewees felt the short and long-term benefits justify cost. The ASAP was the most politically feasible policy available to bring about the changes needed, but perhaps not the most palatable, especially to districts that have made no reform efforts of their own. Policy analysis using different criteria and evaluation studies are recommended.
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VEIKSNIAI, ĮTAKOJANTYS MOKYTOJŲ NUOLATINĮ MOKYMĄSI ŠVIETIMO KAITOS KONTEKSTE / Factors that influence teachers’ life long learning in the context of educational changeJankauskienė, Olga 03 September 2010 (has links)
Pokyčiai ekonomikoje ir darbo rinkoje sąlygojo politines ir mokslines diskusijas apie mokymąsi visą gyvenimą bei besimokančios visuomenės poreikius: rinkos ekonomika reikalauja nuolat atnaujinti turimus, bei įgyti naujus įgūdžius, žinias ir gebėjimus. Augantis tarptautinis bendradarbiavimas ir konkurencija įtakojo naują požiūrį į mokymąsi visą gyvenimą, apimantį tiek naujų kompetencijų įgijimą, tiek anksčiau įgytų tobulinimą. Švietimo reformų pasekoje, plėtojant žinių visuomenę, atsiranda vis daugiau galimybių bei iniciatyvos mokytis ir dalyvauti kaitos procesuose. Švietimo politikai akcentuoja būtinybę kelti mokymo kokybę, kuriai didžiulę įtaką turi pedagogų kvalifikacija, reikalaujanti nuolatinio tobulinimo ir atnaujinimo. Ilgainiui mokytojų vaidmuo pakito: jų pedagoginė veikla tapo labiau kompleksinė, reikalaujanti priimti savarankiškus sprendimus, todėl mokytojai skatinami nuolat tobulintis ir aktyviai dalyvauti mokyklos tobulinimo procese. Svarbu pabrėžti, kad žinios, įgūdžiai ir gebėjimai nėra įgyjami visam laikui, - jie turi būti nuolat atnaujinami visos mokytojo karjeros laikotarpiu.
Dalyvavimą mokymosi visą gyvenimą procesuose sąlygoja tam tikri veiksniai, į kuriuos, kaip į mokymosi kontekstą, svarbu atsižvelgti, apibūdinant mokytojų nuolatinio mokymosi pasiekimų vertinimo bei pripažinimo specifiką. Daugelis mokymosi motyvus analizavusių autorių (V. Šernas 2003; A. Gaižutis 2003; V. Kučinskas 2001; K. Pukelis 2003; L. Stoll ir D. Fink 1998; V. Kavaliauskienė 2001; B... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Economical and social changes of society raise new requirements for particular individuals, thus the idea of constant studying starts to gain ground progressively. People aim at improvement of their professional qualification, acquiring more knowledge and experience. This favourably capacitates change and rising social status of the individuals. Hence, it is very important to emphasize the role of constant studying in the dynamic contemporary society.
Occupation and activity are the important process of personal self-realisation. Professional education and training have significant effect upon occupation and social integration. Thus, it is necessary to draw attention to the factors and motives influencing upon the process of constant studying.
Profession of a teacher is specific as it does not limit itself entirely to the capabilities of the teacher. The overall psychological structure: activeness, single-mindedness of activity, sources of abilities and way of activity – is also important there. Constant studying of the teachers, their qualification refreshment, which are related with improvement of own personality, self-knowledge, perception and assessment of own relation to the profession, and also reflect inner aspirations and stimulate cultural renewal. Motivation of teachers’ constant studying and professional development is related with the interest in own profession, eagerness to become a specialist with high qualification, giving sense to the teacher’s profession and... [to full text]
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The Cape Technikon: a study of its human resource management training and development policy and practicesHendricks, Shahieda Bebe January 2005 (has links)
This study investigates human resources management, training and development and their compliance with the skills development legislation and the link to the strategic goals of the Cape Technikon. The Cape Technikon is known as a previously &ldquo / white&rdquo / or advantaged institution. The institution's political history and consequent demographic profile display some scars of ignorance. This resulted in the institution's neglecting to invest in the development of those competencies needed to function in a constantly changing education, training and development environment. The success of any organisation depends on its human resources, who are the most important asset of any organisation, therefore effective and efficient human resources management and training and development management play a critical role in the well-being of employees. Human resources training and development policies, practices and activities guide the institution with implementation and should be considered to take on a strategic role to achieve their objectives.
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