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This dissertation examines personnel/staff development at Nazarene College of Theology (NCT) in Siteki, Swaziland. The argument developed is that an educational institution needs a personnel development programme that will continuously improve the teaching skills of its teachers/lecturers and improve their performance. A literature study was used to investigate the historical and educational developments that occurs at NCT. Data was collected by means of two interviews. The study was limited to a small group of eight respondents since the entire staff at NCT amounted to that number. The findings indicated that two activities, namely, continuing education and participation in academic/professional conferences are being used. The findings also revealed the limitations related to the high cost of tertiary education, personal problems, the length of time to complete a university course and a lack of adequate staff development policy. Based on these findings, brief recommendations to improve practice of staff development are suggested. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Education Management)

This dissertation examines personnel/staff development at Nazarene College of Theology (NCT) in Siteki, Swaziland. The argument developed is that an educational institution needs a personnel development programme that will continuously improve the teaching skills of its teachers/lecturers and improve their performance. A literature study was used to investigate the historical and educational developments that occurs at NCT. Data was collected by means of two interviews. The study was limited to a small group of eight respondents since the entire staff at NCT amounted to that number. The findings indicated that two activities, namely, continuing education and participation in academic/professional conferences are being used. The findings also revealed the limitations related to the high cost of tertiary education, personal problems, the length of time to complete a university course and a lack of adequate staff development policy. Based on these findings, brief recommendations to improve practice of staff development are suggested. / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Education Management)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles that members of SMTs play in their efforts to manage the present educational changes in schools. Members of SMTs are leaders and managers who hold authoritative positions in schools. They are regarded as the key personnel who are supposed to manage schools successfully. Since the present education system in South Africa is characterized by a variety of changes, school managers are not only expected to understand these changes but also to be able to manage them effectively. The study commenced by outlining the concept change and its nature. The intention was to lay a foundation for understanding what change entails. Some of the common changes that are experienced in schools were also discussed. These included curricular and non-curricular changes that pose challenges to school managers. Focus was primarily placed on the educational changes and the way they impact on the managerial roles of school managers. These included the changes such as the implementation of OBE, NCS and IQMS. Reference was also made to the application of some of the educational policies that contribute towards the increasing managerial responsibilities of school managers. These include the application of the present policy on norms and standards for school funding, admission policy and the abolition of corporal punishment that pose managerial challenges to school managers. Empirical research was conducted in four randomly selected schools in Mogodumo region in Limpopo Province. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with members of SMTs in these four schools. The research findings revealed that the present school managers find it difficult to meet the new managerial expectations that are brought about by the transforming educational environment. It became evident from the research that insufficient professional development for school managers contributed towards their failure to execute their expected managerial roles. / (M. Ed. (Eduction Management))

The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles that members of SMTs play in their efforts to manage the present educational changes in schools. Members of SMTs are leaders and managers who hold authoritative positions in schools. They are regarded as the key personnel who are supposed to manage schools successfully. Since the present education system in South Africa is characterized by a variety of changes, school managers are not only expected to understand these changes but also to be able to manage them effectively. The study commenced by outlining the concept change and its nature. The intention was to lay a foundation for understanding what change entails. Some of the common changes that are experienced in schools were also discussed. These included curricular and non-curricular changes that pose challenges to school managers. Focus was primarily placed on the educational changes and the way they impact on the managerial roles of school managers. These included the changes such as the implementation of OBE, NCS and IQMS. Reference was also made to the application of some of the educational policies that contribute towards the increasing managerial responsibilities of school managers. These include the application of the present policy on norms and standards for school funding, admission policy and the abolition of corporal punishment that pose managerial challenges to school managers. Empirical research was conducted in four randomly selected schools in Mogodumo region in Limpopo Province. Semi- structured interviews were conducted with members of SMTs in these four schools. The research findings revealed that the present school managers find it difficult to meet the new managerial expectations that are brought about by the transforming educational environment. It became evident from the research that insufficient professional development for school managers contributed towards their failure to execute their expected managerial roles. / (M. Ed. (Eduction Management))

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:31:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HIS - Ana Maria S G O L de Souza.pdf: 7884523 bytes, checksum: ea6a4e07ae4d8bb7d0ed3ab11bcfd268 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-09-27 / Starting from the practice carried out by a Conselho de escola , between 1985 and 2000, this work analyzed the authoritarianism of the formal democracy that is expressed in the relations between the State and the social demands, as the shape of criminalization. The pedagogical political project developed by this Conselho de Escola is situated in the context of the implementation of the proposals of democratic management in the public net of education of the State of São Paulo. This project was fortified in the period between 1995 and 1998 with the implementation of the first measures that take part of the reform of the State s Public Education Net, still in course. Such measures, of neoliberal stamp, were applied according to the educational changes for the Brazilian public sector under the orientation of the Decenal Plan of Education For Everybody, made official in 1993, delimited by the Conferência Mundial de Educação para todos carried out in 1990. The neoliberal projects expressed the objective of the reformulation of the role of the State in the economy, with the financial and commercial opening, to the process of desregulamentation of the legislation of the labor law and the contention of the expense in the publics. The neoliberal model started in Brazil, although the trial had started before, in the government of Fernando Collor de Mello in 1989, getting deeper in Fernando Henrique Cardoso s govern in 1994, being consolidated in the government of Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, after 2003. In the State of São Paulo, the neoliberal measures in the educational field were implemented during the govern of Mário Covas, from 1995 to 1998, and triggered off in the deepening of questions that contribute for the shrinkage of conquests that end up straightly in the access and in the quality of the public education and bring a huge impact in the action of the APEOESP. The intervention inside the school studied is characterized by the increase of the repression process realized by the State, during the 2000s / Partindo da prática realizada por um Conselho de Escola, no período de 1985 a 2000, este trabalho analisou o poder autocrático que se expressa nas relações entre o Estado e as demandas sociais, sob a forma de criminalização. O projeto político pedagógico desenvolvido por este Conselho de Escola situa-se no contexto da implementação das propostas de gestão democrática na rede pública de ensino do Estado de São Paulo. Este projeto foi fortalecido no período entre 1995 a 1998 com a implementação das primeiras medidas que compuseram a Reforma da Educação da Rede Pública Estadual, ainda em andamento. Tais medidas, de cunho neoliberal, foram aplicadas em sintonia às mudanças educacionais para o setor público brasileiro sob a orientação do Plano Decenal de Educação Para Todos, oficializado em 1993, balizado pela Conferência Mundial de Educação Para Todos realizada em 1990. Os projetos neoliberais expressaram o objetivo da reformulação do papel do Estado na economia, com a abertura comercial e financeira, a desregulamentação da legislação trabalhista e a contenção dos gastos nos setores públicos. O modelo neoliberal teve início no Brasil, embora o processo tenha se iniciado antes, no governo de Fernando Collor de Mello em 1989, aprofundandose no governo de Fernando Henrique Cardoso em 1994, consolidando-se no governo de Luis Inácio Lula da Silva depois de 2003. No Estado de São Paulo as medidas neoliberais no setor educacional foram implementadas no governo de Mário Covas de 1995 a 1998 e implicaram no aprofundamento de questões que contribuem para a retração de conquistas que implicam diretamente no acesso e na qualidade do ensino público e trazendo grande impacto na ação da APEOESP. Durante o ano 2000 caracteriza-se, na agudização do processo de repressão, por parte do Estado, a intervenção no interior da escola estudada