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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Vozes docentes: o estatuto do magistério municipal de Diadema (SP) e a qualidade da educação / Teachers voices: statute of Diadema (SP)s municipal teaching and the quality of education

Jacqueline de Souza Simões 07 October 2014 (has links)
Esta pesquisa investiga se há correspondência entre a opinião do magistério, do sindicato e da Secretaria de Educação em relação ao seu plano de carreira e à qualidade da educação. O questionamento sobre o silêncio docente em torno de problemas educacionais e uma ampliação da noção de qualidade da educação para o documento que regula a profissão docente basearam o seguinte problema de pesquisa: qual é a correspondência entre a opinião docente e o discurso institucional sobre a relação entre estatuto do magistério e qualidade da educação? A principal hipótese examinada foi a de que não há correspondência entre a opinião do magistério e o discurso institucional sobre aspectos profissionais e a qualidade da educação quando docentes não dominam o discurso e as práticas políticas dos atores que influenciam ou definem as políticas educacionais formuladas para alcançar determinado patamar de qualidade da educação, como é o caso do estatuto do magistério. Para responder ao problema, foram realizados dois procedimentos de coleta de dados: entrevistas com professoras/es e análise documental de fóruns virtuais, dos jornais e boletins produzidos pelo Sindicato dos Funcionários Públicos de Diadema (Sindema) e das circulares produzidas pela Secretaria de Educação de Diadema. Os resultados da pesquisa mostram que a hipótese não se confirma em sua totalidade, pois há correspondência entre vozes docentes e discurso institucional quando associam qualidade da educação a alguns aspectos do Estatuto do Magistério, sobretudo a remuneração e a evolução funcional. No entanto, não há correspondência entre percepções gerais sobre qualidade da educação entre os atores. / This research investigates possible correspondences between the opinion of teachers, the teachers union, and the Department of Education concerning both teacher career pathway and quality of education. The questioning of teacher silence around educational issues and an extension of the concept of quality of education for the document that regulates the teaching profession are based the following research problem: what is the correspondence between teacher\'s beliefs and the institutional discourse on the relationship between teaching status and quality of education? The main hypothesis examined was that there is no correspondence between the views of the teaching staff and the institutional discourse of technical aspects and the quality of education when teachers do not dominate the discourse and practices of political actors that influence or define the educational policies formulated to achieve certain level of quality of education, such as the status of the teaching profession. To address the problem, we conducted data collection using two procedures: interviews with teachers and document analysis of virtual newspapers and newsletters produced by the Union of Public Servants of Diadema (Sindema) forums and circulars produced by the Department of Education. The survey results show that the hypothesis was not entirely confirmed, once there is correspondence between teachers\' voices and institutional discourse when they associate quality education to some aspects of the Statute of Teaching, especially the salary and the functional evolution. However, we did not find any correspondence between general perceptions concerning quality of education between the actors.
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A tradução do fracasso: Burnout em professores do recife

MENDES, Maria Luiza Maciel 24 July 2015 (has links)
Submitted by Haroudo Xavier Filho (haroudo.xavierfo@ufpe.br) on 2016-03-08T19:13:46Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE FINAL BURNOUT (3)_editada (2).pdf: 2359802 bytes, checksum: d11d25d6c368263f132bccccc5a47204 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-08T19:13:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) TESE FINAL BURNOUT (3)_editada (2).pdf: 2359802 bytes, checksum: d11d25d6c368263f132bccccc5a47204 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-24 / Esta pesquisa de doutorado buscou detectar e avaliar aspectos da Síndrome de Burnout em professores que atuam no Ensino Fundamental II (6º ao 9º anos) da Rede Municipal de Educação do Recife e sua relação com a precarização do trabalho docente. Procurou também, analisar a relação entre o adoecimento docente e as variáveis demográficas e profissionais dos professores, bem como a relação entre o adoecimento docente e a metodologia de avaliação da qualidade da educação encampada pelo governo central, especificamente o Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica no Brasil – IDEB.A hipótese principal desse trabalho é de que os docentes das escolas públicas de educação básica do Recife estão afetados, em alguma medida, pela Síndrome de Burnout. Questão que estaria repercutindo diretamente na qualidade dessa educação e produzindo mal estar no espaço educacional. A pesquisa, de base quali-quantitativa, envolveu uma análise documental, além da realização de entrevistas e aplicação de questionários de medição dos níveis de burnout (MBI) e o sócio-demográfico em 24 professores de língua portuguesa e matemática nas doze escolas do Município do Recife – seis com os resultados mais altos do IDEB e seis com os mais baixos. Além desses professores, foi feito um estudo exploratório com o conjunto total de professores da Rede Municipal de Ensino do Recife que lecionam as disciplinas de Língua Portuguesa e Matemática (187 sujeitos), além da análise das tabelas relativas ao número de atestados médicos e de licenças para tratamento de saúde dos docentes dessa rede de ensino correspondentes ao ano de 2011. De modo geral, os dados revelaram a existência de elevados percentuais de Síndrome de Burnout entre os professores dessa rede de ensino, além de indicativos de processos de instalação dessa síndrome e do estresse entre esses docentes. Constatou-se também que a metodologia de avaliação utilizada – IDEB- colabora para o sentimento de fracasso profissional e, por conseguinte, para a ampliação do adoecimento dos docentes, situação que vem contribuindo para que esse trabalho seja desumano e traga sofrimento para quem o executa. Concluindo-se, a partir de um contexto próprio das exigências neoliberais que têm produzido doenças da profissão, os altos índices de adoecimento por burnout e os sentimentos determinados por essa síndrome entre os professores dessa rede de ensino, têm incidência direta no desempenho escolar de nossos alunos e na qualidade da educação ofertada por esta instituição educacional. / This doctoral research sought to detect and evaluate the aspects of the Burnout Syndrome in teachers of the middle school (years 6 to 9) from the municipal educational network of Recife and their relationship with the degradation of its teaching conditions. It also sought to analyze the sickening in their working field and the demographic and professional variables of the teachers, as well as the relationship between the sickening in the teaching field and the methodology for evaluating the quality of education adopted by the central government, specifically the Index of Development of Basic Education in Brazil - IDEB. The main hypothesis of this work is that the teachers from the public schools of basic education of Recife are affected, to some degree, by the Burnout Syndrome. A matter that would be directly resonating into the quality or the education and producing a malaise in the teaching space. This quali-quantitative research involved a documentary analysis, in addition to interviews and the application of the measurement of burnout levels (MBI) and sociociodemagraphic questionnaires on the 24 Portuguese and mathematics teachers in the twelve municipal schools of Recife – six of them with the top highest IDEB results and the other six with the top lowest. Besides those teachers, an exploratory study was done on another group of teachers from the municipal educational network of Recife that teach Portuguese and mathematics (187 subjects), as well as the analysis of tables on the number of medical certificates and permits for health treatment for teachers of this network corresponding to the year of 2011. Generally speaking, the data revealed the existence of high percentages of Burnout Syndrome among teachers of this teaching network, along with indicatives of processes of installation of this syndrome and stress among these professionals. It was also noted that the evaluation methodology used – IDEB – collaborates for the feeling of professional failure and, therefore, for the expansion of the illness of those teachers, a situation which has contributed to this work become inhumane and bring suffering to whom performs it. In conclusion, from a context of neoliberal requirements which has produced professional diseases, it is understood that the high rates of illness by burnout and the feelings provided by this syndrome among teachers of that teaching network have direct impact on the academic performance of students and the quality of education offered by such educational institution
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Avaliação da qualidade dos serviços educacionais na perspectiva da comunidade acadêmica de um Instituto Federal: o emprego da escala Servqual / Evaluation of the quality of educational services from the perspective of the academic community of a Federal Institute

Galvão, Laila Lidiane da Costa 10 April 2017 (has links)
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No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Laila Lidiane da Costa Galvão - 2017.pdf: 2152176 bytes, checksum: c6145ef7e5d497a7492095b34e35b6fd (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-04-10 / Offering high quality educational services has figured on the agenda of the main institutions involved in public education in the country. Many Public Educacional Institutions have included the search for quality in their objectives and proposals. This research sought to evaluate the quality of Educational services in Technical courses provided by a Brazilian Institute of Science and Technology Education. Aiming to identify attributes and dimensions that the institution must prioritize in order to raise quality.In order to be effective, initially sought a review of the pertinent literature on quality, quality of services, quality in education, chronology of Technical Education in Brazil and the Federal Institutes' Creation Law.With the purpose of meeting the general objective of the proposed study, regarding the evaluation of the quality of the educational services provided, specifically in courses of Technical Professional Education of Medium Level, from the perspective of students, teachers and managers. Using the Service Quality Scale (SERVQUAL) developed by Parasuraman, Zeithaml e Berry (1988) as a basic tool for analysis. This paper has an exploratory character, aiming the descriptive research, applied nature and with quantitative approach. We applied structured questionnaires, adapted from the scale, with closed questions, previously defined by the researchers.A probabilistic sample representative of the actors involved in theTechnical Courses ofall Campi of a Brazilian Federal Institute of Science and Technology Education was used.It is hoped that the results obtained could serve as a significant indicator for the managers of the Federal Institutes, since it sought to identify the weaknesses, potentialities and critical aspects that could be prioritized in the search for the quality of the services provided at this level of education, offering a tool choice of identifying areas lacking in improvement, thus enabling an orientation for institutional planning, providing support for decision making. It is hoped to contribute to the development of a system of evaluation of the quality of Technical Professional Education of Medium Level, since this level of education does not have a consolidated system of quality evaluation by the competent bodies. / O oferecimento de serviços educacionais de qualidade tem figurado na pauta das principais instituições que atuam na educação pública do Brasil. Muitas destas instituições têm incluído a busca pela qualidade em seus objetivos e propostas. Esta pesquisa buscou avaliar a qualidade dos serviços educacionais em cursos técnicos oferecidos por um Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia brasileiro. Objetivando identificar atributos e dimensões que a instituição deve priorizar a fim de elevar a qualidade. Para sua efetivação buscou-se, inicialmente, uma revisão da literatura pertinente aos temas qualidade, qualidade de serviços, qualidade na educação, cronologia da educação profissional técnica de nível médio no Brasil e a Lei de Criação dos Institutos Federais. Com a finalidade de atender ao objetivo geral do estudo proposto, referente à avaliação da qualidade dos serviços educacionais prestados, especificamente em cursos de educação profssional técnica de nível médio, sob a óptica de estudantes, professores e gestores. Utilizando para tanto a Escala Service Quality (SERVQUAL), desenvolvida por Parasuraman, Zeithaml e Berry (1988), como ferramenta básica para análise. O trabalho possui caráter exploratório, tendo como objetivo a pesquisa descritiva, de natureza aplicada e com abordagem quantitativa. Foram aplicados questionários estruturados, adaptados da referida escala, com questões fechadas, definidas previamente pelos pesquisadores. Foi utilizada uma amostra probabilística representativa dos atores envolvidos nos Cursos Técnicos de todos os campi de um Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos possam servir como indicador significativo para os gestores dos institutos federais, pois buscou identificar as fraquezas, potencialidades e os aspectos críticos que poderão ser priorizados na busca pela qualidade dos serviços prestados neste nível de ensino oferecendo uma opção de ferramenta de identificação de áreas carentes de melhoria, possibilitando assim, um norteamento para os planejamentos institucionais, oferecendo subsídio para a tomada de decisões. Espera-se contribuir para o desenvolvimento de um sistema de avaliação da qualidade da educação profissional técnica de nível médio, visto que este nível de ensino não possui um sistema consolidado de avaliação de qualidade pelos órgãos educacionais competentes.
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More Oil, Less Quality of Education? New Empirical Evidence

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza, Thum, Marcel 14 August 2017 (has links) (PDF)
The resource curse hypothesis suggests that resource-rich countries show lower economic growth rates compared to resource-poor countries. We add to this literature by providing empirical evidence on a new transmission channel of the resource curse, namely, the negative effect of rents on the quality of education. The cross-country analysis for more than 70 countries shows a significantly positive effect of oil rents on the quantity of education measured by government spending on primary and secondary education. Hence, the underspending hypothesis championed by Gylfason (2001) no longer holds with newer data. However, we find a robust and negative effect of oil rents dependency on the current objective and subjective indicators of quality of education, controlling for a set of other drivers of education quality and regional dummies. Despite spending significant shares of GDP on education, oil-rich countries still suffer from an insufficient quality of primary and secondary education, which may hamper their growth potentials. The significant negative effect of oil rents dependency on education quality can be explained by both the demand (e.g., skill acquisition) and supply (e.g., teacher quality) side channels.
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Předškolní vzdělávání. Nerovné šance předškolních dětí na stejně kvalitní a dostupné vzdělávání a důsledky, které z toho plynou / Preschool education. The unequally chance to the uniform quality and accessibility of preschool education and the consequences which result from

Rokosová, Hana January 2008 (has links)
The study "Preschool education. The unequally chance to the uniform quality and accessibility of preschool education and the consequences which result from" analyze the conditions of preschool education in terms of education policy and legislation in the Czech republic. The study deal with aspects, which contribute to the inequality in this area. Within the analisis, the six main reasons for the preschool education were identified. In the concrete: Problem of regional inaccessibility of preschool institution, the discrepancy between payment in the preschool institutions, the quality of pedagogue and the nubmer of children, who care for, the problem of curriculum and the quality of preschool institutions. The lack of information on the area of preschool education is also problem. Firstly, the area of preschool education should be more identified to its solution.
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More Oil, Less Quality of Education? New Empirical Evidence

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza, Thum, Marcel 14 August 2017 (has links)
The resource curse hypothesis suggests that resource-rich countries show lower economic growth rates compared to resource-poor countries. We add to this literature by providing empirical evidence on a new transmission channel of the resource curse, namely, the negative effect of rents on the quality of education. The cross-country analysis for more than 70 countries shows a significantly positive effect of oil rents on the quantity of education measured by government spending on primary and secondary education. Hence, the underspending hypothesis championed by Gylfason (2001) no longer holds with newer data. However, we find a robust and negative effect of oil rents dependency on the current objective and subjective indicators of quality of education, controlling for a set of other drivers of education quality and regional dummies. Despite spending significant shares of GDP on education, oil-rich countries still suffer from an insufficient quality of primary and secondary education, which may hamper their growth potentials. The significant negative effect of oil rents dependency on education quality can be explained by both the demand (e.g., skill acquisition) and supply (e.g., teacher quality) side channels.
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Evaluating the Role and Impact of Public-Private Partnerships in Education in Achieving the Goal of Equitable Access to Quality Education in the Sindh, Pakistan

Rind, Gul Muhammad 08 June 2022 (has links)
No description available.
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[en] A SCHOOL OF OR FOR THE PERIPHERY?: THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL QUALITIES AND RIGHTS IN A SCHOOL IN DUQUE DE CAXIAS - RJ / [pt] UMA ESCOLA DA OU PARA A PERIFERIA?: A PRODUÇÃO DAS QUALIDADES E DOS DIREITOS À EDUCAÇÃO EM UMA ESCOLA DE DUQUE DE CAXIAS

GUILHERME DE ALCANTARA 14 September 2016 (has links)
[pt] Esta pesquisa parte da ideia de que a qualidade da educação escolar é um processo social, e que existem esforços de atendimento de parte da diversidade de concepções sobre a escolarização presente na sociedade, principalmente, das demandas das classes mais abastadas. Como seria a construção de um projeto pedagógico voltado para as especificidades das classes populares das periferias metropolitanas? Nesta tese, realizou-se uma etnografia em uma escola pública da periferia do município de Duque de Caxias considerada democrática e de qualidade por diversos atores sociais e da comunidade escolar com os objetivos de apreender: 1. quais são os sentidos que estes atores empregam para definir a escola assim; 2. quais as associações entre esses sentidos e as relações sociais e práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas na escola; e 3. quais são os constrangimentos impostos pelo sistema de ensino ao projeto. Esta etnografia se baseou em intenso trabalho de campo ao longo de 19 meses, com mais de 600 horas de observação, da qual se produziu cerca de 500 páginas de anotações e mais de 70 horas de gravações de entrevistas, reuniões entre os profissionais da escola, com responsáveis, alunos, acadêmicos, com gestores da SME e de eventos nos quais a escola esteve convidada em universidades. Esta escola vem se propondo a construir uma forma de coordenação e organização do trabalho escolar orientada à compreensão de diferenças entre culturas da escola e das famílias, associadas às questões de classe e ao isolamento decorrente da segregação territoriais, bem como à valorização das diferentes trajetórias individuais dos alunos. Neste sentido, procuram construir uma escola para a periferia, que trabalharia levando em consideração contextos e diferenças para reduzir/reverter os processos de produção das desigualdades que constituem a experiência na Escola. Para os atores escolares, as análises da qualidade do ensino não podem se restringir ao desempenho dos alunos, às relações de ensino-aprendizagem em sala, nem mesmo à esfera do estabelecimento. Pois, a oferta de uma educação pública de qualidade ali é interdependente e associada às regulações e ordenamentos desenvolvidos nas interações com a estrutura física da escola, entre redes públicas e privadas, entre os estabelecimentos, com os territórios, com as políticas da rede de ensino, com a política local, com a inserção da Escola Pública na sociedade e com as políticas educacionais a ela endereçadas. Em suas ações, os atores escolares manipulam e reconstituem identidades pessoais e profissionais, redefinem princípios éticos e de justiça escolar, reorganizam modos de interação entre si e com o conhecimento, flexibilizam hierarquias do estabelecimento e da rede municipal de ensino. Estes processos e mobilizações estão vinculados a uma interpretação e adoção singular do princípio do direito à educação pública de qualidade. / [en] This research conceives the definition of educational quality as a social process, with only a few aspects of the diversity of conceptions of schooling present in society being met, and usually limited to upper and middle class demands. What would the construction of an educational project catering to the particular demands of the lower classes look like? This ethnography studies a public school in the poor suburbs of Duque de Caxias, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is considered by distinct social actors to be a democratic and quality one. The research goals seek to understand: what are the meanings that these actors use to define the school as quality and democratic; how do these meanings affect social relations and educational practices at the school; and what are the constraints imposed on the school by the educational system. The ethnography was based on intensive fieldwork over a period of 19 months, with more than 600 hours of observations, from which was produced 500 pages of field notes and more than 70 hours of recordings of interviews, meetings with teachers, parents, pupils, researchers, schoolboard administrative staff and events at universities. The educational project of the school proposes a specific form for the coordination and organization of schoolwork, oriented to the understanding of differences between school and lower class family cultures, the effects of urban segregation, and individual pupil trajectories. In this sense, school actors seek the construction of a school for the poor periphery, which works towards reducing or reverting the production of the inequalities that constitute the school experience. For actors at the school, analysis of educational quality must not be limited to the performance of students, teaching- learning relations in the classroom, nor to the environment of the establishment. As such, the offer of quality public school education is interdependent and associated with the regulations and social orders developed in interactions with the physical structure of the school, between the private and public school systems and inter-organizational relations, with the territories, with the educational system and the politics of the teaching network and area, with the position of the public school in society, and with educational policies. In their actions, school actors manipulate and rebuild personal and professional identities, redefine ethical principles and school justice, reorganize forms of interaction between actors, and between themselves and knowledge, and make school and local education system hierarchies flexible. These processes and mobilizations are all linked to the singular enactment of the right to quality public education.
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[en] CORRELATIONS BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: ANALYSIS INVOLVING DATA FROM TIC EDUCAÇÃO 2011 AND PROVA BRASIL / [pt] CORRELAÇÕES ENTRE USO PEDAGÓGICO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMAÇÃO E COMUNICAÇÃO E DESEMPENHO ESCOLAR: ANÁLISE ENVOLVENDO DADOS DA TIC EDUCAÇÃO 2011 E PROVA BRASIL

MÁRCIA CORREA E CASTRO 19 September 2016 (has links)
[pt] Nas últimas duas décadas o governo brasileiro tem investido vultosos recursos para promover o acesso às tecnologias de informação e comunicação nas escolas públicas do país. Os instrumentos normativos (decretos, leis, portarias) que instituem tais políticas enunciam como objetivo principal a melhoria da aprendizagem dos alunos, a partir do uso pedagógico de computadores, Internet e outros aparatos que se tornaram cotidianos a partir da sociedade da informação. Neste trabalho investigamos possíveis correlações entre o uso de TIC em escolas públicas brasileiras e o resultado médio destas mesmas escolas em testes de proficiência de larga escala. Para isso nos baseamos nos resultados da Prova Brasil 2011, e nos dados levantados, no mesmo ano, pela pesquisa TIC Educação; realizada pelo Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil. Neste segundo caso foram considerados os questionários aplicados a professores de quinto e nono anos do ensino fundamental, a partir dos quais foram desenvolvidos dois indicadores do uso pedagógico de TIC por professores, o que permitiu, posteriormente, medir o uso de TIC por escola. Os indicadores foram construídos a partir de modelos estatísticos utilizando a Teoria de Resposta ao Item (TRI). / [en] In the last two decades, the brazilian government has invested huge resources to promote the access to the information and communication technologies at the public schools. The regulatory instruments which establish such policies indicate as a major objective, the improvement of the student s academic achievement, from the educational use of computers, Internet, and other tool which are used daily, in the information society context. In this work we investigate possible correlations between the ICT use at brazilian public schools, and the results of these same schools in the national test of academic achievement. Our start point are the results of Prova Brasil 2011, and the data collected in the same year, by the TIC Educação, research realized by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. In the case of this second process, we have considered the interviews applied to the teachers of fifth and ninth year, of the basic level, from what was developed two indexes to measure the educational ICT use for each school. These indexes were developed from statistical models, using the Item response theory.
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Outcomes of the implementation of school improvement program in Sidama Zone schools, Ethiopia

Dawit Legesse Edamo 06 1900 (has links)
The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of the school community with regard to the outcomes of a school improvement program (SIP) on the effectiveness of Sidama Zone schools. It was primarily a qualitative study, which explored the experiences of the school community with regard to the outcomes of the SIP. Four schools were purposefully selected. The data were collected by means of interviews, focus-group discussions, observations and relevant documents, and analyzed focusing on thematic categories. The findings indicated that in schools where there existed a strong collaboration of the school community in the planning, decision-making, monitoring and evaluation processes, the improvement initiatives were owned by all in the school and the performance of the schools was enhanced. On the other hand, the lack of collaboration in the school community negatively affected the performance of those schools. Besides, in all the schools the CPD was challenged by the resistance of the teachers, the lack of resources and poor implementation strategies. It also became apparent that the teachers' commitment to support each other and their students, to implement active learning methods and continuous assessment contributed to the effectiveness of the better-performing schools. Findings further revealed that to the contrary, these actions were loosely implemented in the poorly-performing schools. Though the peer learning approach was implemented, it became evident that there were mixed views regarding its benefits. The availability of the necessary facilities created an environment conducive to learning in schools one and three. Although there were attempts to implement extra-curricular activities for the social and emotional development of the students, its implementation was negatively affected by a lack of coordination and resources in the schools. In the poorly-performing schools, the school environment was found not to be conducive to teaching and learning. In the better-performing schools, the feedback from the school community was used as an input to make adjustments to the improvement process, and this created a feeling of ownership that led to the effectiveness of the schools. The outcomes of the study indicated that the promotion-rate of the students to the following grade was considered as a measure of the effectiveness of the schools. Conversely, the lack of proper participation of the school community in the school’s affairs, the lack of proper leadership support, the teachers’ resistance to participate in CPD, the non-existence of training opportunities and workshops for the teachers, and the shortage of resources were reported as challenges. From the findings it has been concluded that the SIP has contributed to school effectiveness in the schools that have properly managed the change process as opposed to those schools which remained poorly performing due to low level of SIP implementation. Finally, monitoring the SIP cycles, building trust between the principals and the teachers, creating a link between the schools and other institutions, introducing recognition mechanisms, and providing support to the poorly-performing schools were indicated as strategies to enhance the effectiveness of the school. / Educational Leadership and Management / D. Ed. (Education Management)

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