M.Ed. / This research project forms part of a group project that involves three factors of effective management: • normative management; • open democratic management; and • accountable co-operative management. This mini-dissertation deals with normative management as a factor of effective school management. Chapter one explains the aims and objective of the research. The main objective is to determine the role normative management plays in the effective management of schools with diverse academic results in the 1999 senior certificate exam. This chapter further explains the research method, quantitative research, used for this research. Finally the researcher makes important assumptions in this chapter that should be taken into consideration for the mini- dissertation. Chapter two is in the form of a detailed literature study of the topic. The concepts, effective management and normative management as a factor of effective management, are explained in full. This chapter also deals with concepts from the questionnaire. Chapter three discusses the research instrument, the questionnaire. This chapter also explains the items of the questionnaire that forms part of normative management and the research group. Chapter four deals with the empirical study of the data from the questionnaires. In chapter five the researcher comes to certain conclusions from the study. Firstly the moral of educators influences school effectiveness. Secondly a common vision and mission will improve school effectiveness. The importance of the role of the principal is thirdly explained. Fourthly it is stated that parents should be involve to improve school effectiveness. Fifthly the curriculum in schools is dealt with. Curriculum 2005 is also discussed. Finally the importance of providing in the basic needs of children to improve school effectiveness is explained. In conclusion the researcher states that the educator should ask him/herself the following question when doing or saying something involving the learners: "Will this benefit the learner?" If the answer to this question is 'yes', the action will improve school effectiveness.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-18T17:54:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao.pdf: 2088302 bytes, checksum: 93edb8b5524b5e077510f7b5b5aaa121 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-27 / The life, in full sense, is associated always to capacities to project. The educations looks for new foundations to build trough innovative curricula. The present work has as objective, through a case study and bibliographical research to promote a contextualizes reflection concerning the Competences and Necessary Abilities to the Managers to the Implementation of the Pedagogy of Projects, in a Public School of the State of São Paulo, Management of Teaching of Birigui. Assisting the objectives or Unesco (to redirect the educational work), and the objectives of the Constitution (the citizen s formation) more citizen and solidary, they implemented in all the components curriculares the Pedagogy of Projects, developing the citizenship project. The theme was investigated starting from collected data, through semi-structured interviews, analysis of relative documents to the organization of the school for projects, to the profile and participants expectation in relation to the Pedagogy of Projects and the School Administration. The interviews were accomplished with seven educational educators and three educantor managers (Director, Vice-Director and Pedagogic Coordinating Teacher), all with basic day or work and they work there is more than four years in this unit. For the accomplishment of this study, we looked for theorical fundamentation to the light or the studies of Hernández, Machado, Nogueira, Thurler, Ferreira, Valérien, Santos, Luck and other as for the Pedagogy of Projects, School Administration, Competences and Abilities and Innovation and Change in the Education.Like this, the studies pointed to investigate among the competences: Interpessoais, Technician-Political-Pedagogic and Partner-Cultural and their respectives abilities, the most necessary to the educators managers to implement the Pedagogy of Projects in the school curriculum. This action project seeks educator s trans-formation and students for believing that the construction of the citizenship travels a road with the identify formation, self-esteem, coexistence and solidarity. / A vida, em sentido pleno, está sempre associada à capacidade de projetar. A educação busca novos alicerces a construir através de currículos inovadores. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo, através de um estudo de caso e pesquisa bibliográfica promover uma reflexão contextualizada acerca das Competências e Habilidades Necessárias aos Gestores à Implementação da Pedagogia de Projetos, em uma Escola Pública do Estado de São Paulo, Diretoria de Ensino de Birigui. Atendendo os objetivos da Unesco (redirecionar o trabalho docente), e os objetivos da Constituição (formação do cidadão) a equipe desta Unidade Escolar, tendo ousadia e desejo em promover uma escola mais cidadã e solidária, implementaram em todos os componentes curriculares a Pedagogia de Projetos, desenvolvendo o Projeto Cidadania. O tema foi investigado a partir de dados coletados, através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, análise de documentos relativos à organização da escola por projetos, ao perfil e expectativa dos participantes em relação à Pedagogia de Projetos e a Gestão Escolar. As entrevistas foram realizadas com sete educadores docentes e três educadores gestores (Diretor, Vice-Diretor e Professor Coordenador Pedagógico), todos com jornada básica de trabalho e trabalham há mais de quatro anos nesta unidade. Para a realização deste estudo, buscamos fundamentação teoria à luz dos estudo de Hernández, Machado, Nogueira, Thurler, Ferreira, Valérien, Santos, Luck e outros quanto à Pedagogia de Projetos, Gestão Escolar, Competências e Habilidades e Inovação e Mudança na Educação. Assim, os estudos apontaram investigar entre as competências: Interpessoais, Técnico-Político-Pedagógicas e Sócio-Culturais e suas respectivas habilidades, as mais necessárias aos educadores gestores a implementar a Pedagogia de Projetos mais necessárias aos educadores gestores a implementar a Pedagogia de Projetos no currículo escolar. Este projeto de ação visa trans-formação de educadores e educandos por acreditar que a construção da cidadania percorre um caminho com a formação de identidade, auto-estima, convivência e solidariedade.

This study is an inquiry into the school life of pregnant teenagers and teenage mothers. The purpose of the study is to gain insight into conditions that exist in schools that make it possible for pregnant and parenting teenagers to be successful learners in school. An additional purpose is to gain insight into the difficulties pregnant and parenting mothers face that hinder their school success. Four research questions guide this study: Research Question 1: What conditions in schools do teenagers report make it possible for them to be successful leaners in school once they become pregnant? Research Question 2: What conditions in school do teenage, mothers report make it possible for them to become successful learners in school once they have a baby? Research Question 3: What do teenagers report as the major difficulties that hinder them from being successful learners in school once they are pregnant? Research Question 4: What do teenage mothers report as the major difficulties that hinder them from being successful learners in school once they have a baby? This study employs qualitative research methods. Twenty-one participants across the United States were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed verbatim then rewritten as narrative profiles. Each profile was searched for data that answered the four research questions. An open-coding strategy was used to identify themes in each narrative profile, and then across profiles that emerged for each research question. Three themes emerged on conditions in school that support learning: Social/Emotional Support, School Programs, Practices and Policies and Characteristics of Self. The mirrored opposite of these themes emerged as themes that hinder learning. In addition, three themes that hinder learning outside of school emerged: Lack of Social and Emotional Support Outside of School, Life Circumstances and Time. The challenges and support individual school settings create are complex because of the many variables that effect how the individual and the learning environment interact. Striking diversity, as well as common perceptions about the conditions that support and hinder success in school were evident in the findings.

The problem. Teachers have been given responsibility for providing the academic, social and vocational education necessary for students to function as whole and healthy citizens in society. In the United States, public schooling has stood at the center of viable democratic processes. This study examines the extent to which one large, urban school district with a multicultural population, provides multicultural educational opportunities to classroom teachers. Scope of study. The primary questions this study seeks to address include: (1) What multicultural staff development opportunities are available to teachers in the District of Columbia school system? (2) Are teachers given release times to participate in multicultural staff development training? (3) What incentives are provided to encourage teachers to participate in multicultural staff development training? and (4) What resources have been made available to assist teachers with training and development in multicultural education? Chapter one outlines the statement and background of the research topic and research questions. The significance of the study and study's assumptions and limitations are described. In addition, definitions of the key terms used in the study are provided. Chapter two provides a review of the literature on multicultural education. Research on teacher education and staff development and multicultural curriculum development is also reviewed. Chapter three outlines the research design. This includes a description of the data collection and analysis procedure, the population of the study and the methodology used in the data analysis. Chapter four presents the study's findings and chapter five provides a summary of the conclusions, implications and recommendations of the study. Method. A six-point Likert type scale questionnaire consisting of 27 items was designed to measure four categories related to multicultural education training and development opportunities for middle school teachers in three randomly selected middle schools. Subsequently, a total of 57 out of 65 respondents returned questionnaires. In conclusion, an overall review of the qualitative data reveals the level and frequency of participation of middle school classroom teachers within three randomly selected middle schools in multicultural staff development activities. Further, the analysis of the data will serve as a guide for subsequent planning with system-wide training.

A macroeconomic policy framework of structural adjustment designed to address problems of international indebtedness, adopted by CARICOM countries in the 1980s, has been associated with a major setback in the process of broad-based socioeconomic development that had been launched in the context of representative government and independence. The study examines the influence of these global/regional trends on state policy, with special reference to how the altered political vision of the state, inherent in structural adjustment policies, appeared to impact the welfare and livelihood of rural women and families in St. Vincent. The study also assesses the extent to which an innovative non-formal education project aimed at community development through the empowerment of women in a rural community, served to mitigate detrimental aspects of these policies and related state practices. The study utilized a feminist research methodology with a combination of interviews, focus groups and observation that provided multiple vantage points on macro and micro dimensions of the study. The author's personal involvement in various aspects of development and the non-formal education project during this period serves as an additional lens. The study argues that a policy framework of structural adjustment severely weakens rural and social development, and is inappropriate to goals of broad-based socioeconomic development in a small island state. The non-formal education project which linked university continuing education to community organizing, served to increase human, physical and social capital, as well as enhance community norms and people's capacity to cope in a deteriorating socioeconomic environment. While this intervention was circumscribed by application to a community's immediate context, it does provide clues as to the kinds of intervention required for a fundamental reassessment of policies. The study further argues that non-formal education interventions can be applied to both micro and macro level situations and that their effectiveness in addressing social change depends on their inclusion of political education about macro/micro links and gender conscientization. Such interventions can strengthen advocacy for policies prioritizing human development within a women's human rights framework.

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Thesis advisor: Raquel Muñiz / Due to opportunity and achievement gaps in schools, leaders face the challenge of monitoring student expectations related to academic rigor and emotional health. As a result, social and emotional learning (SEL) has gained traction for students in the field of education. However, SEL competencies are rarely developed with the adults who work with these students. In this dissertation in practice, interviews, observations and questionnaires were used to collect data about the practices of school-based leaders in a qualitative case study at the elementary and middle school levels. Research revealed what leadership practices modeled SEL competencies, practices such as those involving time and resources, relationship building and sharing of expertise; and how they shaped the ways in which adults collaborate, including honest and authentic dialogue, adult learning, and the improvement of practices. This is important due to the many leadership practices employed in schools that influence adult behaviors. The findings suggest that socially and emotionally competent leadership considers both an awareness of self and other, as it cultivates individual capabilities, collaborative relationships, and a greater capacity in the schools in which it exists. / Thesis (EdD) — Boston College, 2020. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Educational Leadership and Higher Education.

This thesis presents the results of an examination of the Hebron, Texas public schools. Specific criteria, such as home life and socioeconomic background, were used to consider the abilities and needs of students. The resulting information made it possible to determine the ability of schools to impact the lives of students.

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