This study has investigated the problems experienced by female educators in relation with their job satisfaction by focussing on: The nature of job satisfaction; The problems and factors which cause job satisfaction/job dissatisfaction among female educators; To achieve these goals a literature study and an empirical study has been conducted. The literature study was undertaken by consulting primary and secondary sources. After the nature of job satisfaction and the problems causing satisfaction or dissatisfaction were established and discussed, a questionnaire was drafted. From a review of the literature, it appeared that the problems experienced by the female educators were intrinsic problems, within the classroom, outside the classroom, and within the community. A study population was used in which female educators who worked in secondary schools in the Potchefstroom District were involved. The empirical investigation indicated that the major problems experienced by the female educators were mostly outside the classroom. A minor problem for female educators appears to be that the learners are not under the obligation to tell if they are HIV/Aids infected. Also safety does not seem to be of influence on the job satisfaction of female educators in secondary schools / Thesis (M.Ed.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

The purpose of this study is to describe and understand how children’s participation and influence is described in the curriculum of preschool. The purpose includes how educators perceive, working with and what opportunities and challenges they believe that there is in the process of participation and influence. The methods I used were qualitative text analysis and e-mail interviews. I studied text in the curriculum and interviewed four educators to find out their views on children's participation and influence. The results show that the curriculum states that it is important that children engage in cooperation, decision making and taking responsibility for their rights and obligations. Educators believe that it is important to take care of children's ideas, thoughts, and they will be listened to. Based on what emerges from the children, they want to continue working to increase participation and influence. They believe that a permissive environment creates a feeling of importance among children. As problems, they mention that younger children's perspectives are not taken in to consideration, large groups of children, different views among educators about participation and influence, and that it’s difficult to meet all the children's interests and needs. / Syftet med examensarbetet är att beskriva och förstå hur barnens delaktighet och inflytande beskrivs i läroplanen för förskolan. Syftet inkluderar hur pedagoger uppfattar, arbetar och vilka svårigheter och möjligheter det finns med barnens delaktighet och inflytande. Metoderna jag använde mig av var kvalitativ textanalys och e-mejl intervju. Jag tolkade olika texter i delen om barnens inflytande i läroplanen och intervjuade fyra pedagoger för att få veta deras åsikter kring barnens delaktighet och inflytande. Resultatet visar att läroplanen uttrycker att det är viktigt att barn ska delta i samarbete, beslutsfattande och ta ansvar för sina rättigheter och skyldigheter. Pedagogerna anser att det är viktigt att ta vara på barnens idéer, tankar och att de blir lyssnad på. Baserat på vad som kommer fram från barnen vill de arbeta vidare för att öka delkatigheten och inflytandet. De tror att en tillåtande miljö skapar känslan att barnen får känna sig betydelsefulla. Som problem tar de upp att yngre barnens perspektiv inte tas tillvara på, stora barngrupper, olika syn bland pedagoger om delaktighet och inflytande, och att det är svårt att tillgodose alla barns intresse och behov.

In these latter years a lot of countries try to call people’s attention to education of the disabled. Special attention is paid to education of students with noticeable disability. Pupils with strongly noticeable disability are integrated into special classes of general education as well as educated in education centers, special boarding schools, specialized foster homes or children and youth boarding schools. An educator plays a very important part in the system of education. The attitude of a headmaster towards their functions is very important still very often opinion of a headmaster and an educator is quite different. It shows the existing problem between educators and headmasters. Nowadays we lack ways of solving this problem. It’s difficult to understand why educators and headmasters try to get round and not to solve this problem. One of the most important functions of every educator is taking care of individual’s education and maturity. Other functions are very important as well. They are: helping and taking care of pupils health and safety, looking for participants and pedagogical briefing. The main problem of the research study consists of one component – it is educators’ and headmasters’ attitude towards functions performed by educators. I tried to review activities done by educators teaching students with strongly noticeable disability and specificity of their activities and functions. I also tried to understand the priorities given... [to full text]

The purpose of my study was to explore how preschool educators in Kenya look at children's influence on teaching. Researchers have argued that the formal educational system in Kenya today is a remnant of its days as a colony when people were expected to blindly follow rules without questioning them. I have used qualitative interviews as a method in order get the most concrete understanding of educators’ views on the influence from children. The educators I interviewed were based at a school I visited in Kenya. There were three preschool teachers and one first grade teacher working at the school so the number of educators available for interviews was limited. From my interviews, I wanted to learn if educators use the UN convention on the rights of the child and the curriculum in their teaching. My results of the study showed that educators think that they give children influence in the teaching when the children are involved in the teacher led lessons and activities. Not all of the educators used the UN convention on the rights of the child in their teaching and the views on children’s influence varied among the educators. Some of the educators thought that children should obey them without questioning, while other educators stated that they do give children influence in the teaching process. The curriculum provides the educators with a lot of room to make their own interpretations of children’s influence. The educators' views on the curriculum are to use it as a guide book and follow its instructions in order for the children to reach satisfactory targets. The conclusion of my studies is that there is a need of clearer guidelines in the curriculum concerning children’s influence on teaching. / Syftet med min studie var att undersöka hur förskolepedagoger i Kenya ser på barnens inflytande i undervisningen. Forskare har menat att dagens formella undervisningssystem i Kenya är en kvarleva från kolonialtiden då individer förväntades att följa regler utan att ifrågasätta. Jag har använt mig av kvalitativa intervjuer som metod för att få en så konkret uppfattning om pedagogers syn på inflytande. Pedagogerna jag intervjuade var på en skola där jag vistades under en tid i Kenya. Det fanns tre förskolepedagoger på skolan och en lärare i årskurs ett så mitt urval av pedagoger till intervjuerna var inte så stort. I mina intervjuer ville jag veta om de använder sig av FN:s barnkonvention och läroplanen i sin undervisning. Mina resultat av studien visade att pedagogerna anser att de ger barnen inflytande i undervisning genom att barnen är delaktiga i de lärarledda lektioner och aktiviteter som pedagogen håller i. Alla pedagoger använde sig dock inte av FN:s barnkonvention och synen på barns inflytande varierade bland pedagogerna. Vissa pedagoger tyckte att barn skulle lyda utan att ifrågasätta och andra att de ger barn inflytande i undervisningen. Läroplanen ger i dagsläget stort utrymme för pedagogerna att ha sina egna tolkningar kring barns inflytande. Pedagogernas syn på läroplanen är att använda den som en handbok och att följa det som står i den för att barnen ska uppfylla målen för godkänt. Slutsatserna av min studie är att det finns ett behov av att ha tydligare riktlinjer i läroplanen om barns inflytande i undervisningen.

Darbu bandoma pasižiūrėti į etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybes ikimokykliniame amžiuje. Šiam tyrimui atlikti buvo pasirinkta kiekybinė metodologinė kryptis. Tyrimo problema - ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybės yra nepakankamai išnaudotos. Tyrimo objektas yra ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybės. Tyrimo tikslas – išsiaiškinti etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybes ikimokykliniame amžiuje. Tyrimo uždaviniai: - apžvelgti etninės kultūros, etniškumo sąvokas, etnokultūros ir ugdymo sąsajas bei etninės kultūros išlikimo problemas; - išryškinti teorines etnokultūros taikymo ikimokykliniame amžiuje prielaidas; - empiriškai išskirti ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybes šeimoje ir ugdymo įstaigoje; Tyrimo metodai - etnokultūrinės, pedagoginės, menotyrinės, psichologinės literatūros analizė, padėjusi atskleisti etnokultūros sampratą, jos taikymo vaikų ugdymui teorines prielaidas. Tyrimo tipas – aprašomasis. Tyrimu buvo pasiekti tokie rezultatai: pateiktas tėvų ir pedagogų požiūris į etnokultūrinio ugdymo reikalingumą bei pedagogų ir tėvų požiūris į etnokultūrinį ugdymą, išskirtos pedagogų naudojamos etnokultūrinio ugdymo formos, atskleistas etninių vertybių puoselėjimas šeimoje, numatytas etnokultūrinio ugdymo proceso tobulinimas. Išvadose pateikos ikimokyklinio amžiaus vaikų etnokultūrinio ugdymo galimybės. Šis darbas pedagogams ir tėvams padės suprasti etnokultūrinio ugdymo svarbą, skatins ieškoti... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / In this work the possibilities of the etnocultural education of the preschool children are reviewed. The methodological quantitative analysis for this research was chosen. The question of the research - the possibilities of ethnocultural education of the preschool children are not fully developed. The object of the research - the possibilities of ethnocultural education of the preschool children. The aim of the research - to find out the possibilities of ethnocultural education of the preschool children. The goals of the research: - to review the notions of ethnic culture, the links and problems of survival between ethnic culture and education; - to highlight the theoretical possibilities of the application of the ethnoculture; - to distinguish empirically the possibilities of ethnocultural education of the preschool children in families and preschool institutions; The methods of the research - the analysis of the ethnocultural, pedagogical, art critical, and psychological literature, which helped to unfold the conception of the ethnoculture and its theoretical assumptions for the children education. It is a quantitative descriptive research (written survey). The results of the research - the presentation of the attitude of parents and educators towards the ethnocutural education and its necessity, also the forms of the ethnocultural education used by the educators, the upholding of the ethnical values, the development of the ethnocultural process of education. The... [to full text]

Skaitymas yra vienas svarbiausių gebėjimų, ugdant asmenybę, atliepiančią šiandieninio pasaulio keliamus reikalavimus bendriesiems gebėjimams: kritiškai mąstyti, efektyviai komunikuoti bei mokytis visą gyvenimą. Išlavinta sakytinė ir rašytinė kalba padeda žmogui kritiškai mąstyti, diskutuoti, lengviau integruotis į visuomenę. / In the today‘s world people need to have a skills of critical thinking, effective communication and lifelong learning. The best way to educate those skills is reading. The research literature shows that reading for pleasure is decline in the different ages and social status humans. The less in reading are teenagers, which better are watching television or playing in computer games. Parents are one of the most important literacy teachers and stimulators for children.

Šiandienos mokykloje svarbus vaidmuo tenka pedagogui – auklėtojui. Jam keliama daugybė reikalavimų. Auklėtojas yra ugdymo veikėjas, kurio pagrindinė funkcija – ugdyti klasės bendruomenę. Pagal Lietuvos bendrojo lavinimo mokyklų bendrąsias programas, mokytojas vaikui jau savaime yra sektinas pavyzdys. Todėl labai svarbi yra auklėtojo asmenybė, jo pavyzdys, svarbu ne tai, ką jis sako, bet tai, kas jis yra. Magistro darbe analizuojama klasės vadovo veikla gimnazijoje. Tyrimo tikslas - teoriškai ir empiriškai pagrįsti klasės vadovo veiklos optimizavimo galimybes gimnazijoje. Siekiant atskleisti klasės vadovo veiklos optimizavimo galimybes gimnazijoje, buvo atliekamas kiekybinis ir kokybinis tyrimas. Kiekybinio tyrimo metodas – anketinė apklausa raštu, skirta mokiniams. Kokybinio tyrimo metodas – interviu, skirtas apklausti gimnazijų klasių vadovus. Tyrime dalyvavo 216 gimnazijų mokinių ir 15 gimnazijų klasių vadovų. Tyrimas buvo atliekamas Panevėžio apskrityje: Panevėžio, Pasvalio ir Biržų miestų gimnazijose. Išanalizavus tyrimo duomenis paaiškėjo, kad dauguma I ir II gimnazijų klasių mokinių yra patenkinti santykiais su savo klasių vadovais, klasių vadovų darbą vertina gerai, klasių vadovų atliekamos funkcijos, pareigos atitinka mokinių lūkesčius. Tyrimo metu gauti duomenys rodo, jog dauguma tyrime dalyvavusių gimnazijų klasių vadovų yra patenkinti savo darbu, atliekamomis funkcijomis, pareigomis, santykiais su auklėtiniais. ... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Today's school plays a significant role teachers - educators. He raises a number of requirements. Education is the master actor, whose main function - to foster class community. Under the Lithuanian general education schools in the program, the teacher-child in itself is an example. It is therefore of great importance for the educator personality, his example, it is not what he says but what it is. Master's work examines the Head of the class action Gymnasium. The aim of the study - theoretically and empirically based head of the class action optimizations Gymnasium. In order to disclose the activities of the Head of the Class optimizations Gymnasium, was a qualitative and quantitative study. The quantitative research method - a written survey questionnaire for the students. Qualitative research methods - interviews, interviewed for the gymnasium class leaders. Study included 216 students and 15 Gymnasium Gymnasium classes of managers. The study was conducted in Panevėžys County: Panevėžys, Pasvalys and Biržai gymnasiums. The analysis of survey data revealed that the majority of Annex I and II, gymnasium classes of students are satisfied with their relationship with the class leaders, class leaders of the work of the good, the functions performed by leaders of the classes, the pupils meet the expectations. Survey data shows that the majority of the study participated in the gymnasium classes of managers are satisfied with... [to full text]

The intensification of Ontario’s communities through recent policies such as the Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan (GGH) will reduce the amount of local natural spaces for residents. Presently many of Ontario’s youth experience the natural world primarily by visiting environmental education centres. This study used sequential exploratory mixed methods to discover the perceptions of environmental educators concerning the realities of their daily practice. The first phase of the study utilized a grounded theory approach to construct an understanding of environmental education in Ontario. The interrelated themes of increasing environmental consciousness, evaluation of programs and centres, influence of visiting adults on program effectiveness, and programming were revealed. The second phase utilized the themes derived to construct an online survey in order to measure the actual practice of environmental educators compared to their perceived best methods. The results indicate that the scarcity of effective program and institutional evaluation, ineffective communication between supervising adults, and the conflict over pedagogical aims lead to some centres potentially only achieving mediocre increases in the environmental consciousness of the participants. The need for explicit, accessible areas where youth can engage in repetitive unstructured activities in the natural world is highlighted as an area for community stakeholders to focus their efforts on if pro-environmental behaviour is a desired trait in residents.

Bakalauro darbe analizuojami socialinių pedagogų ir socialinių darbuotojų profesinės veiklos turinio ypatumai. Socialinio darbuotojo ir socialinio pedagogo profesinės veiklos turinys analizuojamas įvairiais mokslinėje literatūroje išskiriamais aspektais, vadovaujantis šių specialistų rengimą ir jų veiklą reglamentuojančiais dokumentais bei tiriant socialinių pedagogų ir socialinių darbuotojų požiūrį, kuris atskleistas apklausos raštu metu. Darbo objektas – socialinių pedagogų ir socialinių darbuotojų profesinės veiklos turinys. Darbo tikslas – palyginti socialinių darbuotojų ir socialinių pedagogų profesinės veiklos turinį jų pačių požiūriu. Tyrimo duomenys buvo renkami naudojant uždaro tipo klausimyną ir apdorojami taikant aprašomąją statistiką t kriterijaus dviejų grupių vidurkiams palyginti. Tyrime dalyvavo 126 respondentai – 64 socialiniai pedagogai ir 62 socialiniai darbuotojai, dirbantys įvairiose socialinėse įstaigose. Analizuojant socialinių pedagogų ir socialinių darbuotojų veiklos turinį buvo siekiama išsiaiškinti kokie skirtumai ir panašumai išryškėja sugretinant socialinio darbuotojo ir socialinio pedagogo veiklą šių specialistų rengimą reglamentuojančiuose dokumentuose ir kuo specifiška ir autentiška socialinio pedagogo ir socialinio darbuotojo profesinė veikla dirbančių šios srities specialistų požiūriu. Tyrimu nustatyta, kad socialinė pedagogika ir socialinis darbas yra artimai susijusios profesijos, kurios daro įtaką viena kitos atžvilgiu, bet socialinę... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The bachelor's work analyzes occupational characteristics of social work educators and social workers. Social worker's and social educator's professional content is analyzed in various aspects of scientific literature, according to the training of specialists and regulations governing their activities by investigating both social pedagogues and social workers attitudes. The thesis was social pedagogues and social workers professional content analyzed. The objective was to compare the social worker's and social pedagogue's professional content on their own point of view. The data was collected using closed-ended questionnaire and descriptive statistics using t-test to compare the two groups of averages. The study included 126 respondents – 64 social pedagogues and 62 social workers in various social institutions. The analysis of social pedagogues and social workers was to find out what the differences and similarities between comparisons of the results revealed a social worker and social educator training of specialists in the governing documents and the specific and genuine social pedagogues and social workers working in this occupation in terms of professionals. The study found that social pedagogy and social work are very closely related occupations, which influence each other, but the social pedagogy and social work can vary depending on the content of the activities to which attention is focused professionals - social educator oriented activities also diagnosed with the... [to full text]

Darbe atlikta vyresniųjų gimnazinių klasių mokinių socialinio statuso ir socialinio pedagogo pagalba, žemo socialinio statuso mokiniams analizė. Tyrimo objektas - vyresniųjų gimnazinių klasių mokinių socialinis statusas ir socialinio pedagogo pagalba, žemo socialinio statuso mokiniams.Tyrimo hipotezė - vyresnio mokyklinio amžiaus moksleiviai, veikiami grupės ir jos vidinių statusų bei jų dinamiškų veiksnių, patiria lyderystės ir atstūmimo situacijų, kurias padėti išspręsti gali socialinis pedagogas. Tyrimo tikslas - ištirti vyresniųjų gimnazinių klasių mokinių socialinio statuso svarbą ir socialinio pedagogo pagalbą žemo socialinio statuso mokiniams. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1.Išanalizuoti mokslinę literatūrą apie grupės narių socialinį statusą, lyderio ir žemo socialinio statuso mokinių ypatumus, bei socialinio pedagogo pagalbą pastariesiems mokiniams; 2.Išsiaiškinti mokinių nuomonę, apie lyderius ir atstumtuosius, kokie aspektai įtakoja buvimą tokiuose vaidmenyse; 3. išsiaiškinti socialinių pedagogų nuomonę, apie lyderius ir atstumtuosius, kokie aspektai įtakoja buvimą tokiuose vaidmenyse; 4.Išsiaiškinti ar socialiniai pedagogai gali padėti žemo socialinio statuso mokiniams. Atviro ir uždaro tipo anketinės apklausos būdu buvo atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas - vyresniųjų gimnazinių klasių mokinių socialinio statuso svarba ir socialinio pedagogo pagalba žemo socialinio statuso mokiniams. Atlikta statistinė duomenų analizė exel ir SPSS programa, atliktas x2 testas, rasti SD... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The work carried out at senior class pupils‘ of social status and social educator help for low social status pupils‘ analysis. The object of research – the social status of senior class pupils and social educator help, for low social status pupils. Hypothesis - senior school pupils affected by group and its internal statuses and their dynamic factors, experience leadership and rejection situations that can help solve social educator .The aim - to investigate senior gymnasium grade students the importance of social status and social educator help for low social status pupils. Objectives of the study: 1.To analyze scientific literature of the social status of the members of the group, the leader and the low social status of the students 'characteristics, and social assistance to the latter ctors influence the presence of such a role; 2.To find out students' opinion about the leaders and outcasts, what factors influence the staying in such a role 3. Social educators' opinion about the leaders and outcasts, what factors influence the presence of such a role; 4.To find out does the social eductors can help for low social status pupils. The questionnaire survey by open and closed question was conducted research with the aim - the social status of senior class pupils and social educator help, for low social status pupils. The statistical analysis of the data using SPSS and Excel program conducted x2 test to find SD, percentages, averages. Qualitative research was conducted by... [to full text]