A dissertation submitted in accordance with the requirements for the Master’s Degree in Educational Management in the Department of Educational Planning and Administration, Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, 2019. / Although the number of women managers in education is increasing, women continue to experience problems that prevent them from realising their full potential particularly as conflict managers. When female teachers are promoted to principalship positions, there are no programmes to equip them with relevant management skills required to lead and manage the schools effectively. This has resulted in some female principals showing lack of confidence in resolving conflict in schools, particularly where the staff is dominated by female teachers. Female principals tend to rely on their male colleagues should there be a case where they have to implement disciplinary measures. The aim of this study was to explore female principals’ skills of managing conflict in primary schools dominated by female teachers in the Gingindlovu Circuit. This study used a qualitative approach, collecting data through face-to-face interviews. Purposive sampling procedure was used to select participants for this study. The study established that female principals have skills of managing conflict despite their gender roles that have been taken as determinants that females may not do well as managers. Some gender roles, which include nurturing and accommodating, have been identified as key to female principals in assisting them when resolving conflict at the work place where the staff is dominated by female teachers. However, they still need to learn more about skills of managing conflict in schools. The study recommends that female principals be workshopped on how to manage conflict in a school situation soon after they have been appointed. A comparative study between female and male principals regarding management skills they have for resolving conflicts is recommended. / National Research Foundation

A goal of my dissertation is to find out current educational conditions of gifted children in Czech Republic. What legislative, financial and methodological proceedings of state policy influence education of talented children and their possible impact on schools. Another aim is to verify how important this educational field is attributed by headmasters at primary schools and what helps or complicates introducing methodical education of gifted pupils. The dissertation contains of three parts. The first one is theoretical which acquaints readers with educational field of talented children in the Czech Republic in sphere of legislative, including the glance abroad. Second part is an empirical questionnaire survey, based on interview detecting conditions for education of exceptionally gifted children at primary schools. It focuses on headmasters, their motivating, educating and evaluating of teachers and what advantages for school it brings. Another goal is to find out possibilities and differences in financing the work with talented children in particular regions. On the basis of established data is created a manual, which could help headmasters to introduce methodical education of gifted pupils. The manual is drawn up as a gradual successive approach.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-168). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 150-168). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M. A.) --University of Limpopo, 2019. / Bullying seems to be prevalent in most secondary schools, and teachers have a daily task of dealing with it. In South Africa, there are many issues which influence teachers’ management of bullying, such as community violence and parental attitudes. Teachers’ abilities to identify and respond to incidents of bullying, and their knowledge of bullying behaviour can have an impact on anti-bullying strategies. Secondary school management as well as parents have a responsibility towards efforts to eliminate bullying in schools. Failure to reduce bullying in secondary schools would result in high failure rates and poor concentration on school work among learners. This study aimed to describe teachers’ perspectives on learner bullying at Schools A and B. This study used Albert Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning Theory which offers a theoretical framework that helped the researcher find meaning in respect of the roles of the bully, victim and offenders. The study followed a qualitative approach, using focus group sessions to collect data in order to explore teachers’ experiences of bullying. The qualitative data were analysed by means of thematic analysis to present the collected data. The responses were recorded in the form of writing. The data was thoroughly structured into themes. Information obtained from respondents was treated with great confidentiality. Purposive and availability sampling were used to identify potential respondents who were asked to volunteer to be part of the study. The research findings specified that teachers experience and observe a wide variety of bullying behaviour which takes place at different sites, both inside and outside the school grounds. Moreover, the teachers conveyed numerous factors which they experienced as pertaining to bullying and emphasised the perceived effects. In addition to this, the participants shared knowledge about their teaching practices and recommended a few approaches on how to deal with bullying more effectively in their schools.

The present project is linked to the research line of Education and Arts of the Graduate Program on Education/UFSM and to the FAPEM study group and research: Teacher Management, Action and Research on Musical Education. The main objective was to investigate the history of Music in the Pedagogy Course at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in terms of how it was organized and implemented. Besides, factors that influenced the syllabus organization were analyzed so that an understanding of the changes that took place in the subject of Music between 1984 and 2008 could be better assessed. This kind of investigation is part of the historical field of school subjects having as reference the researches developed by Bittencourt (2003), Chervel (1990), Goodson (1997, 2008) and Santos (1990). Metodologically, the investigation was organized based on oral history∕reports (ALBERTI, 2005; FREITAS, 2006; MEIHY, 2005), whose data were collected through some teachers interviews, teachers who saw changes made in the course syllabus, together with an analysis of corresponding documents. The Pedagogy Course, throughout its history, has been attempting to qualify future professionals in the different fields of knowledge. Thus, issues dealing with the teaching of Arts have permeated this area enabling prospective teachers to have contacts with knowledge necessary to develop classroom teaching. Concerning Musical Education, the insertion of music in the Pedagogy Course syllabus took place in 1984 and, since then, the area has been going through the process of constant development so that teachers can be better prepared. Many professors and teachers that deal with music subjects have contributed with their academic and professional experience besides their personal trajectories, establishing the mark of duty and professionalism of this area within the context of UFSM. Through the research, it has been verified that the year 1984 was seminal to what UFSM pedagogues profile should be. A new course was started, marked by up to date tendencies, with its syllabus organized based on specific methodologies to the different areas of knowledge. Throughout the years, formative propositions have been altered and the course has gone through three major changes - 1984, 2004 and 2007 - in order to comply with legislation, with area guidelines and the changes of conceptions on the part of professors and teachers responsible for the subject of music. The registered syllabus changes reflected a great amount of thought, discussions and movements, internal and external, regarding the context of the Education Center, which reflected a new dynamic in Brazilian education. The serious commitment on the part of the coordination and teachers regarding the course generated new syllabi, which followed new perspectives of what a new teacher should be, and have contributed to the quality improvement of school contexts in Santa Maria and towns in the vicinity. / O presente projeto está vinculado à linha de pesquisa Educação e Artes do PPGE/UFSM e ao grupo de estudos e pesquisas FAPEM: Formação, Ação e Pesquisa em Educação Musical. Objetivou-se investigar a história da disciplina de Música no curso de Pedagogia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, compreendendo-se como ela foi construída e implantada em seu currículo. Buscou-se ainda analisar os fatores que influenciaram tal construção e compreender as mudanças que se fizeram presentes na disciplina de Música entre 1984 e 2008. A investigação se insere no campo da história das disciplinas escolares, tomando-se como referência os estudos de Bittencourt (2003), Chervel (1990), Goodson (1997, 2008) e Santos (1990). Metodologicamente, a investigação foi organizada a partir da história oral (ALBERTI, 2005; FREITAS, 2006; MEIHY, 2005), cujos dados foram coletados mediante depoimentos de colaboradores que presenciaram as modificações no currículo do curso, juntamente com a análise de documentos institucionais. O curso de Pedagogia, ao longo de sua história, vem buscando qualificar os futuros profissionais nas diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Desse modo, preocupações acerca de propostas voltadas ao ensino de Arte têm permeado este espaço, proporcionando aos futuros professores contatos formais com um corpo de conhecimentos necessários ao exercício da docência em sala de aula. No caso da Educação Musical, a inserção da música no currículo do curso de Pedagogia ocorreu no ano de 1984 e, desde então, a área vem se constituindo e consolidando na formação de professores unidocentes. Inúmeros professores que trabalharam com as disciplinas de música contribuíram com suas experiências acadêmico-profissionais e suas trajetórias pessoais, marcando com compromisso e profissionalismo a área no contexto da UFSM. A partir da pesquisa, constatou-se que o momento de 1984 foi decisivo para o que viria a ser a formação de pedagogos na UFSM, criando-se um novo curso, marcado pelo pioneirismo, o qual estruturou seu currículo a partir de metodologias específicas às diferentes áreas do conhecimento. Ao longo dos anos, as propostas formativas foram sendo alteradas, passando o curso por três reformulações - 1984, 2004 e 2007, de modo a adequar-se à legislação, às orientações da área e às mudanças de concepções dos professores responsáveis pela disciplina de música. As alterações curriculares registradas nasceram de intensas reflexões, discussões e movimentos, internos e externos, ao contexto do Centro de Educação, os quais refletiram uma nova dinâmica da educação brasileira. O trabalho incansável da coordenação e dos professores comprometidos com o curso gerou novos currículos, os quais acompanharam as tendências de formação de um novo professor e contribuíram para a qualificação dos contextos escolares de Santa Maria e região.

1 ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the educational management of the teaching staff supervising the state graduation exams. The theoretical part explains the concept of educational management and focuses in detail on the managerial function of organization. It describes the current form of the state graduation exams, related legislation and institutions involved. The thesis explains the staffing of graduation exams and individual training programs for teachers, and clarifies the role of further education of teachers. The aim of the work is to optimize the organization surrounding the education of teachers supervising the state graduation exams in Prague and Central Bohemia. The data in the presented research were collected via a survey among participants of the education related to the state graduation exams in Prague and Central Bohemia in the school year of 2015/2016 and interviews with lecturers of relevant training programs. KEYWORDS Management, education management, organization, optimization, education, teaching staff, further education of teachers, state graduation exam.

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur gymnasielärare i samhällskunskap definierar och hanterar kontroversiella frågor i sin undervisning. Däri ingår både hur lärarna själva väljer att ta upp kontroversiella frågor samt hur de hanterar situationer där elever uttrycker sig på kontroversiella sätt. Sammanlagt intervjuades elva gymnasielärare i samhällskunskap och analysen ledde fram till två teman: Definition och Hantering. I korthet påvisade resultatet att både definition och hantering till stor del är beroende av den kontext som lärarna infinner sig i. Lärarna beskrev vidare att de hade olika strategier för att hantera kontroversiella frågor i sitt klassrum. Lärarna beskrev också att de hade olika metoder som de använde sig av för att undervisa om kontroversiella frågor, där diskussioner som med hjälp av tidigare forskning kunde kategoriseras i vissa fall som deliberativa. Vidare lyfte lärarna både positiva och negativa aspekter av att ta upp kontroversiella frågor i sin undervisning och de ansåg att det krävdes specifika förmågor och kunskaper av dem som lärare för att kunna hantera dessa frågor. Lärarexamen sågs av de flesta lärare som icke stödjande, medan kollegor främst var det som lärarna upplevde som mest givande att få stöttning av när de skulle hantera kontroversiella frågor. Resultatet i denna studie överensstämmer till stor del med den tidigare forskningen kring ämnet, med den enda stora olikheten att även yttre kontext påpekades av lärarna i denna studie som viktigt, vilket tidigare forskning inte lagt lika stort fokus på. / The aim of this study is to investigate how secondary social studies teachers define and deal with controversial questions in their teaching. This includes both how the teachers themselves choose to raise controversial issues and how they handle situations where students express themselves in controversial ways. In total, eleven high school social studies teachers were interviewed and the analysis led to two themes: Definition and Handling. In short, the results showed that both definition and handling are largely dependent on the context in which the teachers find themselves. The teachers further described that they had different strategies for handling controversial issues in their classroom. The teachers also described that they had different methods that they used to teach about controversial issues, where discussions that, with the help of previous research, could be categorized as deliberative in some cases. Furthermore, the teachers highlighted both positive and negative aspects of raising controversial issues in their teaching and they felt that specific abilities and knowledge were required of them as teachers to be able to deal with these issues. The education the teacher had received were seen by most teachers as not supportive, while colleagues were mainly what the teachers experienced as the most rewarding to get support from when dealing with controversial questions. The results in this study are largely consistent with the previous research on the subject, with the only major difference being that external context was also pointed out by the teachers in this study as important, which previous research did not focus on as much.

<p>Глобализација светске привреде довела је да је квалитет постао приоритетан фактор у борби са конкуренцијом за опстанак на тржишту. Квалитет се дефинише као скуп особина, карактеристика производа, робе, услуга, рада, изазивајући њихову способност да задовоље потребе и захтеве потрошача у складу са циљем и њиховим очекивањима. Због потребе привреде за радном снагом која ће бити компетента да производи производе који ће задовољити потребе и жеље купаца, све су израженији захтеви за квалитетом у стручном образовању. Основу за оцену квалитета образовног процеса чине образовни исходи који обухватају знања, способности вештие и ставове ученика који се стичу кроз формално образовање у школама. Квалитетно образовање не би требало посматрати као процес потрошње него као процес интгеракције између наставника и ученика. Образовање мора имати за циљ давање ученицима прилика за лични развој и поверење да ће се прилагодити новим ситуацијама да ће их променити ако то буду сматрали потребним. Образовање никад не може бити неутралан процес; увек ће бити базиран на вредности. Равнотежа између објективних чињеница и испитивање тих чињеница представља велик изазов за професионалног наставника (<a href="http://www.ei-ie-org">www.ei-ie-org</a>).</p><p>На квалитет образовних исхода средњег стручног образовања утичу разни фактори међу којима су: наставници са својим компетенцијама, менаџмент школа, наставни планови и програми, материјални ресурси.</p><p>За истраживање утицаја поменутих фактора, констурисан је упитник за директоре, наставнике, ученике, родитеље и привреднике којим је вршено прикупљање податак у узорку. Смањење количине података вршено је помоћу факторске анализе у SPSS Statistics 17, односно, извршили смо издвајање најмањег броја фактора који добро представљају међувезе у скупу променљивих из помоћ:</p><p>- анализе главних фактора (Кајзеров критеријум),</p><p>- факторизације слике (дијаграм одрона,&nbsp; engl.scree тест),</p><p>- паралелне анализе (користећи програм MONTE CARLO PCA for PARALLEL ANALYSIS),</p><p>- оцене прикладности података за факторску анализу (Бартлетов тест сферичности и Кајзер-Мајер-Олкинов-КМО показатељ адекватности узорка).</p><p>У обради података и доказивању галавне и помоћних хипотеза &nbsp;коришћене су основне статистичке методе:</p><p>1. дексриптивна статистика,</p><p>2. непараметарски тест:</p><p>-Колмогоров-Смирновљев тест нормалности дистрибуције</p><p>-HI квадрат тест</p><p>3. графички приказ резултата статистичке обраде.</p><p>Резултати истраживања су показали да квалитет средњег стручног образовања зависи од наставног кадра, менаџмента школа, модуларних наставних планова и програма и материјалних ресурса. Да квалитет средњег стручног образовања утиче на повећање нивоа производње, доказ је изведен на основу резултата истраживања које је проведено међу привредницима.</p><p>Даља истраживања у области квалитета средњег стручног образовања треба усмерити на: компетенције наставника, компетенције менаџмента, корелације опремљености школа са успехом ученика, утицај модуларних наставних планова и програма из појединачних предмета, смањење оптерећења ученика, сарадње школе и предузећа на утврђивању програмских садржаја практичне наставе, мотивације наставника и менаџмента школа за квалитетан рад и постизање резултата којима ће бити задовољни сви корисници.</p> / <p>Globalizacija svetske privrede dovela je da je kvalitet postao prioritetan faktor u borbi sa konkurencijom za opstanak na tržištu. Kvalitet se definiše kao skup osobina, karakteristika proizvoda, robe, usluga, rada, izazivajući njihovu sposobnost da zadovolje potrebe i zahteve potrošača u skladu sa ciljem i njihovim očekivanjima. Zbog potrebe privrede za radnom snagom koja će biti kompetenta da proizvodi proizvode koji će zadovoljiti potrebe i želje kupaca, sve su izraženiji zahtevi za kvalitetom u stručnom obrazovanju. Osnovu za ocenu kvaliteta obrazovnog procesa čine obrazovni ishodi koji obuhvataju znanja, sposobnosti veštie i stavove učenika koji se stiču kroz formalno obrazovanje u školama. Kvalitetno obrazovanje ne bi trebalo posmatrati kao proces potrošnje nego kao proces intgerakcije između nastavnika i učenika. Obrazovanje mora imati za cilj davanje učenicima prilika za lični razvoj i poverenje da će se prilagoditi novim situacijama da će ih promeniti ako to budu smatrali potrebnim. Obrazovanje nikad ne može biti neutralan proces; uvek će biti baziran na vrednosti. Ravnoteža između objektivnih činjenica i ispitivanje tih činjenica predstavlja velik izazov za profesionalnog nastavnika (<a href="http://www.ei-ie-org">www.ei-ie-org</a>).</p><p>Na kvalitet obrazovnih ishoda srednjeg stručnog obrazovanja utiču razni faktori među kojima su: nastavnici sa svojim kompetencijama, menadžment škola, nastavni planovi i programi, materijalni resursi.</p><p>Za istraživanje uticaja pomenutih faktora, konsturisan je upitnik za direktore, nastavnike, učenike, roditelje i privrednike kojim je vršeno prikupljanje podatak u uzorku. Smanjenje količine podataka vršeno je pomoću faktorske analize u SPSS Statistics 17, odnosno, izvršili smo izdvajanje najmanjeg broja faktora koji dobro predstavljaju međuveze u skupu promenljivih iz pomoć:</p><p>- analize glavnih faktora (Kajzerov kriterijum),</p><p>- faktorizacije slike (dijagram odrona,&nbsp; engl.scree test),</p><p>- paralelne analize (koristeći program MONTE CARLO PCA for PARALLEL ANALYSIS),</p><p>- ocene prikladnosti podataka za faktorsku analizu (Bartletov test sferičnosti i Kajzer-Majer-Olkinov-KMO pokazatelj adekvatnosti uzorka).</p><p>U obradi podataka i dokazivanju galavne i pomoćnih hipoteza &nbsp;korišćene su osnovne statističke metode:</p><p>1. deksriptivna statistika,</p><p>2. neparametarski test:</p><p>-Kolmogorov-Smirnovljev test normalnosti distribucije</p><p>-HI kvadrat test</p><p>3. grafički prikaz rezultata statističke obrade.</p><p>Rezultati istraživanja su pokazali da kvalitet srednjeg stručnog obrazovanja zavisi od nastavnog kadra, menadžmenta škola, modularnih nastavnih planova i programa i materijalnih resursa. Da kvalitet srednjeg stručnog obrazovanja utiče na povećanje nivoa proizvodnje, dokaz je izveden na osnovu rezultata istraživanja koje je provedeno među privrednicima.</p><p>Dalja istraživanja u oblasti kvaliteta srednjeg stručnog obrazovanja treba usmeriti na: kompetencije nastavnika, kompetencije menadžmenta, korelacije opremljenosti škola sa uspehom učenika, uticaj modularnih nastavnih planova i programa iz pojedinačnih predmeta, smanjenje opterećenja učenika, saradnje škole i preduzeća na utvrđivanju programskih sadržaja praktične nastave, motivacije nastavnika i menadžmenta škola za kvalitetan rad i postizanje rezultata kojima će biti zadovoljni svi korisnici.</p> / <p>Globalization of the world economy has brought about the fact that the quality is a<br />priority factor in the competition for the survival on the market. The quality is defined<br />as a collection of features, characteristics of products, goods, services, work, which challenges their capacities to meet the needs and the demands of the consumers in accordance with the goal and their expectations.<br />Because of the needs of the economy for labour forces, that are competent to produce products which would meet the needs and desires of buyers, the demands for the quality in the vocational education have become prominet. The assesment of the quality of the educational process is based on the educational results which comprise knowledge, abilities, skills and attitudes of students, which are required<br />through formal education in schools. A high quality education should not be viewed<br />as a process of consumption but as a process of interaction between teachers and students. The educational goal should be to provide opportunities for the students for their personal developement and for boosting their confidence that they would be able to adjust to new situations, and that they would be able to change such situations, if necessary. The education can never be a neutral process; it is<br />always based on values. The balance between objective facts and the examination of these facts represents a big challenge for a professional teacher (www.ei-ie.org).<br />The quality of educational results in the secondary vocational education is affected by<br />various factors, some of which are: teachers with their competences, management of<br />schools, educational curricula and programmes, material resources. For the purposes of research of the impacts and of the abovementioned factors, a questionnaire was designed for schoolmasters, teachers, students, parents and businessmen, through which a collection of data in the sample was<br />made. The reduction of the quantity of the data is conducted by means of factor analysis in SPSS Statistics 17, i.e., the extracting of the smallest number of factors was done, which represents well the interrelations in the collection of variables by means of: Analysis of major factors (Kajzer&#39;s<br />criterion), Factorization of the picture (screen test), Parallel analyses (programme used: Monte Carlo PCA for Parallel Analysis), The assessments of the adequacy of the data for the factor analysis (Bartlet test of specification and Kajzer-Majer-Olikin -<br />KMO indicator of the sample adequacy) For the data processing and in proving the main hypothesis as well as the auxilliary hypotheses, two basic statistical methods were used:<br />1. Descriptive statistics<br />2. Non-parameter test:<br />1. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of the normality of the distribution<br />2. HI-square test<br />3. Graphic representation of the results of the statistical processing.<br />The results of the research have shown that the quality of the secondary vocational education depends on the teaching staff, school management, modular educational curricula and programmes and material resources.<br />For the fact that the quality of the secondary vocational education affects the increase of the level of production, the evidence was deducted on the basis of the results of the research which was conducted among businesmen. Further researches in the area of the quality of the secondary vocational education should be focused on: competences of teachers, competences of the management, correlation between the level of equipment of a school and the achievemtents of students, the impact of<br />modular educational curricula and programmes of individual subjects, reduction of the encumbrance of students, co-operation of schools and companies on defining the content of the programme of practical education, motivation of teachers and of the management of schools for a high qulity work and for achieving results with which all the beneficiaries will be satisfied.</p>