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Kevin Glasheen Mary McMahon Marilyn Campbell Debra Rickwood Ian Shochet 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2018,40(1):14-25
Today’s young people have integrated the online world into their everyday reality and schools have generally accepted the importance of technology in the education process. However, there has been limited use in schools of technology to counsel young people, although early indications suggest that school counsellors may be prepared to offer synchronous online counselling if they were supported by school principals. The aim of this study was to investigate Australian secondary school principals’ views about using an online format for counselling in schools. There were 33 principals who participated and they indicated technological competency and acknowledged the benefits of using technology in the counselling process. The principals were generally supportive of the provision of online school counselling, although their major concern was the need for more counsellors and the impact on the workload of current counselling staff. A few principals, however, were unconvinced about offering online counselling and had a fundamental preference for face-to-face communication experiences for students. Strategies for facilitating the acceptance of online counselling by principals and guiding implementation in schools are proposed. 相似文献
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Mainstreaming/inclusion is one of the more complex changes on the current educational scene. The goal of this research study was to examine the school principal as the leading figure in implementing inclusion and to characterize his/her role as a change agent. The variables explored were the principal's educational vision and the inclusive practices in school. A sample of 110 elementary school principals in Israel were studied. The Israeli Special Education Law of 1988 and the ongoing regulations issued by the Ministry of Education include provisions requiring mainstreaming. Several different instruments were used. The main findings were as follows: principals were found to perceive the expected social success of mainstreamed students higher than their expected educational success; the severity of the disability affected their perception and how they forecast success; a variety of inclusive educational placements were noted in the schools; several background variables, namely age, level of education and in-service training, were related to principals' views and practices regarding inclusion. The findings are meaningful to the understanding of the effects of inclusion and have implications for in-service training for principals. 相似文献
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Gendered views of managing discipline in school and classroom 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The current study explored male and female principals’ views of classroom and discipline management from a gender perspective. Based on semi‐structured interviews with 16 primary school principals from Israel, the study points to gendered views of school discipline, in that certain perspectives to prevent or handle discipline problems in school were indicated either by the male principals or by the female principals. Likewise, there are differences between men and women in principalship regarding the idealized role of the principal in managing school discipline and the essential aims of effective school discipline. Several research implications for the research on gender in educational administration are suggested. 相似文献
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《Africa Education Review》2013,10(3):588-600
Abstract This article deals with the challenges in the implementation of education for all as experienced by principals in rural secondary schools in Mpumalanga. Interventions which have been implemented on national and provincial level to improve teaching and learning are not equally successful in schools countrywide. The central phenomenon of interest involved the determination of the management and leadership views of rural secondary school principals concerning their ability to ensure Education for All. A theoretical grounding of the situation was developed through a literature review. Interviews were conducted with principals in rural Mpumalanga to collect empirical data for the research. Two main aspects that emerged from the study, was the impact that change, tradition and culture have on teaching and learning in the rural secondary schools in Mpumalanga. 相似文献
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In this article, we discuss principals’ perspectives on the priority given to the place in the curriculum of and the supporting practices related to health and sustainability education in schools in Denmark (for pupils aged 6–16). The study is situated within the discourses about critical health and sustainability education and treats the two issues as societal challenges that are important to address in schools as educational examples. We draw on the literature on school leadership challenges linked to global neoliberal trends in educational reform. The context of the study is the ongoing school reform in Denmark. The data were generated through an online survey of principals in Denmark (n = 118). The findings show that although the principals view school as an important arena for health and sustainability education, their actual support for such education lags behind. Health education is prioritized somewhat more than sustainability education; however, both are characterized by insufficient attention to teachers’ professional development and the low prioritization of collaboration within the school and between the school and community actors. Acknowledging the contradicting demands that principals face in the context of the reform, we argue for reconnecting the concept of leadership with the wider purposes of schooling and for providing space for an emergent, whole-school curriculum that addresses health and sustainability. 相似文献
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Modern Educational Sagas: Legitimation of ideas and practices in Icelandic education 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Ingolfur Asgeir Johannesson Gudrun Geirsdottir Gunnar E. Finnbogason 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2013,57(3):265-282
The article tells the story of changes in governance discourse and practices in Icelandic primary and secondary education in the late 1990s. Budget reform, curriculum changes and school-based self-evaluation aimed at a greater financial and pedagogical accountability of school professionals, especially principals, has changed the roles of principals and teachers. A clinical approach to diagnosing special educational needs views inclusion as a technical matter rather than as a social goal and enhances the emphases on the individual and her or his needs, proposed in the curriculum discourse. These kinds of reform have entered the educational discourse in Iceland, looking as if they were inevitable steps towards progress in the new millennium. They are modern educational sagas about Iceland and its place and role in global competition. 相似文献
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云南是一个边疆民族大省，不同层次的中学校长专业发展水平如何将直接影响学校整体的发展水平。采用问卷与访谈的方法，从基本状况、专业发展情况两个维度对云南省民族地区、初级中学、高级中学241名校长的专业发展状况进行了调查与分析，该研究显示，云南少数民族地区中学校长专业水平有较大的层次差异性。分析和探讨这些差异性是促进边疆民族地区中小学校长专业发晨的有效路径。 相似文献
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‘Transformative leaders for sustainable schools’, was a nationwide research project conducted in 150 primary schools in Cyprus during 2005–2007. The project explored the role of the principals in the organisation of sustainable schools. A mixed methods approach to data collection was employed combining quantitative and qualitative methods. This paper presents primary school principals’ perceptions of sustainable development, their views on the characteristics and operation of the sustainable schools as well as factors supporting or impeding the development of such schools in Cyprus. Our analysis reveals that the term ‘sustainable school’ is a concept only vaguely understood by the principals. Education for sustainable development is interpreted loosely as environmental education and sustainable schools’ operation is limited to sustainable development’s environmental aspects. Principals place their emphasis on environmental conservation, for satisfying humans’ needs whereas the notion of environment, economy and society are marginalised. The development of sustainable schools in Cyprus is restricted by limitations in time, lack of ESD teacher education, the centralised educational system and the overloaded curriculum. Suggested reinforcing factors are parents’ associations’ support and the school–community dialogue. Further exploration of the principals’ role as potential carriers of change and effective leaders is needed. 相似文献
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职业院校校长作为国家职业教育方针的重要贯彻者和执行者,不仅是教育治理的中坚力量,而且担负着引领学校与教师发展、促进学生全面发展与个性发展的重任。在新时代,要充分发挥职业院校校长在培养高素质技术技能人才、能工巧匠、大国工匠中的领航人角色,必须全面提升职业院校校长的综合素质。目前,提升职业院校校长综合素质的渠道较为单一,职业院校校长培训尚存在工作体系不健全、培训项目体系不完善、质量评价标准不统一等问题。因此,基于构建现代职业教育体系、完善国民教育体系各阶段校长培训的需要,通过设立职业院校校长培训中心,进一步构建完善的职业院校校长培训体系和质量评价标准,建立职业院校校长培训分层分类的课程体系,实现课程培训的动态更迭,从而全面推动职业院校校长素质整体提升。 相似文献
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The government has made great strides in redressing past imbalances in education through the National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF) policy that focuses on equity in school funding. This NNSSF model compels the state to fund public schools according to a poverty quintile system, where poor schools are allocated much more funding for resources than affluent schools. Using qualitative research, school management teams, school governing bodies and principals of six public schools located within the Gauteng West District were interviewed to determine their views of how the NNSSF policy had been implemented. One of the findings revealed that equity in public schools has not been fully achieved since funding provided by the state is insufficient to address the backlog in educational resources. It is recommended that the state abandons the policy of funding schools according to quintile rankings but instead, fund schools based on resource needs. 相似文献
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农村中小学校长培训模式创新研究 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
农村基础教育的发展事关我国和谐社会构建这一战略大计的实施。农村中小学校长的素质决定农村基础教育的水平和质量。国家“十一五”教育发展规划重视对农村中小学校长的培训工作,本研究紧密结合实际,成果为我省中小学校长培训领导机构制定相关规划和培训政策提供参考。 相似文献
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Richard A. Fabes Erin Pahlke Adrienne Z. Borders Kathrine Galligan 《Educational studies》2015,41(3):293-311
Despite a lack of scientific evidence supporting the use of single-sex education, the number of US public schools offering single-sex education has increased. However, our understanding as to why decision-makers have implemented single-sex education is lacking. To address this gap, we surveyed US public school principals and assessed their attitudes about and experiences with single-sex schooling. Sixty-seven principals from single-sex schools and 193 principals from co-educational schools participated. The results indicated that principals who had experience with single-sex schooling tended to have more positive attitudes about single-sex schooling, viewed it as more effective, and more often evoked gender-essentialist rationales for the use of single-sex schooling than did co-educational principals. However, both single-sex and co-educational principals noted issues with single-sex schooling. It was concluded that single-sex schooling is not a silver bullet to educational reform and that when single-sex schooling is implemented, one set of issues and problems is substituted for another. 相似文献
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《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2012,36(2):33-48
Abstract Drawing upon the narrative accounts provided by fifteen college principals in England and Wales this paper looks into the ways in which incorporation has changed the culture of further education colleges. Principals’ accounts reveal their views on how the sector has changed and identify a number of concerns including how the adoption of a market driven approach to the provision of further education now shapes their work. Data is presented and discussed on how principals experienced the process of incorporation, its impact on relationships with schools, other colleges and LEAs and on how colleges were to be viewed as businesses. It is suggested that since colleges are now widely perceived as independent businesses there is a need to reassess the understanding of business practice as applied to the college setting. 相似文献
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《Africa Education Review》2013,10(2):205-220
Abstract The establishment of a learning culture in schools is important for education to take place. The erosion of the learning culture which often culminated in the poor academic performance of Grade 12 learners in township secondary schools has been a cause for concern for many years. The Department of Education's countless efforts to rectify the situation have been to no avail. This article endeavours to establish the contribution that school principals can make towards resolving the problem. As manager and instructional leader of the school, the principal is in a suitable position to address this problem, and it is also his or her primary responsibility to lead and guide the school towards the attainment of good academic performance. The article discusses the principals' role in restoring a learning culture in township secondary schools. It discusses the management strategies or functions that principals can employ to restore a positive school culture. The management strategies were obtained by means of an interview from the principals of effective secondary schools. The literature study and the views of the principals obtained by means of a questionnaire confirm the effectiveness of the strategies in restoring a learning culture. 相似文献
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Helen Wildy Simon Clarke Irene Styles Kadir Beycioglu 《Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability》2010,22(4):307-326
Part of a 13-nation, cross-cultural study of the extent to which principals perceive their pre-appointment experiences had
prepared them for the job, the International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP), this paper compares the responses of novice
principals in Turkey and Western Australia. Using a survey based on data from case studies of principals in their first 3 years,
the views of 50 Western Australian and 60 Turkish principals were examined in terms of the difficulty of the problems they
faced and the extent to which they felt prepared for these problems. Responses were analysed by sex, qualification, age at
appointment, school size, and school location. Respondents from both countries found that managing the budget and achieving
work/life balance presented challenges for them while working with parents and acquiring adequate resources were not challenging.
For Turkish respondents, building positive relationships with staff was more challenging than it was for the Australian respondents.
Surprisingly respondents felt well prepared for the tasks they faced, with Australians, females, principals of small schools
in rural and remote locations reporting significantly more positive views about their preparation than their counterparts. 相似文献
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School principals may be seen as mediating agents, standing at the school doorstep, between the extra-school and intra-school worlds. The principals’ mediating role becomes more crucial during a time of education reform, which involves external demands on the one hand, and teachers’ resistance to these demands on the other. This study explores how principals mediate between the demands of a national reform policy and teachers’ attitudes and needs. In this qualitative study, 59 school principals were interviewed. Findings from the data analysis indicated that principals used two complementary mediation strategies: (1) mobilising the teachers towards the reform and (2) mobilising the reform towards the teachers. The mediating strategies used by principals are discussed, suggesting practical implications and further research avenues. 相似文献
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Inclusive education has become a practice that has been adopted by many schools across the globe and most usually in first-world countries. As a whole-school system, it occurs less frequently in developing countries including South Africa which unlike many developing countries has a sound infrastructure and many excellent schools in both the state and the independent sectors. Education White Paper 6: Special education: Building an inclusive education and training system was published in 2001 with the express intention of developing an inclusive education system in South Africa. Some South African independent schools have successfully implemented valuable forms of inclusion in their schools and this is the phenomenon that was studied. This study reveals various aspects of the inclusive process including the pivotal role that principals play in the transformation process of which inclusive education is the harbinger. It also analyses why principals choose to embrace a paradigm that on the surface is uncomfortable and not an easy option. We used narrative research as methodology for this qualitative research. The basic tenet was that inclusion leads to belonging and excellence in education. The major findings were that inclusion to most principals was about taking action, humanity and emotion. The principals also described inclusion as personal and pragmatic. The implications for action are of interest not only to principals, but to anyone who is seriously interested in innovative and more humane forms of anti-oppressive education. 相似文献
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Steve Sider Kimberly Maich Jhonel Morvan Mélissa Villella Paul Ling Chantelle Repp 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2021,21(3):233-241
As school systems strive to support students with special education needs in inclusive schools, there has been a persistent lack of scholarly literature that addresses the ways in which school principals are engaged in this process. This article is a response to this gap and aims to examine the question: What types of experiences do school principals identify as formational in their support of students with special education needs and fostering inclusive schools? Based on the analysis of data collected from 285 school principals from six provinces in Canada, four key themes are identified including: relationships, modelling behaviours, communication and principal isolation and lack of preparation. These themes are examined with consideration for how to support principals’ professional leadership in fostering inclusive schools. As a result, this article’s significance is in its examination of the experiences of principals and how these influence their leadership practice for supporting students with special education needs and fostering inclusive schools. 相似文献
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Penni Cushman 《Gender and education》2008,20(2):123-136
The need for more male role models in young boys’ lives is one of the main reasons underpinning the call for more male teachers in primary schools. However, the exact responsibilities and attributes associated with the term ‘male role model’ have yet to be clearly established. The purpose of this survey of 250 New Zealand primary school principals was to investigate the views of one major group of stakeholders to determine how principals defined male role models and what they considered the specific attributes of that role. The study found that the principals favoured men who exhibit a hegemonic masculinity couched in heterosexual, rugby‐playing, ‘real men’ attributes. 相似文献
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Elizabeth Bettini Sungur Gurel Yujeong Park Walter Leite James McLeskey 《Exceptionality》2019,27(1):18-31
To effectively teach reading to students with and at risk for disabilities, special and general education teachers depend on principals who support effective specialized reading instruction. Yet, extant research indicates that principals have inadequate preparation for supporting specialized instruction. To address this issue, scholars have recommended that leader preparation programs should provide prospective leaders with more preparation in special education. However, research to date provides limited indications of whether more preparation would in fact support more effective leadership for special education. Therefore, we examined data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to determine whether principals’ qualifications in special education and in reading predicted struggling readers’ and students with disabilities’ reading achievement growth in kindergarten. We found no effects; principals’ coursework in special education, coursework in reading, prior experiences as a special education teacher, and experience in school leadership did not predict reading achievement growth among students with or at-risk for disabilities. 相似文献