Agency and Structure: Principals’ Ability to Bring about Sustainable Improvement in Underperforming Schools in South Africa     

George N. Shava 《Africa Education Review》2019,16(2):50-68

This article reports on a study of which the purpose was to understand the role of principals in changing underperforming schools towards sustainable improvement in one circuit area of North-West, South Africa. School principals play a crucial role in guiding schools towards sustainable improvement by shaping a vision of academic success for all learners. Managing teaching is one of the core modules in South Africa’s new national qualification for school principals, and that being the case, principals should play a central role in effecting the educational transformation of all learners. The quality of principals’ leadership is the key factor driving the transformational turnaround and improvement required in schools. They perform a highly complex and dynamic role in enhancing and sustaining school improvement. It was the goal of this qualitative study to explore cultural, structural, and agential challenges faced by principals in their effort to provide for change and improvement in their schools. Six schools were purposefully selected to participate in the study and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from the principals. The study established that paying attention to cultural, structural and agential factors in schools increases their ability to sustain learner improvement.  相似文献   

Transforming Education through School-community Partnerships: Lessons from Four Rural Early Childhood Development Schools in Zimbabwe     

Thamsanqa T. Bhengu  Evangelista Svosve 《Africa Education Review》2019,16(2):16-35

This article presents and discusses the findings of a multi-case study that was conducted in four remote rural early childhood development (ECD) schools located in the Chiredzi district, in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe. The article explored how school heads enhanced resources mobilisation in remote rural ECD schools through school-community partnerships in order to improve teaching and learning conditions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the school heads, deputy heads and teachers in charge. Document reviews and observations were also used to augment data from interviews. Invitational leadership was used as an analytic tool for the study. The findings suggest that the school heads succeeded to some degree in bringing parents and various stakeholders to the ECD schools to deal with the challenges facing them. Various strategies were used including tapping into local knowledge to ensure that parents who could afford to pay fees managed to do so.  相似文献   

气质类型相融度对高职班委整体效能的影响     

邓燕 《南昌教育学院学报》2011,26(3):94-95

根据分层抽样原则选取20个班级的班委群体作为研究对象,探讨高职院校班委群体中各成员气质类型相融度与其整体效能之间的关系。结果表明,高职院校班委群体成员中气质类型列前三位的是多血—粘液质、多血质和粘液质;高低效能两类班委群体成员的气质类型在多血质、胆汁—粘液质、多血—抑郁质上存在显著差异,其班长在气质类型上亦有明显差异。  相似文献   

论建立高校领导班子建设评估的长效机制     

杨阳 《湖北广播电视大学学报》2011,31(8):104-105

建立高校领导班子评估的长效机制是使高校领导班子建设评估得以保证的一个必要环节,本文拟从以下方面对建立高校领导班子评估的长效机制进行探析：建立和完善科学的高校领导干部业绩考核体系;完善考核的监督机制;建立完善激励机制;建立健全各类规范制约机制。  相似文献   

全纳教育理念下特殊儿童教育研究     

韩春燕 《成都教育学院学报》2011,(6):45-46,50

特殊儿童教育是全纳教育的一个重要组成部分,也是教育公平的一个重要体现。20世纪90年代兴起的全新的教育理念——全纳教育已经得到了公众的认可：呼唤建立一种平等的全纳社会。文章通过对国内外特殊儿童教育现状和问题的分析,针对国内特殊儿童教育过程中出现的问题,提出建设性的意见和对策,以期为特殊儿童的健康发展提供参考。  相似文献   

全纳教育理念下的教师教学个性探析     

李胜芳 《南阳师范学院学报》2011,10(5):110-112,115

全纳教育是当代教育重大发展趋势之一,它将教师和学生共同纳入教育视野,倡导师生在教育教学过程中的共同参与、共同体验、共同享受和共同发展。在全纳教育理念的观照下,教师的教学个性具有更加重要的价值,教师鲜明的教学个性成为培养学生个性、实现师生共同成为教学主体以及充分合作的必要条件。但现实教学中又存在教师教学个性缺失的问题。培养教师的教学个性,除了教师个人的自我提升,还要从日常教学管理、师资培训和教师评价制度等方面进行改革。  相似文献   

高校中层干部和谐领导力模型及建设机制创新     

赵红亮 《南阳师范学院学报》2011,10(7):25-27

目前对于高校中层干部和谐领导力的研究还未见到专题成果,本文旨在对其进行尝试性的探索。高校中层干部和谐领导力对于和谐校园建设是危机管理能力、学习创新能力等八方面能力的集中构成,对于实现师生干群和谐、民主治校以及学校科学发展具有重要意义。创新高校中层干部和谐领导力建设机制包括创新理论学习机制、创新实践锻炼机制、创新文化建设机制、创新干部管理机制四个基本方面。  相似文献   

Primary physical education subject leadership: along the road from in-house solutions to outsourcing     

Gerald Griggs  Vicky Randall 《Education 3-13》2019,47(6):664-677

The modern primary school is a complex institution containing a growing community of individuals and organisations with potentially competing agendas. Within this environment, subject leaders are typically looked upon for advice and guidance within a given subject area such as Physical Education. Yet for those endeavouring to provide Physical Education subject leadership within primary schools, the challenge has grown significantly over the last two decades amidst an ever-changing policy landscape. This paper is for and about primary Physical Education subject leadership; the purpose of which, to plot primary Physical Education's policy journey and explore the implications of reform in shaping the subject leader's role. The paper addresses the current lack of guidance for the subject leader and examines the professional knowledge, skills and experience required to do the role effectively.  相似文献   

全纳教育思潮背景下我国教育改革路径探析     

李利红  王志丽 《重庆职业技术学院学报》2011,20(4):87-89

20世纪末期兴起全纳教育发端于特殊教育,后逐渐扩展到整个教育领域,在国际上产生了广泛深远的影响。在全纳教育思潮的启示下,我国当今教育改革要树立全纳的观念,遵循平等和多样化原则,在课程设计、教学、专业素养形成等方面都要发生一系列的变革。  相似文献   

多元包容性人力资源实践对个体创造力的影响——双元学习和魅力型领导的作用     

赵富强  鲁倩  陈耘 《科研管理》2020,41(4):94-102

多元化员工可为组织带来诸多创新所需异质知识,同时也为组织带来极大管理挑战,因而多元包容性人力资源实践（IHRP）成为学界和业界关注的热点。基于资源保存理论,本研究通过界定IHRP的内涵构成并构建被调节的中介作用模型,探究其对个体创造力的作用机理与边界条件。通过验证性因子分析与逐步回归发现：（1）IHRP包括个性化配置、多元性选拔、包容性发展、参与性评估和针对性薪酬;（2）IHRP对个体创造力有积极促进作用;（3）双元学习在IHRP与个体创造力之间起中介作用;（4）魅力型领导调节IHRP对双元学习与个体创造力的直接作用,同时调节IHRP通过双元学习对个体创造力的间接作用。  相似文献