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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"School Governance"”.
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Participatory democracy and urban school governance: Toward a developmental conception
… of this thesis is to articulate a model of school governance based upon the ""developmental"" conception of democracy derived from the political thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, John Dewey, and Mohandes K. Gandhi. In the process the philosophical underpinnings …
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An analysis of parents' reasons for participating in school governance
Bibliography: leaves 89-93.
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An analysis of the nature of parental involvement in school governance
… response to the recently enacted South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996 (SASA), which sees the legislated inclusion of parents in school governing bodies. The Act promotes four distinct representative participants or stakeholders. These include parents, who constitute the majority, educators, …
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Primary School Governance: The Perspectives of Head Teachers and Chairs of Governance
In England over 300,000 school governors serve some 23,000 schools, influence the lives of over 7 million children and oversee a budget in excess of £20 billion per annum. School governors, as unpaid volunteers, are said to have responsibilities and duties that are unprecedented in the voluntary …
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An Examination Of Urban School Governance Reform In Detroit Public Schools, 1999-2014
… of our students. Since A Nation at Risk, elected school boards in urban areas were under fire from the media, parents, other civic and community leaders, and voters due to fiscal irresponsibility and poor student achievement. In selected urban cities across the nation, elected school boards were …
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Legitimacy, traditional institutions and school governance : a case study of an eastern district
… all spheres of life. In the rural local governance arena this transformation has been characterized by tensions and contradictions arising from uncertainties about structures of local governance. In post apartheid South Africa we have a situation which may be described as having two bulls …
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Understanding Charter School Governance: A Case Study of a Conversion Charter School Board of Directors
The charter school movement has been at the forefront of educational reform since the 1990s. The majority of charter school research has focused on academic achievement and issues of access, equity, and funding. Less attention has focused on charter school governance, yet evidence suggests that …
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Learner participation and satisfaction in decision-making in school governance within the Vhembe District of the Limpopo
Department of Curriculum Studies and Education Management.
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School governance in New Hampshire: Revisiting a study of school board -superintendent relations in small rural school districts
… in 1988, through (1) questionnaires given to school board members and superintendents and (2) follow-up interviews with board members and superintendents. The same written survey instruments were used. The same interview questions were used with the addition of several questions that inquired …
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Market Values in Education: A Case Study of its Effect on the Principal's Model for School Governance in Alberta
… scale market forces such as parental choice and school competition onto educational systems in order to coerce school improvement. This shift may be prompting school-based administrators to shift school governance practices to reflect these market values. This shift, occurring in Alberta …
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Parental involvement in the governance of secondary school in Eritrea: Current trends and future possibilities
… the current policies and practices of secondary school governance in Eritrea. There is a basic need to investigate the nature of parental involvement in school governance, particularly in relation to policies enshrined in the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) guidelines. The study examined the …
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An evaluation of parent involvement in the govemance of primary schools
… of the role that the parent component of the School Governing Body (SGB) plays in governing primary schools. A literature review established the functions and significance of parent contributions to school governance. The study investigated strategies that can enhance parent participation. An …
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Keeping faith: secularisation and its influence on the governance of primary schools in Northern Ireland
… to examine secularisation and its influence on school governance of primary schools of different management types in Northern Ireland. This thesis is guided by two central research questions. The first is concerned with the perceived extent of secularisation in Northern Ireland and the role of …
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Alignment of Leadership to Constructs of Governance in Independent Schools
… the different perceptions of independent school heads of school and executive board leaders in their understanding of key constructs of independent school governance, especially as the understanding may change during a crisis. The five constructs of independent school governance are the …
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Stakeholders’ perspectives regarding parental involvement in governance and schooling in Hlabisa circuit schools
The literature reveals that if schools lack parental involvement, effective management suffers significantly causing shortcomings in school governance and academic progress. The literature also shows that there exists a relationship between parental involvement and learner‟s academic achievements. …
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The role of parent-teacher-student-associations (PTSAs) in the democratic governance of schools : future policy implications
… in the democratic governance of secondary schools for purposes of contributing towards the education governance policy discourse as South Africa moves away from apartheid to democracy. Central to this largely fact-finding exercise was an attempt to make a …
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An evaluative study of the role of the School Governing Body parent component in decision-making
… and to what extent the parent component of the School Governing Body plays a role in decision-making in schools. The study conducted in Umzumbe Circuit schools, under the Port-Shepstone District in the Pietermaritzburg region of KwaZulu Natal Province. The research brings to the fore a …
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The relations between the formal structure of educational governance and classroom practice
… is a pervasive belief among those concerned with school governance that policy makers can and do steer school practice through such instruments as external tests and examinations, teacher evaluation systems, teacher certification codes, mandated curricula, and the like (Cohen, 1990; Cohen and …
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School traditional leadership partnership in Alfred Nzo East Education District: a case study of three secondary schools notorious for school violence
… role in muting the idea of the construction of schools in their communities are finally placed at the periphery in school governance by the School Management Teams and School Governing Bodies in South Africa. Most relevant literature studies on partnership with traditional leaders have been done …
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An analysis of the extent and effects of politics on KwaZulu-Natal secondary schools
… effects of politics on KwaZutu-Natal Secondary Schools". The study was influenced by the fact that politics is inescapable so are the consequences of politics. As an introduction the History of Politics and Education in South Africa was reviewed. It was determined how politics affected South …
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