School days are organised on a whole day and or a shift basis in different countries. When the school day is arranged on double shift basis, two sets of pupil attend the same school in a given day. This thesis is based on a phenomenological research which examined how the educat…
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This dissertation sought to answer questions about the sensemaking processes of teacher leaders in a middle school that was part of a state-wide improvement process called the Ohio Improvement Process ( OIP). The context of the research was a historically under-performing school…
School principals in Illinois face an ethical dilemma when evaluating tenured teachers. Giving an unsatisfactory rating and placing a tenured teacher under a remediation plan opens the door to a time-consuming process filled with legal and financial issues that will strain relat…
Many educators and higher education administrators believe that leadership skills are a desired outcome of the undergraduate experience (Astin & Astin, 2000; Lucas, 1994; Shertzer & Schuh, 2004). While the importance of leadership development in higher education is well supporte…
The Philosophy and History of Al-Khalwa in the Sudan begins with a brief general introduction to Islamic education so that Al-Khalwa can be seen in context. The history of Islam in the Sudan and the institution of Al-Khalwa until the end of the Funj period demonstrates how the u…
This study investigates the bully and the bullied from 1950 to 2010. It begins by presenting a historical background of each decade with the major historical events that defined our culture. Each decade can be characterized by a particular zeitgeist, or spirit of the times. Duri…
Morocco wants desperately to find her place amongst the twentieth century nations of the world. When one hears of Morocco one immediately thinks of Africa and of a culture foreign to the European nations, However all one has to do is to know a little about Morocco's history, geo…
This study, which was conducted with a mixed methods approach, identified specific teacher behaviors that enhance student engagement as perceived by the students. Students were asked to rate the behaviors they found as boosting their engagement in class as exhibited by their bes…
The purpose of this study is to introduce and explore the five-year generalist teaching cycle in Turkey from the elementary teachers' perspectives. The five-year generalist teaching cycle is the model in which a generalist teacher teaches the same group of students from 1st grad…
The goal of Universal Basic Education (UBE) launched by the federal republic of Nigeria in 1999 for the purpose of Education for All by the year 2015 is in doubt. A large body of literature has identified the challenges to its successful realization, namely: poor funding, infras…
This study explores the future Palestinian educational system as envisioned by the Palestinian leadership and educators in the new Palestinian self-ruled areas. The study provides a vision and a set of guidelines to develop an educational system and a broad-based curriculum phil…
The educational system in the United States continues to face the mounting challenge of providing adequate education that meets the needs of students from ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds. As school communities continue to be transformed into…
The purpose of this research was to investigate certain educational attitudes of 300 Saudi elementary teachers in Jeddah, Riyadh, and the Eastern Region. It focused on identifying attitudes toward (1) instructional strategies, (2) instructional resources, (3) specific subject ar…
The central purposes of this study were (1) to determine the perceptions that teachers and the principal in an Islamic school have of themselves and each other regarding their involvement and competence in their respective job tasks; (2) to determine the tasks teachers and the p…
Current educational reform initiatives in Bangladesh focus on classroom teaching as a direct path to improving student learning outcomes and indicate a shift away from the teacher-centered, authoritarian education model of the past with a preference for a more constructivist ped…
In 2011, the Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) conferred 21 new authorities in addition to the previous 31 to their school principals. A main goal in conferring these authorities was to facilitate decentralization of Saudi school districts. To further facilitate decentralization…
The decreases in students' motivation, self-esteem, and academic achievement have become a great concern in education. Research has found that as students transition to middle school they incur decreases in academic achievement, academic motivation, and academic responsibilities…
This dissertation explored the possible effects that the 2008 financial recession might have had on superintendents' leadership and decision-making. A great deal of scholarship has addressed the effects of the 2008 financial recession as well as educational leadership, however, …
This study examines the development of early grade reading skills as a means for quality improvement in global education. Specifically, this study explores the contextual factors that affect the achievement of early reading skills in Ethiopia and investigates the relationship be…