This study was performed to inspect the concept of leadership among principals of private high schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study's focus is to elicit the principals' beliefs about leadership and the way they see themselves as leaders, either initiating structure (people…
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Most modeling approaches in institutions of higher learning tend to be directed towards planning of human, financial, and physical resources in the higher levels of academic administration planning. However, these models cannot easily be applied at the departmental level. At the…
This dissertation studies issues related to the problem of large class size in French-Speaking West Africa with a closer look at the specific cases of the Republics of Togo and Senegal. Statistical reports on school enrollment data from elementary and secondary schools have help…
The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyze the perception of school principals in Aseer educational district in Saudi Arabia regarding the importance of principalship. It also attempts to determine the elements of a training program for all school principals. The…
Brazil has been recognized as one of the largest agricultural producing countries in the world. The Northeast region of the Rio Grande do Sul State has predominantly small farms in the rural area. This study was conducted to describe the perceived farm management educational nee…
Catholic high schools, like all other Catholic schools, are expected to identify with the Church, since they are important instruments of evangelization. From 1964 to 1970, social and political ramifications that occurred in Nigeria had a negative impact on the Catholic schools.…
Educators have studied community participation as it relates to school efficiency, academic effectiveness, social mobilization, and the accountability of partners involved in the education process. The study of the sustainability or continuity of community participation over tim…
We have never denied other people the right to identify and express their ownself apprehension. It is always others, beginning with the European colonizers who attempted to eradicate our own sense of identity, who have done this. (Soyinka, 1985, p. 31) The words of Wole Soyinka,…
The primary purpose of this study was to compare and contrast how men and women in similar senior administrative positions in higher education institutions perceived ideal characteristics for success in their positions, how they felt about those ideal characteristics compared to…
The needs of citizens for the twenty-first century have led educational institutions to re-examine their instructional strategies and methodologies. In an attempt to meet the demands of this ever-changing world, institutions initiate innovations in teaching strategies for effect…
This three-year ethnographic study traces the operations of three high school newspaper programs in Southern California, one serving a working-class Latino population and two serving primarily Caucasian and upper-middle class students. It asks what the differences are in the app…
This study investigated the extent of agreement between leaders of colleges of technology and leaders of business and industry in Saudi Arabia toward cooperative activities in terms of the perceived importance and need for cooperation; current cooperative activities that exist b…
This study examined types of parental involvement in UAE schools and determined whether parental involvement contributes to the success of “distinguished schools.” In order to answer the study's questions, interviews were conducted with principals, teachers, and parents from dis…
Fifty principals of public high schools in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were interviewed to identify problems their schools face, initiatives that would address the problems, and barriers to the identification of problems and implementation of solutions. They rated the importance of 4 …
The purpose of this study is to investigate and describe factors of job satisfaction of faculty members in colleges of technology in Saudi Arabia, with the ultimate goal of suggesting some remedies and ideas that may contribute to the enhancement of faculty performance. For the …
The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the Saudi national culture and its effects on organizational and administrative roles in the Saudi public schools. National culture has been shown to be a key factor in the direction of administrative practices. Hofstede's (1…
This study investigated the influence of teachers' characteristics and secondary science teacher preparation programs on new high school chemistry teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and performance. "New high school chemistry teacher" refers to any teacher who during their first thre…
The goal of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) to localize research and development activities may be achieved through appropriate faculty development programs. Effective faculty development programs are expected to improve organizational performance, without compromisin…
The evaluating of teachers has long been a part of the educational system. In recent decades, public demand for accountability in education has brought increased emphasis on teacher evaluation. Yet many studies indicate that the teacher-evaluation process, as currently practiced…