scholarly journals Exploring the Natural Attributes of Principals as Educational Leaders

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-376
Author(s):  
Rohani Binti Marasan ◽  
Andrew Lim ◽  
Dg. Norizah Ag Kiflee@Dzulkifli ◽  
Colonius Atang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Leadership Orientation ◽  
Educational Administrators ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Determining Factor

This study sought to explore the leadership of principals as educational administrators based on their natural attributes. The excellence in the actions of principals as educational administrators will serve as the determining factor for the success of a school across nine fields listed in the Malaysian School Principals Competency Standards. This success is mainly driven by the natural attributes of principals’ leadership in influencing the processes and behaviour of teachers in the delivery of education. This study also explores leadership issues and problems that are still of current interest. Principals’ competency levels in executing leadership still show that teachers are constrained by numerous flaws particularly in the teaching and learning in schools. Such conditions are often mirrored in schools with poor leadership display by Principals who are bent on putting off planned educational programmes. This qualitative study was done as a single case study. Qualitative data obtained via interviews with 10 informants in school formed the research case. The interviews were semi-structured and were analysed manually using category classification. The interviews explained the natural attributes reflected via Principals’ leadership orientation to answer the issues in this study. The findings of this study shall serve as additional elements in the process of selecting and placing Principals, as well as be developed as a guide for educational administrators desiring effective and quality leadership orientation for managing and administrating schools in Sabah. This study is of importance as it contributes additional knowledge in the fields of education and human resource for the benefit of other researchers.

scholarly journals CELTA Course from the Perspective of EFL Instructors: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolga Çay ◽  
◽  
Cenk AKAY ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Private University ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Evaluation Survey

The aim of this study is to explore the CELTA course from the perspective of EFL instructors. A single case study of qualitative research methods is employed in the study. The sample consists of 6 EFL instructors working for a private university in Turkey. The quantitative data of the research was obtained through course evaluation survey. Qualitative data was gathered by open-ended questions and interview forms developed by the researcher and also with the documents. Descriptive analysis was performed to show evaluation of the course in the quantitative phase of the research. On the other hand, the content analysis method was applied in the analysis of qualitative data. As a result of the study, the CELTA course is useful for EFL instructors’ careers; nevertheless the course components and content should be redesigned considering andragogic principles. Moreover, EFL instructors were pleased to take the course at the end of the course although the course’s weaknesses.

scholarly journals Exploring the Learning Journeys of Academic Head of Department Preparations and Access to Their Roles: The Case of a Selected University in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. p11
Author(s):  
Gloria Nyame
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Formal Training ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
Reference Guide ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Head Of Department

Leadership training for educational leaders in the academia has been considered paramount to empower them both for leadership and management skills, knowledge and experience necessary to bring about quality in teaching and learning. Majority of the academic leaders are appointed without any preparation for the role and tend to struggle on the role in order to be effective. Most studies carried out on academic leaders in Africa focus mainly on challenges, roles and theories of leadership. This study explores the journeys involved in the preparations of academics who become Head of Departments in a selected university in Ghana in order to enable them play their roles effectively. The case study approach was used to study the journeys involved in the preparations of 16 academic HoDs in a selected university in Ghana, focusing on how they accessed their roles, their understanding about the roles, preparations they have had on the roles and the preparations they would have wished for the roles. It sought to describe, understand and interpret the learning journeys of academic HoDs regarding how they became HoDs and preparations they received to be effective in their roles. Interviews and documentary evidence were employed. Semi structured interviews were conducted with sixteen university head of departments. Using thematic analysis, the study revealed among others that most newly appointed academic HoDs were not given formal training before they began to play their roles, Again, the findings revealed different degrees of preparations which were mainly informal and were not directly linked to the roles of the HoDs, which were consistent with the literature that majority of academic HoDs did not receive preparations for their roles and tended to use their experiences to play their roles. Based on these findings, recommendations are that there should be a formal training on the HoD’s duties and their implementations for all newly appointed HoDs to enrich them with the necessary skills and knowledge to make them effective and efficient. There is the need to conduct needs assessment from the HoDs to inform their preparation or training and development of HoDs manual to serve as a reference guide to the HoDs. It is hoped that the findings will contribute to effective preparations of the academic HoDs. The research may also lead to the production of HoD’s manuals. More importantly, it may inform policies to identify areas for effective preparations of the academic HoDs.

Implementing a Problem-Based Technology Learning Environment to Foster Cultural Literacy and Responsiveness Instructional Skills

2014 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Blanche Jackson Glimps ◽  
Theron Ford
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Portable Computers

Technology is part of our daily lives; we can observe the use of technology in our cell phones and portable computers and, most notably, within classrooms. If used within the proper pedagogical context, computer-aided technology can be quite advantageous to teacher educators whose pedagogical belief is also centered on teaching and learning that is responsive to students’ needs and cultures. When technology is combined with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), it can be a powerful aid to help pre-service teachers build cultural literacy and the skills needed to be responsive to students’ needs. This chapter presents a single case study of the highly successful academic outcomes through the wedding of PBL and technology.

scholarly journals INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN SABAH ISLAND: A CASE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (40) ◽  
pp. 293-307
Author(s):  
Dexter Silam ◽  
Vincent Pang ◽  
Denis Lajium
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Observation Methods

In the 21st century, the basic concept of instructional leadership has not changed much but its needs are still relevant and have become an important pulse for principals’ leadership towards the achievement of curricular excellence in schools. This study aims to identify instructional leadership practices and their implementation by island school principals in the state of Sabah. The qualitative study using this case study approach involved principals, senior curriculum assistants, and school subject teachers as study participants. The study data collected through interview, document analysis, and observation methods were processed and analyzed using ATLAS software. ti 8. The findings of the study show that the practice of instructional leadership in terms of defining the mission of the school, managing instructional programs, and creating a positive school climate is very important to ensure school excellence can be achieved. Principals of island schools should practice instructional leadership in their leadership not just to achieve curricular excellence but as a platform to perform their responsibilities as change leaders in schools in driving schools towards effective schools according to current changes. In conclusion, the instructional leadership practices of school principals are very important in ensuring curriculum excellence and the effectiveness of teachers' teaching and learning can be achieved in a planned and systematic manner and able to keep up with the current changes in the context of global education.

scholarly journals Learner discipline in the post-corporal punishment era: What an experience!

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Olufunmilayo Tenidade Obadire ◽  
Dzivhonele Albert Sinthumule
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Management ◽  
Effective School ◽  
Disciplinary Problems ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning ◽  
Data Collection Approach

Learner discipline is one of the bases of effective teaching and learning. If learners are not well disciplined, schools will not provide the best possible education. Therefore, it is important that good disciplinary measures and procedures be put in place in any school. In this article we investigate how learners in schools are currently being disciplined without violating their human rights. The nature and the causes of learners’ disciplinary problems are fundamental. A qualitative data-collection approach was employed in this research. Purposive non-probability sampling was used to select the participants for the study. Experienced educators from school disciplinary committees, Representative Councils of Learners (RCLs) and the school principals of 4 schools were interviewed. We found that the common causes of learners’ disciplinary problems varied from school to school. Furthermore, effective school management was found to be at the heart of learner discipline and the general academic performance of the school. We recommend that parents as first teachers should instill values and morals for their children to distinguish right from wrong.

scholarly journals Developing Leadership Capacity in Others: An Examination of High School Principals' Personal Capacities for Fostering Leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Shawn Huggins
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Leadership Capacity ◽  
Professional Networks ◽  
Informal Leaders

In this multisite case study, we examine the personal capacities of six high school principals who have developed the leadership capacities of other leaders in their respective schools. Participants were purposefully selected by two teams of researchers in two states of the United States, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, who engaged their professional networks of current and former educational leaders to obtain recommendations of high school principals known to develop the leadership capacities of formal and informal leaders in their schools. The findings indicate that the principals possessed a strong commitment to developing leadership capacity, understood leadership development as a process and tolerated risk. This study adds to the rapidly growing corpus of literature focused on distributed leaders by illustrating the complexities of developing leadership capacity in an attempt to increase organizational leadership capacity, and by highlighting the relevant characteristics of principals who have intentionally sought to do so.

Implementing a Problem-Based Technology Learning Environment to Foster Cultural Literacy and Responsiveness Instructional Skills

2016 ◽  
pp. 1324-1337
Author(s):  
Blanche Jackson Glimps ◽  
Theron Ford
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Cultural Literacy ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Portable Computers

Technology is part of our daily lives; we can observe the use of technology in our cell phones and portable computers and, most notably, within classrooms. If used within the proper pedagogical context, computer-aided technology can be quite advantageous to teacher educators whose pedagogical belief is also centered on teaching and learning that is responsive to students' needs and cultures. When technology is combined with Problem-Based Learning (PBL), it can be a powerful aid to help pre-service teachers build cultural literacy and the skills needed to be responsive to students' needs. This chapter presents a single case study of the highly successful academic outcomes through the wedding of PBL and technology.

scholarly journals THE ROYAL WELSH SHOW: THE NATION’S TRUE CAULDRON

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Langridge-Thomas ◽  
Philip Crowther ◽  
Caroline Westwood
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Archival Research

The Royal Welsh Show (RWS), which is the largest event of its kind in Europe, is used as a single case study to examine events as a catalyst in the context of networks and the knowledge economy. The long-established essence of agricultural shows is a coalescing of dispersed populations in a temporary cluster, expressed most recently as ‘rural buzz’. This paper takes a new, and emerging, perspective of value and specifically examines how the show, through its manifold platforms and fusing of resources, generates network value. The RWS operates in a 176-acre showground, with exhibitors, partners, and close to 250,000 attendees, therefore engagement platforms are many and varied, and often co-produced. Thus, the event is a canopy, both within and beyond of its 4 days each July, for incalculable planned and less planned interactions and linkages. The event has been labelled ‘the nations true cauldron’, reflecting its proven potential to engage people, and organisations alike, and consequently co-create network value. The extensive case study includes 43 interviews and 1,322 questionnaires, in addition to archival research. The analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data is used to develop a ‘Taxonomy of Platforms’, exposing the multi-layered, co-creative, and pervasive approach to the generation of network value. The findings reveal the importance of such knowledge sharing and creation. Also evident is the manifest and focal role of the RWS in merging the events value creation partners and enabling linkages which can endure and underlie the stimulation and perpetuation of networks. The study endorses the virtue of the network lens through which to examine and reveal event induced value, but also as a way of more introspectively interpreting how value is extracted by event actors.

scholarly journals EFL LEARNER’S PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS: A PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Valisneria Utami
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Chinese Student ◽  
Consonant Cluster ◽  
International Language ◽  
Word Stress ◽  
Short Vowels ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Monosyllabic Words

Many research concerning pronunciation problems of Chinese learners majorly take place within the country, yet very few of them conducted in the context where English is the native language of the country. This study aims to explore the problematic features of pronunciation of Chinese student who studied in Australian university. This study employs qualitative approach with a single case study. The data were collected through an interview and two models of speaking; monologue and reading a text. The problematic features, then, were prioritized based on its context and concept of English as International Language (EIL) context proposed by Jennifer Jenkins (2006). The result showed that the participant was aware about her pronunciation issues. Several problematic segmental and suprasegmental features in which emerged during data analysis also supported this finding. The problematic features are consonant cluster, long and short vowels, /r/ and /l/ sounds, schwa addition in monosyllabic words, /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ʌ/, and issues in word stress, prominence, and intonation. Among all these features, the proposed prioritization of teaching is to focus on word stress, consonant cluster, intonation and prominence, /r/ and/l/, and long and short vowels. The findings also showed  slightly difference in which in this study, the participant did not encountered difficulties in pronouncing double /l/ sounds.This study concludes with recommendation for teaching and learning these problematic features.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Kegiatan Ekstrakurikuler Bahasa Arab di Pondok Pesantren

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Ni'mah Ziyadatul Khusnah ◽  
Kholisin Kholisin ◽  
Ahmad Munjin Nasih
Keyword(s):  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Method

<p class="ABSTRACT"><span lang="EN">This study discusses the development of extracurricular activities in Arabic at Nurul Jadid Islamic Boarding School, Paiton-Probolinggo, which includes: 1) Types of activities, 2) Planning activities, 3) Implementation of activities, and 4) Evaluating activities. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach. The qualitative data in this study included extracurricular activities in Arabic. The data sources of this research are the core management and students in the LPBA. The instrument is the researcher himself (human instrument). Data collection was obtained through the results of distributing questionnaires, interviews, observation, and documentation. The results showed a number of things, namely (1) twelve extracurricular activities attended by students at ula and wushta levels with the hope that students often get used to listening to hiwar or Arabic conversations from native Arabs, and can apply them in daily conversations. day (2) Planning activities consist of student organizations, curriculum, schedule arrangements, activity themes, and regulations, (3) This activity is carried out every night after teaching and learning activities (KBM) and Friday from morning to evening, and (4) Evaluation of this activity is carried out once a month with the aim of finding solutions to problems experienced by students.</span></p>

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