The role of Hong Kong aided secondary schools' vice-principals : perception of vice-prinicipals, principals and teachers

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-kuen, Simon So
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Vice Principals

An Analysis of Sport Identity as a Predictor of Children’s Participation in Sport

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick W.C. Lau ◽  
Kenneth R. Fox ◽  
Mike W.L. Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Relative Autonomy ◽  
Sport Competence ◽  
Sport Identity

The purpose of this study was to examine the role of sport identity within a model of children’s sport participation. Participants were 238 boys and 231 girls aged 12 to 13 years from state secondary schools in Hong Kong. Questionnaires were administered in order to assess the influences of psychosocial and socioenvironmental constructs on children’s sport involvement. Regression analyses and path analysis were used to assess hypothesized relationships in the model. Results indicated that sport identity was the strongest predictor of children’s sport participation; perceived sport competence, peer influence, and relative autonomy index (RAI) were predictors of sport identity; and path analysis indicated that the data provided a good fit to the model featuring sport identity as the mediator between psychosocial and socioenvironmental variables and children’s sport participation.

Practitioners’ Involvement and Challenges, they Encountered in Curriculum Development: The Case of Secondary Schools in Amhara Sayint Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Melesse ◽  
Mulu Melesse
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Amhara Region ◽  
Vice Principals ◽  
Development Phases ◽  
Perceived Involvement

The purpose of this study was to assess practitioners’ perceived involvement and challenges they encountered in the process of curriculum development in Secondary schools of Amhara Sayintworeda. Mixed research design was employed to provide answer to the basic questions of this research. The sample consisted of 125 secondary school teachers, 3 school principals, 4 vice principals, and 1 supervisor. Proportional random sampling technique was used to select the sample teachers and comprehensive sampling technique was used to select the sample school principals, vice principals, and the supervisor. The data was collected through questionnaire and semi-structured interview. The collected data was analyzed using percentage, one sample t-test and thematic description. The findings indicated low practitioners’ perceived involvement in all the curriculum development phases other than curriculum implementation. Absence of financial and material incentives and practitioners’ lack of motivation were considered as the major inhibiting factors for practitioners’ involvement in the different phases of the curriculum development process. On the basis of the major findings, relevant recommendations are suggested in the paper.

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