The Challenge of Maintaining School Culture in a Traditional School Setting—A Case Study

2014 ◽  
pp. 28-55
Author(s):  
Jennifer Yamin-Ali
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Traditional School

PCS For Families: A Case Study in the Participatory Design of a Technology-Rich Elementary School Classroom

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 646-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith McCreary ◽  
Ray Reaux ◽  
Roger Ehrich ◽  
Susan Hood ◽  
Keith Rowland
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Network Connectivity ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
System Support ◽  
Laboratory Facilities ◽  
Working Day ◽  
Workspace Design

Computers and network connectivity in the classroom raise new challenges in workspace design. Unlike corporate or dedicated laboratory facilities, a technology-rich classroom plays multiple roles throughout its working day. Classroom design demands flexible and robust construction, particularly when applied in an elementary school setting. Using the PCs for Families project as a case study, this paper discusses design issues of a technology-rich networked classroom from ergonomic design to system support.

Fostering Cultural Responsiveness in an Urban High School: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 019263652110365
Author(s):  
Jay Paredes Scribner ◽  
Donna H. Weingand ◽  
Karen Leigh Sanzo
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Cultural Responsiveness ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Teacher Needs

Scholars and practitioners have increasingly recognized the role of culturally responsive school leadership (CRSL). However, few studies have applied recent comprehensive CRSL theoretical frameworks. This in-depth case study explores how a school leader understands and shapes a school culture to be increasingly culturally responsive to students. Utilizing recent conceptualizations of CRSL as a lens, two major findings were developed. First, the principal’s understanding of what it means to be a culturally responsive leader is centered on the student experience: meeting basic needs, seeking “vertical” engagement, and transforming student world views. Second, to meet those student needs the principal practiced differentiated instructional leadership according to individual teacher needs and oriented to fostering a culturally responsive school culture. We suggest future research carefully examine (1) the interplay of beliefs, dispositions, and values in CRSL play, and (2) how CRSL (where it exists) manifests as an organizational.

Teaching playground behavioural expectations to secondary age students with intellectual disabilities attending a special school

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Simó-Pinatella ◽  
Marisa Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Special School ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Students With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Special Education School ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Materials Used

Purpose School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) is a proactive behavioural support system that fosters behaviour change in individuals in a school setting. This article aims to present a case example of teaching and reinforcing behavioural expectations in a special school. Design/methodology/approach This case study reflects different steps and materials used before and during the intervention in a special education school with 61 secondary students with intellectual disabilities. An AB design (A – baseline; B – intervention) was used to collect and analyze data. Findings Results suggest that teaching behavioural expectations as a universal measure may be feasible and positively impact school climate. Suggestions and recommendations for implementing SWPBS within a school are provided. Originality/value This case study provides a step-by-step guide illustrating the process of teaching and reinforcing behavioural playground expectations to young adults with intellectual disabilities attending a special school.

Moral Reasoning in Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents from Alternative and Traditional High Schools

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Schonert ◽  
Gordon N. Cantor
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Alternative Education ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
School Setting ◽  
School Students ◽  
Behaviorally Disordered ◽  
Traditional School ◽  
Alternative Setting ◽  
The Impact

Very few studies have examined moral reasoning in students identified as having behavioral disorders and enrolled in a special education setting. Furthermore, little attention has been paid to the impact of alternative education programs designed for behaviorally disordered youth on moral reasoning development. This research examined the moral reasoning of behaviorally disordered adolescents enrolled in alternative and traditional high school settings. The results indicate that behaviorally disordered high school students enrolled in either an alternative or traditional school setting are significantly lower in moral reasoning compared to their non-behaviorally disordered peers. The moral reasoning of the behaviorally disordered students enrolled in an alternative setting is similar to that of like students enrolled in a traditional school setting. The correlation between time (months) spent in the alternative setting and moral reasoning is positive, but not significant.

scholarly journals The Child-Friendly School Program for Developing a Character School in the Primary Schools of Binjai City, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-582
Author(s):  
Indra Prasetia ◽  
Emilda Sulasmi ◽  
Susana Susana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Culture ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
School Program ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Study Child ◽  
Child Friendly

This research is a qualitative research in the form of a case study. This research is conducted at Binjai State Elementary School, Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to implement a child-friendly school program and develop student character programmed in the Primary Schools of Binjai Ciy, Indonesia. The respondents of this study are principals and teachers. The results of this study are child-friendly school policies at Primary Schools of Binjai City encourage all school residents to care about the school environment and be anti-violent so that the atmosphere at school becomes healthy, safe and comfortable. The formation of the character of students through child-friendly schools Primary Schools of Binjai City is going well because the teachers at the school have formed the character of students including students who are diligent and diligent in learning, respect for teachers, discipline, respect each other so as to form a community friendly study. Child-friendly school programs are very effective in forming a safe and conducive school environment and supporting the development of student character, in addition to encouraging schools to develop infrastructure to support learning. The study also found that some schools still have obstacles in developing a school culture for the direction of child-friendly schools. In general, Primary Schools of Binjai City has implemented child-friendly education, where the school has attempted various programs and activities in implementing child-friendly education.

New Principals' School Culture Awareness and School Change

2017 ◽  
pp. 46-74
Author(s):  
Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Keyword(s):  
School Culture ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
School Change ◽  
Professional Judgment ◽  
New Principals ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Entry Qualifications

An influx of new principals having improved base-entry qualifications has raised some concerns about principal-school ‘fit' in Trinidad and Tobago. This chapter encompasses findings on three new principals' professional judgment in relation to their leadership and its impact on their schools, focusing on their school culture awareness. A multi-method case study approach is adopted. Findings suggest that the new principals' school culture awareness is indirectly associated with school change, having informed both what they attended to (their improvement foci) and how they did that (leadership practice and strategies).

School Culture, Effectiveness and Low SES in Trinidad

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-225
Author(s):  
Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Culture ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Low Ses ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Multiple Case

This chapter presents a cultural diagnosis of three schools of differing effectiveness states – ‘excelling', ‘mostly effective' and ‘under academic watch' within Trinidad, which face socio-economic challenges. It utilizes a multi-method, multiple case study approach and presents an adapted conceptualization of school culture, which is used as an analytical framework to diagnose the professional orientation of teachers within the cultures of the participating schools. Findings reveal that teachers' professional orientation, particularly their dispositions and psychological states, are critically important to many aspects of schooling, including students' orientations and their academic performance and achievement.

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