scholarly journals Transformative Leadership and Teachers Loneliness in the Educational Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-145
Author(s):  
Lucia Pašková
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Transformative Leadership ◽  
School Management ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Dominant Influence

The transformation of education is taking place all over the world, with priority given to the "level" of school management in terms of improving the quality and results of education. Despite this enormous interest, the literature currently does not offer a sufficient theoretical understanding of leadership concepts, especially in the school environment neither in Slovakia. In this paper, we try to characterize one of the most current styles of transformative leadership. This concept is currently the most discussed in professional circles, as the dominant influence of the transformative leader is based on building a relationship between the leader and his followers. And it is thebuilding of a relationship that can be the prevention of employee loneliness manifested in their performance. It is a specific negative emotion that has received little theoretical or empirical attention. The research was carried out in 2020. The research group consisted of 181 teachers of traditional primary schools in central Slovakia. Transformative leadership was measured through the Leadership Behavior Inventory (LPI) and loneliness using the Scale of Loneliness Inventory (LAWS). The SPSS program was used to process the research data. The study is correlated. Our findings clearly show the positive impact of transformative leadership on reducing the loneliness of employees in the school environment, which implies the need to develop the competencies of a transformative leader in teachers and managers in education.

scholarly journals PENTINGNYA MEMPERTAHANKAN NILAI BUDAYA 5S (SENYUM, SALAM, SAPA, SOPAN, SANTUN) DALAM PENDIDIKAN SEKOLAH DASAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Risma Ayu Kusumaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
School Education ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Elementary School Education ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Times

Cultural values ​​that have developed in people's lives lately have declined and began to be forgotten in social life along with the times. Therefore it is important to apply to someone to be able to communicate well from an early age, the role of primary schools is the easiest to implement culture. With that, applying 5S culture (Smiles, Greetings, Accost, Polite, Courteous) to students from an early age of primary school education to instill habits that build students' characteristics well. The purpose of this study is to maintain the importance of 5S cultural values ​​(Smiles, Greetings, Accost, Polite, Courteous) in elementary school education, building good characteristics of the school environment will have a good impact on the community environment. And the application of 5S culture (Smiles, Greetings, Accost, Polite, Courteous) in education. The study used a qualitative descriptive method by taking literature. By maintaining the 5S culture (Smiles, Greetings, Accost, Polite, Courteous) which are introduced from an early age will have a positive impact on the world of education.

scholarly journals The importance of Aboriginal Education Workers for decolonising and promoting culture in primary schools: an analysis of the longitudinal study of Indigenous children (LSIC)

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Huw Peacock ◽  
Jacob Prehn
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Holistic Education ◽  
Aboriginal Education ◽  
Indigenous Children ◽  
Aboriginal Culture ◽  
Aboriginal Children

AbstractAboriginal Education Workers (AEWs) are utilised by primary and secondary schools to improve components of success for Aboriginal students, liaise with their families and the Aboriginal community and contribute to developing and promoting an Aboriginal pedagogy. Despite the challenging role of decolonising the school environment, the important work undertaken by AEWs can be misunderstood and underappreciated by the Western school system. This paper aims to measure the influence of AEWs on Aboriginal culture within schools using quantitative data from Wave 7K Cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. Results show that there is a positive impact on Aboriginal culture within schools through having an AEW present all or some of the time. For Aboriginal children to grow up strong, employment of an AEW is important to decolonise the school environment and provide a holistic education.

School Environment as a Determinant of Organizational Learning Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-44
Author(s):  
Valentína Šuťáková ◽  
Janka Ferencová ◽  
Martina Kosturková
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Organizational Change ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Psychological Safety ◽  
School Management ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Learning Research

Organizational learning as a strategic tool for organizational change and stabilization of success has been discussed in a school environment since the 1990s. Its importance is increasing in the context of dynamic development of the society and the need to flexibly adapt to constant changes. Organizational learning research focuses on analyzing factors that are important to organizational learning and adaptability. The study aim was to examine a school environment as a determinant of organizational learning support. We chose a design of qualitative research, in which a group interview with 32 teachers from four schools was carried out. Based on the interviews we specified five categories of organizational learning support – psychological safety, open communication, cooperation, openness to new ideas, engagement and participation. Through an analysis of participants‘ responses, we identified the most significant barriers to organizational learning in the environment of selected schools. Their recognition has made it possible to formulate recommendations related to school management and to the promotion of organizational learning at schools.

Palestinian children living amidst political and military violence deploy active protection strategies against psychological trauma: How agency can mitigate traumatic stress via life satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 136749352110177
Author(s):  
Guido Veronese ◽  
Federica Cavazzoni ◽  
Alaa Jaradah ◽  
Shaher Yaghi ◽  
Hania Obaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Trauma Symptoms ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
Military Violence ◽  
Palestinian Children

This exploratory study assessed the association between agency and life satisfaction, as well as the potential for life satisfaction, in its turn, to alleviate trauma symptoms and reduce negative emotion in a group of children exposed to war and military violence in Palestine. Two hundred and fifty Palestinian children, who had been recruited at primary schools in urban and rural areas, and refugee camps, completed the Multilevel Student’s Life Satisfaction Scale, Children’s Hope Scale (CHS), Children’s Impact of Event Scale (CRIES) and Positive and Negative Affect Scales. We performed structural equation modelling to evaluate the effects of agency on negative emotions and trauma symptoms via life satisfaction. The participants appeared to play an agentic role in mobilizing their own life satisfaction, and the more satisfied they were with their lives, the less they suffered from trauma symptoms. In terms of clinical practice, we advocate more active and participatory approaches to fostering children’s agency, a complex construct in need of further investigation via mixed-method quanti-qualitative and ethnographic studies.

scholarly journals Visual Social Publications in the Newspapers of Greek Primary Schools: A Semiotic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Lina P. Valsamidou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Semiotic Analysis ◽  
School Life ◽  
Social Content ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Messages

In the present study we investigate, record and discuss icons with asocial content, their type, their signifieds and ideological significations,wishing to extract useful conclusions regarding the use of icons in schoolnewspapers as vehicles of social messages. The research material comprises intotal 252 images with a social content found in the columns of schoolnewspapers, whereas the collection of the sample was based on the study of 64school newspaper issues coming from 32 titles of primary school newspapers fromall over Greece that were published in 2004-2006. All in all, it appears that social iconic publications create theeditors’ vivid interest, as they find their way mostly in the inside pages ofnewspapers. The analysis of the icons as to their signifieds places emphasis onthe dominant ideological forms: the signifieds of historic anniversaries,school life and environmental education come before the others, which in turnsuggests the dominant ideological trends, history-school-environment/ecology:a triptych that emerges through the social-iconic choices of those involved inpublishing school newspapers.Keywords: visual social publications, schoolnewspapers, semiotic analysis, students-journalists

scholarly journals School injuries and their prevention from the present perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
VACLAV BERANEK ◽  
PETR STASTNY ◽  
VIT NOVACEK
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Children And Young Adults ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Presentation Methods ◽  
Significant Health

Background: ‪Injuries are considered worldwide to be the most significant health problem, especially in childhood. In the Czech Republic, injuries are the most common cause of death among children and young adults. The aim of the study was to provide more insight in school accidents in the Czech Republic from 2008 to 2018 and to estimate future trends. Material and methods: ‪Annual reports of the Czech School Inspectorate (CSI) from 2007 to 2017 were the main sources of data. Results: ‪A high number of injuries occur in the school environment, especially at the primary level. In the Czech Republic, there has been a trend of rising numbers in reported school injuries over the last three years, from 33,000 in 2008 to 46,000 in 2018. Over the last 5 years, the number of reported accidents has increased by 1,000 per year. The most injuries occur in primary schools, within the subject Physical Education. Conclusions: ‪There are many activities which focus on the prevention of child injuries, the incidence of which has improved in recent years. Experience shows that when prevention programs include innovations and interesting presentation methods, they are successful.

scholarly journals Influence of Socially Disadvantaged Environment on Aggressiveness of Pupils at Primary Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Dáša Porubčanová ◽  
Lenka Pasternáková
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Aggressive Behaviour ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Socially Disadvantaged ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Aggression Level

AbstractIntroduction: The study deals with occurrence of aggressiveness of pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. It describes the socially disadvantaged environment and the level of aggression of pupils from such environments. The text describes the most important results of the research.Methods: Within the research, a survey was carried out, monitoring the level of aggression of the majority pupils compared to the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. The survey was carried out personally based on a monitoring scheme of aggression of the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment. The research has been made by direct observation within 60 teaching hours at the level of 1st and 4th grade.Results: The findings, which we have acquired through observation, showed that the age and maturity of younger pupils’ organisms adapts to the model of social environment. Pupils from less stimulating social environments may become the victims of aggressive attacks in various forms more frequently. Types, forms and manifestations of aggression, equally subject to influence of the environment, in a school environment at the level of 10-year-old students are perceived as some form of entertainment. They join the attack on the victim for acceptance or they have the same preferences as the group. It often happens without consequences or attempts to eliminate these signs, because the seriousness of the attack is not ascribed.Discussion: We were interested in the differences of aggression level of the majority pupils compared to the pupils from socially disadvantaged environment in the first and the fourth year of a primary school.Limitations: The results apply only to students in the first level by using of the observation method.Conclusions: As substantial and significant for pedagogic experience, we consider implementing the research findings as well on the higher level of pupils’ education and to define further correlations between aggressive behaviour and socially disadvantaged environment.

scholarly journals School Management Committee Monitoring Skills and Performance of Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools in Uganda: A Case of Bugisu Muslim District Council

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
Habiba Namagembe ◽  
Christopher Samuel Mayanja ◽  
Rashid Kinsambwe
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
School Management ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Activities ◽  
The Government

The performance of Muslim Founded educational institutions has picked a lot of interest globally over the years. The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council established structures at different levels of administration to participate in the monitoring of Muslim-founded Schools. This study premised on Osborne and Gaebler's (1992) constructs of monitoring, aimed at investigating how monitoring skills of the foundation body representatives on the School Management Committees contribute to the performance of Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools in Uganda, taking a case of the BMDC. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted for this study, with quantitative and qualitative data approaches, while multivariable linear regression was used to obtain the magnitude of the contribution of SMC monitoring skills to the performance of the primary schools under BMDC. The study revealed that monitoring skills have a positive correlation with the performance of the Government Aided Muslim Founded Primary Schools, though, the correlation is moderate. The moderate correlation is caused by insufficient monitoring skills exhibited by the foundation body representatives in areas such as the development of performance indicators, collection of relevant data during monitoring, designing of monitoring tools, and usage of appropriate methods during monitoring. The study, therefore, concluded that such insufficient monitoring skills have hindered them to adequately monitor which has partly affected the performance of the schools. It is as such recommended that BMDC needs to incorporate specific non-financial empowerment capacity-building components into school activities tailored to train the members on the SMC in aspects of monitoring and evaluation, adult literacy, and financial literacy for improved skills, knowledge, and leadership.

scholarly journals Kemampuan Siswa Kelas V SDN dalam Gugus 3 Kota Sabang Menulis Kembali Cerita Rakyat yang Dibaca

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Mustika Sari ◽  
Mohd. Harun ◽  
Siti Sarah Fitriani
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Fifth Grade Students ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

This study aims at determining the ability of the fifth-grade students of state primary schools (SDNs) located in cluster 3 of Sabang City, Aceh; to rewrite folktales that are read, including the aspects of character, background, plot, language, and punctuation. The approach employed by this study is a descriptive quantitative approach. The population as well as samples in this study were 20 fifth-grade students of SDN 26 and 20 students of SDN 28 Sabang. The research data was collected by test techniques, in the form of assignments. Data is analyzed by quantitative descriptive analysis techniques, namely making a list of raw scores, calculating the average score of students, and classifying the results of the samples studied. The results of the study showed that the ability of the fifth grade students of SDNs in cluster 3 of Sabang City to rewrite the read folklore had not reached the specified value criteria. There are only 35% of students who have sufficient ability or score above 75, and many 65% of students do not have adequate ability who score below 75. This study also shows that of 40 students, only 3 students get a very good predicate with a score of 90, 30 students obtained a good predicate with a score of 65-85, and 7 students obtained a sufficient predicate with a score of 60.  

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI DALAM PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ARAB DI MADRASAH ALIYAH KABUPATEN SUKOHARJO

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Imam Makruf
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Outcomes Research ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
The Core ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Interactive Models

This study aimed to analyze various ICT-based media and learning resources used in learning Arabic, the selection or development process, the process of using it in learning, and the learning outcomes. Research data collected from observations, documentation, and interviews were validated with FGD and analyzed with interactive models. The results of this study show that; (1) the most widely used media in learning Arabic is powerpoint presentations with LCD and language laboratories, then video, audio and games, (2) the process of selecting developing media and learning resources is done by design and by utilization, (3) the process of utilizing media and learning resources is done more for the delivery of material at the core activities in addition to enrichment and assignment, and (4) media and learning resources for Arabic-based ICT that use material from native speakers have a positive impact on improving the motivation, self confidence, and Arabic competence of students.

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