scholarly journals Evaluation of teachers’ opinions on sustainability of school-based change policiesÖğretmenlerin okul temelli değişim politikalarının sürdürülebilirliğine ilişkin görüşlerinin değerlendirilmesi

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 703
Author(s):  
Betül Balkar ◽  
Nazife Karadağ
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
School Based ◽  
Internal And External Factors

<p>The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of secondary school teachers on sustainability of school-based educational and administrative change policies at schools. Qualitative and quantitative research methods and techniques were used together in the study and therefore the study was conducted through mixed research method. The participants of the study consisted of 196 secondary school teachers working in the central districts of Gaziantep province. The participants were chosen by using maximum variation sampling on a volunteer basis. Data of the study were collected through an interview form including standardized open-ended questions. Qualitative and quantitative techniques were used in the analysis of collected data. As a result of the study, it is determined that school-based change policies were especially established for educational issues. Change policies should be accordant with school culture and should be systematic in order to gain acceptance of teachers and become practicable in this way. It is also revealed that teachers should have a certain number of characteristics facilitating implementation of changes. It is concluded that internal and external factors should be considered together and teachers’ and school administrators’ professional development should be provided with continuity in order to ensure sustainability of school-based change policies. Based on the results of the study, it is suggested that professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators should be varied and should be enriched in terms of content in order to response to requirements of change effectively.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Bu araştırmanın amacı; ortaokul öğretmenlerinin okul temelli eğitsel ve yönetsel değişim politikalarının okullarda sürdürülebilirliğine ilişkin görüşlerinin belirlenmesidir. Nitel ve nicel araştırma yöntem ve tekniklerinin bir arada kullanıldığı araştırma karma araştırma yöntemiyle gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın katılımcıları Gaziantep ili merkez ilçelerinde bulunan ortaokullarda görev yapan 196 ortaokul öğretmeninden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılar maksimum çeşitlilik örneklemesi kullanılarak ve gönüllük esasıyla belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın verileri standartlaştırılmış açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan görüşme formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde nitel ve nicel veri analizi teknikleri bir arada kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda; okul temelli değişim politikalarının özellikle eğitsel konulara yönelik olduğu belirlenmiştir. Değişim politikalarının öğretmenler tarafından kabul görmesi ve böylece uygulanabilir olabilmesi için, okul kültürüne uygun olması ve sistemli olması gerekmektedir. Aynı zamanda öğretmenlerin de değişimin uygulanmasını kolaylaştıracak birtakım özelliklere sahip olması gerektiği ortaya çıkmıştır. Okul temelli değişim politikalarının sürdürülebilirliğinde okul içi ve okul dışı faktörlerin bir arada değerlendirilmesi ve özellikle yönetici ve öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişimlerinde süreklilik sağlanması gerektiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına dayalı olarak; değişimin gerekliliklerine etkili bir şekilde cevap verilebilmesi için, öğretmenlere ve okul yöneticilerine sunulan mesleki gelişim olanaklarının çeşitlendirilmesi ve içerik açısından zenginleştirilmesi önerilmektedir.</p>

scholarly journals A FIELD STUDY OF THE TRANSACTIONAL MODALITIES OF THE IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER RMSA IN MIZORAM

2020 ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Zairemmawia Renthlei ◽  
Prof. L N Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
District Offices

The professional development of teachers is an important aspect of education and the main avenue for the professional development of secondary school teachers is the in-service training programmes organised by the district education offices. This study is an attempt to study the transactional modalities i.e. the manner in which the training programmes are organised by the various district education offices. Training Centres in all eight districts of Mizoram were visited and administrative staff from all the district offices were interviewed. Findings were tabulated and recommendations made for improvement. KEYWORDS: In-service Training Programme, Secondary School Teachers, Training Centres, Transactional Modalities, Challenges, Thrust Areas, Recommendations.

Anticipating the Citizenship Curriculum Order in Secondary Schools in England: A Snapshot of Teachers' Preferred Purposes and Curriculum Practices

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Mark Evans
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Based ◽  
Education And Employment ◽  
Curriculum Practices

This paper is based on a small-scale study that explored how a sample of ‘specialist’ secondary school teachers in England characterize ‘educating for citizenship’ on the eve of its inclusion into the National Curriculum. This study was carried out between September, 2000 and January, 2001. Data was gathered from a group of ‘specialist’ secondary teachers through postal self-completion questionnaires, interviews, and classroom observations. Relevant documents, e.g. school-based curriculum documents, Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), and Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) documents, were also considered. Teachers' thinking about essential learnings, curriculum practices, and contextual concerns are described and analyzed. Findings suggest general support for the purposes of the Citizenship initiative, preferred yet divergent curriculum practices, and scepticism about implementation. They also suggest a need for a more critical examination of the interconnections among curriculum intentions, pedagogical practices, and contextual considerations.

scholarly journals Implementation of school-based curriculum as perceived by secondary school teachers of English

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Chuzaimah D. Diem ◽  
Yusfardiyah Yusfardiyah ◽  
Binti Koniaturrohmah ◽  
Lismalayani Lismalayani
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Education Level ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Based ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
New Curriculum ◽  
The Government

Information about Curriculum 2013 has seemed to make many EFL teachers feel anxious. This anxiety is assumed to happen due to the unwillingness of the teachers to implement the new curriculum because they have not yet even implemented the previous curriculum (KTSP) in their classrooms optimally. This study was aimed primarily at investigating the implementation of KTSP covering three important components: preparation, application, and evaluation by 107 secondary school teachers of English. To collect the data, “KTSP Implementation Questionnaire” was used. The data collected based on the teachers’ own perceptions were analyzed in relation to their education level, teaching experience, certification status, and KTSP socialization involvement. The results showed that (1) 62% teachers confessed that they had not yet optimally implemented KTSP although all of them had been involved in its dissemination program done by the government; (2) there was no correlation between either education level or teaching experience and the implementation of KTSP. However, (3) there was a significant correlation between teachers’ certification status and their (i) KTSP preparation, (ii) teaching experience, and (iii) involvement in dissemination program activities.

scholarly journals Examining the school administrators’ servant leadership behaviors according to teachers perceptionÖğretmen görüşlerine göre okul yöneticilerinin hizmetkâr liderlik davranışlarının incelenmesi

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 5515 ◽  
Author(s):  
İbrahim Gül ◽  
Fatma Türkmen
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teacher Opinions ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

The concept of servant leadership, which was initiated by Greenleaf, has been developed by other people and reached to today. The concept of servant leadership, which emphasizes the mentality of service, seems to be applicable in educational organizations. In this study, it was examined whether the school administrators had the servant leadership behaviors and the teacher opinions had significant differences in terms of some variables according to the opinions of the teachers. The population of the study consists from primary and secondary school teachers in Sinop province center. There are 426 teachers in the research universe. Of these, 302 teachers participated in the survey by random sampling. In this research, likert type instrument which was developed by Van Dierendonck and Nuijten (2011) and consisted of 26 sub-items and 7 dimensions, which was translated and adapted by Duyan (2012), was used. According to research findings; Teachers view supervisor's servant leadership behaviors partially adequate in some dimensions (accountability and responsible management), while the majority of sub-dimensions (empowerment, restraint, forgiveness, courage and humility) were viewed as insufficient.  According to the results of the research, teachers view school administrators as a responsible and accountable manager rather than a servant leader. These results alsoare compatible with some previous research results conducted in Turkey. Based on the results of the research, Based on the results of the study, It is recommended that the school administrators organize educational activities in order to gain servant leadership behaviors. ÖzetGreenleaf tarafından ortaya atılan hizmetkâr liderlik kavramı, başka kişiler tarafından da geliştirilerek günümüze kadar ulaşmıştır. Hizmet etme anlayışını öne çıkaran hizmetkâr liderlik kavramı, eğitim örgütleri içinde uygun düşmektedir. Bu çalışmada öğretmen görüşlerine göre, okul yöneticilerinin hangi düzeyde hizmetkâr liderlik davranışlarına sahip olduğu ve öğretmen görüşlerinin bazı değişkenler açısından farklılık gösterip göstermediği incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın evreni, Sinop il merkezinde görev yapan öğretmenlerdir. Araştırma evreninde 426 öğretmen bulunmaktadır. Bunlardan tesadüfi örnekleme yoluyla seçilen 302 öğretmen araştırmaya katılmışlardır. Araştırmada, Van Dierendonck ve Nuijten (2011)  tarafından geliştirilen ve Duyan (2012) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlanan, 26 madde ve 7 alt boyuttan oluşan likert türü ölçme aracı kullanılmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre, öğretmenler yöneticilerinin hizmetkâr liderlik davranışlarını “güçlendirme, geri durma, affetme, cesaretlendirme ve tevazu” alt boyutlarda yeterli düzeyde görmezken;  “hesap verebilirlik ve sorumlu yöneticilik” alt boyutlarında kısmen yeterli görmüşlerdir. Araştırmanın sonuçlarına göre; öğretmenler, okul yöneticilerini hesap verebilirlik ve sorumlu yöneticilik boyutlarında yeterli görmüşlerdir. Diğer boyutlarda kısmen yeterli görmektedirler. Bu sonuçlar, Türkiye’de yapılmış bazı araştırma sonuçlarıyla da örtüşmektedir.  Araştırmanın sonuçlarına dayalı olarak, okul yöneticilerinin hizmetkâr liderlik davranışlarını kazanmaları yönünde eğitim etkinlikleri düzenlemesi önerilmektedir.

scholarly journals Is the intrinsic motivation of career choice important for the later professional development of teachers?

Psihologija ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-464
Author(s):  
Milica Marusic
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Teachers

The nature of teachers? professional choice motivation has been proved important for the later professional development. The goal of the present research was to determine the role of the intrinsic motivation in the participants? decision to become teachers, as well as to establish the importance of intrinsic motivation for their later professional development. We have conducted a quantitative research, within a sample consisted of 118 secondary school teachers, by application of survey method (instrument? questionnaire in the form of Likert-type scale). Statistical analysis has consisted of: hierarchical cluster analysis, descriptive statistics, factor analysis and rank correlation. It was established that the intrinsic motivation takes precedence over the extrinsic motivation in the process of professional choice determination. We have also confirmed the hypothesis claiming that the level of intrinsic motivation correlates with the indicators of professional behavior. Besides, the level of intrinsic motivation is better predictor of the enthusiasm and growth then of the career frustration (Fessler, 1995). Our results are in favor of the teacher education system, where the candidates apply and prepare for the teacher profession from the beginning of the initial education.

scholarly journals Quality Teaching: Evaluating Teachers’ Professional Code of Conduct and Practices

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shakir ◽  
Muhammad Aslam Adeeb
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Professional Code ◽  
Punjab Province ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

The study aimed to assess teachers’ professional development and code of conduct based on national professional standards in Pakistan. The main objectives of the study were (a) to evaluate teachers’ professional development and code of conduct based on national professional standards in Pakistan (b) to categorize teachers’ professional competencies based on five levels define in rubrics and (c) to recommend appropriate professional code of conduct and professional standards for global teacher.  The population of the study was consisted of all the secondary school teachers of Punjab Province. To conduct the observational survey of this research, a sample of 453 participants from Punjab province was selected to observe the teachers in field directly. The collected data through observational check list was analyzed with the help of software SPSS by using statistical formulas of chi-square, simple mean and percentage. The analysis of various levels shows that 38.4% teachers occasionally understand how teaching practices can be innovative while only 36.2% secondary school teachers know the importance of teaching practice. It is concluded that more than half of the teachers were having poor knowledge about professional code of conduct; they did not now even the importance of teaching practice. Majority of the teachers seems incompetent in applying action research during the classroom. Study suggested that there is need to set career development direction through certificates, degrees, and career ladders, linked to compensation adequate with experience and qualifications. These achievements have to be adequately compensated financially, based on achievement and experience.

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