scholarly journals Reflections on the limits and possibilities of democratic management in High Schools in a City in Ceará

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 176-192
Author(s):  
Alysson Bandeira Ribeiro Leite ◽  
Ana Cristina de Oliveira Nobre ◽  
Antonio Wegley Calixto Paz ◽  
Lilia Helena Do Nascimento Soares ◽  
Fabiana Pinto de Almeida Bizarria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Collective Decision Making ◽  
Education Management ◽  
The Core ◽  
Democratic Management ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Educational Conditions ◽  
Methodological Strategy

This paper discusses Education Management in the context of Public Policies. The objective is to understand the limits and possibilities of a Democratic Management in High Schools in a municipality of the State of Ceará. The qualitative research used the methodological strategy of multiple case study, collecting data through document analysis and interviews with members of the core management of two high schools. The results indicated that democratic management is made possible by means of similar mechanisms between the schools, but obtains different results due to educational conditions, related to workload, curricular components, and physical facilities. It was possible to discuss the potential of democratic management and the actions that favor collectivity, while there are limits, such as bureaucratic obstacles, considered challenging for collective decision-making.

Creating autonomous learners in the teaching of English as a second language (ESL) in Zimbabwean secondary schools : a reality or a myth?

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 103-132
Author(s):  
Rungamirai Matiure ◽  
Erick Nyoni
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Midlands Province ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

This study explored the utility of the learner autonomy concept in the Zimbabwean O Level English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom focusing on three Gweru urban high schools of the Midlands Province. The researchers intended to establish whether learner autonomy was a reality or just a myth in Zimbabwean classrooms. A qualitative multiple case study design was applied focusing on teaching strategies, availability of resources, challenges faced and ways of optimising it. Questionnaires and document analysis were used for data collection. The findings revealed that the concept did not manifest in explicit terms, the learners did not participate in decision making, and the teachers were not adequately prepared to administer autonomous processes with students. For it to be a reality, the Education Ministry is recommended to establish a comprehensive framework of how autonomous learning should be implemented. Teacher training should explicitly focus on how to develop autonomous learners. Teachers ought to be flexible enough to accommodate learners' contributions towards their learning.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Perdamaian dalam Pembelajaran Sejarah di SMA Jakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Firdaus Hadi Santosa ◽  
Raka Al Chuza Adnan Kadar ◽  
Siti Almaesaroh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Qualitative Research Method ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Core ◽  
History Learning

This article aims to reveal how peace education is delivered through history lessons at Jakarta Senior High Schools. The research method used in this research is a qualitative research method with a case study approach. The core informants in this study were history subject teachers at SMA Negeri 48 Jakarta and SMA S Cengkareng 1. Based on the results of the study, it was found that peace education in history learning was carried out by including the values ​​of peace or character, and morals related to peace, such as nationalism, tolerance, and peace-loving. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengungkapkan bagaimana pendidikan perdamaian disampaikan melalui pembelajaran sejarah di SMA Jakarta. Metode penilitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus.  Informan inti dalam penelitian ini adalah guru mata pelajaran sejarah di SMA Negeri 48  Jakarta dan SMA S Cengkareng 1. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa pendidikan perdamaian dalam pembelajaran sejarah dilakukan dengan cara memasukkan nilai-nilai perdamaian atau karakter, dan moral yang berkaitan dengan perdamaian, seperti nasionalisme, toleransi, dan cinta damai.  

scholarly journals Reality of Creative Education and Problems with Education Management in Vietnam - Case Study in some Northern Provinces

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Do Thi Thu Hang ◽  
Trinh Van Minh
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Creative People ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Creative Education ◽  
Creative Capacity

With the society needs of development, people are required to be more and more creative, because creativity is the origin, the core of social progress, and the unlimited motivation for the prosperous development of each nation. Moreover, creative education is the activity that helps learners nurture the spirit, ideas and creative capacity, is the "main way" to create creative people and thereby promote the development of society, bringing society becomes a creative one. The exploration for creative education in Vietnam is an issue that needs to be studied and evaluated in order to make recommendations on educational management in high schools. The article focuses on creative education and management issues in schools; analyze and assess the current status of creative education in Vietnam high schools in three regions, including Ha Noi, Nam Dinh and Quang Ninh through a survey for 190 teachers and 220 students from three high school levels about factors that create creative education, as well as the level of expression and relationship between the components of creative education, factors that impede creative education development in high schools, thereby making recommendations in educational management in Vietnam today.

scholarly journals To Uncertainty and Beyond: Identifying the Capabilities Needed by Hospitals to Function in Dynamic Environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 107755872110574
Author(s):  
Rachel Gifford ◽  
Bram Fleuren ◽  
Frank van de Baan ◽  
Dirk Ruwaard ◽  
Lieze Poesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Dynamic Environments ◽  
Uncertain Environments ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
The Core ◽  
Dynamic Uncertainty ◽  
The Face ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Core Capabilities

Hospitals operate in increasingly complex and dynamically uncertain environments. To understand how hospital organizations can cope with such profound uncertainty, this article presents a multiple case study of five hospitals during the COVID-19 crisis in a heavily hit region of the Netherlands. We find that hospitals make adaptations in five key categories, namely: reorganization, decision-making, human resources, material resources, and planning. These adaptations offer insights into the core capabilities needed by hospitals to cope with dynamic uncertainty. Our findings highlight the need for hospitals to become more flexible without sacrificing efficiency. Organizations can accomplish this by building in more sensing and seizing capabilities to be better prepared for and respond to environmental change. Furthermore, transforming capabilities allow organizations to be more resilient and responsive in the face of ongoing uncertainty. We make recommendations on how hospitals can build these capabilities and address the core challenges they face in this pursuit.

Teachers' Perceptions of Islamic Religious Education in Arab High Schools in Israel

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Najwan Saada
Keyword(s):  
High Schools ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Intellectual Diversity ◽  
Reflective Reasoning ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Abrahamic Religions

In this multiple case study, the authors explore the purposes and significance of Islamic religious education as it is viewed and interpreted by Arab and Muslim teachers in Arab high schools in Israel. It interrogates how the Muslim teachers locate themselves and their pedagogy within a continuum of salafi (conservative) versus liberal conceptions of tarbiyya (the spiritual aspects of Islam) and ta`dib (the moral aspects of Islam) and why they do so. The results show that teachers support the salafi rather than the liberal conceptions of Islamic education. This means that they focus on the naql (the transmission of religious knowledge) rather than aql (rational thinking) in teaching the moral aspects of Islam. Also, teachers avoid the dealing with the intellectual diversity within Islam, the discussion of contemporary issues, and the tenets of other Abrahamic religions. They conclude that this may lead to religious illiteracy and argue that liberal Islamic education with critical and reflective reasoning is much appropriate for living in multicultural and multi-faith society.

scholarly journals Bases, processes, results and contexts of interorganizational learning in cooperation networks: A multiple case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Borelli ◽  
Fabiano Larentis ◽  
Douglas Wegner
Keyword(s):  
Interorganizational Relationships ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Boundary Spanners ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Interorganizational Learning ◽  
Multiple Case

Objective: To analyze the constitution of bases, processes, outcomes and contexts of interorganizational learning in cooperation networks. Method: Multiple case study through interviews and document analysis was performed in three cooperation networks, with a predominance of micro and small companies in the industry, commerce and services segments. Main results: Interorganizational learning can be identified on an interorganizational basis, by strengthening the network companies’ competitiveness, providing opportunities for joint participation in activities. Learning processes – formal and informal – have occurred through the exchange of experiences and knowledge sharing. As outcomes, aspects learned in the network have been used internally by companies, which involves their paths and expectations. Theoretical / methodological contributions: We have highlighted the constitution of interorganizational learning, that is, bases, processes and outcomes, as well as their interactions with the context. Relevance / originality: The study contributes to the knowledge in interorganizational learning, especially in its processes, by taking in consideration the importance of multilevel analysis. It expands the scarce number of studies that investigate learning in cooperation networks. Social / managerial contributions: The importance of learning and knowledge generated from interorganizational relationships, with an emphasis on the role of the boundary spanners and on contextual aspects in order to promote qualification of internal processes and to expand the comprehension of costs and risks involved.

scholarly journals Conflict Resolution in the Senior High Schools in Ghana and its Implications for Educational Administration: A Case Study of Ashanti Region, Ghana

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Ernest Kwabena Gyan
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Ashanti Region ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

The specific objective of this research is to look at conflict resolution in institution as being experienced in Ghanaian Senior High School. The researcher used descriptive research design to collect data from forty-three (43) Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The result indicated that when conflict is managed well, there is performance and better output; increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the school system. Despite limitations of the study, the general results depicted the core role conflict resolution plays in achieving institutional aims, objectives, aspiration and goals

scholarly journals Compilation of a preliminary checklist for the differential diagnosis of neurogenic stuttering

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariska Lundie ◽  
Zandria Erasmus ◽  
Ursula Zsilavecz ◽  
Jeannie Van der Linde
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Distinct Pattern ◽  
Accurate Diagnosis ◽  
The Core ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Developmental Stuttering

Background: Neurogenic stuttering (NS) is the most frequently occurring acquired form of stuttering in children and adults. This form of stuttering is primarily caused by neurological incidents. Owing to controversies with regard to similarities between developmental stuttering (DS) and NS symptomatology, differential diagnosis is problematic. Differential diagnosis will guide the appropriate management of persons who stutter (PWS).Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and highlight the characteristics of NS in order to compile a preliminary checklist for accurate diagnosis and intervention.Method: An explorative, applied mixed method, multiple case study research design was followed. Purposive sampling was used to select four participants. A comprehensive assessment battery was compiled for data collection.Results: The results revealed a distinct pattern of core stuttering behaviours in NS, although discrepancies existed regarding stuttering severity and frequency. It was also found that DS and NS can co-occur. The case history and the core stuttering pattern are important considerations during differential diagnosis, as these are the only consistent characteristics in people with NS.Conclusion: It is unlikely that all the symptoms of NS are present in an individual. The researchers scrutinised the findings of this study and the findings of previous literature to compile a potentially workable checklist.

scholarly journals Platform Business Models – A Case Study of the Technology Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p18
Author(s):  
Carmen Alexandra Stoian ◽  
Dragos Tohanean
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Business World ◽  
Core Business ◽  
The Core ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Multiple Case

The opportunity to create a value exchange environment is uniquely offered by the platform businesses. A novel approach of co-creating value is writing the rules in the platform business world. This paper analyzes the platform business models within the technology industry based on a multiple case study. As the main driver of business performance in this environment is technology, companies are using it to develop new products or to provide technology as a service. Thus, the main objective is to debate on the actual business needs in terms of business model innovation and to investigate how platform business models are developed through strategic acquisitions to achieve competitive advantage. The cases analysis suggests that technology acquisitions made around the core business may contribute to business model innovation. In addition, new partnerships with the external environment may facilitate mutual value creation exchanges and the platform may evolve through adding extra features from its external partners. We contribute to the advancement of business model research by putting platform business model study into the competitive context of the technology industry, with findings on how platforms are used in the digital era to innovate the core business model. From a practitioner’s perspective, this study may help companies to understand the importance of investing in other technology companies and to identify the opportunities of business model innovation through strategic partnerships. The limitation of this study is that the main data used for the multiple case study was derived from secondary sources and it provided insights about each company’s platform business model from a macro perspective.

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