Implementation of an e‑Learning Project in Tshwane South District: Towards a Paperless Classroom in South African Secondary Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Maite Msiza ◽  
Khashane Stephen Malatji ◽  
Lydia Kgomotso Mphahlele
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Team Members ◽  
E Learning

An e‑Learning project has been rolled out in Gauteng schools in an attempt to improve the quality of educationand move towards paperless classrooms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges faced by Tshwane SouthSecondary Schools associated with the implementation of the e‑Learning project with a view to suggest possible solutions.The study followed a qualitative research approach with a case study research design. The study population consisted ofteachers, school management team (SMT), and learners. Purposive sampling was used to select three teachers, six learnersand three school management team members of the schools’ e‑Learning committees. Data was collected through individualsemi‑structure interviews and focus group interview. The Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluationmodel (ADDIE model) was used to provide a theoretical perspective on how instructional designers, training developers, andeducators should design and develop a program such as e‑Learning. The data was analysed using a thematic approach. Thestudy found that teachers were not adequately trained prior to the implementation of e‑Learning, which impacted negativelyon the project. Teachers had difficulty in operating the smartboards and accessing the learning resources that has beenloaded in the smartboards which affected the implementation of the project. The study concluded that poor planning on thesite of Department of Basic Education has resulted into challenges that hampered the implementation of e‑Learning. Thestudy recommends extensive training of both learners and teachers in the use of e‑Learning.

scholarly journals Collaboration in E-Learning: A Study Using the Flexible E-Learning Framework

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Lynn Vandenhouten ◽  
Susan Gallagher Lepak ◽  
Janet Reilly ◽  
Penny Ralston Berg
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Management Ethics ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
E Learning

E-Learning remains a new frontier for many faculty. When compared to the traditional classroom, E-learning requires greater collaboration among team members and use of different teaching and learning strategies. Pedagogy as well as team configurations must change when moving to the online environment. Collaboration is a key component in creating quality E-learning. Effective collaboration requires faculty to understand various roles (e.g., instructional designers, multimedia specialists), and activities involved in e-learning as well as how professionals in different roles work together. This article discusses the use of an E-Learning framework and development of a survey based on the framework’s dimensions as two strategies to broaden faculty understanding of E-Learning collaboration. The survey was used to expose faculty across five Midwestern campuses to all dimensions of E-learning including areas such as management, ethics, and interface design.

scholarly journals School financial management: Insights for decision making in public primary schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Adebunmi Yetunde Aina ◽  
Keshni Bipath
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Continuous Training

To realise the ideal of quality inclusive education, proper financial management is vital. Existing literature indicates that the mismanagement of school funds is largely due to principals and the school governing bodies (SGB) in many schools not having good working relationships with stakeholders and lacking the necessary financial skills, more specifically in schools in townships and rural areas. The study we report on in this article investigated the financial management of public primary schools situated in urban areas by adopting a qualitative research approach and employing a multiple case study research design. Five schools participated and data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews with the principal, school accountant and chairperson of the SGB of the selected schools. Findings revealed that, despite the fact that all South African schools are governed and controlled by the South African Schools Act, the financial management of fee-paying schools differs from no-fee schools situated in townships and rural areas. In many schools, the unavailability of the parent members of SGBs and their limited financial skills were barriers to effective financial decisions. Based on these findings, we recommend that the relevant stakeholders involved in school financial management obtain continuous training from the Department of Basic Education, in order to empower and support school governors to effectively carry out their financial functions.

Barriers to Implementation of Physical Activity in Danish Public Schools

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sofie Koch ◽  
Jens Troelsen ◽  
Samuel Cassar ◽  
Charlotte Skau Pawlowski
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Socioecological Model ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Public School Reform ◽  
New Public ◽  
Barriers To Implementation

Purpose: In 2014, the Danish Government introduced a new public school reform, which included implementation of 45 min of daily physical activity (PA) within the academic classroom curriculum. The purpose of the present study was to explore school staff’s perceived barriers to implementation of a national PA policy. Method: A mixed-methods approach using a questionnaire and semistructured interviews was conducted. A total of 198 teachers and 26 school management team members (principals, deputy principals, and leading teachers) from 31 schools completed a questionnaire, and 11 school management team members were interviewed. The socioecological model was used as a theoretical framework to examine the results. Results: A total of 15 different barriers were identified and reflected within all levels of the socioecological model. Facilities, motivation, and time were the most prominent barriers identified. Conclusion: Development and deployment of a national PA policy needs to be done in cooperation with consumers from all levels within the socioecological model to ensure successful implementation.

scholarly journals (A51) Facilitating Disaster Nursing Research in Oceania Region

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s15-s16
Author(s):  
V.M. Plummer ◽  
T. Telepo ◽  
S. Suryanto
Keyword(s):  
Basic Education ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Nursing Research ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Nursing Experience ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Response And Recovery ◽  
The Impact

“Facilitating disaster nursing research in Oceania Region” Natural disasters in the Oceania region and surrounds include for example earthquakes, volcanic eruptions (Rabaul, PNG, 1994, Merapi, Indonesia 2006), tsunamis, floods,(Indian Ocean 2004) fires, drought (Australia, 2009) and also pest plaques and pandemics which affected the broader international community. Between 1980 and 2008, there were 380 disaster events reported in the Oceania region in which 4,450 people died. That is approximately 154 deaths and 668,786 people affected at a cost of approximately $US 889 million per year. However despite this significant number of deaths and injuries, there is limited reporting on the nursing experience during such disasters or the impact of nursing on communities during response and recovery. This is due to the prioritised clinical focus of nursing resources of most countries during these events. A network of authors and researchers is being established in the area to support the reporting of nursing research in developing countries such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Indonesia where nurses receive little post basic education, have limited opportunities to review the evidence for practice in disaster and emergency nursing, yet are regularly required to support the multidisciplinary disaster health team without essential support from the nursing research community. The network is essentially web-based and consists of a translational research approach via a network grid of researchers in response to a disaster event. Researchers from neighboring countries not clinically involved in the event respond by discovering and accessing data, analysing and reporting through a portal that enables timely reporting for discussion, publication, e-learning and dissemination of contemporary disaster nursing practices. This paper will report on the development of the network and its nexus with the WADEM Nursing Research Committee.

scholarly journals The view of school management beyond the institutional framework: perceptions about their own performance and family participation in school

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (33) ◽  
pp. e16085
Author(s):  
Valdirene Eliane Bailon de Souza ◽  
Rita Márcia Andrade Vaz de Mello ◽  
Maria de Lourdes Mattos Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
School Management ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Family Participation ◽  
State School ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, we analyzed the relationship between the management team of a State School in Minas Gerais and the families of the students, identifying perceptions about their own performance and the participation of families in the institutional scope. To this end, the theoretical-methodological axis is characterized by a case study, with a descriptive approach and a qualitative approach, based on a corpus consisting of information from seven Basic Education Specialists (BSE). Thus, we found that the management team, in general, admits the essentiality of family participation at the institutional level. However, according to the findings of this research, conflicting situations are evidenced between school members and family members/guardians of students, which demonstrates the constant need for school debates on interpersonal relationships, even with the possibility of stirring up controversies and causing confrontations of ideas, given the need to put democratic guiding principles into practice, through communicability.

scholarly journals Reconciling ADDIE and Agile instructional design models—case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Gawlik-Kobylinska
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Design ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Addie Model

Using the model of analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation (ADDIE) with regards to instructional design has become a prevalent practise among e-learning designers and developers. This model assumes assigning specific roles to project team members and their linear cooperation. However, in case of working in a dynamic and complex environment, the ADDIE model may evolve into more adaptive and people-oriented Agile instructional models. This article analyses a hybrid approach to the process of creating the e-learning course introduction to cultural awareness in specific situational context, which involves a small size of a project team and geographically dispersed project contributors. The case study reveals that a successful accomplishment of multinational projects, conducted in specific environments may require a hybrid approach; moreover, in such atypical projects good communication skills and personal qualities are crucial for goals’ achievement. The results of qualitative analysis may open further discussions on this topic.   Keywords: ADDIE model, Agile model, e-learning course, instructional design.    

scholarly journals Avaliações externas e o Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica no contexto da Nova Gestão Pública: Uma análise do programa Escola de Gestores na Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto sob a perspectiva dos agentes de base em educação

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breynner Ricardo De Oliveira ◽  
Maria Tereza Da Silva Pena
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Inductive Effect ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Evaluation Policies

This article analyzes the perceptions of teachers attended by the Programa Escola de Gestores at the Federal University of Ouro Preto in relation to external evaluations and the Index of Basic Education Development (Ideb). Teachers and members of the school management team are the grassroots public agents who translate and implement the public policies designed at the strategic level by the various governments. For Ideb, understanding how these subjects act and how they think is important in order to uncover how external evaluations have been processed in schools and what possible outcomes are produced there. The literature reveals that this indicator has promoted changes in daily school dynamics and at the level of education departments, often driven by accountability actions in a context of public policies of a managerial state. Sixteen interviews were conducted in eight public schools with the management team in the municipalities of Mariana, Ouro Preto, João Monlevade and Itabira (Minas Gerais). The analysis revealed that the external evaluations and Ideb have an inductive effect on the school, promoting the teachers' connection with the pedagogical project, increasing the number of pedagogical meetings and a concern with curricular planning. Interviews also revealed that such movements depend on the profile of school leaders. The involvement of the management teams is a central aspect for the professionals who work in them to commit to this process. On the other hand, the interviews showed that Ideb has become a regulatory instrument for educational evaluation policies, aimed at measuring results, which contributes to the generation of malaise between professionals and schools, revealing subtle and naturalized practices of accountability.

IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN KURIKULUM MADRASAH MUROTTILIL QUR’AN AL-RIFA’IE 2 MALANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Akhmad Ulul Albab
Keyword(s):  
Planning Process ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Observation Time ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Learning Program ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Academic Calendar

This thesis aims to examine the management process applied in the Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang. Beginning with the curriculum planning process, implementing the curriculum, and how to evaluate the curriculum of the Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang. This research aims to find out and describe the managerial process of the curriculum, and the inhibiting factors in the implementation of efforts to achieve the vision, mission that has been set.This thesis is a report on the results of field research using a qualitative descriptive method with a case study research approach that takes place at the Al-Rifa'ie 2 Malang Boarding School.Data collection is done by interview, observation, and documentation. Data analysis is done by reducing data, then presenting data, and finally from the compiled data conclusions are drawn. Checking the validity of the data is done with credibility which includes Triangulation, peer checking, extension of observation time, increasing perseverance.The results of the analysis show that the curriculum management implemented by p Madrasah Murottilil Qur'an Al-Rifa'ie 2 At the planning stage, the process carried out was planning the implementation time, the learning program, making the academic calendar, and how the evaluation was held. At the implementation stage, it starts with a new santri test, conducts learning and conducts an ascension test. The evaluation process is carried out at least 2x in one month, and 1 and after one semester.

Management of Records in Adapted Buildings as Records Centres in Zimbabwe

Mousaion ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Mutsagondo ◽  
Getrude Maduyu ◽  
Godfrey Tsvuura
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Personal Observation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Professional Management ◽  
The Government

This paper discusses the challenges of records management that arise from the use of adapted buildings as records centres in Zimbabwe, despite the advantages of using such buildings. A qualitative research approach was used as well as a case study research design. Data were collected from seven officers of the Gweru Records Centre through semi-structured interviews. Personal observation was used to triangulate findings from interviews. It was found that the use of adapted buildings as records centres was a cheaper and quicker way of establishing records centres throughout the country. However, a number of preservation, security and management challenges cropped up as the conditions of the buildings and the environment of the adapted buildings were not conducive to the proper and professional management of records. This study is important in that it explores the prospects and challenges of using adapted buildings as records centres in Zimbabwe, an area that has not been researched by many authors. This provokes archival authorities and the government to seriously consider establishing purpose-built records and archival centres.

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