scholarly journals A Conceptual Paper for Educational Leadership Models in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Aze Fauziah Suib ◽  
Puspa Liza Ghazali ◽  
Bahyah Binti Abdul Halim ◽  
Nik Hazimi Mohammed Foziah
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Special Education Leadership ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Leadership Management ◽  
Teacher Success

Researchers are paying attention to leadership management in the field of education after the Ministry of Education placed high leadership in schools as a shift to improve the standard of Malaysia's education system in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025. Leadership is mentioned as a necessity for reforming educational institutions. It has the potential to influence teachers’ performance and academic success of students. Transactional, transformational, and instructional leadership models were found out to be the most prominent types of leadership in Malaysian educational institutions. However, only few studies on leadership models and teachers’ performance have been conducted, especially in the field of special education. Therefore, this study was developed with the aim of proposing a conceptual framework involving the instructional leadership model and teacher success in order to fill a void in the current literature, based on previous scholars' recommendations. The paper started by giving an overview of the three types of models that are widely used before forming the conceptual structure and seeking past studies concerning leadership models and teacher-related factors. Finally, the constructs of teachers' self-efficacy and job satisfaction were applied to the proposed framework, which is intended to introduce new perspectives into the field of special education leadership.

A Pilot Study Investigating the Use of Mobile Technology for Coordinating Educational Plans in Inclusive Settings

2021 ◽  
pp. 016264342110335
Author(s):  
Nur Siyam ◽  
Sherief Abdallah
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Educational Plan ◽  
Special Education Needs

Good coordination among school staff and families leads to increased learning quality and academic success for students with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). This pilot study aims to investigate the use of mobile technology for the coordination of therapy and learning for students with SEND. This study first follows a participatory design methodology to identify the key design principles required to inform the design of a coordination mobile app for special education. Then, a mobile app (IEP-Connect) is designed and implemented with the aim of facilitating information sharing between different parties involved in the intervention of students with SEND. The proposed app uses the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) as the focal point of coordination. The evaluation of the app focused on students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as their learning requires sharing information from different distributed sources. Results from the usability study revealed that the app has “good” usability and that participants were satisfied with the use of the app for recording and sharing IEP information. The results of this study provide an understanding of the ways in which a coordination app for special education could be made easy and rewarding to use.

The Problem of Teaching Children of Immigrants in the Russian Federation

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-9
Author(s):  
Natalya Vinogradova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Children Of Immigrants ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Interethnic Relations ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Scientific Institution ◽  
The Russian Federation

The publication proposes to discuss the problem of teaching children of immigrants who have arrived in our country and need to adapt to the new social, linguistic and cultural environment. The principles underlying the organization of education for children of immigrants in the Russian Federation, and the conditions for their education in educational institutions of our country, which were formulated at a meeting of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations on March 30, 2021, are given. The content of the state order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation to the Federal State the budgetary scientific institution “Institute of Education Development Strategy of the Russian Academy of Education” to study the difficulties faced by children of immigrants in the process of adaptation. The result of the study should be the creation of a set of guidelines for teachers organizing the work of classes in which children of immigrants study.

scholarly journals Students’ Satisfaction with e-Learning Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic—An International Comparative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahrokh Nikou ◽  
◽  
Seongcheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Students Satisfaction

t In response to the global COVID-19 situation, quarantine measures have been implemented at the educational institutions around the world. This paper aims to determine the antecedent factors predicting the university students’ satisfaction with e-learning systems during the COVID-19 situation. We used structural equation modelling (SEM) and evaluated a conceptual model on the basis of a sample of university students from Finland (n = 131) and South Korea (n = 114). The SEM results showed that the COVID-19 related factors, i.e., COVID19 awareness, perceived challenges during COVID-19 and the educational institutions’ preparedness indirectly influence the satisfaction with e-learning systems. Moreover, we found a statistically significant moderating effect of course design quality, and instructor’s teaching style between the COVID-19 related factors and the satisfaction with e-learning systems. The implications of these results for the management of e‐learning systems are discussed.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE REGIONAL STATE BUDGETARY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE ALTAI REGION: THEORY AND PRACTICE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Svetlana Volkova
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Altai Region ◽  
Common Criteria ◽  
Regional State ◽  
Region Theory ◽  
Estimation System ◽  
And Performance

The article is devoted to the problems of assessment of the effectiveness of regional state budgetary professional educational institutions in the Altai Region. Analyzing statistical data and reporting documents of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Altai Region and the scientific literature, the author considers on the system of evaluating the performance and efficiency of the institutions of secondary vocational education, subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Science of the Altai Region. Through the approval of common criteria and regional and federal monitoring the article suggests the ways to improve the assessment system.

scholarly journals Instructional Leadership in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6S3) ◽  
pp. 537-547
Keyword(s):  
Student Achievement ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Right ◽  
Improving Student Achievement

Leadership of school leaders regardless principals or headmasters is among the key factors that can affect the academic achievement of students directly or indirectly. Based on previous research, a strong relationship between student achievement and leadership of school leaders was proven. The Ministry of Education Malaysia (MoE) has outlined three approaches to improving student achievement through the improvement of school leaders' performance. One of the approaches is school leaders should act as instructional leaders who are actively involved in teacher development activities by planning, coordinating and evaluating the teaching and learning process (T&L) at school. This concept paper will discuss several matters related to instructional leadership such as background and development of instructional leadership, instructional leadership definitions, the development of instructional leadership concepts, instructional leadership models and the issues and challenges that exist in implementing this leadership styles. The analysis was done in the context of Malaysia and abroad. The paper is written based on extensive secondary data analysis. After analyzing matters relating to instructional leadership, it can be concluded that instructional leadership is a form of leadership that every school leader needs to practice for excellence achievements in a school. With a lot of challenges nowadays, it needs to be addressed so that the direction of the school is on the right track and students’ achievement can be enhanced.

scholarly journals THE REALITYOF APPLYING GOVERNANCE PRINCPLES IN GENERAL EDUCATION IN SUDAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Hassan Bashir
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Descriptive Approach

The aim of this paper is to identify the theoretical bases of governance and its importance، to identify the reality of implementing the principles of governance in education in Sudan، and to learn about the most important requirements of applying the principles of governance in education. The researcher used the descriptive analytical descriptive approach in the study by listing and tracking information about governance and its applicability in Sudanese educational institutions. The paper reached a number of results، the most important of which are: The reality of the implementation of the principles of government in education is weak; especially the principle of transparency، participation and accountability is less applicable. "In the light of these results، the researcher recommended a number of recommendations، the direction of officials in the Ministry of Education and the development of the organizational structures of the Department of Education to accommodate the new management trends including governance، and to promote transparency، accountability and participation.  

scholarly journals Challenges of the adult learning sector in context of COVID-19 in Latvia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inga Jekabsone ◽  
◽  
Ina Gudele ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Remote Learning

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way people work and learn in unprecedented ways. Also, the pandemic has moved more business activity online, increasing the need for training and prompting them to build more online trainings. In this time of crisis, a suitable response requires novel ways to enable interaction between adult learners, adult learners and teachers, adult learners and content using online tools so that no one is left behind. In the context of regional development, online adult learning provides economic active inhabitants with wide opportunities since employees are able to attend high-quality trainings regardless the place of residence. In context of COVID-19, during the emergency situation Latvia has fully moved to remote learning, including adult learning. Educational institutions as well as enterprises that organise trainings for adults have to implement remote learning using several online tools. The aim of the paper is to analyse the main challenges of the adult learning sector in Latvia in context of COVID-19 taking into consideration the regional development issues. In order to achieve the aim, following research methods have been used: scientific literature studies, statistical data analysis, interviews. Main results of the survey: in case of Latvia, the Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Latvia has launched several initiatives towards enabling the shift to online learning, providing recommendations, digital tools as well as good practice sharing. At the same time, there is no methodology and detailed step-by-step recommendations, how to develop the online education learning for educational institutions in Latvia. However, there are incentives to develop online adult learning via project funding.

scholarly journals Effective Change in Educational Institutions

2016 ◽  
pp. 88-107
Author(s):  
Evgenia Theodotou ◽  
Avraam Papastathopoulos ◽  
Panagiotis Koutsouvelis
Keyword(s):  
Organisational Change ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Effective Change ◽  
Change Event ◽  
Management And Leadership

This chapter discusses the theoretical framework of management and leadership of change, focusing on the construct of power in educational institutions. Managers and leaders in educational institutions can adopt different models to apply change in the existing organisational procedures. According to the model they follow, they use their power differently. This chapter argues that the manner managers and leaders utilise their power strongly influences effective organisational change and their role in the organisation. Relevant managerial and leadership models of change are analysed in relation to different forms of power, with regard to the theoretical and research literature. The argument is further illuminated with a change event in a school in Greece in order to create a link between theory and everyday practice.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions of Inclusion in a Pilot Inclusive Education Program: Implications for Instructional Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Y. Mngo ◽  
Agnes Y. Mngo
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Integrated Classrooms

The opinions of general education secondary school teachers in seven select schools involved in a pilot inclusive education program in the Northwest Region of Cameroon were sought. The findings reveal that most teachers in Cameroon still prefer separate special education institutions to inclusive ones. These conclusions contradict earlier research which showed that resistance to integrated classrooms was emanating from beliefs and customs. Teachers with some training on teaching students with disabilities and more experienced and highly educated teachers were more supportive of inclusive education indicating that resistance to the practice is linked to inadequate or complete lack of teachers’ preparedness. Younger, less experienced teachers with no training in special education indicated less enthusiasm regarding the benefits of inclusion, their ability to manage integrated classrooms, and teach students with disabilities. The implication of these findings for future research, institutional support systems, institutional policies, and overall instructional leadership is discussed in this article.

Features of mental health and burnout syndrome in special education teachers of specialized educational institutions of school and primary vocational education

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Vadim Germanovich Suvorov ◽  
Tatyana Olegovna Belova ◽  
Kira Osipovna Suvorova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Early Formation ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
Emotional Burnout

The article presents the results of a study of the psychological features of emotional burnout in 55 teachers— oligophrenic pedagogues. It was found that in this category of the surveyed, in comparison with teachers of mass educational institutions, there is a more frequent and early formation of burnout syndrome with a predominance of phases of stress and exhaustion, leading to pronounced psychological disorders.

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