Developing Inclusive, Collaborative Initiatives in Curriculum Delivery

2021 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Ntombizandile Gcelu ◽  
Fumane P. Khanare
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Sustainable Leadership ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Information ◽  
Curriculum Delivery

While teaching and learning are underway, the world is still grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on educational systems, particularly curriculum delivery across the globe, on both developing and developed countries. As a result, collaboration and partnerships with primary, secondary schools, and higher education institutions are more vital than ever. Unfortunately, many schools have yet to show real leadership when it comes to this. This chapter foregrounds the school management team voices to depict collaborative initiatives and ways to improve curriculum delivery in a rural context of two secondary schools in Free State, South Africa during the crisis. In so doing, the chapter considers collaborative initiatives that are inclusive and provide much-needed practical information for curriculum delivery and sustainable leadership.

scholarly journals Directionality of Education – Balanced Education and Integration of Educational Systems in the National Economy

Equilibrium ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Wiktor Morohin ◽  
Aleksandrs Rubanovskis
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
High Quality ◽  
National Economic ◽  
The World ◽  
National Economic Development

The quality of the workforce is a precondition for economic growth of a society. One of the main indicators of these preconditions is education. The effectiveness of economies of developed countries is based on the high quality of knowledge. As a resutl the quality and balanced education determines the rating of a state in the world and serves as a driving force of national economic development. The aim of the article is to identify opportunities that will allow integrating the balanced education in the educational systems of the national economy.

scholarly journals Human factor in the strategy of sustainable leadership of PJSC Gazprom

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-224
Author(s):  
Nina M. Baranova ◽  
Sergey N. Larin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Sustainable Leadership ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
Near Future ◽  
World Ranking

Gazproms human capital (as HDI) is one of the most important resources of the corporation, which ensures its competitive strength in the Russian and international energy market. One of the main goals of PJSC Gazprom is the formation of a highly professional, responsible and cohesive team that effectively develops projects and solves a variety of tasks not only at the corporate level, but the country and the world. Therefore, the assessment of PJSC Gazprom staff readiness for the competition of the corporation in the domestic and external markets is relevant. Modeling the level of development of the enterprises human capital, based on the example of Gazprom corporation, according to certain indicators, determining their role in the development and competitiveness of the organization. To conduct the study, the works of scientists were analyzed, official data of the annual reports on the activities of PJSC Gazprom in the field of sustainable development for 2000-2018 were used. In order to assess the readiness of the corporation's human capital to sustainable development of the enterprise, a regression analysis and an econometric study were carried out using the MS Excel and Eviews10 application software packages. As a result of the study, it was found that a positive corporate human capital has a significant impact on competitiveness and an increase in the companys value and the constructed model for assessing companys human capital, based on the example of PJSC Gazprom, enables to make a forecast for the near future. Russia has occupied 49 place in the World Ranking (HDI = 0.824) in 2019 in terms of the level of development of the human capital according to the World Bank and has got into a very high level of development. Despite this fact, Russian HDI in World Ranking occupies only 46% against 70% of developed countries. World Bank experts claims, it will take Russia about 100 years to catch up with developed countries on this indicator. Russia does not have that kind of time, so the country has actively joined on every front. Obviously, the human capital of each corporation makes a certain contribution to changing the human capital of the country in one direction or another, and the human capital of PJSC Gazprom is able to significantly increase this indicator.

QUALITIES AND STYLE OF THE PRINCIPAL OF SECONDARY SCHOOL (SS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1159-1161
Author(s):  
Lidia Nikolova Koleva
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
School Activities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The quality and style of the Principal of secondary schools is of great importance for the effectiveness of school management. A number of studies have shown that school management is second only to teaching in the classroom in respect to the impact on student education. The knowledge, abilities and competence of the principal are crucial to establishing schools that promote quality teaching and learning by all students.Different researches have shown that effective school leaders influence achievements of the pupils by influencing other people or organizational elements and impacting on school processes. This requires specific qualities and style.Director of secondary schools manage every day with different situations as a part of his management and this makes his work very dynamic and challenging. Eventually, we can summarize that managing impact is ultimately a synthetic concept.It includes the management culture, style, the complex of personal qualities, the specificity of the system in which it operates, the organizational structure, the specificity of the impact of the regulatory mechanisms and many others.There are also a number of important factors influencing management impact - such as the level of the management body, the level of organization of the internal environment, the degree of uncertainty of the external environment, etc.The optimal version of the educational institutions in such a way that each decision is linked to the final outcome of the school activities. This fact affects effectiveness as well as satisfaction of the staff needs. This would achieve a unity between the objectives of the school and the aims of the individual individuals working in it. In order to carry out his/her various professional tasks, the Principal of an educational institution enters a variety of interactions. It has been proven that the personality of the Principal influences significantly the establishment and maintenance of the organizational climate in the school.The management style of the director is very important for the effectiveness of school management. In a study on the dominant style characteristic according to the principals’ self-assessment, priority is given to the fulfillment of the tasks, the direction of the changes and the solving of the problems of the people.

Good Vibes Only

2021 ◽  
pp. 269-283
Author(s):  
Nil Goksel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Educational Crisis ◽  
The World ◽  
Positive Perspective

We live in a period when schools are involuntarily closed; human life gradually slowed down and came to a halt due to a pandemic, but distance education is already underway. While some higher education institutions have been struggling to meet distance education, the ones that have currently provided distance education in many parts of the world continued to maintain their existing educational systems in the time of the pandemic. In this connection, the central objective of this paper is to explore how online solutions and attempts have been defined under the term of “emergency remote education” since the first outbreak of the pandemic and how pandemic pedagogy during COVID-19 has contributed to emergency remote education and online education both in the world and specifically in Turkey. As there has been a gradual shift in higher education lately, this chapter is a response to educational crisis specifically for English teaching and learning at a distance from a positive perspective.

scholarly journals Participatory Management for Enhancing Students' Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Rivers State.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 145-156
Author(s):  
Ebunu, Akpofure Anna
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
School Management ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Rivers State

This study investigated participatory management for enhancing students' performance in public secondary schools in Rivers State.  The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study was all the 276 principals and 8,452 teachers in public senior secondary schools as well as 4,455 students’ parents. The sample of the study was 730 respondents, comprising 90 principals, 360 teachers and 280 parents who were selected through the combination of stratified sampling, simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Instrument of data collection was 10 items questionnaire titled, “Teachers and Parents Participation in Secondary School Management Questionnaire (TPPSSMQ). The instrument was a validated four-point likert styled, Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD). It has a reliability index of 0.82, using Cronbach Alpha Statistical test. The research questions were analysed using mean and standard deviation whereas the hypotheses were tested using z-test statistics at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that the involvement of teachers in school decision-making would give teachers broader opportunity to make inputs in policy issues that concern effective instructional delivery. The study further showed that the involvement of parents in school decision-making would give them ample platform to offer their advices on how to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Based on the findings, the study recommended that school managers should give teachers meaningful opportunities to make inputs, that such opportunities will empower them to take decisions on issues affecting their work performance and productivity for enhanced students' achievement. Furthermore, school authorities should accord parents’ opportunities to offer their advices on how to enhance resource accountability to foster efficient school management and quality teaching and learning in the school.

scholarly journals Exploring the Adoption and Usage of Learning Management System as Alternative for Curriculum Delivery in South African Higher Education Institutions during Covid-19 Lockdown

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Bongani T. Gamede ◽  
Oluwatoyin Ayodele Ajani ◽  
Olufemi Sunday Afolabi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Management System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Curriculum Delivery ◽  
The Developed Countries ◽  
Higher Institutions

This study adopted a discursive approach to review the use of the Learning Management System (LMS) popularly known as 'Moodle’ in most South African universities. Moodle as fondly called is one of the online tools that can be effectively used to deliver learning activities as well as online learning assessments to implement curriculum delivery without borders or disruptions during the COVID-19 lockdown across the globe. The author highlights various extant studies on the usage and adoption of LMS into teaching and learning for effective implementation in higher institutions of learning. LMS is a global online tool that has been in use for decades in various higher institutions of learning across the developed countries. It has proved to be an efficient learning platform that has impacted significantly the education sector in these developed countries, as learning experiences are provided to diverse students at their comfort zones. With the break of the COVID-19 pandemic that affects the global world, teaching and learning in most parts of the developed countries continue to be facilitated through various online approaches that include LMS in the developed countries. Unfortunately, the pandemic lockdown in many developing countries like South Africa grossly impacted the delivery of curriculum and educational activities in various learning institutions for several months. The continuous presence of COVID-19 led the South African Department of Higher Education and Training to review approaches to curriculum delivery to salvage academic activities. Thus, declared online learning as an alternative to face-to-face curriculum delivery in higher institutions. The adoption of LMS results as the best approach to engage students in full teaching and learning activities.

scholarly journals МАГИСТР В ШКОЛЕ: БЫТЬ ИЛИ НЕ БЫТЬ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyubov Nikitina
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Principals ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Team ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Research And Design ◽  
Level Training

Рассматривается вопрос о положении магистров в школе и позиции руководителей общеобразовательных школ по отношению к магистерской подготовке. На основе изучения вопросов, связанных с затруднениями в процессе обучения в магистратуре, установлено, что в школе не создаются условия для успешного обучения, поскольку руководители не проявляют заинтересованности именно в магистерской подготовке педагога. По результатам анкетирования руководителей общеобразовательных школ установлено, что работодатели не видят принципиальной значимости в многоуровневой подготовке педагога, поскольку нормативно не закреплены функции и виды деятельности магистров в школе. При этом директора школ готовы создавать условия для обучения педагогов в магистратуре, привлекать к исследовательской и проектно-управленческой деятельности, к педагогическому сопровождению работы по совершенствованию деятельности педагогов школы, включать их в состав команды по управлению в школе. Обозначена проблема набора с точки зрения распределения контрольных цифр приема в магистратуру, обусловленная отсутствием заинтересованности работодателей в магистерской подготовке педагога.In this article, the author considers the issue of the position of masters in school and the position of the heads of secondary schools for master’s training. Based on the study of difficulties in the process of studying at a magistracy, the author found that the school does not create conditions for successful learning, because the leaders do not show interest in the master’s training of a teacher. Based on the results of a survey of the heads of secondary schools, the researcher concludes that employers do not see fundamental importance in the multi-level training of the teacher, since the functions and types of activities of masters in the school are not legally fixed. At the same time, school principals are ready to create conditions for the training of teachers in the magistracy, to involve in research and design and management activities, in pedagogical support of work to improve the activities of school teachers, to include them in the school management team. The author outlines the problem of recruitment from the point of view of the distribution of master figures for admission to the magistracy, which is caused by the lack of interest of employers in the master’s training of the teacher.

Role of School Management Teams in Planning of Curriculum Delivery During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 215-231
Author(s):  
Shonisani Agnes Mulovhedzi ◽  
Takalani Rhoda Luhalima
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Management ◽  
Management Teams ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Teaching ◽  
Curriculum Delivery

School management teams (SMTs) plan school teaching and learning curriculum. Through the desktop research method, this chapter investigates the role of SMTs in planning the curriculum delivery during and after COVID-19. It focuses on the role of SMTs in planning the mode of curriculum delivery, reviewing learning materials, setting plans on the transition to online teaching and learning, controlling curriculum issues, and encouraging a predictable annual routine during and after COVID-19. The chapter also discusses challenges faced in the planning of curriculum delivery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, it provides suggestions on strategies that can assist teachers in improving the delivery of the curriculum. Finally, the chapter concludes by explaining the available different modes of delivering the curriculum. Thus, the chapter aims to investigate the planning of curriculum delivery during and after the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the roles of school management teams in education.

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