scholarly journals Change Laboratory Workshops as Tools for Improving Learner Leadership in Schools: A Researcher-Interventionist Approach

Author(s):  
Selma Ndeyapo Kandjengo ◽  

The purpose of this study was to engage learners and teachers with the aim of developing leadership potential and improving the leadership capacity and capabilities of the learner leaders through mainly Change Laboratory Workshops, which were conducted with the Learner Representative Council (LRC) members, at a public secondary school in the Oshana Region, Namibia. The study was guided by the following main question: How can learner leadership structure be improved in schools? The researchers used a researcher-interventionist approach to implement measures for improving learner leadership, guided by the ideals of the Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), as a theoretical lens through which the researchers made interventions for improving learner leadership at school. Empirically, the study made use of a qualitative research methodology carried out through a case study design. The population consisted of teachers and learners of the case study school. The data was collected by questionnaires, interviews, document analysis, observation and journaling. The data was analysed thematically, interpreted and discussed inductively.

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jóna G Ingólfsdóttir ◽  
Snæfrídur Thóra Egilson ◽  
Rannveig Traustadóttir

This paper outlines the reported discrepancies between the aims of the welfare services in Iceland and the experiences of parents raising young children with intellectual disabilities. Prevailing views on disability and service delivery were also considered. A multi case study design was employed to reflect the situation in different parts of the country. Families of eight children with intellectual disabilities and professionals in three different municipalities formed the cases. The findings reveal a high convergence between the three cases with variations based on individual experiences rather than geographical location. Overall, parents praised the preschools but experienced support services often as fragmented and uncompromising. Particular components of the services were consistently regarded as hard to reach and not in accordance with the needs of the family. Cultural-historical activity theory is introduced as a beneficial framework for further study and system improvement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Abdullah Mat Rashid ◽  
Irra Zahira Ishan ◽  
Nurul Farhana Mohamed

The authors employed a qualitative case study design to explore factors of persistence in agricultural science program. Specifically focused on factors that influence participants continue in enroll the agricultural program in tertiary education since previously studied a subject or several subjects related to agriculture in secondary school. All participants had taken agricultural programs in tertiary education and previously had studied subject that related to agriculture during secondary school. Findings show that support from close individual, school environment, exposure to agriculture and personal factor were factors influencing the persistence of students in agriculture. The authors address implications for increasing student’s persistence in agricultural science program.


2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-62
Author(s):  
Iheanyi N. Okwakpam ◽  
Ikechi O. Okwakpam

The study was a case study design aimed at determining the causes and levels of truancy among secondary school students, using Rivers State, Nigeria. The research sample consisted of 105 teachers and was purposefully sampled. Four research questions and one hypothesis were posed, formulated and tested respectively. A structured questionnaire was developed, validated and administered to the respondents selected for the study. T-test, standard deviation and mean were used to analyze the data collected. The results indicated that there is a significant difference between family background and student factor. The implication of this is that the student’s family background contributes greatly to the student’s level of truancy. Hence, the null hypothesis was rejected. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made towards the reducing the level of truancy among secondary school students. Key words: Nigeria, Rivers State, school, secondary school, students, truancy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Syahruddin Syahruddin ◽  
Andi Ernawati ◽  
Muhammad Natsir Ede ◽  
Mohd. Anuar B Abdul Rahman ◽  
Ahmad Johari Sihes ◽  
...  

The extent of the role of teachers’ pedagogical competence on the practice of school-based management (SBM) was explored in this study. Interviews have been conducted in order to collect the qualitative data from the participant in Pare-Pare, South Celebes, Indonesia. It was discovered that the teachers’ pedagogical competence has not been developed as it was expected. Accordingly, it was reported that teachers’ creativity was limited by the domination of the government’s interference. It is suggested that in order to improve the quality of SBM, teachers’ continuing professional development is highly required.


Author(s):  
Dr. Felipe De Jesús Perales Mejía

Con la intención de comprender la participación social en la educación, se presentan los resultados de un estudio en caso desde la perspectiva cualitativa, con una orientación etnográfica. El caso,[1] a manera de texto descriptivo-interpretativo, reconstruye la forma en que participan las educadoras, la directora, los padres y madres de familia en la vida cotidiana de un jardín de niños; la participación está articulada de acuerdo con la propuesta de la Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP). Se hace énfasis en las voces y visiones de los participantes, en la manera en que estos se implican en diversos eventos, en contraste con las disposiciones administrativas sobre las que no se sabe con claridad por qué ni para qué se cumplen. El estudio se realizó durante dos ciclos escolares en una comunidad que fue hacienda, después ejido y finalmente fraccionamiento urbano. Se afirma que la participación social es un proceso complejo, relacionado con la historia, la cultura y las tradiciones de la comunidad, las cuales son disposiciones estructurantes, que necesitan tomarse en cuenta para impulsar la participación de manera activa y democrática, y no de una forma meramente administrativa.AbstractWith the goal of understanding social participation in education, we present the results of a case study from a qualitative prospective with an ethnographic orientation. The case,[2] as a descriptive-interpretative text, reconstructs the way teachers, director, and parents participate in the daily life of a kindergarten. Their participation is spelled out according to the guidelines of the Public Education Secretariat (SEP, for its acronym in Spanish). The study emphasizes the participants’ voices and visions as well as the way they involve themselves in various events compared with the administrative dispositions whose reason and purpose remains unclear. The study was carried out during two academic years in a community that was first a plantation, then an ejido’ shared land common land, and finally an urban neighborhood. The text argues that social participation is a complex process that has to do with history, culture, and community traditions, which shape the way it is brought to life. These aspects need to be taken into account so participation can be fostered in an active and democratic way, and not only in a merely bureaucratic way.Recibido: 21 de junio de 2013Aceptado: 04 de diciembre de 2013[1] El caso forma parte de una investigación más amplia conformada por tres escuelas primarias y una secundaria públicas, apoyada por el CONACYT-SEP/SEB 110286, administrado por la UPN-Ajusco. Agradezco a la Lic. Ana María Gallegos su colaboración en el trabajo de campo.[2] The case is part of a wider research conducted in three public primary schools and one public secondary school supported by CONACYT-SEP/SEB 110286, managed by UPN-Ajusco. I want to thank Lic. Ana María Gallegos for her contribution to the fieldwork.


2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahruddin Syahruddin ◽  
Andi Ernawati ◽  
Muhammad Natsir Ede ◽  
Mohd. Anuar B Abdul Rahman ◽  
Ahmad Johari Sihes ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48
Author(s):  
Amir Michalovich

This case study explores how two 16-year-old newcomer youth in a Canadian secondary school navigated the digital multimodal composition process through role-play in their first digital video production at school. Employing a qualitative, case-study design, the study shows how the youth playfully accentuated collaborative over coercive power relations, as well as repositioned and represented their imagined identities as they played different assigned roles in the filmmaking process. The implications of these findings are discussed for educators and researchers considering digital multimodal composition as a classroom literacy practice.


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