Training “Leaders of Their Own Race”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah H. Case
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Black Education ◽  
Black Female ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Industrial Education ◽  
Ideological Assumptions

Through a focus on Spelman Seminary of Atlanta, Georgia, between its founding in 1881 and the 1920s, this chapter analyzes the ideological assumptions behind, and the content of, education for black female respectability. An analysis of the content of the education offered at Spelman and the goals of administrators, board members, faculty, and supporters provides an understanding of how secondary schools for girls taught the attributes of respectability. To a surprising degree, industrial education was viewed as essential to the curriculum of a school for “striving” black young women. In contrast to traditional interpretations of black education that oppose industrial and academic education, Spelman faculty and associates viewed industrial and academic education as mutually reinforcing.

Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-104
Author(s):  
Tyrone McKinley Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Black Education ◽  
Black Schools ◽  
Industrial Education ◽  
National Network ◽  
Gainful Employment ◽  
The North ◽  
The Relationship

Chapter 3 focuses on Walker’s gift of education through her national network of beauty schools as a model of urban industrial vocational education at the same time that Booker T. Washington’s southern rural model of industrial education was prominent. Washington’s Tuskegee model has been critiqued as not successful in addressing black educational needs despite its proliferation because it appeased the white South and focused on the fading agricultural economy. Walker’s beauty schools, in contrast, offered an urban alternative for migrating black women to earn credentials, enabling their gainful employment in the emerging industrial economies of the North, Midwest, and South. The chapter analyzes the curriculum of the Walker beauty schools and its blending of theory, technique, and business management principles to support graduates’ success. This gift of education aligned Walker with other educator-philanthropists of her era, such as Mary McLeod Bethune, Lucy Laney, and Charlotte Hawkins Brown—whose schools she also funded. Walker’s partnership with southern black schools is also examined through which she made donations in exchange for commitments to offer her curriculum. Although only a few colleges took up the offer, participating schools split profits of beauty culture sales made by students with the Walker Company. The program was Walker’s effort to grow her market, extend opportunity to students, and financially support the schools. The chapter reinterprets the relationship between industrial philanthropy and black education, and the value of industrial vocational education to northern black urban communities.

Governing boards and perceived performance of secondary schools

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga ◽  
Venancio Tauringana ◽  
Moses Muhwezi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Governing Boards ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Governing Board ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Finance Committee ◽  
Perceived Performance

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study carried out to determine the effect of governing boards on the performance of Ugandan secondary schools. Specifically, the study investigated whether governing boards (board role performance, finance committee role performance, board size, frequency of board meetings and board finance expertise) have an effect on the perceived performance of the schools. Design/methodology/approach – This study is cross-sectional and correlational. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of 271 schools out of which 200 responded. The data were analysed through ordinary least squares regression using Statistical Package for Social Scientists. Findings – The results suggest that board role performance, finance committee role performance, frequency of meetings and finance expertise of governing boards have a significant effect on the schools’ performance. Research limitations/implications – The authors measure some of the variables qualitatively and perceptively contrary to, for instance, the commonly used quantitative measures of performance, but process factors which are inherently qualitative in nature can better explain variances in secondary schools’ performance. Thus, in this study, the authors do not claim highly refined measurement concepts. More research is therefore needed to better refine qualitative concepts used in this study. The results too suggest that board and finance committee role performance and finance expertise of the board are more important for performance of a school than board size, and frequency of meetings which academics have been focusing on. These findings call for more research to validate the posited relationships. Practical implications – The results are important for governing board policy development; for example, in terms of prescribing the qualifications for schools’ governing board members and also finance committee board members. Originality/value – This study shows that one way to capture the influence of all governing boards’ roles including service role is to adopt a perception-based approach which asks respondents to what extent they think governing boards fulfil all their roles. Unlike previous studies which used proxies for board role performance such as proportion of non-executive directors and board size for monitoring and control and resource provision, the study incorporates proxies as well as perception-based measures of board role performance to determine if governing boards have a significant influence on the performance of Uganda secondary schools.

scholarly journals Statistics and Probability at Secondary Schools in the Federal State of Salzburg: An Empirical Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Voit ◽  
Arne C. Bathke
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Mathematics Instruction ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Statistics And Probability ◽  
The Status ◽  
Study Population

Knowledge about the practical use of statistics and probability in today's mathematics instruction at secondary schools is vital in order to improve the academic education for future teachers. We have conducted an empirical study among school teachers to inform towards improved mathematics instruction and teacher preparation. The study provides a snapshot into the daily practice of instruction at school. Centered around the four following questions, the status of statistics and probability was examined. Where did  the current mathematics teachers study? What relevance do statistics and probability have in school? Which contents are actually taught in class? What kind of continuing education would be desirable for teachers? The study population consisted of all teachers of mathematics at secondary schools in the federal state of Salzburg.

Aerial Navigation as Applied Mathematics

1945 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 314-316
Author(s):  
Laura Blank
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Young Men ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Pure Mathematics ◽  
Aerial Navigation ◽  
The Moment

In the fall of 1942 at the urgent request of the federal government, as an incentive to interest in piloting and navigating airplanes, many of the secondary schools of our country set into operation classes in aerial navigation, aerodynamics and meteorology. The navigation courses were in the main, the responsibility of the teachers of mathematics. They have been preparing youth including a few young women now for three years. The motive of these young folk in selecting the course is either the wish to pilot soon or that of understanding a timely subject. Many of the young men of the earlier classes are flying missions now “down under” in the South Pacific.* Some are flying their own planes from England for furloughs and then new assignments. Now the Army Air Corps is closed to admissions, and moreover, many men classified in that branch of the service for months, “on the line,” awaiting anxiously their transfer to preflight have been notified officially that they will not be needed as pilots or navigators or even bombardiers. One wonders what the effect will be on elections to a high school course in navigation. Will it develop that aerial navigation is an emergency subject, incident to the war, in secondary schools, to vanish from the curriculum in a few years, parts of it to be taken over into the courses in so-called pure mathematics? Or will navigation continue as a course optional in high school? At the moment options are holding up well.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Secondary School Boards in Managing Students’ Discipline among Public Secondary Schools in Ulanga District, Morogoro Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-190
Author(s):  
Anunsiata T. Liguluka ◽  
Daniel Oduor Onyango
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Boards ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Student Leaders ◽  
Disciplinary Action ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Standard Quality ◽  
The Government

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of secondary school boards in managing students’ discipline among public secondary schools in Ulanga District, Tanzania. The study employed mixed research approach and convergent parallel research design. The researcher used stratified sampling and simple random sampling methods to select 75 out of 298 teachers and 76 out of 324 student leaders. Purposive sampling was used to select one (1) District Education Officer, one (1) Standard Quality Assurer, one (1) Ward Education Officer, four (4) Heads of Schools and four (4) Chairpersons of School Boards. Data was collected using questionnaires, interview guides and documents. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and thematic approach. The study revealed that although school boards discussed discipline issues in public secondary schools, they did not take any appropriate disciplinary action such as discontinuing students with disciplinary issues, warning or suspend the students. The study recommended that apart from discussing about disciplinary issues, school boards should take appropriate disciplinary actions such as suspending discontinuing and giving warnings to the students with disciplinary issues. It is recommended that the school boards should ensure constant communication with disciplinary committees to maintain students’ discipline in schools. The study further recommended that the government should enhance budgetary allocations to the schools for better effectiveness of discipline management. The Heads of schools and board members should be trained on effective leadership and the parents should be educated on the importance of cooperation in managing students’ discipline in public secondary schools.

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