The efficacy of road safety education to prevent pedestrian fatalities in Limpopo Province (South Africa)

This paper explores road safety education to prevent pedestrian fatalities in Limpopo Province. Pedestrian safety remains one of the main challenges for road safety authorities as many road users are losing their lives on the road. The inability of both pedestrians and motorists to understand and interpret the rules of the road is a major problem in Limpopo Province. The study utilised quantitative approach. The sample consisted of 195 respondents. Comprises of 15 civil engineering companies, 23 civil society organisations, 52 community members, 51 teachers and 54 traffic police officials. The findings from the study revealed among many others, that 64.1% of respondents agreed that non-involvement of parents in road safety education contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 61% of the respondents agreed that ineffective scholar patrol contribute to pedestrian fatalities; 67.2% of the respondents agreed that lack of professional support in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities and 72% of the respondents agreed that limited resources in road safety contribute to pedestrian fatalities. Based on the findings, the author provided, possible recommendations such as; Department of Transport and Education should involve parents/guardians in road safety education; Department of Education should review scholar patrol to ensure that it assist positively in preventing pedestrian fatalities; Traffic authorities should partner with academics to provide road safety policies and strategies; Department of Transport should partner with private sector to provide resources for road safety education in Limpopo Province.

On An International Level, What Are The Functions Of An Individualized Education Program (IEP) Or Transition Plan (TP)?

More than 45 years of IEP/TP research and a few focused on IEP/TP functions or roles. Yet, the quality of an IEP/TP relies on the functions that it fulfills to satisfy the needs of its different users (Petitdemange,1985). The Quebec Ministry of Education (MEQ, 2004) and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services within the U.S. Department of Education (in Eichler, 1999) explicitly identified and described six to seven IEP/TP functions. However, a literature review and practising environments highlighted a greater number of functions. The goal of this research is to identify the different functions that an IEP/TP should fulfill in regard to the different needs of its diverse users. With the use of pedagogical value analysis method (PVA), results show a synthesis of more than 700 functions organized in an IEP/TP Functional Specification Matrix (FSM). The IEP /TP FSM is useful to create, monitor and evaluate IEP/TPs.

Overidentification of English Language Learners for Special Education

Alarming statistics presented by the United States Department of Education reveal a disproportionate number of students of minority language (English language learners) qualify for special education. As far back as 2007, the DOE recognized there was a concerted effort needed to reduce racial and ethnic disproportionality in racial and ethnic identification, placement, and disciplinary actions for minority students' representation in special education. This chapter will examine and address solutions to prevent the over identification of English language learners in special education specifically in the area of identification. As a further objective, the ramifications of this over representation will be examined, and the authors hypothesize about why the over representation occurs. Confusion over the Unz Initiative (1998, Proposition 227) may have inadvertently led to the over identification. A case study, leading to case law, concludes the chapter.

The Department of Education and Culture's Strategy to Address Educator Shortage in Pontianak

The purpose of this research was to examine the Department of Education and Culture's strategy for addressing the city of Pontianak's teacher shortage. This study employs an inductive descriptive qualitative method. Data reduction methods, data display/data presentation, and conclusion drawing/verification were used to analyze the collected data. In order to gather the data, we used a combination of observation, documentation, and in-depth interviews as data collection techniques. Structured interviews and purposive sampling were used to select participants for the study. Research shows that the Department of Education and Culture's strategy for dealing with the shortage of teachers is adequate. There is no doubt that the Department of Education and Culture is doing everything it can to alleviate the shortage of teachers in Pontianak City, whether it's through policies like hiring PPPK employees or stipulating that ASN be formed exclusively for educators.

STRESSORS AND PARENTAL COGNIZANCE ON MODULAR LEARNING MODALITY

The factors are contributing to optimal parental educational involvement always intrigued to research, and the researcher wanted to dig into the issue or the problem behind the different scenarios. A wide range of stressors and parental cognizance on modular learning modality, including the home environment, socio-economic status of the family, and learning at home with a descriptive equivalent of very extensive, indicates that stressors on modular learning modality are always evident. On the other hand, the extent of parental cognizance, considered with the indicators: participation in social organizations, school programs involvement, and community collaboration with a descriptive equivalent of extensive which frequently means evident. A student’s ability to succeed academically as well as cultivate a lifetime passion for learning is greatly enhanced when parents are actively involved in the lives of their kids. Furthermore, the results of this study awaken to Department of Education to maintain seminars about improving parental cognizance and training about the different modalities for the parents to develop their supporting teaching skills and deeper relationships with their children. KEYWORDS: Stressors, modular learning modality, parental cognizance

The Influence of Leadership and Work Motivation on Work Effectiveness through Discipline

This type of research used in this study is associative research. The research site is located at the Department of Education and Culture, Soppeng Regency. The sample used the census method, which an entire population of as many as 112 employees. In conducting statistical testing, it uses path analysis. The results showed that leadership positively and significantly affected employee discipline in the Department of Education and Culture in Soppeng Regency. Work motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee discipline in the Department of Education and Culture in Soppeng Regency. This study's result is: 1) Leadership has a positive and significant impact on the Soppeng District Education and Culture Office's work effectiveness. 2) Work motivation has a positive and significant impact on the Soppeng District Education and Culture Office's efficacy. 3) Employee discipline has a positive and significant effect on the Department of Education and Culture's work effectiveness in Soppeng Regency. 4) Leadership has a positive and significant impact on work effectiveness through employee discipline at the Department of Education and Culture in Soppeng Regency. 5) Work motivation has a positive and significant effect on work effectiveness through employee discipline at the Department of Education and Culture in Soppeng Regency.

Čimbenici otpornosti i iskustvo vršnjačkog nasilja

Svrha je ovog rada utvrditi doprinos čimbenika otpornosti u objašnjenju doživljenog vršnjačkog nasilja kao temelju planiranja znanstveno utemeljenih intervencija za promociju pozitivnog razvoja/prevenciju rizičnih ponašanja mladih. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 1647 adolescenata iz Varaždinske županije, a raspon dobi kreće se od 14 do 19 godina. Za potrebe ovog rada korišten je Upitnik o demografskim podacima (izrađen za potrebe projekta), CTC Upitnik za učenike (Mihić, Novak i Bašić, 2010) i Modificirana verzija Resilience and Youth Development Module (California Department of Education, 1997). U svrhu ostvarivanja cilja ovog istraživanja od statističkih metoda i analiza korištena je logistička regresijska analiza. Provedenom logističkom regresijskom analizom utvrđeno je da se na temelju spola, dobi, individualnih čimbenika otpornosti (suradnja i komunikacija, samoučinkovitost, empatija, rješavanja problema, samosvijest, ciljevi i aspiracije), čimbenika otpornosti u okruženju vršnjaka (visoka očekivanja – prosocijalni vršnjaci, brižni odnosi), čimbenika otpornosti u obiteljskom okruženju (visoka očekivanja, brižni odnosi, smislena uključenost) te čimbenika otpornosti u zajednici (visoka očekivanja, brižni odnosi, smislena uključenost) zajedno može objasniti 13,8% doživljenog vršnjačkog nasilja barem jednom u posljednja četiri tjedna. Prediktori koji povećavaju vjerojatnost doživljenog vršnjačkog nasilja jesu ženski spol i empatija. S druge strane prediktori koji smanjuju vjerojatnost doživljenog vršnjačkog nasilja jesu suradnja i komunikacija, samoučinkovitost, visoka očekivanja – prosocijalni vršnjaci te brižni odnosi s vršnjacima i u obiteljskom okruženju.

Strategic Priorities, Management Competencies, and Performance of the Divisions of Schools in Negros Island, Philippines

Good governance is a requisite in achieving quality education and lifelong learning. This combined descriptive, comparative, and correlative study looked into the strategic priorities, management competencies, and performance of the 16 divisions of schools in the Department of Education in Negros Island, Philippines. The statistical tools used were percentage and mean to determine their strategic priorities, management competencies, and performance based on the study's indicators; single-factor analysis of variance to find out any significant difference in their strategic priorities and management competencies; and Spearman rho to examine the coefficient of correlation between their strategic priorities and management competencies, their strategic priorities and performance, and their management competencies and performance. The study found no significant difference between the divisions of schools’ strategic priorities and management competencies, and no significant relationship between these variables and between these variables and their performance.

The Cottage that Kids Built: Jack's Mill School and the significance of architecture for progressive education in New Zealand in the late 1930s

Even today, the tiny West Coast community of Kōtuku is difficult to find. In 1935, when Edward Darracott arrived to the position of sole teacher at Jack's Mill School, it must have felt very far removed indeed from the rest of New Zealand. Yet here, in what might be described as a Department of Education backwater, Darracott implemented an audaciously progressive educational experiment. Central to his teaching, Darracott embarked on two major projects with his students. The first (and in keeping with an interschool competition at that time) was the design and establishment of a garden. The second project would prove more ambitions. With responsibility for the planning and building passed to the students, Darracott initiated the construction on the school grounds of a three-quarter scale bungalow, complete with furnishings, running water and electricity. The "miniature bungalow" received national attention at the time, and survives today under the care of the Department of Conservation, but outside the interests of back-road tourists, Darracott's educational experiment remains largely neglected. This paper will provide an overview of Darracott's achievements in Kōtuku before focusing attention of the specific architectural interests he activated. This begins with the self-conscious civility on display in the garden, before moving on to the opportunities and consequences of domesticity at work with the cottage itself. Viewed in this way, it is hoped that the isolation of Darracott's achievement (geographically and educationally) will begin to be replaced by a well-informed alignment with international practices of the time. Moreover, it will be shown how these "radical pedagogies" saw architecture as a necessary - perhaps inevitable - tool of implementation.