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Habedi, Marilyn Kgomoco. "Perceptions of home economics teachers and teacher educators regarding the home economics student teaching program at the University of Swaziland /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487596807821096.
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Smith, Bettye Prelow. "Job satisfaction of Home Economics teachers in Ohio." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1225393566.
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Dwyer, Sharon K. "The home satisfaction and work satisfaction of home economics teachers in Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44631.
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Home satisfaction, work satisfaction and the presence or absence of children were quantitatively assessed using responses from 132 Virginia vocational home economics teachers. Analysis of variance was used to examine whether home satisfaction and the presence or absence of children made a significant difference in work satisfaction. Those items which teachers found most and least satisfying in both their work and home situations were also identified. The analysis of variance found that mean home satisfaction scores made a significant difference upon work satisfaction, while the presence or absence of children did not. The interaction of home satisfaction and children made no significant difference. Home and family items teachers identified as being most satisfying were personal habits, housing, health of family members, and personal health. Those least satisfying were amount of time for self! division of household duties, time together as a family, and family schedule. Aspects which were the most satisfying at work were amount of commuting time, amount of control over job, opportunity to work independently, and friendships at work. Those which were least satisfying were flexibility of work schedule, opportunities for advancement, salary, and meal and break times. Overall, this group of vocational home economics teachers indicated a high level of satisfaction with work and home life.
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Arifin, Ngah Hamsiah. "Perception of teacher trainees toward the home economics course in the teacher training colleges in Malaysia." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998arifinn.pdf.
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Ahmad, Rubiah. "Perceptions, practices and factors to improve food and nutrition education of home economics teachers in teacher training colleges in Malaysia." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998ahmadr.pdf.
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Kreter, Diane. "Indiana high school vocational home economics teachers' time management skills." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845950.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the time management skills of Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers. The problem accessed in the study are: (1) Do Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers have higher means for time management skills than the established norm (mid level management students) and (2) Is there a difference in the means for time management skills of the Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers by teaching assignment?Three hundred and fifty Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers selected by systematic random sampling design were mailed the instrument with 232 usable responses. The Time Problems Inventory by A. Canfield measured the teachers' time management skills in priority setting, planning, delegation and discipline. Reliability and construct validity were measured with factor analysis. The subjects' teaching assignment was determined with a demographic question.The findings of the study indicated the following:1) Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers' time management skills in the areas of priorities and planning were lower than those of the norm.2) In the area of delegation, the norm group and the home economics teachers showed no significant difference.3) Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers tested significantly above the norm group in the time management skills of discipline.4) The home economics teachers did not differ in management skills by teaching assignment.In total time management skills, Indiana vocational high school home economics teachers are weaker in the areas of planning and priorities. These skills might be strengthened through inservice education.Department of Home Economics
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Shore, Diana K. McClanahan. "Home economics teachers' personal and professional practice in wellness behavior /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487672631598218.
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Keller-Ritter, Kelley A. "How graduate education impacts job satisfaction for family and consumer science teachers /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3137718.
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Cope, Jessica. "Perceptions of Working Conditions of Family and Consumer Science Teachers in Kentucky." Thesis, Northern Kentucky University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10640325.
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Currently in Kentucky there is a shortage of applicants for filling vacant teaching positions, specifically Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teaching positions. There are more vacancies than there are teachers to fill the positions. This study’s primary purpose was to determine the current working conditions, perceptions of working conditions, and changes that could improve satisfaction for FACS teachers. This research included a survey and three focus groups with FACS teachers in Kentucky. Through these methods, data was collected to identify the areas that could use improvement and how these improvements could be made. The results were that most teachers were very satisfied or usually satisfied. For an increase in satisfaction, teachers indicated smaller class sizes, more money, updated classrooms, updated equipment and more administrative support.
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Ryu, Sang-Hee. "Curriculum orientations and professional teaching practices reported by Korean secondary school Home Economics teachers and teacher educators /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487951907960049.
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Eades, Jerre P. (Jerre Pauline). "The Role Expectations of Academic Counselors in Vocational Education as Perceived by Home Economics Cooperative Education Teachers and Academic Counselors in Texas." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331646/.
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The purposes of this study were to determine the role expectations of academic counselors in vocational education as perceived by home economics cooperative education teachers and academic counselors, to compare the extent of agreement between these two groups, and to determine if selected demographic variables caused significant differences in perceptions of role expectations. This study surveyed randomly selected counselors and teachers by means of a questionnaire designed to ascertain role perceptions and to collect demographic data. The Likert-type scale instrument consisted of 46 items that were categorized into six areas of counseling tasks. A total of 45 teachers and 158 counselors returned usable questionnaires.
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Mndebele, Comfort Baphumuze Sikhumbuzo. "Professional vocational technical education competencies for Swaziland teachers of agricultural, commercial, home economics, and technical studies." Diss., This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-163822/.
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Murphey, Ina Crouch. "Current trends in clothing and textiles education: how they have affected selected Virginia home economics teachers." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33540.
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Mlambo, Phares Jona Taindisa. "Attitudes of teachers and students to the place of Home Economics in a mixed curriculum : a case study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22042.
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Bibliography: pages 88-95.The aim of the investigation is to assess the extent to which various initiatives aimed at improving the status of a technical subject like Home Economics (H/E), have helped to transform the attitudes and perceptions of teachers and students in a school in Zimbabwe. The study was carried out at Rusununguko Secondary School in Zimbabwe, where H/E was one of the technical subjects within a curriculum mainly dominated by academic subjects. Students and teachers' attitudes and perceptions towards H/E were assessed along the following dimensions: 1. The extent to which H/E is subjected to gender stereotyping; 2. The extent to which H/E is viewed as suitable for slow learners and low-achieving students; 3. The extent to which the subject suffers from subject choice constraints; 4. The extent to which H/E is viewed in terms of low academic and occupational expectations; 5. The extent to which the subject is perceived as offering low-status knowledge when compared to other subjects.
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Werhan, Carol R. "Why Men Enter the Gendered Profession of Family and Consumer Sciences Education: An Exploratory Case Study." Akron, OH : University of Akron, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=akron1225220598.
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Dissertation (Ph. D.)--University of Akron, Dept. of Curricular and Instructional Studies, 2008."December, 2008." Title from electronic dissertation title page (viewed 12/28/2008) Advisor, Susan Olson; Committee members, Sharon Kruse, Virginia Gunn, Richard Glotzer, Renee Mudrey-Camino; Department Chair, Bridgie A. Ford; Dean of the College, Cynthia Flynn Capers; Dean of the Graduate School, George R. Newkome. Includes bibliographical references.
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Shommo, Mahasin Ibrahim. "A review of the role of problem solving and other critical thinking skills in the secondary home economics curriculum of the Sudan with an empirical study of the in-service training of teachers." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3806.
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Chapter I summarises the development of the Critical Thinking (CT) movement and previous studies of developing Critical Thinking Skills (CTSs), with particular focus on the methods used in teaching them in the Home Economics (HE) context. One method, Problem-Solving (PS)o was chosen to teach CTSs in Sudanese secondary schools for girls. A four-day in-service training course in teaching PS was conducted with all the HE teachers of Omdurman.To investigate the effect of teaching PS on students' learning in HE lessons, achievement tests were developed on 3 HE topics and were conducted on 234 students. Tests on the first two topics were conducted before and after the in-service course. T-test analysis was conducted on the mean scores of the results obtained, to compare students' learning of HE on the two occasions. it was found that the differences between the mean scores of the tests conducted prior to the in-service course and those carried out after it, were very highly significant, in favour of teaching PS-style lessons. A test on the third topic was conducted on all groups of students to investigate differences between classes.To show how trained teachers implemented the PS techniques acquired during the In-service course, a diary study was conducted on the three topics taught.Questionnaires were developed and administered to the teachers who participated in the In-service course to find out their opinions about the experience of teaching PS, both in the in-service course and In their own classes. Teachers' views were also obtained by means of semi-structured interviews.The findings of the study support the use of PS method in teaching HE. Some implications of the findings for the development of initial and in-service teacher training, as well as curriculum modification In Sudanese secondary HE education are highlighted, and suggestions made for further research.
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Garosas, Elfriede S. "Research portfolio." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015966.
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[From Introduction]. The study involved student teachers and teacher educators providing me with information concerning their perception and understanding of the BETD broad curriculum and needlework and clothing syllabus. The above mentioned are the people who are involved in teacher education thus I found it relevant to have their opinions and understanding of the documents. The contextual analysis has engaged me in exploring a possible area of research specialisation for the two years during the course of studies with Rhodes University; this will serve as an introduction to the particular research to be done through the course of my studies. The focus of this report includes the following: • A critical analysis of (BETD) needlework and clothing syllabus in relation to the BETD broad curriculum; • A socio-historic and economic analysis of the context for which the syllabus has been designed; • An analysis of the learners for whom the syllabus is designed. In this case students provided their autobiography; • An analysis ofthe learning environment in which the syllabus operates; the physical structure and resources. Together with the critical analysis of the curriculum a small scale survey intending to find out the following information from the student teachers and teacher educators was conducted. • The extent to which the broad curriculum differs from the previous teacher education on issues related to democracy, quality, access, cultural bias, racial discrimination and classes (level of economic status); • How the needlework and clothing syllabus addresses the needs of student teachers; • Whether the needlework and clothing syllabus has enough content; • The challenges facing teacher education and how they can be addressed; • Whether the needlework and clothing syllabus is learner-centred; • Whether the syllabus is gender oriented or biased. This evaluation framework provides a foundation for later investigation
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Holland, Mildred L. "Factors associated with the use of global perspectives in home economics teacher preparation /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487841975356601.
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Sullivan, Deborah Anne Smith. "Characteristics of vocational home economics teacher educators and their job satisfaction /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487597424138966.
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Turnbull, Susan G. "Clothing studies in New Brunswick secondary schools : teacher assessment of future content/." The Ohio State University, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487325740720934.
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Greyvenstein, Lesley Ann. "Classroom planning and organizing as tasks for the home economics teacher at secondary schools / Lesley Ann Greyvenstein." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8623.
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Classroom management, as part-discipline of Educational Management, is
a function of the teacher in his role of teacher-manager, consisting of
the specific regulative tasks or actions performed by the teacher to facilitate
the achievement of effective education within the classroom.
The four major classroom managerial tasks for the teacher are the planning,
organizing, leading and controlling actions, each consisting of
numerous sub-tasks, which, although researched as separate phenomena,
are interwoven and interrelated throughout all the managerial activity.
The task of planning, which includes the interdependent sub-tasks of
goal defining, policy making, decision making and problem solving, consists
of the purposeful contemplation by the teacher regarding the future
goals of the classroom, the resources and activities involved, and the
problems which may occur in the compilation of the most suitable plan for
the achievement of effective education.
Organizing, as the second major managerial function of the teacher, is
facilitated by planning, and consists of the creation of a structure defining
the tasks, authority and position of each member of the classroom
organization, delegating according to the structure, and co-ordinating
all facets of the organization to function as an integrated whole towards
the achievement of the goal of effective education.
The Home Economics teacher responsible for the presentation of a
multi-faceted subject within a complex classroom situation should exercise
her managerial functions of planning and organizing to facilitate the effective
education of the adolescent secondary school girl in preparation
for her future role in her family life within society.
The Home Economics teacher should receive comprehensive training in
classroom management, consisting of scientifically structured knowledge
which will enable her to enhance the effectiveness of teaching and
learning in her classroom, and also prepare her for possible future promotion
positions within the education system which require certain managerial
competencies.
The managerial tasks of planning and organizing are important functions
in the modern classroom where the teacher is being held increasingly
accountable for the effectiveness of the education which takes place in
the classroom.Thesis (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1987
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Arteaga, Michael Anthony. "HANDBOOK ON TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/574.
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This project aims to help teachers learn how to connect with their students of different cultural backgrounds. It is written to help teachers understand how cultural differences can have an unseen effect on student learning and immediacy. In turn, these effects can lead to a lack of motivation and lower levels of success in college obtainment. This project will also have a handbook to help teachers learn about their students’ backgrounds and understand how culture plays a role in the learning process. The handbook will review understanding the demographics of the school, cultural mismatch, cultural communication, and instructional communication. These topics are geared to help teachers gain an understanding of the challenges their students face. When teachers are engaging in the handbook sections and working to overcome educational obstacles, their students may have greater academic success.
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Kerr, Dianne Lynne. "An HIV education needs assessment of selected teacher members of the American School Health Association and the American Home Economics Association /." The Ohio State University, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487776210794615.
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Belt, A. (Aino). "Kun työrauha horjuu:kotitalousopettajien käsityksiä työrauhahäiriöistä ja niiden taustatekijöistä." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2013. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526202372.
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Abstract Working peace is a basic requirement for teaching and learning, yet it provides constant challenge for teachers. Although working peace and working peace disturbances at school are well known phenomena, there is little specific knowledge of working peace in home economics, despite home economics differing from the other subjects of comprehensive school upper classes. Furthermore, where knowledge does exist, it seldom appears to be fully exploited. The purpose of this study is to increase understanding of working peace disturbances within home economics. By examining home economics teachers’ perceptions of working peace, this doctoral dissertation aims to clarify how working peace disturbances are seen by those who are in the key position to solve them. The topic is approached by using phenomenography that enables clarification of variations in individual views. Consequently, the everyday thinking within the target group becomes visible. The data for this study were collected by interviewing 14 home economics teachers in Northern Finland. The interview themes followed three viewpoints derived from scientific literature: how to define working peace disturbances, what are seen as factors behind working peace disturbances, and how to intervene in these disturbances. Based on the findings of this study, home economics teachers’ perceptions of working peace can be condensed into four categories of perception representing an expanding awareness of working peace disturbances. Working peace disturbances can be seen either as an unavoidable nuisance, as a result of deficient resources, as a matter of atmosphere, or as a teaching task. Seeing working peace disturbances as unavoidable does not give constructive options to influence working peace. Focusing on deficiencies in physical learning environments gives useful knowledge for those allocating school resources but does not help with everyday working peace disturbances. On the other hand, seeing working peace disturbances as questions of atmosphere or as teaching tasks shifts the focus to issues that teachers can influence. The teacher can aim to improve classroom atmosphere or teach proper code of conduct, potentially resulting in better working peace. A teacher’s experience of their personal abilities to influence working peace disturbances is a crucial part of the teacher’s well-being and resilience at workTiivistelmä Työrauha on opetuksen ja oppimisen perusedellytys, ja sen turvaaminen tuottaa jatkuvasti haasteita opettajille. Työrauha ja työrauhahäiriöt ovat ilmiöinä hyvin tunnettuja, mutta kotitaloustuntien työrauhasta on niukasti täsmätietoa, vaikka kotitalous oppiaineena poikkeaa muista yläkoulun oppiaineista. Toisaalta työrauhahäiriöistä olemassa olevakin tutkimustieto vaikuttaa puutteellisesti hyödynnetyltä. Tämän työn tarkoituksena on lisätä ymmärrystä kotitaloustuntien työrauhahäiriöistä. Selvittämällä kotitalousopettajien omia käsityksiä työrauhahäiriöistä saadaan esiin se, millaisina työrauhahäiriöt näyttäytyvät häiriötilanteiden ratkaisujen avainhenkilöille. Tutkimuksen lähestymistapa on fenomenografinen. Fenomenografia tuo näkyviin laadullisesti erilaiset, määrällisesti pienetkin erot kohdejoukon arkiajattelussa. Tutkimusaineisto on koottu haastattelemalla 14 pohjoissuomalaista kotitalousopettajaa. Teemahaastattelujen teemoina olivat seuraavat kolme tieteellisestä kirjallisuudesta johdettua näkökulmaa työrauhahäiriöihin: mitä pidetään työrauhahäiriönä, mitä nähdään työrauhahäiriön taustalla selittävinä tekijöinä ja miten työrauhahäiriöön puututaan. Tämän tutkimuksen mukaan kotitalousopettajien käsitykset työrauhahäiriöistä kiteytyvät neljään laajuudeltaan erilaiseen käsitystapaan. Työrauhahäiriöt voidaan nähdä joko pakollisena riesana, ulkoisten puitteiden puutteina, ilmapiirikysymyksenä tai opetustehtävänä. Käsitystavat kuvastavat työrauhahäiriöitä koskevan tietoisuuden laajenemista pakollisesta riesasta ulkoisten puitteiden kautta ilmapiirikysymykseksi ja opetustehtäväksi. Kaksi viimeistä käsitystapaa ovat laajuudeltaan samantasoisia. Työrauhahäiriöiden näkeminen pakollisena riesana ei anna rakentavia mahdollisuuksia vaikuttaa työrauhaan. Opettajan keskittyminen ulkoisten puitteiden vajavaisuuksiin kertoo opetusjärjestelyjen ja fyysisen oppimisympäristön keskeisyydestä kotitalousopetuksessa. Tällainen tieto on tarpeellinen koulujen resursseista päättäville, mutta ei auta arjen työrauhahäiriötilanteissa. Työrauhahäiriöiden kokeminen ilmapiirikysymykseksi tai opetustehtäväksi suuntaa huomion sellaisiin tekijöihin, joihin opettaja voi itse vaikuttaa. Opettajan kokemus omasta kyvykkyydestä työrauhan ylläpitämisessä on keskeinen osa opettajan työhyvinvointia ja työssäjaksamista
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Duvignacq-Croisé, Cécile. "Territoires et représentations du genre dans l’école de la banlieue : l’enseignement féminin dans la banlieue sud-est parisienne de 1880 aux années 1950." Thesis, Paris Est, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PEST0016.
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Les deux dernières décennies du XIXe siècle amorcent l’essor rapide de la banlieue parisienne et le déploiement de l’Ecole d’Etat. Les lois Paul Bert, Ferry et Goblet fondent l’Ecole républicaine laïque et organisent un enseignement féminin public. Dans le sud-est parisien, urbanisation et scolarisation se développent conjointement. L’étude de l’enseignement féminin, tant à travers ses élèves que ses enseignantes, jusqu’à la mise en place de la mixité à la fin des années 1950, révèle alors l’élaboration des modèles éducatifs et des représentations du genre en banlieue. Elle souligne le rôle de l’Ecole dans la codification du rôle social des femmes et de la place qui leur est attribuée dans l’espace de la cité. Elle offre aussi une grille de lecture renouvelée des rapports entre la capitale et ses banlieues, car la différenciation de ces dernières se fonde sur un territoire ressenti aussi bien que construit et sur un imaginaire de l’espace urbain. A travers les représentations qu’il véhicule, l’enseignement féminin souligne la pluralité sociologique du sud-est parisien et ses mutations sociodémographiques. L’évolution des structures et de l’offre scolaire, les attentes des notables et des familles en font le révélateur des différents pouvoirs et acteurs qui structurent cet espace : initiatives et concurrences locales, divergences entre le local et les logiques d’unification départementale ou nationale. L’Ecole concentre les inégalités qui se développent entre Paris et sa banlieue, entre les banlieues. Cette histoire des femmes, de l’Ecole et des banlieues s’articule autour de trois périodes clefs: le tournant du XXe siècle et la politique de laïcisation, l’Entre-deux-guerres et une concurrence scolaire accrue entre les sexes, entre Paris et ses banlieues, les années 1950 lorsque la politique scolaire s’affirme comme un facteur de hiérarchisation urbaine. Entre pouvoirs et société civile, l’enseignement féminin apparaît comme un vecteur fondamental de l’organisation des banlieues sud-est, et de l’affirmation d’une identité banlieusardeIn the last two decades of the 19th century came the fast development of Parisian suburbs and the beginnings of the state school system. Laws bearing the names of Paul Bert, Ferry and Goblet were the foundation of a republican, secular educational system, as well as they designed public education for women. In the south-west of Paris, urbanism and education followed a joint development. A study of female education through learners and teachers until the implementation of coeducation in the late 1950s reveals the evolution of educational models and gender representation in suburban areas. It highlights the part played by schools in the systematization of the social role of women and the place attributed to them within the city; it also allows for a better understanding of the relationship between the capital and its suburbs, the latter differentiated in the way they are experienced not less than in the way they are planned and built, as well as through representations of the urban space. With the representations it promotes, female education highlights the social diversity of the Parisian south-west, and its socio-demographical mutations. Through the evolution of school structures and educational offer, expectations from parents and the elite, it becomes an indicator of the powers and agents at play there – local competitions and initiatives, discrepancies between local efforts and regional or national policies. The school system focuses the inequalities between Paris and its suburbs, and from one suburb to another. This history of women, education and suburbs addresses three distinct eras : the turn of the 20th century and the beginnings of the secularization of the school system, the Interwar period and the growing competition between genders and between Paris and its suburbs, and the 1950s, when educational policies openly factors in urban hierarchical organization. Between political powers and civil society, female education appears as an essential vehicle for the organization of the south-east suburbs, and the creation of a suburban identity
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Peck, Mikaere Michelle S. "Summerhill school is it possible in Aotearoa ??????? New Zealand ???????: Challenging the neo-liberal ideologies in our hegemonic schooling system." The University of Waikato, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2794.
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The original purpose of this thesis is to explore the possibility of setting up a school in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that operates according to the principles and philosophies of Summerhill School in Suffolk, England. An examination of Summerhill School is therefore the purpose of this study, particularly because of its commitment to self-regulation and direct democracy for children. My argument within this study is that Summerhill presents precisely the type of model Māori as Tangata Whenua (Indigenous people of Aotearoa) need in our design of an alternative schooling programme, given that self-regulation and direct democracy are traits conducive to achieving Tino Rangitiratanga (Self-government, autonomy and control). In claiming this however, not only would Tangata Whenua benefit from this model of schooling; indeed it has the potential to serve the purpose of all people regardless of age race or gender. At present, no school in Aotearoa has replicated Summerhill's principles and philosophies in their entirety. Given the constraints of a Master's thesis, this piece of work is therefore only intended as a theoretical background study for a much larger kaupapa (purpose). It is my intention to produce a further and more comprehensive study in the future using Summerhill as a vehicle to initiate a model school in Aotearoa that is completely antithetical to the dominant neo-liberal philosophy of our age. To this end, my study intends to demonstrate how neo-liberal schooling is universally dictated by global money market trends, and how it is an ideology fueled by the indifferent acceptance of the general population. In other words, neo-liberal theory is a theory of capitalist colonisation. In order to address the long term vision, this project will be comprised of two major components. The first will be a study of the principal philosophies that govern Summerhill School. As I will argue, Summerhill creates an environment that is uniquely successful and fulfilling for the children who attend. At the same time, it will also be shown how it is a philosophy that is entirely contrary to a neo-liberal 3 mindset; an antidote, to a certain extent, to the ills of contemporary schooling. The second component will address the historical movement of schooling in Aotearoa since the Labour Party's landslide victory in 1984, and how the New Zealand Curriculum has been affected by these changes. I intend to trace the importation of neo-liberal methodologies into Aotearoa such as the 'Picot Taskforce,' 'Tomorrows Schools' and 'Bulk Funding,' to name but a few. The neo-liberal ideologies that have swept through this country in the last two decades have relentlessly metamorphosised departments into businesses and forced ministries into the marketplace, hence causing the 'ideological reduction of education' and confining it to the parameters of schooling. The purpose of this research project is to act as a catalyst for the ultimate materialization of an original vision; the implementation of a school like Summerhill in Aotearoa. A study of the neo-liberal ideologies that currently dominate this country is imperative in order to understand the current schooling situation in Aotearoa and create an informed comparison between the 'learning for freedom' style of Summerhill and the 'learning to earn' style of our status quo schools. It is my hope to strengthen the argument in favour of Summerhill philosophy by offering an understanding of the difference between the two completely opposing methods of learning.
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Forrester, Heidi J. Adair. "Professional development activities and attitudes of home economics teachers." 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/9801.
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Pelech, Judia. "Influences on the practice of novice home economics teachers." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3714.
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Feiman-Nemser and Floden (1986) described teacher socialization as
learning to be a teacher and negotiating between idealism and what is possible
in particular school settings. This study explored the influences of personal
history and idealisms on novice home economics teachers' images of
teaching. The second aspect of this study examined the ways in which these
influences are recognized and negotiated in teaching practices. The research
focus is of particular interest, because of the subject matter of home
economics education. The home economics teacher enables students to
define and solve problems within family dynamics and it is of interest to
study whether the home economics teacher's personal history influences his
or her practice of teaching.
One first year teacher and three student teachers participated in this
study. Life history and ethnographic interviewing were used to capture the
stories of the subjects. The conversations were audiotaped and transcribed
for analysis.
Two central themes were elicited from analysis of the interviews. The
themes centered on 1) personal history; and 2) being a good teacher. The
theme on personal history included the areas of family, family dynamics and
responsibility, and former teachers. The areas of family, former teachers, and
being a good teacher were common influences to all four subjects. The area of
responsibility applied to two of the subjects.
The findings of this study indicate that people of significance, that is,
parents, grandparents, siblings and former teachers, have some bearing on
novice home economics teachers' images and practices of teaching.
Although the novice teachers recognized these influences, they were not
always comfortable with these influences on their teaching practices. Novice
home economics teachers constantly strive within their practices to realize
their ideals of teaching.
These findings have implications in teacher education, classroom
practice and for future research. Curriculum and instruction courses in
teacher education programs need to provide ways for prospective teachers to
discuss and acknowledge and critically reflect on influences in their life
histories which have led them to teaching and shaped their images of
teaching and their teaching practice. It may be that family has been
particularly influential in the lives of home economics teachers because it is
also the subject matter they teach. Research with novice teachers in other
subject area specializations could provide data to compare with the home
economics teachers in this study.
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Kunkwenzu, Esthery Dembo. "Professional experiences of beginning home economics teachers in Malawi : a grounded theory approach." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1408.
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Thesis (PhD (Curriculum Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.This dissertation is an interpretive analysis of the professional experiences of six beginning Home Economics teachers in Malawi. The specific aim of the study was to explore the opportunities, challenges and problems of the teachers in their first year of teaching. The data for the study were developed using a triangulation of five research methods, including a questionnaire, face-to-face interviews, classroom observations, teachers’ reflective diaries and focus group discussions. Grounded theory was used as the methodology and analytical framework of the study. Research in teacher education acknowledges that learning to teach is a complex process (Calderhead & Shorrock, 1997; Flores, 2001; Flores & Day, 2006; Solmon, Worthy & Carter, 1993) and that the first year of teaching has a very important impact on the future careers of beginning teachers (Stokking, Leender, De Jong and Van Tarwijk, 2003; Solmon et al., 1993). The transition from the teacher training institution to the secondary school classroom is characterised by a type of reality shock in which the ideals that were formed during teacher training are replaced by the reality of school life (Lortie, 1975). The results in this study point at the school context as the ‘reality definer’ in the professional experiences of the teachers. The findings also support previous studies of beginning teachers which have emphasised the vulnerability of beginning teachers and show the first year of teaching as a ‘sink or swim experience’. However, the results show a unique relationship between the school context and school expectations. In this dissertation I contend that it is this relationship that was fundamental to the professional experiences of the six beginning Home Economics teachers. In the dissertation I present a three-stage substantive-level theory of the beginning teachers’ experiences and argue for the redefinition of the perception of teacher learning in Malawi: from a definition of pre-service teacher education as teacher learning, to teacher learning as a ‘triadic process’ comprised of teacher education, school induction and continued professional development.
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Tun-Yi, Chou, and 周敦懿. "Research on Models and Instruments of Teacher Certification for Home Economics Teachers of High School." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01052728007293343197.
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Chou, Tun-Yi, and 周敦懿. "Research on Models and Instruments of Teacher Certification for Home Economics Teachers of High School." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14877389118999885451.
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Fang, Wu Er, and 吳侕芳. "The study of Technological Literacy of Home Economics Teachers in Junior High Schools." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47559951829433015830.
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WU, NI CHEN, and 吳妮真. "A Study of the Process of Curriculum Decision Making by Home Economics Teachers in Senior High School." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91451349839749414192.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
人類發展與家庭研究所
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A Study of the Process of Curriculum Decision Making by Home Economics Teachers in Senior High School Abstract The purpose of the research were to understand the teaching process and ideas about teaching of home economics teachers in senior high schools, to find out the process of curriculum decision-making and factors to affect it, and to compare the difference between the results and the present official curriculum outline. The qualitative approach was adopted, data gathered through interviews and the interviewees’ provision. The objects are limited to public senior high school home economics teachers. The tools used are outlines of interviews, recording equipment, interviewing journals, and the researcher herself. Six female and one male teachers were interviewed in this research, aged 26 to 47, with teaching experience between 0 (less than 1) to 19 years teaching in senior high schools. It was found that the Joint College Entrance Exam plays a decisive role in the process of becoming home economics teachers, and the factors to consider about career include the influence by the school teachers in their senior high, personal interests and experience, family condition and encouragement. The ideas discovered include (1) home economics is daily life, is the practice of philosophy, is to promote quality of life; (2) home economics is not a pure theory; (3) the cores of home economics are food and nutrition, clothing, and family life; (4) home economics is to manage a home at the point of economics. The aims of home economics curriculum are inclusive of (1) students should have knowledge about food and nutrition, clothing, and family life; (2) students should think critically and have the abilities to choose suitable life styles; (3) students should have self confidence; (4) students should cherish. The process of curriculum decision-making is, the aims of the curriculum, the structure of the curriculum, the source of the materials, the content of the curriculum, time arrangement and unit order, teaching activities and curriculum evaluation, and, the last step, discuss with the students. The aims of the curriculum are set up according to the home economics education they themselves acknowledged, and, secondly, the observation of social phenomenon and problems, in hope of students’ abilities to live and solve problems. The factors of curriculum decision-making are (1) the teacher him or herself; (2) the official course outline and textbooks; (3) factors inside the school; (4) factors outside the school; (5) seasoning and holidays. Compared with the official course outline, the real course-in-practice cannot completely achieve the regulated. Two objectives were to be found ignored in high school teachers’ ideas about teaching, i.e., to develop confidence to establish happy families, and to inspire interests to keep learning home economics, which are regulated in the official course outline. Moreover, it can be found that various parts of materials are added, including the changes of families, the roles of sexes, teatime affairs, and handicraft. At last, some suggestions were proposed, according to the findings in the study, to the revisers of official curriculum outline, the writers of textbooks, the organizations of teacher education, the school administration, the home economics teachers and further studies.
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Ruff, Robin René. "Environment, education and everyday : narrative inquiry into the thinking and practice of environmental education by Home economics teachers." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/572.
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Wen, Ching-Hor, and 溫敬和. "A Study on Curriculum Development Progress of a Home Economics Teachers’ Learning Community in a Senior High School." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ppqfex.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
教育學系
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In response to new guidelines of 12-year Compulsory Education in high school curriculum, high schools have tried to obtain the governmental subsidies through the competing projects of curriculum and instruction to innovate high school elective courses. Following the perspectives of naturalistic model in curriculum development, this study observes the developmental progress of featured elective courses from a group of Home Economics teachers, pursuing the same concepts to shape the model of curriculum development. With the same ideas and vision to pursue students’ high-quality learning, school administers and teachers’ professional learning communities (PLC) are the two pillars of school curriculum development. The principal actively set up a school-level platform for empowering co-creating curriculum development to root pioneering vision, have democratic dialogue and trust in teachers. Teachers have become the leaders of PLC to lead the faculty members to get involved in curriculum development voluntarily, playing key roles between the school and the subject levels. For about one year, these Home Economics teachers have built up their PLC to extend the senior high school curriculum framework, improve both of their subject-base and instructional professions, and, moreover, combine the local community resources with the experts in other fields to create an elective home economics course to bring in the practical wisdom of curriculum. With the thinking of food education in a global perspective, this home economics elective curriculum, partly included in the guideline of 12-year Compulsory Education, expends the learning space to do the agricultural experience courses, leading high school students to implement the projects of life practical programs to change the world. Meanwhile, the edible schoolyard has also bridged the interactive dialogue among other subject teachers, school administrators and students, to implement the curriculum vison of co-creation. And, the progress of this elective course will also open the door of international education courses.
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Lin, Chih-Yao, and 林芝瑤. "The Effects of Teachers’ Self-disclosure on Subjective Well-being and Teaching Effectiveness by Internet Blogging : A Case of Teachers in Hign School of Home Economics & Commerce." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91558787139708237615.
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碩士元智大學
資訊傳播學系
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With the development in information technology and prevalence of Internet, science and technology affect human life in all fields; teacher-student relationship extends from classroom to the internet. This research aims to study it’s helpfulness for teacher-student communication if teachers could do self-disclosure via web-log in the generation of web 2.0. In this study, we conduct an empirical case study through questionnaires for a private School of Home Economics & Commerce. To understand the degree of teachers’ self-disclosure ( external behavior ) and self-disclosure support( internal valuation ), we conduct quantitative analysis based on two-way analysis of variance to evaluate the affect of teachers'' subjective well-being (emotionally) and teaching effectiveness ( cognitive, behaviorally ). The results found: It exists obvious interaction effects between “degree of self-disclosure” and “self-disclosure support” on subjective well-being and teaching effectiveness. Further analysis shows that: (1) for the group of high degree of self-disclosure, subjective well-being and teaching effectiveness will be various for the different degree of their self-disclosure support. Comparing with different supports on high degree, subjective well-being and teaching effectiveness on higher support are better. (2) for the group with low degree of self-disclosure, the subjective well-being and teaching effectiveness will not be impacted by the various supports. (3) for the group with high degree of self-disclosure support, the subjective well-being is not much easy to be impacted by the various degree of self-disclosure but the teaching effectiveness is. At the time, the teaching effectiveness is better for higher degree of self-disclosure. (4) For the group with low degree of self-disclosure support, the subjective well-being is impacted by the degree of self-disclosure. The subjective well-being is better for higher degree of self-disclosure. On the other hand, for the group with low degree of self-disclosure support, the teaching effectiveness is not easy to be impacted by various degree of self-disclosure.
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Ju, Chen Ying, and 陳盈如. "A study of certification instrument for assessing the minimum competencies of home economics teachers at high school level- developing a paper-pencil test." Thesis, 1998. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57423319786140846303.
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碩士國立師範大學
家政教育學系
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In response to the new policy of teacher education, the study aims to identify the minimum home economics competencies of home economics teachers at high school level for developing and validating the assessment instrument to assess and certify home economics teachers. In the meanwhile, the instrument can be used in assessing the competencies of students at home economics teacher education program. It is expected that the study will be of value in upgrading the quality of home economics teachers and home economics teaching in general. The research methods of this study included documents analysis, panel discussion and questionnaire survey. First, through documents analysis and panel discussion to identify the minimum competencies of home economics teachers at high school level. In addition, a blueprint of "Paper-Pencil Test of Minimum Home Economics Competencies" was constructed by panel discussion. Second, the test was developed and submitted to an expert panel for testing content validity. And then the test was piloted and examined the reliability and validity. Finally, the passing score of the test for certification of minimum home economics competencies was proposed. Main conclusions of this study were as follows:1. The majority of home economics competencies included the knowledge of "Means of Home Economics", "Individual and Family", "Management of Consume and Resources", "Food ", "Clothes" and "Living".2. The "Paper-Pencil Test of Minimum Home Economics Competencies" is a test that has good reliability and validity.3. The instruments of teacher certification should included basic-skill test, subject-content test and basic-pedagogy test. In it, subject-content test could be developed by paper-pencil test.Suggestions for future study, test use, student teacher education and teacher employments of home economics were proposed.
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Wu, Kuan-Han, and 吳冠翰. "A Survey Study of Aesthetic Experience, Creativity Teaching and Understanding of the New Curricula of Skill-based Senior High School Teachers in Home Economics Group Departments." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fndha9.
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碩士台南應用科技大學
生活服務產業系生活應用科學碩士班
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This study aimed to explore the relationships among this nation’s skill-based senior high school home economics teachers'' aesthetic experience, creativity teaching, and understanding of the new curricula (to be implemented in 2019 academic year). This study took the skill-based senior high school home economics teachers in Taiwan as samples, used questionnaires to collect empirical data, and further to explore the current situation and differences of the skill-based senior high school home economics teachers'' aesthetic experience, creativity teaching, and understanding of the new curricula. These provided the skill-based senior high schools with home economics group departments a reference basis for the implementation of the new curricula. According to the in for mation by the Ministry of Education in the 2018 academic year, there were 103 vocational high schools which had at least one home economics group department. The researcher used cluster analysis and stratified random sampling methods to select 27 schools according to the proportion of teachers in the school. Two hundred and fifty five paper questionnaires were recovered (response rate: 98%), and 56 online questionnaires were recovered, the total effective sample size was 311. The questionnaire included four parts: basic information, aesthetic experience, creativity teaching, and understanding of new directions for curricula. The results of the study were as follows: (1) Skill-based senior high school teachers in home economics group departments had a high sense of identity for aesthetic experience, creativity teaching and understanding of the new curricula. (2) teachers’ aesthetic experience, creativity teaching, and understanding of new directions for curricula, the teachers who participated in the study were significantly higher than those who did not participate in the seminars or workshops. (3) In terms of teachers’ understanding of new directions for curricula, teachers aged 31-40 were significantly higher than teachers aged 41-50. (4) In the influence of teachers'' aesthetic experience on their teaching subjects, teachers of Dept. of Clothing Making or Beautification were significantly higher than teachers of Dept. of Early Childhood Care and Education. (5) With regard to the influence of different academic qualifications, those teachers’ with master''s degree or doctoral degree were significantly higher than those with university degrees in aesthetic experience, creative teaching and understanding of new directions for curricula. (6) Teachers’ with different positions had significant differences in understanding of new directions for curricula. Those serving concurrently as administrators of school affairs were higher than the others on this variable. (7) Teachers’ aesthetic experience, creativity teaching, and understanding of the directions for curricula were positively related to each other. (8) Researcher used the partial least squares (PLS) method to test the model and explore the relationship between the variables. The results showed that the aesthetic experience had a positive impact on understanding of new directions for curricula, and the creative teaching variable had partial mediating effects. It was inferred if the teacher''s aesthetic experience was strengthened, the creativity teaching ability could be improved, and understanding of new directions for curricula could be effectively promoted.
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Chen, Shu-Yee, and 陳素瑜. "The Research of Vocational High School Teachers’ Classroom-Managing Style and Students’ Schooling Adjustment－Based on the Sample of Ku-Pao Home Economics and Commercial High School." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66351264329759754583.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育學系在職進修碩士班
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The main purpose of this research is to study the relationship between the class-tutors’ managing styles and students’ schooling adjustment in senior vocational schools through researching methods of “quality” and “quantity”. The researcher measured the class-tutors’ managing styles with the “Measurement Form on home room teachers’ class management styles”, and then sifted out classes with four different teachers’ class managing styles to take the test of “Measurement Form on students’ schooling adjustment”. And then, according to the results of the questionnaire, four home room teachers with different class management styles were interviewed individually, and the top two well-adjusted classes were observed and studied for the class atmosphere they had presented. According to the data analysis, the following results are found： 1. There’s no obvious difference on home room teachers’ various individual backgrounds when it comes to their class managing styles toward “caring”and “guidance” in Ku Pao Senior Vocational School. 2. The strategies on class managing styles of Ku Pao’s class-titors could be divided into four dimensions：democratic, communicative attitude towards class with specific goals ; strict, demanding attitude towards class with disciplines; decent and forgiving attitude towards class with offering students more opportunities; neglectful ,ignoring attitude towards class without giving students directions. In spite of the four types of home room teachers mentioned above, their concepts and insistence emphasizing students’ attitudes and spirits, the communication with students as well as caring and protection for students are quite the same. 3. The students’ adjustment on both conduct and learning are intermediate in Ku Pao. However, the relationship between students and teachers as well as peer’s inter- action are good. 4. There’s an obvious relation on the relationship between students and teacher and teacher’s class-managing styles toward “learning” and “guidance”. But there is no obvious relation between student’s learning adjustment, rule adjustment, peer relationship, total school lifeadjustment and teacher’s class-managingstyles toward “caring” and “guidance”. 5. There’s no obvious difference on school life adjustment of students in different grades; However, students of different departments show obvious differences on school life adjustment. Among them, the adjustment of home economics students are the best, and that of the students of Food & Beverage Department and Tourism Department are the next . 6. Well-adjusted classes of Ku Pao have better performances in many ways. For example, they behave actively and positively on their studies; they can follow school rules and class regulations; their class-tutors care about these students and can handle their various situations well; classmates interact with one another more frequently and pleasantly. Finally, basing on the results of this research, the researcher offers suggestions to the class-titors, Ku-Pao home economics and commercial high school and future researches.
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呂佩蓉. "The Study on the Teachers who are Teaching in Junior High School and Vocational High School for Implemental View of Home Economics Groups in Junior High School Technical Arts Education Programs." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89055157473959087923.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
工業教育學系
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The purpose of this research aimed to understand the teachers who are teaching in junior high school and vocational school for implemental view of Home Economics Groups in junior high school Technical Arts Education Programs. The objectives were to discuss the following: 1. To understand the current situation for implementing in Home Economics Groups in junior high school Technical Arts Education Programs. 2. To understand the problems and opinions of Home Economics Groups teachers in junior high school and vocational school for administrative interaction and cooperation, curriculum and teaching, school facilities, student counseling, and teachers in further education and seminars. 3. To discuss the different main points for improving the Home Economics Groups in junior high school Technical Arts Education Programs for reference. This research is mainly studying for focus group interview of qualitative research; focus on face-to-face interviewing the 12 teachers of Home Economics Groups in junior high school Technical Arts Education Programs in Taipei County. The Information comes from the results of interviewing focus groups to support the results of references, different kinds of data, and using qualitative researches to analysis and conclusive. The results have been organized ad concluded as follows. 1.The positive and negative views from teachers who are teaching in senior high school and vocational school of Home Economics Groups in junior high school Technical Arts Education Programs to current implementation of Technical Arts Program. 2.In respect of the administrative interaction and cooperation, the budget shortage, enhancing the concept promotion and spread, unclear teachers’ job description in vocational school and junior high school. 3.In respect of the aspects of curriculum and teaching, duration of courses shortage, materials without standard and evaluation, class without method and conflict between different groups. 4.In respect of school facilities, individual experimental class is lacking of facilities. 5.In respect of student counseling, learning effect will affected by individual students and family, enhancing the students’ counseling ways is offered by junior high schools and vocational schools. 6.In respect of teachers in further education and seminars, the lack of further educational and seminar’ ways, teachers in vocational school schedule their courses have to do it by themselves. 7.The participant point out the five suggestion and improvements for improving strategies and cooperation, adjusting curriculum design, updating school facilities, arranging the right courses to right students, holding the further education and seminars. Finally, the conclusions were provided to educators, staffs in the department of education for reference, and suggestions were proposed for future research.
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Hou, Su-Chin, and 侯素琴. "A Study on Competition Motivation and Constraint Factors of Project Course for Teacher of Home Economics Group in Technical High Schools." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/369xsn.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
工業教育與技術學系
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The population of Project course and competition of producing is getting increasing in the recent years. The reason for the course getting attention is the winning stu-dents may get bonus points according to the ratio during the technical school entrance examination. The current contest points are taken into account, the ranking 1st to 3rd, the ratio is plus 20%, other rankings is plus 15%. This rule encourage students who participate this course, and students have di-verse entrance pipeline. This study was designed to investigate the motivation and constraint of instructors from different background during the project course and competition of producing, and further propse the guidance relevant circumstances of the motivation and constraint. This study literature is questionnaire survey by strati-fied random sampling after article verification through Home economics teachers of public and private technical high school in whole country. Issued 18 schools serving 307 valid questionnaires from 350 questionnaires which effective rate was 88%. The statistical analysis and comparison way to come out a discussion and conclusions is using descriptive statistics, t test, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient after the question-naires were collected. According to the purpose of this study literature, the following result are: 1. In general, the guidance motivation of Home economics teachers from different background is positive. The constraint is normal. 2. The characters of home economics teachers with higher guidance motivation: Less than 5 years of service, married, located at central area, private technical high school, more than 7 years experiences of plays and more than 7 years experiences of rewards. 3. The characters of home economics teachers with higher constraint during guidance: married, located at south-ern area, 2 years and 3-4 years experiences of players, 2 years and 3-4 years experiences of rewards and volun-tary guidance. 4. The factors of guidance motivation and constraint of project course for home economics teachers are sig-nificant and negative correlation with weak correlation.
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Parmaswar, Saloshnie. "The involvement of parents in their children's homework at public secondary schools in the Umlazi District, Mayville Circuit, KwaZulu-Natal." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18448.
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This study investigated the involvement of parents in their children’s homework in the Umlazi District, Mayville Circuit, KwaZulu-Natal. A literature review investigated the nature of parental involvement in learner schoolwork, the role and function of homework in education, models of effective teacher practices to ensure parental involvement in homework and an empirical study that investigated perceptions of teachers, managers and parents regarding effective parental involvement in homework in education. The findings indicate that most teachers agreed that parental involvement in homework is important for learner achievement. The literature review and empirical investigation showed that lack of parental involvement was due to socio-economic factors. From the findings of the investigation, recommendations were made for parents, teachers, school managers and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education to encourage effective parental involvement in their children’s homework and other aspects of their child’s education.Educational Management and Leadership
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Sibanda, Bhekimpilo. "The relationship between literacy levels and parental involvement in secondary schools in Libode District, Eastern Cape." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20297.
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In this research, I endeavoured to ascertain how the literacy levels of parents relate to parental involvement in the education of their children in Libode district in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The methodology was qualitative and it included focus group and individual interviews. Specifically, there were four focus groups where each comprised of four parents. A total of thirteen individual interviews were conducted with eight learners and four Heads of Departments (HoD). The results indicated that the literacy level of parents can have a negative or positive impact in their children’s education. Recommendations were made and directions were given regarding the implementation of the programmes that would improve parents’ literacy and result in effective parental involvement, ensuring an improved learner performance.
According literature, parental participation plays a role in the performance of children at school. Research shows that effective parental involvement programmes use personal contact, cultural sensitivity, accommodation and communication to reach parents and learners. The study revealed that parents with a higher level of literacy tend to participate in the school activities and support their children more than those parents with a low literacy level. The programmes that were put in place by the schools and other stakeholders improved the literacy levels of most parents that took part and enabled them to assist their children with homework. Parents’ level of literacy, according to the study,has an impact in the manner in which they get involved in their children’s education. Parents with low literacy levels seem to be willing to be involved in the education of their children but find it very difficult to do so. Parents with low literacy levels find it difficult to assist their children at home as they rely on siblings and neighbours for assistance. According to the study, parents only visit the school when they are invited. However, parents and schools seem to have a good relationship showing positive attitude towards their children’s education.Parents of low literacy levels attach a value to the education of their children even though they cannot assist them with homework. Recommendations were made and guidelines were given regarding the implementation of programmes that would improve the literacy in parents and result in effective parental involvement. Effective parental involvement would ensure an improved learner performance.
Volunteer teachers should be used to assist schools in helping parents improve their literacy levels. Reluctant parents should be identified and provided with guidance and direction as to how they can be involved to assist their children. Teachers, through the schools, must make special efforts to keep regular contact with parents. Schools should be familiar with the learners’ backgrounds in order to respond effectively to any particular needs in assisting the learners and parents where necessary. Working parents should be accommodated in the school by holding school meetings during the weekends so that they can be in a better position to attend these meetings. Schools should ensure the maximization of parents’ participation in school activities.Educational Leadership and Management
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Bhekimpilo, Sibanda. "The relationship between literacy levels and parental involvement in secondary schools in Libode District, Eastern Cape." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20297.
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In this research, I endeavoured to ascertain how the literacy levels of parents relate to parental involvement in the education of their children in Libode district in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The methodology was qualitative and it included focus group and individual interviews. Specifically, there were four focus groups where each comprised of four parents. A total of thirteen individual interviews were conducted with eight learners and four Heads of Departments (HoD). The results indicated that the literacy level of parents can have a negative or positive impact in their children’s education. Recommendations were made and directions were given regarding the implementation of the programmes that would improve parents’ literacy and result in effective parental involvement, ensuring an improved learner performance.
According literature, parental participation plays a role in the performance of children at school. Research shows that effective parental involvement programmes use personal contact, cultural sensitivity, accommodation and communication to reach parents and learners. The study revealed that parents with a higher level of literacy tend to participate in the school activities and support their children more than those parents with a low literacy level. The programmes that were put in place by the schools and other stakeholders improved the literacy levels of most parents that took part and enabled them to assist their children with homework. Parents’ level of literacy, according to the study,has an impact in the manner in which they get involved in their children’s education. Parents with low literacy levels seem to be willing to be involved in the education of their children but find it very difficult to do so. Parents with low literacy levels find it difficult to assist their children at home as they rely on siblings and neighbours for assistance. According to the study, parents only visit the school when they are invited. However, parents and schools seem to have a good relationship showing positive attitude towards their children’s education.Parents of low literacy levels attach a value to the education of their children even though they cannot assist them with homework. Recommendations were made and guidelines were given regarding the implementation of programmes that would improve the literacy in parents and result in effective parental involvement. Effective parental involvement would ensure an improved learner performance.
Volunteer teachers should be used to assist schools in helping parents improve their literacy levels. Reluctant parents should be identified and provided with guidance and direction as to how they can be involved to assist their children. Teachers, through the schools, must make special efforts to keep regular contact with parents. Schools should be familiar with the learners’ backgrounds in order to respond effectively to any particular needs in assisting the learners and parents where necessary. Working parents should be accommodated in the school by holding school meetings during the weekends so that they can be in a better position to attend these meetings. Schools should ensure the maximization of parents’ participation in school activities.Educational Leadership and Management
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Chindanya, Andrew. "Parental involvement in primary schools : a case study of the Zaka district of Zimbabwe." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5798.
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There is compelling evidence that parental involvement positively influences children’s academic achievement. Its benefits occur across all socio-economic classes. In spite of its significance, parental involvement has received scant attention in Zimbabwe. This qualitative study sought to establish how parents in a materially poor rural district of Zimbabwe were involved in their children’s education. Barriers to their involvement were investigated with the view to overcoming or mitigating them for the benefit of the affected primary school pupils. The attribution theory was used not only to substantially explain the status of parental involvement in Zaka District, but also to generate strategies to promote parents’ participation in their children’s school education. Observation, semi-structured interviews (for school heads), focus group interviews (for parents) and the open-ended questionnaire (for teachers) were used in this qualitative study covering ten primary schools. Respondents were selected through the use of chain reference sampling and sampling by case. A total of one hundred and forty (140) participants were selected. It emerged from the research that parents, teachers and school heads/principals had very limited understanding of parental involvement. They generally thought that it was confined to activities done at school such as payment of school fees and levies, providing labour for the construction or renovation of school buildings and providing teaching/learning resources. Most teachers, school heads/principals and parents believed that parents were too poor and too lowly educated to meaningfully be involved in their children’s education. However, there were a few parents who believed that their socio-economic status did not prevent them from participating in their children’s education. They actually indicated useful ways in which they could be involved. The research also revealed that parents, school teachers and school heads/principals made wrong attributions about themselves and each other in connection with limited parental involvement in their schools. Both school staff and parents, after identifying barriers to involvement, were willing to learn about how they could overcome or mitigate the barriers. They believed that the challenges they were facing regarding parental involvement were capable of resolution.Teacher Education
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Mafokwane, Moore Fridah. "An investigation of the challenges affecting reading in the foundation phase in rural areas of Bolobedu, Limpopo province." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24499.
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This study aims to investigate the challenges affecting reading in the foundation phase and to explore the different approaches that teachers use to address them. The research is qualitative in nature and used a case study approach. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, and document analyses. Participants were teachers from two different schools in the rural areas of Bolobedu, Limpopo Province of South Africa. The data collected revealed the challenges encountered by teachers in teaching reading in the foundation phase of schooling. I also analysed documents that teachers used in teaching reading. The documents were used to triangulate the data obtained through observations and interviews. Content analysis was used to interpret and make meaning of the data. The findings revealed challenges of a socio-economic nature, parental involvement, family roles, poverty, teacher competency, availability of resources and language barriers leading to barriers to reading. In addressing these challenges, teachers rely on workshops, phase and grade meetings and their personal experiences.Curriculum and Instructional Studies
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Kobola, Matshidiso Walter. "Managing for improved school effectiveness at selected primary schools in the Gauteng province." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27242.
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The research study investigated management strategies through which school effectiveness could be enhanced in primary schools situated in Gauteng Province. The enhancement of school effectiveness necessitated the discussion on school improvement to find ways to turn around the situation in dysfunctional schools in the province. The province is characterised by urban and suburban areas, townships, and informal settlements. Teachers in schools in these areas are well qualified. However, different challenges in these areas impact upon the enhancement of school effectiveness. A literature review was conducted to provide a conceptual framework and explain concepts such as effective management, administration, leadership, principal effectiveness, and teacher effectiveness. The literature review also investigated the factors that impact upon school effectiveness and school improvement and explored the historical development of School Effectiveness Research (SER) in the United States of America, Europe, Australia, and Africa to expound the problem investigated. An empirical investigation using a qualitative approach was conducted. Six primary schools were selected using purposive sampling to ensure that different demographic areas were covered in the research. Purposive sampling allowed the researcher to target schools from high and low socio-economic areas because they often experience different challenges concerning to school effectiveness. Data were collected through individual interviews with principals and officials from the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) at the district and teachers in focus groups. Key findings were identified. Participants from the three categories respectively identified several characteristics of effective schools which concurred with the literature on school effectiveness. They also identified two features of effective schools which were unique to the study: in effective schools, there is little or no learner and teacher absenteeism; and school values which shape the behaviour of learners are clearly articulated. School values include trustworthiness, respectfulness, honesty, responsibility, striving for excellence and good leadership. School effectiveness is hindered by the current process of appointing principals which does not always succeed in selecting principals with the required leadership qualities and management skills. Further, the incorrect implementation of the Integrated Quality Management System (IQMS) in schools hinders teacher development and leads to poor teacher performance.Die navorsingstudie ondersoek bestuurstrategieë waardeur die effektiwiteit van primêre skole, geleë in die Provinisie van Gauteng verhoog kan word. Die verhoging van effektiwiteit in skole het die bespreking oor skoolverbetering genoodsaak om maniere te vind om die situasie in disfunksionele skole in die provinisie om te draai. Die provinsie word gekenmerk deur landelike en stedelike gebiede, lokasies, en informele nedersetttings. Onderwysers van skole in hierdie gebiede is goed gekwalifiseerd. Verskeie uitdagings in hierdie gebiede het egter n uitwerking op die verhoging van effektiwiteit in skole. ʼn Literêre oorsig is uitgevoer om n konseptuele raamwerk te voorsien en om konsepte soos effektiewe bestuur, administrasie, leierskap, effektiwiteit van die skoolhoof, en onderwysers te verduidelik. ʼn Kwalitatiewe benadering is gebruik om die empiriese ondersoek uit te voer. Ses primêre skole is gekies en doelgerigte steekproefneming is gebruik om te verseker dat verskillende demografiese gebiede deel was van die navorsing. Doelgerigte steekproefneming het die navorser toegelaat om skole van hoë en lae sosio-ekonomiese gebiede te teiken omdat hulle dikwels verskillende uitdagings aangaande die effektiwiteit van skole ervaar. Data is versamel deur indivduele onderhoude met skoolhoofde en amptenare van Gauteng Onderwys Departement (GDE) by die distrik en deur fokusgroep onderhoude met onderwysers. Sleutelbevindinge was soos volg. Deelnemers uit die drie kategoriëë het onderskeidelik geidentifiseer met verskeie eienskappe van effektiewe skole wat ooreenstem met die literatuur op effektiwiteit in skole. Hulle het ook twee kenmerke van effektiewe skole wat uniek was tot die studie geïdentifiseer: in effektiewe skole is daar min of geen afwesigheid van leerders en onderwysers; en skoolwaardes wat die gedrag van leerders vorm word duidelik verwoord. Skoolwaardes sluit betroubaarheid, respek, eerlikheid, verantwoordelikheid, strewe na uitenmendheid en goeie leierskap in. Effektiwiteit in skole word verhinder deur die huidge proses van aanstelling van skoolhoofde wat nie altyd daarin slaag om skoolhoofde te kies wat die nodige leierskap en bestuurseienskappe het nie. Verder, die verkeerde implementering van die Geïntegreerde Bestuurstelsel (IQMS) in skole belemmer die ontwikkeling en lei tot swak prestasie van onderwysers.
Dinyakisiso tse tsa go ithuta di be di tsomana le mekgwanakgwana ya bolaodi bja thuto go tiisetsa gore dikolo tsa motheo Profentsheng ya Gauteng di soma mesomo yeo e nepagetsego. Tiisetso ya go soma mesomonepagetsego ya sekolo e dirile gore go ahlaahliwe hlabollo ya dikolo go humana ditselana tseo ka tsona re ka hlabolang dikolo tseo di sa someng botse mo profentsheng. Profentshe ya Gauteng e na le dikolo tsa motsesetoropong le tsa mo go bego go dula batho basweu fela. Barutisi mo mafelong a ba na le di thuto tse maleba. Fela, dihlotlo tseo dileng gona mo mafelong a di huetsa tiistso ya go soma mesomonepagatso sekolong. Go dirilwe tekololeswa ya dingwalwa go hlalosa dikgopolo tse bjalo ka taolonepagatso, boetapele, mesomonepagatso ya hlogo ya sekolo le mesomonepagatso ya morutisi. Tekololeswa ya dingwalwa e nyakisisitse dintlha tseo di huetsang mesomonepagetso sekolong le hlabollo ya sekolo go lebeletswe tswetsopele ya dinyakisiso tsamesomonepagatso ya dikiolo dinageng tsa United States of America, Europa, Australia le Afrika go hlalosa bothata bjo bo nyakisiswago. Go dirilwe dinyakisiso ka poledisano go somiswa mokgwa wa kwalitetifi. Go kgethilwe dikolo tse tshela tsa fase ka go somisa kgetho ka maikemisetso go direla gore go akaretswe dikolo go tswa mafelong a go fapana. Kgetho ka maikemisetso e dumelela monyakisisi go tswa mafelong a batho ba go ba le sa bona le mafelong a batho ba go hloka sa bona ka ge ba itemogela dihlotlo tse fapaneng mesomonepagatso. Tshedimoso ye e kgobokeditswe ka dipoledisano le dihlogo tsa dikolo motho a le nosi le bahlankedi bammuso wa Kgoro ya Thuto ya Kgauteng motho a le nosi le dipoledisano ka sehlopha. Dintlha tsa dipoelo di be di le mo go latelago: Batseakarolo go tswa mafapeng a go fapana ba hlaotse diponagalo tsa dikolo tseo disomago ka nepagalo tseo di dumelelanago le tekololeswa ya dingwalwa. Gape ba hlaotse dipanagalo tse dingwe tsa moswana nosi: Dikolo tsa go soma ka nepagalo ga di na barutwana goba barutisi ba go se tle sekolong. Meano ya sekolo e akaretsa botshephegi, tlhompho, boikarabelo le go somela bobotse ka go fetisa le boetapele bjo bo botse. Mosomonepagatso ya sekolo e sitiswa ke tshepediso ya go thwala dihlogo tsa dikolo yeo ka nako tse dinwe e sitago ke go hlaola hlogo ya sekolo yeo e nago le boetapele le bolaodi bjo bo botse. Gape, go tsentshatirisong wo o fasagetseng wa tshepetso ya bolaodi bja hlabollo ya barutisi go sitisa tswelopele.
Educational Management and Leadership
Ph. D. (Education Management)