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Hotmire, Jesse. "Principals' Role Perception and Implementation of Educational Reform." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1522678378556588.
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Chua, Paul Meng-Huat. "Loose-tight policy interpretation and implementation : principals' sense-making of educational policies in Singapore." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10055601/.
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Benton, Robin L. "The Leadership Practices of Elementary Principals in Urban Inner-City Schools of South Los Angeles That Impact Successful Implementation of School Reform." Thesis, Concordia University Irvine, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10749205.
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<p> The purpose of this study is to investigate the existing influences faced by today’s urban inner-city elementary school principals that impact the successful implementation of reform strategies as measured by student achievement data. The study examines dynamics such as the characteristics and qualities, leadership style and behavior, instructional leadership, school community, and political influences encountered by principals assigned to low-income urban inner-city schools and the impact of these forces on student achievement in South Los Angeles elementary schools. It utilizes a mixed method design phenomenological approach. The quantitative phase entails the use data from the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ)-5X from Mind Garden Institute and the Principal Instrumental Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) authored by Hallinger (1982). Information was collected from interviews with principals, assistant principals, and approximately 30% of classroom teachers at two underperforming schools. Grounded within the Coherence Framework by Fullan and Quinn (2015) and the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) Coherence Framework by Childress, Elmore, Grossman, and King (2011), the study provides an insight into the effectiveness of the principal position and its impact on school reform efforts. The findings of this study revealed the transformative style of leadership is most preferred as it allows stakeholder voice in decision-making. Data also verified that urban innercity principals devote the least amount of time in their day to instructional leadership activities. These activities are focused on framing the school’s goals and coordinating the school curriculum and require emphasis on engaging in the behaviors that develop the school’s learning climate. Moreover, several themes emerged from the study. These included (a) teacher “voice” in school-wide decisions impacts reform efforts; (b) the school community severely impacts the principal’s decision-making towards school improvement; (c) the principal’s style of leadership influences teacher commitment; (d) the political/district influences can limit reform efforts.</p><p>
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Watson, Rodney Eugene Davis Donna M. "A qualitative study of the role of core beliefs of elementary school principals in the implementation of No Child Left Behind." Diss., UMK access, 2007.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007.<br>"A dissertation in urban leadership and policy studies in education and education." Advisor: Donna Davis. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed July 30, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-188). Online version of the print edition.
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Asikin-Garmager, Asih. "Indonesian public school principals' enactment of agency within the boundaries set by social systems." Diss., University of Iowa, 2017. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/5409.
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Background: Indonesian schools are in the midst of implementing a new reform initiative, the 2013 Curriculum, mandated by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. The new curriculum requires a drastic change in instructional practices from the traditionally teacher-centered to student-centered instruction. As school leaders, principals play an important role in the implementation and enactment of the 2013 Curriculum in schools. This research explores the leadership practices of Indonesian school principals in facilitating the implementation of new reform policies and initiatives.
Purpose: The study served two purposes. The first was to examine Indonesian public school principals’ enactment of agency within the boundaries set by the social systems around them as they implemented the 2013 Curriculum. The second purpose was to develop a framework that can be used as a lens to further study school leadership practices in the context of Indonesia. Two research questions guided this study: (1) What leadership practices are shaped by which social systems and values? and (2) How does principal agency manifest when implementing the 2013 Curriculum? Responses to the research questions were used to develop the framework.
Data Collection and Analysis: A case study for theory development approach to qualitative research was used. The study took place in the northern area of a small island located in east Indonesia. The primary source of data came from multiple interviews with three public elementary school principals whose schools served as pilot schools for the 2013 Curriculum. In addition to principal interviews, interview with teachers, documents, and observation field notes served as data sources. The data collected were analyzed and manually coded following the data analysis procedures of grounded theory. In the first coding cycle, I coded the data by assigning descriptive and InVivo codes summarizing topics. The second coding cycle involved assigning concepts and categories based on the open codes from the first cycle with a focus on the principals’ actions in facilitating the implementation process. In the third cycle, I compared the concepts and categories to respond to the research questions and examined the relationships between the concepts and categories to develop the framework from the ground up.
Findings: The data analyzed indicated there are three major systems shaped the principals’ leadership practices during the implementation of the 2013 Curriculum: the educational system, the local culture and community, and the school system. In addition to the three systems, the principals’ personal and professional values served to guide the way they led their schools in alignment with the goals of the 2013 Curriculum. The systems and values provided them with rules and resources on which the principals drew in deciding specific actions to perform in order to meet the written and unwritten expectations of their stakeholders. The principals’ enactment of agency was primarily in the form of complying with government orders and balancing expectations from multiple systems, which, then, led to the discovery of three leadership categories in the implementation process: (1) compliance, (2) negotiation, and (3) independence. Compliance refers to those practices the principals perform to satisfy government expectations. Negotiation refers to practices the principals perform in their efforts to juggle expectations and pressures coming from multiple systems. Independence refers to practices the principals perform as they respond to government policies and regulations, as well as community expectations, in a way that is aligned with their personal and professional values.
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Row, Timothy. "An Act of Interpretation? : A case study exploring the role of school principals in implementing educational reforms in Swedish upper secondary schools." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-170055.
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Denna uppsats undersöker vilken roll två rektorer för gymnasieskolor spelar för hur den nya skollagen tolkas och implementeras. Tidigare forskning kring rektorrollen i Sverige har visat att kommunaliseringsreformerna under 1990-talet ledde till att styrdokumenterna fick mycket större utrymme för tolkning. I detta läge har kontextuella faktorer blivit allt viktigare för att avgöra hur rektorer förhåller sig till styrdokumenterna. Begrepp såsom styrmedel, ledarskapsnormer samt personliga normer är relevanta i detta avseende. Utgår man från fallstudiens empiriska material kan det föreslås att de två skolornas profil och organisation har en viktog roll i att avgöra vilka delar av skollagen de respektive rektorerna väljer att fokusera på. De här faktorerna bidrar således till hur rektorer väljer att betrakta sin roll in skollagens genomförande. Fallstudiens resultat diskuteras i ljuset av såväl tidigare forskning som samhällsdebatten kring utbildningsreformerna. På basis av den empiriska materialet resonerar uppsatsen att rektorerna har behållit ett visst mått av tolkningsutrymme vad gäller specifika åtgärder, trots att skollagen ökar statens juridiska makt överlag. Däremot anser rektorer att skollagens tydlighet på många punkter har gjort att rektorer upplever skollagens tolkningsutrymme som relativt begränsat.<br>This dissertation explores the role of two Swedish upper secondary school principals in the process of interpreting and implementing the Education Act. Previous research around the role of school principals in Sweden has shown that decentralization reforms in the 1990’s has resulted in much broader interpretative frameworks for central steering documents. In this situation contextual factors are important for determining how principals relate to central steering documents. Concepts such as governing tools, leadership style and personal norms are relevant in relation to this process. Based on the empirical material gathered in the case study it is suggested that the profile and internal organization of the two schools in question play an important role in determining which parts of the Act the respective principals choose to focus on. These factors thus help shape how the principal sees his/her role in the implementation of the Act. The results of the case study are discussed in the light of such previous research, as well as a wider political debate around the recent educational reforms. On the basis of the empirical material it is proposed that although the Education Act increases the judicial powers of school principals, principals still retain some independence vis-à-vis the state with regard to the implementation of certain specific measures contained within the Act. Nevertheless, principals express the view that the clarity of the Act on many points has ensured that the degree of free interpretive space experienced by principals with regard to the Act has been relatively small.
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Meneses-Trejo, Maria J. "A comparison of effective leadership characteristics and policy implementation : the role of educational leaders in developing and maintaining an environment that improves efficiency in schools /." For electronic version search Digital dissertations database. Restricted to UC campuses. Access is free to UC campus dissertations, 2002. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (California State University, Fresno and University of California, Davis).<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references. Also available via the World Wide Web. (Restricted to UC campuses).
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Ma, Suet-chun Phyeon, and 馬雪珍. "How a principal's role influences ICT implementation in a Hong Kong primary school." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29717851.
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Uugwanga, Nicodemous Natangwe. "The professional preparedness of the primary school principals in the Oshikoto Region of Nothern Namibia to Implement the policy on the National Standards for School Leadership and Management." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2008. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3787_1256290783.
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<p>After seventeen years since the apartheid education system was abolished in Namibia, the education system remains stagnant. The governmenthas been spending big budgets on Education. The Ministry of Education introduced various educational ploicies and innovations aimed to change the Education system. Yet, the quality of education remains poor. Although there are seemingly various reasons why the quality of education system is poor, education policies are not implemented effectively to bring about the desired quality of education and the desired quality of educationand continuous improvement of schools. There is a lack of commitment and culture of learning, which are said to be the preconditions for educational change. And practitioners seem to lack the urgency required to implement policies. Notwithstanding this, there seem to be another reason why policies are not iplementedeffectively in schools. This research study argues thatprofessional preparation of principals to implement educational policies is done intensively and rigorously. Hence, such professional preparedness of the school leaders is noot impacting effectively on their leaadership and management in schools.</p>
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Khasanova, Fatikha Ilgizovna. "The Role of the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan in Syrian Refugees' Educational Integration into Turkish Society: A Qualitative Case-Study of Policy Implementation." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1586968891475959.
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Kennedy, Aimee L. "Superintendents as Policy Makers: How District Leaders Interpret and Implement State Level Policy." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480600641838665.
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Ressa, Virginia A. "A Tale of Two Policies: The Role of a Teacher-Based Team in School Reform." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503304860765587.
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Lash, Wanda L. "Factors that Influence the Implementation of Restorative Practices in an Urban District: The Role of Forgiveness and Endorsement." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1576169675107468.
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Roberts, Jennifer Kessa. "Alignment of Ohio's College Credit Plus Policy with Barriers to and Supports for College Enrollment of High School Students in High-Poverty Rural Areas." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1555571977938049.
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Du, Plessis Lynette Erika. "The implementation of outcomes-based education in the Eastern Cape - a management perspective at micro level." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1529.
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The research focuses on the implementation of Outcomes-based Education (OBE) from a management perspective, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. This being a largely rural province, teachers are often un- or underqualified and in-service training for curriculum implementation is constrained by logistical problems such as vast distances, lack of physical facilities and resources and language barriers. In spite of extensive socio-political changes since 1994, these barriers remain. A thorough study of the literature provides an understanding of the foundations of OBE in the light of a need for relevant education in a democratic South Africa. The purpose, forms, characteristics and key elements of an outcomes-based approach are described, as well as the role of the teacher in curriculum implementation. OBE is a futuristic education approach embodying a radical shift from the traditional content-based approach followed in the previous education dispensation. The initial curriculum aimed at realising the new OBE approach, was known as Curriculum 2005 and is described according to its key elements. Thereafter, the debate surrounding Curriculum 2005 and the problems associated with its implementation are identified. The Revised National Curriculum Statement, produced after the review of Curriculum 2005, is outlined and the roles of the teacher, principal and district officials in terms of the new curricula are then dealt with. Attention is then given to the roles of district officials, principals and teachers in managing the curriculum since all three role players have crucial roles to play at district, school and classroom levels. This theoretical discussion provides the framework for the qualitative study in determining the perceptions of these role players in the implementation of OBE in the Eastern Cape. Data was collected by means of individual and focus group interviews with a small sample of district officials, principals and teachers, selected through a combination of judgement and convenience sampling. An examination of documents was also carried out. The findings suggest factors that encouraged or hampered the implementation of OBE at district, school and classroom levels. Finally, based on the findings of both the literature and empirical studies, recommendations were provided for the improvement of OBE implementation in the Eastern Cape.<br>Education Management<br>D.Ed. (Education Management)
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Mokoena, Patrick Khutso. "Public school principals’ understanding of their role in financial management and the implementation of finance policy." Diss., 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41538.
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The main purpose of this study is to probe the understanding of principals of their role in the management of public school finance and the implementation of the finance policy. The following research question was used to investigate the problem: “What is the understanding of public school principals in the Maviljan Circuit, Mpumalanga Province of their role in the management of finances and the implementation of the finance policy of their schools? This circuit is situated in a rural area. Principals in the majority of the schools are not well qualified in financial management and most of the members of the parent component of the School Governing Body are illiterate. The South African Schools Act, Act 84 of 1996 (hereafter referred to as SASA) states that the SGB, of which the principal is an ex-officio member, must perform a variety of tasks such as section 20 and section 21 functions. Thus, the promulgation of the South African schools Act introduced innovations in public schools and changed the role of the principal regarding finance management and the implementation of the finance policy. Roles, duties and responsibilities of school managers have been revised. School managers themselves have had to undergo a shift in their thinking with regard to their roles in the new millennium (Sebate, 2006). It is in the best interest of schools and their learners that principals have a clear understanding of their role in the management of public school finance and the implementation of the finance policy, enabling them to manage school finances and implement the finance policy effectively.
The problem was investigated by means of a qualitative research approach using semi-structured interviews and document analysis in a purposive sample of five primary schools in the Maviljan Circuit, Mpumalanga Province. The investigation has led to a deeper understanding of the problem under investigation. Based on my findings, a number of recommendations are made and a number of aspects for further investigation have been identified to help in empowering or capacitating principals with knowledge and skills so that they can have a better understanding of their role in the management of public school finance and the implementation of the finance policy.<br>Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.<br>gm2014<br>Education Management and Policy Studies<br>unrestricted
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Rameshur, Harrilal. "Education policy implementation in a society in transition : a multivariate systems approach." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15859.
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At the best of times, education policy implementation is a difficult and
uncertain process. Taking this as a point of departure, the researcher
advanced the hypothesis that education policy implementation in a society
in transition:
is accompanied by a fragmentation of the pre-transition coherence in
interpersonal relations among policy actors;
is affected by a heightening of value conflicts and the emergence of
competing interpretive schemes;
is influenced by the perceived self-interest of policy actors;
is affected by changing power relationships and structural
adjustments; and
reflects a general weakening of interpersonal, cultural, and
structural linkages that had evolved in pre-transition years.
The Indian education system in South Africa was studied as an exemplar
of a system located in a society in transition.
The data collated by means of three research strategies - historical report, questionnaire, and structured interview - gave strong support to
the hypothesis. In addition, they pointed to the significance of
variables such as policy content and policy quality, political interference and pressure, bias and favouritism among senior officials,
religious, sectional, and language loyalties of participants, and loss
of job satisfaction and morale among policy actors.
These findings were discussed against the background of relevant
literature. This concluded in the development_gf a theoretical model to
explain education policy implementation in a society in transition.
Basically, the model suggests that socio-political struggles in the
larger society tend. to be replicated in the micro-contexts of the education system, producing fundamental alterations in the interpersonal,
cultural, and structural aspects of the system, a general weakening of
system linkages, and a progressive de-coupling of system components. All
these changes recursively impact on and are impacted on by policymaking
and policy implementation processes and outcomes. These impacts,
however, tend to occur in a non-standard, nonlinear manner. The
theoretical underpinnings of the model emerge from general systems
theory, modern social systems theory, chaos/ complexity theory, conflict
theory, structuration theory, organisation change theory, and loosely
coupled systems theory.
Finally, the study concludes with general propositions relating to
education policy implementation in a society in transition and a set of
research and management-oriented recommendations.<br>Educational Leadership and Management<br>D. Ed. (Educational Management)
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Hraničková, Lucie. "Role street-level byrokracie v procesu implementace inkluzivního vzdělávání se zaměřením na pracovníky školských poradenských zařízení." Master's thesis, 2019. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-434163.
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This diploma thesis concerns the topic of inclusive education in the Czech Republic with a focus on school counseling staff as the main representatives of street-level bureaucracy in the process of inclusive education. The general aim of this study is to examine the situation after the implementation of the Amendment No. 82/2015 Coll. of the Education Act from the point of view of school counseling staff. Moreover, the study also examines whether the current position of street-level bureaucracy in the inclusive education process is well-set and whether the current system settings meet the needs of the recipients of service. The objectives are fulfilled via qualitative research, particularly eight semi- structured interviews with school counseling staff and two semi-structured interviews with NGO representatives, and analysis of relevant public policy documents. Based on the qualitative research among these respondents, it concludes that the work concluded that there is scope for improvement in many ways in the current form of inclusive education in the Czech Republic, especially in staffing, financial support and mutual communication and cooperation among the actors involved.
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Burrows, Michelle Isabel. "The pastoral role and primary school teachers’ identity in the Western Cape: a multiple case study." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3946.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD<br>After South Africa became a democratic country in 1994, the South African education ministry devised curriculum changes at a national level that would reflect an equal education structure for all South Africans. Curriculum 2005 was implemented in 1998 with the curriculum changes gazetted in the Department of Education’s Revised National Curriculum Statement for Grades R-9 (RNCS) (Schools). South African teachers had to be retrained to implement these curriculum changes. The legislation for teacher education is documented in the Norms and Standards for Educators (NSE) policy document (DoE,2002). This exploratory phenomenological multiple case study explores teacher identity in
connection to how primary school teachers view, perceive and implement the
Community, Citizenship and Pastoral (CCP) role at three primary schools in the Western Cape education districts. The three schools chosen can be described as suburban advantaged, suburban disadvantaged and urban disadvantaged. The overall aim of this study is to investigate the connection between teacher identity and the views, perceptions and practices of primary school teachers at three schools in the Western Cape in relation to the practical, foundational and reflexive competences of their CCP role.In this multiple case study, qualitative methods are used. The qualitative methods include participant interviews, focus group discussions, unstructured observations and document analyses. Numerical data collected is presented in a quantitative format. An interpretative approach from an insider and outsider perspective has been selected. Terre Blanche,Durrheim & Kelly’s (2006) steps in interpretative data analysis is adopted as well as Max-Neef’s (1991) transdisciplinary approach.This study is informative for a number of stakeholders: teachers, schools, Education Management Development Centres, the Western Cape Education Department and the National Education Department. I report on how teachers see their teacher identity and how this identity impacts on the way teachers view, perceive and approach their CCP role. Some internal and external factors that influence teacher identity include administrative stress, staff dynamics and the results and feedback from learners. The significance of this study lies in the revelation that all teachers, irrespective of their teaching environment or backgrounds, are in need of support. Based on the findings of this investigation I further propose a programme for teacher support that can be encouraged amongst teachers. These recommendations can influence both teacher performance and teacher longevity in schools. Further recommendations are for the extended school community and the synergy that can exist among the various stakeholders in education.