Education Administration

The purpose of this study is to identify problems such as administration, program and parental issues that pre-school teachers encounter. The other purpose is to investigate whether the teacher perceptions on problems that pre-school teachers encounter differ statistically significantly depending on the presence of a helper in the class, school building type and the economic status of the neighborhood in which the school located. This is a survey study, and the Problems of Pre-School Teachers Scale was developed as the data collection tool of the study. The population of this study is composed of 329 teachers who work in the center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey during 2012-2013 fall semesters. The study is conducted with the participation of 220 teachers selected via simple random sampling method. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, t test and one-way analysis of variance methods were used. The findings indicate that there are significant differences in the perceptions of pre-school teachers related to administration, program and parents. These were discussed along with literature support and recommendations to school administrators were generated.

Genel olarak kamu yararına dönük olarak üst düzeyde eğitim veren, araştırma yapan, bilgi üreten ve ürettiği bilgiyi toplumla paylaşan hizmet kuruluşları olarak değerlendirilen üniversiteler günümüzde büyük bir değişim basıncıyla karşı karşıyadır. Bu basınç, literatürde bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerindeki gelişmelere merkezi bir rol atfedilerek analiz edilmekte ve yükseköğretim sistemlerinin yeni liberal dönüşümü bir zorunluk olarak gündeme getirilmektedir. Oysa değişim basıncını yaratan temel dinamik, tarihi kökleri 1970’li yıllara kadar giden, 1980’li yıllardan bugüne etkileri genişleyen ve güçlenen küresel yapısal krizdir. Krize çözüm olacağı düşüncesiyle kamusal hizmet alanları yeniden yapılandırılmaktadır. Bu sürecin yükseköğretim alanındaki görünümü, bilgi toplumu güzellemesine yaslanılarak, toplumsal bilginin metalaştırılması ve sermaye birikim koşullarına destek sağlamaya dönük olarak kullanılmasıdır. Günümüzde, kapitalizmin yapısal krizine bağlı olarak artan küresel rekabette yüksek nitelikli işgücü temin etmesi ve sermayenin rekabet avantajı sağlamasına yardımcı olmak üzere, önemli bir maliyet kalemi olan araştırma ve geliştirme faaliyetlerini üstlenmesi beklenen yükseköğretim kuruluşları, piyasa koşullarında hizmet üretme ve böylelikle kendi mali kaynaklarını yaratma pratikleri ile,  yeni tarzda bir ‘üniversite’ yapısına doğru dönüşüme uğratılmaktadır. Bu dönüşüm ise üniversitelerin kamusallığı açısından önemli tereddütleri ve tartışmaları beraberinde getirmektedir. Bu çalışmada yükseköğretim alanında küresel yeniden yapılandırma dinamikleri bağlamında Türkiye yükseköğretim sistemi, finansman politikaları merkeze alınarak, literatüre dayalı olarak tartışılmıştır.

The research want to explain the impact of principal leadership on the effectiveness of learning at high school level. The study is aimed at finding principal leadership model as an ideal example in managing school as an educational institution to bring effective learning as an output. Quantitative analyses indicate that measures of  principal leadership has a strong correlation with learning effectiveness at Christian High School in Bandung, with contribution of  The Principal has strong influence because he leads with love, gives positive impact on school even outside world. He has become catalyst agent who brings others to a purpose, by making himself as not only a creator of culture but also the one who sustains it especially inside school environment. The better the leadership of the principal is, the better the learning effectiveness at the school is.

The purpose of this study was to explore whether provider’s selection influenced institutional management efficiency in public universities in Nyeri and Kiambu counties. A hybrid theoretical framework of Resource based theory and Institutional management efficiency theory buttressed the study. Purposeful sampling of 20 deans of schools, 3 human resource managers 122 heads of departments and 415 lecturers was used. The study made use of questionnaires, interview guide and focus group discussions to collect data. The study utilized a Methodological triangulation research design. To ensure the validity of the instruments, the Research objectives were crosschecked with the corresponding items. The spearman’s split-half technique of assessing reliability of the instruments was used. Inter-Rater technique was used in this study to measure credibility. Dependability was ascertained by means of triangulation. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient technique was used. A correlation coefficient of 0.73 for the two halves was considered sufficient. Descriptive and inferential statistics to evaluate the dependence of measures of organizational efficiency was used. The study reviewed that, public universities should evaluate academic resource providers in order to produce quality graduates and also to be able to control and reduce operational costs.

In this paper, I present a request for proposal (RFP) on behalf of a fictional school. The school, Chester Middle School, would like to receive a $25,000 grant to commence a 6th-grade reading program.

This paper demonstrates the requirements that are necessary for an education based RFP and can serve as an example to those interested in such proposals.

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The purpose of this study was to explore whether provider’s selection influenced institutional management efficiency in public universities in Nyeri and Kiambu counties. A hybrid theoretical framework of Resource based theory and Institutional management efficiency theory buttressed the study. Purposeful sampling of 20 deans of schools, 3 human resource managers 122 heads of departments and 415 lecturers was used. The study made use of questionnaires, interview guide and focus group discussions to collect data. The study utilized a Methodological triangulation research design. To ensure the validity of the instruments, the Research objectives were crosschecked with the corresponding items. The spearman’s split-half technique of assessing reliability of the instruments was used. Inter-Rater technique was used in this study to measure credibility. Dependability was ascertained by means of triangulation. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient technique was used. A correlation c...

The purpose of this article is to give an insight or idea to the reader, analysts, academics, and practitioners to understand how to find the best strategy to improve the quality of education in LPTK through the application of the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM), namely: LPTK good governance, internal and external efficiency of education. Through the application of the three approaches is expected to: (1) the development of capacity LPTK and all programs in the field of education can be implemented, (2) the development of quality education for prospective teachers in LPTK through the input, process and output based on TQM, (3) the benefits and impact of the development of the quality of its graduates LPTK satisfaction oriented society.

Abstract: In his book Pasteur's Quadrant, Donald Stokes (1997) argued that research projects can be described by their contributions to theoretical understanding and the solution of practical problems. Building on this model, scholars have suggested that educational research should focus more or less exclusively on what Stokes called “use-inspired basic research.” With this move has come a focus on projects with the potential to create systemic change–and the concurrent devaluation of naturalistic studies of learning ...

There is an increased use of public e-services integrating citizens into public administration through electronic interfaces. On-line interaction among public organizations and citizens is one core relation in e-government that hereby becomes embedded into daily practices. A safe entry into e-governmental systems is essential for security and trust in the e-governmental systems and schools as well as public services in general. This paper addresses how electronic identification has been used for access to public e-services in schools in a Swedish municipality. This paper draws on a case study of use of ICT platforms in education administration in order to study the implementation of secure login process and factors that may have implications upon trust in-and legitimacy of public e-services at local e-government level. Besides describing the implementation process and analyzing security and organizational arrangements connected to the use of the platform, the paper address the argum...