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The use of intervention measures in conflict management is an important element of peaceful running of a secondary school. It assists individuals and groups in better understanding and dealing with conflict as it arises in all aspects of their lives. The purpose of this study was to explore the intervention measures in conflict management in boarding secondary schools in Western Province, Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was used. The population of the study comprised 1602 teachers in 89 public boarding secondary schools in Western Province, Kenya. The respondents comprised teachers in public boarding secondary schools in Western Province. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of schools, deputy headteachers and teachers from schools in Western Province. The population was divided into homogeneous subgroups and a simple random sampling in each subgroup was done. Data was collected by use of questionnaires, document analysis and interviews. In order to a...

The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study objective sough to establish the extent to which principals’ use of class meetings for collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary method influences students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study employed Ex post facto research design and targeted 333 public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. Stratified proportionate sampling and purposive sampling were used to select the sample size. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. Descriptiv...

Universities are tasked with providing rigorous education and training for successful entry into disciplinary and professional fields. Their instrumental roles are situated within broader commitments to political communities through cultural stewardship. As such, the process of socializing students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of democratic citizenship is a complementary and acute obligation of institutions of higher education. Student Associations arguably serve as strategic enablers of this key responsibility through their unique identities as laboratories of shared governance. When students participate in co-creating their educational and community experiences, the dividends for learning and development escalate. The deliberative processes and activities of student associations resemble those ideal in the broader civil society and should be supported. We suggest that the respective aspirations and impact of universities and student associations are mutually bound ...

Research shows that students need opportunities to engage in strategies that will enhance their critical thinking skills. With pressure on teachers to prepare students for state assessments, teachers teach to the test, not giving students chances to dialogue with their peers. To produce citizens in a genuinely democratic world, the voices of students is crucial. Socratic Seminar is a classroom methodology that can foster critical thinking skills and cultivate a democratic learning environment. The purpose of this participatory action research study is to examine teachers’ dispositions of critical thinking in elementary social studies classrooms as students think beyond the text. This research also examines coaching considerations, teachers’ provisions of coaching, and challenges faced when executing Socratic Seminars.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of student councils’ involvement as a link of communication between students and administration on students discipline in public secondary schools in Kathonzweni Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population was 30 public secondary schools in Kathonzweni Sub-County. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample size of 108 students, 162 teachers and 28 principals. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect primary data. The questionnaires were also subjected to pilot test to ensure that research instruments were reliable. The data collected were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences computer programme version 20.0. The results were presented in form of frequency tables and chi square tests. Chi square tests were used to show the relationship between the variables. The results of the study indicated that schools where a student council did not a...

Resumo Este artigo examina o surgimento e uso do conceito meritocracia e os desdobramentos no sistema educacional inglês. Trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica cujo objetivo é levantar as discussões sobre o mérito em termos de suas origens, na obra do sociólogo britânico Michael Young, The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958) e a experiência meritocrática na reforma da educação inglesa na segunda metade do século XX. Encontramos em John Locke a fonte para entender as razões pelas quais o período moderno valoriza o mérito em detrimento da hereditariedade, e na reforma realizada no Reino Unido por Margareth Thatcher (1979-1990) encontramos o economista Milton Friedman como principal intelectual orgânico a fundamentar a adoção do mérito como critério no sistema educacional contemporâneo.

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The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study objective sough to establish the extent to which principals’ use of class meetings for collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary method influences students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study employed Ex post facto research design and targeted 333 public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. Stratified proportionate sampling and purposive sampling were used to select the sample size. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. Descriptiv...

Studies have advocated for participatory governance in education (Kindiki, 2009, Tikoko& Kiprop, 2011). There is however a dearth of literature on use student mentoring in relation to discipline. The purpose of this study was investigating principals’ use of student mentorship programmes and students’ discipline in secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study sought to establish the focus of student mentoring and determine significant relationships existed between principals’ use of successful alumni, mentoring on ethical living and students’ discipline in secondary schools. The study used systems theory by Ludwig Bartalanffy which postulates that schools are part of the environment in which they operate and influence and get influenced by other systems. Questionnaires for principals and student leaders were used. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted with a target population of 354 secondary schools principals and 4602 student leaders. Probability sampling was employe...

Stakeholder involvement is critical in that it can enhance levels of ownership of the decisions made as well building trust between the governors and the governed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence principals’ involvement of students in decision making on student discipline in secondary schools, Kenya. The study sought to establish the areas of student involvement in decision making by secondary school principals and determine whether significant differences exist between reported incidences of student indiscipline based on the levels of student involvement in decision making in secondary schools. The study employed systems theory by Ludwig Bertalanffy which looks at organisations as systems. Schools are viewed as parts joined together by web of relationships both within and outside the school. Using a descriptive survey design with a target population of 354 secondary school principals, 300 teachers and 4602 student leaders, a sample of 118 principals and 15...

Studies have advocated for participatory governance in education (Kindiki, 2009, Tikoko& Kiprop, 2011). There is however a dearth of literature on use student mentoring in relation to discipline. The purpose of this study was investigating principals’ use of student mentorship programmes and students’ discipline in secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study sought to establish the focus of student mentoring and determine significant relationships existed between principals’ use of successful alumni, mentoring on ethical living and students’ discipline in secondary schools. The study used systems theory by Ludwig Bartalanffy which postulates that schools are part of the environment in which they operate and influence and get influenced by other systems. Questionnaires for principals and student leaders were used. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted with a target population of 354 secondary schools principals and 4602 student leaders. Probability sampling was employe...

Stakeholder involvement is critical in that it can enhance levels of ownership of the decisions made as well building trust between the governors and the governed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence principals’ involvement of students in decision making on student discipline in secondary schools, Kenya. The study sought to establish the areas of student involvement in decision making by secondary school principals and determine whether significant differences exist between reported incidences of student indiscipline based on the levels of student involvement in decision making in secondary schools. The study employed systems theory by Ludwig Bertalanffy which looks at organisations as systems. Schools are viewed as parts joined together by web of relationships both within and outside the school. Using a descriptive survey design with a target population of 354 secondary school principals, 300 teachers and 4602 student leaders, a sample of 118 principals and 15...

The text analyzes the issue of silence in a contemporary context, thinking from its double Latin meaning: that of taceo, as silencing; and that of sileo, as a silence that expands subjective spaces of creation, suspending previous significant codifications. The analysis goes through the relationships between ways of silence and discipline (of oneself or the other) and their reverberations in the bodies, based on the thoughts of Michel Foucault and José Gil. The reflection culminates thinking about the silence that sometimes operates as moralizing pedagogy, other times as a pedagogical act that opens space for new modes of existence.

Introduction: During the pandemic, all academic life shifted to the Internet. The education process and the related space for student-lecturer relations changed in March 2020 and then evolved during the pandemic. Research Aim: The article presents the results of triple questionnaire studies carried out after each semester of remote education at a pedagogical university among 178 academic teachers, concerning relations with students during distance learning and teaching. Method: The online diagnostic survey method was used. The analysis of data obtained from open-ended questions was qualitative. Results: The main categories revealed in the respondents' statements were individualization, contact, communication, trust as well as didactics and exams. The respondents indicated relationships as an advantage of remote education, the lack of relationships as its disadvantage, described the relationships in the context of difficulties in implementing remote education, and raised the topic of relationships in the examination process. There is a significant change in the perception of these categories over time. Conclusions: A significant increase in the importance of relationships over time during the implementation of distance learning can be seen. In the era of the domination of remote education, it is impossible to stick to the traditional approach to building relationships based on the authority of the teacher's knowledge and readiness to uncritically receive content from students.

This article highlights a framework for using notable social studies trade books in high school classrooms. Like all good literature, picture books contain rich vocabulary and gripping narratives with the additional benefit of aesthetic appeal. Nonfiction picture books offer excellent opportunities for critical exploration. Authors and illustrators make important choices regarding what to include and what to leave out with regard to hard truths, made accessible for even our youngest learners. Older students can learn a great deal by deliberating whether the simplifcations in picture book texts are justified. In this article, read from lesson plans and teaching examples of the framework in use.

This study examined Principals' Leadership Capacities as perceived by teachers in secondary schools in Ekiti state. A total of 250 teachers were sampled from Public secondary schools in Ekiti state, using multi-stage, and simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected using self-constructed questionnaire. Three research questions were raised and answered. Research questions were subjected to descriptive analysis using mean rating and standard deviation. The study identified ten dimensions of principals' leadership capacities as : school vision, capacity building, collaboration, motivation, curriculum leadership, school discipline, delegation, executive behaviour, managing time and resourcefulness. The finding also showed that the teachers had positive perception of their principals' leadership capacities. It further revealed that strong leadership capacities were identified in collaboration, motivation, delegation and executive behaviour. It was recommended that the principals should develop their leadership capacities generally on school vision, capacity building, collaboration, motivation, curriculum leadership, school discipline, delegation, executive behaviour, managing time, and resourcefulness. Furthermore the school principals required more strengths of leadership capacities in: school vision, capacity building, curriculum leadership, school discipline, managing time, and resourcefulness, due to moderate strength identified in these leadership variables and dimensions.

Studies have advocated for participatory governance in education (Kindiki, 2009, Tikoko& Kiprop, 2011). There is however a dearth of literature on use student mentoring in relation to discipline. The purpose of this study was investigating principals’ use of student mentorship programmes and students’ discipline in secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study sought to establish the focus of student mentoring and determine significant relationships existed between principals’ use of successful alumni, mentoring on ethical living and students’ discipline in secondary schools. The study used systems theory by Ludwig Bartalanffy which postulates that schools are part of the environment in which they operate and influence and get influenced by other systems. Questionnaires for principals and student leaders were used. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted with a target population of 354 secondary schools principals and 4602 student leaders. Probability sampling was employe...

Stakeholder involvement is critical in that it can enhance levels of ownership of the decisions made as well building trust between the governors and the governed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence principals’ involvement of students in decision making on student discipline in secondary schools, Kenya. The study sought to establish the areas of student involvement in decision making by secondary school principals and determine whether significant differences exist between reported incidences of student indiscipline based on the levels of student involvement in decision making in secondary schools. The study employed systems theory by Ludwig Bertalanffy which looks at organisations as systems. Schools are viewed as parts joined together by web of relationships both within and outside the school. Using a descriptive survey design with a target population of 354 secondary school principals, 300 teachers and 4602 student leaders, a sample of 118 principals and 15...

Bu araştırmada okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin incelenmesini amaçlanmıştır. Bu genel amaç çerçevesinde araştırma amacına ulaşmak için nitel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma da desen olarak durum çalışması tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2018-19 eğitim-öğretim yılında Kayseri ilinde ortaokul düzeyinde öğrenim gören ve okul temsilcisi olmak için aday olan öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma dâhilinde belirtilen kriterlere uyan 6 ortaokulda toplam 35 öğrenciye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri, nitel veri toplama yöntemlerinde yer alan dokümanlar kapsamında hazırlanan açık uçlu anket formu yardımıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde nitel araştırmalarda sıklıkla kullanılan betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde öğrencilerin belirtmiş oldukları vaatlerin daha anlaşılır olması için kategorilere yer verilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin beş farklı kategoride toplanmış olduğu görülmektedir. Bu kategoriler; fiziki ihtiyaçlar ile ilgili vaatler, sosyal-kültürel etkinlikler ile ilgili vaatler, spor etkinlikleri ile ilgili vaatler, eğitim ile ilgili vaatler ve bireysel beceri ile ilgili vaatler şeklinde sıralanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına bağlantılı olarak okullardaki fiziki imkanları daha iyi hale getirmek için okul idaresi, öğretmen, veli ve

The study examined the relationship between principals' genderrelated variables and discipline of teachers and students. The study was a descriptive research design of the survey type. The study population comprised 80, 291 teachers in Southwest Nigeria that comprised six states. A sample of 2,040 teachers was drawn from 102 Secondary Schools in 17 local Government Areas from three States in Southwest Nigeria using proportionate random and stratified sampling techniques. Data were collected with an instrument tagged "Gender-Related Variables and Discipline Questionnaire". The instrument was subjected to face and content validity by expert in Educational management and tests, to ensure the items measure what they are supposed to measure. The reliability of the instrument was established through test-retest method which yielded a coefficient of 0.78. The hypotheses were tested with Pearson's Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed from the study that there was significant relationship between principals' gender-related variables and teachers' as well as students' discipline. It was also revealed from the study that courage of principals was the best predictor of teachers' discipline while principals' toughness was the best predictor of students' discipline. It was concluded on the basis of the findings of this study that gender-related variables are critical variables in the discipline of both teachers and students. It was therefore recommended that principals should regularly be reminded that their ability to discipline erring teachers and students is not a function of their sex but their personal attributes. It was equally recommended that principals' knowledge need to be updated on the need to maintain those variables such as courage, toughness and friendliness that contribute to their being effective in disciplining both teachers and students.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the principals' leadership practices and their influence on students' discipline management in public secondary school in Makindu Sub County, Kenya. The study employed descriptive survey research design. The sample comprised of 20 principals, 46 teachers and 197 students who were selected by simple random sampling. Data in the study was collected using questionnaires and descriptive statistics method was used for evaluating headteachers' transformative leadership styles on teachers' job satisfaction. Findings revealed that the principals encouraged open door policy for students to discuss their issues with them, the principals consulted with students before any changes are made to the diet provided by the school and also allowed students to have a say in determining the dress code of the school. Further, the principals set aside specific day(s) in a week for meetings with the students to discuss matters pertaining to the running and of the school. Pearson correlation coefficients computed to find out the relationships between principals leadership practices and student discipline generated strong negative correlation coefficients of r=-0.961 with corresponding significant level (p-value = 0.000<0.05) hence there was significant relationship between principals' consultation of the student council and the number of students' disciplinary cases in school. The study established that principals in their respective secondary schools encouraged open door policy where students were free to see the head of the institution to discuss their problems. The study thus recommends that principals should adopt leadership skills and mechanisms which are aimed at minimizing instances of students' indiscipline. Schools should organize for seminars and workshops for student leaders to acquire skills necessary to help reduce instances of indiscipline in the schools. Principals should adopt collaborative approach which brings all school stakeholders to help address students' indiscipline. Rules for the membership to the student council should be flexible for all students so that they can appreciate and support the students'councils' leadership.

The essay addresses how genealogical research can contribute to make visible, in the educational processes, blind zones in any diagram of social forces or dispositives of knowledge and power in which children can exert resistance. We use literature to exemplify the strength of children's inventiveness. We discuss some dimensions of genealogical research: the examination of subjectivation processes; the analysis of the consistency plan and the chance of struggle; the discontinuous sense of history and the weight of tradition; researcher's sensation of strangeness and attention; the facing of the effects of truth and its dismantling, aiming to escape, not power itself, but particular strategies of the relations of knowledge and power.

Melalui buku ini, pembaca dapat menggali catatan berharga akan makna mengembara dengan ilmu dan jauh dari keluarga. Buku ini begitu istimewa karena tidak hanya menampilkan narasi kisah dalam sejarah perjuangan semata. Lebih daripada itu, karena di dalamnya tertuang berbagai analisis dan eksplorasi akan nilai-nilai kehidupan yang mumpuni. Ditulis dengan begitu informatif pada alur cerita yang mengalir. Gambaran komprehensif tentang bagaimana konsep hidup yang harus dirancang dan dilaksanakan. Pembaca akan betah menikmati lembaran demi lembaran kisah, karena tulisan dalam buku ini dikemas dengan mudah untuk dimengerti dan bahasan pada setiap bagian yang tidak membosankan. Selamat menyelami indahnya samudra literasi. _____ Berprinsip bahwa: "Tak akan ada kesuksesan hakiki yang diraih dari pengorbanan yang sedikit, tapi kesuksesan yang sesungguhnya adalah pengorbanan yang meneteskan keringat, hingga air mata bahagia." Bermodalkan tekad yang kuat dalam melalui setiap fase metamorfosis agar terwujudnya sebuah mimpi indah di kemudian hari yang didorong oleh kekuatan doa, sang ibunda tercinta. Jangan lihat taruna dari sisi yang kurang berkenan, tapi nilai dan rasakan menjadi diri seorang taruna yang ditempa dengan pendidikan tegas dan berkelas melalui buku ini. Darah Juang I viii "Tak hanya enak untuk dibaca dan sarat akan khazanah ilmu kehidupan, Darah Juang juga inspiratif dan menginspirasi. Kisah-kisah yang dituangkan dalam buku ini membuat saya terharu dan kagum luar biasa, tentang perjuangan dan kerja keras anak kampung Sulawesi, tentang bakti anak kepada kedua orang tua, tentang ilmu dan dunia perantauan, tentang kepemimpinan, tentang amanah dan tanggung jawab, dan tentunya tentang hamba Tuhan kepada Tuhannya. Setiap bagian diungkapkan dengan kejujuran, bakat muda yang patut menjadi contoh bagi anak muda lainnya dalam menyongsong Indonesia Emas 2045."

This study examined 56 middle school students' self-reflections and self-regulatory behavioral development in a project-based learning experience. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected providing a more comprehensive evaluation of 1) students' perceptions of their selfregulatory behaviors in the project-based learning experience and 2) both the teacher's and students' perceptions of what aspects of the project-based learning experience were beneficial in facilitating students' self-regulatory behaviors. The overall findings in this study suggest that students had success in using metacognitive processes to self-monitor the development of their self-regulatory skills. The selfmonitoring process was a deliberate approach used to teach students to self-identify their weaknesses and strengths in terms of three self-regulatory skills: learning strategy use, goal setting and time management. These skills are instrumental in students' achieving success by independently completing a project. The outcomes of the study imply that students need scaffolding support in project-based learning in order to facilitate the development of selfregulatory skills. As students completed the social studies class project, they required careful guidance to learn to sift through and to synthesize information from a variety of resources. It was important to design a collaborative learning environment where students were encouraged to share in the decision-making process of the project outcomes and the curriculum. iv Students used the Student Weekly Reflection Form (SWRF) to engage in self-reflection throughout the project. NUD*IST N6 was used to quantify and analyze the data obtained from the SWRF. Students' pre-and post-test scores on the Goal Orientation Index (GOI) (Atman, 1986) showed a significant increase in the Reflecting and Planning Subscales at the .01 level of significance using a one-tailed t-test. The Bandura Self-Efficacy for Self-Regulated Learning Scale (as cited in Pajares and Urdan, 2006) was used to measure students' perceptions of their self-regulatory abilities to complete goals. There was no significant difference between the students' pre-and post-test scores as measured by a one-tailed t-test. This study adds to existing social cognitive understanding. In order for students to identify and develop self-regulatory skills in this project, they first had to experience the opportunity to participate as managers in their own learning. v TABLE OF CONTENTS

This article aims to conduct an exploratory analysis of the meanings of merit in inclusion policies in Brazilian higher education. Higher education admission processes are a fertile field for thinking about the issue of merit in our society due to the decisive role education plays in organizing social inequality. The analysis focuses on the National College Entry Exam (ENEM), the most comprehensive selection process in the country, the Unified Selection System (SISU), a mechanism used by most public institutions, the 2012 Quota Law and the Program for Inclusion based on Merit in Public Higher Education in São Paulo (PIMESP) of the São Paulo State Universities. Assuming merit as a value, the text begins by discussing this concept based on classical and contemporary work. It then addresses the process of educational expansion seen in the 20th century and how this movement led to changes in the organizing principles of admission policies and access to education, shifting from universal...

Studies have advocated for participatory governance in education (Kindiki, 2009, Tikoko& Kiprop, 2011). There is however a dearth of literature on use student mentoring in relation to discipline. The purpose of this study was investigating principals’ use of student mentorship programmes and students’ discipline in secondary schools in Machakos County, Kenya. The study sought to establish the focus of student mentoring and determine significant relationships existed between principals’ use of successful alumni, mentoring on ethical living and students’ discipline in secondary schools. The study used systems theory by Ludwig Bartalanffy which postulates that schools are part of the environment in which they operate and influence and get influenced by other systems. Questionnaires for principals and student leaders were used. Cross-sectional survey design was adopted with a target population of 354 secondary schools principals and 4602 student leaders. Probability sampling was employe...

Stakeholder involvement is critical in that it can enhance levels of ownership of the decisions made as well building trust between the governors and the governed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence principals’ involvement of students in decision making on student discipline in secondary schools, Kenya. The study sought to establish the areas of student involvement in decision making by secondary school principals and determine whether significant differences exist between reported incidences of student indiscipline based on the levels of student involvement in decision making in secondary schools. The study employed systems theory by Ludwig Bertalanffy which looks at organisations as systems. Schools are viewed as parts joined together by web of relationships both within and outside the school. Using a descriptive survey design with a target population of 354 secondary school principals, 300 teachers and 4602 student leaders, a sample of 118 principals and 15...

This article aims to conduct an exploratory analysis of the meanings of merit in inclusion policies in Brazilian higher education. Higher education admission processes are a fertile field for thinking about the issue of merit in our society due to the decisive role education plays in organizing social inequality. The analysis focuses on the National College Entry Exam (ENEM), the most comprehensive selection process in the country, the Unified Selection System (SISU), a mechanism used by most public institutions, the 2012 Quota Law and the Program for Inclusion based on Merit in Public Higher Education in São Paulo (PIMESP) of the São Paulo State Universities. Assuming merit as a value, the text begins by discussing this concept based on classical and contemporary work. It then addresses the process of educational expansion seen in the 20th century and how this movement led to changes in the organizing principles of admission policies and access to education, shifting from universal...

Bu araştırmada okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin incelenmesini amaçlanmıştır. Bu genel amaç çerçevesinde araştırma amacına ulaşmak için nitel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma da desen olarak durum çalışması tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2018-19 eğitim-öğretim yılında Kayseri ilinde ortaokul düzeyinde öğrenim gören ve okul temsilcisi olmak için aday olan öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma dâhilinde belirtilen kriterlere uyan 6 ortaokulda toplam 35 öğrenciye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri, nitel veri toplama yöntemlerinde yer alan dokümanlar kapsamında hazırlanan açık uçlu anket formu yardımıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde nitel araştırmalarda sıklıkla kullanılan betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde öğrencilerin belirtmiş oldukları vaatlerin daha anlaşılır olması için kategorilere yer verilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin beş farklı kategoride toplanmış olduğu görülmektedir. Bu kategoriler; fiziki ihtiyaçlar ile ilgili vaatler, sosyal-kültürel etkinlikler ile ilgili vaatler, spor etkinlikleri ile ilgili vaatler, eğitim ile ilgili vaatler ve bireysel beceri ile ilgili vaatler şeklinde sıralanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına bağlantılı olarak okullardaki fiziki imkanları daha iyi hale getirmek için okul idaresi, öğretmen, veli ve

Taking as a starting point the context of educational inequalities which has long characterized the Brazilian case, the present article aims to investigate some of the different conceptions regarding school knowledge and its distribution, which foresee different justifications and solutions for this scenario. In this process, we highlight the role that a national curriculum framework could play in the different perspectives and controversies around the proposal, from the tension between the right to equality and the right to difference. A third dimension of the idea of right is then brought up to discussion, as an attempt to overcome what some authors consider to be a “crisis” in curriculum theory (Young).

This study determined the students&#39; assessment and expectation relative to the activities of the student council, attitude of officers, and the Teacher Education Student Council&#39;s (TESC) support to the college. Furthermore, this study also ascertained if there are significant differences in the respondents&#39; assessment and expectations when grouped according to profile variables. The descriptive research design was utilized in this research with a researcher-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument to gather pertinent data and information. The data gathered were analyzed using different statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and rank and these were used to guide the researchers in the interpretation of results. The study found out that most of the respondents are female, second-year students specializing in Science and Mathematics Education. Moreover, the study revealed that the TESC’s activities are necessary and relevant to the c...

This study determined the students&#39; assessment and expectation relative to the activities of the student council, attitude of officers, and the Teacher Education Student Council&#39;s (TESC) support to the college. Furthermore, this study also ascertained if there are significant differences in the respondents&#39; assessment and expectations when grouped according to profile variables. The descriptive research design was utilized in this research with a researcher-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument to gather pertinent data and information. The data gathered were analyzed using different statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and rank and these were used to guide the researchers in the interpretation of results. The study found out that most of the respondents are female, second-year students specializing in Science and Mathematics Education. Moreover, the study revealed that the TESC’s activities are necessary and relevant to the c...

The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study objective sough to establish the extent to which principals’ use of class meetings for collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary method influences students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study employed Ex post facto research design and targeted 333 public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. Stratified proportionate sampling and purposive sampling were used to select the sample size. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. Descriptiv...

This study determined the students&#39; assessment and expectation relative to the activities of the student council, attitude of officers, and the Teacher Education Student Council&#39;s (TESC) support to the college. Furthermore, this study also ascertained if there are significant differences in the respondents&#39; assessment and expectations when grouped according to profile variables. The descriptive research design was utilized in this research with a researcher-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument to gather pertinent data and information. The data gathered were analyzed using different statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and rank and these were used to guide the researchers in the interpretation of results. The study found out that most of the respondents are female, second-year students specializing in Science and Mathematics Education. Moreover, the study revealed that the TESC’s activities are necessary and relevant to the c...

The study was an investigation of the participation in decision making by secondary schools students in Mwala division, Mwala district. The purpose was to identify the key decision makers in Secondary schools and the extent to which students were involved in decision making as far as curriculum and instruction, students’ management and welfare, and school-community relations were concerned. The study was based on the Normative Model of Group Decision making. The study hypothesized that schools would largely involve students in decision making in order to avert major crises like school strikes. The study used data collected from three secondary schools randomly selected from 10 public secondary schools in Mwala division. A sample of 80 students was selected randomly to represent the schools. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Data were sourced from the students by use of a questionnaire. Data was analyzed by use of descriptive analysis techniques which in...

This article aims to conduct an exploratory analysis of the meanings of merit in inclusion policies in Brazilian higher education. Higher education admission processes are a fertile field for thinking about the issue of merit in our society due to the decisive role education plays in organizing social inequality. The analysis focuses on the National College Entry Exam (ENEM), the most comprehensive selection process in the country, the Unified Selection System (SISU), a mechanism used by most public institutions, the 2012 Quota Law and the Program for Inclusion based on Merit in Public Higher Education in São Paulo (PIMESP) of the São Paulo State Universities. Assuming merit as a value, the text begins by discussing this concept based on classical and contemporary work. It then addresses the process of educational expansion seen in the 20 th century and how this movement led to changes in the organizing principles of admission policies and access to education, shifting from universal merit to relative merit. The third part of the text considers the work of Brazilian authors in discussing several institutional actions that combined ENEM, the Quotas Law of 2012, and SISU as examples of interconnection between universal and relative merit in higher education admissions, despite the problems identified concerning retention policies. By abolishing criteria connected to relational merit, PIMESP became the target of criticism. Considering the positive effects generated from the combination of the quota law, ENEM and SISU, the article stresses the need for revising the Law, slated for 2022, to preserve this critical inclusion mechanism. In conclusion, we suggest that expanding enrollment in higher education also implies challenges regarding retention and graduation policies. Therefore, such policies should consider the relative dimension of merit.

Leadership plays a major role in being the stronghold of a functional and governing community. In schools, student leaders learn, initiate, and act as one that unites the school community, by bridging the school administration and student body, by delegating themselves the tasks to uphold and represent the school, and by adapting to changes to be able to progress as an efficient whole. The TUGON RISCIAN utilized the descriptive method research in determining the level of acceptability in terms of competence, relevance, and organization. It also measured the level of effectiveness of the Rizal National Science High School Supreme Student Government Leadership and Management in times of pandemic. The SSG conducted evaluations using Google forms so that each participant could be made to reflect their grade level appropriately for students and council leaders who had firsthand experience with online distance learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine procedures. Competence, relevance, and organization that were evaluated by the students with overall mean values of 4.50, 4.42 and 4.37 which interpreted as Highly Acceptable. For the effectiveness of leadership and management the mean value of 4.41 interpreted as Highly Acceptable as perceived by the students as highly effective as it embodied the mission of cultivating proactive scholars in serving the community with excellence.

This thesis is titled Citizenship in Secondary Education Project (CiSEP). CiSEP explores the shift in UK Government policy on citizenship education in schools in England, and focuses on the links between citizenship education and national identity construction. Three research papers completed as part of the Doctorate in Education programme are presented in CiSEP. Through a review of published research reported in Research Paper One I suggest that there is an overwhelming shift in the field to functional research at the expense of critical and socially critical approaches which has impacted on the direction and delivery of citizenship education. I take this further in Research Paper Two by completing a small scale empirical case study through two narrative interviews with a young Afghan immigrant male, where five key principles to citizenship education are presented. In Research Paper Three I establish the five key principles, present a plan for a research project, and report on pilot work where conceptual tools from Habermas are used to synthesise the narrative data. The thesis concludes through a significant critical evaluation by synthesizing the conceptual and ideological exchanges across the three research papers. I argue that the lack of a universal definition of citizenship is confusing and contributes to poor understandings of citizenship education and a limited sense of national identity. This research encourages close attention be paid to the discrepancy between the purpose of citizenship education and how it is experienced. CiSEP raises questions about the current systems set up for the delivery of citizenship education in secondary schools. Therefore, this research lays strong foundations for further studies into citizenship, citizenship education and national identity construction.

We present the results of a survey conducted with students who are members of a student council at a public school in Santa Catarina. We seek to answer the question: what subject is the school producing in contemporary democracy? Based on poststructuralism, we aim to problematize the democratic practices of a student council. We used Deleuze, Guattari, and Foucault as our main theoretical framework. For
data collection, we used a field diary composed of audios recorded at council meetings and transcriptions. Although the student council reflects on democratic management and establishes a space of multiple possibilities, it operates simultaneously as an extension of the curriculum by producing the docile, useful, and participative subject demanded by our time.

Keywords: Curriculum, Democratic management, Student council, Control societies

I dedicate this piece of work to my beloved wife Angela Kilonzo, my lovely daughter Leah Nduku and dear son Jesse Ndambuki; for bearing my long absence from home with love and understanding. I do also single out my parents whose contribution to my life is immense. I appreciate you all for your support and prayers. God bless you. iv ACKNOWLEGMENT I would like to acknowledge the help I received from Dr. M. Ogola and Dr. M. A. Otieno in helping me shape this project. I would also acknowledge my friend Mr. Kimayu Richard with whom I debated and also encouraged me to tirelessly search for materials crucial to the completion of this study. Much appreciation goes to The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education for allowing me to take leave from my duties to pursue my studies at Kenyatta University. May Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

The management of discipline has been and continues to be a thorny issue globally for educational managers. Collaborative decision making is one of the alternative disciplinary methods that governments have come up with for management of students’ discipline in schools to replace corporal punishment. This paper sought to investigate the influence of principals’ use of collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary on students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study objective sough to establish the extent to which principals’ use of class meetings for collaborative decision making as an alternative disciplinary method influences students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study employed Ex post facto research design and targeted 333 public secondary schools in Kitui County, Kenya. Stratified proportionate sampling and purposive sampling were used to select the sample size. Questionnaires and interview guides were used for data collection. Descriptiv...

Bu araştırmada okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin incelenmesini amaçlanmıştır. Bu genel amaç çerçevesinde araştırma amacına ulaşmak için nitel araştırma deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırma da desen olarak durum çalışması tercih edilmiştir. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu, 2018-19 eğitim-öğretim yılında Kayseri ilinde ortaokul düzeyinde öğrenim gören ve okul temsilcisi olmak için aday olan öğrenciler oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma dâhilinde belirtilen kriterlere uyan 6 ortaokulda toplam 35 öğrenciye ulaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri, nitel veri toplama yöntemlerinde yer alan dokümanlar kapsamında hazırlanan açık uçlu anket formu yardımıyla toplanmıştır. Araştırma verilerinin analizinde nitel araştırmalarda sıklıkla kullanılan betimsel analiz tekniği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde öğrencilerin belirtmiş oldukları vaatlerin daha anlaşılır olması için kategorilere yer verilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre okul temsilcisi adayı öğrencilerin vaatlerinin beş farklı kategoride toplanmış olduğu görülmektedir. Bu kategoriler; fiziki ihtiyaçlar ile ilgili vaatler, sosyal-kültürel etkinlikler ile ilgili vaatler, spor etkinlikleri ile ilgili vaatler, eğitim ile ilgili vaatler ve bireysel beceri ile ilgili vaatler şeklinde sıralanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına bağlantılı olarak okullardaki fiziki imkanları daha iyi hale getirmek için okul idaresi, öğretmen, veli ve

In this meeting report we give an overview of the talks and presentations from the Fourth International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium held as part of the annual Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference in Toronto, Canada. Furthermore, we detail the role of the Student Council (SC) as an international student body in organizing this symposium series in the context of large, international conferences.

This tracer study primarily determined the employability and performance of the of CTE MAEd-EM graduates in the inclusive AY 2015-2016- AY 2018-2019 with the end view of proposing a curriculum enhancement plan in order to produce globally competitive graduates. It also determined the respondents&#39; job placement profile, extent of the program&#39;s contribution to their personal and professional growth and their work performance. The descriptive method of research was applied in the study using questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument. The participants of the study were the MAEd-EM graduates of Batangas State University. Results revealed that majority of the graduates from MAEd-EM are in the age bracket of 31-40, female, married, BEED graduates, LET passers, permanently employed in public institution, took up their advance study for professional development, work as Master Teachers III and Teacher I, have been employed for 6- 10 years, and PAFTE members. They assessed t...

This paper presents case studies of three student teachers negotiating the demands of the National Council of the Social Studies&#39; (NCSS) five characteristics of powerful teaching and learning (meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and active instruction) while engaged in the context-specific tasks of student teaching. For these three student teachers, the context of both their teaching and beliefs about teaching combined to help them focus on two of the five characteristics more deeply than the others. These case studies suggest that social studies pre-service teachers can constructively use their student teaching semester to focus on developing strengths in those characteristics most appropriate to their beliefs about teaching and their teaching contexts, and that social studies methods courses can aid in this process by helping student teachers to reflect on these factors prior to their student teaching semester.

This tracer study primarily determined the employability and performance of the of CTE MAEd-EM graduates in the inclusive AY 2015-2016- AY 2018-2019 with the end view of proposing a curriculum enhancement plan in order to produce globally competitive graduates. It also determined the respondents&#39; job placement profile, extent of the program&#39;s contribution to their personal and professional growth and their work performance. The descriptive method of research was applied in the study using questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument. The participants of the study were the MAEd-EM graduates of Batangas State University. Results revealed that majority of the graduates from MAEd-EM are in the age bracket of 31-40, female, married, BEED graduates, LET passers, permanently employed in public institution, took up their advance study for professional development, work as Master Teachers III and Teacher I, have been employed for 6- 10 years, and PAFTE members. They assessed t...

This study determined the students&#39; assessment and expectation relative to the activities of the student council, attitude of officers, and the Teacher Education Student Council&#39;s (TESC) support to the college. Furthermore, this study also ascertained if there are significant differences in the respondents&#39; assessment and expectations when grouped according to profile variables. The descriptive research design was utilized in this research with a researcher-made questionnaire as the main data gathering instrument to gather pertinent data and information. The data gathered were analyzed using different statistical tools such as frequency, percentage, weighted mean, and rank and these were used to guide the researchers in the interpretation of results. The study found out that most of the respondents are female, second-year students specializing in Science and Mathematics Education. Moreover, the study revealed that the TESC’s activities are necessary and relevant to the c...