Teachers Participation in Decision Making Process in Secondary Schools

Parekh, G., Flessa, J., & Smaller, H. (2016). The Toronto District School Board: A global city school system's structures, processes, and student outcomes. London Review Of Education, 14(3), 65-83. doi:10.18546/LRE.14.3.06

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries were among the countries that gave remarkable importance and attention to reforming their education systems. Some GCC countries ventured taking highly ambitious and radical measures to reform its education system. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a good example and is the context that this paper focuses on. Christine Thorne (2011) reports that “it is clear that the leadership of the country is exerting great pressure for reform in schools and there is a sense of urgency about the need for large-scale change”. Some of the measures taken by the educational leadership were really successful and obviously led to other successes on smaller scales i.e. seeking professional development on the part of teachers; while some other measures were seen as disastrous i.e. sacking a considerable number of really qualified math and science teachers due to their failure

Over the last 25 years many policies have been introduced in education. Some critic’s say that an education market has been created but others disagree and say that the policies have helped create equality of opportunity.

Andrew R. Deras Dr. Jide Osikomaiya English 100 8 September 2016 The Most Compelling Problems In American Schools As we delve back into a new year for students and teachers alike returning to school to continue with the daily life of academics and learning, we all must be understanding of what exactly we are sending our peers and children back to. It should be no surprise to most of us that throughout the years we have seen countless upon countless examples from the news and through others, that our school system is flawed in some way, shape or form. It is no longer a coincidence that our students are only achieving 36th from the top in all total curriculum (Arnett). This is also evident to anyone who may happen to own a T.V. and has been a viewer to these numerous articles describing these horrible issues we have within schools firsthand (ABC News). Not only that, but schooling can also be further compromised by politics and law related issues (Ravitch). What my goal for the essay I am submitting to you is; to give my opinions on the current situation of public schooling in America, discuss the issues, and back my points I will be presenting, with concrete evidence I have uncovered in my research. I would like to make it clear that my stance on the current situation is that there is not only a singular problem with public education, but a number of issues that inhibit students to learn properly and function as productive members of society. An excellent place to start would

The education system has been the cornerstone of freedom and equity for economic success in The United States. However, the history of education has never been so crucial to the collective future of our nation and to the young people. The public schools must struggle to provide equality in educational system as never before. The demand for education has become necessary and growing to provide education for all students to comply with the rigorous academic standards on a global scale (Baker, B. D., Sciarra, D. G., Farrie, D. (2010, p. 1).

Education has had three phases of development according, to Van Krieken, 2013. Each phase being associated with a set of beliefs about the nature and purpose of education. Firstly, the advent of the modern system from the mid-19th century to World War II, influenced chiefly by liberal humanist ideas. Secondly, post World War II expansion into the late 1970’s was influenced by social democratic beliefs. Finally, the increased marketisation of education which has been influenced by neoliberalism since the 1980’s (Krieken, 2013, p. 149).

There are also a number of theoretical issues to consider when researching teachers. The issue of teachers behaving uncharacteristically because they have an observer in the classroom has already been discussed. In addition to this, any teaching staff who take part may have been selected by senior members of staff to show the school in the best possible light. This would make the findings unrepresentative and would mean that the findings would not be able to be generalised to other educational settings.

Throughout the world, there have been continuous attempts to reform education at all levels. With different causes that are deeply rooted in history, society, and culture, this inequality is difficult to eradicate. Although difficult, education is vital to society’s movement forward. It promotes “citizenship, identity, equality of opportunity and social inclusion, social cohesion as well as economic growth and employment” and for these reasons, equality should be promoted (Shrivastava,67).

This policy paper will cover the past, present, and what might be the future of education policies in America. Firstly, the paper will cover the moment when the United States government saw the necessity of creating a Department of Education. This department will primarily be focused on making policies regarding education. In continuation, this essay will discuss the creation of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and why this government department needed so urgently in this era. In the last few paragraphs, this

6). Brady and Kennedy recognise that teachers are the professionals as their training equips them with the skills and knowledge, in other words “teachers, in reality, are the mediators of the curriculum” (Brady & Kennedy, 2014, p. 6). Businesses are the stakeholders who employ these students in the future, so they wish to see that “the school curriculum must deliver outcomes that are relevant to employment opportunities and the economic needs of society” (Brady & Kennedy, 2014, p. 4). The governments have the same enthusiasm as the businesses when it comes to the designing of the school curriculum. One of the government’s main reasoning of involvement in the school curriculum is because of the awareness progressing design of the knowledge development of Australia’s future citizens. “In general, democratic governments wish to see a community that is socially cohesive, politically literate, culturally sophisticated, tolerant and just” (Brady & Kennedy, 2014, p. 7). The school curriculum has a big impact and can do what the governments and businesses want for the

In addition to empowering individuals, effective education systems strengthen communities by building bridges between people, thus preventing conflict and ignorance. Most importantly, our education systems cannot simply cater to the powerful and privileged. In making donations and investments, we must look to those who are most vulnerable in the world – women, those from developing countries, and many others who are often relegated to the shadows when governments think about the public they serve. In doing so, we can build a more well-educated, prosperous, and socially just

“It is important to place education in its sociological context, to remind us that education is necessary, but not the sole reason for an individual or society’s success. Success is dependent on social class, the formal education of parents, and race, ethnicity and gender. It is also dependent on how important formal education is to a society, and how much it will be willing to invest financially, structurally, and emotionally in education” (Vissing, 2011, Sec. 4.7). The major factor that influences the quality of education in the United States is funding. When the funding is low, the quality of the teaching drops. “The data clearly indicates that the amount of financial support available influences the quality of education receives” (Vissing,

Educational policies are the rules, guidelines and or boundaries that have shaped my career as student, a teacher and most recently as an educational administrator. Throughout my career I have not questioned always questioned the reasons for the development of these policies. From the readings in this course, I have begun to examine the how and why of policy development and beginning to understand role the policy analysis has in the evaluation of educational policies over time. The role of the state, the role of the individual within the state, changes to political ideologies and the development of globalization have all directly impacted policy development and the directions that education has taken over the last century.

2014), it is obvious that the change processes that occurred in Arts faculty is different from faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Sciences (EAES). First and foremost, the Executive Dean of the Arts faculty, Professor Sandy Lots called for meeting with her 300 staffs, briefed them about the new VC’s strategic direction and establishing staff active involvement in designing change plan for the faculty. While on the other hand, the Executive Dean of the Engineering, Professor Anthony Court called for meeting only with executive members of the faculty, which does not show quality of a strategic leader. For an effective change to occur, a strategic leader has a global vision of the organization as a whole in mind, for a long term period and encourages people especially the subordinates to come with new ideas in order to make the desired change possible and request for feedbacks (Nastase 2010). Nastase, Prediţcan and Roiban (2013) states that staff involvement is important in the change process of an organization; employer-employee relationship strategy implemented by the Lady Professor will motivate the entire staff to generate new ideas that will add value to the faculty in particle and SSU at large. Staff engagement has been argued to lead to more satisfied, effective, and healthier staff (Selmer 2013). Engagement was described by Selmer, Jonasson and Lauring (2013) with the words involvement and energy; hence,

At times employees go to work each day knowing they have to complete the daily task of doing so. Some individuals may not like their current job or what occupation they currently hold for one reason or another. At times, it may not be the fact they may not like their job, but the working conditions, policies or even the people they make work with. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are two of the most important roles people live with each and every day.