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2. Effects of Pupils' Transfers on Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools in Kimilili Sub-County, Kenya.
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Magoma, Perus Ombego, Nyakundi, Gilbert Morara, and Amunga, Jane
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PUBLIC schools ,TEACHING methods ,EDUCATION policy ,STUDENT activities - Abstract
In public schools, particularly in Kimilili Sub-County, student transfers are commonplace; nevertheless, the results of current empirical research on the impact of these transfers on students' academic performance are inconclusive. This study assessed the effects of student transfers on academic performance in public primary schools in Kimilili Sub-County, Kenya, because academic performance in public schools in the sub-county has been below average and the influence of these transfers on academic performance are not known. The research accomplished two goals: determined the impact of psychological factors on students' academic performance and ascertained the influence of social factors on the academic performance of transferred students in public primary schools respectively. The study used a mixed methods approach with a target population of 470 head teachers, 150 class teachers, and 308 pupils who transferred to different public primary schools. Data was collected through questionnaires, focused group discussions, and key informant interviews. The study used SPSS for quantitative analysis and thematic analysis for qualitative analysis. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient method confirmed questionnaire reliability, and expert evaluation confirmed content and construct validity. The study found that social and psychological factors significantly impact students' academic performance. The Pearsons correlation coefficient method yielded (r=0.671, p=0.001< 0.05) for social factors and (r= 0.714, p=0.000 < 0.05) for psychological factors respectively. Qualitative data also confirmed the results. These findings are crucial for addressing challenges faced by students and contribute to existing literature on pupils' transfers and academic performance especially in public primary schools. Based on these findings, schools, TSC, and Ministry of Education should develop guidelines for transferred pupils, strengthen guidance and counseling programs, and build teacher capacity. This study supports further research on the influence of pupils' transfers on their academic performance in private primary schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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3. Malawi’s Secondary School Education System and Intergenerational Poverty
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Chiwaula, Levison S., Winiko, Symon M., Chavula, Hopestone Kayiska, book editor, Ngalawa, Harold P. E., book editor, Munthali, Thomas Chataghalala, book editor, and Dulani, Boniface, book editor
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- 2024
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4. THE EXTENT OF INCULCATING COMPETENCIES IN TEACHING COMPETENCE-BASED GRADE FOUR AGRICULTURE AMONG PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NJORO SUB-COUNTY OF KENYA.
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Karani, Alex O., Miriam, Kyule N., and Ng'eno, Joel
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AGRICULTURAL education ,PUBLIC schools ,OUTCOME-based education ,PRIMARY schools - Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the integration of Competence-Based Grade Four Agriculture teaching competencies in public primary schools within Noro Sub-County, Kenya, examining prevalent teaching methodologies and their alignment with competence-based objectives. Data from 96 public primary schools in Njoro Sub-County were collected via a census method. A survey questionnaire, assessing teaching practices aligned with competence-based objectives, was employed. Data reliability was confirmed (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.743). Descriptive statistics using SPSS version 25 analyzed the data. Commonly used teaching approaches included question-and-answer sessions (Mostly used: 47.9%), discussions (Mostly used: 59.4%), and group work (Mostly used: 54.2%). However, the study revealed that project-based learning was utilized infrequently, with only 30.1% of teachers reporting it has mostly used application in Grade Four Agriculture classes. Similarly, problem-solving approaches were not extensively employed, with 45.2% of respondents indicating its mostly used implementation. Additionally, ICT tools were utilized to a limited extent, with 38.7% of teachers reporting it is mostly used application. Furthermore, agricultural field trips were notably underutilized, with only 9.4% of teachers indicating its mostly used implementation. While traditional methods dominated, lesser usage of project-based learning, problem-solving approaches, ICT tools, and agricultural field trips might hinder comprehensive competency development. Diversifying teaching methods aligned with Competence-Based Education principles is crucial for holistic competency development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
5. Instructional Materials and Quality in Public Primary Schools in Southwestern Nigeria
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Chinedu I. Okeke and Timothy Olugbenga Ajadi
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instructional materials ,instructional quality ,public primary schools ,inter-generational poverty ,wastage ,Education (General) ,L7-991 - Abstract
The study identified the instructional materials that are available and examined the level of its utilization in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. In addition, it established the influence of instructional materials on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. This study adopted descriptive design with a sample size of 450 respondents selected from the population of the study with the use of multi-stage sampling procedure. Instructional Materials Availability, Utilization and Instructional Quality Questionnaire (IMAUIQ) was used to collect data from the respondents which was trial tested on 90 respondents from selected public primary schools in local governments outside the selected ones for the study. The result revealed that chalkboard 450(100%) and textbooks 300(67%) are the predominant instructional materials available. Chalkboard 450(100%) was found to be sufficiently utilized. The result further showed that instructional materials have significantly influence on instructional quality in public primary schools in Nigeria. This is because the calculated value (4.82) is greater than the critical value (3.84) at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that there is inadequate utilization of instructional materials with their attendant consequences on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria.
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- 2023
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6. Synchronous online English language teaching for young learners: insights from public primary school teachers in an EFL context.
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Dao, Phung, Bui, Trang Le Diem, Nguyen, Dao Thi Thuy, and Nguyen, Mai Xuan Nhat Chi
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Abstract This study explored teachers’ perceived benefits, issues and their responses to the issues when conducting synchronous online English language teaching (SOELT) for young learners
via the lens of Bourdieu’s (1986) capital framework. A mixed-methods design using in-depth interviews and a Likert-scale survey was adopted to investigate the perceptions of 124 Vietnamese EFL teachers in different public primary schools in Vietnam. Quantitative analyses revealed teachers’ little access to economic capital as compared to social and cultural capital when conducing SOELT. Content-based analyses of interview data show that conducting SOELT for young learners increased teachers’ access to social and cultural capital in the form of 1) enhanced online pedagogical skills, 2) greater awareness of the potential of technologies for online teaching and professional development, and 3) increased collaboration among colleagues and students’ parents. However, the lack of economic capital created issues for implementing SOELT. Notably, teachers’ perceptions appeared to be contradictory because they reported good access to social and cultural capital, but they stated multiple issues related to the access to these two types of capital. The interviews also revealed teachers’ adoption of two strategies to resolve emergent SOELT issues: approach coping and avoidant coping strategies. Besides, the results show that teachers’ degrees of access to capital were not associated with their background characteristics. The results overall indicate benefits and issues of SOELT that are both common to online education and specific to the characteristics of young learners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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7. An appraisal of the implementation of the national school feeding programme and its effect on enrolment and attendance in public primary schools in Southeast, Nigeria: perception of heads of schools
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Chibuike Innocent Agu, Edmund Ndudi Ossai, Onwe Emeka Ogah, Ifunaya Clara Agu, Ifeyinwa Akamike, George Onyemaechi Ugwu, Nwobodo Edwin, Blessing Lucy Ewenyi, and Benedict N. Azuogu
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NHGSFP ,Implementation ,Public primary schools ,Qualitative study ,Enugu ,Nigeria ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 ,Food processing and manufacture ,TP368-456 ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 - Abstract
Abstract Introduction The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) was re-launched in Nigeria in 2016, eleven years after it was first introduced in the country, with Enugu as one of the beneficiary States. The objectives of the programme are to improve the health of school children and aid in the realization of Universal Basic Education (UBE) goals. This study explored the opinions of heads of public primary schools on the implementation and policy benefits of NHGSFP in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. Methods This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 24 headmasters and headmistresses purposively selected from public primary schools in the Enugu metropolis. Qualitative data were collected through the use of a pretested Key Informant Interview (KII) guide, and analyzed using a thematic approach. Results All the participants were aware of the NHGSFP, which involved the provision of one mid-day meal per child per school day to the pupils, and all their schools were part of the programme. Most of the participants complained about the nutritional quality and quantity of the school meals which they felt were poor. None of the schools had a kitchen within the school premises, and all the participants admitted that deworming was not regularly carried out, as part of the programme. Most of the participants believed that the objectives of the feeding programme, including, reduced hunger among learners, increased school enrolment, attendance and enhanced participatory learning, were being met. Conclusion Although the NHGSFP was implemented in every school in Enugu metropolis, Enugu State, Nigeria, regular deworming of pupils was not carried out, and there were concerns about certain aspects of the implementation, such as inadequate funding and poor quality of school meals. Thus, there is a need for the introduction of deworming and more allocation of funds to the programme to improve the quantity and nutritional quality of school meals.
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- 2023
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8. INFLUENCE OF PROVISION OF INCENTIVES BY HEAD TEACHERS ON TEACHERS' WORK PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA.
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MALEBE, CHRISTINE KAMBA, NYABISI, EMILY, and OCHIENG, PAMELA
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SCHOOL principals ,INCENTIVE (Psychology) ,JOB performance ,PRIMARY schools ,TEACHER leadership ,EDUCATIONAL leadership ,TEACHERS - Abstract
Recent reports on education in Kenya underscore the importance of head teachers adopting effective instructional leadership practices and teachers enhancing their pedagogical knowledge and skills in order to guarantee high-quality education and academic achievement within the country's school systems. One of the instructional leadership practices that can be adopted by headteachers is the provision of incentives to teachers. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of provision of incentives by the head teachers on teachers" work performance in public primary schools in Nakuru County, Kenya. Hallinger and Murphy's (1985) Model of Instructional Leadership and Campbell et al.'s (1993) Theory of Job Performance informed the study. The study used mixed methods research approach, and adopted the convergent parallel design. The study used both quantitative and qualitative research methods simultaneously to collect and analyze data from a target population of 57,800 pupils, 7,741 teachers, and 680 head teachers from 680 schools, and 11 Quality Assurance and Standards Officers (QASOs). A sample of 68 primary schools were selected for the study using cluster sampling. From these sampled schools 60 pupils and 329 teachers were selected through simple random sampling. Purposive sampling was also used to select 68 head teachers and 9 QASOs. The research instruments used were a focus group discussion guide, questionnaire, interview schedule, and document analysis checklist. A pilot study was conducted in 7 public primary schools in Baringo County with a sample size of 35 teachers. Descriptive and inferential statistics specifically frequency counts, percentages, Spearman rank correlation, and regression analysis, were used to analyze the quantitative data. Qualitative dat was analysed using textual analysis approach. The hypothesis was tested at a significance level of 0.05 using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. The findings were presented as frequencies and percentages using tables. Qualitative data was analyzed thematically and presented in narrative forms. The study established that provision of incentives by the head teachers had a statistically significant positive influence on teachers" work performance in public primary schools in Nakuru County. The study highlights the importance of teachers' work performance for overall school outcomes, providing valuable knowledge for head teachers and education stakeholders to focus on initiatives for provision of incentives for teachers and policies that support such initiatives. This will create an enabling environment for maximizing teachers' efficiency and effectiveness, leading to improved pupil performance in KCPE examinations in public primary schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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9. An appraisal of the implementation of the national school feeding programme and its effect on enrolment and attendance in public primary schools in Southeast, Nigeria: perception of heads of schools.
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Agu, Chibuike Innocent, Ossai, Edmund Ndudi, Ogah, Onwe Emeka, Agu, Ifunaya Clara, Akamike, Ifeyinwa, Ugwu, George Onyemaechi, Edwin, Nwobodo, Ewenyi, Blessing Lucy, and Azuogu, Benedict N.
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STUDENT health ,PRIMARY schools ,PUBLIC schools ,SCHOOL food ,SCHOOL enrollment ,SCHOOL day - Abstract
Introduction: The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) was re-launched in Nigeria in 2016, eleven years after it was first introduced in the country, with Enugu as one of the beneficiary States. The objectives of the programme are to improve the health of school children and aid in the realization of Universal Basic Education (UBE) goals. This study explored the opinions of heads of public primary schools on the implementation and policy benefits of NHGSFP in Enugu, southeast Nigeria. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted among 24 headmasters and headmistresses purposively selected from public primary schools in the Enugu metropolis. Qualitative data were collected through the use of a pretested Key Informant Interview (KII) guide, and analyzed using a thematic approach. Results: All the participants were aware of the NHGSFP, which involved the provision of one mid-day meal per child per school day to the pupils, and all their schools were part of the programme. Most of the participants complained about the nutritional quality and quantity of the school meals which they felt were poor. None of the schools had a kitchen within the school premises, and all the participants admitted that deworming was not regularly carried out, as part of the programme. Most of the participants believed that the objectives of the feeding programme, including, reduced hunger among learners, increased school enrolment, attendance and enhanced participatory learning, were being met. Conclusion: Although the NHGSFP was implemented in every school in Enugu metropolis, Enugu State, Nigeria, regular deworming of pupils was not carried out, and there were concerns about certain aspects of the implementation, such as inadequate funding and poor quality of school meals. Thus, there is a need for the introduction of deworming and more allocation of funds to the programme to improve the quantity and nutritional quality of school meals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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10. The impact of organizational commitment on turnover intention of substitute teachers in public primary schools: Taking psychological capital as a mediator.
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Kexuan Zhu, Xinyi Wang, and Man Jiang
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PUBLIC school teachers ,ORGANIZATIONAL commitment ,PRIMARY school teachers ,CONVENIENCE sampling (Statistics) ,PSYCHOLOGICAL factors - Abstract
This research aimed to explore the impact of organizational commitment on turnover intention of substitute teachers in public primary schools in Xuzhou, and applied psychological capital as a mediator variable to establish a research model. A questionnaire was conducted with 400 substitute teachers using convenience sampling. The results show that organizational commitment has a negative yet significant effect on turnover intention. It also shows positive impact on psychological capital. Furthermore, psychological capital is shown to negatively impact turnover intention, while having a mediating effect between organizational commitment and turnover intention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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11. Head Teacher’s Instructional Supervision in Public Primary Schools of Nyaruguru District, Rwanda: Challenges and Mitigations
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Nsengimana, Anatole, Sibomana, Innocent, Maniraho, Jean François, Nsengimana, Anatole, Sibomana, Innocent, and Maniraho, Jean François
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The study aimed to investigate the challenges of head teachers' instructional supervision in public primary schools in Nyaruguru District, Rwanda, and propose mitigation strategies. The specific objectives included identifying key challenges faced by head teachers, examining current instructional supervision practices, and exploring effective strategies to address these challenges. The research was significant for various stakeholders. It provided insights into the challenges of instructional supervision, informing academic inquiry specific to primary education. Education stakeholders could use the study to enhance teaching quality and student performance in Nyaruguru District's primary schools. The Path-Goal Theory, postulated by Robert House in 1971, guided this study. The study utilized a descriptive research design with a mixed approach, incorporating both quantitative and qualitative methods. The target population included 102 head teachers and 1769 teachers from public primary schools in Nyaruguru District. Stratified sampling was used to ensure representation from all schools, with simple random sampling to select schools and teachers. The sample size for teachers was 326, determined by the Yamane formula, and 10 primary schools and 10 head teachers were selected. Data collection instruments included a Likert-scale questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Validity and reliability of the instruments were ensured through content validity and Cronbach's alpha. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics for quantitative data, including mean and standard deviation, and thematic analysis, content analysis, and narrative analysis for qualitative data. SPSS Version 26.0 was used for quantitative analysis. Significant challenges identified included inadequate training, reported by 83.1% of respondents, insufficient time for supervision due to heavy workloads (79.1%), and limited resources and support from educational authorities. Head teachers were committed t
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- 2024
12. Public libraries and public primary school literacy: a Kenyan case study
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Mose, Peter
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- 2020
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13. Utilization of Bibliotherapy among Public Primary School English Language Teachers: Implications for Teaching Library reading Skills.
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Ugwu, Gloria Chikasiemobi, Egbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu, and Ifelunni, Clara Odozi
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BIBLIOTHERAPY , *ENGLISH teachers , *LIBRARY research , *PRIMARY schools , *LANGUAGE schools , *PUBLIC schools - Abstract
The study was conducted to find out the extent to which guidance counsellors are aware of bibliotherapy as a library reading skills intervention service, and the extent they utilize it in public primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Education Authority of Enugu State, Nigeria. Four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study in line with the specific purposes of the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and population of 101 school guidance counsellors in the public primary schools were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire of 28 items which was validated by three experts, one each from Childhood Education, Measurement and Evaluation and English Language Education, all in the Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained using Cronbach-Alpha method. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed, among others, that guidance counsellors are aware of bibliotherapy in primary schools and that male and female guidance counsellors did not differ significantly in their utilization of bibliotherapy in primary schools. Implications of the findings for the teaching of library reading skills by English language teachers were highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
14. Assessment of school based management committees' involvement in managing public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria
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Ali, Muhammad and Sani, Maryam
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Assessment ,School-based management committee ,Involvement ,Public primary schools ,Pupils - Abstract
The study assessed school based-management committees' (SBMCs') involvement in Managing public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis Borno State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to assess: SBMCs' involvement in provision of educational resources; maintenance of educational resources and SBMCs' involvement in maintenance of discipline among pupils in public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria. Three research questions were answered. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 19 head teachers out of the population of 39 head teachers of public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State. Questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated and pilot tested. The validity index yielded a coefficient of 0.78, while the reliability index yielded a coefficient of 0.72. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that there were passive SBMCS' involvement in the provision of educational resources, there were active SBMCS' involvement in the maintenance of educational resources, as well as active involvement in maintenance of discipline among pupils in public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis Borno State, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that government should create awareness to enlighten parents, alumni, community leaders, religious leaders on the importance attached to SBMCs involvement in provision and managing educational resources as well as maintenance of discipline among pupils in public primary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria.
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- 2023
15. The delivery of primary school physical education in South African public schools: The perceptions of educators
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Kobus C.J. Roux
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educators ,physical education ,public primary schools ,sport for development ,olympic studies ,Special aspects of education ,LC8-6691 ,Theory and practice of education ,LB5-3640 - Abstract
Background: Physical Education (PE) is a fundamental cornerstone for childhood development as it promotes lifelong participation in physical activities for holistic health. School educators play a key role in creating school environments that lead to developmentally appropriate and high-quality PE lessons. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine educators’ perceptions on the state and status of PE in selected public primary schools in all nine provinces of South Africa. Setting: Data were collected on the campus of the selected primary schools within 150 km of a university. In the absence of a university within the stated radius, an airport was used as an initiated point of departure. Methods: The mixed-methods approach (quantitative: questionnaires and qualitative: semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions) was used to collect data. The purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics in the form of percentages, and presented using graphs and tables. Qualitative data were analysed using themes. Results: The findings revealed that the educators from quintile 4 and 5 schools especially are of the opinion that challenges, such as a lack of resources, qualified PE specialist educators, and facilities and equipment negatively affected the delivery of PE at their schools. Conclusion: Participants perceived that there are varying contextual and socio-economic school settings affecting the delivery of PE in the Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) curriculum. The researcher recommends that all learners have access to the adequate provision of PE programmes.
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- 2020
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16. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEAD TEACHERS' LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES AND EFFECTIVE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NAROK COUNTY, KENYA.
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KOSKEI, JOSEPH KIPKEMOI, SANG, CECILIA, and NGENO, VIVILINE
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PUBLIC school administration ,SCHOOL principals ,TEACHER leadership ,EDUCATIONAL leadership ,EDUCATIONAL finance ,READINESS for school - Abstract
In Kenya, the challenge of school management effectiveness has been reported in many public primary schools, despite huge investment in the education sector. The aim of the study was an investigation of the influence of head teachers' leadership competencies on school management effectiveness in public primary schools in Narok County, Kenya. The study employed the convergent mixed method research design. Data collection was done by using questionnaires, interviews, and checklists for findings. 665 headteachers, 25 Curriculum Support Officers and County Auditor formed the target population. Using purposeful sampling technique, headteachers and Curriculum support officers were selected. SPSS aided in calculating descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The findings of the study indicate that competencies of head teachers affect the discipline of staff and pupils in most public primary schools in the county. The study found that in many schools the headteachers had registered infectiveness in encouraging strict adherence to the school administrative structure; ensuring that the learning environment is child friendly, safe and conducive; in organizing and updating records of learner discipline cases, challenging behavior and interventions; and in displaying of school rules. The study recommended that the Ministry of Education should consider strengthening the monitoring and evaluation for headteachers' roles; and organizing update trainings for headteachers to enhance their leadership competencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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17. Instructional Materials and Quality in Public Primary Schools in Southwestern Nigeria
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Okeke, Chinedu I., Ajadi, Timothy Olugbenga, Okeke, Chinedu I., and Ajadi, Timothy Olugbenga
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The study identified the instructional materials that are available and examined the level of its utilization in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. In addition, it established the influence of instructional materials on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. This study adopted descriptive design with a sample size of 450 respondents selected from the population of the study with the use of multi-stage sampling procedure. Instructional Materials Availability, Utilization and Instructional Quality Questionnaire (IMAUIQ) was used to collect data from the respondents which was trial tested on 90 respondents from selected public primary schools in local governments outside the selected ones for the study. The result revealed that chalkboard 450(100%) and textbooks 300(67%) are the predominant instructional materials available. Chalkboard 450(100%) was found to be sufficiently utilized. The result further showed that instructional materials have significantly influence on instructional quality in public primary schools in Nigeria. This is because the calculated value (4.82) is greater than the critical value (3.84) at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that there is inadequate utilization of instructional materials with their attendant consequences on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria.
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- 2023
18. Effectiveness of Strategies Used in Developing Accuracy and Coherence in Writing among Public Primary School Pupils in Namtumbo District, Tanzania
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Legnath Ambrossy Lukuwi and Abdallah Jacob Seni
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Teachers’ Strategies ,Accuracy and Coherency in Writing ,Writing Skills ,Public Primary Schools - Abstract
This study qualitatively explored the effectiveness of the strategies used by teachers in developing writing accuracy and coherence among public primary school pupils in Nantumbo District, Tanzania. It used the case study design involving the population of 736 purposefully sampled individuals including 16 teachers and 720 pupils from eight (8) schools in Namtumbo District Council. The study used classroom observation, focus group discussion, classroom continuous assessment and documentary review in data collection. Content analysis was adopted to analyses data and the findings revealed that teachers used various strategies in teaching how to write alphabetical letters including scaffolding, brief explicit lessons, alphabetic order, songs and teaching aids. It was further found out that some of these strategies such as using a talk-chalkboard strategy to teach punctuation marks were not effective to scaffold pupils and make them master writing. The study recommends teachers to use interactive strategies to enhance students’ acquisition of the writing skills.
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- 2022
19. Assessing the spatial equity and accessibility of public primary schools in Obio/ Akpor local government area, Rivers State, Nigeria
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null Ikiriko Tamunoikuronibo Dawaye and null Enwin Anthony Dornubari
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General Medicine ,Spatial Equity ,Accessibility ,Public Primary Schools ,Distribution ,Population - Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the spatial equity and accessibility of public primary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study analyzed the distribution of public primary schools and identified spatial disparities or inequities in accessibility to these schools. Both primary and secondary data sources were utilized to determine the spatial distribution of public primary schools and population distribution in the area. The results reveal that the distribution of public primary schools was uneven and not based on population distribution in the study area. To address this, the study proposes the establishment of more than 120 primary schools to ensure that each ward has an adequate number of schools to serve its population. The study recommends policy interventions to address these spatial inequities and ensure that all children, regardless of their geographic location, have equal access to education. The study seeks to promote spatial equity and ensure that all children in the study area have equal opportunities to access quality education.
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- 2023
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20. Relationship between Achievement Motivation Personality Indicators and Academic Achievement among Gifted and Talented Learners in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi County
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Josephine Karari, Mwaura Kimani, and Newton Mukolwe
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Gifted and Talented Learners ,Public Primary Schools ,Academic Achievement ,Achievement Motivation Characteristics ,Ocean Engineering ,Nairobi County - Abstract
Gifted and talented learners exhibit personality characteristics that make them manifest different competencies to undertake tasks that their peers cannot. However, in Nairobi County, learning competencies of talented and gifted pupils in public primary schools are below average. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between achievement motivation characteristics and academic achievement among gifted and talented learners in public primary schools in Nairobi County. The study adopted a field survey research design. Target population comprised 3,247 teachers and 19,863 learners in classes VI-VIII totalling 23, 110 participants from which a sample of 391 respondents was determined using Yamane’s Formula. Stratified sampling was used to create 17 strata based on number of sub-counties in Nairobi County. From each sub-county, 13 teachers and 10 gifted and talented learners in classes were randomly selected. This procedure realized a sample of 221 teachers and 170 gifted and talented learners in classes VI-VIII. Questionnaires were used to collect data from teachers and learners. A pilot study was conducted among 40 respondents from a sample of public primary schools in Nairobi County to establish validity and reliability. Validity was ascertained based on the views of experts in educational psychology and special needs. Reliability was determined using split-half technique and reliability coefficient, r = 0.725, was obtained using Cronbach’s Alpha Method which indicated high reliability. Qualitative data were analysed thematically along the objectives and presented thematically in narrative forms. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages and inferentially using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Analysis with the help of Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS 23) to test the hypotheses. Quantitative findings were presented using tables and charts. Results indicated that gifted learners in Nairobi County public schools benefitted from achievement motivation. Analysis of the results addressing H0: showed that achievement motivation has a statistically significant influence on academic achievement among gifted and talented learners in public primary schools in Nairobi County. The variable is positively correlated with number work activities (r = .581, p = .001), language activities (r = .556, p = .002), and essential life skills (r = .514, p = .004). It was recommended that Teachers and parents should create an appropriate learning environment for gifted pupils in public schools to create a positive self-concept, motivation, regulated learning, and problem-solving approach to improve their academic achievement.
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- 2022
21. LOS LIBROS DE TEXTO PARA LA ENSEÑANZA DEL INGLÉS EN LAS ESCUELAS PRIMARIAS PÚBLICAS MEXICANAS Y SU CONGRUENCIA CON EL ENFOQUE OFICIAL.
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Pamplón Irigoyen, Elva Nora and Ramírez Romero, José Luis
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- 2018
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22. Utilization of Bibliotherapy among Public Primary School English Language Teachers: Implications for Teaching Library reading Skills
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Ugwu, Gloria Chikasiemobi, PhD, Egbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu, PhD, Ifelunni, Clara Odozi, PhD, Ugwu, Gloria Chikasiemobi, PhD, Egbe, Cajetan Ikechukwu, PhD, and Ifelunni, Clara Odozi, PhD
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The study was conducted to find out the extent to which guidance counsellors are aware of bibliotherapy as a library reading skills intervention service, and the extent they utilize it in public primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Education Authority of Enugu State, Nigeria. Four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study in line with the specific purposes of the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and population of 101 school guidance counsellors in the public primary schools were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire of 28 items which was validated by three experts, one each from Childhood Education, Measurement and Evaluation and English Language Education, all in the Faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained using Cronbach-Alpha method. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed, among others, that guidance counsellors are aware of bibliotherapy in primary schools and that male and female guidance counsellors did not differ significantly in their utilization of bibliotherapy in primary schools. Implications of the findings for the teaching of library reading skills by English language teachers were highlighted.
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- 2022
23. Problem-Solving Personality Characteristics as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Learners with Exceptional Potential in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi County
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Karari, Josephine, Mukolwe, Newton, Kimani, Mwaura, Karari, Josephine, Mukolwe, Newton, and Kimani, Mwaura
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Learners with exceptional potential exhibit personality characteristics that make them manifest different competencies to undertake tasks that their peers cannot. However, in Nairobi County, the learning competencies of talented and gifted pupils in public primary schools are below average. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine personality characteristics as predictors of academic achievement among learners with exceptional potential in public primary schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study adopted a field survey research design. The target population comprised 3,247 teachers and 19,863 learners in classes VI–VIII, totaling 23,110 participants, from which a sample of 391 respondents was determined using Yamane’s formula. Stratified sampling was used to create 17 strata based on the number of sub-counties in Nairobi County. From each sub-county, 13 teachers and 10 learners with exceptional potential in classes were randomly selected. This procedure involved a sample of 221 teachers and 170 learners with exceptional potential in classes VI–VIII. Questionnaires were used to collect data from teachers and learners. A pilot study was conducted among 40 respondents from a sample of public primary schools in Nairobi County to establish validity and reliability. Validity was ascertained based on the views of experts in educational psychology and special needs. Reliability was determined using the split-half technique, and the reliability coefficient, r = 0.725, was obtained using Cronbach’s alpha method, which indicated high reliability. Qualitative data were analysed thematically along the objectives and presented thematically in narrative forms. Quantitative data were analysed descriptively using frequencies and percentages and inferentially using regression analysis. Results indicated that gifted learners in Nairobi County public schools exhibited positive self-concept characteristics, practiced self-regulated learning, engaged in problem-solving freq
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24. Relationship between Achievement Motivation Personality Indicator and Academic Achievement among Learners with Exceptional Potential in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi County
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Karari, Josephine, Kimani, Mwaura, Mukolwe, Newton, Karari, Josephine, Kimani, Mwaura, and Mukolwe, Newton
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Learners with Exceptional Potential have a set of personality traits that enable them to function at a level well beyond that of their classmates. However, in Nairobi County, the learning competencies of exceptional potential learners in public primary schools are below average. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between achievement motivation characteristics and academic achievement among learners with superior abilities in public primary schools in Nairobi County. The study used a descriptive research design and included phenomenological approaches with mixed-methods analysis. The targeted audience included 23,110 people, including 3,247 instructors and 19,863 learners in grades 6 to 8. A suitable sample size of 391 was calculated using Yamane's formula. Nairobi County's abundance of sub-counties served as the impetus for using stratified sampling to split the county into 17 groupings. Each sub-county provided 10 bright and talented learners from grades 6–8 and 13 teachers. The process produced a pool of 221 teachers and 170 top-performing learners. Observational checklists and questionnaires were two of the data collection methods used. In order to evaluate validity and reliability prior to the full deployment, forty respondents from public elementary schools in Nairobi County took part in the pilot testing. Learners with particular needs and educational psychology experts gave validity support. The reliability coefficient was estimated using the split-half approach, and the result was r = 0.725, which, according to Cronbach's alpha approach, indicates extremely excellent reliability. Thematic evaluation and narrative presentation of qualitative data occurred in accordance with the research's objectives. SPSS 23, a statistical programme for the social sciences, was utilised to analyse the quantitative data both descriptively (using frequencies and percentages) and inferentially (using linear regression analysis), in order to evaluat
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25. Quality Assurance Strategies in Enhancing Learning Achievement among Public Primary Schools in Arusha Region, Tanzania
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Rosemary Makiya, Cosmas Mnyanyi, and Coletha Ngirwa
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SQA strategies ,learning enhancement ,learning achievement ,public primary schools - Abstract
This study investigated the School Quality Assurance (SQA) strategies in enhancing learning achievement among Public Primary Schools (PPSs) in Arusha Region, Tanzania, using a cross-section descriptive design. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect data from 226 participants. Qualitative data was analyzed using a thematic approach and quantitative data through descriptive statistics, ordinal regression and Spearman’s rho correlation. The study revealed that visiting schools regularly, follow-up visits, releasing SQA feedback on time, friendly language, supporting professional development, visiting schools without prior information and involving teachers in SQA practices enhanced learning achievement. Poor transport facilities, shortages of SQAOs and inadequate SQA facilities limited the implementation. While insufficient fund caused SQAOs failure to visit every school in a year, delayed written reports made schools fail to implement SQA recommendations on time. The study recommended that the government of Tanzania should allocate required resources such as employing more qualified officers, adequate provision of funds and transport facilities to facilitate SQA practices. Furthermore, the government needs to support SQAD by continuously conducting short courses on lesson preparation and classroom management in order to support teachers in improving teaching skills. SQAOs need to handle teachers in a friendly manner that promotes trust, thus enhancing quality of their exercise.
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26. Perception of School Management Committees on Community Participation in Education among Primary Schools in Tanzania
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Eliada Werungu Bina Tieng’o
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050101 languages & linguistics ,biology ,Community participation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,050301 education ,School Management Committees ,Public Primary Schools ,basic education in Tanzania ,biology.organism_classification ,Tanzania ,Perception ,Political science ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Socioeconomics ,0503 education ,media_common - Abstract
This study focused on the perceptions of school committee members on the importance of community participation in education among public primary schools in Rorya District. The study employed a mixed research methods design which included structured questionnaires and focus group discussions to be able to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. The questionnaires were validated by the experts in the field, and the pilot study was conducted in order to establish the acceptable reliability. As a result, a Cronbach’s Alpha of above 0.7 was established in each variable. The study revealed that community participation was not making a meaningful impact in education among public primary schools for Rorya District; the role played by the community was ineffective and therefore, inadequate to provide sustainability in public primary. The challenges community participation faced were mainly due to the factors related to the inadequate capacity of the SMCs to carry out their responsibilities effectively. Therefore, the study concluded that the SMCs have limited knowledge: of the importance of engaging community in education; of the role played by community in education; and the challenges community faced in engaging in education for public primary schools in Rorya District; further the study revealed that there was a positive relationship between the perceptions of the SMCs on the role played by the community and their perceptions on the challenges they faced as pertained to participation in education. The study recommends that the local government should raise awareness among the SMCs and the community for effective engagement in education.
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27. Influence of Financial Training Skills on Financial Management in Public Primary Schools: A Case Study of Endebess Sub County, Kenya
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Chemogil Nelson Masai and Kirwok, Emily
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Public primary schools ,education ,Financial training ,Financial management - Abstract
The study purpose was to investigate the influence of head teacher’s financial training on the management of Free Primary Education funds in Endebess Sub County, Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The significance of the study lied on the strength that would be important to stakeholders of education as they will gain the most recent and detailed information about public primary school head teachers’ financial management gaps and the best practices in meeting the dearth. This study was guided by Organization Systems Theory. This study employed a descriptive survey design. The population of the study included all the head teachers and hence, census sampling technique was used to select the whole study population as a study sample since the population was small. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The study revealed quite important insight to the financial skills and financial management nexus. The findings of the study established a positive correlation between financial training and the financial management function. The study further established that financial training factor has the strongest association to financial management. The study concludes that the financial training was statistically a significant factor in relation to the financial management practices in the schools in Endebess Sub County. Given that the financial training component of financial skills has one the highest influence on financial management in primary schools in the study area, the study recommends that the duty bearer should provide regular finance trainings to support the chief executive officers, head teachers, and the school management teams updating their financial competencies regularly.
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28. Teaching English in Turkey: Dialogues with teachers about the challenges in public primary schools
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Ayşe Kızıldağ
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Teaching English ,Turkey ,public primary schools ,challenges ,Theory and practice of education ,LB5-3640 - Abstract
Teaching English in Turkey has its own potential problems due to the lack of authentic language input. Turkey is a foreign language context. This hinders learners in their mastering English in a short time. Moreover, other problems caused by poor instructional planning contribute to this process negatively. With these potential hindrances, the present study aims to seek what other challenges incapacitate primary schools for teaching/learning of English. Conducted with 20 primary school teachers working at public schools in Turkey, data were collected using a semi-structured interview. Results show that poor institutional planning is the main cause of challenges experienced by English language teachers. Besides this, instructional and socio-cultural/economic problems are the other challenges for teaching English.
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29. Child-on-child sexual abuse in public primary schools in Kibaha, Tanzania
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Massawe , Magdalena J.
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child-on-child sexual abuse ,public primary schools ,safe schools ,school pupils ,education - Abstract
This paper is based on research carried out to examine sexual abuse by children against fellow children, technically known as Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse, in short COCSA, by investigating factors which drove pupils to sexually abuse their fellow pupils and ways to prevent such abuse in public primary schools. The study was conducted in a public primary school in Kibaha, Pwani Region, using a qualitative approach which employed a case study design. Data collection instruments included in-depth interviews, naturalistic observation, focused group discussions and questionnaires. The study used a total of 82 respondents to generate the data needed for the study. After content analysis of the data, some of the findings showed that COCSA was real in the primary school and most of the respondents were aware of the existence of COCSA in the school. One of the four study conclusions was that there existed factors that contributed to making children either victims or perpetrators of COCSA. Finally, one of the three recommendations of the study was that Government should establish COCSA awareness programmes for the entire country through text and audio-visual media to help prevent children from being recruited into COCSA.Keywords: Child-on-child sexual abuse, public primary schools, safe schools, school pupils
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30. Public primary schooling in Piracicaba (1857-1897)
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Raphael, Cintia Lima [UNESP], Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), and Nery, Ana Clara Bortoleto [UNESP]
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Public primary schools ,Educação no Império ,Escolas primárias em Piracicaba ,Primary schools in Piracicaba ,Escolas primárias públicas ,Education in the Empire - Abstract
Submitted by Cintia Lima Raphael (cintia.lima@unesp.br) on 2021-03-04T14:31:07Z No. of bitstreams: 1 raphael_cl_me_edu.pdf: 1143611 bytes, checksum: 01c21b5bafdf196874d07be741e0c825 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Satie Tagara (satie@marilia.unesp.br) on 2021-03-04T19:02:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 raphael_cl_me_mar.pdf: 1143611 bytes, checksum: 01c21b5bafdf196874d07be741e0c825 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2021-03-04T19:02:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 raphael_cl_me_mar.pdf: 1143611 bytes, checksum: 01c21b5bafdf196874d07be741e0c825 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2020-08-21 Não recebi financiamento Trata-se de dissertação de mestrado voltada à investigação das escolas públicas primárias (provinciais/estaduais), em Piracicaba, município do interior do estado de São Paulo, no século XIX (1857-1897). A relevância da pesquisa sobre a escolarização primária pública em Piracicaba, no recorte proposto, apresenta-se em virtude da existência de poucos estudos sobre essa temática, no período anterior à escola primária graduada neste município, que futuramente seria um dos principais protagonistas da educação paulista. Essa pesquisa tem como objetivo principal compreender as formas pelas quais se estabeleceu a escolarização pública primária em Piracicaba, ao analisar a figura do/a professor/a. O recorte temporal definido para pesquisa se deve ao fato do ano de 1857 ser identificado como o mais remoto nas fontes documentais encontradas e, em 1897, a inauguração do primeiro Grupo Escolar no município – instituição escolar estadual emblemática do regime republicano, que alteraria profundamente o sistema educacional paulista. Os procedimentos metodológicos envolvem pesquisa bibliográfica e análise documental. A pesquisa tem caráter histórico e estabelece como critério de análise a perspectiva da História Cultural, notadamente, da Cultura Escolar. Nesse sentido, predominam as contribuições de Forquin (1993), Julia (2001), Souza (1998; 2009) e Escolano (2017) como referencial teórico. Dentre as fontes documentais estão as oficiais, tais como os ofícios de autoridades e atas da Câmara Municipal de Piracicaba e os anais da Assembleia Legislativa de São Paulo, complementadas por fontes jornalísticas - Gazeta de Piracicaba e A Provincia de São Paulo - e bibliográficas do período pesquisado. Como resultado, pôde-se constatar que a criação e supressão de escolas no município foi um processo dinâmico, que sofreu grande instabilidade, o que resultou numa visível variação numérica ao longo do período. Observamos que, em 1826 havia uma escola para meninos na localidade, enquanto em 1845, foi criada a primeira escola para meninas, houve ampliamento no decorrer do período, o que acarretou no ano de 1897 em 14 escolas públicas primárias destinadas para ambos os sexos. Ser professor/a em Piracicaba, naquele momento histórico, representou o enfrentamento de dificuldades de ordem estrutural, material e política. Ser professora, dada a época, foi um processo ainda mais complexo, pois suas liberdades eram mais cerceadas e as possibilidades de ascensão na carreira muito escassas. Todavia, apesar de Piracicaba carecer de recursos necessários ao provimento de condições ideais para o exercício do magistério, estava bem à frente, nas questões educacionais, em comparação a outras localidades da província/estado de São Paulo. Espera-se, assim, com essa pesquisa, poder contribuir para o resgate e registro de uma parte da história da educação paulista, dentro do contexto piracicabano, dado que há poucas pesquisas voltadas a essa temática e que a documentação até então encontrada aponta grande potencial de investigação. The present work is a master's thesis focused on the investigation of public primary schools (province/state schools), in the 19th century (1857-1897), in Piracicaba, an inland town in the state of São Paulo. The relevance of the research on public primary schooling in Piracicaba, in the proposed outline, is presented due to the existence of few studies on this theme, in the period prior to the graduated primary school in this municipality, which in the future would be one of the main protagonists of São Paulo education. This research has as its main objective to understand the ways in which public primary schooling was stablished in Piracicaba by analyzing the figure of the teacher. The time frame defined for research is due to the fact that the year 1857 was identified as the most remote in the documentary sources found and, in 1897, the inauguration of the first School Group in the municipality - an emblematic state school institution of the republican regime, which would profoundly alter the São Paulo educational system. The methodological procedures involve bibliographic research and document analysis. The research has a historical character and establishes the perspective of Cultural History as a criterion for analysis, especially School Culture. In this sense, the contributions by Forquin (1993), Julia (2001), Souza (1998; 2009) and Escolano (2017) predominate as a theoretical framework. Among the documentary sources are the official ones, such as the official letters and minutes of the Piracicaba City Council and the annals of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, complemented by journalistic sources - Gazeta de Piracicaba and A Provincia de São Paulo - and bibliographic sources of the period researched. As a result, it was found that the creation and suppression of schools in the municipality was a dynamic process, which suffered great instability, which resulted in a visible numerical variation over the period. We observed that in 1826 there was only one school for boys in the area, in 1845, the first school for girls was created, and as early as 1897, there were fourteen public primary schools there, intended for both sexes. Being a teacher in Piracicaba, at that historic moment, represented facing structural, material and political difficulties. Being a female teacher, given the time, was an even more complex process, as her freedoms were more restricted and the possibilities for career advancement were very scarce. However, in spite of Piracicaba lacking the necessary resources to provide ideal conditions for the exercise of teaching, it was well ahead in terms of education, compared to other locations in the province/state of São Paulo. Therefore, with the present research, we expect to contribute to the rescue and registration of a part of the history of São Paulo education within Piracicaba context, given that there are few researches focused on this theme and that the documents found so far point to great potential research.
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31. Factors influencing truancy of boys in public primary schools in Nyali Sub County, Mombasa County, Kenya
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Magonda, Winnifred Wangari
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Boys ,Nyali Sub County_Mombasa County, Kenya ,Public primary schools ,Truancy - Abstract
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Education Management at Strathmore University The general objective was to determine the factors influencing truancy of boys in public primary schools Nyali Sub-County, Mombasa County, Kenya. Four research objectives were developed from which research questions were drawn to be answered by the study. Specifically, the study sought to determine the institutional factors influencing truancy, examine the community factors influencing truancy, determine the socio-economic factors influencing truancy and to examine the student factors, influencing truancy among boys in public primary schools in Nyali Sub-county. The study was guided by the Social control theory and Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological theory of human development. The study employed a Causal research design approach that incorporated a cross-sectional data approach. The study targeted all the 12 public primary schools in Nyali Sub-County, whose population was approximately 11, 078 pupils. A random sample of 3 schools was selected from which a proportional sample that comprised of 45 boys (learners), 18 class teachers and 45 parents/guardians were drawn, making a total of 108 respondents Three questionnaire tools were used to collect the required information. Findings were that classes in the sub-county are largely overcrowded with very high learners to teacher ratio. Three key institutional factors influenced truancy these are: lack of textbooks impacted most on truancy followed by classroom congestion and lastly lack of exercise books. Poverty was found to be the single most significant community factor influencing truancy. Lack of school fees significantly influenced truancy. Student factors did not influence the truancy of the boys at all. Overall, institutional factors, community factors, socio-economic factors and student factors contributed up to 77.2% of the variations in the truancy of the boys in public primary schools in the sub-county. The study was limited to factors in a school set up and did not study the entire concept of truancy because of its complex and multi-dimensional, therefore ends suggesting further research on the aspects that could have been missed out. Recommendations were that accelerated learning programmes be introduced, Infrastructure expansion programme is implemented in the sub-county, the 100% transitioning policy for learners finishing primary education be implemented, that bottlenecks curtailing smooth progression of learners between ECDE and form four be removed, that school feeding programmes be introduced. Further research is necessary to ascertain the additional variables responsible for truancy beyond the four that this study has investigated namely institutional, community, social-economic and student factors. Further research is also necessary to examine the influence of truancy on performance.
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- 2020
32. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLASSROOM ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHERS AND HEAD TEACHERS REGARDING STUDENTS' MOTIVATION IN DISTRICT D.I.KHAN
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Muhammad Ihsan, Malik Amer Atta
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Positive motivation students ,Classroom management system ,Public primary schools ,Quality primary education ,Positive classroom ,Male teachers ,Private primary school - Abstract
International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 11, 3, 11A03R: 1-8
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33. The impact of organizational commitment on turnover intention of substitute teachers in public primary schools: Taking psychological capital as a mediator.
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Zhu K, Wang X, and Jiang M
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This research aimed to explore the impact of organizational commitment on turnover intention of substitute teachers in public primary schools in Xuzhou, and applied psychological capital as a mediator variable to establish a research model. A questionnaire was conducted with 400 substitute teachers using convenience sampling. The results show that organizational commitment has a negative yet significant effect on turnover intention. It also shows positive impact on psychological capital. Furthermore, psychological capital is shown to negatively impact turnover intention, while having a mediating effect between organizational commitment and turnover intention., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Zhu, Wang and Jiang.)
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34. Applying the Epstein Model to Investigate Parent Involvement in Public Primary Schools in Kenya.
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Kimu, AM and Steyn, GM
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PARENT participation in education , *PUBLIC schools , *PUBLIC school teachers , *SOCIAL conditions of students , *SCHOOL volunteers , *RURAL population , *EDUCATION , *EDUCATION & society ,SOCIAL aspects - Abstract
Parent involvement in Kenya has mainly been limited to making financial contributions and serving on mandated school-parent bodies. Given the dire need to improve the quality of education, it is important to understand the role of parents in the provision of education. A qualitative research design explored the implementation of this model in primary schools in the Embu West District in Kenya. The findings revealed that limited parent involvement was a result of free primary education (FPE); the lack of a policy on parent involvement; the illiteracy of parents; parents’ work commitments; lack of confidence in some parents; time constraints; the gendered nature of parent involvement; and the lack of parenting skills. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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35. İlköğretim Okullarında Okul Yaşamı Kalitesi: Van İli Örneği.
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ERDEN, Ali and ERDEM, Mustafa
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STUDENT attitudes ,PRIMARY schools ,CLASS size ,PUBLIC schools ,GRADING of students ,SOCIAL integration - Abstract
Copyright of Hacettepe University Journal of Education is the property of Hacettepe University Journal of Education and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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36. İLKÖĞRETİM OKULLARINDA ÖRGÜTSEL ZEKÂ DÜZEYLERİNE İLİŞKİN YÖNETİCİ VE ÖĞRETMEN GÖRÜŞLERİ.
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EKİCİ, Özlem Oğuz and TİTREK, Osman
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PRIMARY schools ,PERFORMANCE evaluation ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) ,TEACHER-principal relationships ,SENSORY perception ,GRADUATE study in education - Abstract
Copyright of Hacettepe University Journal of Education is the property of Hacettepe University Journal of Education and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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37. Teaching English in Turkey: Dialogues with teachers about the challenges in public primary schools.
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Kizildag, Ayse
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ENGLISH language education in elementary schools ,TEACHER attitudes ,LANGUAGE & languages ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,PUBLIC schools ,STUDENTS ,ENGLISH teachers ,TEACHING experience - Abstract
Teaching English in Turkey has its own potential problems due to the lack of authentic language input. Turkey is a foreign language context. This hinders learners in their mastering English in a short time. Moreover, other problems caused by poor instructional planning contribute to this process negatively. With these potential hindrances, the present study aims to seek what other challenges incapacitate primary schools for teaching/learning of English. Conducted with 20 primary school teachers working at public schools in Turkey, data were collected using a semi-structured interview. Results show that poor institutional planning is the main cause of challenges experienced by English language teachers. Besides this, instructional and socio-cultural/economic problems are the other challenges for teaching English. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Conflictos entre el Estado y las elites locales sobre la educación colombiana durante las décadas de 1820 y 1830.
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Clark, Meri L.
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EDUCATION policy , *ELITE (Social sciences) , *EDUCATION of indigenous peoples , *TEACHING methods , *TAX collection , *CHURCH & state - Abstract
This article examines the conflictive relationship between the Colombian state and local elites as they negotiated the nationwide implementation of primary schools in the 1820s. The central government wanted to create a new republic of citizens (or citizens to be), but it faced the resistance of local elites as it asserted the centralization of teaching methods (specifically monitorialism), tax collection, and curriculum. In the cases of Nemocón and Zipaquirá, indigenous leaders protested the state's disposal of resguardo lands to benefit schools that their children would not attend. In the case of Mompox, local elites proposed a private charitable association to support the development of schools and, further, the extension of "Catholic and civic" education to orphans, workers, and prisoners. Such complaints and proposals stemmed from local perceptions of the most pressing need and most advantageous employment of community funds. The central government disagreed and limited severely the ability of local leaders to direct community treasuries beyond the prescriptions of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Les manuels pour l’enseignement de l’anglais langue étrangère dans les écoles primaires publiques au Mexique et leur cohérence avec l’approche de l’État
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Pamplón Irigoyen, Elva Nora and Ramírez Romero, José Luis
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écoles primaires publiques ,libros de texto ,approche socioculturelle ,escuelas primarias públicas ,English teaching as a foreign language ,manuels ,public primary schools ,enseignement de l’anglais langue étrangère ,educación en México ,education in Mexico ,sociocultural approach ,éducation au Mexique ,textbooks ,enfoque sociocultural ,enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera - Abstract
Resumen: En este artículo se presentan los resultados centrales de un análisis cuyo objetivo principal fue determinar la congruencia de los libros de texto de inglés que se utilizan en las escuelas públicas mexicanas con el enfoque sociocultural propuesto en el currículo oficial para el área de lenguas, en comparación con los textos empleados para la enseñanza del español en dichas escuelas. Si bien este trabajo forma parte de un proyecto de investigación cualitativa sobre la enseñanza del inglés en las escuelas primarias públicas mexicanas más amplio, aquí se aborda solo lo relacionado con el análisis de los libros de texto. Para el análisis se diseñó una guía basada en los elementos que, según Richards y Rodgers (2009), caracterizan los distintos modelos o enfoques de enseñanza. Los resultados sugieren que los libros de texto para la enseñanza del inglés empleados en las escuelas primarias públicas mexicanas son insuficientemente congruentes con el enfoque sociocultural estipulado en la normatividad oficial, a diferencia de los utilizados para la enseñanza del español. Derivado del análisis, al final del artículo se enuncian algunas recomendaciones y sugerencias para la formación y el desarrollo profesional de los docentes de inglés. Abstract This article presents findings from an analysis of textbooks used to teach English in public primary schools in Mexico. The analysis, which was part of a broader qualitative research study, focused on comparing the methodology used in the English and the Spanish course books that are part of the language area of the curriculum and share a sociocultural teaching approach. For this purpose, guidelines were defined using some of the elements which according to Richards & Rodgers (2009) characterize language teaching methods and approaches. The findings suggest that the textbooks used to teach English in the public primary schools do not adequately support or align with the sociocultural framework that is required by the official curriculum, in comparison to the Spanish textbooks. Based on this analysis, the article concludes with some considerations and recommendations about this topic and the professional development of the English teachers. Résumé Cet article présente les résultats d'une analyse des manuels utilisés pour enseigner l'anglais dans les écoles primaires publiques au Mexique. L'analyse, qui a fait partie d'une étude de recherche qualitative plus large, s'est concentrée sur la comparaison de la méthodologie utilisée dans les livres de cours d'anglais et d'espagnol qui font partie du domaine des langues du curriculum et partagent une approche d'enseignement socioculturel. À cette fin, des lignes directrices ont été définies en utilisant certains des éléments qui, selon Richards & Rodgers (2009), caractérisent les méthodes et approches d'enseignement des langues. Les résultats suggèrent que les manuels utilisés pour enseigner l'anglais dans les écoles primaires publiques ne soutiennent pas ou ne s'alignent pas tout à fait sur le cadre socioculturel requis par le programme officiel, en comparaison avec les manuels scolaires de l’espagnol. Sur la base de cette analyse, l'article se termine par quelques considérations et recommandations sur ce sujet et sur l’épanouissement professionnel des enseignants d'anglais.
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40. Challenges Faced by Women Head Teachers in Public Primary Schools in Mbooni East District, Makueni County
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Mwanzia, Domitilla and Mwanzia, Domitilla
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The general objective of this thesis was to investigate the challenges faced by women head teachers in public primary schools in Mbooni East District and suggest remedial measures to the challenges. This district is located in an arid and semi-arid region of Makueni County and has a total of 55 public primary schools. The participants of the study were a total of 24 head teachers and deputy head teachers, 8 members of the community (SMC/PTA) and one District Staffing Officer. The total sampled population was 33 participants. Two types of research instruments were used namely; questionnaires and interview schedules. The objectives of the study were to establish the ratio of head teachers per gender, identify the personal challenges faced by women head teachers and identify the external challenges faced by women head teachers in Mbooni East district. Stratified random sampling was used to select the respondents from the targeted population. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics where SPSS program (integrated student version for windows) was used. The study established the ratio of women head teachers to that of men was 1:6, the community was gender irresponsive, limited resources, negative attitudes of the society, reluctance in applying for the posts, disrespect and stereotyping by male counterparts, lack of role models, dealing with difficult teachers and SMC members as well as home-work conflicts. The report recommended that the government implements the new constitution on the gender policy, TSC to give equal priorities to all gender, strengthen INSETS, workshops and seminars to prepare teachers and newly appointed heads and deputy head teachers for
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- 2017
41. APPRAISAL OF APPLICATION DOCUMENT SYSTEM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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Jurak, Teja and Lutar Skerbinjek, Andreja
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dokumentacijski sistem ,accounting primary schools ,udc:657 ,document system ,document management system ,dokument ,document ,centralna zbirka dokumentov ,javne osnovne šole ,central collection of documents ,public primary schools ,sistem za upravljanje dokumentov ,računovodstvo osnovnih šol - Abstract
Namen sistemov za upravljanje z dokumenti je poleg arhivske funkcije še ustvarjanje, urejanje in upravljanje z dokumenti ter možnosti njihovega sledenja in revidiranja. V javnih osnovnih šolah v Sloveniji sta najpogosteje zastopana Lo.Polis podjetja Logos in eAsistent konzorcija Herkules. Prednosti sta ta dokumentacijska sistema prinesla predvsem učiteljem zaradi velike preglednosti in znatno hitrejše obdelave raznih statističnih podatkov. Najmanj so nad dokumentacijskim sistemom navdušeni osnovnošolci, ker imajo njihovi starši informacije takoj na razpolago. Računovodstvo uporablja druge računalniške programe, v največji meri je zastopan SAOP. Za lažje in učinkovitejše delo je omogočen uvoz in izvoz podatkov iz šolskega dokumentacijskega sistema v računovodski program. Osnovne šole dokumente, ki so vezani trajni hrambi, hranijo ali samo v papirni obliki ali kombinirano, tako v papirni kot tudi elektronski obliki. Dokumente, ki se hranijo določen čas 5 let ali manj oz. krajši kot je minimalni rok hrambe dokumentov, več dokumentov arhivirajo v elektronski obliki. The purposes of electronic document managemet systems are in addition to the function of archiving, creating, editing and managinig the documents and the possibility of their tracking and auditing. In Slovenian public primary schools the most often EDMS Lo.Polis from company Logos and eAsistent from consortium Herkules. Advantages of those documentation systems brought mostly teachers due to high transparency and significantly faster processing of various statistical data. At least enthusiastic about document systems are pupils because their parents have the information readily available. Accountancy use other computer programs, to the greatest extent is represented SAOP. For easier and more efficient work is it posiible to import and export data from school documentation system in accounting program. Primary schools documents that are bound permanent storage, keep only in paper form or in combination, in both paper and electronic form. The documents that are bound to term of 5 years or less, respectively less than a minimum retention period of documents, more documents archived electronically.
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- 2016
42. Public School Teacher Management in Sri Lanka : Issues and Options
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Raju, Dhushyanth
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ,NATIONAL ASSESSMENT ,SOCIAL SCIENCE ,EDUCATION SECTOR ,EDUCATION FINANCE ,CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION ,TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ,TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS ,EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ,SCHOOL SYSTEMS ,TEACHER SALARIES ,TRAINING PROGRAMS ,CLASSROOM ,OPEN UNIVERSITY ,RURAL SCHOOLS ,ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ,UNIVERSITY DEGREE HOLDERS ,STUDENT INTERACTIONS ,VALUES ,SCHOOL DUTIES ,TEACHER RATIOS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,TEACHER DEVELOPMENT ,PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ,CLASSROOM EDUCATION ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,EDUCATORS ,ASSESSMENT OF BASIC LEARNING COMPETENCIES ,CURRICULUM ,SCHOOL SIZE ,UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ,SCHOOL TEACHING ,COLLEGE ,PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS ,COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ,SECONDARY SCHOOLS ,READING ,EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ,SENIOR TEACHER ,SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ,TEACHER PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT ,STUDENTS ,HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ,TEACHER MANAGEMENT ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,TEACHER ,TEACHER TRAINING ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,URBAN SCHOOLS ,GRADUATE ,TEACHER PERFORMANCE ,CIVIL SERVICE ,CAREER ADVANCEMENT ,SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES ,LITERACY ,PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ,CLASSROOMS ,ACADEMIC PROGRESS ,FACULTY OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL AUTONOMY ,SCHOOL TEACHER ,TERTIARY EDUCATION ,EDUCATION OFFICIALS ,SCHOOL YEAR ,REGULAR TEACHERS ,SCHOOL GOVERNANCE ,SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES ,LITERATURE ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS ,TRAINEE TEACHERS ,TEACHER EDUCATORS ,OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS ,RESEARCH ,COMPUTER LITERACY ,BASIC LEARNING COMPETENCIES ,TEACHER PREPARATION ,TEXTBOOKS ,UNIVERSITY DEGREE ,NATIONAL SCHOOL ,TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS ,FACULTY ,ADVANCED SKILLS ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,TEACHER RECRUITMENT ,OPEN ACCESS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,CAREER ,PAPERS ,TEACHER DEPLOYMENT ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,SCHOOL STUDENTS ,SERVICE TRAINING ,STUDENT ,TEACHER RATIO ,HIGH SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,SKILL LEVELS ,HUMAN CAPITAL ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,TEACHER MOTIVATION ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,HIGHER GRADES ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,TRAINING ,STUDENT BODY ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,INSTRUCTION ,TEACHING ,LEARNING ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EXPENDITURES ,TEACHING JOB ,PARENT- TEACHER ASSOCIATION ,STUDENT LEARNING ,SCHOOL SYSTEM ,SYLLABI ,PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ,TEACHER TRAINERS ,EDUCATION EXPENDITURES ,PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS ,ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,KNOWLEDGE ,TEACHING FORCE ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,CLASSROOM PRACTICE ,UNIVERSITIES ,EFFECTIVE TEACHING ,TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES ,REGULAR TEACHER ,PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ,DISTANCE EDUCATION ,SCHOOL LEVELS ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,NATIONAL SCHOOLS ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,BASIC LEARNING ,COLLEGES ,NATIONAL EDUCATION ,SCHOOL INSPECTIONS ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL ,SCHOOL CULTURE ,UNIVERSITY ,SCHOOLING ,EQUITABLE ACCESS ,TRAINING QUALITY ,SCHOOL MANAGEMENT - Abstract
Sri Lanka is increasingly seeking to ensure that its public school system not only delivers greater shares of students who have completed higher secondary and tertiary education, but also that all students obtain a much better education. Raising teacher effectiveness is considered as crucial for achieving these aims. This paper reviews the literature on teacher management in Sri Lanka, and points to what may be critical teacher management issues. The paper also outlines considerations and options for addressing these issues, informed by international evidence on approaches to improve teacher effectiveness.
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- 2016
43. Assessing the Impacts of Mais Educacao on Educational Outcomes : Evidence between 2007 and 2011
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Almeida, Rita, Bresolin, Antonio, Borges, Bruna, Mendes, Karen, and Menezes-Filho, Naercio
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LEARNING OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION FINANCE ,STUDENT COSTS ,SCHOOL PROGRAMS ,FINAL GRADES ,SCHOOL CHILDREN ,SCHOOL FEEDING ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL HOURS ,RURAL SCHOOLS ,HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION ,SCHOOL BUILDINGS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ,VALUES ,PHYSICAL EDUCATION ,STUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ,DISSERTATION ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,CURRICULUM ,STUDENT SCORES ,ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ,SCHOOL MODEL ,STUDENT ENROLLMENTS ,SECONDARY SCHOOLS ,READING ,SCHOOL FLOW ,KINDERGARTEN CLASSES ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,education ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL PROGRAM ,STUDENTS ,EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ,BASIC EDUCATION ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,STUDENT ASSESSMENTS ,SANITATION ,CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,REMEDIAL EDUCATION ,SCHOOL MEALS ,EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN ,SCHOOL COMPLETION ,URBAN SCHOOLS ,FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION ,EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE ,CLASSROOMS ,SCHOOL DAYS ,EARLY CHILDHOOD ,SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ,LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT ,SCHOOL INITIATIVES ,LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTS ,DROPOUT RATE ,HUMAN RIGHTS ,PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS ,LEVEL OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL YEAR ,STUDENT ASSESSMENT ,LITERATURE ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS ,RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION CYCLE ,COMPLETION RATES ,RESEARCH ,EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ,FUTURE RESEARCH ,HIGH SCHOOL ,SPORTS ,ACADEMIC SKILLS ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ,STATE SCHOOLS ,OPEN ACCESS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,PAPERS ,EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,SCHOOL STUDENTS ,STUDENT ,STUDENT PARTICIPATION ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL DAY ,EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,HIGH DROPOUT ,SCHOOL DROPOUT ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,EDUCATIONAL POLICIES ,INSTRUCTION ,TEACHING ,STUDENT SELECTION CRITERIA ,SCIENCE EDUCATION ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION POLICIES ,STUDENT LEARNING ,SCHOOL SYSTEM ,NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ,INSTRUCTIONAL TIME ,PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ,EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL YEARS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,KNOWLEDGE ,SCHOOL SELECTION ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,QUALITY EDUCATION ,SCHOOL DIRECTORS ,RESEARCH AGENDA ,EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ,SMALLER NUMBER ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,FIRST GRADE ,DROPOUT RATES ,LABOR FORCE ,SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITY ,SCHOOLING - Abstract
To address the educational gap, many Latin American countries are focusing on extension of the school day and enrichment of the curriculum. In Brazil, a nationwide policy -- Mais Educação -- was implemented in 2008 with this objective. This paper explores the nationwide rollout of the program across the country and compares the performance of schools before and after implementation of the program. The paper quantifies the impacts of the program on student learning and dropout rates in urban areas, and investigates the heterogeneity of impacts by several characteristics of the program's implementation. Participating schools are compared with nonparticipating schools after controlling for school selection into the program based on observable characteristics using propensity score matching. The analysis finds that participation in Mais Educação has on average no impacts on school dropout rates and average negative impacts on mathematics test scores. The negative impacts on student achievement are stronger in the short term, which suggests that the negative effects may be reduced as the program improves its implementation. In addition, especially for fifth-grade schools, the level of student spending is associated with reduced dropout rates. Interestingly, in schools choosing the fields of Portuguese and/or sports in the added hours, the program is associated with lower test scores in Portuguese and mathematics. Finally, for the sample of fifth-grade schools, heterogeneous impacts are seen in the program according to the GDP per capita of the city where the school is located. The higher the GDP per capita, the greater the positive impact of the program on mathematics test scores and on dropout rates.
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- 2016
44. Access to Pre-Primary Education and Progression in Primary School : Evidence from Rural Guatemala
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Bastos, Paulo, Bottan, Nicolas L., and Cristia, Julian
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INVESTMENT ,CHILDREN ,ACCESS TO DATA ,EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS ,CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ,CLASSROOM ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,PRIMARY SCHOOL OUTCOMES ,QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION ,RE-ENTRY ,ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ,POPULATION ,PRESCHOOL EDUCATION ,WOMEN ,EDUCATION ,ENROLLMENT RATES ,MALNUTRITION ,SCHOOL SIZE ,GROUPS ,GIRLS ,PREPRIMARY EDUCATION ,KINDERGARTEN ,ACCESS ,SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ,INTERVENTIONS ,COGNITIVE OUTCOMES ,SCHOOL COVERAGE ,LABOR SUPPLY ,TEACHERS ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,TUITION ,LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH ,POLICY DISCUSSIONS ,STUDENTS ,BASIC EDUCATION ,CHILD DEVELOPMENT ,POPULATION CENSUS ,LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES ,INSTRUCTION METHODS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ,PEACE ,SCHOOLS ,PARENTAL EDUCATION ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,TEACHER ,RURAL AREAS ,HIGHER GRADE ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,PROGRESS ,REPETITION RATES ,HIGHER EDUCATION ,GENDERS ,SCHOOL READINESS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ACCESS ,SCHOOL-AGE ,BARRIER ,EARLY CHILDHOOD ,DEVELOPMENT POLICY ,EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ,EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ,EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL YEAR ,EDUCATIONAL CENTERS ,ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL EDUCATION ,COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ,GROSS ENROLLMENT ,EARLY INTERVENTION ,HIGH SCHOOL ,EARLY EDUCATION ,EXCLUSION ,KINDERGARTENS ,LIFE EXPECTANCY ,EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ,PRIMARY SCHOOL REPETITION ,CHILDREN WITHOUT ACCESS ,SCHOOL STUDENTS ,POLICY ,COMMUNITY ,ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL ,FORMAL EDUCATION ,BIAS ,SAFETY ,SKILLS ,DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ,MATERNAL EDUCATION ,ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE ,EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ,HIGHER GRADES ,RURAL COMMUNITIES ,SCHOOL DROPOUT ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,EDUCATION FOR WOMEN ,PRIMARY ENROLLMENT ,ENROLLMENT RATE ,TRAINING ,PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES ,PARTICIPATION ,INSTRUCTION ,LEARNING ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,POLICY RESEARCH ,HIGH RATES OF REPETITION ,DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ,PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER ,ENROLLMENT ,HIGHER ENROLLMENT ,BARRIERS ,ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,ADULTS ,BIASES ,EDUCATION FOR ALL ,TRANSPORTATION ,ATTENDANCE RATE ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EARLY GRADES ,NER ,HEAD START ,SCHOOL ,ILLITERACY ,CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,GENDER ,SCHOOLING ,COMMUNITIES - Abstract
Evidence on the impacts of a large-scale expansion in pre-primary education is limited and mostly circumscribed to high- and middle-income nations. This study estimates the effects of such an expansion on progression in primary school in rural communities in Guatemala, where the number of pre-primary schools increased from about 5,300 to 11,500 between 1998 and 2005. Combining administrative and population census data in a difference-in-differences framework, the analysis finds that access to pre-primary education increased by 2.4 percentage points the proportion of students that progress adequately and attend sixth grade by age 12. These positive although limited effects suggest the need for complementary actions to produce substantial improvements in adequate progression.
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- 2016
45. The Fiscal Cost of Weak Governance : Evidence from Teacher Absence in India
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Muralidharan, Karthik, Das, Jishnu, Holla, Alaka, and Mohpal, Aakash
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LEARNING OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION BUDGET ,TEACHER SALARIES ,VILLAGE LEVEL ,SCHOOL FEEDING ,CLASSROOM ,PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS ,REMOTE VILLAGES ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL HOURS ,EMPLOYMENT ,DEGREES ,SCHOOL SURVEYS ,HEAD TEACHERS ,EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ,VALUES ,TEACHER RATIOS ,WORKERS ,EDUCATION ,SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,NUMBER OF TEACHERS ,COLLEGE ,PRIMARY EDUCATION SYSTEM ,TEACHER ABSENTEEISM ,SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ,READING ,SENIOR TEACHER ,ENROLLMENT FIGURES ,STRATEGIES ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,education ,TUITION ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,STUDENTS ,SPECIAL EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ,PARENTAL EDUCATION ,TEACHER ,TEACHER TRAINING ,PRIMARY EDUCATION POLICY ,UNIVERSAL EDUCATION ,URBAN SCHOOLS ,TEACHER PERFORMANCE ,CIVIL SERVICE ,REPORT CARDS ,SCHOOL-AGE ,HEAD TEACHER ,SCHOOL DAYS ,SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN ,SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ,TEACHER HIRING ,TEACHER RECOGNITION ,SCHOOL YEAR ,PRIMARY DATA ,SCHOOL GOVERNANCE ,COLLEGE DEGREE ,SCHOOL FACILITIES ,LITERATURE ,SCHOOL CENSUSES ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,RESEARCH INSTITUTE ,RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,RURAL POPULATION ,COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ,RESEARCH ,TEACHING DUTIES ,NATIONAL SCHOOL ,SCHOOL ENROLMENT ,PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION ,ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ,STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,OPEN ACCESS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,PAPERS ,DISTRICT EDUCATION ,SCHOOL SUPERVISION ,STUDENT ,TEACHER RATIO ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,COLLEGE DEGREES ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,POOR PEOPLE ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,SCHOOL DAY ,LEARNING GOALS ,EDUCATION INVESTMENTS ,TRAINING ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,PRIVATE SCHOOL ,TEACHING ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,STUDENT LEARNING ,NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ,TEACHING ACTIVITY ,RIGHT TO EDUCATION ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,SCHOOL DATA ,ENROLLMENT ,RADIO ,INFORMAL SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION POLICY ,ACADEMIC YEARS ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,STUDENT TEACHER RATIO ,LIBRARIES ,CLASS SIZE ,SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ,SCHOOL INSPECTIONS ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ,CLASS SIZES ,PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ,SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITY ,ITS ,ETHICS - Abstract
The relative return to input-augmentation versus inefficiency-reduction strategies for improving education system performance is a key open question for education policy in low-income countries. Using a new nationally-representative panel dataset of schools across 1297 villages in India, this paper shows that the large investments over the past decade have led to substantial improvements in input-based measures of school quality, but only a modest reduction in inefficiency as measured by teacher absence. In the data, 23.6 percent of teachers were absent during unannounced visits with an associated fiscal cost of $1.5 billion/year. There are two robust correlations in the nationally-representative panel data that corroborate findings from smaller-scale experiments. First, reductions in student-teacher ratios are correlated with increased teacher absence. Second, increases in the frequency of school monitoring are strongly correlated with lower teacher absence. Simulations using these results suggest that investing in better governance by increasing the frequency of monitoring could be over ten times more cost effective at increasing teacher-student contact time (net of teacher absence) than hiring more teachers. Thus, at current margins, policies that decrease the inefficiency of public spending in India are likely to yield substantially higher returns than those that augment inputs.
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- 2016
46. How Much Teachers Know and How Much It Matters in Class : Analyzing Three Rounds of Subject-Specific Test Score Data of Indonesian Students and Teachers
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de Ree, Joppe
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LEARNING OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION FINANCE ,GRADE LEVELS ,CHILDREN ,EDUCATION LEVELS ,TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ,TRAINING PROGRAMS ,CLASSROOM ,MATHEMATICS ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,SECONDARY TEACHERS ,TESTING ,QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION ,BINDING ,SUBJECT- MATTER KNOWLEDGE ,TEST SCORES ,DEGREES ,PRIMARY CLASSROOMS ,PERSONALITY ,JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ,VALUES ,PRIMARY SCHOOL CYCLE ,SUBJECTS ,WOMEN ,WORKERS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,BETTER TEACHERS ,QUESTIONING ,TEACHER UNIONS ,CURRICULUM ,SCIENCE COMPONENT ,ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS ,GROUPS ,TESTS ,PRIMARY CYCLE ,SUBJECT MATTER ,SECONDARY SCHOOLS ,READING ,STUDIES ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,STUDENT ABILITIES ,GLOBAL LABOR MARKET ,STUDENTS ,TEACHER CREDENTIALS ,JUNIOR SECONDARY ,SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ,ACHIEVEMENT SCORES ,TEACHER ,COGNITIVE SKILLS ,TEACHER TRAINING ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,EDUCATION POLICY MAKING ,CIVIL SERVICE ,LITERACY ,CLASSROOMS ,SCHOOL CURRICULUM ,BETTER SCHOOLS ,ABLE STUDENTS ,NEWSPAPERS ,COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT ,EDUCATION QUALITY ,SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT ,LEVEL OF EDUCATION ,MATHEMATICAL SKILLS ,LITERATURE ,SUBJECT MATTER KNOWLEDGE ,RESEARCH ,GOALS ,HIGH SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITY DEGREE ,STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ,LEARNING LEVELS ,OPEN ACCESS ,CAREER ,MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM ,PAPERS ,LANGUAGE TEACHERS ,DIPLOMAS ,GRADUATES ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,SUBJECT-MATTER KNOWLEDGE ,TEACHER PAY ,SCHOOL GRADUATES ,STUDENT ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,TEACHER KNOWLEDGE ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,SKILLS ,RESEARCHERS ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE ,TEACHER EVALUATION ,JUNIOR SECONDARY TEACHERS ,ABILITY OF TEACHERS ,TRAINING ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,PRIMARY TEACHER ,INSTRUCTION ,TEACHING ,LEARNING ,EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT ,SHOW HOW ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ,STUDENT LEARNING ,ACHIEVEMENT ,KNOWLEDGE ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,EDUCATION LEVEL ,QUALITY EDUCATION ,POLITICS ,KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ,PRIMARY TEACHERS ,EDUCATION POLICY ,STUDY ,EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS ,JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ,COURSE WORK ,CLASS SIZE ,END OF GRADE ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,MALE TEACHERS ,SCHOOL ,OLDER TEACHERS ,UNIVERSITY ,SCHOOLING - Abstract
Improving the quality of education is one of today's main challenges for governments in the developing world. Based on a unique matched student-to-teacher panel data set on test scores this paper presents two empirical results for Indonesia. First, through detailed inspection of teacher-level responses to test questions, the paper concludes that subject matter knowledge of primary school teachers in Indonesia is low on average and that a 1.0, but also a 2.0 standard deviation increase in teachers' subject matter knowledge seem to be achievable medium-term goals for education policy making in Indonesia. Second, the paper presents the results of three types of value-added regressions, a (standard) level specification, a school fixed-effects specification, and a flexible student-teacher fixed-effects specification. The student-teacher fixed-effects approach estimates the parameters of a value-added model using test score variation within each student-teacher pair across three different subjects, mathematics, science and Indonesian language. The results suggest that a 1.0 (and 2.0) standard deviation increase in teachers' subject matter knowledge across-the-board can yield increases in student achievement by 0.25 (and 0.50) student-level standard deviations by the time students complete the six-year primary school cycle.
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- 2016
47. When Do In-service Teacher Training and Books Improve Student Achievement? : Experimental Evidence from Mongolia
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Fuje, Habtamu and Tandon, Prateek
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TEACHING MATERIALS ,TRAINING SCHEMES ,CLASSROOM LIBRARIES ,SCIENCE STUDY ,LEARNING OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION SECTOR ,INVESTMENT ,SCHOOL PROGRAMS ,CHILDREN ,TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS ,EDUCATIONAL INPUTS ,PEDAGOGICAL STRATEGIES ,TRAINING PROGRAMS ,CLASSROOM ,LEARNING MATERIALS ,MIDDLE SCHOOLS ,RURAL SCHOOLS ,ON THE JOB TRAINING ,RURAL EDUCATION ,VALUES ,WRITING SKILLS ,FORMAL TRAINING ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,EDUCATED PARENTS ,CURRICULUM ,GROUPS ,GIRLS ,COST OF TRAINING ,INTERVENTIONS ,SECONDARY SCHOOLS ,READING ,SUPPLY OF TEACHERS ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,education ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,COMPARATIVE EDUCATION ,STUDENTS ,ACCESS TO BOOKS ,EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ,TEACHING AIDS ,ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ,SCHOOLS ,GRADE SYSTEM ,PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ,PARENTAL EDUCATION ,CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,TEACHER ,TEACHER TRAINING ,RURAL AREAS ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,NUMERACY ,PROVISION OF EDUCATION ,GRADUATE ,EDUCATION SERVICES ,CLASSROOMS ,QUALITY LEARNING MATERIALS ,SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ,EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ,JOB TRAINING ,COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT ,GRADUATE STUDENTS ,VULNERABLE GROUPS ,LITERATURE ,NATIONAL CURRICULUM ,RURAL POPULATION ,RESEARCH ,EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ,HIGH SCHOOL ,TEACHER PREPARATION ,TEXTBOOKS ,UNIVERSITY DEGREE ,FACULTY ,EDUCATION MATERIALS ,ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ,APPROPRIATE TEACHING ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,QUALITY LEARNING ,RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS ,OPEN ACCESS ,SCHOOL EDUCATION ,PAPERS ,ACADEMIC YEAR ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,READING BOOKS ,SERVICE TRAINING ,STUDENT ,GER ,TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES ,GENDER INEQUALITY ,FORMAL EDUCATION ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,SCHOOL REFORM ,RESEARCHERS ,EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ,EARLY READING ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,SCHOOL DROPOUT ,EDUCATION INVESTMENTS ,TRAINING ,EDUCATION INVESTMENT ,PARTICIPATION ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,TEACHING ,LEARNING ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,STUDENT LEARNING ,ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ,SUPPLEMENTARY READING ,NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,KNOWLEDGE ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,ENROLLMENT ,TEACHER TEACHER ,PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ,RADIO ,LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ,EDUCATION POLICY ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,EDUCATION FOR ALL ,BOOK PROVISION ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,LIBRARIES ,CLASS SIZE ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL ,ACCESSIBILITY OF SCHOOLS ,UNIVERSITY ,WRITING ,SCHOOLING - Abstract
This study presents evidence from a randomized control trial (RCT) in Mongolia on the impact of in-service teacher training and books, both as separate educational inputs and as a package. The study tests for the complementarity of inputs and non-linearity of returns from investment in education as measured by students test scores in five subjects. It takes advantage of a national-scale RCT conducted under the Rural Education and Development project. The results suggest that the provision of books, in addition to teacher training, raises student achievement substantially. However, teacher training and books weakly improve test scores when provided individually. Students whose teachers have received training and whose classrooms have acquired books improved their cumulative score (totaled across five tests) by 34.9 percent of a standard deviation, relative to a control group. Students treated only with books improved their total score by 20.6 percent of a standard deviation relative to a control group of students. On the other hand, extra teacher training did not have a statistically significant effect on the total test score. In addition, providing both inputs jointly improved test scores in most subjects, which was not the case when either input was provided individually. This study sheds light on the relevance of supplementing teacher training schemes with appropriate teaching materials in resource-poor settings. The policy implication is that isolated education investments, in settings where complementary inputs are missing, could deliver minimal or no return.
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48. Are Public Libraries Improving Quality of Education? : When the Provision of Public Goods is Not Enough
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Rodriguez Lesmes, Paul, Trujillo, Jose Daniel, and Valderrama, Daniel
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SCHOOL PROGRAMS ,SOFTWARE ,ACADEMIC RESULTS ,EDUCATIONAL INPUTS ,EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ,LEARNING MATERIALS ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,TESTING ,COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS ,TEST SCORES ,ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL LIBRARY ,TYPES OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOL COUNCILS ,VALUES ,SCHOOL CALENDARS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,STATISTICS ,SCHOOL SIZE ,FEMALE STUDENTS ,TESTS ,COLLEGE ,EVALUATION OF EDUCATION ,READING ,PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ,STUDIES ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,TEACHERS ,STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,TUITION ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,CRITICAL THINKING ,STUDENTS ,EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ,EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ,SUBJECT AREAS ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,TEACHER ,CALL ,SECONDARY EDUCATION ,TEACHER QUALITY ,EDUCATION DATA ,HIGHER EDUCATION ,GRADUATE ,EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ,EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL LIBRARY SERVICES ,LITERACY ,CLASSROOMS ,TUITION FEES ,LIBRAR ,SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE ,JOB TRAINING ,EDUCATION QUALITY ,LET ,SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,LEVEL OF EDUCATION ,GRADUATE STUDENTS ,LIVING CONDITIONS ,EDUCATIONAL POLICY ,LITERATURE ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,GRADUATE STUDIES ,FEES ,RESEARCH ,EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ,PEDAGOGY ,SPORTS ,TEXTBOOKS ,LEARNING MATERIAL ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,MALE STUDENTS ,SCHOOL LIBRARIES ,OPEN ACCESS ,SCHOOL EDUCATION ,PAPERS ,ACADEMIC YEAR ,ACCESS TO INFORMATION ,PRIMARY LEVEL ,HIGH ACHIEVEMENT ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,FACILITIES ,TEACHER EDUCATION ,STUDENT ,TEACHER RATIO ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,HUMAN CAPITAL ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,SCHOOL DAY ,TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,TEACHER-PUPIL RATIO ,TRAINING ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,TEACHING ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,STUDENT LEARNING ,MALE STUDENT ,NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ,ACHIEVEMENT ,QUALITY OF LIFE ,PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,KNOWLEDGE ,FREE TEXTBOOKS ,TEACHING FORCE ,EDUCATION LEVEL ,QUALITY EDUCATION ,LABOR MARKETS ,UNIVERSITIES ,WORKSHOPS ,STUDY ,PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS ,ADULTS ,LIBRARIES ,DROPOUT RATES ,PUPIL RATIO ,EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL ,ITS ,COLLEGE STUDENTS - Abstract
This paper analyzes the relation between public, education-related infrastructure and the quality of education in schools. The analysis uses a case study of the establishment of two large, high-quality public libraries in low-income areas in Bogotá, Colombia. It assesses the impact of these libraries on the quality of education by comparing national test scores (SABER 11) for schools close to and far from the libraries before (2000–02) and after (2003–08) the libraries were opened. The paper introduces a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition on difference-in-differences estimates to assess whether variation of traditional determinants of mathematics, verbal, and science test scores explains the estimates. The analysis finds differences that are not statistically different from zero that could be attributed to the establishment of the libraries. These results are robust to alternative specifications, a synthetic control approach, and an alternative measure of distance.
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49. The Impact of an Accountability Intervention with Diagnostic Feedback : Evidence from Mexico
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de Hoyos, Rafael, Garcia-Moreno, Vicente A., and Patrinos, Harry Anthony
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LEARNING OUTCOMES ,MATH TEST ,CLASSROOM ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION ,TEST SCORES ,EXAM ,SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ,EDUCATION AUTHORITIES ,ACADEMIC AREAS ,SUBJECTS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ,STATISTICS ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,NUMBER OF TEACHERS ,TEACHER UNIONS ,CURRICULUM ,SCHOOL SIZE ,GROUPS ,TESTS ,GIRLS ,COLLEGE ,INTERVENTIONS ,SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ,STUDIES ,STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO ,STRATEGIES ,STUDENT PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL SUPERVISORS ,TEACHERS ,GRADUATE DIPLOMA ,education ,TUITION ,MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ,STUDENTS ,SUBJECT AREAS ,STUDENT MOBILITY ,STATE EDUCATION ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,TEACHER ,ONLINE ACCESS ,EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ,PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS ,GRADUATE ,EDUCATION SERVICES ,REPORT CARDS ,LITERACY ,CLASSROOMS ,GRADE SCHOOLS ,MOBILITY ,LET ,SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL YEAR ,STUDENT ASSESSMENT ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,RESEARCH ,COMMUNITY SCHOOLS ,GOALS ,FUTURE RESEARCH ,UNIVERSITY DEGREE ,NATIONAL SCHOOL ,STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES ,GRADE RETENTION ,EDUCATION OF TEACHERS ,OPEN ACCESS ,PAPERS ,ACADEMIC YEAR ,DIPLOMAS ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,EDUCATION PROGRAMS ,SCHOOL SUPERVISION ,NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ,STUDENT ,DECENTRALIZATION ,TEACHER RATIO ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,EDUCATION SYSTEM ,STUDENT - TEACHER RATIO ,PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,QUALITY OF EDUCATION SERVICES ,EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES ,INNOVATIVE EDUCATION ,TRAINING ,STANDARDIZED TESTS ,AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,TEACHING ,PERFORMANCE IN MATH ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION POLICIES ,STUDENT LEARNING ,SCHOOL SYSTEM ,NUMBER OF SCHOOLS ,ACHIEVEMENT ,PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,KNOWLEDGE ,QUALITY EDUCATION ,AGE-GRADE DISTORTION ,SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ,SCHOOL DIRECTORS ,STUDENT POPULATION ,STUDY ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,AVERAGE TEST SCORES ,AVERAGE SCORE ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITY ,SCHOOLING ,PRINCIPALS ,SCHOOL LEADERS ,MATH SCORES - Abstract
In 2009, the Mexican state of Colima implemented a low-stakes accountability intervention with diagnostic feedback among 108 public primary schools with the lowest test scores in the national student assessment. A difference-in-difference and a regression discontinuity design are used to identify the effects of the intervention on learning outcomes. The two alternative strategies consistently show that the intervention increased test scores by 0.12 standard deviations only a few months after the program was launched. When students, teachers, and parents in a school know that their scores are low, and this triggers a process of self-evaluation and analysis, the process itself may lead to an improvement in learning outcomes. Information on quality, without punitive measures but within a supportive and collaborative environment, appears to be sufficient to improve learning outcomes.
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50. Teacher Performance Pay : Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
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Barrera-Osorio, Felipe and Raju, Dhushyanth
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PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ,CLASSROOM RATIO ,EDUCATION SECTOR ,PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL ,LEVEL OF SKILL ,OFFICIAL CURRICULUM ,EXAMS ,CHILDREN ,EDUCATION SYSTEMS ,TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS ,SCHOOL SYSTEMS ,TEACHER SALARIES ,CLASSROOM ,SCHOOL HEAD ,RURAL SCHOOLS ,EMPLOYMENT ,TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ,EXAM ,SCHOOL AGE ,HEAD TEACHERS ,VALUES ,Education and Research [T22] ,EDUCATION GOALS ,EDUCATION ,SCIENCE ,PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ,ANNUAL SCHOOL CENSUS ,SCHOOL CENSUS ,EDUCATORS ,EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS ,NUMBER OF TEACHERS ,CURRICULUM ,GROUPS ,STUDENT SCORES ,GIRLS ,LEARNING OBJECTIVES ,INTERVENTIONS ,EFFECTIVE TEACHERS ,ENROLLMENT FIGURES ,TEACHERS ,STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO ,PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS ,NET ENROLLMENT RATE ,SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ,PRIMARY EDUCATION ,education ,STUDENTS ,GRADE EXAM ,EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS ,SCHOOL NUTRITION ,ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION ,SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ,NUMBER OF STUDENTS ,PASS RATE ,TEACHER ,SCHOOL LOCATION ,RURAL AREAS ,Pakistan [L16] ,STUDENTS PER TEACHER ,URBAN SCHOOLS ,GRADUATE ,TEACHER PERFORMANCE ,ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ,HEAD TEACHER ,CLASSROOMS ,EARLY CHILDHOOD ,SMALL SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL TEACHER ,PROVINCIAL EDUCATION ,EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,SCHOOL PERFORMANCE ,SCHOOL YEAR ,PUBLIC SCHOOL ,HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA ,EXAM SCORE ,RESEARCH ,EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ,EDUCATION MANAGEMENT ,EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS ,HIGH SCHOOL ,TEACHER COMPETENCY ,SCHOOL VISITS ,ENROLLMENT DATA ,EDUCATION OUTCOMES ,OPEN ACCESS ,HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ,PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ,SCHOOL EDUCATION ,PAPERS ,EXAM QUESTIONS ,PRIMARY LEVEL ,SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS ,STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ,DISTRICT EDUCATION ,SCHOOL STUDENTS ,SCHOOL INDICATORS ,STUDENT ,TEACHER RATIO ,TEACHER WORKFORCE ,PARTICIPATION RATES ,HIGH SCHOOLS ,FUNCTIONAL SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL TEACHERS ,SKILLS ,SCHOOL QUALITY ,NUTRITION ,RESEARCHERS ,NET ENROLLMENT ,SECONDARY SCHOOL ,HIGHER GRADES ,ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ,SCHOOL PARTICIPATION ,ENROLLMENT RATE ,TRAINING ,READERS ,PARTICIPATION ,HUMAN RESOURCES ,PRIVATE SCHOOL ,TEACHING ,EDUCATION REFORM ,LEARNING ,SCHOOL LEVEL ,PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,TEACHER SHORTAGES ,STUDENT LEARNING ,SCHOOL SYSTEM ,PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ,ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ,PRIVATE SCHOOLS ,PUBLIC SCHOOLS ,PRIMARY SCHOOL ,UNIVERSITIES ,ENROLLMENT ,EFFECTIVE TEACHING ,ENROLLMENT BY GRADE ,SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ,EDUCATION FOR ALL ,STUDENT OUTCOMES ,FIRST GRADE ,STUDENT TEACHER RATIO ,PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS ,EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ,SCHOOL ,COEDUCATIONAL SCHOOLS ,CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ,UNIVERSITY ,LEADERSHIP ,SCHOOL LEADERS ,SCHOOL MANAGEMENT - Abstract
This paper presents evidence from the first three years of a randomized controlled trial of a government-administered pilot teacher performance pay program in Punjab, Pakistan. The program offers yearly cash bonuses to teachers in a sample of public primary schools with the lowest mean student exam scores in the province. Bonuses are linked to three school-level indicators: the gain in student exam scores, the gain in school enrollment, and the level of student exam participation. Bonus receipt and size are also randomly assigned across schools according to whether or not the teacher is the school’s head. On average, the program increases school enrollment by 4.1 percent and student exam participation rates by 3.4 percentage points, both in the third year. The analysis does not find that the program increases student exam scores in any year. Mean impacts are similar across program variants. The positive mean impact on school enrollment is mainly seen in urban schools and the positive mean impact on student exam participation rates is only seen in rural schools.
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