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Best Writing Practices for Graduate Students: Reducing the Discomfort of the Blank Screen
Author: Mullen, Carol A.
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Graduate Students,Academic Discourse,Writing Attitudes,Writing Instruction,Writing Strategies,Teaching Methods,Writing Difficulties,Process Approach (Writing),Writing Ability,Writing Improvement

With support and guidance, graduate students can successfully pursue academic writing for publication. In graduate circles, academic writing is presumed to be a solitary activity for which students already are prepared. Yet, the reality is that students tend to find academic writing difficult and stressful, and they often look to university faculty members for guidance. Faculty members, in turn, may provide hands-on practice and other classroom support in an effort to teach writing, even though they have had little or no instruction on how to do so. In this article discussion is provided of what researchers say about writing, challenges of teaching writing, and writing ideas and strategies.
School Finance Case Study: Dealing with a School District Budget Deficit
Author: Kersten, Thomas
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Educational Finance,School Districts,Budgets,Retrenchment,Case Method (Teaching Technique),Public Schools,School Administration,Administrator Education,Assignments,Problem Solving

This case study-based class assignment (see Appendix A) is designed as a culminating course activity through which students demonstrate not only their understanding of school finance basics but also show how to apply their knowledge to solving a problem impacting many public school administrators today. Because the case study is general in design, it is useful in almost any school district setting. It also allows students to document what they have learned about school finance and to demonstrate their creative financial problem-solving skills. Students are encouraged to recommend a broad array of revenue enhancement and expenditure reduction strategies to solve a real-life school district budget deficit. Through this assignment, school finance professors will be able to assess the breadth and depth of their students' knowledge of the basics of school finance as well as their students' ability to understand both sides of the school deficit financial equation: revenue enhancement and expenditure reduction. They will also be able to assess their own students' abilities to employ problem-solving strategies to a common school finance issue.
Combining Forces in the Development of Programs and Services: Bringing Education, Government, and Nonprofit Agencies Together
Author: Beyer, Bonnie
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Administrator Education,School Administration,Universities,Program Development,Educational Innovation,Integrated Curriculum,Public Administration Education,Public Education,Masters Programs,Interdisciplinary Approach,Public Sector,Nonprofit Organizations,Government (Administrative Body),Standards,Student Attitudes,Graduate Students

Public education is one portion of a complex system of society that extends far beyond the walls of the schoolhouse. The administration of educational institutions is impacted and influenced by businesses, communities, governmental agencies, laws, special interest and not-for-profit groups, and the general citizenry. The demand of these groups to improve the quality of public education and prepare students for the world of work beyond school is becoming more intense each year. Universities can and should be instrumental in thinking &quot;out of the box&quot; in the development of school administrator preparation programs. This article reviews one university that is taking the lead in innovative program development by combining the organizational worlds of the service sector through the integration of preparation programs in educational, public sector, and nonprofit administration.
The Importance of Interpersonal Relationships
Author: Weber, Mark J.
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interpersonal Relationship,Learning Modules,Teacher Student Relationship,Measures (Individuals),Evaluation Methods,Interpersonal Communication,Guides,School Districts,Public Schools,Ethics,Standards

The goal of our lesson in this module is for you to become acquainted with the importance of es- tablishing and maintaining a shared vision of positive professional interpersonal relationship practices among all stakeholders on your campus. This module introduces the use of administrative tools designed to help you document and measure progress toward the shared vision of establishing and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships on your campus.
Perceptions within the Discipline: Exceptional Scholarship in Educational Leadership and Administration
Author: Mullen, Carol A.
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Instructional Leadership,Educational Administration,Mentors,Surveys,Selection Criteria,College Faculty,Recognition (Achievement),Scholarship,Ethics,Moral Values,Partnerships in Education,Teacher Attitudes

This preliminary study asked, &quot;Who's the most exceptional living scholar in educational leadership?&quot; Four scholar-practitioners were nominated. The reasons nominators gave for their selections were analyzed. The criteria--significant and broad impact on scholarship, national spheres of public influence, and mentoring and multi-authoring systems--are included along with contextual issues.
Preparing and Training Superintendents for the Mission of Executive Management
Author: Glass, Thomas
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Superintendents,Leadership Training,Administrator Education,Management Development,Higher Education,Certification,Administrator Role,Qualifications,Educational Finance,Managerial Occupations,Money Management,Educational Facilities,Personnel Management,Student Personnel Services,Strategic Planning,Best Practices

Superintendent preparation and training has remained substantially unaltered for a half century. State certification requirements drive the content and activities for preparation programs housed in higher education institutions. State agencies never participated in superintendent preparation beyond awarding certification to post master's educators completing an &quot;approved&quot; course of study. However, high stakes testing and accountability pressures are now causing a few states to reconsider traditional paths to superintendent certification. Illinois and Washington have &quot;opened&quot; the superintendency to individuals without educational, managerial, executive, or higher education backgrounds. What the effects of these attempts &quot;to&quot; provide local school districts with &quot;superintendent choice&quot; is unclear at this time.
The Art of Successful School-Based Management
Author: Kelehear, Zach
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Success,School Based Management,School Effectiveness,Leadership Effectiveness,Leadership Qualities,Standards,Competence,Art Expression,Art Criticism,Figurative Language,Administrative Policy,Administrative Principles,Organizational Climate,Organizational Culture,Organizational Theories,Organizational Objectives,Institutional Characteristics,Participative Decision Making,Research Methodology

In this monograph the author offers the reader a new perspective on an important, dynamic, and sometimes daunting issue: managing successful school-based leadership. Organized around the seven elements of art criticism, the author uses an arts-based approach to weave together notions of research-based leadership skills for successful school-based management with standards of professional competence as represented by the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leaders.
Faculty Action-Research: Applying Learning Pattern Theory to an E-Folio Initiative
Author: Marcellino, Patricia Ann
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Portfolios (Background Materials),Administrator Education,College Faculty,Electronic Publishing,Leadership Training,Standards,Competence,Qualitative Research,Statistical Analysis,Technology Uses in Education,Action Research,Scoring Rubrics,Student Attitudes,Attitude Measures,Student Evaluation,Portfolio Assessment

This action-research paper focuses on the eorts of faculty to introduce a standards-based electronic portfolio (e-folio) requirement to aspiring educational administrators at a private university in New York over a 24 month period. The e-folio initiative was established for multiple reasons, including illustration of students' progress throughout the educational leadership program, assessment of their work and improvement of program quality. In this standards-based e-folio, students demonstrate competencies in leadership. Various instructional approaches were utilized to coach the 40 aspiring administrators in e-folio construction. E-folio products (n = 83) were compared to a standardized rubric. Analysis of the data (quantitative and qualitative) resulted in several instructional changes and improvements, which were derived primarily from the application of an advanced learning system known as the Let Me Learn Process® (1996; 1998).
The Role of NCPEA in Developing and Promoting &quot;Best Practice&quot;
Author: Dembowski, Frederick
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Best Practices,Educational Administration,Professional Associations,Program Development,Program Implementation,Program Descriptions,Information Dissemination,Educational Practices,Organizational Effectiveness,Organizational Theories

In determining &quot;best practices&quot; for the field of educational administration, it is recommended that a process similar to the one described in this article be developed and administered. Dissemination of the best practice is also a key element in the process.
Day to Day Operations of Home School Families: Selecting from a Menu of Educational Choices to Meet Students' Individual Instructional Needs
Author: Anthony, Kenneth V.
Date: 2012-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Home Schooling,Case Studies,Family (Sociological Unit),Cooperation,Cooperative Programs,Family School Relationship,Educational Objectives,Needs Assessment,Student Needs,Individual Instruction,Curriculum Development,Decision Making,Interviews,Observation

This study examined the day to day operations of home schools. The case study method was used with four families from a larger pool of families that held membership in a home school organization. Data was gathered using interviews, observations, and artifacts. Findings suggest that these families operated their home schools using traditional methods to reach progressive goals. The families operated their home schools much as a person in a restaurant would choose food from a menu. They identified instructional goals and selected methods from a variety of choices available to them including courses taught through a home school cooperative, community colleges, online courses, video instruction, and individual study. Public schooling was not an option available to them. Traditional schools can learn from this home school model as it serves as a resource that supports individual learning goals rather than as the sole distributor of knowledge in a community.
Comparative Effects of Multisensory and Metacognitive Instructional Approaches on English Vocabulary Achievement of Underachieving Nigerian Secondary School Students
Author: Adeniyi, Folakemi O.
Date: 2012-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Secondary School Students,Underachievement,English (Second Language),Vocabulary,Academic Achievement,Multisensory Learning,Metacognition,Comparative Analysis,Teaching Methods,Quasiexperimental Design,Pretests Posttests,Statistical Analysis

The purpose of this study was to find out the relative effects of three instructional Approaches i.e. Multisensory, Metacognitive, and a combination of Multisensory and Metacognitive Instructional Approaches on the Vocabulary achievement of underachieving Secondary School Students. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design in which a pre-test, post-test, non-randomized, non-equivalent control group design was employed. One hundred and twenty [120 students-60 males and 60 females] were selected from four secondary schools within the Ilorin metropolis through stratified random sampling technique. The four schools were categorized into three experimental groups and one control group according to the design of the study. The instructional programmes for the teachers and the achievement test for the students were prepared by the researcher from the students' English text books according to the curriculum specifications and the past questions from the JSS NECO past questions. Six major hypotheses were generated for the study. All of them were based on the general effects of the three instructional approaches on the underachieving students' vocabulary achievement. The results were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance [ANCOVA]. The Duncan Multiple Range Test was used to confirm which pairs of the variables were significantly different. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in the overall achievement of the students taught using the three approaches. In other words, each of the experimental group performed significantly better than the control group. However, the findings indicated that the Multisensory Instructional Approach [MSIA] was the most potent of the three modes. It was recommended that English Language teachers should consider the interest of the underachievers by employing the Multisensory approach to teach them.
Regulating Student Created Websites: Free Speech in Cyberspace
Author: Glenn, William
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Web Sites,Freedom of Speech,Civil Rights,Electronic Publishing,Court Litigation,College Students,Information Dissemination,State Courts

This article examines the application of First Amendment principles to web sites that were created by students. Schools sometimes attempt to regulate the speech of students on such web sites by imposing disciplinary sanctions on the students who create the sites. The ability of schools to take such action depends on the interplay of a variety of factors, including the location at which web site was created (on or off campus), whether the web site was disseminated on campus, the extent to which the site caused disruption at the school, and the nature of the expression on the website. The article discusses the applicable case law and concludes with some practical guidelines that can be applied by school administrators who find that they are considering disciplinary action against students with regard to student created web sites.
Ruminations of a Former School Board Member
Author: Harris, Anthony
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Boards of Education,Personal Narratives,Public Education,Educational History,Board of Education Role,Board Administrator Relationship,Superintendents,Administrator Role

The author describes his initial introduction to school board service. The historical context in which the author became a school board member is described as a means of highlighting the challenges that he faced as a new board member as well as the challenges that public education faced in the early and mid 1980s in a southern state. Stories and anecdotes are presented that illustrate the importance of an excellent board-superintendent relationship. The duties and responsibilities of a school board are discussed with an emphasis on the line of demarcation between the duties of a board and those of a superintendent. Suggestions are also offered regarding strategies for eectively presiding at a board meeting, including handling executive sessions. Board member ethics are also discussed with examples.
A Study of Current and Desired State of Physics Education in Iranian Female Secondary Schools
Author: Liaghatdar, Mohammad J.
Date: 2012-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Science Instruction,Science Teachers,Physics,Teacher Competencies,Females,Secondary School Teachers,Women Faculty,Questionnaires,Statistical Analysis,Knowledge Base for Teaching,Teaching Skills,Technology Uses in Education,Teacher Attitudes,Educational Resources,Teacher Education,Foreign Countries,Student Motivation,Secondary School Science,Secondary School Students

This study has examined the characteristics of physics teachers, their professional competences, supplies of equipments and technologies, appropriate textbooks and motivational factors in students' learning of physics from female physics teacher's points of view. The population included all female physics teachers in Isfahan city and a total of 88 teachers were selected as sample of study. The study was a descriptive survey that used researcher made questionnaire consists of 46 items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for this scale was set to be 0.95. For data analysis, descriptive statistics, t-tests and ANOVA test were used. The results showed that in the present state, physics teachers have a low level of scientific knowledge. In terms of professional skills, their abilities were average and educational equipments and technologies were available at low level. Moreover the satisfaction of female physics teachers of books and educational texts was moderate. Meanwhile, the motivation for learning the lessons of physics was moderate. Also the results in desired state showed that all components of study could be effective in learning physics. Accordingly, it is recommended to enhance learning and teaching physics education, school should be equipped to supplies and technologies for teaching physics, including virtual laboratory.
Analysis of the Status Quo of Humanistic Quality-Oriented Education in Medical Colleges and Universities
Author: Liu, Shulei
Date: 2012-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Humanistic Education,Medical Education,Educational Quality,Medical Schools,Educational Change,Foreign Countries,Curriculum Design,Teaching Methods

With transformation of contemporary modern medical educational modes and improvement of requirement upon doctors' humanistic quality, it seems quite important to strengthen humanistic quality-oriented education in medical colleges and universities. Medical humanistic quality-oriented education in China started late, which determines that there are a lot of problems, so it is necessary to refer advanced experiences of foreign countries in terms of course design and teaching methods, etc. to reform medical humanistic quality-oriented education in China.
The School Leader as Bricoleur: Developing Scholarly Practitioners for Our Schools
Author: Jenlick, Patrick M.
Date: 2006-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Administrator Role,Instructional Leadership,Leadership Responsibility,Inquiry,Epistemology,Power Structure,Leadership Training

Bricoleur, as presented herein, is used metaphorically and in a postmodern or post-formal (Kinch- eloe &amp; Steinberg, 1999) sense to represent methods, practices and cultural materials that the scholar-practitioner uses as she/he interacts in the complex web of relationships among knowledge, inquiry, practice, and learning. The purpose of this discussion is to critically examine the role of the school leader within the multiple contexts of the school. Specifically, I offer an examination of the school leader as a scholarly practitioner who must draw upon a wide range of scholarly methods, practices, and knowledges necessary to working within and across the political, cultural, economic, and social dynamics of the school and society.
Effects of Cooperative Learning on Students at An Giang University in Vietnam
Author: Tran, Van Dat
Date: 2012-02-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Cooperative Learning,College Students,Academic Achievement,Knowledge Level,Retention (Psychology),Control Groups,Experimental Groups,Comparative Analysis,Achievement Gains,Student Improvement,Learning Processes,College Mathematics,Outcomes of Education,Pretests Posttests,Multivariate Analysis,Statistical Analysis

This study investigates the effects of jigsaw cooperative learning on the achievement and knowledge retention of 80 final-year Vietnamese mathematics students, as well as reporting their attitudes toward this form of learning. These tertiary students were divided into two matched groups of 40 to be taught by the same lecturer. In the experimental group, jigsaw learning was employed, while in the control group, lecture-based teaching was used over the six weeks of instruction. The results showed that students in the experimental group, who perceived their instruction as more cooperative and more student-centered, had significantly greater improvement on both achievement and retention measures than did the students in the control group. A survey revealed favorable responses toward jigsaw learning. The major findings of this study support the effectiveness of jigsaw learning for students in Vietnamese higher education institutions.
The Impact of Physical Activity and Obesity on Academic Achievement among Elementary Students
Author: Byrd, Jimmy
Date: 2007-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activity Level,Obesity,Correlation,Academic Achievement,Elementary School Students,Grade 3,Body Composition,Reading Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Health Promotion,Child Health,Student Characteristics,Family Characteristics,Scores,Racial Differences,Gender Differences,Poverty,Recess Breaks,Longitudinal Studies

This study compared the effect of physical activity and obesity on academic achievement and was based on the premise that the health of a child has an effect on his or her ability to learn and to achieve academically. Specifically, health-related topics of inactivity and obesity were considered. The participants included 12,607 third grade children entering kindergarten for the first time during the 1998-99 school year. The data were obtained from the National Center for Educational Statistics' Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (Third Grade), which is a national representative sample of students entering Kindergarten in 1998-99 with the latest wave of individual student, parent, teacher, administrator and school data collected on these same students in third grade. Third grade is a crucial year in elementary school as high stakes exams begin in third grade in most states. The results indicated that the Body Mass Index (BMI) of students, as well as the opportunity for physical activity within the school day affected the students' performance in both reading and mathematics achievement. The implications for school and district leaders are discussed with direction for future research presented.
A Review on the Models of Organizational Effectiveness: A Look at Cameron's Model in Higher Education
Author: Ashraf, Giti
Date: 2012-04-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Models,Organizational Effectiveness,Higher Education,Foreign Countries,Systems Approach,Goal Orientation

Organizational effectiveness is the main concern of all higher education institutes. Over the years there have been many different models of effectiveness along with the criteria for measuring organizational effectiveness. In this paper, four main models of organizational effectiveness namely the goal approach, the system resource approach, the process approach and the strategic constituency approach are reviewed. Moreover, this paper introduces several models of organizational effectiveness in higher education. Then, a brief review is made on some empirical studies that used the Cameron's (1978) model of organizational effectiveness. In the end, the paper suggests that Cameron's (1978) model seems the most appropriate for studying organizational effectiveness in higher education.