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How Do School Leaders Navigate Ict Educational Reform? Policy Learning Narratives From A Singapore Context, Vicente C. Reyes Jr
How Do School Leaders Navigate Ict Educational Reform? Policy Learning Narratives From A Singapore Context, Vicente C. Reyes Jr
Dr. Vicente C Reyes Jr
The purpose of this research inquiry focuses on how school leaders ‘make sense’ of educational reform in their local contexts. In order to do this, an exploratory qualitative case study of two schools that took part in policy reform initiatives directed at ubiquitous use of information communication and technology (ICT) in the Singapore city–state context is undertaken. Using focus group discussions (FGDs), interviews and observations this inquiry investigates and builds emerging explanations to sense-making experiences of actors in the midst of reforms. Using Bruner’s narrative analysis, findings from this inquiry provide a picture of how school leaders cope in periods …
Women Leadership K - 12 Public Education: One Woman’S Experienced Perspective, Randolph B. Muhammad
Women Leadership K - 12 Public Education: One Woman’S Experienced Perspective, Randolph B. Muhammad
Randolph B Muhammad
This essay, Women leadership K - 12 Public Education; one woman’s experienced perspective, is the outcome of an interview, is a continuum of leadership theory and its application in relation to cultural differences with respect to how society envisions, defines leaders. One component of leadership today that is routinely discussed is a leader’s ability to be “transformational.” I opine that transformational in this context is a leaders ability to capitalize on differences associated with a multi-cultural society effecting societal change and ensuring social justice (education is a mechanism of social justice) for all. Northouse (2010) in the opening chapter of …
Could The Girls Be Counseled?, Christy L. Spurlock
Could The Girls Be Counseled?, Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
Females attending Western in the late 1950s and 1960s had a much different dress code and residence hall rules than their male counterparts.
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Christy L. Spurlock
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
Constatine Samuel Rafinesque began his tenure at Transylvania in 1819. His career at Transylvania lasted seven years, from 1819-1826. He has become a sort of patron saint for Transylvania.
Interview Sue Williams Spurlock. Collegiate Oral Hisory Interview., Christy L. Spurlock
Interview Sue Williams Spurlock. Collegiate Oral Hisory Interview., Christy L. Spurlock
Christy L Spurlock
Interview with Sue Williams Spurlock about her college experience at Western in the late 1950s early 1960s