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Implications Of Collaboration In Education, Stephanie Laymon Med Jan 2010

Implications Of Collaboration In Education, Stephanie Laymon Med

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

There are many examples of collaboration in education. Superintendents must collaborate with department heads, principals, teacher associations, and state agencies. Principals must collaborate with teachers, parents, student organizations, and local agencies. Teacher educators must collaborate within the University as well as with local education agencies and pre-service teachers. Special educators must collaborate with parents, agencies, regular education teachers, school psychologists, etc. While these examples in no way encompass the myriad forms of collaboration necessary in education, they bring clarity to the fact that no level of education is immune to collaboration.

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Impact Of Variations In Distributed Leadership Frameworks On Implementing A Professional Development Initiative, Jeffrey Pedersen, Stuart Yager, Robert Yager Jan 2010

Impact Of Variations In Distributed Leadership Frameworks On Implementing A Professional Development Initiative, Jeffrey Pedersen, Stuart Yager, Robert Yager

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Educators, principals, and teachers alike, are being challenged with higher demands and requirements in preparing our future generations for the 21st century. Professional development for teachers is a key focus in school transformation efforts. School transformation in today’s educational system is dependent, in part, by how well teachers work together with their principal and colleagues (Louis, Leithwood, Wahlstrom, & Anderson, 2010). Recent research has focused on the role of the school principal and other site-based leaders in the implementation of professional development initiatives (Pedersen, Yager, & Yager, 2010). Principals play a key role in supporting and encouraging teachers’ professional development …

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School Accreditation: An Opportunity For Administrator Professional Development, Trudy Salsberry, Annie Diederich Jan 2010

School Accreditation: An Opportunity For Administrator Professional Development, Trudy Salsberry, Annie Diederich

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

School accreditation is generally viewed as a means of assuring quality in terms of programs, personnel, services, and operations. Accreditation in P-12 schools is generally conducted by state agencies and/or non-profit organizations. One prominent non-profit organization, Advanced, is now “involved with 23,000 public and private schools and districts in 30 states and 65 countries and serving nearly 15 million students. This organization is generally considered one of the world’s largest educational communities and the recent creation of Advanced is the beginning of a new journey in the century-long histories of the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement …

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Teacher Factors In The Implementation Of Universal Basic Education Programme In Junior Secondary Schools In The South Senatorial District Of Delta State, Nigeria, E.D. Nakpodia Jan 2010

Teacher Factors In The Implementation Of Universal Basic Education Programme In Junior Secondary Schools In The South Senatorial District Of Delta State, Nigeria, E.D. Nakpodia

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The idea of universal Education was first mooted in 1955 when the universal primary education scheme was inaugurated by the government of Western Nigeria. The Eastern Nigeria government launched its own universal primary education in 1957. In Northern Nigeria, education was provided free by government in a bid to make children attend school (Adeyemi, 2007). Thus, at its onset, the universal primary education scheme had been undertaken by regional government. There was no Federal Government intervention until 1976 when the universal primary education (UPE) was launched to cover the whole country.

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The Garage Of The Ivory Tower: The Importance Of The 21st Century Education Doctorate, Joshua Barnett, David Carlson Jan 2010

The Garage Of The Ivory Tower: The Importance Of The 21st Century Education Doctorate, Joshua Barnett, David Carlson

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Making decisions about how to prepare students and teachers for the 21st century is a complex endeavor, and preparing the leaders of America’s schools – those responsible for leading the some 15,000 school districts, three million public education teachers, and 50 million public education students – is perhaps most complex of all. Educational administrators, like teachers, juggle competing interests and negotiate with multiple stakeholders simultaneously. Generating sustained school change often necessitates implementing policies that are rarely able to account for the varied and potentially competing issues that are situated locally. Therefore, preparing school leaders means providing them with the necessary …

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Fostering Equity & Diversity In Faculty Recruitment, Janet Fleetwood, Nancy Aebersold Jan 2010

Fostering Equity & Diversity In Faculty Recruitment, Janet Fleetwood, Nancy Aebersold

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Participating in a search for a new faculty member, whether as a search committee member, search committee chairperson, department chairperson, or dean, poses unique challenges for those in academics. Though we may be an expert in conducting rigorous research, a prolific writer, or a gifted “sage on the stage” in the classroom, few of us are also experts in academic recruiting. All too frequently we bumble through the search process, hoping fervently that the person we ultimately hire – the person who will likely be our colleague for decades – is someone who will turn out to be a serious …

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Performance-Reward Based For Teachers: Implications For Educational Outcomes In Nigerian Secondary Schools, Samuel Oyebolu, K.O. Muraina Jan 2010

Performance-Reward Based For Teachers: Implications For Educational Outcomes In Nigerian Secondary Schools, Samuel Oyebolu, K.O. Muraina

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Performance-related pay for teachers is being introduced in many countries, amidst much controversy and opposition from teachers and unions alike (Denver, 2006; and Houston, 2006). The rationale for these programmes is the notion that incentive pay may motivate teachers to improve their performance. For example, in early December 2000, the Israeli Ministry of Education unveiled a new teachers’ bonus experiment in forty-nine Israeli high schools. The main feature of the programme was an individual performance bonus paid to teachers on the basis of their own students’ achievements. The experiment included all English, Hebrew, Arabic, and Mathematics teachers who taught classes …

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Perceived Efficacy Of Marriage Counseling In Tertiary Institutions: A Case Study Of Tai Solarin University Of Education, Ijebu Ode, J.T.B. Oluwatimilehin Jan 2010

Perceived Efficacy Of Marriage Counseling In Tertiary Institutions: A Case Study Of Tai Solarin University Of Education, Ijebu Ode, J.T.B. Oluwatimilehin

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

It has long been recognized that the major causes of difficulties of students are anxieties and psychological stresses (Adeyemo, 2000; Owuamanam, 2000; and Akinleye, 2003). According to Adeyemo (2000), concern over studies, unusual physical complaint and difficulties with interpersonal relationship have often led to successful or attempted suicide among students. Students in Nigeria tertiary institutions have a great need for guidance and counseling. This assertion is largely informed by the cultural conflict between the Western and African values whereby students are engaged in developing both occupational and social identities. This seems to support the view of Owuamanam (2000)who reported that …

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What Are You Afraid Of?, Rebecca Minton, Linnea Christine Kennedy, Chapman University, Candy Rodriguez, Rachael Bridgens, Chelsey Coleman, Krista Xvx, Leticia Dessire Mayorga, Stephanie Bovis, Lorene Spiller Gambill Jan 2010

What Are You Afraid Of?, Rebecca Minton, Linnea Christine Kennedy, Chapman University, Candy Rodriguez, Rachael Bridgens, Chelsey Coleman, Krista Xvx, Leticia Dessire Mayorga, Stephanie Bovis, Lorene Spiller Gambill

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

Writings and art about self-care, the judicial system, Adrienne Rich, the portrayal of women in advertising, Andrea Dowrkin, sex roles and pornography, rape culture, Rita Gross, human trafficking, welfare, contraception, Margaret Sanger, The Vagina Monologues, Guerilla Girls, feminism and religion, Sandra Harding, tenure at Chapman based on gender, and Delores Huerta.

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Ua1c11/20 Lavinia Hunter Photo Collection, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua1c11/20 Lavinia Hunter Photo Collection, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Photograph collection compiled by Lavinia Hunter during her time working at the Training School. Consists mainly of student portraits of first graders. Also included are some classroom photos and other teachers.

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Ua100/2/5 Training School & College High Publications, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua100/2/5 Training School & College High Publications, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Publications created by and about the Training School and College High. Includes catalogs, schedules and student newspapers.

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Ua100/2/2 Training School & College High Departments, Wku Archives Jan 2010

Ua100/2/2 Training School & College High Departments, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about Training School / College High departments which inlude Athletics, Classes, English, Library, Music and Theatre.

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A Self-Study Of Virtual Teaching: Making The Leap From Distance Face-To-Face To Wimba Technology, Susan A. Turner Jan 2010

A Self-Study Of Virtual Teaching: Making The Leap From Distance Face-To-Face To Wimba Technology, Susan A. Turner

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

How do I best make the shift from teaching a graduate course currently using distance face-to-face technology to WIMBA technology?

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A Grounded Theory Of New Aboriginal Teachers’ Perceptions: The Cultural Attributions Of Medicine Wheel Teachings, Lorenzo Cherubini, Ewelina Niemczyk, John Hudson, Sarah Mcgean Jan 2010

A Grounded Theory Of New Aboriginal Teachers’ Perceptions: The Cultural Attributions Of Medicine Wheel Teachings, Lorenzo Cherubini, Ewelina Niemczyk, John Hudson, Sarah Mcgean

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

The stress and anxiety of new teachers is a pervasive problem that impacts upon teacher preparation and retention. Although new mainstream teacher concerns and experiences have been readily discussed in the literature, the same attention has not been invested for new Aboriginal teachers. In Ontario, Canada, in excess of 60% of the Aboriginal population live off-reserve and reside in urban communities. Well over 50,000 Aboriginal students attend publicly funded kindergarten to Grade 12 schools that are governed by the Ontario Ministry of Education. There is a growing socio-political awareness that Aboriginal epistemologies are distinct from colonial paradigms, and that Aboriginal …

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A Vision For Acms, James Bradley Jan 2010

A Vision For Acms, James Bradley

ACMS Journal 2010-2011

This paper presents a vision for the mission of the ACMS. It considers some plausible connections between mathematics and theology as well as some big questions that Christian mathematicians might fruitfully explore. It examines the current cultural norms of the mathematics guild, why these are problematic for Christians, and some possible ways the ACMS might respond.

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The Relationship Between Core-Plus Mathematics Project And Student Achievement, Karen Renee Treadway-Harvel Jan 2010

The Relationship Between Core-Plus Mathematics Project And Student Achievement, Karen Renee Treadway-Harvel

Wayne State University Dissertations

The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) study revealed that test scores from high school students were below average in mathematics and science. Studies show that part of it stem from the traditional methods of teaching rather than the standards-based teaching. According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act, students should receive a rigorous and relevant curriculum. The High School Content Expectations (HSCE) is a set of objectives that meet this criteria but the current curriculum still uses traditionally-based curriculum. More than 80% of textbooks located in schools today are traditionally-based. Moreover, teachers who are teaching have been …

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Athletes’ Perceptions Of Coaches’ Emotional Intelligence Competencies, Terry G. Elliott, Jennifer L. Vansickle, Heidi Hancher-Rauch Jan 2010

Athletes’ Perceptions Of Coaches’ Emotional Intelligence Competencies, Terry G. Elliott, Jennifer L. Vansickle, Heidi Hancher-Rauch

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

This study compared intercollegiate athletic coaches’ self-perceptions to the perceptions of their players concerning a coach’s emotional intelligence. Sixteen coaches and 223 players from two Division I softball conferences completed the Emotional Competence Inventory-2 (Boyaztis, Goleman, & Hay/McBer, 2001). Mean analysis revealed that coaches rated themselves higher on 14 of the 18 emotional intelligence competencies and on all four emotional intelligence clusters. Coaches rated themselves highest in Social Awareness (Error! Bookmark not defined.x¯ =4.27/5) while their athletes rated them highest in Self Awareness (Error! Bookmark not defined.x¯ =3.63/5). Meanwhile, athletes gave coaches their lowest rating in Relationship Management (Error! Bookmark …

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Presenting The Servant Leadership Model As A Panacea To Bad Leadership In Tertiary Education In West Africa, John Ekundayo Jan 2010

Presenting The Servant Leadership Model As A Panacea To Bad Leadership In Tertiary Education In West Africa, John Ekundayo

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Tertiary education in West Africa presently is fading in value compared with the last two or three decades when graduates of universities in Nigeria and Ghana were highly rated by world ranked institutions in Europe and North America. In many West African tertiary institutions there are chronic and critical challenges impeding quality delivery of education to the citizens. Some of these lead to avoidable wastes in time, financial and human resources. In Nigeria for instance, there are many cases of students’ unrest leading to wanton and unwarranted destruction of properties and sometimes human lives. In addition, lecturers and non-academic employees …

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Rebranding Nigeria Through Educational Process For A Better Future: A Call For Policy Review And Development For Creating Standards In Business Education, Kayode Bolarinwa, Lukman Adeola, Sunday Ojetunde Jan 2010

Rebranding Nigeria Through Educational Process For A Better Future: A Call For Policy Review And Development For Creating Standards In Business Education, Kayode Bolarinwa, Lukman Adeola, Sunday Ojetunde

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Business education is vital for success in virtually every career. All citizens must apply business skills and concepts to meet the challenges of a changing society and workplace (Smith, 2006). Business instruction is organized to prepare individuals for occupations in administrative office systems, accounting and finance, management, and computer information systems. It is the enterprise of education directed at the study and research of the field of business. It includes secondary education and higher education or university education, with the greatest activity in the latter. It is often or almost always oriented toward preparing students for the practice of an …

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Reclaiming Moral Development Through A Course Development Rubric, Timothy Daughterty, Lisa Johnson Jan 2010

Reclaiming Moral Development Through A Course Development Rubric, Timothy Daughterty, Lisa Johnson

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Moral development (growth in personal and social responsibility) was originally a primary goal of higher education in the United States and continues to be cited in many college catalogs, but few institutions currently make a commitment to intentionally addressing personal and social responsibility through the core experiences of their students (Hersh & Schneider, 2005). The processes of specialization and fragmentation, along with the pursuit of value-free inquiry, have led institutions to retreat from investing in moral development as a component of robust liberal education (McNeel,1994). As “colleges and universities are increasingly under pressure to offer educational programs of immediate economic …

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Relationship Between Principals And Teachers’ Perceptions Of Principals’ Performance Of Staff Development And Students Personnel In Secondary Schools, Delta Central Senatorial District, Nigeria, E.D. Nakpodia Jan 2010

Relationship Between Principals And Teachers’ Perceptions Of Principals’ Performance Of Staff Development And Students Personnel In Secondary Schools, Delta Central Senatorial District, Nigeria, E.D. Nakpodia

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The success of any organisation solely depends upon the quality and efficiency of its staff personnel , who perform the functions necessary for the fulfilment of stated goals and objectives. These assumptions is as applicable to the school system as it is to any organisation involving human efforts. The extent to which the quality of education succeeds will depend strictly upon the quality of the personnel engaged in the educational process, and upon the effectiveness with which they carry out individual and group responsibilities. (Nakpodia, 2006)

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Tao And The Lost Art Of Leadership, Scott Paynton Jan 2010

Tao And The Lost Art Of Leadership, Scott Paynton

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

I often tell people that I am literally a lifetime student of academic leadership. I grew up watching my father navigate his career in the academy as a professor of Sociology, including serving as Department Chair. Much to his pleasure I followed suit, pursuing a fun and challenging career as a professor of Communication in the same state university system. Over the course of my journey in academe, I’ve observed, and participated in, almost every level of academic leadership. From serving as chair of too many committees to remember, Department Chair, Vice-President of the Academic Senate, University Ombudsperson, and now …

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Strategizing For Economic Rehabilitation And Self-Reliance In Nigeria: The Need For Indigenous Technology, Jacobson Nbina, B. Viko Jan 2010

Strategizing For Economic Rehabilitation And Self-Reliance In Nigeria: The Need For Indigenous Technology, Jacobson Nbina, B. Viko

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Technology may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques and processes involved in the making, using and maintaining these gadgets in producing goods and services for man’s consumption. It is technology viewed thus, that accounts for the speed of delivery, the quantity and quality and other attributes of goods and services which a modern society enjoys. Indigenous technology means technology as defined above with the additional condition that it is developed by an indigenous people (in this case Nigerians) through a process that would …

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Teacher Education In Nigeria: Past, Present And Future Challenges., Israel Osokoya Jan 2010

Teacher Education In Nigeria: Past, Present And Future Challenges., Israel Osokoya

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The history of western education in Nigeria was intimately bound up with the history of western education in Europe. During and after the Dark Ages in Europe, the church dominated the business of education and this had a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of people not only in Europe and America but also in the British colonial territories of Asia and Africa. Historically, the British imperial ambition and effective occupation of Nigeria dated back to the second half of the 19th century even though some Europeans including British traders had assumed trading activities with the people in the coastal …

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Teachers’ Qualification On Instructional Objectives Preference And Performance., Chinelo Duze Jan 2010

Teachers’ Qualification On Instructional Objectives Preference And Performance., Chinelo Duze

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

This study involved teachers who participated in a short in-service training course in Data Management and Processing organized for science teachers by a private computer training school in Anambra State of Nigeria during one of the long vacations. The programme was designed to upgrade and update participants’ knowledge, skills, and competence in Data Management and Processing, thereby enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency as teachers and administrators in managing school data and statistics for educational policy and programme implementation. Set objectives were expected to be accomplished at the end of the programme. To achieve this, the various units to be studied, …

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Technological Innovations And In The Banking Sector: An Evaluation Of The Rate Of Diffusion Of The Automated Teller Machine, Igwe Chinedu Jan 2010

Technological Innovations And In The Banking Sector: An Evaluation Of The Rate Of Diffusion Of The Automated Teller Machine, Igwe Chinedu

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The internet widely regarded as the third wave of revolution, (after the industrial revolution and the agricultural revolution) heralds the age of electronic revolution and is fast becoming the central nervous system of a universal consumer marketplace and an essential means of conducting and coordinating business activities. For the banking sector, the internet marks the transition from the brick and mortar stage of banking to the branchless stage. In a word, Information Technology (IT) has moderated the constraints of time, space, and information access in world trade and commerce as a whole. The growing popularity of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) …

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The Influence Of Instruction On Leadership, Courtney Gehret Jan 2010

The Influence Of Instruction On Leadership, Courtney Gehret

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

For decades, researchers have been studying leadership and have found it to be very difficult to fully understand. A basic knowledge of leadership is available, but the details are hard to specify. These details include the complexity of the construct of leadership (Bass & Stogdill, 1990), the difficulty of forming a single definition or theoretical perspective from many possible options (Edmunds & Yewchuk, 1996; Simonton, 1995), and the lack of valid and reliable measures of leadership ability (Edmunds, 1998; Jarosewich, Pfeiffer, & Morris, 2002). All of these issues make researching leadership difficult because it is hard to gain new knowledge …

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The Language Policy And Practice Of Tanzania And Singapore: What Lessons For Nigeria, Africa., Olufunson Fasanami Jan 2010

The Language Policy And Practice Of Tanzania And Singapore: What Lessons For Nigeria, Africa., Olufunson Fasanami

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

Language makes a people. If a language is lost, the identity of the race is lost. Language is a universal concept and there is no society in the world where language is not used for communication. Many linguists have defined language as a means of communicating, ideas, thoughts, emotions and information, among others. The human race is imbued with the gift of verbal language, apparently, intelligible language for communication. There are other types of communication like the signs, symbols, gesticulations, braille for the blind and other non verbal communication media.

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The Origin, Notions, Extent And Outcome Of Bilingualism: Implication For Effective Teaching And Learning Of English Language In Nigerian Junior Secondary Schools, Ruth Adebile Jan 2010

The Origin, Notions, Extent And Outcome Of Bilingualism: Implication For Effective Teaching And Learning Of English Language In Nigerian Junior Secondary Schools, Ruth Adebile

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The meaning and definition of bilingualism varies tremendously from one situation to the other. The Webster Dictionary (1961) defines bilingualism as having or using two languages especially as spoken with the frequency characteristics of a native speaker; a person using two languages especially habitually and with control like that of a native speaker.

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The Meaning Of Scientific Literacy: A Model Of Relevance In Science Education, Jacobson Nbina, B.J. Obomanu Jan 2010

The Meaning Of Scientific Literacy: A Model Of Relevance In Science Education, Jacobson Nbina, B.J. Obomanu

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The term ‘scientific literacy’ has been used in the literature for more than four decades (Gallagher & Harsch, 1997), although not always with the same meaning (Bybee, 1997). It is a simple term and its major advantage is that it sums up, at the school level, the intentions of science education. The term scientific literacy avoids the use of distracting detail and, as such, convincingly portrays a complex idea which intuitively appears to be correct (Baumert, 1997). Baumert recognises that the core of the idea behind scientific literacy lies in its analogy with literacy.

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