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- Title
- COMPARISON OF PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATORS AND CITIZENS ON SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
- Creator
- HARPER, ROBERT JEROME., Florida Atlantic University, Rothberg, Robert A., MacKenzie, Donald G.
- Abstract/Description
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This study investigated the perceptions of administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators in three counties in Central Florida on selected current issues in public education. The research also compared the perceptions from the sample groups in three differing counties. Members of each of the groups, administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators were to express their opinion to sixty selected statements on twelve current issues in public education. The groups were asked...
Show moreThis study investigated the perceptions of administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators in three counties in Central Florida on selected current issues in public education. The research also compared the perceptions from the sample groups in three differing counties. Members of each of the groups, administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators were to express their opinion to sixty selected statements on twelve current issues in public education. The groups were asked to rank the issues and grade the public schools in their community. The survey questionnaire was administered to 1,262 participants, selected randomly from the three counties. One hundred and seven administrators, 116 citizens representing lay advisory councils, 1,022 teachers, and 17 teacher educators responded to the survey. The questionnaire contained sixty statements on the following current issues in public education: discipline, administrative leadership in the schools, teacher salaries, paperwork for educators, teacher evaluation, "back to basics" movement, financing public education, class size, schools being the cure-all for societal problems, stress and burnout, staff development and inservice for educators, and interest of parents, students, and teachers in public schools. Using a Likert scale of "strongly agree", "agree", "undecided", "disagree", and "strongly disagree", respondents indicated their perception of the statements about the issues. The chi square test of independence was the statistical method used to determine significant differences in the study population. Conclusions drawn from the survey indicated significant differences of perceptions by administrators, citizens, teachers, and teacher educators on forty-nine of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Significant differences occurred between Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties on fifteen of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Administrators, citizens, and teachers by level of position (elementary, middle/junior, high school, and district) responded with significant differences on forty-seven of the sixty statements on selected current issues in public education. Differences were indicated in ranking the most important issues by the groups. The groups graded the schools between a B or "good" and C or "average" on the quality of education.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11802
- Subject Headings
- Education--Aims and objectives
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A study of the Perceptions of Public School District Superintendents in the State of Florida Regarding Recommendations for Education Reform.
- Creator
- Samuelson, Melody M., MacKenzie, Donald G., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to determine through statistical analysis of a survey instrument the extent to which the 67 public school district superintendents in the state of Florida perceive the major areas of educational reform as falling into the same categories as does David T. Kearns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation, author of "An Education Recovery Plan for America" in Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive. Factor analysis was...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine through statistical analysis of a survey instrument the extent to which the 67 public school district superintendents in the state of Florida perceive the major areas of educational reform as falling into the same categories as does David T. Kearns, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Corporation, author of "An Education Recovery Plan for America" in Winning the Brain Race: A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competitive. Factor analysis was used to group the 36 specific recommendations into their "natural" groupings as perceived by the responding superintendents. This technique revealed that the natural psychological groupings in the eyes of the respondents were not the same as Kearns asserted. The study shows that the reform hierarchy, based on the perceptions of the superintendents, is actually three layers deep with Kearns' six categories being broken down into a bottom tier of 14 discrete areas.
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- 1990
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000692
- Subject Headings
- Public schools--Florida--Evaluation, Education--Aims and objectives--Florida, Educational change
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Introductory discourse delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at their fifth anniversary meeting, in Boston, August 1834.
- Creator
- Cushing, Caleb 1800-1879, Tuttle and Weeks
- Abstract/Description
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Concerning "the true uses of Instruction. How much and how little of good or of evil does Education accomplish?" Page [40] blank. Appendix, page [31]-39, contains extracts from debates in the British Parliament on the subject of a system of national education. The title recorded in Checklist Amer. Imprints reads, "August 1823," presumably a typographical error. FAU copy edges trimmed to 21 cm.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb11f23
- Subject Headings
- Education -- Aims and objectives, Education and crime, Public schools, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, American Institute of Instruction
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Improving School Performance: Leader Autonomy and Entrepreneurial Orientation.
- Creator
- Feit, Keith G., Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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In a growingly complex and ambiguous world it is thought that flexible, change-oriented leadership that encourages a culture that is risk taking, innovative, and proactive is necessary to survive and prosper. The extant literature offers entrepreneurial leadership as having a positive impact in such environments in business settings. Schools, which are not exempt from complex and ambiguous environments, might also benefit from this new type of leadership. Hence, this study expands the study...
Show moreIn a growingly complex and ambiguous world it is thought that flexible, change-oriented leadership that encourages a culture that is risk taking, innovative, and proactive is necessary to survive and prosper. The extant literature offers entrepreneurial leadership as having a positive impact in such environments in business settings. Schools, which are not exempt from complex and ambiguous environments, might also benefit from this new type of leadership. Hence, this study expands the study of entrepreneurial leadership to the education profession, examining the relationship between principal autonomy, a principal’s entrepreneurial orientation, school culture, and school performance. This study, supported by findings of numerous educational leadership studies, posits that a significant positive indirect relationship exists between a principal’s entrepreneurial orientation and school performance, with school culture as a mediating variable. It is proposed that a greater disposition to proactive and risky behaviors in pursuit of innovation will correlate with greater cultural innovativeness, leading to higher levels of school performance. The contribution this study makes is both theoretical and practical. Theoretically, it adds a new dimension to the educational leadership literature by investigating the potential effectiveness of entrepreneurial leadership in improving teaching and learning in American schools, and the impact of risk taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness as individual distinct determinants of school performance. Practically, the study could identify new dispositions valuable to principals in efforts to improve their school’s performance. The study uses a nonexperimental, quantitative research design to explore these relationships, using correlational and regression analyses.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004589, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004589
- Subject Headings
- Educational leadership., Educational innovations., Entrepreneurship., Education--Aims and objectives., Education and globalization., Academic achievement., School improvement programs.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effect of a student achievement curriculum on grade 9 completion rate and student engagement.
- Creator
- Renda, Melissa Rose, Brigman, Greg, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of the current outcome study was to investigate the difference in grade 9 completion rate and student engagement between grade 9 students in the treatment group who received the Student Success Sills (SSS) classroom program (Brigman & Webb, 2010) and grade 9 students in the comparison group who did not receive the SSS classroom program. The sample consisted of grade 9 students enrolled in Intensive Reading classes, a required course for all high school students in the state of...
Show moreThe purpose of the current outcome study was to investigate the difference in grade 9 completion rate and student engagement between grade 9 students in the treatment group who received the Student Success Sills (SSS) classroom program (Brigman & Webb, 2010) and grade 9 students in the comparison group who did not receive the SSS classroom program. The sample consisted of grade 9 students enrolled in Intensive Reading classes, a required course for all high school students in the state of Florida who are below reading proficiency. School A served as the treatment group (n=98) and School B served as the comparison group (n=99). Certified school counselors in the treatment group implemented five, 45 minute SSS lessons and three booster lessons after being trained in the manualized use of the program and other related study procedures. A quasi-experimental pretest posttest research design was employed to examine the impact of the SSS classroom program on grade 9 completion rate and student engagement. The unit of analysis was individual grade 9 students. Grade 9 completion rate was measured by academic credits. Student engagement was measured by attendance rate and the Student Engagement in School Success Skills (SESSS) instrument.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004322, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004322
- Subject Headings
- Achievement in education, Counseling in middle school education, Curriculum planning, Education -- Aims and objectives, Educational counseling, Educational evaluation, Motivation in education
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The relationship between school climate and school performance in Miami-Dade County's schools of choice.
- Creator
- McLean, Dyona V., Florida Atlantic University, Pisapia, John
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of the study was to determine whether a relationship exists between school climate and school performance in Miami Dade County's schools of choice. More specifically, the study sought to determine: (a) the climate in Miami Dade County's magnet programs/schools of choice; (b) whether high performing (A/B) magnet programs schools have a different climate than low performing (D/F) magnet programs/schools of choice; (c) if the relationship between school climate and school performance...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to determine whether a relationship exists between school climate and school performance in Miami Dade County's schools of choice. More specifically, the study sought to determine: (a) the climate in Miami Dade County's magnet programs/schools of choice; (b) whether high performing (A/B) magnet programs schools have a different climate than low performing (D/F) magnet programs/schools of choice; (c) if the relationship between school climate and school performance is moderated by contextual factors; and (d) if a model can be developed to predict school performance using the variables in the study. Archival data was retrieved from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) website to determine school performance and from Miami Dade County Public Schools' (MDCPS') website, District Profiles and Statistical Abstracts from 1998-1999 to 2003-2004 to determine school climate. The MDCPS' data is based on survey responses from The School Climate Survey that is administered annually to 100 parents, staff and students in all 356 K-12 schools. Four questions guided the research and nine related hypotheses aligned to specific questions were analyzed and presented. The school was the unit of study. The results from School Climate Responses for 73 magnet programs/schools representing 12 percent of Miami Dade County Public Schools' 356 schools were analyzed. After determining a mean score for each selected item in the survey, the overall mean scores for each year was computed. The analysis employed a variety of procedures including Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), graphical analyses and Multiple Regression/Correlational Analyses. The study has implications for policy makers at the state and district level, principals, teachers and parents as they relate to reduction of school size and a trend towards schools-within-a school or theme schools. There are also issues that will inform future research and leadership development at the university level.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12210
- Subject Headings
- School management and organization--Florida--Miami-Dade County, School environment--Florida--Miami-Dade County, Education--Aims and objectives--Florida--Miami-Dade County, Educational leadership, School management and organization
- Format
- Document (PDF)
