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Tapala, Tshepo T.; Fuller, Molly; Mentz, Kobus – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
Departmental Heads (DH) has huge responsibilities of heading phases, departments, and teaching of subjects. At the same time, they need to focus on their leadership and management tasks as senior teachers. The predicament of being a teacher and leader-manager is exacerbated by more expectations from the principals and school management teams…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum
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Eresi Muzvondiwa; Anna Gudyanga – Cogent Education, 2024
The study focused on evaluating the preparedness of government high schools in the implantation of the competence based curriculum (CBC) in Gweru district, Zimbabwe. A case study research design was adopted and thematic analysis was used in analysing data. This study sample included three (3) school heads, thirty (30) teachers including the three…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, High Schools, Foreign Countries, Curriculum
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Russell, Jared; Hodge, Samuel R.; Frank, Anna Marie; Vaughn, Michelle – Quest, 2019
As our nation and society becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, college campuses are experiencing a dynamic shift in the student demographic on campus as well. Purposes of the study were to: (a) analyze the beliefs of kinesiology academic unit leaders (i.e., chairs, directors, heads) regarding faculty and student diversity within their…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Diversity (Institutional)
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Murray, Helen; Burney, Rachel; Stacey-Chapman, Andrew – Teaching History, 2013
Helen Murray, Rachel Burney and Andrew Stacey-Chapman show how they strengthened three goals of their practice--secure knowledge, narrative shapes and conceptual analysis--by securing strong connection between them. The curricular focus that drew all this together was "historical continuity", a property crucial to narrative, but often…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Thinking Skills, Teamwork, History Instruction
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Tondeur, Jo; Roblin, Natalie Pareja; van Braak, Johan; Fisser, Petra; Voogt, Joke – Educational Studies, 2013
The aim of this study was to explore the ways in which teacher education institutions (TEI) prepare pre-service teachers for integrating information and communication technology (ICT) in their classroom practise. Specifically, a multiple case study was conducted to examine the ways in which the development of technological pedagogical content…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Semi Structured Interviews, Coordinators, Administrator Attitudes
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Tulley, Michael A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
This study indicates that intent to achieve statewide uniformity of curriculum, to ensure selection of high-quality textbooks, and to control textbook costs is firmly grounded in data sources. Adoption processes of "state adoption" states are not monolithic, and insight into adoption processes may be gained from "open" states.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Contracts, Costs, Curriculum