September 2011

Teacher-status and commitment to duty: leadership implication for Nigerian education

Over the years, the status ascribed to the teacher is tenaciously associated with the nature of the teaching profession which can be said to have been warbling when compared with the earlier and more settled professions such as medicine, law and engineering. The picture of the status of the teacher can be figured out from the following questions:  How do people feel generally when the term teaching is mentioned and...

Author(s): A.C Njoku

September 2011

Professional preparation for school leaders in developing context: The case of Solomon Islands

The aim of the present study was to explore the perceptions of the Solomon Island school leaders on the value of the leadership training and development programme which they completed. A qualitative research design was employed for the study. Interviews were conducted with the participants who attended the leadership training and development programme to gather data needed for the study. Analysis of the data showed that...

Author(s): Govinda Ishwar Lingam

September 2011

Relation between organizational image and organizational trust in educational organizations

The aim of the research is to determine the relation between organizational image and organizational trust in public primary schools depending on views of teachers, students and parents. The universe of this relational screening model descriptive research consists of teachers, students and parents in Izmit District of Kocaeli. The participants consist of 232 teachers and 247 8th class students and their parents in 8...

Author(s): Soner Polat and TuÄŸba Hezer