Children are a country’s most valuable asset. Educating them and bringing them into society is on... more Children are a country’s most valuable asset. Educating them and bringing them into society is one of the most fundamental tasks of a nation. The disadvantageous position that individuals with a disability are exposed to shows the importance of the need for inclusive education for the quality of life. It is important to use the merits of digital transformation to provide services and education for all to support sustainability. This research aims to shine a light on the problems related to inclusive education faced in the special education schools and rehabilitation centers and put forward suggestions for digital transformation. As inclusive means inclusion, social interaction, access, and equality for education, the role of digital transformation is examined for the quality of inclusive education. Self-reflection is a qualitative form which was employed in the research involving school managers and teachers who were selected randomly from the Special Education Schools and Rehabilit...
With the rapid integration of technology into educational environments during the pandemic period... more With the rapid integration of technology into educational environments during the pandemic period, the teaching processes in classrooms and private education institutions began to be carried out with technology support. Game-based animation learning designs in technology-supported educational environments provide an interesting and motivation-enhancing learning experience in developing students’ education skills. In today’s educational environments, 2D and 3D animation game designs are the unique technology-supported learning environments in teaching many different skills, behaviors, and concepts to individuals with special needs. Visual designs and animations are one of the technologies necessary to prepare individuals with special needs for an independent life. The accessibility of animation designs for teachers and families has gained significant importance during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Technology education supports the visual, listening, reading, writing, social, and comm...
The COVID-19 pandemic threw the education system out of gear worldwide. This crisis calls for fun... more The COVID-19 pandemic threw the education system out of gear worldwide. This crisis calls for fundamental reforms and strategic planning to continue education. There are other factors, like pedagogy of care, adoption of emergency remote teaching methods, training of teachers, and assessment strategies. This paper examines teachers’ professional competencies working in secondary schools in the rural areas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The paper investigates how distance teaching and learning are adopted, problems encountered for the same, and modes of assessment used. Data was collected by adopting a qualitative survey design, using a holistic case design to understand qualitatively complex events from the participants’ perspectives. Data were obtained from 122 teachers working at schools in different regions of the TRNC (Nicosia, Kyrenia, Famagusta, İskele). The findings revealed that although the teachers found the distance education process exhausting, they found ICT...
Bu makale, iThenticate yazılımı ile taranmış ve intihal tespit edilmemiştir. Makale, çift taraflı... more Bu makale, iThenticate yazılımı ile taranmış ve intihal tespit edilmemiştir. Makale, çift taraflı kör hakemlik yöntemiyle en az iki hakem tarafından incelenmiştir. This article has been scanned with iThenticate software and no plagiarism detected. It has been examined by at least two referees using double sided blind refereeing method. Finansman Funding Yazarlar, bu çalışma için herhangi bir dış fon almadıklarını beyan eder. Authors declare that they get no any external funding for this study. Çıkar Çatışması Conflict of Interest Yazarlar bu çalışmayla ilintili herhangi bir çıkar çatışması bulunmadığını beyan eder. Authors declare that there is no any conflict of interest related to this study.
IInformation technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowl... more IInformation technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowledge for the development of people and institutions. In this respect, it is crucial to underline the significance of information technology in personal and institutional development. As information technology fosters the context of collaboration, schools have started to revamp their management practices due to these impacts. Especially, MOOCs plays a great role to improve cultural sharing, social presence as creating the manner of educational policy. In this respect, this research study evaluates the collaborative management of primary schools and their capacity in the use of information technology and MOOCs. This research study revealed that information technology fosters to use communication, interactions and exchanging knowledge in order to set mission and vision of the schools but they need to be improved through MOOCs to foster development and implementation in MOOCs.
Information technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowle... more Information technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowledge for the development of people and institutions. In this respect, it is crucial to underline the significance of information technology in personal and institutional development. As information technology fosters the context of collaboration, schools have started to revamp their management practices due to these impacts. Especially, MOOCs plays a great role to improve cultural sharing, social presence as creating the manner of educational policy. In this respect, this research study evaluates the collaborative management of primary schools and their capacity in the use of information technology and MOOCs. This research study revealed that information technology fosters to use communication, interactions and exchanging knowledge in order to set mission and vision of the schools but they need to be improved through MOOCs to foster development and implementation in MOOCs.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2017
Accessibility and equality in higher education for quality improvement become crucial research ch... more Accessibility and equality in higher education for quality improvement become crucial research challenge that need to be undertaken as part of the quality strategies and innovation in higher education. With the development of information technologies and its applications on higher education policy and strategies, diffusion of accessibility and equality to all learners comes across as the strategic quality movement in order to underline importance and nature of openness, access and equality into practice. Therefore, accessibility and equality are the quality indicators to set opportunities in learning with disabilities. This research has qualitative nature which the quality, accessibility, equality, technology, and management practices were examined upon semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was done to reveal the findings that the model can be significant to set barrier free education and future plans for accessibility, equality and management in higher education.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2017
The study examines the impact of being learning organisations in secondary schools culture in fos... more The study examines the impact of being learning organisations in secondary schools culture in fostering professional learning and development. The study sheds a light of qualities of learning organisations to catch change and innovation in digital age. The study has qualitative nature which 26 headmasters become part of the research process voluntarily. The self-reports were employed during the process and thematic analysis was done. Research findings are revealed that headmasters still keep working within the frame of traditional management approach however they reflected that approaching learning organisations is crucial in fostering professional learning. Approaching open leadership and management can be crucial in being learning organisation. In further studies, perceptions and experience of parents, teachers can be examined and experimental studies can be done in detail.
This study aims to investigate the effect of school administrators’ personal initiative behaviors... more This study aims to investigate the effect of school administrators’ personal initiative behaviors and their leadership styles on teacher motivation. In this study, designed with a quantitative research approach, the relational scanning model was used, and a model was created to test the effect of school administrators’ leadership styles and personal initiative behaviors on teacher motivation. In this context, the leadership styles of school administrators and their personal initiative behaviors were studied as independent variables, while teacher motivation was studied as a dependent variable. In the study, 406 teachers working in high schools in Manisa city center were selected using the purposeful sampling method. Pearson moment correlation techniques and multiple regression analysis techniques were used to determine whether there was a significant relationship between dependent and independent variables during the data analysis. According to the results obtained from the research...
This study aims to determine what had been done in distance learning applications to enable speci... more This study aims to determine what had been done in distance learning applications to enable special education students to continue their education during the Covid-19 epidemic period and how students and their families could benefit from these applications. The research was prepared using a qualitative method and semi-structured interview questions were used to collect the data. In the research ten special education teachers affiliated to MNE (Ministry of National Education), the sample group was analyzed by using content analysis method. The research results revealed that distance education and face to face education were not provided and family education is not given importance; special education teachers expressed both positive and negative opinions about distance education practices in primary education; there is not a sufficient distance education application for students with special needs and no IEP(Individual Education Program) applications in distance education for students...
Entrepreneurial attempts play a key role to make behaviors in a global connected context. In this... more Entrepreneurial attempts play a key role to make behaviors in a global connected context. In this attempt, it is crucial to manage diversities and extend the capacity of the understanding and knowledge on the sensitivity for making sustainable and smart societies. This research aims to evaluate the perceptions of members of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) on sensitivity training and sheds a light on description, content and benefits on sensitivity and its’ training in order to create mutual understanding from life experiences on different types of NGOs. As qualitative research was employed in this research, interview and word association methods were used as data collection methods. As the study group, 35 members of various NGOs participated the research and their reflections on sensitivity training as a managerial and organizational perspective were analyzed using interview and word association methods coding through content analysis. In this respect, for data analysis, compute...
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 2020
Accessibility, inclusiveness, diversity play a great role to promote smart society in terms of eq... more Accessibility, inclusiveness, diversity play a great role to promote smart society in terms of equality for every citizen. Todays' crises, is defined as pandemic times and therefore adaptions of education systems to make diversity and connectivity is essential. In this respect, challenges of adaptation to the relevant society tools and barriers of involving online learning were considered in this research study. This research study aims to evaluate the readiness to online learning and barriers of adaptation process in reaching out being smart society. Qualitative research was employed in this research and online interview forms were conducted to get data from 10 academicians and 5 head of departments as research participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. Research results revealed that academicians are aware of accessible services and applications to being smart university through online education tools for the quality but still there is much to do in applications. In addition, establishing strategies and policies for the smart university and services are intensified need for the learners in terms of managerial and instructional skills. Barriers in online learning and roles of instructors, managers were revealed.
Open and Equal Access for Learning in School Management, Jun 6, 2018
In transforming society and the new education system, there is significant need to know more abou... more In transforming society and the new education system, there is significant need to know more about new generation expectations and the characteristics in order to form future actions. This study aims to reveal the role of e-transformational leadership in intergenerational cooperation for the better school practice and culture. The literature pays attention on transformation in education however literature needs to put forward to expanding practical knowledge on entrepreneurship, cooperation and transformational leadership by concentrating on intergenerational learning and exchange of knowledge in school culture. The study has qualitative nature that self-reports of headmaster and teachers in school context provided qualitative data in order to discover emic perspective on e-transformational leadership and intergenerational cooperation. Thematic analysis was employed to reveal the perceptions and experiences of headmasters and teachers in respect to research focus. The findings showed that the situation of transformational leadership of headmasters, intergenerational cooperation on school culture and efficient use of information technology are key terms to be considered for the development of school culture.
One of the most important problems of our age is that human resources are not used effectively an... more One of the most important problems of our age is that human resources are not used effectively and efficiently due to the variety of languages. In this context, it is important to establish the human resources profile of the education sector which has the highest human resources in the public sector and to investigate whether this resource is used efficiently and effectively. In terms of the quality of education, it is important to evaluate the correct employment, motivation studies, and performance of school employees. The aim of this research is to meet the expectations and needs of the education system by suggesting the importance, functioning and applications of human resources in educational applications and by proposing a human resources employment 6 strategy models. The research was conducted using an interview technique and document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. A purposeful sampling approach, one of the non-random sampling methods, was used in determining the study group. As a result of the research, the participants stated that this plan was made for the needs as a majority for workforce planning. Almost all of the participants expressed the view that conflict and resolution strategies should be developed. In line with the findings of the research, a model proposal covering the needs of employment strategies in education, employment process and employment applications are presented.
Mentoring and coaching plays an important in management process. Personal and professional develo... more Mentoring and coaching plays an important in management process. Personal and professional developments require an essential for capacity development. This research focused on evaluating and analyzing mentoring and coaching applications in primary schools of Northern Cyprus. This study examines the importance of mentoring and coaching applications in order to increase managerial roles of head teachers. Complexity of being "new", "inexperienced" or "young" can directly or indirectly affect their performances at early years of their careers. There are many methods for improving quality of this inexperienced teacher"s teaching experiences in developed countries. One of these applications is mentoring and coaching relationship and this kind of head teacher-newly qualified teacher relationship is greatly preferred. Study sheds a light on developing, supporting, mentoring or coaching for Northern part of Cyprus teachers insufficient. Research relies on qualitative which concentrate on experiences, working styles. Qualitative data is collected from semi structured interviews and document research. Study sample is consisted from primary schools based on rural areas of Northern part of Cyprus which is based on purposive sampling. Interviews were conducted with 20 head teachers. Thematic analysis was conducted and themes that are mentoring and coaching. The research study revealed that mentoring and coaching is important, their managerial roles were developed.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
The aim of this research was to take the opinions of teachers and principals to determine the way... more The aim of this research was to take the opinions of teachers and principals to determine the ways to improve the quality of service in high schools in order to improve student satisfaction. This study tried to increase the awareness of teachers and principals about the quality in education and to provide their contribution to creating quality culture in high schools. In this study, a purposive sampling method was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 teachers lecturing at high schools and 10 school principals. The data was analysed through content analysis. The findings show that teachers emphasised the in-service training needs of teachers and school principals and principal duties of school guidance and counselling services, whereas school principals stressed the importance of usage by teachers of effective teaching methods; relations between students and principals, and relations between guidance and counselling services and teachers.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
Technology is thought to affect people's behaviors and trigger feelings of anger and aggression, ... more Technology is thought to affect people's behaviors and trigger feelings of anger and aggression, which in turn manifest into other problems. It is more important to develop strategies in order to avoid these behavioral problems than to concentrate on the anger and aggression demonstrated by individuals. This study aimed to develop strategies to help education administrators prevent the anger and aggression caused by the use of technology by students. In this qualitative study, a semi-structured interview form was prepared. By responding to the questions, the education administrators were able to put forth their views about the rage and aggression caused by the use of technology by the students, the preventions taken to minimize this effect, and the effectiveness of these preventions.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
Conflict management strategies are crucial to enhance the culture of the schools even in rural ar... more Conflict management strategies are crucial to enhance the culture of the schools even in rural areas. Communication enhancement and interaction between colleagues within the workplace require willingness to solve problems and develop positive perceptions on conflict. Storytelling approach and expression of the thoughts between colleagues to state problem and put forward steps for win policy in conflict situations are internalized in this research process. The research aims to reveal the role of storytelling approach in conflict management process for increasing the school achievement. The teachers acted voluntarily n the parts of the research. As the nature of the research relies on story telling approach, the qualitative research was employed and self-reports are used to gather in-depth data. The findings showed that teachers need in-service training on empathy for resolution of conflict through storytelling approach. In addition to this, it is revealed that team spirit, technology, professionalism, metaphors become a harmonic picture of story telling approach to enhance conflict management.
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 2019
Reports by the International organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD, reveal that... more Reports by the International organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD, reveal that the number of students in higher education in 1985 was 20 million, in 1990 26 million, in 1995 38 million an d with a rapid increase from 1995 onwards, the number was over 85 million in 2001. At present more than 100 million students are at universities and it is expected that the number will reach to 200 million in 2020. In this respect, evaluating the strategies and policies for higher education in terms of internationalization becomes crucial. This research study aims to examine the role of management in higher education within internationalization process for catching the new pedagogy. It is essential to consider new generations for the roles of managers in terms of fostering online learning. Qualitative research design was conducted that case study was employed in this research. 17 universities" representatives were participated research that content analysis was done to analyse qualitative data. In this research, it is revealed that ground of internationalization, institutional strategies, policies, academic strategies and policies, risks and handicaps, role of internationalization in higher education are essential for the quality and management for making new pedagogy.
This case study aims at examining school principals, teachers and parents' perceptions regarding ... more This case study aims at examining school principals, teachers and parents' perceptions regarding the issue of safety and security in primary schools of Cyprus in the education for the welfare of the society. Semistructured interview method was used in this qualitative research and school principals, teachers and parents who have children at schools were interviewed using a semi-structured interview form prepared as data collection tool. Thematic analysis was conducted to analyse data. As results, the principals who participated in the study stated that safety is one of the major issues and as principals they face with great difficulties regarding safety issues. The teachers stated that they are not safe at school, either, and that they make great sacrifices so as to help provide school safety which is an indispensable part of their job.
Children are a country’s most valuable asset. Educating them and bringing them into society is on... more Children are a country’s most valuable asset. Educating them and bringing them into society is one of the most fundamental tasks of a nation. The disadvantageous position that individuals with a disability are exposed to shows the importance of the need for inclusive education for the quality of life. It is important to use the merits of digital transformation to provide services and education for all to support sustainability. This research aims to shine a light on the problems related to inclusive education faced in the special education schools and rehabilitation centers and put forward suggestions for digital transformation. As inclusive means inclusion, social interaction, access, and equality for education, the role of digital transformation is examined for the quality of inclusive education. Self-reflection is a qualitative form which was employed in the research involving school managers and teachers who were selected randomly from the Special Education Schools and Rehabilit...
With the rapid integration of technology into educational environments during the pandemic period... more With the rapid integration of technology into educational environments during the pandemic period, the teaching processes in classrooms and private education institutions began to be carried out with technology support. Game-based animation learning designs in technology-supported educational environments provide an interesting and motivation-enhancing learning experience in developing students’ education skills. In today’s educational environments, 2D and 3D animation game designs are the unique technology-supported learning environments in teaching many different skills, behaviors, and concepts to individuals with special needs. Visual designs and animations are one of the technologies necessary to prepare individuals with special needs for an independent life. The accessibility of animation designs for teachers and families has gained significant importance during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Technology education supports the visual, listening, reading, writing, social, and comm...
The COVID-19 pandemic threw the education system out of gear worldwide. This crisis calls for fun... more The COVID-19 pandemic threw the education system out of gear worldwide. This crisis calls for fundamental reforms and strategic planning to continue education. There are other factors, like pedagogy of care, adoption of emergency remote teaching methods, training of teachers, and assessment strategies. This paper examines teachers’ professional competencies working in secondary schools in the rural areas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The paper investigates how distance teaching and learning are adopted, problems encountered for the same, and modes of assessment used. Data was collected by adopting a qualitative survey design, using a holistic case design to understand qualitatively complex events from the participants’ perspectives. Data were obtained from 122 teachers working at schools in different regions of the TRNC (Nicosia, Kyrenia, Famagusta, İskele). The findings revealed that although the teachers found the distance education process exhausting, they found ICT...
Bu makale, iThenticate yazılımı ile taranmış ve intihal tespit edilmemiştir. Makale, çift taraflı... more Bu makale, iThenticate yazılımı ile taranmış ve intihal tespit edilmemiştir. Makale, çift taraflı kör hakemlik yöntemiyle en az iki hakem tarafından incelenmiştir. This article has been scanned with iThenticate software and no plagiarism detected. It has been examined by at least two referees using double sided blind refereeing method. Finansman Funding Yazarlar, bu çalışma için herhangi bir dış fon almadıklarını beyan eder. Authors declare that they get no any external funding for this study. Çıkar Çatışması Conflict of Interest Yazarlar bu çalışmayla ilintili herhangi bir çıkar çatışması bulunmadığını beyan eder. Authors declare that there is no any conflict of interest related to this study.
IInformation technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowl... more IInformation technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowledge for the development of people and institutions. In this respect, it is crucial to underline the significance of information technology in personal and institutional development. As information technology fosters the context of collaboration, schools have started to revamp their management practices due to these impacts. Especially, MOOCs plays a great role to improve cultural sharing, social presence as creating the manner of educational policy. In this respect, this research study evaluates the collaborative management of primary schools and their capacity in the use of information technology and MOOCs. This research study revealed that information technology fosters to use communication, interactions and exchanging knowledge in order to set mission and vision of the schools but they need to be improved through MOOCs to foster development and implementation in MOOCs.
Information technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowle... more Information technology plays a great role to provide the importance of sharing, exchanging knowledge for the development of people and institutions. In this respect, it is crucial to underline the significance of information technology in personal and institutional development. As information technology fosters the context of collaboration, schools have started to revamp their management practices due to these impacts. Especially, MOOCs plays a great role to improve cultural sharing, social presence as creating the manner of educational policy. In this respect, this research study evaluates the collaborative management of primary schools and their capacity in the use of information technology and MOOCs. This research study revealed that information technology fosters to use communication, interactions and exchanging knowledge in order to set mission and vision of the schools but they need to be improved through MOOCs to foster development and implementation in MOOCs.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2017
Accessibility and equality in higher education for quality improvement become crucial research ch... more Accessibility and equality in higher education for quality improvement become crucial research challenge that need to be undertaken as part of the quality strategies and innovation in higher education. With the development of information technologies and its applications on higher education policy and strategies, diffusion of accessibility and equality to all learners comes across as the strategic quality movement in order to underline importance and nature of openness, access and equality into practice. Therefore, accessibility and equality are the quality indicators to set opportunities in learning with disabilities. This research has qualitative nature which the quality, accessibility, equality, technology, and management practices were examined upon semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was done to reveal the findings that the model can be significant to set barrier free education and future plans for accessibility, equality and management in higher education.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2017
The study examines the impact of being learning organisations in secondary schools culture in fos... more The study examines the impact of being learning organisations in secondary schools culture in fostering professional learning and development. The study sheds a light of qualities of learning organisations to catch change and innovation in digital age. The study has qualitative nature which 26 headmasters become part of the research process voluntarily. The self-reports were employed during the process and thematic analysis was done. Research findings are revealed that headmasters still keep working within the frame of traditional management approach however they reflected that approaching learning organisations is crucial in fostering professional learning. Approaching open leadership and management can be crucial in being learning organisation. In further studies, perceptions and experience of parents, teachers can be examined and experimental studies can be done in detail.
This study aims to investigate the effect of school administrators’ personal initiative behaviors... more This study aims to investigate the effect of school administrators’ personal initiative behaviors and their leadership styles on teacher motivation. In this study, designed with a quantitative research approach, the relational scanning model was used, and a model was created to test the effect of school administrators’ leadership styles and personal initiative behaviors on teacher motivation. In this context, the leadership styles of school administrators and their personal initiative behaviors were studied as independent variables, while teacher motivation was studied as a dependent variable. In the study, 406 teachers working in high schools in Manisa city center were selected using the purposeful sampling method. Pearson moment correlation techniques and multiple regression analysis techniques were used to determine whether there was a significant relationship between dependent and independent variables during the data analysis. According to the results obtained from the research...
This study aims to determine what had been done in distance learning applications to enable speci... more This study aims to determine what had been done in distance learning applications to enable special education students to continue their education during the Covid-19 epidemic period and how students and their families could benefit from these applications. The research was prepared using a qualitative method and semi-structured interview questions were used to collect the data. In the research ten special education teachers affiliated to MNE (Ministry of National Education), the sample group was analyzed by using content analysis method. The research results revealed that distance education and face to face education were not provided and family education is not given importance; special education teachers expressed both positive and negative opinions about distance education practices in primary education; there is not a sufficient distance education application for students with special needs and no IEP(Individual Education Program) applications in distance education for students...
Entrepreneurial attempts play a key role to make behaviors in a global connected context. In this... more Entrepreneurial attempts play a key role to make behaviors in a global connected context. In this attempt, it is crucial to manage diversities and extend the capacity of the understanding and knowledge on the sensitivity for making sustainable and smart societies. This research aims to evaluate the perceptions of members of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) on sensitivity training and sheds a light on description, content and benefits on sensitivity and its’ training in order to create mutual understanding from life experiences on different types of NGOs. As qualitative research was employed in this research, interview and word association methods were used as data collection methods. As the study group, 35 members of various NGOs participated the research and their reflections on sensitivity training as a managerial and organizational perspective were analyzed using interview and word association methods coding through content analysis. In this respect, for data analysis, compute...
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 2020
Accessibility, inclusiveness, diversity play a great role to promote smart society in terms of eq... more Accessibility, inclusiveness, diversity play a great role to promote smart society in terms of equality for every citizen. Todays' crises, is defined as pandemic times and therefore adaptions of education systems to make diversity and connectivity is essential. In this respect, challenges of adaptation to the relevant society tools and barriers of involving online learning were considered in this research study. This research study aims to evaluate the readiness to online learning and barriers of adaptation process in reaching out being smart society. Qualitative research was employed in this research and online interview forms were conducted to get data from 10 academicians and 5 head of departments as research participants. Thematic analysis was used to analyse data. Research results revealed that academicians are aware of accessible services and applications to being smart university through online education tools for the quality but still there is much to do in applications. In addition, establishing strategies and policies for the smart university and services are intensified need for the learners in terms of managerial and instructional skills. Barriers in online learning and roles of instructors, managers were revealed.
Open and Equal Access for Learning in School Management, Jun 6, 2018
In transforming society and the new education system, there is significant need to know more abou... more In transforming society and the new education system, there is significant need to know more about new generation expectations and the characteristics in order to form future actions. This study aims to reveal the role of e-transformational leadership in intergenerational cooperation for the better school practice and culture. The literature pays attention on transformation in education however literature needs to put forward to expanding practical knowledge on entrepreneurship, cooperation and transformational leadership by concentrating on intergenerational learning and exchange of knowledge in school culture. The study has qualitative nature that self-reports of headmaster and teachers in school context provided qualitative data in order to discover emic perspective on e-transformational leadership and intergenerational cooperation. Thematic analysis was employed to reveal the perceptions and experiences of headmasters and teachers in respect to research focus. The findings showed that the situation of transformational leadership of headmasters, intergenerational cooperation on school culture and efficient use of information technology are key terms to be considered for the development of school culture.
One of the most important problems of our age is that human resources are not used effectively an... more One of the most important problems of our age is that human resources are not used effectively and efficiently due to the variety of languages. In this context, it is important to establish the human resources profile of the education sector which has the highest human resources in the public sector and to investigate whether this resource is used efficiently and effectively. In terms of the quality of education, it is important to evaluate the correct employment, motivation studies, and performance of school employees. The aim of this research is to meet the expectations and needs of the education system by suggesting the importance, functioning and applications of human resources in educational applications and by proposing a human resources employment 6 strategy models. The research was conducted using an interview technique and document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. A purposeful sampling approach, one of the non-random sampling methods, was used in determining the study group. As a result of the research, the participants stated that this plan was made for the needs as a majority for workforce planning. Almost all of the participants expressed the view that conflict and resolution strategies should be developed. In line with the findings of the research, a model proposal covering the needs of employment strategies in education, employment process and employment applications are presented.
Mentoring and coaching plays an important in management process. Personal and professional develo... more Mentoring and coaching plays an important in management process. Personal and professional developments require an essential for capacity development. This research focused on evaluating and analyzing mentoring and coaching applications in primary schools of Northern Cyprus. This study examines the importance of mentoring and coaching applications in order to increase managerial roles of head teachers. Complexity of being "new", "inexperienced" or "young" can directly or indirectly affect their performances at early years of their careers. There are many methods for improving quality of this inexperienced teacher"s teaching experiences in developed countries. One of these applications is mentoring and coaching relationship and this kind of head teacher-newly qualified teacher relationship is greatly preferred. Study sheds a light on developing, supporting, mentoring or coaching for Northern part of Cyprus teachers insufficient. Research relies on qualitative which concentrate on experiences, working styles. Qualitative data is collected from semi structured interviews and document research. Study sample is consisted from primary schools based on rural areas of Northern part of Cyprus which is based on purposive sampling. Interviews were conducted with 20 head teachers. Thematic analysis was conducted and themes that are mentoring and coaching. The research study revealed that mentoring and coaching is important, their managerial roles were developed.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
The aim of this research was to take the opinions of teachers and principals to determine the way... more The aim of this research was to take the opinions of teachers and principals to determine the ways to improve the quality of service in high schools in order to improve student satisfaction. This study tried to increase the awareness of teachers and principals about the quality in education and to provide their contribution to creating quality culture in high schools. In this study, a purposive sampling method was employed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 teachers lecturing at high schools and 10 school principals. The data was analysed through content analysis. The findings show that teachers emphasised the in-service training needs of teachers and school principals and principal duties of school guidance and counselling services, whereas school principals stressed the importance of usage by teachers of effective teaching methods; relations between students and principals, and relations between guidance and counselling services and teachers.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
Technology is thought to affect people's behaviors and trigger feelings of anger and aggression, ... more Technology is thought to affect people's behaviors and trigger feelings of anger and aggression, which in turn manifest into other problems. It is more important to develop strategies in order to avoid these behavioral problems than to concentrate on the anger and aggression demonstrated by individuals. This study aimed to develop strategies to help education administrators prevent the anger and aggression caused by the use of technology by students. In this qualitative study, a semi-structured interview form was prepared. By responding to the questions, the education administrators were able to put forth their views about the rage and aggression caused by the use of technology by the students, the preventions taken to minimize this effect, and the effectiveness of these preventions.
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2017
Conflict management strategies are crucial to enhance the culture of the schools even in rural ar... more Conflict management strategies are crucial to enhance the culture of the schools even in rural areas. Communication enhancement and interaction between colleagues within the workplace require willingness to solve problems and develop positive perceptions on conflict. Storytelling approach and expression of the thoughts between colleagues to state problem and put forward steps for win policy in conflict situations are internalized in this research process. The research aims to reveal the role of storytelling approach in conflict management process for increasing the school achievement. The teachers acted voluntarily n the parts of the research. As the nature of the research relies on story telling approach, the qualitative research was employed and self-reports are used to gather in-depth data. The findings showed that teachers need in-service training on empathy for resolution of conflict through storytelling approach. In addition to this, it is revealed that team spirit, technology, professionalism, metaphors become a harmonic picture of story telling approach to enhance conflict management.
Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 2019
Reports by the International organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD, reveal that... more Reports by the International organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and OECD, reveal that the number of students in higher education in 1985 was 20 million, in 1990 26 million, in 1995 38 million an d with a rapid increase from 1995 onwards, the number was over 85 million in 2001. At present more than 100 million students are at universities and it is expected that the number will reach to 200 million in 2020. In this respect, evaluating the strategies and policies for higher education in terms of internationalization becomes crucial. This research study aims to examine the role of management in higher education within internationalization process for catching the new pedagogy. It is essential to consider new generations for the roles of managers in terms of fostering online learning. Qualitative research design was conducted that case study was employed in this research. 17 universities" representatives were participated research that content analysis was done to analyse qualitative data. In this research, it is revealed that ground of internationalization, institutional strategies, policies, academic strategies and policies, risks and handicaps, role of internationalization in higher education are essential for the quality and management for making new pedagogy.
This case study aims at examining school principals, teachers and parents' perceptions regarding ... more This case study aims at examining school principals, teachers and parents' perceptions regarding the issue of safety and security in primary schools of Cyprus in the education for the welfare of the society. Semistructured interview method was used in this qualitative research and school principals, teachers and parents who have children at schools were interviewed using a semi-structured interview form prepared as data collection tool. Thematic analysis was conducted to analyse data. As results, the principals who participated in the study stated that safety is one of the major issues and as principals they face with great difficulties regarding safety issues. The teachers stated that they are not safe at school, either, and that they make great sacrifices so as to help provide school safety which is an indispensable part of their job.
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