scholarly journals Reasons for Parents' Reluctance to Register their Children in Public Education in Kindergarten in the State of Kuwait

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-287
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Private Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
After School ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Government Education ◽  
The State Of Kuwait

The purpose of this study was to explore the reasons for parents' reluctance to register their children in public education and their preference for private education in kindergarten in the State of Kuwait. The study used the analytical descriptive methodology, and 311 questionnaires were randomly distributed to parents of children in private schools. This study found some recurring reasons for refraining from general education as follows: (a) The curriculum in public education does not include teaching foreign languages, (b) The frequent absence of children in public schools because of the lack of awareness of parents about the importance of the kindergarten stage, (c) The non-serious attitude of the Public Education Department in implementing the educational goals, (d) The inability of teachers to apply the curriculum in public education sector and understand the nature of the kindergarten stage, (e) The lack of after-school service programs and overcrowding of the students in public schools. The study recommends reducing the number of students in public schools, teaching foreign languages, like English, and raising general awareness among the teachers so that they would teach effectively. Keywords: Private Education; public education; kindergarten; reluctance to education; education; government education

scholarly journals Increasing Equity and Increasing School Performance ''Conflicting or Compatible Goals?:Addressing the Issues in

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Jeanne M. Powers
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Educational System ◽  
The State ◽  
Expert Witnesses ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Public Schools Accountability Act ◽  
The Cost

This work addresses some of the arguments regarding equity in public education versus school performance at issue in the case of Williams v. State of California. The plaintiff’s expert witnesses have argued that the state is responsible to reduce the inequities in California’s public educational system. In contrast, the state’s witnesses argue that some of the plaintiff’s proposals have limited educational effects at the cost of reducing local autonomy. In this paper, I use four years of data from California’s Public Schools Accountability Act (PSAA) to evaluate these claims.

scholarly journals The Regulative Commitment Level for the chairmen of public education schools in Al- Asyah and its relation with improving the administrative performance from the teachers' viewpoint: مستوى الالتزام التنظيمي لدى قادة مدارس التعليم العام في محافظة الأسياح وعلاقته بمستوى الأداء الإداري لديهم من وجهة نظر المعلمين

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (29) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadi Zaed Al- ghurabi
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Software Package ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Secondary Stage ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Commitment Level

  The research aimed to investigate the Regulative Commitment Level for the chairmen of public education schools in Al Asyah and its relation with improving the administrative performance from the teachers' viewpoint on the following fields: the professional loyalty- responsibility towards the school- passion of continuance in work- trustfulness in the school. The researcher used the descriptive approach; thus، a questionnaire was built for this purpose. However، it would be the study community consisted of 436 teachers at all classes، and the questionnaire is applied to 235 teachers، of (54%) percentage; then، the data are analyzed according to the statistical software package SPSS. The results indicated that the regulative commitment level for the managers of public schools in Al Asyah was significantly from the teachers' viewpoint، that the administrative performance level of the chairmen of schools of general education in Al Asyah was largely from the teachers' viewpoint، that there are significant differences between the study sample responses in the level of Organizational commitment for the benefit of years of experience less than 10 years، and in favor of teachers in the secondary stage. There are no statistically significant differences between the thesis sample responses with respect to the frame of organizational commitment attributed to the educational qualification variable. The study recommended the need for concentrating on the training courses and awareness of the importance of organizational commitment to urge workers and teachers on the sincerity to do their best in the school، conducting studies similar to this another and other team members of the stuff in Saudi universities.

Relative Importance of “Mastery of Reading Skills” as a Goal of Public Education

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad A. A. Shami ◽  
Martin Hershkowitz
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
School System ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Local School

No one can question the importance of reading as the basis for educational growth. There is, however, some question as to its relative importance to all public groupings with respect to other educational goals. This paper presents the findings of a major goals validation and needs assessment for Maryland, for the goal “Mastery of reading skills.” The data reveal that this goal is consistently rated as the most important or second most important of all educational goals. Furthermore, this consistency not only holds true for all public groups at the state level, but within each local school system, whether urban, suburban or rural. Some questions as to accountability of progress in reading and to its level of attainment are raised.

scholarly journals Public versus Private Education in Hawaii

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonina Espiritu
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Private Education ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
Income Growth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Permanent Effect ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Public Versus Private

This study presents a time-series evidence on the timing and degree of feedback relationship between participation in education and income growth in Hawaii. Using the unrestricted vector autoregression approach and two related measures of linear dependence and feedback, the results suggest that across all educational levels, i.e., K-12 and tertiary, participation in public education could be a good predictor of income growth in Hawaii. However, decomposing the feedback effect by frequency suggests that the dominance of public education over private education in explaining the variation in income growth to be concentrated mainly on the short-run to medium-run for tertiary level and long-run to permanent effect for K-12 level. Hawaii state legislature and educators should perhaps take these results as a motivation not to ignore the problems plaguing Hawaii's public schools but should work towards greater improvement and support for public education given its predicted significant overall contribution to the Hawaiian economy.

Factors Associated in EFL Learning Process Bachelor’s Degree in education at UNAPEC University, Dominican Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Santa Cabrera ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Dominican Republic ◽  
General Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
English Language ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Education in the Dominican Republic is regulated by the Ministry of Education, in accordance with the General Education Law 66-97, which guarantees the right of all the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic to education. In pre-university level curricular design, English is one of the nine subjects taught in public school, so that learning English from an early age (5th grade of primary school) is part of the purpose. of said design. Dominican schools, however, most public schools begin their first contact with the English language, students are approximately between 9 and 10 years old, which translates into a certain delay in coming into contact with this language. According to what was published on February 11, 2013 by the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic entitled: «Identification of advances in the scientific and literary disciplines associated with the area of Foreign Languages that must be taken into account for the revision and updating of the curriculum . », Final Product, it is proposed that learning foreign languages responds to a fundamental need in the training of the citizen of these times, since it develops the communicative competence of students so that they can understand and express themselves efficiently, orally and in writing, with members of other societies in different contexts. Likewise, respect and appreciation of one's own cultural identity and that of other societies, as well as plurality, both in the local and global environment, is encouraged. Likewise, learning a foreign language contributes to the personal development of students because: It facilitates the search and processing of information and a more efficient use of Information and Communication Technologies. -It expands the cultural universe of the individual, by enabling greater exchanges of artistic, scientific, historical and technological productions that humanity has been building. It facilitates access to more and better opportunities in the educational, labor and professional areas. -Favors the development of linguistic and met linguistic awareness, concept formation, logical reasoning, creativity, and skills. All these reasons create the perfect environment so that the development of language skills is of vital importance not only for students, but for all Dominican citizens.

The information-seeking behavior of Mosque Speechmakers (MSs) in the State of Kuwait

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essam A. H. Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The State ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Seeking Behaviour ◽  
The State Of Kuwait

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reveal the cover of research regarding Mosque Speechmakers (MSs) in the Arabic environment. The researcher tries to investigate the information-seeking behaviour of MSs in the State of Kuwait in terms of their thoughts, approaches, habits, preferences, tools and problems met when using of and accessing information. Design/methodology/approach – The author employed a questionnaire, with a response rate 70.6 per cent (561/795). Findings – The findings of the study revealed that most of MSs in Kuwait tend to be older (aged over 35 years), educated (mostly with BA degrees) and with an average monthly income over 300 KD ($1000 = 282 KD). The study showed that MSs were significantly seeking information to make a specific/general research, to collect necessary statistics, to make a speech/sermon and to present religious sermons/lectures. They preferred to use the home/personal library as well as the special library, specifically the Mosque library. The information-seeking behaviour of a large number of them indicated a preference for printed sources over electronic sources, and a good number preferred to access information through the audio-visual materials as well as the web. A very small number of them were looking for information for the purpose of making a speech (Friday speech/sermon). The study also showed that the most important sources of information MSs were seeking for were biographies, specialised books, particularly Islamic books, mass media (press, TV, videos, etc.). The study also showed that a large number of MSs were poor in the usage of foreign languages, and this in turn has negatively affected to take advantage of the vast information available in these languages. The unpretentious role of the library to deliver requested information, the use of foreign languages as well as the high cost of information were the most significant problems met by MSs when using of and accessing information. Research limitations/implications – This paper investigates the topic of MSs’ use of and access to information. This topic, unfortunately, has limited previous research, especially in the Arabic and Islamic environment. Practical implications – The paper provides valuable insight into the information behaviour of a very important client group, namely, MSs. Originality/value – Being the second one of its type throughout the Arab world, this study is characterised to be a distinguishing one among several studies conducted in the area of the information-seeking behaviour, especially with such a significant group of information users/seekers. Any findings resulted from this study may help in a better understanding of the MSs’ information-seeking behaviour, and may also help policy and decision-makers (Mosques and Islamic institutions) as well as religious information service providers to understand well the nature of these beneficiaries of information sources and to enrich the awareness of researchers and professionals on the topic of information-seeking behaviour of Mosque speechmakers.

scholarly journals Attitudes of School Teachers in the State of Kuwait Towards the Experience of Distance Education During the Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Houli ◽  
Talal Ibrahim Al-Mesad ◽  
Eisa Mohammed Al-Kandari
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
The State ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The State Of Kuwait ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

This study aimed to identify the attitudes of public school teachers in the State of Kuwait at various educational stages towards the experience of distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The descriptive approach was applied; a questionnaire consisting of four dimensions was developed to measure teachers’ attitudes towards distance education. The study sample consisted of 1028 teachers of various disciplines at all levels of education in public schools in the State of Kuwait. The results indicated that teachers had a higher degree of positive attitudes towards the distance education experience. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the study sample members due to each of the following variables: the educational district and the educational stage.The results did not show statistically significant differences due to the gender variable. Additionally, the results did not show the existence of statistically significant differences due to the variable years of experience on the total degree and dimensions of scale, except for the dimension “student assessment through distance learning using the TEAMS Program” attributed to the experience category (1–5 years).

Promoting Diversity and Public School Success in Robotics Competitions

2018 ◽  
pp. 56-73
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Rosen ◽  
Fred Stillwell ◽  
Marion Usselman
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public School ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
School Success ◽  
State Level ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
The State ◽  
After School ◽  
High Level

The objective of robotics competitions, such as FIRST LEGO® League (FLL®), is to create a tournament that promotes high-level engineering and academic engagement in students by providing the most rewarding experience possible for the largest group of students. To increase the number of students age 9-14 successfully participating in FLL® from public schools, and to concurrently increase the diversity of the pool of student participants, the Georgia FLL® organizers have implemented a number of interventions. These interventions can be grouped into A) Centralized policy decisions that impact how the program is run at the state level; B) Outreach activities that provide low-income teams with training and supplies; C) Promotion of LEGO® Mindstorm use within the actual school curriculum; and D) Partnerships with school systems to promote after-school FLL® robotics clubs. This chapter reviews these efforts and their effect on tournament diversity.

The Politics of Race and Educational Disparities in Delaware’s Public Schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore J. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Equality ◽  
Educational Disparities ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Politics Of Race

Delaware has long played a pivotal role in the nation’s struggle to end school segregation and promote educational equality. This article discusses racial disparities in educational achievement and outcomes by examining the state’s political history and the politics of race in public education. This article explores educational disparities from a socio-political perspective, which takes into consideration the direct and indirect influence of historical, political, socio-economic, and socio-cultural events on educational achievements and outcomes in the state. It finds that Black students in urban areas are influenced more by the politics of race in public education than Black students in non-urban school environments in the state. It also shows that the educational achievement and outcomes of Black students are influenced more by the politics of race than White students. It suggests that the politics of race in public education is influenced by political factors that extend well beyond those associated with the process of educating.

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