Higher education institutions are increasingly adopting leaning management systems (LMS) as a complementary tool in improving learning systems. The purpose of this study is explore the factors influencing students' satisfaction in Palestine Technical University-Khadoury (PTUK) in Palestine toward using the learning management system (Moodle). Six potential factors were used including perceived …
The devolution of decision-making powers from central level to the school level is currently an international trend in education reform. Together with certain structural reforms regarding shared decision-making, the South African government has also initiated programmes of curriculum reform and a general drive to improve the culture of teaching and learning in schools. This article describes th…
Guided by framing theory, a quantitative content analysis was conducted on news programming from five transnational satellite news channels that broadcast to/from the Arab world—Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Al Arabiya, Alhurra, and BBC Arabic. The project examined if differences exist between the networks, and between two dimensions of a network taxonomy—western and liberal commercialâ…
Since independence, Nigeria has been searching diligently for a viable educational system capable of enhancing the socio-economic and political values inherent in the country. This paper discusses concepts such as management, qualitative education and Universal Basic Education. In addition to the above, the paper also examines the National objectives of universal basic education, the envisaged …
Many educational institutions have reconceptualized their relationships with students to conform with principles of total quality management (TQM). One facet of this orientation has been to portray students as customers and treat them accordingly. The metaphor of students as customers does place students at the center of the educational process, where they belong. This advantage, however, is ou…
For more than three decades, social work educators have recognized the unique challenges of training social work administrators and the limitations of schools of social work in preparing students as administrators (Ezell, Chernesky, & Healy, 2004; Neugeboren, 1986; Patti, 1987). During this period a decline has been documented in the number of NASW members identifying themselves as administrato…
The growing recognition of the value of knowledge embedded in skills, abilities and experiences of people, has become an unfolding discourse known as knowledge management. The applicability and benefit of `knowledge' as a critical component of intellectual discourse has also become obvious to the academic community. Human Resource Management (BRM)is a module forming part of a Master's programme…
Management programs in universities, aimed at equipping a student with qualities such as discernment, creativity, managerial skills and dynamic leadership, need to be updated to keep pace with the present complexity and nature of business administration strategies. The efficiency of an organization's administrative department is determined by its standard and quality of management. This depends…
Frequently, research on management education does not take into account the role of Information Technology as a key resource to support teaching and learning processes. In this article, the authors explore the current applications of Three Dimensional Virtual Worlds (3DVW) for Management education. The authors researched the educational institutions subscribed to Second Life (SL) (http://second…
Learner-centered education has a long history of development. Two of the first educators to put emphasis on the learner were Confucius and Socrates (5th to 4th centuries B.C.). Over two millennia passed before seventeenth century Englishman John Locke introduced experiential education (the idea that one learns through experience). Another two hundred years passed before European educators Pesta…