Download or read book Absenteeism and Beyond written by Helen Abadzi and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have shown that learning outcomes are related to the amount of time students engage in learning tasks. However, visits to schools have revealed that students are often taught for only a fraction of the intended time, particularly in lower-income countries. Losses are due to informal school closures, teacher absenteeism, delays, early departures, and sub-optimal use of time in the classroom. A study was undertaken to develop an efficient methodology for measuring instructional time loss. Thus, instructional time use was measured in sampled schools in Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, and the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The percentage of time that students were engaged in learning vis-agrave;-vis government expectations was approximately 39 percent in Ghana, 63 percent in Pernambuco, 71 percent in Morocco, and 78 percent in Tunisia. Instructional time use is a mediator variable that is challenging to measure, so it often escapes scrutiny. Research suggests that merely financing the ingredients of instruction is not enough to produce learning outcomes; students must also get sufficient time to process the information. The quantity-quality tradeoff that often accompanies large-scale enrollments may be partly due to instructional time restrictions. Time wastage also distorts budgetary outlays and teacher salary rates. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals students must get more of the time that governments, donors, and parents pay for.
Download or read book absenteeism and beyond instructional time loss and consequences written by Helen Abadzi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies have shown that learning outcomes are related to the amount of time students engage in learning tasks. However, visits to schools have revealed that students are often taught for only a fraction of the intended time, particularly in lower-income countries. Losses are due to informal school closures, teacher absenteeism, delays, early departures, and sub-optimal use of time in the classroom. A study was undertaken to develop an efficient methodology for measuring instructional time loss. Thus, instructional time use was measured in sampled schools in Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, and the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The percentage of time that students were engaged in learning vis-??-vis government expectations was approximately 39 percent in Ghana, 63 percent in Pernambuco, 71 percent in Morocco, and 78 percent in Tunisia. Instructional time use is a mediator variable that is challenging to measure, so it often escapes scrutiny. Research suggests that merely financing the ingredients of instruction is not enough to produce learning outcomes; students must also get sufficient time to process the information. The quantity-quality tradeoff that often accompanies large-scale enrollments may be partly due to instructional time restrictions. Time wastage also distorts budgetary outlays and teacher salary rates. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals students must get more of the time that governments, donors, and parents pay for.
Download or read book absenteeism and beyond instructional time loss and consequences written by Helen Abadzi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Studies have shown that learning outcomes are related to the amount of time students engage in learning tasks. However, visits to schools have revealed that students are often taught for only a fraction of the intended time, particularly in lower-income countries. Losses are due to informal school closures, teacher absenteeism, delays, early departures, and sub-optimal use of time in the classroom. A study was undertaken to develop an efficient methodology for measuring instructional time loss. Thus, instructional time use was measured in sampled schools in Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, and the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The percentage of time that students were engaged in learning vis-à-vis government expectations was approximately 39 percent in Ghana, 63 percent in Pernambuco, 71 percent in Morocco, and 78 percent in Tunisia. Instructional time use is a mediator variable that is challenging to measure, so it often escapes scrutiny. Research suggests that merely financing the ingredients of instruction is not enough to produce learning outcomes; students must also get sufficient time to process the information. The quantity-quality tradeoff that often accompanies large-scale enrollments may be partly due to instructional time restrictions. Time wastage also distorts budgetary outlays and teacher salary rates. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals students must get more of the time that governments, donors, and parents pay for.
Download or read book Absenteeism written by Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An estimated five to seven and a half million students miss 18 or more days of school each year, or nearly an entire month or more of school, which puts them at significant risk of falling behind academically and failing to graduate from high school. Every student absence jeopardizes the ability of students to succeed at school and schools to achieve their mission. School attendance is a constant concern in schools. Average daily attendance rates are a common determiner of school funding, so schools funded on the basis of average daily attendance have less resources to do the job. Students who are not at school cannot receive instruction, and school performance indicators suffer. Excessive school absence is a precursor of school dropout. Some youngsters who are truant from school engage in behaviors that are illegal. The negative correlates related to school attendance problems go on and on. One early impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) will be increased attention to attendance problems. For many schools attendance will become the additional accountability indicator stressed in ESSA. Under the new act, States will be required to report chronic absenteeism rates for schools, and school districts will be allowed to spend federal dollars on training to reduce absenteeism. Since all schools take attendance, an immediate focus will be on establishing systems for reporting chronic absenteeism (including truancy). At this juncture, the federal government has decided to create a national Every Student, Every Day initiative to "address and eliminate chronic absenteeism". Such special initiatives do focus attention on a problem, but usually only for a brief interval of time. Because they are extraordinarily funded and implemented under exceptional conditions, sustainability beyond two to three years is rare. Replication of major intervention elements on a large scale often is not feasible. While it's hard to argue that more mentors and more public information are anything but good, the reality is that effectively dealing with the problem of chronic absenteeism over the long-run requires a fundamental rethinking of policies and practices. In particular, the need is for a unified, comprehensive, and equitable system that directly addresses barriers to learning, re-engages disconnected students in classroom instruction, and re-engages disconnected families with schools.
Download or read book Beyond Learning Objectives written by Jack J. Phillips and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's organizations demand a focus on higher-level objectives—objectives that clearly provide business impact and value and satisfy the expectations of a wide range of key stakeholders. If you're involved in implementing projects, programs, initiatives, or solutions in your organization, Beyond Learning Objectives can help you meet these new expectations. This book provides step-by-step processes for defining, measuring, and developing six types of objectives: input, reaction, learning, application, impact, and ROI. You'll also learn to avoid common pitfalls in the development of objectives, such as unclear, incomplete, nonspecific, or even missing objectives. And you'll learn how well crafted, results-driven objectives can satisfy the needs of all your stakeholders. With this book in your hands, you can become a champion of well-defined objectives, providing direction, focus, and guidance. By spelling out expectations, creating commitment, and positioning your initiatives for success, you'll help your organization align its programs with its results and leap forward into the state-of-the-art world of measurable performance.
Download or read book Student and Teacher Absenteeism written by Chrissie Bamber and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to Industrial Organizational Psychology written by Ronald E. Riggio and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 1307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology provides an accessible approach to psychological theory and its applications to the world of work. Using both classic theories and research along with the latest developments and innovations, this student-centered text shows practical applications of theoretical concepts using examples from work situations that students may be familiar with—such as service industries, internet companies, and startups—in addition to traditional office and factory work settings. Each chapter includes key terms and review questions, and the text features special sections highlighting applications of I/O psychology theories, psychological approaches to everyday work situations, and current areas of research and practice. The seventh edition is thoroughly updated to include the latest research on each key topic. It also includes expanded coverage of international issues, job engagement, and emerging topics in the field, such as workplace bullying, virtual teams and organizations, agile organization structures, and web-based training and assessment. The book will be of interest to undergraduate students in introductory I/O psychology or psychology of work behavior courses. For additional resources, please consult the Companion Website at www.routledge.com/cw/riggio, where instructors will find an expanded instructor’s manual, test bank, and lecture slides, and students will find chapter summaries and learning objectives. Ronald E. Riggio is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. He has published nearly two-dozen authored or edited books and more than 150 articles and book chapters.
Download or read book Basic Education beyond the Millennium Development Goals in Ghana written by David Balwanz and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expansion of basic education in Ghana was unprecedented and brought the country to the forefront in education in Africa. The report provides analysis, lessons and policy options to developing a post-MDG strategic agenda for basic education.
Download or read book Beyond Chronic Absenteeism written by Jing Liu and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student absenteeism is often conceptualized and quantied in a static, uniform manner, providing an incomplete understanding of this important phenomenon. Applying growth curve models to detailed class-attendance data, we document that secondary school students' unexcused absences grow steadily throughout a school year and over grades, while the growth of excused absences remain essentially unchanged. Importantly, students starting the school year with a high number of unexcused absences, Black and Hispanic students, and low-income students accumulate unexcused absences at a signicantly faster rate than their counterparts. Lastly, students with higher growth rates in unexcused absences consistently report lower perceptions of all aspects of school culture than their peers. Interventions targeting unexcused absences and/or improving school culture can be crucial to mitigating disengagement.
Download or read book Benefits and Beyond written by Thomas E. Murphy and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benefits and Beyond: A Comprehensive and Strategic Approach to Retirement, Health Care, and More provides readers with a variety of interdisciplinary principles and tools, including labor economics, human resources strategy, tax policy, metrics, and actuarial science. Rather than training students in the details of current benefits offerings, this text prepares students to deal with the future evolution of benefit designs and policy. Numerous cases, examples, and exercises engage readers and help them master the content.
Download or read book Beyond Probiotics Dietary Microbial Modulators of the Immune System Effects and Mechanisms written by Margarida Castell and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book HR Magazine Guide to Managing People written by Society for Human Resource Management (U.S.) and published by Ann M Uich. This book was released on 2006 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 50 years, human resource professionals have relied on HR Magazine's "Managing Smart" column to provide perceptive, in-depth information. Now the best columns have been collected in this treasure trove of pep talks and practical tools that helps professionals recruit, train, and motivate talented managers. The book's format includes handy sidebars called "Quick Tips" and "Did You Know?" to keep track of core topics and update facts and statistics; work sheets, checklists, and self-assessments are also provided for implementing new ideas.
Download or read book Labor Arbitration Awards written by Commerce Clearing House and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gaining a Better Understanding of Teacher Absenteeism written by Jacqueline A. Gardner and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the reasons for chronic teacher absenteeism, which is a growing concern in Michigan schools and districts because teacher absenteeism is expensive and has implications for student learning. In total, 21 elementary teachers from seven different Michigan school districts were interviewed about their experiences with and perceptions of teacher absenteeism. Using an interpretive lens from the management literature on employee absenteeism, this study finds chronically absent teachers used paid time off for job-related mental health more often than for personal reasons compared to non-chronically absent teachers. The contributors to job-related mental health include three elusive, intangible characteristics: job stress, low perceived organizational support, and job dissatisfaction. The sources of job stress, low perceived organizational support, and job dissatisfaction are negative student behaviors, large class sizes, accountability pressures, lack of building support, lack of administration support, increased workload, performing additional duties above and beyond teaching, and not having enough district financial support for classroom materials and resources. The findings suggest organizational factors, or challenges with school and district culture and climate, contribute to chronic teacher absenteeism and must be improved upon. Implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed, along with opportunities for future research on both chronic teacher absenteeism and the culture and climate of schools and districts.
Download or read book Beyond Regimes written by Duara Prasenjit and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For many years, China and India have been powerfully shaped by both transnational and subnational circulatory forces. This edited volume explores these local and global influences as they play out in the contemporary era. The analysis focuses on four intersecting topics: labor relations; legal reform and rights protest; public goods provision; and transnational migration and investment. The eight substantive chapters and introduction share a common perspective in arguing that distinctions in regime type (“democracy” versus “dictatorship”) alone offer little insight into critical differences and similarities between these Asian giants in terms of either policies or performance. A wide variety of subnational and transnational actors, from municipal governments to international organizations, and from local NGO activists to a far-flung diaspora, have been—and will continue to be—decisive.The authors approach China and India through a strategy of “convergent comparison,” in which they investigate temporal and spatial parallels at various critical junctures, at various levels of the political system, and both inside and outside the territorial confines of the nation-state. The intensified globalization of recent decades only heightens the need to view state initiatives against such a wider canvas."
Download or read book Categories of Absenteeism at Work written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,7, University of Trento, course: Gestione delle risorse humane, language: English, abstract: The term of absenteeism is generally used to describe unscheduled employee absences from the workplace. But there are two different categories. Either - valid absenteeism: refers to employees who are absent for reasons beyond their control; like sickness and injury. In a labour relations context this means that it can not be remedied or treated by disciplinary measures. - invalid absenteeism:refers to employees who are absent without authorization for reasons which are within their control. For instance, an employee who is on sick leave even though he/she is not sick, and it can be proven that the employee was not sick, is guilty of culpable absenteeism. In a labour relations context this means that progressive discipline can be applied. or more elaborated - white absenteeism: In the case of white absenteeism, the employee is obviously ill. For example if he or she has high fever or a broken leg. - grey absenteeism: Illnesses which are psychological or psychosomatic, such as headache, stomachache or tiredness can lead to grey absenteeism because in these cases, diagnoses are hard to make. - black absenteeism: it is spoken about black absenteeism if someone who is not ill has reported himself/herself as sick. This black variant of absenteeism is often also called illegal absenteeism. In the cases of black and grey absenteeism exists a degree of freedom to absenteeism.
Download or read book Labor Arbitration Awards written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
