Jan Gray

Bio: Jan Gray is an academic researcher from Edith Cowan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Curriculum & Attendance. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 31 publications receiving 608 citations. Previous affiliations of Jan Gray include University of Western Australia.

Issues and challenges of school governance

Abstract: Research reported in this article investigated the governance issues and challenges facing school boards in 10 case study schools, all of which are low fee Anglican schools in Australia. Five gover...

School administrators' beliefs that actual school improvements were due to formal school registration: Guttman scales and their inter-correlations

Abstract: This paper presents an investigation into the attitudes of School Administrators to the relationship between formal school registration and school improvement. It concerns a mandatory inspection-type registration process for all Non-Government Schools in Western Australia. Part of the aim of this registration process was to help schools improve twelve educational and administrative aspects. These were: (1) School Governance, (2) School Financial Viability, (3) Enrolments & Attendance, (4) Number of Students, (5) Instructional Time, (6) School Staff, (7) School Infrastructure, (8) School Curriculum, (9) Student Learning Outcomes, (10) Care for Students, (11) Disputes and Complaints, (12) Legal Compliance. A questionnaire based on these twelve aspects was designed with five items per aspect (60 items total), conceptually ordered from easy to hard, and given to 110 administrators. It was completed by 65 administrators for a useable, response rate of 59%. The data were analysed to create twelve Guttman Scales. In a Guttman Scale the items are aligned from easy to hard horizontally and the person scores ae arranged vertically from high (top) to low (bottom) by items. If the data were to fit a Guttman pattern accurately, then the pattern of person responses for each item would be in a perfect steptype arrangement. If a person scores high on the hardest item, then that person scores high on all the other easier items. If a person scores low on the easiest item, then that person will score low on all the other harder items. In a practical situation, as was the case for these twelve Guttman Scales, the response patterns were not in perfect step-type arrangement, but they were all very acceptable. The response patterns fit a Guttman pattern, giving strong evidence for a unidimensional scale. The twelve Guttman Scale scores were then used to calculate 66 zero-order, effectively different inter-correlations (Pearson Product-Moment Correlations) between and amongst the twelve aspects of formal registration. The results showed that there were items that administrators said were relatively easy to say that actual school improvements were due to formal registration and other items that administrators said were very hard to say that actual school improvements were due to formal registration. This study produced new Guttman Scales and many interesting correlations for a key aspect of school improvement. It provides new insight into the policy and practice of school registration. School administrators’ beliefs that actual school improvements were Harm (Pete) Witten, Russell Waugh, Jan Gray due to formal school registration: Guttman scales & their inter-correlations Joint AARE APERA International Conference, Sydney 2012 Page 2 of 2

Staying at school: reflective narratives of resistance and transition

Abstract: My narrative inquiry in this paper explores the experience of a young woman from a disadvantaged background who struggled to stay at school. This student’s story is embedded within a larger story, drawn from a longitudinal study of 250 senior students and their struggle to stay at school. The intersection of the student’s school, home and personal stories provide a very personal insight into the lived experience of this struggle, negotiated within the context of the institutional narrative. The student’s story is considered in two ways. First, consideration as a narrative of resistance provides a way to explore the impact of social influences on the very personal narratives of people in marginalised social positions. Second, consideration as a narrative of transition provides a way to acknowledge the storyteller’s reflections as she accounted for her accommodation of changing goals, negotiated her learning space and translated her home life. Interrogating the narrative coherence of this student’s story th...

Opportunities Taken, Lost or Avoided: The U se of Diffe rence of Opinion in School Decision Making

Abstract: In this paper the authors report on an exploratory investigation into the use of disequilibrium and difference of opinion in decision-making in schools, based on the experiences of Master of Education students in their own university. From examples provided by the participants the authors identify the factors that contribute to the positive use of difference of opinion, and those that limit or constrain its use. They then discuss the implications of the findings for the curriculum of the degree in which the participants are

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches

Abstract: หนงสอเรอง การออกแบบการวจย: วธการวจยเชงคณภาพ วธการวจยเชงปรมาณ และวธการวจยแบบผสม (Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches) เปนหนงสอทเรยบเรยงเพออธบายเกยวกบความแตกตางของกระบวนทศนการวจยทง 2 แบบ ไดแก การวจย เชงปรมาณ และการวจยเชงคณภาพ และความจำเปนของประเดนปญหาการวจยทตองนำกระบวนทศนทง 2 มารวมกนหาขอคนพบเพอนำไปสผลการวจยทสามารถนำผลการวจยไปใชประโยชนไดอยางจรงมากยงขน เรยกวา “การวจยแบบผสมผสาน” ซงเปนหนงสอทอธบายวธการวจยทง 2 ประเภทไดอยางชดเจน และการรวมกนของกระบวนทศนการวจยทง 2 แบบอยางลงตว

Research methods in the social sciences

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사회사업 면접(Interviewing)

Abstract: Ask yourself why the interviewer is asking the question they are? What are they trying to get at? For example, a question about multi-tasking implies that the position requires strong multi-tasking abilities and thus you will want to have clear examples to demonstrate your skills Employers want to know what your experience is in dealing with situations that may come up in their company Research the company and position qualifications so you can match your response to what they seek for the position Connect what skills you have developed in your past jobs and how it connects to the company/position "Tell me About Yourself" Present, Past, Future