Community participation in school governance: The Maasai community in Kenya

Nishimura, Mikiko

doi:10.1007/s11125-018-9439-8

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“…As to culture, we believe that culture might play a role together with system characteristics in the sense that these two interact (cf. Nishimura, 2018). In a study by Gervedink Nijhuis et al (2013), a subset of Hofstede's (1986) dimensions of national culture was used in explaining the influence of culture on curriculum development in Ghana's polytechnics: high-low power distance and collectivism-individualism.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Culturementioning

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“…The high-low context dimension includes the extent to which individuals need contextual information to be able to act, individuals do (not) compartmentalize personal relationships and work, whether individuals act when problems arise and spell out exactly their messages and whether persons are alert to suggestions of criticism. Schools are embedded within cultural systems and, therefore, societal culture and organizational cultures strongly influence educational reform (see also Nishimura, 2018). Societal culture impacts the often more explicit organizational culture.…”

Section: Characteristics Of Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The student-teacher ratio strongly increased, while the recruitment of teachers was on hold, leading to low educational quality. A way to address this problem was to decentralize the educational system and make local communities more responsible for education, in particular for hiring teachers (Nishimura, 2018). Within this context, Nishimura (2018) investigated the impact of decentralization in public schools in the Maasai community in Loitokitok District, Kajiado County, in Kenya.…”

Section: Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A way to address this problem was to decentralize the educational system and make local communities more responsible for education, in particular for hiring teachers (Nishimura, 2018). Within this context, Nishimura (2018) investigated the impact of decentralization in public schools in the Maasai community in Loitokitok District, Kajiado County, in Kenya. In the Masaai community, public education is rather new, and well-educated people do not necessarily have a bigger influence than community members with much livestock.…”

Section: Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the Masaai community, public education is rather new, and well-educated people do not necessarily have a bigger influence than community members with much livestock. Nishimura (2018) found that parents and community members actively participated in raising funds for public education and hiring teachers. Her study revealed the strength of community power through working together.…”

Section: Kenyamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Data-based decision making in developing countries: the influence of system and culture

Voogt

Pieters

2019

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Purpose This contribution to the special issue integrates findings addressed by the other papers. In order to structure the insights delivered by the studies and to address the perspectives with the objectives of the special issue, the purpose of this paper is to identify two major components: system characteristics and culture. Design/methodology/approach These are discussed and subsequently the studies are positioned according to this framework. Findings The authors further discuss elements involved in increasing the power of clients of the educational system, needs for capacity building, and the need for horizontal and vertical accountability. Originality/value Discussion paper to a special issue on data-based decision making.

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Section: Characteristics Of Culturementioning

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Section: Characteristics Of Culturementioning

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Section: Kenyamentioning

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Section: Kenyamentioning

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Pieters

2019

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How did local wisdom and practice make schools thrive during the pandemic? Evidence from a positive deviance study in rural Uganda

Atuhurra,

Kim-Hines,

Nishimura

2023

JICE

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PurposeThis research explores the impact of the locally grown strategies for learning support, as a positive deviance (PD) study, during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural Uganda.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers employed a randomized control trial (RCT) as an original design whereby 50 schools received a full package of SMS and WhatsApp peer groups of head teachers, 50 schools received SMS only and another 50 served as a control group. As an analytical method, this study adopted a difference-in-difference (DID) model to analyze the impact of the radio talk shows promoted through SMS followed by discussion among WhatsApp peer groups. The data collected in June 2021 and February 2022 were used due to the COVID-19-related data limitation of the baseline survey collected in 2019.FindingsThe authors found that the local radio talk shows as a PD intervention had a humble impact on preventing pupils’ dropout during the school closures for two years in Uganda. However, the authors did not obtain a significant result on the impact of the PD intervention on pedagogical support or learning outcomes at the school level. The authors also found that the pupils have significantly dropped their level of proficiencies in literacy and numeracy during the pandemic.Originality/valueThe findings could be of value for the leaders, educators and policymakers to understand the most recent update of learning situation in Uganda and the potential impact of locally grown strategies for learning which does not require external inputs.

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Teachers and School Culture: Optimization of Learning Technology in Limited Face-To-Face Meetings

Pramono

Triwiyanto

2022

2022 2nd International Conference on Information Technology and Education (ICIT&E)

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Community participation in school governance: The Maasai community in Kenya

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

Data-based decision making in developing countries: the influence of system and culture

Data-based decision making in developing countries: the influence of system and culture

How did local wisdom and practice make schools thrive during the pandemic? Evidence from a positive deviance study in rural Uganda

Teachers and School Culture: Optimization of Learning Technology in Limited Face-To-Face Meetings

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