Modelling Social System for School Effectiveness

Abstract

School effectiveness is the level at which school is able to accomplish its pre-determined objectives with a view to solving the obstacles that might hinder the smooth running of schools. Although, substantial progress was theoretically achieved in defining effective schools, still there exists a dearth in models which researchers could rationalise and develop a theory that could best describe the phenomena. This paper explained the concepts of school effectiveness and social system as well as the role of social system theory in enhancing an effective school system. And finally the implications of the paper to the body of knowledge, policy makers and school principals were discussed in the paper.

The Effectiveness of Madrasah: Analysis of Managerial Skills, Learning Supervision, School Culture, and Teachers’ Performance

“…The principal's leadership will be able to form an effective school and school culture (Bipath & Moyo, 2016). Principals' leadership and school culture have a strong influence on forming effective schools (Dahiru, Basri, Aji, & Asimiran, 2018;Smart, 2016). School culture must be improved according to the core values developed in schools so that they can assist in improving the quality of education and forming effective schools.…”

Principal’s Teacher Social Support Strategies on Teacher Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Mumias East Sub-County, Kenya

“…There is a tendency to avoid static connotations of equilibrium to demonstrate the system's processual, dynamic, and potential-maintaining properties. Therefore, the open school system comprises inputs, transformation processes, outputs, feedback, and the environment (Dahiru et al, 2018). The theory is also an external standard for effectiveness by measuring sustainability and long-term growth.…”

“…Within a system, some processes and parts correlate to achieving a common goal for the entire system. In the social science realm, interaction and communication are fundamental to improving the social interactions of the system (Dahiru, Basri, Aji, & Asimiran, 2018). In a school situation, teachers, students, parents, and support staff are all under a school administrator.…”

“…The changes are a product of teachers undergoing homeostasis according to the institutions' prevailing conditions, which are usually the actions of the school principals. When the school principals and heads of learning institutions bring about variations using specific strategies in various sectors of the teacher subsystem, desired teacher performances are achieved, consequently affecting students' outcomes (Dahiru et al, 2018). The theory is then a framework within which the alteration of conditions for independent variables in this study can be assessed fully through the observations of variations in the dependent variable.…”