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Autor/inn/en | Al-Ani, Wajeha Thabit; Ismail, Omer Hashim |
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Titel | Can mission predict school performance? The case of basic education in Oman. |
Quelle | In: School leadership & management, (2015) 5, S.459-476Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1363-2434 |
DOI | 10.1080/13632434.2015.1070822 |
Schlagwörter | Basic education; Vision; Mission; School; Performance; Elementary schools; Elementary education; Academic achievement; School principals |
Abstract | This article reports on a study that examined the relationship between the mission statements and performance of Basic Education Schools in Oman. The process of mission statement framing was also investigated. A sample of 161 school mission statements was randomly collected from the Ministry of Education school mission portal database representing 19% of the total population. A sequential mixed method of analysis was chosen. The mission statements being classified with respect to 12 themes of which the most frequently of them appearing Academic Achievement (74.5%) and the least frequent Scientific Research Methods (26.1%). Results show that Learning Outcomes Excellence significantly correlated with a theme around Reconstructing School Environment (r = 0.243). Also, Islamic Values and Ethics significantly correlated with Scientific Research Methods (r = 0.221). It was also appeared that school principals spent great efforts on designing school mission statements that directed schools towards achieving their purpose and improving their performance. |
Erfasst von | OLC |
Update | 2023/3/07 |