Varför gör jag det här? : En studie om kvalitet, likvärdighet och ansvar i en skola

Denna undersökning syftar till att med hjälp av intervjuer undersöka ett antal pedagogers uppfattning av kvalitet, likvärdighet och ansvar i en skola samt hur skolans arbetssätt påverkar kvalitet och likvärdighet för eleverna. De parametrar som finns definierade av skolans ledning som strategiska mål, framgångsfaktorer och nyckelmått på pedagogisk utveckling återkommer inte spontant hos de intervjuade pedagogerna, det räcker inte att tala om kvalitet för att kunna mäta och utveckla den. Den huvudsakliga slutsats som kan dras av undersökningen är att det saknas en gemensam syn på kvalitet och vad kvalitet konkret innebär i det pedagogiska arbetet och det pedagogiska ledarskapet för att skapa och säkerställa kvalitet och likvärdighet inom skolans alla funktioner; kvalificerande, socialiserande och subjektifierande.

Patriarchal values : girls are more apt to change

Patriarchal values: girls are more apt to change How has the family value system changed between generations, especially when taking into account the gender dimension? This article presents some results from a study carried outin 2007 in one village of the Gourani tribe where the people are followers of Ahle Hagh in Islamabad Gharb (west of Iran). The differences between generations (those born and raised before and after the Islamic Revolution) in patriarchal values in the family are statistically significant. The older generation opts for the man of the family to make most of the decisions; on children’s education, marriage, naming, the families expenditure, the place for residence, the social network of the family and even the number of children. The younger generation has a different value system and it has moved towards a more egalitarian type of family. With the gender variable included in the findings we see that although the values of the younger male population have evolved toward a less patriarchal decision making structure inthe family, the degree of changes among the young women is much higher. Looking into the preferences for male sex for the first child as well as a larger number of boys in the family, the difference between generations is significant. However data on the differences analyzed with the gender variable proves that the changes concerning the equality of sexes are mainly due to drastic changes in the young women’s value system. That is, the male population, young or old, still prefer to have a boy as their first born and to have more sons in the family. But the young female generation in the rural area sees less difference in having boys or girls in the family. It is concluded that reforms in the old value system is an evolving process of everyday life and that the girls are the main social force for change.