Leadership of portuguese community schools in the East Coast of the United States and the public policies of education: a multiple case studies

The Portuguese community schools of the United States located in the areas of larger Portuguese population concentration are social organizations that come materializing throughout decades the designs of the educative policies of the Portuguese government in relation to the expansion and preservation of the language, the culture and the history of Portugal. These designs of the educative policies are enrolled in the Constitution of the Republic (1976), in the Basic Law of Educative System (1986) and, over all, in the successive legislative norms (Decree-laws and ordinances) of the successive governments. Portuguese community schools in the United States are structuralized in analogous way to schools of the Portuguese geographic space. For this qualitative study (multiple case), four directors of Portuguese schools of the East Coast of the United States were interviewed; two schools are in the state of Rhode Island and the other two are in the state of Massachusetts. Also, it was administered the questionnaire on practices of leadership “Leadership Practices Inventory” (LPI) of Kouzes and Posner (2002) to collect additional data about practices of leadership on the directors of the schools. The LPI evaluates practices of leadership classifying them in five domains: (a) Model the way; (b) Inspire a shared vision; (c) Challenge the process; (d) Enable others to act; and, (e) Encourage the heart. Results of this qualitative research indicate that the Portuguese Government has not had an educative policy stimulant, coherent and consistent of support, incentive, maintenance and diffusion of the Portuguese language and culture and the directors of the studied schools they have a proactive and serving leadership style in conducting the management of Portuguese community schools. The five practices of leadership are highly practiced by the directors of the studied schools above all the practices “Enable others to act” and “Encourage the heart”.

La política educativa implementada durante el primer año del "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional" : Contradicciones y límites

Durante la última dictadura argentina, existieron límites políticos, económicos y sociales a las intenciones en materia educativa del bloque en el poder. El propósito de este artículo es presentar ejemplos en esa dirección a partir del análisis de la política educativa implementada durante el primer año del autodenominado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional". Estudiaremos las gestiones del contralmirante César Guzzetti y el profesor Ricardo Bruera. Atenderemos la relación entre objetivos propuestos y resultados. Asimismo, focalizaremos en las contradicciones y límites de cada una de ellas

La política educativa implementada durante el primer año del "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional" : Contradicciones y límites

Durante la última dictadura argentina, existieron límites políticos, económicos y sociales a las intenciones en materia educativa del bloque en el poder. El propósito de este artículo es presentar ejemplos en esa dirección a partir del análisis de la política educativa implementada durante el primer año del autodenominado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional". Estudiaremos las gestiones del contralmirante César Guzzetti y el profesor Ricardo Bruera. Atenderemos la relación entre objetivos propuestos y resultados. Asimismo, focalizaremos en las contradicciones y límites de cada una de ellas

La política educativa implementada durante el primer año del "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional" : Contradicciones y límites

Durante la última dictadura argentina, existieron límites políticos, económicos y sociales a las intenciones en materia educativa del bloque en el poder. El propósito de este artículo es presentar ejemplos en esa dirección a partir del análisis de la política educativa implementada durante el primer año del autodenominado "Proceso de Reorganización Nacional". Estudiaremos las gestiones del contralmirante César Guzzetti y el profesor Ricardo Bruera. Atenderemos la relación entre objetivos propuestos y resultados. Asimismo, focalizaremos en las contradicciones y límites de cada una de ellas

The “re-socialization” of Gypsy women in the literacy courses aimed to the recipients of the Social Integration Revenue Policy of the Region of Madrid

This article studies the gender values that are promoted both in the literacy courses for gypsy women beneficiaries of the Social Integration Revenue Policy of the Region of Madrid and in the events that are organized for this group by public institutions and NGOs. The process of “socialization” that occurs in the educative groups for Gypsy women is focused on constructing an image of what it is to be a “Gypsy modern woman”. Through multiple mechanisms and discursive techniques a specific conception of gender equality is transmitted in these educative spaces. In addition to this, Gypsy women are continually urged to assume certain values and social practices (of gender identity, of "citizenship", of parenting, etc..), while an archetype of "Gypsy Woman" which condenses powerful stereotypes and prejudices about the "Gypsy culture" and the gender relations characteristics of this group is constructed.

Work/Family Balance: HRM Policy and Practice in Australia

An employee's inability to balance work and family responsibilities has resulted in an increase in stress related illnesses. Historically, research into the nexus between work and family has primarily focused on the work/family conflict relationship, predominately investigating the impact of this conflict on parents, usually mothers. To date research has not sufficiently examined the human resource management practices that enable all parents to achieve a balance between their work and family lives. This paper explores the relationship between contemporary family friendly HRM policies and employed parents perceptions of work/family enhancement, work/family satisfaction, propensity to turnover, and work/family conflict. Self-report questionnaire data from 326 men and women is analysed and discussed to enable organisations to consider the use of family friendly policies and thus create a convergence between the well-being of employees and the effectiveness of the organisation.