ASSIGNMENT
HPGD2203
EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
SEPTEMBER 2023 SEMESTER
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION
1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.
2. Number of words: 3000 – 5000 words excluding references.
3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.
4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.
5. Submission date : 15 November 2023.
6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
Part I
QUESTION 1: REPORT INTERVIEW (40%)
The role of a school leader is to foster a positive school climate in which depicted by a
school environment that is peaceful, comfortable, safe, has high academic
expectations with strong support, strong relationships among teachers as well as free
threats and serious disciplinary problems either among teachers, staff or students.
(Sheninger & Murray, 2017)
Based on the statement above, you are required to conduct an interview with a school
leader on their best practices for promoting a positive school climate. The interview
should address the following aspects:
1. Profile of key informant (school leader)
2. Qualitative data analysis
- Strategies used to maintain a positive school climate
- Strategies used to improve a negative school climate
3. Key findings and conclusion
You may relate the conversation structure with any of the four principal processes of
management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) by referring to the table
below:
Table 1: Four principal processes of management
Planning Devising strategies
Establishing objectives
Formulating vision statement
Organising Allocating staff to tasks
Culture
Allocating materials/ resources for tasks
Leading Motivating staff
Decision making
Leadership/ modelling expected behaviour
Controlling Monitoring systems/ processes
Comparing output against targets
Strategic human resources
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[Total: 40 marks]
QUESTION 2: REFLECTION (10%)
Based on the interview in Question 1, you are required to identify and discuss which
type of management styles are implemented by the respective school principal.
Support your stand with relevant examples and literature from at least THREE sources,
which can include books and articles from journals and/or established websites.
[Total: 10 marks]
Part II
ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
This part requires students to participate actively in the MyINSPIRE eforum. Discuss the
following topics in the forum and submit proof of your participation with your tutor and
peers in the eforum online discussions:
Online discussion question:
(a) Reflect on your personal values, beliefs, and experiences. How do they shape your
philosophy on educational leadership? Write a personal leadership statement that
encapsulates your core beliefs and how they influence your approach to education
management.
(b) Consider a time when you faced an ethical dilemma in an educational setting.
Describe the situation, the emotions you felt, and the values that were in conflict.
How did you resolve the situation, and what did you learn about your own values
and emotional responses in the process?
(c) How do you believe emotional intelligence plays a role in effective education
management? Reflect on a situation where understanding and managing emotions
(yours or others') led to a positive outcome in an educational context. How might
you further develop your emotional intelligence skills for future leadership roles?
(d) Think about a diverse educational environment you've been a part of or observed.
How did the management ensure an inclusive environment that catered to the
emotional well-being of individuals from different cultural backgrounds? Reflect on
your own feelings and attitudes towards cultural inclusivity in education
management and how you might implement these insights in your leadership
approach.
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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)
Do the following:
1. Select the best FIVE (5) of your postings from the forum discussion set up by your tutor.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen Grab
below
4. The screenshots should contain: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.
Guidelines for Submission:
a. Use double space and 12-point of Times New Roman font.
b. Provide reference using the American Psychological Association (APA) format 7 th
edition.
c. References should be latest (year 2010 onwards)
Notes:
Assignments should be submitted according to the due date.
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You are to submit a softcopy of your assignment online through myINSPIRE.
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Plagiarism is not acceptable. If you are not sure what is meant by plagiarism, refer to
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the various websites which discuss this matter, e.g. [Link]/handouts.
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[Total: 10 marks]
[TOTAL: 60 MARKS]
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ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
HPGD2203 EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT / SEPTEMBER 2023
PART 1: QUESTION 1: INTERVIEW (40 MARKS)
Unsatisfactory Max
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Mark
QN CLO Criteria Weight No response s
4 3 2 1 0
1 3 Profile of key 1.5 The profile of the key The profile of the key The profile of the key The profile of the key There is no profile of 6
informant informants is written informants is written informants is written informants is written key informants.
excellently and in detail. well and quite details. adequately and in less poorly and lacks details.
detail.
3 Qualitative Data 2.5 The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic analysis There is no thematic 10
Analysis strongly conveys ideas conveys ideas relevant conveys a surface-level does not convey analysis evident.
Strategies relevant to topics. It also to topics. The idea relevant to topics. information or ideas
used to integrates additional interviewer asks Questions asked are in relevant to topics. The
outside knowledge. The thoughtful questions surface level but interviewer asks one or
maintain a interviewer asks that elicit useful purposeful. two random questions.
positive school questions that promote responses from the
climate deep engagement from interviewee.
the interviewee.
Qualitative Data 2.5 The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic analysis There is no thematic 10
Analysis strongly conveys ideas conveys ideas relevant conveys a surface-level does not convey analysis evident.
Strategies relevant to topics. It also to topics. The idea relevant to topics. information or ideas
used to integrates additional interviewer asks Questions asked are in relevant to topics. The
outside knowledge. The thoughtful questions surface level but interviewer asks one or
improve a interviewer asks that elicit useful purposeful. two random questions.
negative questions that promote responses from the
school climate deep engagement from interviewee.
the interviewee.
3 Key Findings and 3.5 The findings and The findings and The findings and The findings and There is no finding 14
Conclusion conclusion are conclusion are conclusion are conclusion are merely and conclusion a
presented with an presented in a write-up. presented with an presented in a limited write-up.
excellent write-up. adequate write up. write-up.
6
Total 10 40
*QN = Question Number
QUESTION 2: REFLECTION (10 MARKS)
Criteria Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory Max
*QN CLO Weight
4 3 2 1 0 Marks
2 3 Depth of reflection/ 1.25 Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates little Demonstrates no 5
characteristics thorough and conscious thoughtful limited understanding understanding of the understanding of the
of the writing task and understanding of the of the writing task and writing task and subject writing task and
subject matter. writing task and subject subject matter. matter. subject matter.
matter.
3 Provide examples and 1.0 Uses specific and Uses relevant examples Uses some vaguely Very few specific Demonstrates no 4
evidence convincing examples to from experience to developed examples of examples were used to specific examples
support ideas and makes support claims. Makes claims made in the support the claim made used to support the
insightful connections. applicable connections writing task. in the writing task. claim made in the
between ideas in the writing task.
writing task.
3 Conclusion 0.25 The conclusion is The conclusion is The conclusion is The conclusion is merely There is no 1
presented with an presented with a write- presented with an presented in a limited conclusion write-up.
excellent write-up. up. adequate write-up. write up.
Total 2.5 10
*QN = Question Number
PART II: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10 MARKS)
CLO Excellent Good Fair Poor No response Max
Online Class Question Criteria Weighting
4 3 2 1 0 Marks
7
a-d 3 Quality 2.5 All five comments are Three or four of the One or two of the None of the No postings given as
of good, appropriate, comments are good, comments are comments are good proof of 10
Postings relevant, meaningful, and appropriate, relevant, somewhat good, and relevant. / participation in
respectful meaningful and appropriate, Comments are short discussion
Affective respectful meaningful and responses that are not
Domain respectful substantial nor
(A3) meaningful. Minimum
effort (e.g. “I agree
with Tina”)
Total Marks 2.5 10
