Learning Environment II- DAY 3

The focus for the day was 2 fold,

1. To modify,customise existing LE instuments and
2. evaluate the appropriate LE instuments.

Reasons for modification included,

1. Validation
2. refraining from re-inveting the wheel
3. maintaining the context and target group

SLE studies included both Qualitative and Quatitative surveys.

Instrumentation dimentions included:

1. Student Support 2. Affiliation
3. Professinal Interest 4. Achievement orientation
5. Self freedom 6. Paticipatory decision making
7. Innovation 8. Resourse adequacy
9. Work pressure

Finally, a re-cap was conducted through a 4 group case study of 3 schools which highlighted strengths and weaknessess in several areas,

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