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Direct linkHeaney, Liam – International Journal of Educational Management, 2004
Presents a case study that probes the process of leading professional development in a specific educational setting, namely, a primary school, and offers a critical analysis of the process over an eight- to ten-month period. Hopes that the approaches used and the lessons learned will have a relevance to the wider field of educational research and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Case Studies, Theory Practice Relationship, Formative Evaluation
Efforts by Departments of Economics to Assess Teaching Effectiveness: Results of an Informal Survey.
Peer reviewedWhite, Lawrence J. – Journal of Economic Education, 1995
Reports on a study of efforts by 76 college economics departments to assess faculty teaching effectiveness. Discusses four assessment methods: (1) classroom visits; (2) teaching materials; (3) formal follow-up; and (4) informal soundings. Concludes that many feel uncomfortable with the evaluation process. (CFR)
Descriptors: Economics, Economics Education, Educational Change, Evaluation Methods
Download full textHeuss, Ron; Psencik, Kay – 1986
If principals are responsible for implementing educational reforms, then criteria for effective leadership skills should be developed. This paper considers criteria for identifying effective principals and proposes a training and appraisal system. The paper discusses five domains that identify effective principals: (1) vision, (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Decision Making
Leithwood, Kenneth Arthur – 1986
This survey project of 129 randomly selected school systems in Ontario, Canada, investigates: (1) dominant patterns among secondary principals' practices and their effectiveness in the improvement of school processes and outcomes; (2) differences in practices between elementary and secondary school principals; (3) factors determining secondary…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role
Taylor, Barbara O. – 1986
To illustrate the theoretical dynamics involved in analysis of the process of "metasensing," this paper investigates the language of 22 elementary school principals and their strategic actions during school improvement programs. The study's grounded theory approach frames the principals'"epistemology of practice"--thereby…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Pajak, Edward; Glickman, Carl D. – 1987
To broaden the scope of effective schools research by including change processes and a wider unit of study, this project investigated three Georgia school districts demonstrating improvements in student achievement for three consecutive years. Research identified these elements: (1) the sequence and influence of events, factors, and people…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Board of Education Policy, Change Strategies
Taylor, Barbara O. – 1986
The role of the elementary school principal is critical in determining school effectiveness. This study analyzes the thinking and language of 22 "effective change" elementary school principals to discover common patterns in decisionmaking processes. The method of grounded theory delineates implicit theories principals use to make…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Change Strategies
