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Ho, Jeanne; Ong, Monica; Tan, Liang See – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2020
Purpose: This paper presents a study on how professional learning communities (PLC) are developed in an Asian setting, and the nature of leadership that helped to cultivate and sustain PLC in this setting. Research Method: The study adopted a sequential mixed method, starting with a survey followed by qualitative case studies, involving focused…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Asians, Cultural Context, Sustainability
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Townsend, Andrew – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2015
A range of different constructs are used to describe and define the way that leadership operates in education settings. This range can be presented as binary categories of leadership, in which either one, or the other form of leadership is preferred, but not both. An example of this is the contrast made between solo and distributed leadership. A…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Case Studies, Network Analysis, Educational Administration
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Hallinger, Phillip; Lee, Moosung – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
Over the past two decades a growing body of international research suggests that instructional leadership from the principal is essential for the improvement of teaching and learning in schools. However, in many parts of the world, the practice of instructional leadership remains both poorly understood and outside the main job description of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Dowling-Hetherington, Linda – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
Over the past decade, universities in Ireland have been implementing large-scale institutional change designed to better prepare them for the multitude of pressures they face. Changes have been taking place, for example, in approaches to institutional management and leadership practices and in decision-making structures. However, despite the rapid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Change, Educational Administration
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Heystek, Jan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
Principals, as one of the professional leaders in a school, are accountable for the quality of education in the school. This is a part of the normal job description and expectations for the person in such a post. In the South African context with a large number of underperforming schools, there is an intention to have an additional performance…
Descriptors: Principals, Performance Contracts, Administrator Attitudes, Motivation Techniques
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Moreland, Jan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2009
Much of the research into teacher appraisal and performance management has focused on the experience of the classroom teacher. In this article, I will: (1) concentrate on the perspectives of the senior managers in secondary schools; (2) consider their views of the purpose of performance management; (3) compare their methods of implementation of…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Performance Technology