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Female Leadership and School Effectiveness in Junior High Schools in Ghana
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Agezo, Clement Kwadzo – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine female principal leadership practices that are considered crucial in the effectiveness and improvement of schools and school administration in Ghanaian junior high schools. Design/methodology/approach: The study was qualitative and interpretive. Five principals of junior high schools were…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Leadership Styles, School Administration, School Effectiveness
Principals Value-Informed Decision Making, Intrapersonal Moral Discord, and Pathways to Resolution: The Complexities of Moral Leadership Praxis
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Frick, William C. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2009
Purpose: This research seeks to explore the inevitable internal struggle experienced by school leaders when making ethically-informed judgments. The study acquired principals' intimate reflections about professional decision making in response to personal versus organizational and/or professional value discrepancy as identified in the ethic of the…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Value Judgment, Phenomenology, Ethics
Challenges of a Successful First-Year Principal in Mexico
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Slater, Charles L.; Garcia, Jose Maria; Gorosave, Gema Lopez – Journal of Educational Administration, 2008
Purpose: This case study is an attempt to understand the experience of a school principal, Arnulfo. The research question is: what are the challenges of one first-year school director in Baja California, Mexico? Design/methodology/approach: Arnulfo participated in an interview and five focus groups at the Ensenada State Normal School. He kept a…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Human Resources
Asking the Hard Questions: Being a Beginning Principal in Australia
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Quong, Terry – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: The paper aims to provide insights into the work of beginning principals in their first year through the experiences of one beginning principal during his first year in post. Design/methodology/approach: In order to illuminate the problems of beginning principals the paper sets out to answer the personal question: "What can I say…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Principals, Beginning Principals
Power in the Principalship: Four Women's Experiences.
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Fennell, Hope-Arlene – Journal of Educational Administration, 1999
Explores four women elementary principals' experiences with power in their working lives. Themes emerging through in-depth interviews included empowerment and positive, negative, and traditional power. These are discussed through three lenses: dominance, facilitation ("power through"), and "power with." All interviewees…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Empowerment, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Headteachers' Reflections on Primary Headship from 1988-2003: An Exploratory Study
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Rutherford, Desmond – Journal of Educational Administration, 2005
Purpose: To explore the reflections of primary headteachers on a series of major policy initiatives introduced by successive Conservative and Labour governments from 1988 to 2003. Design/methodology/method: The methodology is an interview-based survey of six headteachers. The interviews were structured around the headteachers' recollections of…
Descriptors: Government Role, Educational Change, Methods, Principals