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Sterpin, Jennifer C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation study explored high school administrators' beliefs about why racial disproportionality exists, sought to understand the local practices that contribute to disproportionality, and identified interventions and supports that impact disproportionality in the special education referral, eligibility, and placement process. Research…
Descriptors: High Schools, Suburban Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Disproportionate Representation
Vail, Christopher H. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Literature on educational leadership is lacking representation of the assistant principalship. Many educators who choose to become assistant principals enter school administration with the desire to one day be promoted to the principalship. For many school administrators the assistant principalship is the first administrative position and is…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Promotion, Qualitative Research
Graves, Julie Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation examined perceptions of elementary district superintendents regarding professional development in the superintendency. The current challenges of the superintendency require superintendents to be more prepared than ever before and to serve as effective leaders of school districts. Specifically, this research identified what…
Descriptors: School Districts, Administrator Attitudes, Faculty Development, Superintendents
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Dampson, Dandy George; Havor, Felicia Mensah; Laryea, Prince – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2018
The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of distributed leadership in Public Senior High Schools (SHS) with regard to school improvement. Using the Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Method design, 92 teachers and 4 head masters and 4 assistant head masters were randomly and census sampled. Three research questions were formulated and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Grounded Theory
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Gimbel, Phyllis; Kefor, Kristine – NASSP Bulletin, 2018
The daily demands on school principals require clear and consistent feedback, and without a mentor, a new principal may not have this type of assistance. This phenomenological study explores the perceptions of new principals and their assigned mentors in one legislated initiative, named by the researcher as the Vermont mentoring…
Descriptors: Principals, Mentors, Feedback (Response), Beginning Principals
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Sahin, Ahmet – Online Submission, 2018
The aim of this study is to determine the opinions primary school administrators and teachers on humor climates in primary schools. The study was modeled as a convergent parallel design, one of the mixed methods. The data gathered from 253 administrator questionnaires, and 651 teacher questionnaires was evaluated for the quantitative part of the…
Descriptors: Humor, Likert Scales, Questionnaires, Administrator Attitudes
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Balci, Velittin; Erdeveciler, Övünç – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
The indirect aim of this study is to ensure that sports and participation in sports are seen as new tools for values education. From this indirect goal, it was aimed to analyse the views of some Amateur Sports Club managers and supporters who were supposed to directly contribute to sports and the athletes about values education. The study was…
Descriptors: Values Education, Athletic Coaches, Physical Activities, Physical Education
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Basford, Elisabet; Butt, Graham; Newton, Richard – School Leadership & Management, 2017
The main aim of this research was to secure a better understanding of how local authorities (LAs), senior leadership teams (SLTs) and teachers in state schools perceive their responsibilities for the deployment, leadership and management of teaching assistants (TAs). Current research in the field--some of which has been highly influential on…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Teacher Supervision, Foreign Countries, Administrator Attitudes
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Dampson, Dandy George; Frempong, Evelyn Ama – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2018
Governments and other stakeholders in education are beginning to recognize the important roles school leaders can play in school development and efforts are being made to allow them to become more involved in managing schools. However, despite these efforts, head teachers are challenged with the perfect leadership style to improve schools. Many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Participative Decision Making, Leadership Styles
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Hunter, Joshua; Graves, Cherie; Bodensteiner, Anne – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2017
In this research report, the authors explore an early childhood center as it transitions from a traditional playground to an outdoor classroom. Herein, the first phase of this qualitative research project is introduced and a central finding of adult perspectives is explored. The tension inherent in the various adult perspectives concerning the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Play, Attitude Measures, Playgrounds
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Busco, Carolina; Dooner, Cecilia; d'Alencon, Andrés – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
This paper presents a brief approach to the results of a case study of a university within the Chilean higher education system, focusing on the effects of self-assessment on the university's management of undergraduate and postgraduate programs from 2011 to 2014. The research hypothesis is that the university's management, as a dependent variable,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Self Evaluation (Groups), Educational Assessment
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Nicolaidou, Maria; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina; Petridou, Alexandra – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This article focuses on the implementation of the "Professional Learning through Reflection promoted by Feedback and Coaching" (PROFLEC) project in Cyprus. The project aimed to provide valid and reliable feedback to school leaders and support them to interpret this into meaningful practice. A three-step-process, involving a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Coaching (Performance), Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Atamturk, Nurdan; Atamturk, Hakan; Dimililer, Celen – South African Journal of Education, 2018
Addressing the perceptions and the preferences of the upper-secondary school students, teachers, parents and administrators of the native speaking (NS) and non-native speaking (NNS) English teachers as well as investigating the variables affecting these preferences and perceptions, this study explores whether or not the native speaker myth is…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Preferences, Stakeholders, Secondary School Students
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Moorosi, Pontso; Bantwini, Bongani D. – South African Journal of Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate how leadership styles in the Eastern Cape school districts support school improvement. Mixed methods research was employed and data was collected through the use of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with school principals in various districts. The study was guided by the following questions:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Districts, Leadership Styles, Educational Improvement
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Theodosiou, Valentina; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
This article explores Cypriot primary school heads' professional socialization (PS), in terms of their preparation for headship. A study in three phases involving a survey and interviews indicates that, to "learn what it is to be a head" prior to headship, Cypriot heads resort to personal initiatives for training and development in…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Socialization, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education
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