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Tonyan, Holli A. – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
Eco(logical)-cultural Theory suggests that a daily routine results from individuals adapting cultural ideas to the constraints of a local context or ecology. Using Ecocultural Theory, this research examined family child care providers' descriptions of daily activities and overall approach to understand cultural models. The results highlighted a…
Descriptors: Child Care, Cultural Context, Models, Educational Practices
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Zziwa, Gertrude – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2014
The organisational structure of universities follows particular models that distinguish them from other learning institutions. This research investigated the effect of the organisational structure on the management of universities in Uganda using a sample of 361, 44% of whom were members of academic staff, and the rest contained university top…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Governance, Universities
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Dimopoulos, Kostas; Dalkavouki, Katerina; Koulaidis, Vasilis – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2015
This study aims at investigating primary school principals' work on a daily basis in order to understand the ways in which the centralized educational system affects their practices. Four typical cases of principals were selected and asked to keep daily records for a period of four months. Data from logs were complemented with data collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Elementary Education, Semi Structured Interviews
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Bird, James J.; Dunaway, David M.; Hancock, Dawson R.; Wang, Chuang – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between superintendent leadership and the operational processes of school improvement. School district superintendents (N = 226) from six southeastern states were surveyed concerning their leadership authenticity and school improvement practices. Descriptive statistics, analyzes of…
Descriptors: Leadership, Superintendents, Best Practices, Correlation