NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Vanblaere, Bénédicte; Devos, Geert – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2018
Purpose: Department heads play a pivotal role in the functioning of departments in secondary schools. However, quantitative research about the role of departmental leadership for the development of professional learning communities (PLCs) in subject departments in secondary schools remains scarce. As PLCs are seen as promising contexts for…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries, Departments
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zheng, Qiao; Li, Lingyan; Chen, Huijuan; Loeb, Susanna – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to build a broader framework for Chinese principal leadership and to determine what aspects of principal leadership correlate most highly with school outcomes from the perspectives of both principals and teachers. Method: The data come from a 2013 national student achievement assessment in China comprising…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Savvides, Vassos; Pashiardis, Petros – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: The main purpose of this study was to explore direct and indirect relationships between Leadership and Student Citizenship Outcomes in Cyprus middle schools. In the case of indirect effects the mediating role of School Academic Optimism and Instructional Quality was examined. Method: The specific study adopted a value-added quantitative…
Descriptors: Correlation, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shin, Seon-Hi; Slater, Charles L.; Backhoff, Eduardo – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2013
This study compared PISA 2009 student reading literacy scores with principal perceptions across three countries with varying levels of student performance: Korea, Mexico, and the United States. Seventy-five countries participated in PISA 2009, which measured 15-year-old children's reading achievement and principal perceptions. The study explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Principals, Administrator Attitudes