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Döös, Marianne; Wilhelmson, Lena; Madestam, Jenny; Örnberg, Åsa – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
A school principal's workload is recognised as being heavy, with an imbalance between demands and resources. This paper contributes to the development of collective leadership. The principalship constellations of six schools in Sweden were studied with the aim of strengthening the current knowledge about structures and experiences of shared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Elliott, Geoffrey – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This article raises questions that challenge assumptions about values, interests and power in further and higher education partnerships. These topics were explored in a series of semi-structured interviews with a sample of principals and senior higher education partnership managers of colleges spread across a single region in England. The data…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, Adult Education, Semi Structured Interviews
Silva, Marisa; da Silva, Sofia Marques; Araújo, Helena C – Improving Schools, 2017
This article presents an analysis of school principals' perspectives on networking concerning schools and school clusters from areas of social vulnerability (Educational Territories of Priority Intervention (TEIP)) in Northern Portugal. The meanings, purpose, benefits and difficulties of networking in education are examined, based on interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Networks, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Sahan, Gülsün – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
Headmasters are responsible for many things that take place in the school. One of the main duties of a headmaster is the task of teacher inspection. This study aims to evaluate education inspection skills of secondary and high school headmaster who work in the center of Bartin Province with the aim of also developing suggestions by identifying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Mixed Methods Research, Content Analysis
DeMatthews, David – School Community Journal, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the community-oriented school leadership practices of a school leader at an elementary school within a colonia in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Analysis of interviews and observations revealed how this school leader employed a broad range of practices, strategies, and approaches to develop deep…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Leadership, Social Capital
Balyer, Aydin – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
Trust is considered as one of the essential elements at schools. Although it is important, there is relatively little research on trust in educational settings. Research indicate that trust across school affects much of a school's functioning and it is a critical resource as principals embark on improvement plans. In this regard, it is a matter of…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Principals, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Hill, Ron; James, Chris – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This article reports research into the role and responsibilities of the chairs of governing bodies of further education colleges and sixth-form colleges in England. Further education colleges and sixth-form colleges represent a significant part of post-16 educational provision in England. Every college in the sector has a governing body, which has…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Principals, Governance, Governing Boards
Ozen, Hamit – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Purpose: Academic researchers have reported that the climate of a school deeply affects students and other partners. A safe and caring school environment is one in which school attendees feel respected, feel that their work is meaningful, and feel that they are good at what they do. The purpose of this paper was to determine how teachers perceived…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Teacher Administrator Relationship
Gibbs, Simon; Papps, Ivy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2017
This article provides an account of a small-scale pilot study of the cost and perceived benefits of the educational psychology services in two comparably small local authorities in England. This study is preparatory to a more detailed examination of the costs and likely benefits of state provision of educational psychology services in England. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Psychology, School Districts
Davids, Nuraan – Africa Education Review, 2018
While literature on the interplay between educational leadership and context abounds, the attention granted to the experiences of female principals has, to a large extent, treated the construction of women as a homogeneous entity. Consequently, very little, certainly within the South African context, is known about how women in leadership…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Females, Instructional Leadership
Nouri, Ali; Farsi, Soheila – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2018
The central aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the recently revised elementary curriculum for arts education in Iran. The study employed an educational criticism method and was conducted in two elementary schools. Data were collected by observation, semi-structured interviews and curriculum documents over a four-month period.…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Fitzgerald, Scott; Stacey, Meghan; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Parding, Karolina; Rainnie, Al – Journal of Education Policy, 2018
The devolution of public sector schooling systems has been a feature of education reform since the 1980s. In Western Australia, the Independent Public School (IPS) initiative has recently been installed, announced by the state government in 2009. Now over 80% of the state's public school students attend IP schools. Drawing on interview data from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Educational Change, Commercialization
Çalik, Temel; Tabak, Hasan; Tabak, Burcu Yavuz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2018
The purpose of this study is to determine the ways primary education administrators solve events of violence as a problem. To this end, sample cases of violence were derived from the school violence news appearing on media organs in the last four years. They were categorized based on the type of violence. Data were collected via a semi-structured…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, Administrator Behavior, Semi Structured Interviews
Poon-McBrayer, Kim Fong – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2018
With a focus on exemplary practices, this article described and analyzed a principal's understanding of the conceptual framework of the US-based response-to-intervention and his strategies to mobilize school staff to understand and practice the model to achieve effective inclusive education with the principles of whole schooling. This principal…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Leadership, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Yieng, Wong Ai; Daud, Khadijah Binti – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
Headmaster as leader of the school also plays a role as a technology leader. This applies to the high performance schools (HPS) headmaster as well. The HPS excel in all aspects of education. In this study, researcher is interested in examining the role of the headmaster as a technology leader through interviews with three headmasters of high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Principals, Leadership Role