This study investigates the toxic leadership behaviours of school principals. It used a qualitative research model. Data were acquired based on interviews with 55 teachers from six school districts spanning diverse educational levels in Kuwait. The coding and data analysis process revealed that 45% (n = 25) of the participants considered their…

The use of "post-isms" has become increasingly prominent in academic discourse because it offers new perspectives for gaining insight into current developments in human society and the historical dimension of culture. In the Hong Kong educational context, the concept of "post-isms" has permeated the current music curriculum.…

In public schools, the principal's role is of paramount importance in influencing teachers to excel and to keep their job satisfaction high. The self-efficacy of leaders is an important characteristic of leadership, but this issue has not been extensively explored in school principals. Using internet-based questionnaires, this study obtained…

Describes the attributes and benefits of relational leadership. Also lists six competencies of relational leadership developed by the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina: Leading employees, interpersonal savvy, work-team orientation, conflict management, managing change in others, and effectively confronting problem…

Strategies, materials, techniques, and practices actually utilized to alleviate crisis conditions and to promote constructive school atmosphere in integrated schools in New York City are described in this report. The activities detailed here were developed as part of New York City's Easing Student Adjustment Program, but they are suitable for…

Describes partnership education, which emphasizes teacher and student input in the learning process, as well as multiculturalism; gender equality; and the modeling of empathy, caring, and personal responsibility. Addresses barriers to partnership education, describes a project aimed at developing programs and partnership education materials, and…

By exploring the extent and nature of networks used by principals and their assistants, this article provides preliminary answers to the questions of how principals communicate with each other and the topics they discuss. Newly appointed principals and assistant principals (N=151) were surveyed, as well as a sample of experienced principals…

A taxonomy of a communication skills curriculum is described which offers a continuum of learning beginning with awareness, leading to response, then to valuing, then to developing a system of values, and finally to the integration of values making behavior consistent with beliefs. (SB)

The article describes an adaptation for nine deaf 14-year-old students of "The Magic Circle", an approach to affective education which focuses on personal maturity, competency and constructive social interactions. (CL)

The focus of a common curriculum in general education should be on six shared human experiences, the use of symbols, membership in groups and institutions, production and consumption, relationship with nature, sense of time, and values and beliefs. (Author/RW)

This article presents two stories of human participation with nature and one another. The stories focus on the natural and human history of interaction in two places: (1) the Salt Creek Pupfish in Death Valley, and (2) the Valley of Fire. (LZ)

Examines three past conceptualizations of school administration and leadership (scientific or efficiency approaches, the human relations approach, and human resources development), outlines assumptions of each approach, and discusses implications for administrators' professional development. Current restructuring and school-based management…

In examining the issue of the vulnerability of school superintendents, the paper suggests that humankind itself is vulnerable and, as such, requires that all individuals present themselves in the social world as vulnerable. Thus, the perception of the school superintendent as vulnerable may be an important aspect of survival in that office, but it…

Pulling up stakes is seldom the best way to handle difficult people at work, because they exist everywhere as bullies, "yes" people, whiners, nonentities, know-it-alls, or "no" people. This article examines these six personality types and tells how administrators can avoid being victimized. (MLH)

A survey of 704 public school superintendents in Ohio yielded responses from 384. Of those, 255 lived in their school districts, and 66 percent reported having children in the schools where they worked. The advantage to living in the district, according to the superintendents, is accessibility to the community. On the down side, superintendents…