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Hallinger, Philip; Lu, Jiafang – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The past two decades have witnessed increasing global acceptance of the important role that capable leadership plays in education reform and school improvement. Consequently, policymakers internationally have actively sought means of strengthening capacity for school-level leadership, with a particular focus on the design of more effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education
Hallinger, Philip; Bridges, Edwin – 1997
This comprehensive guide explores Problem-Based Learning (PBL), an innovative approach to leadership training. PBL has been adapted from its original use in medical school training into a tool for administrator preparation. In PBL, a real-life scenario with an open-ended problem or question for which there is no single right solution is presented.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competence, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Bridges, Edwin M.; Hallinger, Philip – 1995
Messy, real-life problems provide the starting point for learning in a radically transformed instructional environment. In problem-based learning (PBL), students in educational administration classes--aspiring and current principals--jointly decide how to deal with the problems and learn leadership skills by facilitating collaboration and building…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Doctoral Programs
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Bridges, Edwin; Hallinger, Philip – Journal of School Leadership, 1997
Presents scenario for the future of school leadership and discusses role of problem-based leadership development. This scenario fosters several assumptions concerning capacities needed by future school leaders: ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment; attitudes and skills in lifelong learning; more varied leadership roles; and increased…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Study
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Leithwood, Kenneth A.; Hallinger, Philip – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1993
Cognitive perspectives offer important, unique insights about the nature of expert administrative practice, how it develops, and what can be done to assist that development. The five articles making up this issue address cognitive perspectives on educational administration based on three areas of inquiry: human thought and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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Bridges, Edwin M.; Hallinger, Philip – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
Leadership education is intended to teach strategies for getting results through others. A Stanford University (California) graduate program for prospective public school principals uses complex problem-based learning projects in which students are required to develop a solution and a mode for presenting it as they would in an actual school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Communication Skills
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Hallinger, Philip; McCary, C. E. – Journal of Staff Development, 1991
Describes a computer simulation which enables principals to understand how to implement instructional leadership practices. The article recommends that staff developers view instructional leadership from the perspective of problem solving and strategic thinking. Six suggestions for leadership development are provided. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Hallinger, Philip; McCary, C. E. – 1992
Emerging research on instructional leadership is examined in this paper, with a focus on the new perspective on strategic thinking. The main theme is that research must address the reasoning that underlies the exercise of leadership rather than describe discrete behaviors of effective leaders. A computer simulation designed to facilitate the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making Skills