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Struggling to Make a Difference against the Odds: A Synthesis of Qualitative Research on Women Leading Schools in Zimbabwe
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Moyo, Zvisinei; Perumal, Juliet; Hallinger, Philip – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: This paper reports on results of a systematic research synthesis of 25 studies on women in educational leadership and management in Zimbabwe. The aim of this systematic review of research was to report conclusions drawn from a synthesis of findings from studies of gender and educational leadership in Zimbabwe. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Women Administrators, Females, Educational Administration
Making Sense of Images of Fact and Fiction: A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base for School Leadership in Vietnam
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Hallinger, Philip; Walker, Allan; Trung, Gian Tu – Journal of Educational Administration, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review both international and domestic (i.e. Vietnamese language) journal articles and graduate theses and dissertations on educational leadership in Vietnam. The review addresses two specific goals: first, to describe and critically assess the nature of the formal knowledge base on principal leadership in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Journal Articles, Theses
Developing a Knowledge Base for Educational Leadership and Management in East Asia
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Hallinger, Philip – School Leadership & Management, 2011
The role of school leadership in educational reform has reached the status of a truism, and led to major changes in school leader recruitment, selection, training and appraisal. While similar policy trends are evident in East Asia, the empirical knowledge base underlying these measures is distorted and lacking in validation. This paper begins by…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
Instructional Leadership and School Socio-Economic Status: A Preliminary Investigation.
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Hallinger, Philip; Murphy, Joseph – Administrator's Notebook, 1983
Data from seven California elementary schools suggest that effective instructional leadership is both multidimensional and sensitive to school socioeconomic status (SES); in low SES schools, it involves direct supervisory activity and attention paid to school climate. Twenty-six reference notes are appended. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles
Assessing the Instructional Leadership of Secondary School Principals in Thailand.
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Hallinger, Philip; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1994
Although Western research has identified principal leadership as a necessary condition for school improvement, little is known about how principals provide instructional leadership in developing countries. This problem was addressed by translating and administering the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) to 10 secondary…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Policy Analysis at the Local Level: A Framework for Expanded Investigation.
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Murphy, Joseph A.; Hallinger, Philip – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
This paper examines the reasons for the current emphasis on state and federal policy analysis, presents frameworks for viewing local policy analysis, and examines local policy areas that would be conducive to further analysis, focusing on discrepancies between school effectiveness frameworks and the framework of schools as loosely coupled…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Government Role