The aim of the study was to demonstrate the opinions of teacher candidates, who were born after 2000 and called generation Z, about the concept of school autonomy. This is quantitative research conducted according to the descriptive survey model. The data obtained is based on the responses given by teacher candidates to the "School…

The purpose of this action research project was to gain an understanding of, and to mobilise the voices of diverse young people enrolled in a Portuguese secondary school. A case study methodology, in conjunction with action research methodology, was used for this study. The action research data indicated that projects conceived throughout the…

Deliberative democracy surfaces disagreements so that people holding conflicting stances understand each other's reasons for the purpose of decision-making. Democratic education approaches should provide students with the opportunity to learn and practice how to address conflict in the collective decision-making process. In this paper, I examine…

School-based teams are a core method for stakeholder collaboration and coordination. Although school teams are responsible for making numerous decisions, a limited number of measures exist to support the evaluation of these meetings, none of which span the full range of hypothesized meeting quality variables (e.g., meeting structure, use of data).…

The study aimed to determine how lecturers have adopted organizational democracy and academic freedom in Turkish state universities, as well as to find out their views on its appropriation for Turkey. A correlative descriptive survey model is used in this study. The study sample was included 418 academics working at state universities in Ankara.…

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and describe the perceived impact of Patterson's (2003) 7 servant leadership constructs on high school principals in establishing a culture of high performance. Methodology: The qualitative phenomenological study described the lived experiences of high school principals who lead…

In a time of greater demands on school systems and increased strain on human and material resources, the need for expanded leadership models is becoming increasingly apparent. As a result, educational stakeholders are investing in leadership roles beyond the traditional school administrators, engaging various educators' leadership capacities at…

This paper considers the professoriate of the past and present in an attempt to provide a vision for the future. Contingent labor has become nearly half of the instructional workforce at colleges and universities in the United States. What does this reliance mean for the professoriate moving forward? If colleges and universities continue to see…

Shared governance has become a critical focus for senior leaders concerned with institutional resilience and effectiveness. A blue-ribbon commission of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB, 2014) called on boards to take seriously this area of responsibility. At the same time, shared governance is a notoriously…

Over the past decade, a growing number of institutions of higher education have added leadership studies as a formal academic program of study. In many instances, however, students have not been included as partners or stakeholders in the design and delivery of leadership education, and student motivation and retention have subsequently suffered…

In the field of higher education, many institutions utilize traditional leadership frameworks to achieve organizational goals, but research suggests that shared leadership strategies may have positive influences on organizational and student outcomes. Shared leadership has become a topic of increasing interest among scholars in recent years, and…

Schools are communities of learning, where learning goes beyond academic work and includes a clear focus on communication, collaboration, and empowerment.

School leaders and teachers are two important agents within the school organisation to promote parental involvement. The aim of the study was to investigate how school leaders and teachers foster parents' involvement in their children's education. It was hypothesised that both transformational school leadership for the support of parental…

Patient-and family-centered care (PFCC) is a partnership among healthcare professionals, patients, and families that is grounded in mutual respect and is an approach that impacts delivery of care, decision-making, and information sharing. PFCC should be implemented for all, including individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), who experience…

This quantitative study examined the relationship between servant leadership and emotional intelligence, the impact of the relationship on burnout and the intent to quit in early childhood through 12th-grade education professionals, and the employment classification of EC-12 education professional as a differentiating factor for emotional…