This paper explores the unique implications for leaders of the accountability-driven policy
contexts common to schools in many countries at the present time. A four-fold classification …

Purpose: This article (1) analyzes and synthesizes literatures from philosophy and education
to propose a conceptual framework for caring in schools and caring school leadership and …

This study revisits the existing scholarly debate on the possible impact of the principal's
leadership on student achievement. Bothdirect effect'andindirect effect'models are …

Purpose Based on a need to utilize strategies and develop social-emotional competency
skills of school administrators, the purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of …

Abstra ct As momentous changes continue to sweep across the world of higher education,
tertiary-level English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is experiencing a time of painful …

This study attempted to identify effects of trust between principal leadership and teacher
professional learning in Hong Kong primary schools. To verify the potential mediating effects …

School principals are increasingly working in an environment of work intensification, high
stakes testing, accountability pressures and increased managerialism. Rather than …

This article examines the roles of deputy principals (assistant principals, deputy heads) in
secondary schools and thus contributes to an under‐researched area often overlooked in …

Since the mid-1990s, teacher professional community has achieved increasing influence as
a strategy for facilitating productive change in schools. This study investigates the impact of …

This paper proceeds from the basis that leadership can only be understood in context and
by viewing it from the inside. In particular, it argues that the contextual complexity of small …