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Päivi Kinnunen; Leena Ripatti-Torniainen; Åsa Mickwitz; Anne Haarala-Muhonen – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The study aims to investigate the state of higher education (HE) leadership research after the intensified focus on teaching and learning (TL) in academia. Design/methodology/approach: The authors clarify the use of key concepts in English-medium empirical journal articles published between 2017 and 2021 by analysing 64 publications…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles
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García-Carreño, I. V. – European Educational Researcher, 2021
Distributed Leadership is a conceptual and analytical approach to understanding leadership that is focused on interactions between leaders and those they lead with the goal of driving instructional improvement and improving student outcomes by developing high-quality teaching and an educational culture that enables all students to thrive. This…
Descriptors: Leadership, Power Structure, Participative Decision Making, Bibliometrics
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Dempster, Neil – Journal of Educational Administration, 2000
Examines site-based management's effects on schools, using a Canadian framework and drawing on research from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. As branches carrying the "corporate line," schools still lack local decision-making flexibility. Principals' workload is more demanding, and student learning outcomes have not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Udokang, Patricia, Ed. – 1985
Trends concerning women working in industry are discussed. Although women make up a majority of the workforce in most manufacturing industries in both developed and developing nations, they have little say or consideration in the decisions that affect their lives. Following a brief introduction in chapter 1, the second chapter, "The Rise of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Global Approach
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Sackney, Larry; Walker, Keith – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper sets out to posit that the new economy places a new set of demands on schools and those who lead. Mindfulness, intentional engagement of people and adaptive confidence are needed developmental features of beginning principal success. The paper examines how beginning principals in Canada respond to the capacity-building work of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Beginning Principals, Learning Activities
Mattson, Linda; Caffrey, Lee – 2001
Education is a fundamental right of all people but, for the Canadian Aboriginal community it is particularly critical for overcoming historical disadvantages. This document reports on a review of barriers to equal education for Aboriginal people. Key barriers to educational equity include issues of control, keepers of knowledge (teachers versus…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Culturally Relevant Education, Disadvantaged Youth