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Cheng, Yin Cheong; Cheung, Wing Ming – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
How school-based management in the form of multilevel self-management is related to educational quality is a crucial issue in current educational reforms. An empirical study was conducted to explore this issue in a sample of 68 primary schools in Hong Kong. It was found that the school environment of sampled schools could be classified into 4…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Governance, Educational Quality
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Wong, Ping-man – School Leadership and Management, 2004
Preparation for school leadership has become a major global educational issue since the late 1990s. In Hong Kong, the establishment and implementation of school-based management in the 1990s have made significant demands on principals. In 1999, a leadership development and training programme for serving and aspiring principals was initiated by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, School Based Management, Principals
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Ringwalt, Chris; Ennett, Susan T.; Vincus, Amy A.; Rohrbach, Louise Ann; Simons-Rudolph, Ashley – Journal of Drug Education, 2004
This study investigates the relative roles of school district and school-level decision-makers in the implementation of effective substance use prevention curricula. Drawing on a "Site-Based Management" approach to effective decision-making, we hypothesized that schools whose personnel played active decision-making roles would be more likely to…
Descriptors: Prevention, School Districts, Advisory Committees, Drug Education
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Chui, Hong Sheung; And Others – Journal of Educational Administration, 1996
Describes a study investigating the relationship between Hong Kong principals' vision and leadership behavior in 48 secondary schools, half of which participated in a school-based management pilot scheme. Statistically analyzed results suggest that five leadership behavior dimensions were significantly related to principals' vision for both types…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Leadership Responsibility, Multiple Regression Analysis