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"God Is My Doctor": Mindfulness Meditation/Prayer as a Spiritual Well-Being Coping Strategy for Jamaican School Principals to Manage Their Work-Related Stress and Anxiety
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Walker, Annette Rosemarie – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: This article explores Jamaican secondary school principals' use of mindfulness meditation as a spiritual well-being strategy to manage their work-related stress and anxiety. Design/methodology/approach: The author used qualitative semi-structured interviews to collect the data from 12 Jamaican secondary school principals working in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Religious Factors, Well Being, Coping
Administrator Preparation: Looking Backwards and Forwards
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Bridges, Edwin – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to conduct a critical analysis of the origins and implementation of problem-based learning in educational administration as a window into the limitations of this approach and more generally administrator preparation. Design/methodology/approach: The author reviewed the published work of the originator from…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Principals, Administrator Education, Management Development
Coping with Stress in the Principalship.
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Allison, Donald G. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1997
Reports responses of 643 public school principals in British Columbia to a survey on coping with administrative stress. Principals who set realistic goals, approach problems optimistically and objectively, engage in spiritual-growth activities, take minivacations, and are actively involved in their communities are likely to be in better health and…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Occupational Stress of Teachers: Biographical Differences in a Large School System.
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McCormick, John – Journal of Educational Administration, 1997
Explores significant differences in occupational stress between groups of public school teachers in New South Wales, Australia. Underlines the importance of differentiating between executive and classroom teachers, elementary and secondary teachers, and teachers at different career stages and geographical locations when considering stress…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Coping, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Inner Worlds and Outer Limits: The Formation of Beginning School Principals in Hong Kong
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Cheung, Robin Man-biu; Walker, Allan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to one's understanding of how beginning principals in Hong Kong exercise leadership by exploring the concurrent influence of their inner worlds and the external contexts on their leadership within a reforming environment. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a study of the work lives of beginning principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Beginning Principals, Leadership Training
A Model of Teacher Stress and Its Implications for Management.
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Leach, David J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
After summarizing research into the sources and correlates of teacher stress, this article defines and proposes a model of work-related stress in school, incorporating current concepts and research findings. Strategies for coping with the buildup of environmental stressors are developed for application at various administrative levels within the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Coping, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Environment