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Schmidt, Michele J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the argument that leadership preparation programmes in the new millennium should be required to train school leaders emotionally as well as cognitively. A number of scholars have stressed that leaders are increasingly working within roles that are politically sensitive, conflicted and complex,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Principals, Administrator Education
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Law, Sue – Journal of Educational Administration, 1999
Explores school leadership in Britain's newly privatized and marketized professional-development environment. Considers a model to identify key elements in a "professional development culture." Examines the development coordinator's role as a "delegated leader." Suggests a model for exploring the relationship between continuing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Models
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Dussault, Marc; Barnett, Bruce G. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1996
Presents a study that verified the effects of the peer-assisted leadership program (PAL) on communication networks and professional isolation of 41 Quebec educational managers, using a one-group pretest posttest design. Results showed that PAL significantly reduced professional isolation without widening participants' communication networks. (34…
Descriptors: Administrators, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Bush, Tony; Oduro, George K. T. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the challenges facing new principals in Africa. Design/methodology/approach: Based on recent research and literature, the paper analyses the experience of principals and proposes an induction model for principalship in Africa. Findings: School principals in Africa face a daunting challenge. They often work in…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Administrator Responsibility
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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