Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.

This paper discusses findings from a qualitative study employing in depth interviews with three secondary rural school principals in relation to their instructional leadership practices. The schools involved represent three levels of performance; excellent, average and poor. Information in the form...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nor, Sharifah, Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah, Ali, Suhaimi
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Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2008
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15251/
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author Mohd Nor, Sharifah
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Ali, Suhaimi
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description This paper discusses findings from a qualitative study employing in depth interviews with three secondary rural school principals in relation to their instructional leadership practices. The schools involved represent three levels of performance; excellent, average and poor. Information in the form of observations and document analysis were also gained. The findings of the study showed that there are three main instructional leadership practices amongst the principals studied: improving teaching and learning programs, enhancing school climate and networking.
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spelling upm-152512015-10-25T23:41:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15251/ Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals. Mohd Nor, Sharifah Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Ali, Suhaimi This paper discusses findings from a qualitative study employing in depth interviews with three secondary rural school principals in relation to their instructional leadership practices. The schools involved represent three levels of performance; excellent, average and poor. Information in the form of observations and document analysis were also gained. The findings of the study showed that there are three main instructional leadership practices amongst the principals studied: improving teaching and learning programs, enhancing school climate and networking. Common Ground Publishing 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15251/1/Instructional%20leadership%20practices%20of%20rural%20school%20principals.pdf Mohd Nor, Sharifah and Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah and Ali, Suhaimi (2008) Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals. International Journal of Learning, 15 (7). 231- 238. ISSN 1447-9494 English
spellingShingle Mohd Nor, Sharifah
Lope Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah
Ali, Suhaimi
Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title_full Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title_fullStr Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title_full_unstemmed Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title_short Instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
title_sort instructional leadership practices of rural school principals.
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15251/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15251/1/Instructional%20leadership%20practices%20of%20rural%20school%20principals.pdf