...Yuvika Singh; Shivinder Phoolka Purpose This study aims to explore the mediating role of employee work engagement in the relationship between training and creativity in the education sector in India. Design/methodology/approach The sample for this study consisted of 260 faculty members from 11...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Training School principals Key experiences Key experiences contribute to many aspects of the career development of professionals in many fields (Braud, 2012). They occur suddenly, leaving strong emotional or conscious impressions on individuals...

...Natalia Zaitseva; Elena Dzhandzhugazova; Natalya Bondarchuk; Marina Zhukova Purpose The study of the problems hindering improvement of the system of training through standardization of qualification requirements is relevant because, in a globalized system of teaching staff and high rates...

...Yin Cheong Cheng; Ya‐Qing Mao; Wu Yan; Lisa Catherine Ehrich Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of principal preparation and training in China by providing a background discussion of principal preparation in a number of countries. As an illustration, it provides...

...' professional development. The results are an alert to policy makers to institute educational reform that addresses head teachers' leadership in basic schools. Leadership Schools Principals Training Ghana 1. What educational qualifications do head teachers of basic schools possess? 2. What...

... of this study was to present the educational system for training coaches in Greece. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a review of the literature and Greek sports legislation. Findings It was found that the occupation of coaching can be practised in Greece by: graduates of the five...

... be conducted into the facilitation skills, entrepreneurial and business experience of existing facilitators and potentially those of business advisers that act as mentors. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Entrepreneurialism Educational development Training In a desperate attempt...

..., education was also politically charged with the responsibility of creating a sense of national identity (Ashton and Sung, 1996). Second, in the late 1970s education was refocused to attract higher value industries to Singapore resulting in extended secondary education and vocational training. Third...

... research literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Quality assurance Quality management Quality improvement Higher education Teaching Training The paper (Srikanthan and Dalrymple, 2002) identified a number of independent proposals from the educational research literature...

...Eileen Piggot‐Irvine Outlines the training approach adopted to assist appraisers to develop an educative process in appraisal. Such a process results in the sort of high trust, open relationship between appraisers and appraisees which enables problems to be discussed and resolved. This educative...

... features of appraisal effectiveness. Significant features are associated with relationships based on high trust and openness which, in turn, can lead to problem resolution and improved performance. An outline of how training can be targeted at helping appraisers to establish such relationships is provided...

... concludes that there is an urgent need for the university to disseminate its policies widely and maintain uniformity of practice throughout its departments. Moreover, attention ought to be paid to the effective training and the role and responsibilities of line managers. © MCB UP Limited 2002...

... that training courses should be suited to women’s needs and that mentoring should be more widely available. There are clear barriers, then, to women’s promotion, at least in some types of independent schools. But how far are barriers constructed by women themselves, either consciously or subconsciously...

...Muhammad Saeed Gives a brief view of the in‐service training of primary school teachers in Greece in the historical contexts as well as the current situation. The major purpose, however, is to investigate the views of directors and vice directors of “regional in‐service training centres” (PEK...

..., as Rosenholtz (1985) suggests in her research on effective schools. Nor does research speak to the degree to which teacher training and experience blend with organizational features to produce greater inclination towards changing and improving teaching practice (Richardson, 1990). The main limitation...

...Raymond L. Calabrese; Sally J. Zepeda The process of training and preparing principals is driven by a characteristics model. Underlying each of the components in the characteristics model is decision making. Decision making defines the work of principals. Those who prepare principals can improve...

...Marsha Botello; Naftaly S. Glasman Examines relationships between the role of elementary school principals in teacher in‐service activities and: what principals acquire in administrator in‐service training; and what principals do in regard to teacher follow‐up activities in the classrooms. Using...

... to a training focus, with a nationalised, standardised, competency‐based qualification for aspirant headteachers. Governors’ education remains a non‐standardised, decentralised system but has now become largely school‐based and centred on educational issues. In exploring why such differences have occurred...

...Terry Creissen; Linda Ellison There have, over the last 15 years, been many UK government initiatives aimed at improving the leadership and management of schools but there has never been any compulsion to receive training either before or after taking up post as a headteacher (principal). Greater...

...Naftaly S. Glasman Aims to demonstrate how conceptual frameworks can guide managerial training in education. Such purpose should apply to various countries because the concepts, by their nature, have universal characteristics. Uses three managerial functions: the rationale for their selection...