..., consequential and systematic approaches to DP professional development. Further research is required on the effect of deputy IL on school performance. Originality/value There is a dearth of research-based evidence exploring the range of responsibilities of deputies and perceptions of staff about deputies...

... fairly describe it as chaotic”. They further commented that selection panels often “operate[d] without a clear specification of the job to which they are appointing” (Morgan et al., 1983 , p. 19) and resorted to individual impressions for assessing the suitability of candidates. The development...

... of the succession of school leaders. In addition, three of the four systems studied were involved with the Georgia Leadership for School Improvement (GLISI) to seek assistance in developing both aspiring and existing leaders. While such partnerships can be seen as developmental in nature and therefore related...

...Stephan Gerhard Huber This paper looks at the central role of school leadership for developing and assuring the quality of schools, as corroborated by findings of school effectiveness research and school improvement approaches. Then, it focuses on the growing importance placed on activities...

... principals have come but also how very far others have to go in order to integrate ICT into learning, teaching, and school administration. ICT considerations in a developing nation are at the center of the article by Mentz and Mentz. The authors challenge Western understandings of ICT by providing...

... of information and communications technology by principals and in their perceived competencies. Preferences for learning more about it and possible professional development strategies to cater for these variations are explored and recommendations made for the attention of decision makers and policy developers...

... , Auckland, New Zealand , pp. 35 – 58 . Webber , C.F. (in press), “ Developing an online scholarly journal: some developmental considerations ”, in O'Brien Libutti , P. and Walter , S. (Eds), Digital Resources for the Education Library: Innovation, Invention, and Implementation...

... investigating teacher and school executive career satisfaction, motivation and mental health is initiated. This project sought to develop a model of teachers’ occupational well‐being that was wider than a focus on “stress”, and, as noted, included occupational motivation and satisfaction. This paper reports...

... been more fully explained. The skills of those providing the feedback clearly made this an extremely positive developmental process for nearly all the participants. One assessor from a Regional NPQH Assessment Centre commented: The quality of the data provided by Gallup seemed very high...

... leader. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Leadership Schools Conflict Stories Development Nothing so concentrates experience and clarifies the central conditions of living as a serious illness (Arthur Kleinman, 1988). The purpose of this study was to investigate further the wounded...

... as the integration ofthe tasks of direct assistance to teachers, group development, staff development, curriculum development, and action research (Glickman, 1985); as a democratic, developmental, and transformational activity based on equality and growth (Gordon, 1997); as an inquiry‐oriented endeavor...

...), developmental psychology (Bogartz, 1994), and psychological assessment (Heiby, 1995). Gregersen and Sailer (1993) have developed implications of chaos theory to human behavior in general and special education specifically. To mention only some of the applications to education, non‐linear systems theory has been...

... , paperback Education Organizational change Higher education Development A reader who had taken the title of this collection of essays as indicating a comprehensive account of where higher education is now headed, given the replacement of a binary system in a number of countries, would...

...Rahimah Haji Ahmad Discusses educational development, focussing on curriculum changes and issues affecting the change in Malaysia and perspectives for the future. Begins with an introduction that describes the school system in general, followed by a description of educational and curriculum...

... responsibility for developing appraisal systems has been devolved since 1989. In general, principals developed systems that met their own requirements and were reasonably satisfied with their efforts. Some principals prioritised developmental purposes while others included accountability purposes. These two...

... strategies (including consequences for inappropriate behaviour) will be most effective if they are appropriate to the developmental level of the target population and consonant with psychological principles of personal growth. For some children, biological deficits which contribute to or exacerbate some...

..., and engagement in subsequent experiences. The search to find meaning is a fundamental aspect of these developmental perspectives. Although no single theory comprehensively explains development and learning, prevailing theories offer constructs and propositions that are useful in exploring principals...

.... Simply matching pairs of administrators and calling one a mentor does not mean that a true developmental and supportive relationship exists. In response to this need for a better picture of the knowledge base,a systematic review of existing research on the nature of mentoring programmes...

...Tony Bush; Marianne Coleman Mentoring is an important mode of professional development in many countries. It involves an experienced colleague supporting the development of a new principal. Reports the findings of one aspect of a major national research project on mentoring and teacher education...

... and clearly focused on meeting the needs of practitioners. Describes a curriculum process model, initially developed at the University of Texas at Austin, with the potential and capacity to guide and inform university‐based administrator preparation as well as on going professional development over the course...