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Purpose, passion and play: Exploring the construct of flourishing from the perspective of school principals
Sabre Cherkowski, Keith WalkerThe purpose of this paper is to identify and elaborate on the construct of flourishing in schools as understood through the stories and explanations provided by a small group of…
State policy directives and middle-tier translation in a Swedish example
Daniel NordholmThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the Swedish National Agency for Education’s launch of the nationwide Lgr11 curriculum reform and how local education authorities (LEAs) in…
Characteristics of effective leadership networks
Kenneth Leithwood, Vera Ndifor AzahThe purpose of this paper is to inquire about the characteristics of effective school leadership networks and the contribution of such networks to the development of individual…
The influence of typologies of school leaders on teacher retention: A multilevel latent class analysis
Angela UrickWhile school leadership literature has searched for practices with the largest effect on outcomes, we know little about how these behaviors vary by context. Further, recent shifts…
Un-rational behaviour? What causes discrepancies between teachers’ attitudes towards evidence use and actual instances of evidence use in schools?
Chris Brown, Dell ZhangWhilst beneficial, the use of evidence to improve teaching and learning in schools is proving difficult to achieve in practice. The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on…
Functional heterogeneity and senior management team effectiveness: The mediating role of school leadership
Pascale Benoliel, Anit SomechThere has been an increasing trend toward the creation of senior management teams (SMTs) which are characterized by a high degree of functional heterogeneity. Although such teams…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson