Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 22 Issue 2

THE DISCIPLINARY CLIMATE OF SCHOOLS

BARBARA COHEN, E. BARRINGTON THOMAS

This paper is a report of a study which examined patterns of misbehaviour and punishment in 52 secondary schools within the South Central region of the Education Department of…

IMPROVING THE ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE OF SCHOOLS: AN EVALUATION OF AN INTERVENTION

BRIAN JOHNSTON, CHRISTINE E. DEER

This paper reports the results of an evaluation of Human Achievement Skills training course conducted by the South Australian Education Department for 17 principals and deputies…

SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS: A RE‐EXAMINATION OF THE RESEARCH EVIDENCE

JOHN L. COLLARD

Research studies of school effectiveness over the past decades have produced inconsistent and mutually contradictory findings. Early studies reached optimistic conclusions that…

A MODEL OF TEACHER STRESS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

DAVID J. LEACH

Recent surveys have shown that between 20 per cent to 40 per cent of teachers experience considerable stress when working in schools. Following a summary of research into the…

A DATA BASED MODEL OF HOW TEACHERS COPE WITH WORK STRESS

JOSEPH J. BLASE

While there has been considerable research in the general area of teacher stress, little attention has been given to studying how teachers actually cope with work stress. A review…

MANAGEMENT TEAM STRESSORS AND THEIR IMPACT ON ADMINISTRATORS' HEALTH

WATER H. GMELCH, BOYD SWENT

This research was exploratory in nature, conducted in the context of a field study. A questionnaire was developed through a series of iterations, one important component of which…

TRAINING IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA RESOURCE MODEL

I.R. McLEAN

This paper describes the evolution of educational administration training for secondary school principals and teachers in New Zealand's Central Region, following a national…

ON TEACHING EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

BILL MULFORD

This article sets down some thoughts on the teaching of educational administration. It delves briefly into three interrelated aspects which need to be considered by teachers of…

A MODEL FOR INSERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS

PROFITHAN HASHIM, HAROLD W. BOLES

The purposes of this study were twofold. The first was to develop a model and the second was to propose a set of task descriptions appropriate and necessary for implementing the…