Table of contents
Challenging the boundaries of sameness: leadership through valuing difference
Allan Walker, John WalkerArgues that school leaders face tensions which result from simultaneous and contradictory influences towards sameness and difference. The tensions which influence leaders can be…
Principalship mentoring in Singapore: who and what benefits?
Suan Loy Zoe BoonMentoring programmes for school administrators aim to facilitate learning by mentor‐protégé pairing. Selected vice‐principals are paired with experienced principals in…
Performance appraisal: principals’ perspectives and some implications
Helen S. TimperleyPerformance appraisal and teacher evaluation systems in schools have been subject to criticism in many countries because they have not met perceived requirements of educators…
School governance: is the clash between teachers and principals inevitable?
Jo‐Ann HarrisonBased on the structural theory of tensions between bureaucratic and professional control, many analyses of recent educational reforms argue that teachers and administrators…
Differentiating among role perceptions of echelons comprising a centralized national educational hierarchy
Adam E. NirAttempts to establish a distinction among echelons comprising a centralized national educational system by means of exploring their role perceptions of stress, tension, ambiguity…
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hybridEditors:
- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson