Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 43 Issue 4

Principal leadership for outstanding educational outcomes

Stephen Dinham

Aims to explore the role of Principals in producing outstanding education outcomes in Years 7 to 10 in New South Wales (Australia) government schools.

Taking Lulu seriously: what we can learn from To Sir with Love

Roger C. Shouse

This paper seeks to examine ways in which the film To Sir with Love illustrates several longstanding issues and tensions related to the sociology of education. It is also aims to…

Riding the wave of administrator accountability: a portfolio approach

Marilyn Johnston, Michael Thomas

This paper aims to describe a qualitative study of a four‐year, state‐wide portfolio evaluation system for new principals. The State of Ohio (USA) was one of five states that…

School organizational structures: effects on teacher and student learning

Y.L. Jack Lam

The present study attempted to explore the relationship between teacher learning and student learning under different school structural conditions.

Teacher appraisal: the experiences of Kenyan secondary school teachers

George O. Odhiambo

This paper seeks to report the findings of a study focusing on the state of teacher appraisal in Kenyan secondary schools and to argue for an improved (facilitating) model of…