Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 52 Issue 5

Using mixed methods to investigate school improvement and the role of leadership: An example of a longitudinal study in England

Pamela Sammons, Susila Davis, Christopher Day, Qing Gu

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of mixed methods research in a major three year project and focuses on the contribution of quantitative and qualitative approaches…

Conducting intervention studies on school improvement: An analysis of possibilities and constraints based on an intervention study of teacher cooperation

Katharina Maag Merki

In school improvement studies, randomized experiments are rare. A special problem is the assignment to the experimental and control groups, taking into account the different…

Changing classroom practices: the role of school-wide capacity for sustainable improvement

Peter J.C. Sleegers, Eric E.J. Thoonen, Frans J. Oort, Thea T.D. Peetsma

Elementary schools have been confronted with large-scale educational reforms as strategies to improve the educational quality. While building school-wide capacity for improvement…

Modeling the longitudinal effects of school leadership on teaching and learning

Ronald H. Heck, Philip Hallinger

The purpose of this paper is to test a multilevel, cross-classified model that seeks to illuminate the dynamic nature of relationships among leadership, teaching quality, and…

Changing principals’ leadership through feedback and coaching

Peter Goff, J. Edward Guthrie, Ellen Goldring, Leonard Bickman

In this study the authors use longitudinal data from a randomized experiment to investigate the impact of a feedback and coaching intervention on principals’ leadership behaviors…

Do principal preparation and teacher qualifications influence different types of school growth trajectories in Illinois? : A growth mixture model analysis

Alex J. Bowers, Bradford R. White

The purpose of this paper is to examine the independent effects of principal background, training and experience as well as teacher academic qualifications on school proficiency…

Methods in longitudinal school improvement research: state of the art

Professor Tobias Feldhoff, Professor Falk Radisch, Professor Eckhard Klieme

Preface

Philip Hallinger and Allan D. Walker