ERIC Number: EJ947249
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-2434
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Exploring the Role of Leadership in Facilitating Teacher Learning in Hong Kong
Law, Edmond H. F.
School Leadership & Management, v31 n4 p393-410 2011
In recent years international trends towards teacher empowerment and leadership have gained increased attraction in East Asia's education policy and practice. Yet, as scholars have noted, the values underlying these practices often conflict with traditional cultural norms of East Asian societies which stress hierarchical and status differences. This study explored the efficacy of an approach to developing distributed curriculum leadership among school teachers. The research employs discourse analysis of video-taped meetings of teachers in a mathematics curriculum development team in order to explore the leadership and teacher learning. The results provide initial support for strengthening school-level capacity for teacher leadership as a means of fostering teacher learning in East Asian schools. Implications include the need for incorporating programmes that build leadership and team development into more general staff development for teachers. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Teacher Empowerment, Curriculum Development, Team Training, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Transformational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Educational Innovation, Microteaching
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia; Hong Kong
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