ERIC Number: EJ997843
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-1598-1037
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Developing Singapore School Leaders to Handle Complexity in Times of Uncertainty
Ng, Pak Tee
Asia Pacific Education Review, v14 n1 p67-73 Mar 2013
In times of uncertainty, university faculties have a duty to prepare school leaders to handle complexity, as the number of variables in the educational system and the interactivity of variables increase exponentially. The Leaders in Education Program (LEP) is a 6-month full-time program at the Singapore National Institute of Education (NIE, which is a part of Nanyang Technological University). The LEP aims to prepare especially selected vice-principals and ministry officers in Singapore for school leadership. The LEP is a collaborative effort between the NIE and the Ministry of Education, an example of a university-government partnership in program development. This article describes the efforts of the LEP in developing the ability of school leaders to deal with complexity. It also examines in detail one particular component of the LEP, the Creative Action Project, to illustrate how this is done in practice, and analyzes the views of participants on their learning through the project.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Mentors, Program Development, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Program Descriptions, Assistant Principals, Government School Relationship, Administrator Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Singapore
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