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To, Ken Hang; Yin, Hongbiao; Tam, Winnie Wing Yi; Keung, Chrysa Pui Chi – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
In response to the needs for kindergarten principals to foster teachers' capacities and commitment, this study examined the relationships between professional learning communities, principal leadership practices, and teacher commitment to kindergartens among 2106 teachers from 153 Hong Kong kindergartens, analyzing by using multilevel structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Kindergarten, Communities of Practice
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Lee, Daphnee Hui Lin; Ip, Noelle Kwok Kwan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
This paper examines the influence of professional learning communities (PLCs) on informal teacher leadership in Hong Kong schools to overcome issues reported in the literature on the challenges to teacher leadership posed by Chinese hierarchical school contexts. We test the relations among PLC, informal teacher leadership, teacher focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Teacher Leadership, Barriers
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Marfan, Javiera; Pascual, Javier – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
The article reports the results of a cross-country educational research project that uses quantitative methods to identify school leadership practices and contextual characteristics that contribute to explain student achievement in Chile, considering international comparisons. The results question previous evidence about a common repertoire of…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Cross Cultural Studies, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Leadership
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Chan, Chi Wai – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
Studies on school leadership in Hong Kong have mainly focused on primary and secondary schools, with only a handful of studies looking at leadership in early childhood education. This paper aims to report the findings of a study on strategic leadership in Hong Kong's kindergartens. It discusses the challenges that Hong Kong kindergarten leaders…
Descriptors: School Administration, Kindergarten, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
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Li, Lijuan; Hallinger, Philip; Walker, Allan – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2016
This study attempted to identify effects of trust between principal leadership and teacher professional learning in Hong Kong primary schools. To verify the potential mediating effects of trust as a component of school capacity, survey data with a sample of 970 teachers from 32 local primary schools was used. Two questionnaires were combined to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Instructional Leadership, Principals
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Ng, Shun Wing – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2013
The quality of school principals is of paramount importance for quality education. This article examines the leadership capacities of a group of 228 aspiring principals who participated in a training programme for the principalship in four cohorts. A questionnaire consisting of 24 questions in six core areas of leadership was constructed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Qualifications, Leadership Qualities