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Teacher Development in Rural China: How Ineffective School Leadership Fails to Make a Difference
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Liu, Shengnan; Hallinger, Philip – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2018
This study examined if and how the learning-centred leadership of rural school principals in China impacted teachers' trust and agency, as well as their engagement in professional learning. In contrast to prior research, however, this mixed methods study sought to illuminate the impact of ineffective leadership on teachers and school improvement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Rural Schools, Principals
Mediating Effects of Trust, Communication, and Collaboration on Teacher Professional Learning in Hong Kong Primary Schools
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Li, Lijuan; Hallinger, Philip; Kennedy, Kerry John; Walker, Allan – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2017
This study tests mediated principal leadership effects on teacher professional learning through collegial trust, communication and collaboration in Hong Kong primary schools. It is based on a series of single mediator studies, and uses the same convenience sample of 970 teachers from 32 local primary schools. It also adopts regression-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Leadership Responsibility, Faculty Development