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Saltmarsh, Sue; Sutherland-Smith, Wendy; Randell-Moon, Holly – Ethics and Education, 2011
Research leadership in Australian universities takes place against a backdrop of policy reforms concerned with measurement and comparison of institutional research performance. In particular, the Excellence in Research in Australian initiative undertaken by the Australian Research Council sets out to evaluate research quality in Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Work Environment
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Gronn, Peter – Educational Management & Administration, 1996
Reviews recent developments in leadership. Discusses the shift toward using performance-outcomes language to describe leadership and the changing political and economic environment facing school leaders. Shows transformational and managerial leadership concepts' connection to other leadership theories. Highlights followership perspectives and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Thomas, Archie – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2023
Much historical scholarship on Indigenous education policy focuses on attempts to assimilate Indigenous peoples. Meanwhile, educational policy debates tend to focus on achievement, framed by deficit. Rarely considered are strategic political actions by Indigenous groups to remodel schooling. This paper examines how Indigenous groups have embraced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Governance, Self Determination
Silins, Halia C. – 1994
The last decade has seen accelerating change in Australia in the form of devolution of authority, democratic decision making, school accountability, and central reorganization. This paper presents findings of a study that investigated transformational and transactional conceptualizations of leadership and their usefulness in predicting school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Administration, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Mackintosh, Lara – Educational Facility Planner, 2011
Dr John Mayfield, PhD (Harvard) was a leader in education as a teacher, inspector, administrator, author and instigator of ideas. He was recognised as being visionary and yet realistically practical. He was involved in the planning and governance of public and private schools and in the design, financing and management of education buildings for…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Buildings, Professional Development, Public Schools
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Dimmock, Clive – School Leadership & Management, 1999
Summarizes a case study of dilemmas facing a Western Australian secondary headteacher involved in restructuring his school. Analyzes his methods of coping with intractable situations (like school expansion and performance management) and outcomes. Dilemmas offer both opportunities and challenges for visionary, proactive, and creative school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Coping, Creativity