Instructional Leadership in Turkish Primary Schools: An Analysis of Teachers' Perceptions and Current Policy
Educational Management Administration and Leadership, cilt.41, sa.3, ss.289-302, 2013 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 41 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1177/1741143212474801
- Dergi Adı: Educational Management Administration and Leadership
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.289-302
- Anahtar Kelimeler: educational administration, gender, instructional leadership, principal selection in Turkey
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
School leadership, one of the most important aspects of school improvement, has not received much attention from either policymakers or researchers in Turkey despite many countries embrace creating and developing effective leaders as one of the important first steps to improve their education. This research looked at the instructional leadership skills of Turkish principals from the teacher's perspective measured through a survey collected from primary school teachers in five different cities in Turkey, first, to describe the current situation and, second, to find out if teachers' experience and gender affect their views. The results show that Turkish principals practice their instructional leadership roles only occasionally and teachers' gender significantly affects their perception. © The Author(s) 2013.