Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 451 g
Will Principals Support Them?
Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 451 g
ISBN: 978-94-6209-957-9
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
The questionnaires listed twenty items describing change responsibilities in which teachers might become involved. For each item, both principals and teachers assigned two teacher involvement ratings: their personal preference, and their estimate of the preference of their role counterpart. These involvement ratings produced four dependent variables: Principal Preferences, Principal Estimates, Teacher Preferences, and Teacher Estimates. For each variable, item responses were clustered to form index sub-scores that measured attitudes toward five education domains: Administration and Coordination, Human Relations, Teacher Support, Classroom Learning, and Evaluation.
Systematic planned comparisons were conducted to determine the most important principal-teacher issues within and between countries, and how issues change across index domains. Typical results indicate low awareness of each other’s aspirations and expectations.
The first and last chapters of this book discuss the potential of teacher leaders to become agents of change within their own schools. Several social-psychological competencies are then described for these teachers in their work.