identify underlying dimensions of effective classroom practice, 2) the use of NVivo (a computer-as sited analysis package) to analyze qualitative interviews and detailed observation field notes, 3) the development of analytical matrices at the teacher level, and 4) the creation of individual teacher profiles (Kingston, Sammons, Day and Regan, 2011). Dimensions of effective classroom practice Dimensions of effective classroom practice were developed in two ways. The first method was via the analysis
Characteristics of Effective School Principals Lokman Mohd Tahir; Hamdan Said Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310, Johore. Hamidon A. Rahman Institut Aminuddin Baki, 69000, Sri Layang, Genting Highlands Abstract Researchers in the area of principalship have concluded that schools are effectively good as their principals. Despite some influential work of the effective schools research, Malaysians school principals are urged by the our former Directors General of Education
Characteristics of Effective School Principals Lokman Mohd Tahir; Hamdan Said Faculty of Education Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, 81310, Johore. Hamidon A. Rahman Institut Aminuddin Baki, 69000, Sri Layang, Genting Highlands Abstract Researchers in the area of principalship have concluded that schools are effectively good as their principals. Despite some influential work of the effective schools research, Malaysians school principals are urged by the our former Directors General of Education
of a teaching candidates. He states, “Leaders must look more deeply, examining whether teachers have adequate knowledge of their subject, know how to teach them, and intangible attributes.” Particularly, experienced principals realize that great teachers also possess many intangible attributes which cannot be quantified easily. Schools would do well to put as much careful analysis into selecting their teachers as major league teams put into scouting and drafting their players. In Moneyball: The
to be effective. Some were like diamonds, smooth and some are rough. Some are charming and some…..lets that leave it at that. However you see yourself, whatever your age may be, as soon as you are the one who makes decisions or exercises authority or make that exciting first hire, you have taken the first steps in becoming a powerful leader. While research suggests that the possession of certain traits alone does not guarantee leadership success, there is evidence that effective leaders
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES Introduction Attribution theory is probably the most influential contemporary theory with implications for academic motivation. It incorporates behaviour modification in the sense that it emphasizes the idea that learners are strongly motivated by the pleasant outcome of being able to feel good about themselves. It incorporates cognitive theory and self-efficacy theory in the sense that it emphasizes that learners' current self-perceptions will strongly influence the ways in which
educational leadership, including general theoretical concepts of effective leaders, trends in educational leadership, effective personal leadership traits of school leaders, and the Iowa Teacher Leadership Compensation model. First, this review provides a foundation by examining theoretical concepts in general leadership theories. It focuses on historical trends in general leadership as we as general personal leadership traits of effective leaders. Next, this review provides an overview of educational
Running Head: Effective Leadership Effective Leadership [Name] [Name of Institution] Abstract Effective leaders have the ability to learn from the past and able to integrate it within the present setting. The goal of this paper is to analyze the topic of leadership in school settings in the lights of broad and diverse academic resources. Effective Leadership Introduction Leadership is considered to be a way
be later revealed in this paper. My goal is to become an effective urban teacher who can make a difference in the classroom and provide low-income students the same equal opportunity to gain knowledge and to become self-sufficient and active members in their communities. I now know, in order to make a difference in urban education there is major work ahead of me. I am currently seeking my master’s in urban education. I have completed my first semester in Langston’s Masters of Education program and
the atmosphere of safety and recognition of students is felt. Small school populations attribute to the “decrease in incidence rates when the adults know all of the students in the school well” (Darling-Hammond, 2010, p. 245). Furthermore, Darling-Hammond (2010) commends school size to influence “…more positive attitudes about school, higher level of student participation and attendance, ….and [is] most effective for the lowest-income and traditionally lowest-achieving students” (p. 245). Institutes