Do teachers wish to be agents of change? : Will principals support them?

Do teachers wish to be agents of change? : Will principals support them? / edited by Allen Menlo and LeVerne Collet.

This study surveyed principals and teachers in ten countries to compare principal and teacher attitudes toward the involvement of teachers in several change and development responsibilities. The participating countries were: Australia, Canada, China, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, S...

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Other Authors: Menlo, Allen (Editor), Collet, LeVerne S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2015]
Subjects:
High school teachers > Attitudes > Cross-cultural studies.
High school principals > Attitudes > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational change > Cross-cultural studies.
EDUCATION > Secondary.
Educational change
High school principals > Attitudes
High school teachers > Attitudes
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • What this study is about: the practical and social-psychological conceptualization of the study / Allen Menlo
  • Design and sampling of the cross-cultural study: principal and teacher attitudes towards teacher involvement in change / LeVerne S. Collet
  • Results of the cross-cultural study: comparing principal and teacher attitudes towards teacher involvement across ten countries / LeVerne S. Collet
  • Teacher involvement in Australia: "Teachers have much to offer" / John Williamson and Christine Gardner
  • Teacher involvement in Canada: sharing responsibility for change leadership in Canadian schooling / Noel P. Hurley and Shane M. Hurley
  • Teacher involvement in policy making in Chinese schools / Xiaoruo Gai
  • The Hungarian education system in transition: shifting towards decentralization / Nóra Arató and Zsolt Lavicza
  • Teacher involvement in decision making in the Israeli school system / Zehava Rosenblatt, Hilla Peretz and Lya Kremer-Hayon
  • Teacher responsibility-taking for school change & professional development in Japan / Itaru Inoue
  • Teacher participation in policy making in Dutch schools / Theo Wubbels
  • Singapore engagement in educational change / Lim Lee Hean
  • Teacher involvement in South Africa: ongoing change in South African education / Johan Booyse and Cassie Swanepoel
  • Teacher participation in responsibility-taking in the United States school system / Nora Arato, Tsila Evers and Zsolt Lavicza
  • Summary and conclusions: implications for school practice and research / LeVerne S. Collet
  • Teacher leadership: the significant role of teachers in school change / Allen Menlo.

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