Implementing a new senior secondary curriculum in Hong Kong: Instructional leadership practices and qualities of school principals

Implementing a new senior secondary curriculum in Hong Kong: Instructional leadership practices and qualities of school principals

• Lai, Edith Dept. of Currriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Cheung, Derek Dept. of Currriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong

School Leadership & Management, 33(4), 322-353, 2013

Abingdon, Great Britain

Routledge

2013

• D Curriculum
  • DB Development & Evaluation
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RH Supervisors, School Principals & Administrators

Instructional Leadership Curriculum Reform Secondary School

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This paper attempts to identify the leadership practices and qualities of school principals engaged in implementing a curriculum reform in Hong Kong. Based on interview data of school principals, this paper shows that the types of instructional leadership practices that school principals adopt and the contextual conditions in which these practices occur are key factors explaining the differential effectiveness of implementation efforts. Six efficacious instructional leadership practices and two contextual conditions critical to their development were identified. This paper reconceptualises instructional leadership as a collective and transformational endeavour, functioning in communities of practice to support school development at different levels.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 13632434

• 10.1080/13632434.2013.813459

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/4dbc8d36

2014-05-29