Who really leads and manages the curriculum in primary schools? A Hong Kong case-study

Who really leads and manages the curriculum in primary schools? A Hong Kong case-study

• Lee, John Chi Kin Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Dimmock, Clive University of Leicester, UK
• Au Yeung, Tai Yuen The Salvation Army Tin Ka Ping School

Curriculum Journal, 20(1), 3-26, 2009

Routledge

2009

• D Curriculum
  • DD Primary Education Programmes
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RE School Management, School-Parents Relationship
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RH Supervisors, School Principals & Administrators

Education -- Curricula -- Management Decision Making Teaching Learning Education, Primary China Curriculum Leadership Curriculum Management Primary School

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Surprisingly little is known about the micro-leadership and management of the curriculum within schools. This study first applies a purpose-designed set of research instruments to penetrate the micro-workings of school decision-making in curriculum, teaching and learning. Second, it reports the findings from an application of the instruments in six Hong Kong primary schools. In regard to the principal's influence on curriculum, teaching and learning, in four of the six case-study primary schools, the principal's influence was deemed to be direct. This finding stands in contradistinction to the existing body of evidence - gathered mainly from secondary schools - that emphasises the indirect effect of principal leadership. In regard to the second question, concerning the general patterns of within-school curriculum decision-making, leadership and management, there appears to be a high degree of conformity across the six case-study primary schools.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 09585176

• 10.1080/09585170902763973

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2011-01-21