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Direct linkGrant, Carolyn – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2019
In established democracies, the notion of 'singular' school leadership practised by the principal has been challenged and a more expansive approach to leadership which includes the practice of teacher leadership is now widely accepted by practitioners and researchers alike. In contrast, in emerging democracies the practice of teacher leadership is…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Foreign Countries, Democracy, Instructional Leadership
Grant, Carolyn – School Leadership & Management, 2017
Distributed leadership, while an established concept in the international literature on education leadership, is slowly gaining prominence in post-apartheid South Africa. This is primarily due to its normative and representational appeal. However, of concern is that the concept has become a catch-all phrase to describe any form of devolved or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Mixed Methods Research
Download full textNaicker, Inbanathan; Grant, Carolyn; Pillay, Sivanandani – South African Journal of Education, 2016
There are many schools in developing countries which, despite the challenges they face, defy the odds and continue to perform at exceptionally high levels. We cast our gaze on one of these resilient schools in South Africa, and sought to learn about the leadership practices prevalent in this school and the enablements and constraints to the school…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Case Studies, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Niven, Penelope; Grant, Carolyn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
PhDs by publications are a relatively new model for doctoral research, especially in the context of the Humanities or Education. This paper describes two writers' experiences of conducting doctoral studies in this genre and in these faculties. Each discover alternative ways of employing a body of published research papers in development of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Academic Standards
Grant, Carolyn; Singh, Hitashi – Perspectives in Education, 2009
Despite an enabling democratic policy framework, the leadership of many South African schools remains firmly entrenched within the formal, hierarchical management structure. The potential for teacher leadership is, therefore, relatively untapped and, where it is enacted, it is often restricted. We report on a small qualitative study which explored…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Leadership, Administrative Organization, Participative Decision Making
Grant, Carolyn – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2006
Prior to 1994, the education system of South Africa was characterized by a hierarchical and bureaucratic style of management as well as a situation where white schools were the key beneficiaries of resources and black schools massively disadvantaged. In 1996 a national task team made strategic proposals for education management capacity, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutors, Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership
