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Cross-Institutional Teaching Enhancement and Distributed Leadership: An Empirical Study Informed by Activity Theory
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Zou, Tracy X. P.; Parker, Quentin A.; Hounsell, Dai – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022
Implementing teaching enhancement is especially challenging when undertaken on a large-scale and with a range of participating institutions and stakeholders. This study sought to advance understanding of this under-researched area through cultural-historical activity theory, investigating four government-funded, cross-institutional teaching…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Teamwork, Participative Decision Making, Leadership Styles
Unpacking the Relationship between Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Learning Communities and Differentiated Instruction Practice
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Wan, Sally Wai-Yan – ECNU Review of Education, 2020
Purpose: This exploratory study investigates the relationship between teachers' perceptions of professional learning communities (PLCs) and their differentiated instruction (DI) practice in a Hong Kong primary education context. Design/Approach/Methods: Three subsidized primary schools participated in the study. A total of 121 teachers completed…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Professional Development
Teacher Learning Communities: The Landscape of Subject Leadership
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Chow, Alice W. K. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: Teacher learning communities (TLCs) formed within subject departments are conceptualized as reform platform for facilitating school improvement and teacher development. The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which three TLCs were structured and managed for generating change capability in secondary schools in Hong Kong.…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Departments, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development
The Culture of Teacher Leadership: A Survey of Teachers' Views in Hong Kong Early Childhood Settings
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Li, Yuen Ling – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
Several leadership approaches have been advocated as effective ways of bringing about substantial changes in practices. "Instructional" or "transactional leadership" describes the qualities of a leader who provides the vision and impetus for change. In contrast, "transformational leadership" refers to those whose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformational Leadership, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership
Teachers' Perception of Distributed Leadership in Hong Kong Primary Schools
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Wan, Sally Wai-Yan; Law, Edmond Hau-Fai; Chan, Keith Ki – School Leadership & Management, 2018
The purpose of the study is to examine Hong Kong teachers' perceptions of distributed leadership. Data were collected from six primary schools with a total of 155 teachers responding to a self-developed survey. Descriptive, reliability, and MANOVA data analyses were done with the application of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Leadership Styles
Teacher Leadership Style: A Classroom-Level Study.
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Cheng, Yin Cheong – Journal of Educational Administration, 1994
Borrowing from theories of adult organizations, investigates how teacher leadership style is related to use of power, social climate, and student-affective performance in a sample of 678 classrooms in 190 Hong Kong primary schools. A teacher's leadership and use of power are interrelated in leading a class of students. Also, leadership style is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles