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Download full textSmyth, W. John – The Australian Administrator, 1980
To what extent can school principals provide effective educational leadership? Research shows that, contrary to textbook images, principals react to their circumstances instead of controlling them and that they spend most of their time on administrative, not instructional, matters. Further entrenching principals in their administrative role is the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement
