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Opoku, Maxwell Peprah – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2023
In developing sub-Saharan Africa, a region, that is, in the early stages of implementing inclusive education, there is limited discussion on inclusive leadership modules for training leaders. The qualitative study presented in this paper attempted to fill this knowledge gap by considering school leaders' contributions to implementing inclusive…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Leadership Styles, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
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Brion, Corinne – International Journal of Training and Development, 2020
Organizations interested in raising their performance and results spend large sums of money on training their employees, but unless the resultant learning is transferred to the work situation that investment will not yield a return. This study's initial premise is that national cultures may play a part in the transfer process. The study's purpose…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Transfer of Training, Leadership Training, Cultural Context
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Delle, Eric; Searle, Ben – Journal of Career Development, 2022
Researchers suggest contextual and personal factors may interact to predict career adaptability and that antecedents of career adaptability have received less research attention. Consequently, we examined the relationship between developmental leadership, career optimism, and career adaptability, and the potential moderating role of career…
Descriptors: Vocational Adjustment, Positive Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Leadership Role
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Carmen Mihaela Cretu; Diana Popa – Cogent Education, 2024
Just as we can't expect actors trained primarily for the stage to perform the same way in films, conventional Public Speaking (PS) must adapted to digital environments. This shift emphasizes the need to treat Digital Oratory (DO) as a separate, skill-based discipline. Our research aims to examine DO instruction in English as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Instruction, English (Second Language), Electronic Learning
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Donkor, Francis; Zhou, Dongmei – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2019
This article explores the need to change the bureaucratic leadership structure which has bedeviled state-owned enterprises for many decades and how they compete in the 21st-century business environment where there are uncertainty and chaos. The SOEs suppose provide employment, meet social and political needs, and operate in the sectors of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Leadership Styles, Administrative Organization
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GuramatunhuCooper, Nyasha M.; Lyons, Linda M. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2017
Leadership Studies education is a highly personal endeavor shaped by the personal experiences and philosophies of leadership educators. However, when course design collaboration opportunities are presented, teaching approaches and curriculum prioritization may be at odds because of distinct personal narratives. This article frames disagreement…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Leadership Training, Curriculum Design, Educational Philosophy
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Howard, Adam; Maxwell, Claire – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
The main role of an elite school is to produce future leaders and this paper examines how four elite schools in different parts of the Global South are engaging in this process. Despite the critiques of global citizenship education (GCE) being a vestige of the colonial project, we analyse closely how it is being actively and productively…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Advantaged, Leadership Training
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Brion, Corinne; Cordeiro, Paula A. – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2018
The international community has pledged to provide a quality education for all by 2030. School leaders play a key role in improving student learning outcomes yet oftentimes educational leaders do not have opportunities to attend professional development events. The purpose of this study was to examine a Training of Trainers Model (TOT) used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Trainers, Models
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Sofo, Francesco; Abonyi, Usman Kojo – Professional Development in Education, 2018
In Ghana, research has shown that educational reforms over the years have ignored the importance of school leadership development, and there are currently very few reform initiatives that address the need to develop the leadership proficiencies and skills of school leaders. This study sought to investigate how school leaders, who include…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Professional Development, Principals
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Howard, Adam; Maxwell, Claire – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021
Drawing on a multi-sited global ethnography of elite schools, this article explores how these institutions work to produce subjects that will thrive in a globalized world. We examine how despite a similar commitment to global citizenship education and a cosmopolitan orientation across all schools, the intersections between the transnational and…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Citizenship Education, Student Mobility, Cultural Awareness
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Gyasi, Richard Sarfo; Xi, Wang Bao; Owusu-Ampomah, Yvonne – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of leadership styles on academic performance in Junior High Schools (JHS) in Asonomaso Nkwanta in the Kwabre District Assembly of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The design for the study was a mixed study using both the qualitative and quantitative analyzes. It was a correlation survey designed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Academic Achievement, Junior High School Students
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Assuah, Charles; Ayebo, Abraham – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
This paper synthesizes the views of 6 university lecturers on Ghana's undergraduate mathematics education. These views were expressed during a mathematics workshop sensitization program on the "contribution of undergraduate mathematics education to the Ghanaian economy." The data consisting of open-ended questions followed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Mathematics Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Benner, Allison; Pence, Alan – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2013
Since 2000, the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) has offered graduate-level programs in sub-Saharan Africa. These programs have been highly successful in creating a cadre of early childhood development (ECD) leaders in countries throughout Africa. When ECDVU was launched, the program was considered to be at the cutting edge…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Yamada, Shoko – History of Education, 2009
This paper investigates the educational philosophy and practices of Achimota School, which was established in the Gold Coast Colony (the southern part of today's Ghana) in 1927 as the governmental model school for leadership education. Achimota's education aimed to develop leaders who were "Western in intellectual attitude",…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership
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Zame, Martin Y.; Hope, Warren C.; Respress, Trinetia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2008
Purpose: Leadership is a key commodity in twenty-first century organizations. This is especially true for school organizations. This paper aims to respond to six questions about head teachers and leadership of basic schools. Design/methodology/approach: Head teachers responded to survey items about proficiencies required for effective leadership…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries