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Furner, Christine; McCulla, Norman – Professional Development in Education, 2019
School ethos and culture, and their influence on teacher career-stage learning, are integral yet often overlooked components of school-based professional development planning. An in-depth study was conducted over two years within and across three independent schools in Sydney, Australia utilising a collegial methodology centred on principles of…
Descriptors: School Culture, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Private Schools
Driscoll, Kerryn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2017
School mathematics leaders play a significant role in leading improvement in mathematics education in schools. An online survey was administered to obtain an overview of the current nature of the role of the school mathematics leader. Responses were received from 56 primary school mathematics leaders from Victorian government schools. Findings…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Leadership Role, Educational Improvement, Elementary Schools
Grootenboer, Peter; Edwards-Groves, Christine; Rönnerman, Karin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
While principals and systemic leaders have a significant role to play in leading, supporting and structuring mathematics education, their influence tends to be indirect and general. However, middle leaders such as curriculum leaders, senior teachers, and faculty heads, exercise their leadership much closer to the classroom, and as such they can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Teacher Collaboration
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Hofmeyer, Anne; Sheingold, Brenda Helen; Klopper, Hester C.; Warland, Jane – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2015
Developing leaders and leadership are key factors to improve learning and teaching in higher education. Despite the abundance of literature concerning developing formal leadership, fewer studies have been conducted with academics in non-formal leadership roles that focus on how they develop their leadership in learning and teaching. Publication…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Leadership Role, Semi Structured Interviews, Educational Improvement
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Gaffney, Michael; Faragher, Rhonda – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2010
Sustainable improvement in student learning achievement in numeracy requires a deliberate focus on two complementary strands of educational endeavour: the practice of effective teaching of mathematics and the exercise of high level school leadership capabilities. In this article, the authors describe the context and findings from their research in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement, Numeracy, Sustainability
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Chew, Joy Oon Ai; Andrews, Dorothy – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2010
This research paper is about the role of the principal in enabling teacher leadership for pedagogical innovations and school improvement studied in two Innovative Designs for Enhancing Achievements in Schools (IDEAS) schools in Singapore and Australia over a 3-year period from 2005 to 2007. The research reported is based on the developing…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Case Studies