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Peer reviewedSteyn, G. M.; Squelch, J. – School Organisation, 1994
Political and economic realities in changing South Africa brought about restructuring of the nation's Department of Education and Culture. Using semistructured interviews with principals, this study attempted to determine how principals in one state-aided school perceived changes regarding their roles and tasks, staff structure, and internal…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beliefs, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMoore, J. L. – School Organisation, 1992
Summarizes views of 222 British elementary school principals in 2 neighboring local education authorities about 4 aspects of science coordinators' work (curriculum development, resources, assisting other teacher, and responsibilities for teaching decisions). Headteachers believe that coordinators should not influence their colleagues' teaching…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Coordinators, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Turning Heads: Changes in the Preferred Learning Styles of School Leaders and Managers in the 1990s.
Peer reviewedKelly, Mike – School Organisation, 1995
A study of 310 British school leaders' learning style preferences identifies a trend toward activist, as opposed to reflector, theorist, and pragmatist approaches. Education Reform Act changes are pressuring headteachers to act quickly and decisively as part of whole-school management teams. This has weakened their perception that analysis,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
