Joanne Larson Associate Professor University of Rochester Box 270425 Dewey Hall Warner Graduate S... more Joanne Larson Associate Professor University of Rochester Box 270425 Dewey Hall Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development Rochester, New York 14627 joln@troi.cc.rochester.edu (716) 275-0900 (Office) (716) 473-5388 (Home) Larson ...
This article examines school leadership in the context of Taiwanese educational reform since the ... more This article examines school leadership in the context of Taiwanese educational reform since the mid-1990s. The goal of the inquiry is twofold: to explore the conflicts that school administrators have confronted in facilitating school reform and to analyze the strategic and innovative leadership practices that have facilitated improvements in school effectiveness in Taiwan. A case study of a secondary school is used to illustrate how leadership efforts can move schools forward to achieve a balanced transformation. The research lasted 3 years. The school principal and 15 other participants were interviewed. This case study revealed 4 themes of strategic leadership in coping with the conflicts accompanying school reform in Taiwan: (1) educational values, (2) timeframe for change, (3) capacity building, and (4) community involvement. Three of the school’s program initiatives are described and analyzed in detail in order to illustrate the dynamic relation between strategic leadership practices and the goal of school transformation.
a department of Education, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); b science E... more a department of Education, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); b science Education center, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); c center for research on Activity development and learning, university of Helsinki, Helsinki, finland; d department of Educational Psychology and counseling, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china)
Throughout the world, rapid political and economic change has applied enormous pressure on educat... more Throughout the world, rapid political and economic change has applied enormous pressure on educators addressing leadership and accountability measures to improve instructional practices and student performance. Decentralisation of central authority regarding school site-based decision-making has drastically changed the educational environment in which the duties of school administration have become much more demanding. This paper, in reviewing reform initiatives and school leadership research in Taiwan, introduces first the background of Taiwanese educational reform, then discusses the challenges and dilemmas that school leaders typically face. New leadership practices, such as instructional leadership and teacher leadership, are developed to respond to the needs of educational reform. Finally, this paper analyses the literature of school leadership research in Taiwan, having discovered that quantitative methods have predominated; in addition, a gap exists between leadership practices and academic studies. This paper, therefore, suggests future themes and multiple uses of methodologies in the education field to contribute to academic practices worldwide.
Joanne Larson Associate Professor University of Rochester Box 270425 Dewey Hall Warner Graduate S... more Joanne Larson Associate Professor University of Rochester Box 270425 Dewey Hall Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development Rochester, New York 14627 joln@troi.cc.rochester.edu (716) 275-0900 (Office) (716) 473-5388 (Home) Larson ...
This article examines school leadership in the context of Taiwanese educational reform since the ... more This article examines school leadership in the context of Taiwanese educational reform since the mid-1990s. The goal of the inquiry is twofold: to explore the conflicts that school administrators have confronted in facilitating school reform and to analyze the strategic and innovative leadership practices that have facilitated improvements in school effectiveness in Taiwan. A case study of a secondary school is used to illustrate how leadership efforts can move schools forward to achieve a balanced transformation. The research lasted 3 years. The school principal and 15 other participants were interviewed. This case study revealed 4 themes of strategic leadership in coping with the conflicts accompanying school reform in Taiwan: (1) educational values, (2) timeframe for change, (3) capacity building, and (4) community involvement. Three of the school’s program initiatives are described and analyzed in detail in order to illustrate the dynamic relation between strategic leadership practices and the goal of school transformation.
a department of Education, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); b science E... more a department of Education, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); b science Education center, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china); c center for research on Activity development and learning, university of Helsinki, Helsinki, finland; d department of Educational Psychology and counseling, national taiwan normal university, taipei, taiwan (china)
Throughout the world, rapid political and economic change has applied enormous pressure on educat... more Throughout the world, rapid political and economic change has applied enormous pressure on educators addressing leadership and accountability measures to improve instructional practices and student performance. Decentralisation of central authority regarding school site-based decision-making has drastically changed the educational environment in which the duties of school administration have become much more demanding. This paper, in reviewing reform initiatives and school leadership research in Taiwan, introduces first the background of Taiwanese educational reform, then discusses the challenges and dilemmas that school leaders typically face. New leadership practices, such as instructional leadership and teacher leadership, are developed to respond to the needs of educational reform. Finally, this paper analyses the literature of school leadership research in Taiwan, having discovered that quantitative methods have predominated; in addition, a gap exists between leadership practices and academic studies. This paper, therefore, suggests future themes and multiple uses of methodologies in the education field to contribute to academic practices worldwide.
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