Leading sustainable school improvement: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research on problems and challenges faced by school leaders DOI Creative Commons
Turgut Karaköse, Mehmet Özdoğru, Nedim Malkoç

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Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Introduction Developing broader insights into the problems or challenges faced by school leaders resulting from various factors both within and out of is a crucial attempt to provide solutions on scientific grounds ensure sustainability schools. Methods This study aims contribute theory practice sustainable administration through conducting meta-synthesis prior qualitative studies leaders. Data were collected several databases indexing educational research, analysis was conducted using data 24 presenting perspectives total 614 participants. Results The results showed that had significant particularly with insufficient funds budgets, shortage staff, unwilling teachers, an abundance responsibilities limited authority, maintenance buildings, tackling excessive fast-changing legislations. Lack inspectors’ expertise their being closed novel ideas, principal assignments not based merit, communication collaboration among pressures superiors unions also listed other serious challenges. Discussion These findings suggest putting more effort improving human resources, curriculum instruction, parental involvement, mechanisms tackle student problematic behavior, ensuring professional quality leaders, inspectors as well providing necessary support while expecting them realize responsibilities. caused bureaucratic pressures, political press, union discord should be crucially considered higher authorities if are expected improvement

Language: Английский

A Review of the Conceptual Structure and Evolution of Digital Leadership Research in Education DOI Creative Commons
Turgut Karaköse, Hakan Polat, Tijen Tülübaş

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Education Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(11), P. 1166 - 1166

Published: Oct. 26, 2024

With the advent of digital technologies that have rapidly changed functioning societies, leadership has also become a novel imperative for effective organizations. As backbone societal development, educational institutions not been exempt from influence these new trends, which ignited growing research interest in roles school administrators. This study aims to map conceptual and thematic evolution this on education field offer better insight into strategic themes are sufficiently or insufficiently addressed; is, identify aspects clearly defined left shrouded shadow. employed science mapping methodology used SciMAT software (version 1.1.04) strands across three periods field’s development. The analysis was conducted using metadata obtained 174 articles indexed WoS Scopus. results indicated with focus technology e-leadership, considering developments world computers internet, gained momentum recent years, particularly following COVID-19 pandemic. Digital is regarded as broader concept application investigating knowledge, skills, competencies, perspectives leaders facilitate healthy integration education, administration, student learning. seems require investigations many digitalization build more solid insightful knowledge base guide practice schools.

Language: Английский

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Investigating the Relationship Between Leadership for Learning and Student Achievement Through the Mediation of Teacher Performance: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling (MASEM) Approach DOI Creative Commons
Stamatios Papadakis, Sedat Kanadlı, Abdurrahman Kardas

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Education Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 1320 - 1320

Published: Nov. 30, 2024

The Leadership for Learning (LfL) framework is often used to investigate the effect of leadership on student achievement (SA). This encompasses instructional (IL), transformational (TL), and distributed (DL) qualities that are likely influence teaching–learning processes at school. existing literature indicates LfL can both teacher performance practices students’ significantly. current study aims mediating role in relationship between using meta-analytical structural equation modeling (MASEM). Correlation values obtained from 60 studies (a total 36,331 participants) investigating these variables were meta-analysis. findings showed all three types affected directly, had a direct achievement. While IL SA was mostly indirect, TL DL found affect directly indirectly through performance. Our suggest significant implications not only researchers but also policy-makers practitioners improve school

Language: Английский

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Leading sustainable school improvement: a meta-synthesis of qualitative research on problems and challenges faced by school leaders DOI Creative Commons
Turgut Karaköse, Mehmet Özdoğru, Nedim Malkoç

et al.

Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Introduction Developing broader insights into the problems or challenges faced by school leaders resulting from various factors both within and out of is a crucial attempt to provide solutions on scientific grounds ensure sustainability schools. Methods This study aims contribute theory practice sustainable administration through conducting meta-synthesis prior qualitative studies leaders. Data were collected several databases indexing educational research, analysis was conducted using data 24 presenting perspectives total 614 participants. Results The results showed that had significant particularly with insufficient funds budgets, shortage staff, unwilling teachers, an abundance responsibilities limited authority, maintenance buildings, tackling excessive fast-changing legislations. Lack inspectors’ expertise their being closed novel ideas, principal assignments not based merit, communication collaboration among pressures superiors unions also listed other serious challenges. Discussion These findings suggest putting more effort improving human resources, curriculum instruction, parental involvement, mechanisms tackle student problematic behavior, ensuring professional quality leaders, inspectors as well providing necessary support while expecting them realize responsibilities. caused bureaucratic pressures, political press, union discord should be crucially considered higher authorities if are expected improvement

Language: Английский

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