Exploring the leadership knowledge base: evidence, implications, and challenges for educational leadership in Wales

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Alma Harris ◽  
Michelle Jones
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Base

The Reform of Administrator Preparation at Stanford: An Analytic Description

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Aaron Copland
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Analytic Description ◽  
Case Description ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Administrator Preparation ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Successful Program ◽  
Prospective Principals ◽  
Clear Description

The most recent wave of reform in the preparation of school leaders has been underway for more than a decade. Clear description of successful program efforts can provide the field of educational leadership with an understanding of promising new and innovative directions in preparation. This article provides an analytic case description of one reform-oriented administrator preparation program, the Prospective Principals Program at Stanford University. The voices of students, graduates, and program faculty are incorporated to illustrate and document the evolution of the program. Promising aspects of the program, including implications in six specific areas, are highlighted in an effort to contribute to the growing knowledge base emerging from reform efforts in preparation.

Science mapping the knowledge base in educational leadership and management: A longitudinal bibliometric analysis, 1960 to 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Hallinger ◽  
Jasna Kovačević
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Citation Analysis ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Science Mapping ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Leadership For Learning ◽  
1960S And 1970S

This review employed science mapping methods to analyze the evolution of the knowledge base in educational leadership and management from 1960 to 2018. Descriptive trend analysis, citation analysis, co-citation analysis, and visualization of similarities were used to document growth and change in the ‘intellectual structure’ of the educational leadership and management knowledge base as it evolved through the decades. The review analyzed a database comprised of 22,492 articles published in 21 Scopus-indexed journals over six decades. The authors found that contributions to the knowledge base have evolved from primarily Anglo-American male scholars up until 2000 to increasing gender and geographic diversity in the past 20 years. The review identified several ‘schools of thought’ that emerged across four generations of EDLM scholarship. These include: Leadership for Learning, Leading Change, Leading Teachers, and School Effectiveness and School Improvement. The review also documented a broader evolution in the field’s intellectual structure from a focus on ‘administration’ during the 1960s and 1970s to the embrace of ‘leadership for learning’ as the dominant theme during recent generations. This paradigm shift has not only reshaped the focus of research but also the identity of educational leadership and management as a field of study.

The elusive Malayan tiger ‘captured’: A systematic review of research on educational leadership and management in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
pp. 174114322199869
Author(s):  
Donnie Adams ◽  
Lei Mee Thien ◽  
Elly Chin Yen Chuin ◽  
Pavithra Semaadderi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Data Extraction ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Leadership And Management

Substantial progress has been made in the knowledge base of educational leadership and management (EDLM) in societies across the world. However, the evidence base in developing countries such as Malaysia remains limited. Thus, this article reports the results of a systematic review of research on EDLM in Malaysia. The review aimed at describing key features of the Malaysian knowledge base in EDLM with respect to publication volume, journal outlets, types of papers published, distribution of knowledge production across its states and key scholars, and the composition of research topics, methods, and maturity of its knowledge production. The review database encompassed 328 journal articles in English and Malay language published on EDLM in Malaysia. Systematic methods were applied in the identification of sources and data extraction from the journal articles. Data analysis relied primarily on quantitative methods for data interpretation to reveal the variability in patterns of knowledge production in Malaysia EDLM. The review found that the Malaysian literature in EDLM is largely contemporary; however, it is an ‘immature but emerging literature’ which bears similarities to literatures in other developing societies in Asia. Recommendations are made for topics, methods and other areas where capacity development is warranted.

In Search of a Knowledge Base to Guide Program Development in Educational Leadership

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Daresh
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Program Development ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Task Force ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
The University ◽  
University Council ◽  
Future School

Recently, the Executive Committee of the University Council for Educational Administration established a task force to study the issue of finding an appropriate knowledge base for educational administration (UCEA Review, 1991). This event underscores the fact that the field of educational administration is currently going through a period of great introspection. Simply stated, the goal is to improve practice, but that improvement must be based on a recognition of precisely what is the nature of the field. In this article, the search for a relevant knowledge base for the field of educational leadership is described. A number of potential sources for a knowledge base are identified. Finally, a newly-developed program in educational leadership at one university is presented to illustrate the way in which elements of the knowledge base have been incorporated into a new approach to the preparation of future school leaders.

Science mapping the knowledge base on educational leadership and management from the emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America, 1965–2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Hallinger
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Science Mapping ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Global Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Bibliometric Review ◽  
Lasting Influence

This bibliometric review of research sought to document and compare trends in educational leadership and management (EDLM) knowledge production from the emerging regions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Using a science mapping methodology, the review identified 1171 articles published in nine “core” EDLM journals between 1965 and August 2018. This represented 22% of the full corpus of articles published in these EDLM journals during this period of time. Despite representing a relatively small portion of the overall corpus, these studies from emerging regions grew to comprise 42.5% of the corpus published between 2015 and 2018. Despite this broad pattern of growth, there was also significant geographical variation in the volume of articles published in these journals both between and within the regions. The review also identified “canonical scholars and documents” that have demonstrated lasting influence on this knowledge base. Co-citation analyses also revealed several schools of thought within this literature. The review concludes that the global literature in EDLM is undergoing a significant change in composition. The findings will inform scholarly efforts to develop a more diverse, representative, and globally relevant knowledge base. Recommendations are offered for strengthening the quality and scope of research from emerging regions of the world.

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