Understanding educational leadership in North‐west China

Community service, educational performance and social responsibility in Northwest China

Educational Leadership.

• Master of Arts in Education and Human Development in the field of assessment, testing, and measurement in education (http://bulletin.gwu.edu/education-human-development/ masters-program/education-human-developmentassessment-testing-and-measurement) • Master of Arts in Education and Human Development in the field of education policy studies (http://bulletin.gwu.edu/ education-human-development...

Educational Leadership - May 2016

E fforts to improve the quality of the teacher workforce have risen to the top of the education policy agenda during the past decade. More than ever, policymakers are drawing on research to inform their positions. One research finding that policymakers cite consistently in conversations about teaching quality is that teachers face a “performance plateau” after their first few years of teaching....

Teaching Quality and Student Outcomes: Academic Achievement and Educational Engagement in Rural Northwest China

A central task of educational researchers has been to uncover factors that improve student academic achievement. Research in both developed and developing nations during the past few decades has analysed the links between educational outcomes and school physical resources, teacher quality and children's demographic and family background. Importantly, research on teacher and school effects in de...

Educational Leadership and Ralph Tyler

This article addresses the traditional instructional leadership (characterized with Tyler’s four questions; teachers prescribe a curriculum; learners assume a submissive role of following instructors) in comparison with the andragogical or innovative instructional leadership. As more and more scholars cast their doubt on this particular instructional mode (traditional instructional leadership),...