The American Association of School Librarians and researchers in the field have identified the instructional partner role as critical to the future of school librarianship. Educators of school librarians must help prepare preservice candidates to serve effectively in this role. This research report describes a content analysis study conducted in three sections of LS5443: Librarians as Instructi...

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This paper attempts to develop an extended concept the competence of school principals by using concept mapping, based on issues are the competence concept of school principals have an impact on two conditions, namely: (1) to develop the concept can complement and support each other; and (2) to develop the concept of possible contradict, giving rise to different interpretations. Therefore, this...

Introduction Boundaries between classroom-based, blended, and distance education are blurring. Contemporary classroom-based courses typically have a course website. Instructors’ editions of textbooks include PowerPoint lectures that can be either presented in a classroom or licensed for distance distribution. Students’ editions include etutorials and quizzes for independent learning. Classroom ...

Purpose: This paper illustrates how successful leaders combine the too often dichotomised practices of transformational and instructional leadership in different ways across different phases of their schools’ development in order to progressively shape and ‘layer’ the improvement culture in making a difference to students’ outcomes. Research methods: Empirical data were drawn from a three-year ...

As part of an international faculty development conference in February 2010, a working group of medical educators and physicians discussed the changing role of instructional technologies and made recommendations for supporting faculty in using these technologies in medical education. The resulting discussion highlighted ways technology is transforming the entire process of medical education and...

Purposes: This study investigates the role of formal and informal leaders in the diffusion of external reforms into schools and to teachers’ practices. Formal leaders are designated by their roles in the formal organization of the school (e.g., principals, department chairs, and instructional coaches) and informal leaders refer to those who do not have any formal leadership roles but are nomina...

This study aims to explore the relationship between international indices and instructional leadership styles of college principals in rural context Sindh. International provide a framework assess educational systems identify areas for improvement. Instructional leadership, on other hand, plays critical role enhancing teaching learning outcomes. However, there is limited understanding how influ...