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Successful school leadership: what is it and who decides?

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journal contribution
posted on 2025-01-15, 00:57 authored by William MulfordWilliam Mulford, D Kendall, WJ Edmunds, LR Kendall, J Ewington, H Silins
Arguments presented in this paper and the evidence from the Tasmanian Successful School Principals Project support broadening what counts for successful schools and school leadership. This broadening needs to embrace student outcomes, including non-cognitive social outcomes such as student empowerment. In examining who should provide the evidence for successful school leadership the need for triangulation, that is, multiple sources of evidence, became clear. Research employing only principal perceptions of success, especially on the importance of and improvement in student outcomes, should be examined much more critically than has occurred in the past.

History

Publication title

Australian Journal of Education

Volume

51

Issue

Number 3

Pagination

228-246

ISSN

0004-9441

Department/School

Education

Publisher

Australian Council for Educational Research Limited

Publication status

  • Published

Place of publication

Australia

Rights statement

Copyright 2007 Australian Council for Educational Research

Socio-economic Objectives

160205 Policies and development