Formulating a Research Agenda in School Leadership and Organisational Change for School Improvement in Singapore

Autor/in	Dimmock, Clive
Titel	Formulating a Research Agenda in School Leadership and Organisational Change for School Improvement in Singapore
Quelle	In: School Leadership & Management, 31 (2011) 4, S.321-338 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
DOI	10.1080/13632434.2011.606271
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Asians; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Organizational Change; Educational Improvement; Educational Research; Research Needs; Research Reports; Politics of Education; Cultural Influences; Economic Factors; Educational Administration; Change Strategies; Leadership Training; Research Methodology; Strategic Planning; Hong Kong; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Organisationswandel; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Forschungsbedarf; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Lösungsstrategie; Führungslehre; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Hongkong; Singapur
Abstract	This paper argues that it is timely for educational researchers in Asia, and Singapore in particular, to generate cultural- and empirical-knowledge bases in school leadership that will speak to the specific interests of Asian students, educators and practitioners. As economic and social development across Asia gathers momentum, the more advanced Asian systems of education, such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, will increasingly have the resources and expertise to launch significant research programmes in school leadership and organisational change, thereby challenging the persistent and present dominance of Anglo-American perspectives. The paper reports a planned large scale research programme for school leadership and organisational change in Singapore. Support for such a programme from all three major stakeholders--the Ministry of Education (MOE), the National Institute of Education (NIE) and school leaders and teachers--is conditional on the research programme leading to school improvement and better student outcomes. The paper sketches the politico-cultural-economic conditions of Singapore in which such an agenda has been formed; describes the main features of the research programme; and then relates its features to a possible broader Asian and international research agenda in school leadership. The planned Singapore programme has congruence with a future international research agenda advocated by scholars for the field of educational leadership. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10