Teaching Principals: The 'I's Have It!

Title
Teaching Principals: The 'I's Have It!
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Cornish, Linley
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7714-1213
Email: lcornis2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lcornis2
Jenkins, Kathryn A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-1391
Email: kjenkins@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:kjenkins
Editor
Editor(s): Lorraine Graham and Judith Miller
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sense Publishers
Place of publication
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:17669
Abstract
Much has been written about the positive and negative aspects of teaching in a rural school, but relatively few studies have explored the role of teaching principals (TPs) in small schools. The perception that the principal's role in small schools is just a 'scaled down' version of what is involved in larger schools has been challenged, for example, by Lester (2011). Our research for the Bush Tracks project supports Lester's view that such a perception is a misconception. Since there have been relatively few studies of teaching principals, the identification and exploration of issues related to rural teaching and leadership is an under-developed area of research. In observations of and interviews with TPs for the Bush Tracks projects, members of this group have been able to add to the list of factors previously reported in the literature. They have also been able to delineate how reported 'minuses' can be viewed more optimistically as 'pluses', and how particular challenges can lead to positive outcomes.
Link
Citation
Bush Tracks: The Opportunities and Challenges of Rural Teaching and Leadership, p. 135-156
ISBN
9789463000963
9789463000956
9789463000970
Start page
135
End page
156

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