The school principal as Instructional Leader: A structural equation model

Education as Change

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Grobler, Bennie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

construct; ensuring coherence between teaching and learning; instructional leadership; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890743207     PISSN: 16823206     EISSN: 19479417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16823206.2014.866002     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Arbuckle, J.L. 2007. AMOS 16.0. User's guide. Chicago: SPSS Inc.
2. Blasé, J. & Blasé, J. 1999. Effective instructional leadership: Teachers' perspectives on how principals promote teaching and learning in schools. Journal of Educational Administration 38(2):130-141.
3. Blunch, N.J. 2008. Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling using SPSS and AMOS. London: SAGE.
4. Brauckmann, S. & Pashiardis, P. 2010. A validation study of the leadership styles of a holistic leadership theoretical framework. International Journal of Educational Management 25(1):11-32.
5. Budhal, R.S. 2000. The impact of the principal's instructional leadership on the culture of teaching and learning in the school. Unpublished Master's dissertation, University of South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
6. Bush, T. 2007. Educational leadership and management: Theory, policy, and practice. South African Journal of Education 27(3):391-406.
7. Byrne, B.M. 2001. Structural Equation Modeling with AMOS. Basic concepts, applications and programming. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. Department of Basic Education. 2010a. Action Plan 2014. Towards the realization of Schooling 2025. Available from: http://planipolis.iiep.unesco.org (accessed 28 January 2012).
9. Department of Basic Education. 2010b. Approval of the National Curriculum Statement Grades R -12 as National Education Policy. Government Gazette (No. 34600). Pretoria: Government Printer.
10. Department of Basic Education. 2010c. Education Statistics at a Glance 2009. Pretoria: Government Printer.
11. Department of Basic Education. 2011. Report on the Annual National Assessments of 2011. Pretoria: Government Printer.
12. rd edition). London: SAGE.
13. Hallinger, P. & Heck, R.H. 1998. Exploring the principal's contribution to school effectiveness: 1980-1995. School Effectiveness and School Improvement 9(2):157-191.
14. Hallinger, P. 1982, 1983, 1990. Principal instructional management rating scale. Version 2.3. Sarasota, FL: Leading Development Associates.
15. Hallinger, P. 2008. Methodologies for studying school leadership: A review of 25 years of research using the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April.
16. Hallinger, P. 2011. Leadership for learning: Lessons from 40 years of empirical research. Journal of Educational Administration 49(2):125-142.
17. Hoadley, U., Christie, P. & Ward, L. 2009. Managing to learn - instructional leadership in South African secondary schools. Leadership and Management 29(2):373-389.
18. Hofstede, G. 1991. Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill.
19. Howie, S. 2003. Language and other background factors affecting secondary pupils' performance in Mathematics in South Africa. Available from: http://www.repository.up.ac.za (accessed 10 April 2011).
20. Jenkins, B. 2009. What it takes to be an instructional leader. Principal (Reston VA) 88(3):34-37.
21. Kruger, A.G. 1996. FDEEL 2-9 Study Manual 1: School Management: Internal and external environment, educational leadership. Pretoria, South Africa: Unisa.
22. Lemmer, E.M. 1994. Study Guide ONA 411-Y: Ethnographic research. Pretoria, South Africa: Unisa.
23. Muijs, D., Harris, A., Crawford, M. 2004. The role of assistant heads: A review of research. Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Rotterdam, 5 January.
24. Muijs, D. 2010. Leadership and organisational performance: From research to prescription? International Journal of Educational Management 25(1):45-60.
25. Norusis, M.J. 2010. PASW 18. Statistical procedures companion. Chicago: SPSS Inc.
26. rd edition). Berkshire: McGraw-Hill.
27. Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). 2006. Available from: http://nces.ed.gov. (accessed 28 January 2012).
28. nd edition). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
29. Sewlall, K. 1996. Dimensions of culture and their implication for the management in South African schools. Unpublished Master's?? Doctoral?? dissertation, University of Johannesburg (formerly Rand Afrikaans University), Joahnnesburg.
30. Southern and Eastern Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality. 2010. SACMEQ 111 Project results. Available from: http://www.sacmeq.org (accessed 28 January 2012).
31. South Africa. 1998. National Norms and Standards for School Funding. Government Gazette (No. 19347). Pretoria: Government Printer.
32. South Africa. 2007. Education Laws Amendment Act, 2007. Government Gazette (No. 30637). Pretoria: Government Printer.
33. South Africa. 2010. Towards the realization of Schooling 2025. Government Gazette. (No. 33434). Pretoria: Government Printer.
34. Southworth, G. 2002. Instructional leadership in schools: Reflections and empirical evidence. School Leadership and Management 22.
35. Steyn, G.M. 2002. The changing principalship in South African schools. Educare 32(1 and 2):251-272.
36. Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMMS). 1997. Third international mathematics and science study. Available from: http://nces.ed.gov (accessed on 28 January 2012).