International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 35 Issue 6

Does culture or self-directed learning drive online performance?

Qian Wang, Chang Xiong, Jiajun Liu

The foundations of internally driven discipline are similar to self-directed learning (SDL). This study examines the effect of cultural orientation and SDL on the online…

The role of culture in student discipline of secondary schools in cross-cultural context: a systematic literature review and future research agenda

Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena

The present study is a systematic review that identifies future research avenues on culture and discipline in secondary schools in a cross-cultural context.

Making sense the teacher evaluation with the value of local culture (The voice of school principals in Indonesia)

Supadi Supadi, Evitha Soraya, Hamid Muhammad, Nurhasanah Halim

The voice of school principals represents the principals' thoughts and experiences because of their as teachers' evaluator. It provides principals' perception on making sense the…

Examining the adoption of emergency remote teaching and virtual learning during and after COVID-19 pandemic

Bokolo Anthony Jnr, Selwyn Noel

The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has already had a significant disruptive impact on the society, posing challenges to the provision of education across the world. Due to…

Evidence-based training approach for higher education faculty: brief model of inclusion and training of the disabled

Gulnaz Zahid

This interventional study aims to test the effectiveness of thek training approach for higher education faculty members to facilitate students with disabilities (SwD) to promote…

Validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale

Andrea Pintus, Chiara Bertolini, Lucia Scipione, Maja Antonietti

This study investigates the construct validity and reliability of the Italian version of the Teachers' Self-Efficacy Scale (TSES) developed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001) and…

Contemporary trends in professional development of teachers: importance of recognising the context

Ali Nawab, Kerry Bissaker, Al Karim Datoo

Whereas the achievement of students has closely been linked with the quality of teachers and there is a bulk of literature supporting the need of teachers' preparation in…

Instructional leadership: teaching evaluation as a key element for 6th grade student's achievement in mathematics

Mariandri Kazi

The paper discusses the influence of instructional leadership on effective teacher teaching practices and learning outcomes. In particular, the paper examines one of the…

Strategic planning in higher education: a simplified B-VAR model

Densil A. Williams

Executives who are engaged in strategic planning for higher education generally complain about the process and the lack of clear outcomes from the strategic plan. They generally…

Socioeconomic determinants of primary school children dropout: a case study of Pakistan

Kazim Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen, Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum, Abdul Quddoos, Azeem Sardar

The main purpose of this study is to identify the socioeconomic determinants of dropout from primary schools and to give policy suggestions to address the issue.

Acceptance of MOOCs as an alternative for internship for management students during COVID-19 pandemic: an Indian perspective

Archana Singh, Anuj Sharma

The objective of this paper is to understand the benefits and utility of massive open online courses (MOOCs) as perceived by the student, vis-à-vis internship and determine the…

Predicting patterns of persistence at a South African university: a decision tree approach

Vino Paideya, Annah V. Bengesai

The emerging field of educational data mining provides an opportunity to process large-scale data emerging from higher education institutions (HEIs) into reliable knowledge. The…

Development and implementation of internationalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina higher education

Nenad Markovic, Dejan Bokonjic, Geert De Lepeleer

The main reason for writing this paper was the systematic determination of the state of internationalization of public higher education for the first time in Bosnia and…

Validating learner-based e-learning barriers: developing an instrument to aid e-learning implementation management and leadership

Muhammad Basir, Samnan Ali, Stephen R. Gulliver

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had global repercussions on use of e-learning solutions. In order to maximise the promise of e-learning, it is necessary for managers to…

Investigating the technical efficiency of Japanese national universities following corporatization: a two-stage data envelopment analysis approach

Khanh Quoc Thai, Masayoshi Noguchi

The purpose of this study is to measure the technical efficiency of Japanese national universities over the period 2010–2016. In addition, the authors also sought to identify the…

Higher education student engagement in times of pandemic: the role of e-learning system usability and teacher behavior

Khalid Abed Dahleez, Ayman A. El-Saleh, Abrar Mohammed Al Alawi, Fadi Abdelmuniem Abdelfattah

This research examined the factors affecting several types of student engagement, namely agentic, behavioral, emotional and cognitive engagement. Specifically, it examined the…