Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 55 Issue 2

Leading learning in Asia – emerging empirical insights from five societies

Philip Hallinger, Allan Walker

The purpose of this paper is to synthesize findings from studies of principal instructional leadership conducted in five East Asian societies. The authors first identify…

Instructional leadership structure in Singapore: a co-existence of hierarchy and heterarchy

Dong Thanh Nguyen, David Ng, Pui San Yap

The purpose of this paper is to explore the instructional leadership practices and structure in Singapore primary schools.

Leading school for learning: principal practices in Taiwan

Hui-Ling Wendy Pan, Fong-Yee Nyeu, Shu-Huei Cheng

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how principals in Taiwan lead student and teacher learning at a time of leadership and learning paradigm shifts and the imminent…

The west wind vs the east wind: instructional leadership model in China

Haiyan Qian, Allan Walker, Xiaojun Li

The purpose of this paper is to develop a preliminary model of instructional leadership in the Chinese educational context and explore the ways in which Chinese school principals…

Exploring principals’ instructional leadership practices in Malaysia: insights and implications

Alma Harris, Michelle Jones, Kenny Soon Lee Cheah, Edward Devadason, Donnie Adams

The purpose of this paper is to outline the findings from a small-scale, exploratory, study of principals’ instructional leadership practice in Malaysian primary schools. The…

Perspectives on principal instructional leadership in Vietnam: a preliminary model

Philip Hallinger, Allan Walker, Dao Thi Hong Nguyen, Thang Truong, Thi Thinh Nguyen

Worldwide interest in principal instructional leadership has led to global dissemination of related research findings despite their concentration in a limited set of western…