Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Yazarlar: Edith Lai

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Principal Leadership,School Capacity Building,Curriculum Reform,Secondary School.

Özet: This paper attempts to identify the challenges facing school principals as they engaged in implementing a curriculum reform in Hong Kong. Based on interview data of school principals, this paper shows three major types of implementation challenges facing school principals, namely curriculum planning, catering for learner diversity, and managing change. Drawing on the concept of ‘exploiting situated possibilities’, this paper further shows how these school principals explored and exploited possibilities in and around the school contexts to overcome the implementation challenges, as one way to strengthen the schools’ capacity for change. Implications for developing efficacious principal leadership in school capacity building are discussed.  

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