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1. Why Teacher Leaders Don't Want to Be Principals: Evidence from Arkansas

Author

University of Arkansas, Education Working Paper Archive, Hewitt, Paul M., Pijanowski, John C., and Denny, George S.

Abstract

This study investigates why teachers, identified by their school principal as being leaders or having leadership potential, chose not to become school principals. At a time in which the literature is reporting a shortage of qualified applicants for school administrative positions the identified reasons most cited by teacher leaders include testing/accountability pressures too great, job generally too stressful, too much time required, and societal problems make it difficult to focus on instruction. The key factors for teacher leaders choosing not to pursue a career in school administration are categorized as stress and time demands are too great. (Contains 5 tables.)

Published
2009

2. NATURE PARK AS A RESOURCE FOR NATURE BASED TOURISM

Author

Mahender Reddy, Agita Livina, and The paper was supported by the National Research Program 5.2. EKOSOC-LV of the Republic of Latvia and European Union ERASMUS + programme.

Subjects
Geography, Resource (biology), Environmental protection, National park, Nature park, Leisure time, Regional science, Target groups, Context (language use), nature based tourism, purpose, motivation, national parks, infrastructure, Tourism, Nature based tourism
Abstract

The aim of this comparative article is to show the differences between the visitors' purposes and habits in two national parks: Gauja National Park (GNP) in Latvia and Kasu Bramhananda Reddy National Park (KBR) in Hyderabad, Telangana in India. As well as that, the article aims at highlighting differences in the functional use of the national parks and their locations in the urban and rural context. The study has used the secondary data analysis, such as the analysis and overview of the literature, previously conducted studies and information sources, visitors’ surveys in the national parks, and the exploration of the park areas for the evaluation of tourism infrastructure. The results of the study show distinct differences in the national park functions, target groups and their needs. The main target group in KBR is local inhabitants of the million city, and the national park basically fulfils the function of a city park –it is a green area for passive and active (jogging) leisure rather than a nature tourism offer. GNP has three target groups: the local population for a healthy leisure time, domestic visitors and foreign visitors for nature and cultural purposes. Thus, KBR status as a national park is misleading for the international traveller. In the future research it is planned to compare GNP with a national park in India which is located outside the urban environment, carrying out an in-depth study of visitors’ opinion on the purpose and elements of infrastructure.

Published
2017