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51. Future School Administration: Western and Asian Perspectives. Educational Studies Series.

Author

Dimmock, Clive, Walker, Allan, Dimmock, Clive, and Walker, Allan

Abstract

This edited volume brings together a number of chapters on key issues of educational administration and policy facing schools and school systems in varied parts of the world. There is a growing international interest in and respect for the attributes and achievements of students, schools, and school systems in different parts of the world. Asian educators look toward the Anglo-American world for models of school reform and improvement, while concurrently, Western educators are looking at the school systems of East and Southeast Asia--particularly those of Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong--whose students have consistently outperformed Anglo-American students on international achievement tests in mathematics and science. A number of themes run through the contributions to the book: school performance, school effectiveness, leadership, management, school design, improvement, and change. A major concern of the contributors is the legitimacy of applying theories, ideas, policies, and practices emanating from one societal culture and transposing them into others with different cultural, political, and economic contexts. (DFR)

Published
2000

53. Curriculum Leadership and Management in Secondary Schools: A Hong Kong Case Study.

Author

Lee, John Chi-Kin and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

According to data from two Hong Kong secondary schools, principals did not significantly influence curriculum monitoring or innovation. However, the vice-principal and teachers in one school emphasized these duties more than counterparts at the other school. The difference may stem from students' greater demands on teachers. (Contains 41 references.) (MLH)

Published
1999

54. Principals and School Restructuring: Conceptualising Challenges as Dilemmas.

Author

Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Chronicles perceived dilemmas of 20 Australian principals whose work lives were preoccupied with school restructuring. Findings suggest two main types of dilemmas: general, personal/professional "states of mind" and specific, practical organizational dilemmas. Research is needed on devising management solutions and improving leadership training. (Contains 39 references.) (MLH)

Published
1999

55. The Marginalization of Physical Education: Impoverished Curriculum Policy and Practice in Hong Kong.

Author

Johns, David P. and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Explores two themes: the marginalization of curriculum subjects and the gap between curriculum policy aims and the implemented physical-education curriculum in Hong Kong schools. Proposes a framework (representing normative, institutional, and resource domains) to further insight into problems connected with these themes and generate policies to address them. (Contains 57 references.) (MLH)

Published
1999

56. A Cross-Cultural Approach to the Study of Educational Leadership: An Emerging Framework.

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Walker, Allan

Abstract

Advocates increasing understanding of educational leadership by adopting a comparative, cross-cultural lens. Suggests a framework for comparing cultural influences on educational leadership across national and cultural boundaries. Outlines six cultural dimensions: power distributed/concentrated, group/self-oriented, considerate/aggressive, proactive/fatalistic, generative/replicative, and limited/holistic. (57 references) (MLH)

Published
1999

57. Exploring Principals' Dilemmas in Hong Kong: Increasing Cross-Cultural Understanding of School Leadership.

Author

Walker, Allan and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Builds a case for studying principals' dilemmas, discusses lack of studies in non-Western contexts, and briefly reviews Hong Kong schooling reforms. Describes how 15 Hong Kong principals managed various dilemmas and the managerial consequences. Although dilemmas may be generic across cultures, their formation and management seem culturally related. (32 references) (MLH)

Published
1999

58. The Management of Dilemmas in School Restructuring: A Case Analysis.

Author

Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Summarizes a case study of dilemmas facing a Western Australian secondary headteacher involved in restructuring his school. Analyzes his methods of coping with intractable situations (like school expansion and performance management) and outcomes. Dilemmas offer both opportunities and challenges for visionary, proactive, and creative school leaders. (18 references) (MLH)

Published
1999

59. Comparative Educational Administration: Developing a Cross-Cultural Conceptual Framework.

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Walker, Allan

Abstract

Justifies and develops a conceptual framework for a cross-cultural approach to educational administration, focusing on the school as the baseline unit for analysis. The proposed framework is built around interrelationships among core concepts: culture, organizational structures, leadership and management processes, curriculum, and teaching and learning. Implications are discussed. (75 references) (MLH)

Published
1998

60. Restructuring Hong Kong's Schools: The Applicability of Western Theories, Policies, and Practices to an Asian Culture.

Author

Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Explores the appropriateness and synchrony between educational policy reforms imported into Hong Kong and central features of the host culture. Draws upon Geert Hofstede's cultural dimensions to provide a framework for identifying and matching Hong Kong's culture in juxtaposition with other cultures. Despite powerful Western influences, Hong Kong people have maintained their inherent "Chineseness." (35 references) (MLH)

Published
1998

61. Towards Comparative Educational Administration: Building the Case for a Cross-Cultural School-Based Approach.

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Walker, Allan

Abstract

Advocates a stronger comparative emphasis in the study of educational administration and management while acknowledging comparative educational administration's weak knowledge base. Clarifies the potential import of a comparative, cross-cultural perspective embracing five societal/cultural dimensions: individualism versus collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity versus femininity, and Confucian dynamism. (70 references) (MLH)

Published
1998

62. Transforming Hong Kong's Schools: Trends and Emerging Issues.

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Walker, Allan

Abstract

Outlines three 1990s reforms in Hong Kong affecting curriculum and management: the School Management Initiative, the target-oriented curriculum, and an education commission report on quality education. Reviews reforms' effects and discusses the need to reorient the current school-based management system and recognize Hong Kong's societal culture. (30 references) (MLH)

Published
1998

63. School Restructuring: International Perspectives.

Author

O'Donoghue, Thomas, Dimmock, Clive, O'Donoghue, Thomas, and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Educational restructuring concerns a deregulated, decentralized system replacing central planning, control, and supervision. Such restructuring in relation to curriculum, teaching, and learning and the impact of restructuring on key stakeholders at the school-site level is the focus of this book. It uses a selection of international policy-based case studies to explicate the restructuring process, in order to help stakeholders involved in restructuring come to a fuller understanding of the process. The three types of case studies used here--international policy-oriented studies, case studies based on a qualitative research approach, and statistically based case studies--are presented in four parts. Part 1 provides the contextual background, whereas part 2 examines restructuring in England, Wales, the United States, Hong Kong, and Australia. Part 3 explores the experiences and reactions of those who have adopted and implemented school-based management, with particular emphasis on the views of high school teachers, principals, and primary school teachers. Part 4 looks at school principals' dilemmas in restructuring and teachers' dilemmas in relation to their curriculum work. (Contains an index and approximately 260 references.) (RJM)

Published
1998

65. The Principal's Contribution to School Restructuring Initiatives Aimed at Improving Teaching and Learning: Exploring the Potential of the Edited Topical Life History Research Approach.

Author

O'Donoghue, Thomas and Dimmock, Clive A. J.

Abstract

Studies of the principalship have failed to keep pace with the changing contexts in which principals must act. Advocates an edited topical life-history approach to address this problem. Illustrates this claim, using a Western Australia study exploring why some principals are more successful than others at guiding school restructuring initiatives. Collegiality is an important ingredient for success. (47 references) (MLH)

Published
1997

66. School Development Planning and the Classroom Teacher: A Western Australian Case-Study.

Author

O'Donoghue, Thomas A. and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Summarizes a study that surveys teachers' perceptions of the school-development planning process at a Perth, Australia, secondary school. Teachers believe they are being given more planning authority to control administrative costs; the state education department will continue its strong control over school operations; and a whole-school planning approach could have positive classroom outcomes. (33 references) (MLH)

Published
1996

67. School Principals' Self-Efficacy and Its Measurement in a Context of Restructuring.

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Hattie, John

Abstract

Presents a measurement scale specific to principals' self-efficacy in coping with change in a (Western Australian) restructuring context. Outlines the scale's psychometric properties and demonstrates its usefulness, using a series of regression equations. Self-efficacy can be a powerful mediator in understanding the reactions to change. (20 references) (MLH)

Published
1996

68. Reconceptualizing Restructuring for School Effectiveness and School Improvement.

Author

Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Discusses the nature of school restructuring in Australia and provides a justification for restructuring predicated on improving teaching and learning. Provides various restructuring frameworks, recognizes the need to clarify qualifying conditions, and addresses ways to overcome implementation problems. Ambiguity and ambivalence over restructuring's purposes have left educators and parents unconvinced and suspicious. (43 references) (MLH)

Published
1995

69. Restructuring for School Effectiveness: Leading, Organising and Teaching for Effective Learning.

Author

Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Restructuring consequences in Australian education have largely been confined to administrative levels. However, change must occur at the classroom level, beginning with outcomes and processes. Five levels are critical to supporting classroom practice: student outcomes; learning; teaching; organizational structures; and leadership, resourcing, and culture-building. Classroom-level improvements will succeed if supported by changes at other levels. (37 references) (MLH)

Published
1995

70. Instructional Leadership in Primary and Secondary Schools in Western Australia.

Author

Wildy, Helen and Dimmock, Clive

Abstract

Investigates teachers' and principals' perceptions of instructional leadership in a sample of Western Australian government primary and secondary schools, using the Instructional Leadership Questionnaire. Instructional leadership was viewed as a shared responsibility; teachers felt principals were less involved than principals felt they were. Principals were perceived as least involved in managing curriculum and providing performance feedback. (Contains 41 references.) (MLH)

Published
1993

75. sj-docx-1-ema-10.1177_17411432211061445 - Supplemental material for How school leadership practices relate to student outcomes: Insights from a three-level meta-analysis

Author

Tan, Cheng Yong, Dimmock, Clive, and Walker, Allan

Subjects
FOS: Economics and business, 150310 Organisation and Management Theory, Education
Abstract

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-ema-10.1177_17411432211061445 for How school leadership practices relate to student outcomes: Insights from a three-level meta-analysis by Cheng Yong Tan, Clive Dimmock and Allan Walker in Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Published
2021
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96. Building capacity of Vietnam schools to implement fundamental and comprehensive reforms: Designing and piloting interventions through professional development. Phase 2 Report of Research Project to The Head Foundation, Singapore, British Council, Vietnam, and University of Glasgow

Author

Dimmock, Clive, Nguyen, Thanh Dong, Tan, Cheng Yong, Schweisfurth, Michele, Chapman, Chris, Anh, Tran Thi Tu, Nga, Tran Quynh, Van, Dinh Thi Hong, Anh, Nguyen Quynh, Phuong, Pham Thi Lan, Hien, Nguyen Van, Thang, Truong Dinh, Tuyen, Nguyen Huy, Hao, Nguyen Thi, and Thuy, Cao Chau

Abstract

No abstract available.

Published
2018

98. Re-conceptualising learning-centred (instructional) leadership: an obsolete concept in need of renovation

Author

Dimmock, Clive and Tan, Cheng Yong

Abstract

For more than thirty years, ‘instructional leadership’ has been at the forefront of research and practice in school effectiveness and improvement. Governments, employers, universities and professional developers, all see it as a mainstay of raising school and student performance. Wave-after-wave of educational policy reforms during this period have changed school environments, widening and deepening the (instructional) leadership roles and functions of principals and other school leaders. Terminology has changed – while Americans still use ‘instructional leadership’, others prefer ‘learning-centred’ and ‘leadership-for -learning’, disputing whether they encompass the same or different meanings. Yet curiously, the concept itself – as defined and measured by academic researchers and scholars - has changed relatively little since Hallinger and Murphy’s first seminal contribution in 1985. This paper argues the case for wholesale renovation of the concept if it is to maintain relevance going forward. The case is supported by important and powerful trends in policy and practice.

Published
2016

99. Capacity building through professional development and collaborative research to enable educational reform implementation in Vietnam. Phase 1 Report of Research Project to University of Glasgow and British Council, Vietnam

Author

Dimmock, Clive, Chapman, Chris, Schweisfurth, Michele, Donaldson, Graham, Long, Le Kim, Cuong, Ton Quang, Bich, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Hai, Pham Thi Thanh, Trang, Bui Minh, Hung, Le Thai, Phong, Tran Cong, Thai, Luong Viet, Huong, Pham Diep Hue, Loan, Dinh Thi Bich, Lan, Do Duc, and Tung, Nguyen Ba

Abstract

No abstract available.

Published
2016

100. Leadership dilemmas of Hong Kong principals: Sources, perceptions and outcomes

Author

Walker, Allan and Dimmock, Clive

Subjects
Hong Kong -- Education, School management and organization -- Analysis, School principals -- Management -- Analysis, Education, Company business management, Management, Analysis
Abstract

With restructuring characterising many school systems throughout the world, and major change leaving few schools untouched, school leaders are facing major challenges. This study focuses on a group of Hong [...]

Published
2000

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