Africa handbook for school leadership / Vitallis Chikoko, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chikoko, Vitallis, editor.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 311 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This handbook was conceived upon a realisation that while education systems in African countries share many commonalities because of a common history, there was paucity of shared literature regarding school leadership in those systems. Scholars and students of Educational Leadership and Management have for many decades relied, in fact over-relied on literature from Europe, North America and Australia. The dilemma is that literature from the latter regions of the world cannot and will not tell Africa's story to the full. In many an education system, sound leadership is the missing link not only in the running of the education systems but the entire states. In seeking to deeply understand and address this leadership conundrum, it is imperative that African scholars tell their own African 'stories' by way of generating cutting-edge literature in that regard, particularly empirical evidence. This handbook is a one-stop platform on which readers including under- and postgraduate students of education, novice and seasoned researchers in the field of educational leadership and management, education policy makers and non-governmental organisations have an opportunity to consume empirical evidence by African scholars on aspects of school leadership in Africa. Students of comparative education will also find this collection very useful. Non-governmental organisations may find this handbook quite revealing in terms of some of the common issues emerging that may be worth investing funds into. A typical example of such themes is the development of school leaders. Authors were invited to write on a school leadership matter they considered topical in their country"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Leadership: the missing link / Vitallis Chikoko

PACT model for successful learner outcomes in schools facing multiple deprivation in South Africa / Felix Maringe

The extent of decentralisation in education: evidence from selected secondary schools in the Northern Education Division in Malawi / Victor Yobe Mgomezulu and Nathalis Guy Wamba

Botswana school leaders and the law: perspectives of practice / Bernard Moswela

How well are school heads prepared for school headship positions? Evidence from basic and senior high schools in Ghana / Vera Rosemary Ankoma-Sey

The development of learner voice and leadership in Namibian schools: a case study of two formative interventionist research projects / Carolyn (Callie) Grant and Farhana Amod Kajee

Enhancing school principals' and teachers' emotional intelligence: perspectives of four school principals in Ekiti State, Nigeria / Feyisayo Akinola and Thamsanqa Thulani Bhengu

Surviving or thriving? The status of school leadership preparation in Kenya / Lucy A. Wakiaga

Diversity and school leadership in rapidly transitioning schools in Zimbabwe: towards school cultures that are inclusive in their diversity / Chrispen Chiome

Educational leadership in Egypt / Ted Purinton

Learning-centred leadership and student achievement in schools: evidence from Uganda / David Onen

No-fee schools in South Africa: narrative vignettes of school leaders' response to context / Inbanathan Naicker

A microscopic view of education act 2010 in the management of the Lesotho education system: its prospects and flaws / Dira Khama

School leadership and management in a changing Eswatini context: tensions in the dominant models of practice / Njabuliso H. Nsibande

School leadership and the creation of a gender responsive environment in Zimbabwe / Irene Muzvidziwa

Exploring successful school leadership practices: lessons from South African schools in rural settings / Thamsanqa Thulani Bhengu

South African teachers seeking to cope with daily workload: implications for school leadership / Hlengiwe Nguse and Vitallis Chikoko.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-5342-7