The Instructional Leadership Role of the School Principal on Learners' Academic Achievement

Autor/in	Maponya, Tebogo John
Titel	The Instructional Leadership Role of the School Principal on Learners' Academic Achievement
Quelle	In: African Educational Research Journal, 8 (2020) 2, S.183-193 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2354-2160
Schlagwörter	Instructional Leadership; Principals; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Assistant Principals; Department Heads; Administrator Attitudes; Secondary Schools; Leadership Styles; Disadvantaged Schools; Rural Schools; Parent Participation; Motivation; Administrator Role; Educational Environment; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Schulleistung; Ausland; Principals; Stellvertretende Schulleitung; Sekundarschule; Führungsstil; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Elternmitwirkung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This manuscript reports on the role of the instructional leadership practices of secondary school principals on learner academic achievement. A phenomenological research design under the qualitative research methodology was utilised to explore this phenomenon. The study was conducted in the Capricorn District, Limpopo Province in South Africa. Five secondary schools from previously disadvantaged backgrounds with high Grade 12 results were purposively sampled. Three participants who experienced the phenomenon under study, which included the principal, the deputy principal and head of department from each of the schools were interviewed with the intention of generating in-depth data that clarified misconceptions about this study. Findings of the study came up with the following as elements that instructional leadership have on learner academic achievement: improvement of learner academic achievement, motivation and positive influence, instructional management, creation of a positive teaching and learning culture, learner support, parental involvement, and interchangeable usage of leadership styles. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01