We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
On Hong Kong: The Making of Secondary School Principals.
- Authors
Kam-Cheung Wong; Ho-Ming Ng, Peter
- Abstract
This article reveals about the making of secondary school principals in Hong Kong. Studies about principalship have been conducted in quantitative tradition. Such research was based largely on school climate and employed the organizational climate description questionnaire. This was intended to enable an understanding of school leadership as perceived by teachers. Report talks about profile of Hong Kong and its educational system. Education department required all senior teachers to undergo 30 hour training in management and related issues before they were appointed as deputy principals, this was to improve quality of schooling and principals. Implications for education and its management of the status of Hong Kong are explored in the last section. Issues of smallness and isolation are focused.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); CHINA; HIGH school principals; SCHOOL administration; TEACHER training; EDUCATIONAL quality; EDUCATIONAL leadership; ORGANIZATIONAL Climate Description Questionnaire
- Publication
International Studies in Educational Administration, 2003, Vol 31, Issue 2, p35
- ISSN
1324-1702
- Publication type
Article