This scoping review of the international literature published over the last 50 years in
educational leadership and management journals provides a thematic exploration of factors …

Given recent large-scale reform of school leadership and management policy with
implications for leadership preparation, the Republic of Ireland is an interesting context in …

The paper explores African women school leaders' constructions of their leadership identity.
Using self-perception theory which sees changes in self-perceived leadership skills and …

This study examines the experiences of the only three female headteachers leading boys'
senior high schools (SHS) in Ghana to understand the uniqueness of their career journeys …

The preparation and development of school leaders represents a significant body of
research that recognizes the value of professionalizing school leadership. Concerns …

In nearly three decades since Rwanda's genocide and civil war, its education sector has
undergone reconstruction to an unprecedented degree within higher education. While …

Much of the school leadership preparation and development literature emanates from the
global north with little attention paid to leadership preparation and development in non …

It is assumed that individuals' cognitions of who they are in a particular social structure
influence their behaviour in that space. Likewise, school principals' cognition of who they are …

The issues of leadership and the professional identity of school leaders have attracted the
attention of the scientific community. The importance of principal training and leadership …

Leadership development and specific preparation for school leadership represents a rapidly
growing body of literature and has been of significant interest for scholars in the field for …