Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-186). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

These qualitative case studies explore the experiences of leaders of local and international secondary schools in Hong Kong. The research questions guiding this study centre on Principal leadership during times of crisis and sought to explore how crisis was managed effectively and how if faced with a similar crisis could be improved. The author was interested in finding a similarity between the participant’s responses and whether external influences may have played a significant part their decision-making. The study also explores the relationship of leadership under crisis communication between Principal and staff and Principal and parents. The primary focus of this research is to understand if there was anything learnt during these crisis experiences among the participants as they relate to leadership development. The analysis of data resulted in the emergence of six primary themes: 1) the impact and extent of effective decision making under crises, 2) the quality of leadership after crisis experience and the ensuing consideration of what leadership means, 3) the role of teachers and administrators throughout the crisis, 4) the experiences related to improved leadership development and 5) correct communication among stakeholders, parents, students and staff. These themes were synthesized into three areas of discussion. First, the experiences and perspectives of the participants offer a unique, first hand, framework for exploring what leadership means in a time of crisis. Second, these same experiences begin to shed new light on the role of Principals in times of crisis. Third, the participants’ reflections on experiences related to leadership development provide a bridge between the ideas related to how leadership is learned and how these experiences become meaningful during times of crisis. The results reflect a need for further qualitative research into Principal crisis leadership as well as the opportunity to further examine the leadership role of educational leaders in crisis situations. / published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

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The relevance of the work is revealed both in present literature of philosophy, management, psychology and education, and works of thinkers of the past. Humane education must help for the personality to grow, develop, and feel its own value. Though, traditional school, the functions of which are to educate human, ignores the most of aspects of person who studies, but also the life itself is viewed schematic, simplified or even primitive. Hence, what alternatives are possible for traditional, didactic, lost touch with the life school? I think that humane school, i.e. the one, where everything is oriented into person – both studying and working there. Consequently it is necessary that school leaders would look after these processes. The object of the research – activities of school leaders in forming of humane relations at school. Hypothesis of the research – school leaders really pay too little attention in order to create humane relations at school, because they are not tend to follow flexible policy of command, do not consider pupils as partners, pay little attention to self-expression, they are not tend to consider human individuality, do not stimulate communication, they spend too little time for communication with teachers and pupils. The aim of the work – to define the abilities of school leaders in forming of humane relations at school. Key research objectives: 1) to ascertain the essence, meaning, managing assumptions of education of... [to full text]