Qualitative research methods were used in this study because interpretive, naturalistic focus helps to explore and understand the meaning of the improvement process that school leaders bring about. Instrumental case study has adopted to answer my research questions. Two middle schools were chosen as case schools. They participated in a school improvement project initiated by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education. These two case schools were selected from five participated schools in the pilot study. In terms of data collection, interview, participative observation and document analysis were used to collect data. / The purpose of this study is to examine how school leadership facilitates school improvement in middle schools in China. The research addresses the following two main questions: (1) How does school leadership facilitate school improvement? (2) Why do the practices school leaders demonstrate lead to different results? / The study reveals that there is no one-fits-all strategy for schools when they implement the school improvement. Rather, school leadership should develop their own plans for school improvement, and the strategies need to be context-specific. Other important findings also emerge from this study: first, school leadership refers to a leader team. The team has an important role in school improvement; second, school leadership team builds their own capacity in the process of school improvement; third, there are five dimensions of capacity should be considered in school improvement; finally, the development of school-based curriculum is an effective way to building capacity for school improvement. / 梁歆. / Adviser: Hin Wah Wong. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A, page: 1865. / Thesis (doctoral)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-408). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Liang Xin.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_344325 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | 梁歆., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education., Liang, Xin. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | Chinese, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (vii, 414 p. : ill.) |
| Coverage | China, China, China, China |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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