Managing to Learn

1 INTRODUCTION

• Research questions
• The organisation of the report

2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

• The context of studying school leadership in South Africa
• South African studies on leadership
• Definition of terms – leadership and management
• Conceptualising leadership – different approaches
• School effectiveness studies
• Studies in instructional leadership
• Conclusion – towards a research design

3 A METHODOLOGICAL NOTE: DESIGNING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY

• A typology of effective leadership (the internal language of description)
• Developing the questionnaires (the external language of description).

4 METHODOLOGY

5 DATA ANALYSIS

• Student achievement gains over time
• Analytic procedures
• The sample
• Limitations

6 FINDINGS

• The principals: descriptive data
• Variables associated with SAGOT

7 CONCLUSION

APPENDICES
Appendix A: Interview protocol
Appendix B: Principal questionnaire
Appendix C: Research Information Sheet
Appendix D: Additional tables

REFERENCES

Dr Ursula Hoadley holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town, where she is currently engaged in postdoctoral research. At the time of writing this study, she was a specialist researcher in the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council. Her areas of research interest include the sociology of pedagogy, schooling and socialisation, teacher's work and curriculum.

Dr Catherine L Ward is a senior research specialist in the Child, Youth, Family and Social Development research programme at the Human Sciences Research Council. She holds a PhD in clinical community psychology from the University of South Carolina in the USA. Her areas of research interest include violence and its consequences for development and well-being, including risk behaviours such as substance misuse. She has published in the areas of adolescents' exposure to violence, delinquency, and substance misuse.