%0 Journal Article
%@ 983-9479-17-2
%A Hussein , Ahmad 
%A Institut Aminuddin Baki,
%D 2007
%F iab_repo:149
%I Institut Aminuddin Baki
%J Prosiding Seminar Nasional Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan Ke-14 2007
%K world class leadersip, MODEL OF PRINCIPALS,continuous knowledge creation, future, 
%P 16-30
%T TOWARDS WORLD CLASS LEADERSHIP MODEL OF PRINCIPALS FOR SCHOOLS IN THE FUTURE 
%U http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/149/
%X It has often been assumed that education is a dynamic activity that opens the window of the past and anticipates the direction of future trends of socio-economic and political development. Its critical role at the forefront of development is also seen as leading the way to greater enlightenment through continuous knowledge creation. With unprecedented inventions of the information and communication technologies, the development of education has not only been phenomenal throughout the world, but its impacts have also been pervasive in all aspects of the pedagogical systems and methodologies in the classroom. Indeed, new approaches and techniques of teaching and learning as by-products of the cyber and computer technologies have generated new and exciting possibilities of education towards greater flexibility for individual as well as group learning, especially in terms of developing their respective competences, capabilities and capacities. However, it has also been perceived that the education system can take the lead in spreading the wonderful benefits of the new information and communication technologies for as long as there is a state of readiness on the part of the relevant actors and participants to institute and part-take the necessary policy reforms, curriculum change, implementation of new strategies, approaches and activities. In this regard, educational policies, goals and strategies for teaching and learning will have to undergo major, and perhaps, some "revolutionary" changes so that schools of the future will be even more flexible so as to function more as 'open learning laboratories' for further educational experimentation and innovation.