relation: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/484/
title: LEADING SCHOOL CHANGE IN CHINA: A PRELIMINARY  INVESTIGATION
creator: Shaobing, Tang
creator: Hallinger, Philip
creator: Jiafang, Lu
subject: L Education (General)
description: Mainland China has undergonecontinuous reforms in educationover the past  decades. In this context, China’s Ministry of Education has cast school principals as  key actors in leading and managing change in schoolsat the local level throughout  the country. This article reviews the literature background of Chinese school change  and explores how school leaders in one city in South China foster successful change.  The study employed qualitative interviews with five school principals who had  demonstrated success at leading change in their schools. The purpose of the study is  to explore how Chinese school leaders successfully respond to the implementation of  educational reform. The paper also seeks to uncover directions for future research  and offer implications for school leaders in implementing educational change in  China.
publisher: Institut Aminuddin Baki
date: 2015
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/484/1/255.pdf
identifier:   Shaobing, Tang and Hallinger, Philip and Jiafang, Lu  (2015) LEADING SCHOOL CHANGE IN CHINA: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.  PROCEEDINGS 3rd REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.  pp. 255-281.      
relation: http://www.iab.edu.my