Australian Journal of Education articles from August 2003

Australian Journal of Education archives from August 2003

Special issue: principal recruitment introduction by the guest editor: a matter of principals.
August 1, 2003... Rarely does an organisation have only one leader to whom its members turn for inspiration and direction. Indeed one of the criteria that distinguishes a truly capable organisation is the distribution and density of its leadership cadre. A...

High stakes principalship--sleepless nights, heart attacks and sudden death accountabilities: reading media representations of the United States principal shortage.
August 1, 2003... The possible shortage of applicants for principal positions is news in both Australia and abroad. We subject a corpus of predominantly United States (US) news articles to deconstructive narrative analysis and find that the dominant media...

An analysis of the United States educational administrator shortage.
August 1, 2003... There are multiple independent and interactive factors that may contribute to perceptions or misperceptions concerning an administrator shortage in the United States (US). These factors include the complexities of supply and demand data,...

Getting below the surface of the principal recruitment 'crisis' in New Zealand primary schools.
August 1, 2003... Since 1989 in New Zealand, the work of the primary school principal has been transformed in official policy texts from that of leading professional to chief executive officer. Surveys document the changing nature of the role and the workload...

Ontario's principal scarcity: yesterday's abdicated policy responsibility--today's unrecognised challenge.
August 1, 2003... This article highlights the principal recruitment problem in Ontario. It suggests that the problem is closely associated with the retirement plans of principals which is resulting in a significant loss of human capital; poorly planned...

Principal recruitment in a climate of leadership disengagement.
August 1, 2003... International and Australian evidence suggests there is a widespread problem with school principal recruitment. It appears that principal candidate pools are diminishing and that employers are unable to replace current vacancies and meet...

The rocky road to headship.
August 1, 2003... This article considers career decision making in relation to headship/principalship. It explores the career options open to experienced and promoted teachers. Changes in the role of the headteacher and perceptions of the role of the head held...

Principal supply and quality demands: a tale of two Asia-Pacific city states.
August 1, 2003... This article examines the state of principal recruitment in Hong Kong and Singapore. Whereas there is no discernible shortage of people willing to serve as principals in either society, there are serious concerns about the quality of both...

Managing the learning university.
August 1, 2003... Chris Duke Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Press, 2002. Managing the learning university spans a vast terrain, covering topics including managing the academic enterprise--Clark's academic...