How Instructional Leadership is Addressed in Educational Administration/Leadership Programs PDF
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AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy DDiiggiittaall CCoommmmoonnss @@ AAnnddrreewwss UUnniivveerrssiittyy Dissertations Graduate Research 2004 HHooww IInnssttrruuccttiioonnaall LLeeaaddeerrsshhiipp iiss AAddddrreesssseedd iinn EEdduuccaattiioonnaall AAddmmiinniissttrraattiioonn//LLeeaaddeerrsshhiipp PPrrooggrraammss Lolethia Jones Kibble Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations Part of the Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, and the Leadership Studies Commons RReeccoommmmeennddeedd CCiittaattiioonn Kibble, Lolethia Jones, "How Instructional Leadership is Addressed in Educational Administration/ Leadership Programs" (2004). Dissertations. 488. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dissertations/488 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ©Copyright by Lolethia Jones Kibble 2004 All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. HOW INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP IS ADDRESSED IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION/LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy by Lolethia Jones Kibble APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE; J l Chair:vames R. Jeffery Deann. School of Education T James R. Jeffery Co-chair: Elsie J Ifred Futcher 4 JU), Ji_d0 External: Gerald Coy Date approved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES....................................................................................................................vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .....................................................................................................viii Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. I Problem and Context of the Study............................................................... 1 Purpose of the Study .................................................................................... 4 Significance of the Study.............................................................................. 5 Research Questions...................................................................................... 6 Conceptual Framework................................................................................ 7 Research Hypotheses....................................................................... 8 Limitations of the Study................................................................................ 9 Definition of Terms...................................................................................... 9 Organization of the Study .......................................................................... II 2. LITERATURE REVIEW.................................................................................... 12 Introduction................................................................................................. 12 Educational Leadership.............................................................................. 13 The Development of Instructional Leadership ........................................ 18 The Effects of Instructional Leadership..................................................... 23 The Gap Between Value and Practice....................................................... 27 Barriers to Instructional Leadership Practices.......................................... 32 Broad-based Interventions.......................................................................... 35 Preparation Programs.................................................................................. 45 Changing Expectations ................................................................. 46 Innovative Practices................. 47 Preparation Programs in Transition........................................................... 52 Restructured Preparation Programs........................................................... 53 Instructional Leadership in Preparation Programs.................................... 55 Summary ..................................................................................................... 58 3. METHODOLOGY............................................................................................... 60 111 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Introduction................................................................................................. 60 Participants................................................................................................... 60 Sampling Type and Sampling Frame......................................................... 62 Research Design........................................................................................... 62 Variables ..................................................................................................... 62 Instrumentation ........................................................................................... 63 Pilot Study................................................................................................... 67 Procedures................................................................................................... 67 Data Collection .............................................................................. 67 Data Analysis.................................................................................. 68 Research Hypothesis ..................................................................... 68 Null Hypothesis.............................................................................. 69 Summary ..................................................................................................... 71 4. RESULTS ................................................................................................... ...73 Introduction................................................................................................. 73 Participants................................................................................................... 73 Testing of the Hypotheses................................................................. 74 Hypothesis 9 .................................................................................... 75 Hypothesis 10.................................................................................. 76 Hypothesis 11.................................................................................. 76 Hypothesis 12.................................................................................. 80 Hypothesis 13.................................................................................. 82 Hypothesis 14.................................................................................. 84 Hypothesis 15.................................................................................. 84 Hypothesis 16.................................................................................. 87 Response Summaries.................................................................................. 90 Analyzing the Open-ended Questions....................................................... 95 Summary ................................................................................................... 100 5. DISCUSSION ................................................................................................... 101 Introduction............................................................................................... 101 Summary of the Background and Problem ............................................ 101 Summary of the Literature........................................................................ 102 Summary of the Methodology................................................................. 103 Research Questions and Hypotheses........................................................104 Findings and Discussion .......................................................................... 105 Research Question 1 ................................................................... 107 Research Question 2 ................................................................... 109 Research Question 3 ................................................................... 113 rv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Research Question 4 ................................................................... 116 Findings..................................................................................................... 117 Conclusions............................................................................................... 118 Recommendations for Practice and for Further Research..................... 119 Summary ................................................................................................... 121 Appendices A. QUESTIONNAIRE........................................................................................... 123 B. PILOT STUDY................................................................................................. 126 C. COVER LETTER............................................................................................. 128 REFERENCE LIST........................................................................................................... 130 VITA .................................................................................................................................. 139 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF TABLES 1. 21 Performance Domains......................................................................................... 41 2. Chi Square for Hypothesis 9; Gender and Importance Factors............................ 77 3. Chi Square for Hypothesis 10; Gender and Emphasis Factors ............................ 78 4. Chi Square for Hypothesis 11 : Age and Importance Factors................................ 79 5. Contingency Table: Age and Importance Factor 10 ............................................. 80 6. Chi Square for Hypothesis 12: Age and Emphasis Factors................................... 81 7. Contingency Table: Age and Emphasis Factor 18................................................. 82 8. Chi Square for Hypothesis 13: Service and Importance Factors.......................... 83 9. Chi Square for Hypothesis 14: Service and Emphasis Factors ............................ 85 10. Chi Square for Hypothesis 15: Program Type and Importance Factors................ 86 11. Contingency Table: Program Type and Importance Factor 10 ............................. 87 12. Chi Square for Hypothesis 16: Program Type and Emphasis Factors.................. 89 13. Contingency Table: Program Type and Emphasis Factor 10................................. 90 14. Contingency Table: Program Type and Emphasis Factor 19................................. 90 15. Participant Profile .................................................................................................... 91 16. University Use of Innovative Practices.................................................................... 91 17. Importance Levels .................................................................................................... 93 18. Emphasis Levels ...................................................................................................... 94 VI Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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