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A Comparative Study of Two Schools: How School Cultures Interplay the Development of Teacher Leadership in Mainland China
Department of Lifelong Education, Administrating, and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Department of Lifelong Education, Administrating, and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
- 1 Department of Lifelong Education, Administrating, and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
- 2 Department of Lifelong Education, Administrating, and Policy, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
Creative Education·Volume 04 (2013)·Pages 63–68·Published 5 September 2013·DOI10.4236/ce.2013.49B013
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Abstract
This article seeks to gain an understanding of the interrelated relationship between school cultures and the teacher leadership development by comparing the experience of teacher leaders’ from two middle schools in China that exhibited different kinds of school culture. The researchers argue that the better the school culture was, the more prospective Teacher leaders would develop and the better Teacher leaders would enact their leadership, which further would reinforce the building of a healthy school culture.
KeywordsSchool CultureTeacher LeadershipTeacher LeaderMainland China
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