The Reflection of Instructional Leadership Concept on Educational Administration Master’s Programs: A Comparison of Turkey and the United State of America

dc.creator	Şükrü Ada
dc.creator	Sedat Gümüş
dc.date	2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:41:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:41:48Z
dc.identifier	1309-2707
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a70f6152233848cabdd688392397d561
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23378
dc.description	Instructional leadership has been one of the most dominant concepts in the contemporary literature while defining school principals’ main responsibilities. Principals, as instructional leaders, are expected to focus more on instructional practices in schools, rather than on conventional managerial work. However, in practice, there are many principals who cannot effectively perform their role as instructional leaders (Fink & Resnick, 2001). Graduate programs, specifically Master’s programs, in educational administration play an important role in preparing school administrators in most countries. In this context, the purpose of this study is to analyze and compare educational administration Master’s programs in Turkey and in the United States of America (USA) in terms of their relevance to instructional leadership concept. We chose these two countries because they have very different educational systems and principal selection processes. The results of the study indicate that educational administration Master’s programs in two countries show significant differences in both their structure and content. Master’s programs in the USA are found to be more relevant to the concept of instructional leadership. Thus, these programs appear to be more appropriate for preparing principals for today’s schools.© 2012 IOJES. All rights reserved
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IOJES
dc.relation	http://www.iojes.net//userfiles/Article/IOJES_674.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-2707
dc.source	International Online Journal of Educational Sciences , Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 462-474 (2012)
dc.subject	Instructional leadership
dc.subject	educational administration
dc.subject	graduate programs
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Reflection of Instructional Leadership Concept on Educational Administration Master’s Programs: A Comparison of Turkey and the United State of America
dc.type	article