PROFESSOR TONY BUSH Tony.Bush@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Educational Leadership
PROFESSOR TONY BUSH Tony.Bush@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Educational Leadership
Suriani Abdul Hamid
Ashley Yoon Moi Ng
Maria Kaparou
Purpose
This paper provides a systematic review of the Malaysian literature on three prominent leadership models (instructional, distributed and transformational), linked to a major educational reform initiative captured in the Ministry of Education's Malaysia Education Blueprint.
Design/methodology/approach
The approach is a systematic review of all relevant Malaysianliterature, in English and Bahasa Malaysia, on instructional, distributed and transformational leadership, and alternative terms linked to these models.
Findings
The findings show that there is an emerging literature on these leadership models and their prevalence in Malaysian schools but that they have been interpreted in ways that are distinctive to the highly centralised Malaysian context. For example, instructional leadership is prescribed, so there is some evidence of its practice, notably in respect of monitoring. Similarly, distributed leadership is allocative, rather than emergent, as suggested in Western literature.
Research limitations/implications
The findings show that, while research on these models is emerging, much more research is required to establish whether and how leadership practice in Malaysia differs from that outlined in the normative Western literature.
Practical implications
There is emerging evidence to suggest that instructional and distributed leadership, if enacted carefully, can have a positive impact on student outcomes
Originality/value
This is believed to be the first systematic review of the Malaysian literature on school leadership models, linked to the Malaysia Education Blueprint. It is also distinctive in including both English language, and Bahasa Malaysia, sources.
Bush, T., Abdul Hamid, S., Ng, A. Y. M., & Kaparou, M. (2018). School leadership theories and the Malaysia education blueprint: findings from a systematic literature review. International Journal of Educational Management, 32(7), 1245-1265. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-06-2017-0158
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 28, 2017 |
Publication Date | Sep 10, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 1, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 10, 2018 |
Journal | International Journal of Educational Management |
Print ISSN | 0951-354X |
Electronic ISSN | 0951-354X |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 1245-1265 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-06-2017-0158 |
Keywords | Malaysia Education Blueprint; Instructional leadership; Distributed leadership; Transformational leadership |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/901776 |
Publisher URL | https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJEM-06-2017-0158 |
Contract Date | Mar 1, 2018 |
IJEM PAPER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND THE MALAYSIA EDUCATION BLUEPRINT.pdf
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