Subject-Specific Instructional Leadership in K8 Schools: The Supervision of Science in an Era of Reform

Autor/inn/en	Lowenhaupt, Rebecca; McNeill, Katherine L.
Titel	Subject-Specific Instructional Leadership in K8 Schools: The Supervision of Science in an Era of Reform
Quelle	In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, 18 (2019) 3, S.460-484 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lowenhaupt, Rebecca) ORCID (McNeill, Katherine L.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-0763
DOI	10.1080/15700763.2018.1453937
Schlagwörter	Instructional Leadership; Public Schools; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Science Instruction; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Accountability; Elementary School Science; Secondary School Science; Instructional Improvement; Teacher Supervision; Administrator Role; Academic Standards; Middle Schools; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Principal; Schulleiter; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Verantwortung; Unterrichtsqualität; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Purpose: In U.S. public schools, principals must implement reforms that require instructional leadership across subjects, though little is known about subject-specific supervision. Methods: Through interviews with 26 K-8 principals, we examine instructional leadership for science. Findings: Our findings showed that science supervision occurred rarely; principals used a "content-neutral" approach that did not emphasize science-specific aspects of instruction. Principals explained this in terms of external accountability pressures in literacy and mathematics, as well as their own lack of science knowledge. Implications: We argue for subject-specific resources for principal supervision. For classrooms to change, principals must provide subject-specific support for teachers. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01