Education and Teacher Training

Over the past two decades, there have been significant efforts to investigate knowledge production in the field of educational leadership and management (EDLM) in non-Western contexts. Consistent with this effort, the present paper aims to identify the contribution of Turkish scholars to the international EDLM literat…

Abstract Teacher leadership has attracted scholarly interest over the past decade because of its potential to build internal capacity for sustainable school improvement. However, the existing studies have mostly been descriptive and limited to qualitative studies, lacking in terms of showing whether and to what extent…

• MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ BELLİBAŞ

Purpose This study sought to provide an understanding of what a culturally contextualized model of instructional leadership looks like in Turkey, and how this differs from models disseminated in the USA. Design/methodology/approach This study employed qualitative meta-synthesis to systematically review the full set of…

• RAMAZAN CANSOY

In educational sciences, 90s were the scene of the paradigmatic wars, as the researchers of quantitative or qualitative research only defended the ideas of the type of research they used and they constantly criticized the counter-paradigm. While this struggle is going on, mixed method research has emerged, a pragmatis…

Purpose This study sought to provide an understanding of what a culturally contextualized model of instructional leadership looks like in Turkey, and how this differs from models disseminated in the USA. Design/methodology/approach This study employed qualitative meta-synthesis to systematically review the full set of…

• MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ BELLİBAŞ

In educational sciences, 90s were the scene of the paradigmatic wars, as the researchers of quantitative or qualitative research only defended the ideas of the type of research they used and they constantly criticized the counter-paradigm. While this struggle is going on, mixed method research has emerged, a pragmatis…

• GÖKHAN ÖZTÜRK
• MURAT DOĞAN ŞAHİN

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of teachers’ professional learning opportunities on instructional quality, which represents a combined approach of behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist principles in teaching. We incorporated professional learning communities (PLCs), professional development (…

• NİHAL YURTSEVEN

Transformational leadership has been persistently studied in the educational administration field considering that it can be a viable tool to respond to the increasing demands on school systems for greater effectiveness. As a result, a rich knowledge base has been accumulated. Our study aims to investigate this knowle…

• RAMAZAN YİRCİ
• TURGUT KARAKÖSE

The function of school leadership has been significantly changed by the multi-layered school context to meet the demands of stakeholders. Increasing autonomy and accountability pressures have made it difficult to maintain the balance of principals’ tasks, which gives rise to a variety of challenges. This study adopted…

• MEHMET ŞÜKRÜ BELLİBAŞ

Transformational leadership has been persistently studied in the educational administration field considering that it can be a viable tool to respond to the increasing demands on school systems for greater effectiveness. As a result, a rich knowledge base has been accumulated. Our study aims to investigate this knowle…

• TİJEN TÜLÜBAŞ
• TURGUT KARAKÖSE

Profession is the phenomenon of vital activity created by division of labor that social, economical and technological factors require. Teaching profession has originated from the social and economical changes that have arisen in societies and can be described as “a professional occupational group of education sector p…

• DAVUT HOTAMAN

Mentoring for the professional development of school administrators has become widely acknowledged as an essential means of providing psychosocial and career support, particularly for novice administrators. Due to its strong potential to support the sustainability of schools by enabling successful administration, much…

• İBRAHİM KOCABAŞ
• TURGUT KARAKÖSE