Educational leadership in Hong Kong schools, 1950–2000

Critical reflections on changing themes

Bibliographic Data

ID10106334
AuthorsColin W Evers (University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Kokila Roy Katyal (University of Hong Kong), Kokila Katyal
Year2008
Volume40
Issue3
Pages251-264
Publication date2008-11-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220620802507268
OpenAlexW2007564611
LanguageEN
Citations received4

As a former colony, Hong Kong's education system has been powerfully influenced by ideas from the West. However, these influences have been mediated by a number of factors of contingency – the most important of which is culture – which shapes implementation, particularly of what counts as successful practice. The aim of this paper is to trace the interpretation and implementation of key ideas about school leadership and to offer some analytical projections into the future based on current trajectories. It explores three broad sets of constraints on the development of leadership practice: the features of the Hong Kong school system, the influence of a Confucian cultural tradition, and the process oriented nature of the professional practice of effective school leadership. The paper concludes by offering an analysis of how this dynamic process view of leadership can be used to understand current attempts to build a school‐based approach to educational leadership

Contingency · Contingency theory · Educational leadership · Epistemology · Instructional leadership · Interpretation (philosophy · Leadership · Leadership studies · Leadership style · Management · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Sociology · Teacher Leadership · Computer Science · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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